Today we with Tezuka-kun went fishing. I’ve never done it before, so the experience was totally new. I’ve failed to hook any fish at all but was kinda impressed by Tezuka’s skills. Seems that I’ll need some practice to master it.
Mom just left the room after having brought some snacks and orange juice for us. May is inspecting the room. Tezuka seems quiet.

After speaking with Tezuka-kun about fishing I’ve spotted one thing that went missing in my childhood – any kind of outdoor activities for the whole family. Tezuka went fishing, some of my friends went hiking, boating, biking or whatever people usually do with their parents in their spare time. It’s a pity my family didn’t have a tradition like that. Even regular picnics in park would do. But my father was always kinda obsessed with his work, so that he could hardly find any time for things like that. It’s not that I blame him – running a drugstore all by himself is not a piece of cake, and weekends were just a perfect time to make some significant sales. Maybe if I had brothers instead of sisters the situation would have changed? The question I’ll never be able to find an answer to. Anyway I have had elder and younger sister I had to take care of, even if it meant abandoning some of my wishes and needs.

We’ve only once held a picnic in the forest. I was six at that time and was impressed by the beauty of the unexplored wilderness. The flower I slipped of and proudly brought to my mom turned out to be foxbane. Instead of scolding me my father was rather amused with that fact. Shortly after that he bought me an illustrated encyclopedia of world’s most poisonous plants. I still like it a lot actually.

So the thing nearest to family tradition are our family dinners. I clearly remember how equally unpleased I and Kaori were with the necessity to be home by 7 p.m. Now that she’s at the university and I have tennis practices we do not meet at the meals each evening. And funny enough sometimes I just wish things would have be like they’ve been before. Must be nostalgia.

Osaka is becoming quite crowdy lately. Not that I mind - new opponents are always welcome. But who'd have thought that our city would be honoured by Tezuka’s visit?!

We should check all the noteworthy courts around.
Sightseeing would be also included – right after tennis I suppose.

My parents would be happy to welcome guests for any period of time, so at least that’s not the problem, you can stay as long as you  wish, Tezuka-kun.
Captains surely have things to discuss between each other. And matches to play

Sometimes I wonder how crazy our school life can be: classmates and even teachers never cease to amaze me. But yesterday’s essay we’ve written during literature classes was an exceptionally crazy matter: If my team were my family, huh!

*sigh*

Looks like I have to make our training programm more rigorous: not only Kin-chan but also other players seem to have too much spare time. The'd better redirect that enthusiasm to more appropriate subject. Especially now when some tokyo tennis-players are planning to visit us.
Kin-chan, was that you way to secure some interesting matches for youself?