^_~ I second what Oishi said.

I love life~ <3

Hee, good party, everyone~ You definitely outdid yourself with some of the things there, Niou. I never thought I'd see the day where there was a jumping castle and a petting zoo in the same area - and at the Seigaku courts, no less. But, it was a lot of fun and I'm glad a lot of people showed up~

Is the kitten treating you well, Kai~dou? She was the sweetest out of the bunch we had at the pet store, and seemed the most playful. I thought you'd love her - Ragdolls seem like a very you-type of cat. ^_~ She seemed to like our apartment for the few days we had her there, so I hope she gets settled in nicely at your house. <3

I wasn't all that great, but at least I didn't get completely creamed in the game Ochibi and I played. It was nice to stretch the tennis muscle after being unused for so long - I'm a bit rusty, but nothing that really affected my play. Not like I really stood a chance against him in the first place, heh. Good game, though, Ochibi~ We should play another one soon and maybe I'll steal some more games from you, next time. >D

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[ooc: For Kaidou's birthday, Eiji, Oishi and Sengoku adopted him a Ragdoll kitten. Isn't she so adorable? :/ I just melted at that picture.]

Well~ I had an idea after reading Yukimura-san's entry and I think this'll be a good idea so we can keep track of things and make sure there isn't too much of thing, and rather than having suggestions spread out among everyone's journal, let's keep it in one place, okay? <3

So, comment with what you're planning to bring to the party. I know Yukimura-san is bringing decorations, and Oishi and I are planning to bring some different food dishes. How about everyone else~?

[ooc: Entry viewable to everyone but Kaidou, just to be on the safe side~]

Heh, I really haven't posted much lately, have I~? Then again, there's really no point posting if there's not much going on in your life, I guess. Buuuut, I don't want this month to go completely without anything said... wow, has it really been a whole month? Whoooops.

We~ell, Gakkun and I have been doing our acrobatics with the program at the gym~ I was a little rusty, at first, since I really haven't had much time to practice (actually, I've done next to no practing - no wonder I've been feeling out of shape), but I seem to be back on the level I was before. I think the coach was surprised to hear that I haven't had any formal gymnastics training past the beginning of high school, and was impressed to know that Gakkun and I have mixed our love for both acrobatics and tennis, and made it into a unique play style on the court.

I like being able to do something together with Gakkun, too, since we never really had the chance to at school. <3

Luckily, work hasn't been all that bad, either~ Cutting down hours was a good thing for me, I think, though I do kinda feel bad since we had one of our full-time workers go on maternaty leave. Buuuut, as far as I know, they're looking for both part-time and full-time workers, if there's anyone here interested. It's a fun job and the people there are really nice. Anyone in search for a job, right now~? Sen-chan, you should've went there, instead.

Oh, and visiting with my parents the other day after work was nice, too. <3 Mom got all teary-eyed when I walked through the door again, though - I still don't think she's come to terms with me not being around even though it has been... quite a while.

Syui~chirou. :D

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[ooc: Okay, so all Eiji's private cuts from here on in are viewable to Oishi - don't ask me why, this is just how it's going to be. Apparently.]

Gakkun~ I was talking to Oishi last night and he mentioned that there's a gymnastics program at the rec center he works at. He's gonna pick me up some information about it, next time he's in, and I was just wondering if you'd be interested in doing it with me. I feel like I'm becoming a bit out a shape since I haven't really been doing much physical activity, lately, but I think it'd be fun. :D Let me know, okay~?

Other than that, there's nothing really going on on my side of things. Feeling a bit stressed lately, and have been working a lot more than usual at the pet store, so I think I'm going to ask to cut back on my hours, a bit. I still really love it, but it's a lot more busier lately (summer's a popular time to get pets, I guess, heh), and since they're thinking about hiring one or two more people, I think that'll be okay. I'm gonna wait to see how the gymnastics are gonna work, and then go talk to my boss afterward~

I think I'm just going to go flop onto the couch, now, and maybe do some baking in a little bit. Good luck to Japan in the World Cup, even if they are playing against Brazil~ <3

[ooc: Sorry about taking forever getting back to the log with you, Ali. I'll be able to send you along a tag once my Japanese exam is finished tomorrow, okie?]

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Mm~ There's a new restaurant that just opened a few weeks ago that's about fifteen minutes away from Seigaku by foot, and there's a train stop just a block away - they have both Japanese and western food on the menu. Oishi and I went there last night, and the food was just delicious. <3 It's been a while since I've been to a nice restaurant that has really good food, and the prices there aren't too bad, either. Really, if anyone is looking for a new place to try out some good food, we both recommend it~

My work schedule isn't too bad this week. I have two morning/early afternoon shifts tomorrow and Wednesday, and then a day off on Thursday, as well as a late morning/late afternoon shift on Friday. I want to try and see Akako-nee and 'Toshi sometime this week, so it should work out nicely~ Maybe I'll see if they'd like to come over to the apartment for dinner - would that be okay with you, Oi~shi?

