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You know, I think the uniform was designed with the high schoolers in mind. It looks a lot better on everyone here, than it did in junior high.

Got Na-chan in the same class again, and Yuuta along with us, so I get to watch him being all dazed, which is fun. *grins*

And I got to play a match with Yukimura-san, today at practice.

I'll have to go find a couple of the best senpai to challenge, later this week, to make sure everything is crystal clear, as far as rankings go. But today... today the chase became official again. That's the important part.

Total coolness! Kin-san says he'll take me down to watch the Lion Dance at Suwa-Jinja, and Okaa-san says I can go.

( Private )

My favorite, so far, is the salt ramen at the little place just south of the Rainbow Bridge.

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Okay. Coherent again.

That was... a good game, yes. It felt right. To focus that way, to listen to my own instincts, I guess.

No, not just listen. Believe in them.

There's more, though. That's... that's what I most feel like, that's what I most brought from the match. There's more.

Not their moves. My own. That's what's next.

All right, so maybe I'm not totally coherent about this yet; but I'm getting there.


The other part was kind of... ouch. I'm really, really glad I'm part of Rikkai.

Kin-san really did bring his notebook along, when he came to watch us play.

Wow.

Oh, yeah, and Happy Birthday, Yukimura-san.

Done!

Goodbye middle school, it's time to switch buildings!

And, thanks to this year's schedule, a whole glorious month off to enjoy the start of spring.

And now I'm in the same building with Kin-san

Kin-san says now we have time for him to take me on a one-man Ramen Tour of Kantou. Kin-san is weird. Extremely cool, but weird. Still, I'll be eating well; Kin-san really does know all the very best stands.



(ooc: strikeouts deleted by an Akaya trying not to squish all over his journal)

Finals so totally suck. I mean, really, we've already passed the ascension exams. Evaluations are turned in. What is the point?

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It's amazing how dumb smart people can be.

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And I still didn't get a match, damn it. But he said "some other time" so there's still hope. I am not letting my senpai hog all the fun. *sniffs*

I could really do without this holiday. There's a freaking mountain of this stuff!

Which didn't make Kin-san too terribly happy, which was actually kind of amusing in its own way. Though he has said that, next year, it "will be made clear" to everyone that only giri-chocolate is acceptable. I don't think it's unreasonable of me to be torn between total gratitude and serious apprehension.

What a day.

I mean, it's good to have things straightened out, but still.

And then he said

Kin-san is really kind of amazing.



(ooc: strikeouts deleted by a blushy and slightly dreamy-eyed Akaya)