faded_prodigy

To all the many denizens who are on my friends list, I would like to take a moment to make an important announcement...



I AM COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY IN LOVE WITH ECHIZEN RYOMA!



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...That is all~ Thank you for your time. ♥


Edit: My beloved boyfriend has pointed out that there was a lacking of sparkles to my text. And since I'd hate to have him be disappointed with my proclamation of love, I have rectified the situation. So everyone should now hopefully be enjoying a good dose of eye rape. All thanks may go to the boy in the white cap.

It seems that a few people feel the need to remind me that my good intentions are a waste of time. Because apparently neither of them can be bothered to behave themselves well enough to give me the satisfaction of knowing I can have the two people closest to me in the same room together without them trying to kill one another with their words.

...And since that is the case, I will simply not bother with either of them until they can do this.



Seems like life sucks for everyone lately, doesn't it? I suppose this means I'll at least be able to place my time towards other more helpful things. Hyoutei sounds like they could use it. Use me as you like, if you so wish.


[OOC: For the curious, Kiraku has pretty much stopped speaking to his former fukubuchou/best friend Minamoto, as well as Echizen because the two of them keep fighting with each other. He got sick of it when the Minamoto and Echizen both showed up at his house Saturday afternoon and then started arguing with each other again. Which caused Kiraku to snap and practically throw both of them out of his house, saying they can't come back until they can get along. ^^;]

First and foremost, let me wish a very Happy Birthday to Muromachi-kun. I have a gift for you that I will be dropping by to bring you. I think you will rather enjoy it~ I also believe I have a cake that is meant to be thrown with your name on it.

In other news, it seems that Minamoto-san has just purchased an apartment here in Tokyo since he got tired of traveling back and forth from Saitama to meet with my father on an almost daily basis. Which means Takuma-kun will be able to move out of Seigaku's dorms, much to his satisfaction, I'm sure. As I know he has been unhappy with his living arrangements there and complains regularly about them, and will be glad to be away form the finally. On top of that, I also found out this means Takuma-kun's little sister, Suzuko-chan will be moving up here and will start going to classes here in Tokyo also. That fact was made obvious when she showed up on our doorstep this morning with her father and practically flung herself at me, crying that myself and her niisan were awful people for moving to Tokyo and leaving her behind. I suppose I shall get to look forward to seeing her showing up here almost as often as Takuma-kun. But I've promised to go with Takuma-kun and walk her to her first day of school at her new elementary school. Seigaku's Dai Dai-San Elementary, I think it was? Is anyone familiar with it? I hope she will be able to adjust there well. I know she'll most likely be missing her friends at Saitama Dai-Yon until she makes new ones here. But she's only six years old right now, so I think the transfer will be relatively easy for her.


[OOC: For Touji's gift...he got him some adorable water galoshes with pandas on them to match that cute little raincoat of his~! Yes, a gag gift and Touji is free to try and smack him around for it. But he figured you can't have one without the other~ And random trivia time, but Saitama Dai-yon Elementary is actually the elementary school Taka-san went to~ Apparently Taka-san is originally from Saitama. ^^ And Seigaku Dai Dai-San is where the Fuji brothers went to school.]

It seems this month shall be a very busy one for birthdays. Atobe-san had his birthday over this past weekend and had that rather large celebration. Which I admit did turn into something rather reckless, but it was indeed fun. Ice cream cake is a surprisingly difficult weapon to wield in a food fight, I found. I have not been in a food fight since my elementary school days, so perhaps I was rusty and that lead to me just barely being able to keep up with Muromachi-kun in our personal battle. ...But even so, that really was unfair of you to attack me from behind like that, Ryoma. A gentleman does not hit another man in the back with a freezing cold glob of ice cream cake. It's very unsportsman like. I hope you understand why you were punished the way you were for it. I had never been to the Amami Islands before. It was quite beautiful and I'm glad that I had the opportunity to visit them. I think I would really like to go there again eventually. Perhaps to Amami City instead next time, since we stayed on the opposite end of the main island for the festivities.

( More birthdays )

If anyone ends up looking for me in the next few days, I'm afraid they will have to wait until Monday to see me. As I will be returning home to Saitama again for the entire weekend. ...This time with Ryoma. There are a few things that I had been meaning to show to him that I hadn't gotten the right opportunity to do so as of yet. But I believe now would be a good chance to do that.

( Screened to Akane )


...Ah, yes. And while I'm remembering...Happy Birthday, Kirihara-kun. I hope it was a wonderful one.