Ah! That reminds me! Kiyoshi-nii's wife is pregnant! He called me earlier this evening, and told me the news~ Hee, I'm so excited for him. He met his wife a few years ago in America, when he went for an exchange, and then they both moved back here afterward - she's a Japanese-born American, and speaks both English and Japanese fluently, just like Kiyoshi. Mom's been waiting for this day, though, for a long time; Kiyoshi's her first son, and if he has a boy, he'll be able to carry on the Kikumaru name~

Oshitari-saaan, Gakkun, we still need to have our movie party! We should think about doing that soon, don't you think~? I bet Oishi'll agree with me, if he reads this. Ooga booga!

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Fu~ji! Hiiiiiii. <3

I think it's time to curl up with my Syuichirou who has already gone off to flop in bed without me~ head off to sleep, now. 'Night, everyone~

[ooc: Private cut is viewable to Oishi (strange, for Eiji), along with the last strike. XD; Now shh, Eijimuse. <3 You just got to write a novel, so you can go to bed, now.]

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It's a really good thing I love the animals so much - with this heat? The smell is just blah. :/ Though, we have a few puppies in right now, so I'll sometimes take them outside just to get some fresh air~ They're all really sweet - golden retrievers. <3

Oh! And Fu~ji, when are you gonna show me all the pictures you took? :D

I feel like going somewhere. Let's see if Oishi would like to go out for a night walk~

We~ll, I don't have much time to post right now, buuuut I just wanted to come on quickly to say that Oishi and I both wish you a very happy birthday, Kai~dou. You didn't think your senpai could possibly forget, right~? ^_~

Hope you had a good day!

( to my wonderful partner~ )

It's gorgeous outside today, and I don't have work today~ I think I'm going to go take my racket and head down to the park, or something - don't want to get out of practice now that I can't play tennis on a regular basis. Maybe I'll go visit Akako and 'Toshi first and see if they would like to come to the park with me. I haven't visited them in a while and I bet Neechan would like to get out~

Have a good day, everyone. :D

I'm haaaaaaaaaaaappy~

Life is great~ the weather is great, work is great~ Hee. :D

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We have internet and cable here, now! Moving into the apartment was really busy, but a lot easier than it could have been. I'm gonna echo Oishi and say thank you to everyone who came and helped us~ It was really appreciated. And waking up the first morning after moving in? It took me a moment to realize that I wasn't exactly in my bedroom at home my parents' house anymore. When I saw Oishi, it all came back to me quickly... but that was definitely a weird feeling. I like being here much more, though. :D

Now, I just need to talk to my manager about getting more hours at work since school's over and done with~

I... a hard punch to the stomach really is a lot more painful than I thought it would be... I feel like I'm going to be sick.

Okay, this is just not fair – why can’t I sparkle? There is no way that I can be a magical girl if I can’t sparkle! I mean, all the magical girls you see on TV can sparkle, so why can’t I? ;_;

I need something pink, too, but I don’t own anything pink… I wonder if Akako has a dress that would be suitable… hee, I know! If she does, I could wear it to the tournament when I go to watch Marui-kun! …Well, okay, no. How about I be a magical boy, then? That way I don’t have to wear a dress and make myself look stupid – I have to at least stay disguised or else people will know my true identity. <3 And I don’t want to embarrass Oishi, or something.

There needs to be a store for this kind of thing – “How to become a magical girl!” Er, boy. Boy, because I am not a girl~ I still would like those sparkles, though. Maybe Mom has some face glitter I could wear or something? I could make my cell phone look girly, too! I mean, all magical girls have cute looking cell phones, right? Or I could always ask my mom for hers~ She has a pink and orange one and it’s cute… if you like pink. A magical girl always likes pink, though, so I guess I’ll just have to deal with it for now to make this work out properly.

Um, wait, no, magical boy. Boooooooy! I wonder if I should put my hair in pigtails… I still like the idea of that face glitter, though…

Hee, and thank you to everyone that came last night~ Some of you were acting strangely, but maybe that was just because everyone was excited to be finished (and for the tournament), or something. I know you’re curious, Sen-chan, but there’s no reason for you to be asking questions about my personal life. :/ Fuji, too! Oshitari-san a bit, also… what got into you guys all of a sudden? I didn’t know I was that interesting to you all…

You seemed to be acting a little different, too, Jirou-kun… you, too, Buchou; I don’t think I’ve ever seen you… bouncy before. Or even smiling as much as you did last night… were you just really happy, or something?

And Oi~shi, you seemed to be hanging around pretty close to Yuuki-san last night. ^_~

Da nya~

<3

It feels really weird to walk into my room and see most of my stuff away in boxes. It reminds me of when Kiyoshi first moved out and before I had a chance to spread my things around the room rather than keeping it just to my half. My closet is empty except for clothes, and even most of my things in the actual room are put away. It’s kinda hard to believe that starting in less than two weeks or so, I’m going to be waking up in a place so much different from where I have been waking up in for the last eighteen years. With Oishi there with me, it’ll feel a bit more normal, but the thought right now... well, just still seems so weird. I’m really excited to move in to the apartment, though. The goodbye to Soracchin and Oishi’s family is going to be really hard – harder than it is going to be to move out of my house. It's like saying goodbye to my second family.

