31st Chance
This past weekend turned out to be better than I'd hoped. I had originally been dreading Valentine's Day weekend. My parents get disturbingly affectionate with one another with no regard for the fact that their son may happen to walk in on what they're doing in the living room. Of course, it's not limited to just at home. I get to watch Masato and Wataru act like a couple of sappy idiots...which, I admit, they act that way the entire year, but it's even worse during Valentine's Day. And watching Itto gorge himself on all the chocolates he ended up receiving and having him point and laugh at everyone, myself included, over how he's more popular than the rest of us was rather irritating and unpleasant. Though I did find it amusing and took some comfort in seeing Junpei smack a rather large chocolate heart out of his grip in response and watching it shatter into a bunch of pieces on the ground. It's a mean thought, but it's Itto, and thus that nullifies any guilt I'd have for thinking that way. It's true that I didn't receive a ton of sweets like Itto, or even half as much as any of the others, though I did end up with a few gifts by the end of the day. It was sweet of the girls who did give me the chocolates, even if I don't recall how or when I met them. Though I didn't want to seem rude and refuse their gifts for such a reason.
...Takuma-kun got me something also. He said he wanted to show his appreciation to me for being the buchou for our team for the past three years and being his friend for even longer...but I wonder about that. Maybe he just said that so I wouldn't refuse his gift. I don't know. But if I start thinking about it too much, it gives me a headache.
But Ryoma-kun invited me over to his house for the entire weekend. Apparently his parents had left for the weekend, as had Meino-san, so he was by himself, and with me wanting to stay away from my own house because my own parents weren't considerate enough to go elsewhere for their romancing, I was all too happy to stay at his place and keep him company. Of course, even if I didn't have that reason, I would've been more than happy to stay. I like it at Ryoma-kun's house. It's not as big as our place, but there's something very comfortable about his house that mine doesn't seem to quite achieve. I've come to notice this the more time I spend there. I suppose it's just another instance of natural Echizen-brand talent. Even the house has it. But it's a good thing.
We spent the entire weekend just hanging around the house, for the most part. Watching movies and the like. I think I might've bored him with some of the ones I brought with me, though. But I like classic films. Maybe I can dig out some of Papa's old Popeye and Mickey Mouse cartoons for next time. And we played plenty of tennis, of course. It was lots of fun and I was able to relax and forget about the entire stupid holiday. I hope we can do something like that again sometime soon. Maybe at my house next time now that Papa and Okaa-san are back to normal finally.
And now it's time to go feed Akuma. He's gnawing on the fern on my windowsill again, which tends to be a telltale sign that he wants me to give him food. Of course, half of the poor plant's leaves are now missing as a result. I think I need to invest in a hardier plant. Maybe a cactus. I wonder if Fuji-san knows where I can get a nice one to help deter him of that habit.
[OOC: Just to prove how much of a cracktastic dork I am, I randomly started wondering if Echizen's house would "Mada mada dane" Kiraku's house for being big, relatively new, and lavishly flourished if it could talk. >>;]
...Takuma-kun got me something also. He said he wanted to show his appreciation to me for being the buchou for our team for the past three years and being his friend for even longer...but I wonder about that. Maybe he just said that so I wouldn't refuse his gift. I don't know. But if I start thinking about it too much, it gives me a headache.
But Ryoma-kun invited me over to his house for the entire weekend. Apparently his parents had left for the weekend, as had Meino-san, so he was by himself, and with me wanting to stay away from my own house because my own parents weren't considerate enough to go elsewhere for their romancing, I was all too happy to stay at his place and keep him company. Of course, even if I didn't have that reason, I would've been more than happy to stay. I like it at Ryoma-kun's house. It's not as big as our place, but there's something very comfortable about his house that mine doesn't seem to quite achieve. I've come to notice this the more time I spend there. I suppose it's just another instance of natural Echizen-brand talent. Even the house has it. But it's a good thing.
We spent the entire weekend just hanging around the house, for the most part. Watching movies and the like. I think I might've bored him with some of the ones I brought with me, though. But I like classic films. Maybe I can dig out some of Papa's old Popeye and Mickey Mouse cartoons for next time. And we played plenty of tennis, of course. It was lots of fun and I was able to relax and forget about the entire stupid holiday. I hope we can do something like that again sometime soon. Maybe at my house next time now that Papa and Okaa-san are back to normal finally.
And now it's time to go feed Akuma. He's gnawing on the fern on my windowsill again, which tends to be a telltale sign that he wants me to give him food. Of course, half of the poor plant's leaves are now missing as a result. I think I need to invest in a hardier plant. Maybe a cactus. I wonder if Fuji-san knows where I can get a nice one to help deter him of that habit.
[OOC: Just to prove how much of a cracktastic dork I am, I randomly started wondering if Echizen's house would "Mada mada dane" Kiraku's house for being big, relatively new, and lavishly flourished if it could talk. >>;]