I had an interesting weekend. One that I ended up spending it in the company of Muromachi-kun. I chose to tag along when he and Oshitari-san went to Mukahi-san's party on Saturday. I admittedly felt uncomfortable there, as I didn't know most of whom where there all that well. But it was still...interesting, to say the least. Momoshiro-kun, please learn to control yourself in the future. I could have done without falling victim to your drunken ramblings. And afterward, we left for Saitama and stayed there through Monday. Yes, I am admitting to having purposely skipped a day of class, something I'm not particularly proud of...but considering what was preoccupying my thoughts for the majority of the time I was there, I felt justified in doing so. And we had a lot of fun while we were there. I showed Muromachi around the city and took him to see the professional courts my father always uses. I think we ended up spending a majority of our time on those courts while we were there. Though I did promise to take him somewhere that he could dance also. However, my knowledge of such things is somewhat lacking, so...I was forced to call the one person who I knew would know the nightlife of the city better than anyone. ...Maida-san. And admittedly, he did indeed know every possible place there was to go to, which was helpful. ...However, he ended up inviting himself along as our "personal chaperone", despite my polite protests against it. And that lead to an evening full of embarrassment at his hands. ...Which is something I don't feel like sharing about. Yet another reason why I wish Ryoma had been with me. Strangely enough, he behaves himself more when he sees him. Though I'm beginning to believe that's simply because he is too preoccupied with trying to show his "motherly" love for him and prove that he is a decent role model. ...That said, Muromachi-kun, I sincerely apologize for you having to endear Maida-san's touchy-feely habits. If it makes you feel any better, just know he kisses everyone on the cheeks like that. He's just very, very affectionate. ...And very, very faux French.
But it was still a very enjoyable weekend. And I look forward to more fun outings like it. Muromachi-kun, should you find your own place that you love and wish to play at, know that I'll happily accompany you there if you like. I'll play a game with you wherever you choose, no matter where in the world it may be.

( Choosing a club )

Hmm~ So it seems I have found myself a new friend who has piqued my interest. Seishun may have lost to Hyoutei in Nationals, but in the process I came away from it with what appears to be someone whom I very much enjoy competing against. A rival, I suppose you could say. Or at least that is what Muromachi-kun has taken to referring to me as and I did accept the title. Either way, it has been a while since I've been pushed like this and felt an unyielding desire to show what I'm capable of. Not since...well, Ryoma. ...But that's a different situation.
And now I find I am already eagerly awaiting next year's tournaments because of it. It is most definitely certain that I will be playing Muromachi-kun plenty of times before then, and I will get the chance to strengthen my abilities in the process. But when the time comes again, I will be able to prove to him and everyone else watching that there is more to me than what they could have possibly imagined. The forecast for that time is predicting that the sunny skies will be blotted out by heavy cloud cover. But then, I've always been fond of a good storm.

But for now, I'll settle for just casually playing against Muromachi-kun whenever I like since he did offer. An offer that he'll find I plan to abuse. In fact, we plan to make a weekend of it and I am taking him to Saitama to play the professional courts my father uses there.
Oh, and Ryoma, would you like to come as well? I told Muromachi-kun that he could bring Oshitari-san with him also.

Also, before I forget to say it... Happy Birthday, Masato. Since I don't doubt that Wataru is currently preoccupying your time today, I'll drop by tomorrow to see you and give you your gift.


[OOC: Both Echizen and Yuushi are free to get annoyed and/or uncomfortable with how fond of one another these two are getting. 'Cause seriously, they're already talking about freakin' sleepovers with each other like a couple of giggly schoolgirls. T_T; ...Plus I wouldn't be surprised if there's a few things Kiraku said here that would make Echizen downright jealous and/or kinda pissed off. >>; Like the fact that he made plans to go on a trip back home with his new rival without taking Echizen into consideration first and then randomly decides "Oh, hey! Maybe I should invite my boyfriend also!" ^^;
And for those wondering about the random talk about weather, as me and DA have been plotting together Kiraku is starting to build a more distinct style of tennis that's his own (as opposed to his father's tennis, which he had previously heavily based his own on). And he names all his plays after weather patterns.]

So...as I've seen others are choosing to point out, Seigaku didn't win Nationals.
...But even so, I find I am still very happy with myself and what I accomplished. So many of my teammates have been with Seigaku through the years, so I'm sure they don't quite see things as I do. But for me, it was an incredible accomplishment just to make it all the way to the semifinals. I was satisfied with just knowing that I was capable of pushing myself that hard and was able to help and get our team that far.
Yes, it's true that I would have loved to had won the match against Hyoutei, but I know I still have several flaws in my game and that turned out to be my undoing in the end against a team like them. But they are things I am already working on, and with luck, those flaws will all be gone by this time next year. Because I am certain that, even if we didn't win this time, we will most definitely be winning next year.