And then... well, no more school at Seigaku. When I’m not packing or helping out at Oishi’s house, I’ll probably be hanging around Seigaku for last goodbyes, meet with the whole team (if we can get everyone together) in a familiar place... and just small things like that. Graduation is in five days and then we’re finished forever... I still can’t believe how fast this whole year has gone.

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Oh, and Seigaku~ I was going to mention this on Friday, but it slipped my mind 'cause I was trying to be anywhere and everywhere. My mom wants to have a big dinner with you all and your familes on Saturday afternoon/night after the graduation ceremony; would that all be fine with you? I'm not quite sure what she's thinking (maybe a potluck or something?) but I’m sure I’ll hear all about what she’s trying to plan, today. I think she's feeling a little sad about us graduating, too.

Well, I did it~ Oishi came over on Friday night, and I told my parents about my plans to move in with him after graduation, as well as my choice about not going to university this year. Dad seemed to be pleased; Mom went teary-eyed and wouldn't let me escape from under her arm (and Oishi, too, once she had finished hugging me tight), but she says she's happy I've made those choices and that she and Dad are going to help us in any way they can. It's going to feel weird not waking up to Mom humming in the bathroom, or Dad making coffee downstairs, but... I'm really, really excited to be able to start a new chapter of my life, and I bet my parents are happy to finally get rid of me. Nah, just kidding~

Now, I just have to tell my siblings about it~ They'll get mad at me if I don't (well, at least I know Akako would - I'd like to stay on her good side, being her favorite little brother and all. ^_~).

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Oishi, how is studying going? Is there anything else I can do? A bet a nice massage would help...

Ask me a question about anything -- school, life, music, vegetables, etc -- and I'll answer. Then I'll ask YOU a question. Rinse, repeat. If this works, by the end we could know each other so well we're sick of each other and have to quit one another for a while~

:D I like this~

Jirou-kun~ How is Zakii-chan doing? Has she settled in okay? :D

It's hard to believe that graduation is really only a month away, now... the time is flying by almost too quickly; it's strange to think that by this time next month, I'm going to be sitting in my class for the last time... the last time I'll sit next to Fuji and pass silly notes back and forth whie the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. I'm excited about what's going to happen after - really excited - but... I'm kinda scared at the same time.

This sorta reminds me when we moved up to high school; when we had to leave Momo, Kaidou, Ochibi and the younger students behind. Just this time, it seems so... final. We won't be able to play as a whole team anymore; it'll be all up to the others to keep Seigaku going strong. To think of Tezuka and Oishi as captain and vice captain for the last time... it's weird.

But, I know you guys will do great! All us third years know that we're leaving the club in very good hands. Make us proud, Seigaku!

Oh, and there's something else... I haven't told anyone about this except for Oishi, but... I'm not applying for university right away. I want to take a year off and work... and experience the real world before I settle into studying for a career. As much as I love tennis, I don't want to persue it professionally - and especially not without Oishi. I still want to play whenever I can find the time to, but it's not going to be as big of a part of my life as it has been for the last six years. There has been the thought about possibly focusing just on my acrobatics, but... I'm not good enough; if I had focused on that rather than tennis, then maybe I could have.

I don't know what I'll eventually want to study, but... that's what this year will be for~ I want to try many different things before I make my final decision - I don't want to regret my choice.

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Okay, girls officially scare me.

I don’t know why, but it seemed like this year’s Valentine’s Day was a lot more... well, scary this year! I mean, there were swarms of girls around Tezuka! Usually, a lot of them are afraid to even approach Buchou, asking us to give him the treats instead, but this year? Yeaaaaaah right. I received a lot more than I usually do, too, so that was weird; good thing this year is hopefully our last in dealing with this mess. Then again, that thought kinda makes me sad at the same time, though...

I can’t believe I even thought that it may have not been as bad as it was last year; I… couldn’t have been anymore wrong.

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I really, really love my job~ I haven’t had much time to write in this in a while just because I’ve been so busy, but… I’m having a lot of fun. All the animals are as sweet as always, the workers there are nice, and it didn’t take me long to learn about what all I have to do there. It’s weird not having as much free time, but I think I’ll get used to it after a while. It’ll be nice having some of my own money, too, for once. I could finally take Oishi somewhere nice and not have to worry about having enough money...

My sister, brother-in-law and ‘Toshi came over for dinner last night… I can’t believe how big he’s getting, now! He’s seven months, and I swear he gets cuter and cuter every day. He happily babbles away, blinks up at me with these big eyes that are almost the same colour as mine, has the softest jet-black hair, tries to say “mama” (comes out more like “mmaa,” though), he’ll sit up if you support him, he’s very snuggly, has the most adorable little grin, and just hee~

Actually, Oishi, he reminds me a little bit of you in some ways, but I don't really know why. I think we should go visit Akako and ‘Toshi one day soon… she says that she’d like to see “Oishi-kun” again – you’re apparently one of the things she misses most about living at home. :D

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