Also, despite my losing it, I will say I thoroughly enjoyed my match against you Muromachi-kun. You truly did have a great deal of surprises up your sleeve that I would never have expected. If you don't mind indulging me, I'd like to play another match against you sometime soon.


[OOC: Since Kiraku is a singles player only, he more than likely played S3. So, thinking of that, he probably would've either had Chinen or Muromachi as an opponent. And since I don't feel like being that mean to him for once, I'm saying Chinen sat this one out. So that means Muromachi ended up playing him.]

It seems the past several days have been very busy for me. On both Thursday and Friday, I ended up being preoccupied with birthdays. Momoshiro-kun and Wataru, respectively.
( A long weekend. )

...Also, it seems I have gained a number of...marks...on my neck. ...I would greatly appreciate it if everyone simply refrained from asking me about them when you see me tomorrow. Seeing as none of my mother's makeup is turning out to be very helpful in covering them up. And I've already experienced enough embarrassment simply in the process of attempting to ask my mother for her makeup. I did not appreciate that amused smile of hers.


[OOC: Kiraku gave Momo a gift certificate to a place that serves a variety of ridiculously fancy, gourmet burgers. It was the best thing he could think of to get him, and he figures that if Momo's going to be eating burgers anyway, then they might as well be well-made, somewhat healthier ones. XD
And he also kinda challenged Echizen to try and seduce him. Echizen took him up on the challenge and the result was a bunch of hickeys decorating Kiraku's neck. Needless to say, that was an easy win for Echizen, but Kiraku's now embarrassed as hell because it's very obvious what they've been up to with all those marks on his neck. So he's going to be rather blushy for a few days as a result. ^^;]

Saturday's plans turned out better than I had hoped. I don't think Ryoma was expecting things to turn out as nicely as they did either. But my family ended up having dinner with the Echizens. It's something that Okaa-san had been wanting to do for a while now since Ryoma has been spending a lot of time at our place and she wanted to meet his mother. Though she said she could've care less if his father was present at all. Much like Papa, she's apparently known Echizen-san since before I was even born. But it looks like she doesn't share Papa's fondness for him. I'm sure there's a reason behind that, but I didn't ask for the details. I get the feeling that I don't want to know. And seeing as there was something that we needed to tell all of them, it seemed like a good time to get them all better acquainted.
I admit I was surprised with how supportive of mine and Ryoma's relationship they all ended up being. Well...almost all of them. But we were kind of expecting Echizen-san to be against it. What he thinks doesn't matter, though. All that matters is that everyone else is happy for us. Perhaps even a bit too happy, actually. Have I ever mentioned that a group of women with a camera is a frightening thing? No? Well, it is. ...Though I still would like some copies of those pictures they took.
( I smell trouble coming from this, though. And it smells like overpriced French cologne. )

Hmm. I really ought to do a better job of updating this.
But I have been busy as of late with...various things. A couple of birthdays. Takuma-kun's birthday was on the 28th, which everyone from the Midoriyama team got together to help him celebrate. And Akane's was yesterday, though we won't be doing any real celebrating for him until this weekend, since we all have our hands tied with school work and activities involving our new teams plus I wouldn't wish to take Akane's time away from his newfound lady friend...They have lots of "studying" to do. Though I'll leave it to the birthday boy to decide what it is we do to celebrate. It is his day, so he should be the one to choose how we spend our time having fun.

Aside from that, I have been spending a lot of my time with Ryoma. ...Which I'm sure everyone is rolling their eyes or snickering to themselves about and saying that of course I am. Yes, I suppose it's extremely obvious how attached we are and you all think it's funny for some reason. So go ahead and have your laugh and then please kindly shut up. We've already heard it all.
But I enjoy being with him, even if we aren't doing anything at all besides sitting around in either of our houses. As I said...elsewhere...it doesn't matter what we're doing, he makes everything great, and I have fun just by being with him. Even if Takuma-kun feels the need to sometimes drop by my house and be invasive and unpleasant towards Ryoma while he's visiting. Though...I think at some point during this weekend, I would actually like to go out somewhere and do something with him instead. I feel the need to be active.
Ne, dearheart? How does that sound to you?

...And Masato? I'm not stupid, nor am I blind. So I swear if you and Wataru try to follow us this time, I'm going to throw something at you.


[OOC: I kept forgetting to tell you Foxxie, but Akane does have a canon birthday, which is listed as June 10th. ^^; And Kiraku is feeling oddly playful, so he's feeling the need to tease Akane about that girl he likes. Plus he considers it a bit of payback for all the teasing he does with him. XD And lulz. I couldn't help but bring up that idea of Masato and Wataru stalking Kiraku and Echizen while they're on their dates....Which they do alongside Nanjirou, but he's apparently a little better at hiding himself and they haven't noticed him yet. >>; Though I imagine they'll be noticing him fairly soon.]

It seems...I'll be staying over at Ryoma's for the rest of the week. If anyone is needing to find me, that's where I'll be at until Monday. Not a word, Akane. I know what you're thinking and you're not funny.

On a related note, I had mentioned to Ryoma that Akuma has grown a lot since he last saw his sister or Karupin. He's...eight, maybe nine, months old now? Besides his awful tendency to attack everything in sight which I doubt will disappear with age, there's not much kitten left to him anymore.

( How the demonspawn looks these days )

He's lost all his kitten fur now, but it seems he's turning out to become a very handsome cat...I just wish I could say that attitude of his was growing up as well. It's not, but I suppose every cat has their quirks. Mine just thinks we're all his playthings. And he still doesn't show any remorse for his own sister. He's still prone to beating Cali up whenever he sees her. Thankfully, she's learned how to give back as well as she gets now. And on the upside, I believe Akuma has learned it's useless to try and pick a fight with Karupin, as he will just sit on him when he tries.
But since I have Akuma with me, Ryoma and I were thinking of taking him and Cali to see their mother, Nyoko, and Sujiyama-san, the lady who gave us the kittens. I'm sure they miss them and Akuma hasn't seen his mother since the day I took him home with me. Maybe we'll do that tomorrow. I just hope Sujiyama-san doesn't try to force feed me a ton of cookies again. She did it everytime she saw me. She even gave me a large bag full of them to take home with me when I picked up Akuma. Why does she even bake that many? Besides the cats, she lives by herself.

Today was the tryouts for the regulars' positions on the team. And...it seems I somehow managed to receive one of those coveted spots. I'm still feeling rather surprised by this. I had been training just as hard as anyone else on the team...perhaps even harder, in hopes of obtaining that goal, and I played as hard as I could so I could win my matches. But I wasn't getting my hopes up. These were the people me and my team had played against when I was in Midoriyama. They were the ones who had deflated our egos and made us see that we had a long way to go still before we could start considering ourselves as good players. And I...didn't believe I had achieved that yet. It appears I underestimated my own self, though. Because I really was able to reach what I had been straining for.
Now it is simply a matter of making sure I live up to expectations now that I'm here. And I'll be doing my damnedest to make certain I constantly achieve that goal as well.

Also, Masato? Would you happen to be free at some point this weekend? I know tending to Wataru's every want and need can take up a lot of time, but I'm hoping you might be able to spare a few moments for your old buchou. ...There's something I want to talk to you about.


[OOC: Kiraku is wanting a friend that he can talk to about what's going on with Echizen, and he figures Masato is the most logical choice, since he knows he won't poke fun at him and he's actually in a relationship himself and would understand and be able to offer advice. ^^]

I've been caught up in quite a few things this past week, it seems.
As Akane so kindly pointed out for everyone, I had another date with Ryoma-kun this past weekend. We went to the arcades. I admit I'm not that great when it comes to video games. Ryoma-kun beat me in almost all of them because of it. But I feel somewhat proud in knowing I can beat him in things like Space Invaders and Pac-Man. Mada mada dane, Ryoma-kun. You need to hone your skills in the classics.
I got a bit bruised up on the date, though. Fell down some stairs because...u-um, because I wasn't watching where I was walking. Papa had a bit of a panic attack once he saw the damage when I got home. I swear he fusses over the littlest things. He mothers me more than Okaa-san does sometimes. But it wasn't as bad as he insisted it was. No...it definitely wasn't bad at all.

( Getting ready for school )

I had another...interesting weekend. But it was a good one.
I admit I was originally worried...really worried, even...about how I was going to handle this whole, er...date thing. ...Okay, yes, for those out there who haven't been harrassing Ryoma-kun nonstop about it and are not part of my former team who seem to think my life is an entertaining drama to watch, I did agree to go on a date with him and we went out on Sunday. But...it's not like I exactly have a whole lot of personal experience to base things on as far as that goes. Actually, I have none at all. So I was somewhat of a nervous mess on what would be considered my first date. Not a really big surprise there, but I kept waiting for something to go wrong and I'd end up making myself look like an idiot in the process. But everything ended up going well. I was happy with the evening. And because of it, I...was able to say a few things that I had been meaning to say for a while now. I'm glad for that.
I also got to see a few nice things happen, as well. Ryoma-kun is...cute when he laughs. It would be really nice if he did it more often.


( And my best friend is no longer angry with me either. )

It's been an eventful weekend for me, it seems. The week in general was also busy, for obvious reasons, but I ended up passing the exams with grades among the top of my class. So going to my high school of choice won't be a problem.

You know what? To hell with all that. I originally had a nice, pleasant description of how my weekend went planned out, but I've since decided I'm not in the mood to describe any of that crap.

( Why does everyone feel the need to get on my nerves? )

Been busy as of late with a good deal of studying. Entrance exams are coming up soon, so I need to be as well prepared as I can be. It's unfortunate that Midoriyama doesn't have a high school division connected to it like so many other schools, because it would've made things easier for me that way. Perhaps not necessarily through testing, but I wouldn't be as troubled with making decisions on where I will end up moving on to for high school. I've been discussing my various choices with my old teammates. For the most part, they all seem to know where they are wanting to go. Whether or not that also means they are bound for wherever I choose to go is anyone's guess, though. With the exception of Takuma-kun, who has informed me that "wherever Yasuyuki wants to go is fine" for him....Foolish. He shouldn't base his choice on what I decide to do. He's not even taking into consideration his own interests. It's stuff like this that continues to make it difficult for me to understand him or what he's thinking.

( This past Saturday )

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. ( Valentine's at Midoriyama )

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. >>;]

It was fun getting to skate with everyone yesterday. Momoshiro-kun managed to get a lot of people to agree to join in, so it was a pretty big gathering. I'm glad so many people decided to come. It made things that much more fun having a large group like that.
I ended up going to get myself new skates for the occasion. I needed them anyway, since my old pair had gotten a bit too small and was worn out anyhow, but I had an excuse to finally get around to doing it. Echi--...Ryoma-kun I'm still not used to calling him that came with me since he wanted to get a pair for himself also. There's this great shop here in Saitama that specializes in making ice skates (they make roller blades and traditional roller skates also) and they can custom make a pair specifically fitted for your feet. I've been getting my skates from them for years and they always do a wonderful job. I like my new ones as well. They asked me if I wanted to make them the same color as usual, and because I guess I continue to feel some pride and now some nostalgia, I said yes. Midoriyama Green. Because of the business myself and my classmates brought to the place, they ended up making a fabric color to match the shade of our uniforms.

When we got there and met up with everyone, Ryoma-kun was a little unsteady on his skates at first, but he got used to them soon enough. I think I might've been moving about a bit too quickly for him, though. He seemed to be having trouble keeping up with me at times. I guess I tend to be overly enthusiastic when it comes to ice skating. I do enjoy it a lot and I try to skate whenever I get the chance. Maybe that was why Ryoma-kun asked if I could do any of the things Fuji-san was doing. Strange thing to ask, seeing as they were simple moves. But even so, I said I could and so I did a Walley before doubling into an Axel. For some reason, I think Momoshiro-kun and Kamio-kun were surprised by it. I didn't see what the big deal was, though. They're pretty easy moves to make. Don't they know how to do them? But then again, from the looks of it, when Kamio-kun tried something similar, the answer is apparently "no". Well, maybe it's because they're still relatively unfamiliar with ice skating. I'd think anyone who skates enough can do such things.
But all of it was fun! And I look forward to any other outings like that that we might have together.

[OOC: Kiraku seems rather oblivious of the fact that normal people can't pull those moves. >>;]

The previous year is over and the troubles that came with it are now past. A new year has begun, bringing with it hopes and the promises of many wonderful things that are still to come. A Happy New Year to all my friends, and may the year turn out to be the best thus far in your lives.

I'm tired after an eventful day and night and don't really have the energy to say much at the moment, but I will say this New Year's Eve has certainly been the most fun one I've ever had. And the snow that fell at the strike of midnight only made it all the more wondrous. There truly is nothing better than having your friends and family with you on a night meant for celebration. Whether it be while watching the countdown happen at the Tokyo Tower, or taking part in hatsumode and visiting a temple to pray for your wishes to be granted and get some omamori to bring you luck throughout the year. All of it wouldn't mean a thing without having those important to you there to help share in the experience.

Echizen...You were thanking me earlier tonight, but I still don't think I'm the one that should be thanked. You have no idea how thankful I am to have you as my friend. Even though I act strangely around you, and I know I do this, you don't ever treat me like I'm a bother to you for it. That makes me feel happy. Thank you for being a friend to me.
T-Though it was really kind of you to say all that, even if I don't really understand what I did to be thanked for...i-in that way.

[OOC: He's still kinda blushy and flabbergasted over Echizen giving him that little New Year's kiss on the cheek. He doesn't think he deserved it. ^^;]