"Mitani-san, are you alright? Who was that stange man who just came in?" asked Akari rounding the counter to stand right in front of Mitani-kun's sister.
"I'm fine, Akari-chan. Just some gaijin asking around about the customers here. As if I would ever tell some foreigner information about my customers. My boss would fire me!" Mitani-chan answered.
"Really? Was he some creepy stalker or something?" Akari asked shooting nervous glances around.
"Just someone trying to get into our records. He wanted to look at our logs to see which custormers have been using the computers. I told him we don't have any go players here, just teenagers playing games and older people checking their email. We don't even have any go boards or anything! I don't know where people get their ideas sometimes." Mitani-san answered exasperated.
"Go...players...ehehehe..." Akari laughed trying to sound casual.
"I know. Isn't it the silliest thing? Like some old timer would be hanging around an Internet Cafe to play go, right? Why bother when there are go parlors around?" Mitani joked back.
Akari could only nod meekly while Sai was waving his hands frantically. His robes were flying all over, but Mitani-san just continued on, "Oh, I must be keeping you from dinner, Akari-chan. I've bored you enough with my problems. I'm sure you have have places to be."
Akari perked up at this and answered with a little more cheer, "Yes, I was just on my way home. Thank you for chatting with me Mitani-san."
"Bye-bye, Akari-chan."
Waving one last time, Akari turned away to walk out the door, Sai following after her.
As Akari started walking towards the train station to take her back home, Sai started to grow agitated and couldn't contain his thoughts any longer. "What will we do, Akari-chan?! Someone has found out that I'm playing NetGo with you! How are we going to play go anymore with other people?" Sai wailed.
Feeling a little nauseuos Akari tried to soothe her frantic ghost, "It's okay, it's okay, Sai. We'll think of something. I promised you when I quit the go club that I would always play with you, right? I know I'm not as much fun as palying all those great players on the 'Net, but I'll get better. And you never know, maybe we'll think of something."
Watching as Sai took in her words, he seemed to calm, and the nausea that Akari was experiencing faded away.
"You're right, Akari-chan. I know that you are doing the best you can to make me happy in your busy life. I'm just afraid of that creepy man who came after you! What if he had found out who you are? Did you see his face, he looked like a toad! A toad-man could have spirited you away because of me," Sai answered back dejectedly.
"Never, Sai. How could anything concerning you hurt me? You're my best friend. Don't worry, we'll figure something out," Akari replied, striding towards the train station and hoping what she said was true.
Sai was the best friend Akari had ever had, and while she knew that she couldn't give Sai what he wanted most, she hoped she could give him a little bit of what he craved. Until he found a host that would love the game Sai had died for as much as he did, Akari worried that her friend would never truly be content.
Wow, I really have to stop these comment ficlets. This one seems to be over the limit, and I had to split it in two. Hehehe, sorry for spamming you post, but I hope you find them at least a little amusing.
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Part 2
Date: 2006-04-20 02:15 pm (UTC)"Mitani-san, are you alright? Who was that stange man who just came in?" asked Akari rounding the counter to stand right in front of Mitani-kun's sister.
"I'm fine, Akari-chan. Just some gaijin asking around about the customers here. As if I would ever tell some foreigner information about my customers. My boss would fire me!" Mitani-chan answered.
"Really? Was he some creepy stalker or something?" Akari asked shooting nervous glances around.
"Just someone trying to get into our records. He wanted to look at our logs to see which custormers have been using the computers. I told him we don't have any go players here, just teenagers playing games and older people checking their email. We don't even have any go boards or anything! I don't know where people get their ideas sometimes." Mitani-san answered exasperated.
"Go...players...ehehehe..." Akari laughed trying to sound casual.
"I know. Isn't it the silliest thing? Like some old timer would be hanging around an Internet Cafe to play go, right? Why bother when there are go parlors around?" Mitani joked back.
Akari could only nod meekly while Sai was waving his hands frantically. His robes were flying all over, but Mitani-san just continued on, "Oh, I must be keeping you from dinner, Akari-chan. I've bored you enough with my problems. I'm sure you have have places to be."
Akari perked up at this and answered with a little more cheer, "Yes, I was just on my way home. Thank you for chatting with me Mitani-san."
"Bye-bye, Akari-chan."
Waving one last time, Akari turned away to walk out the door, Sai following after her.
As Akari started walking towards the train station to take her back home, Sai started to grow agitated and couldn't contain his thoughts any longer. "What will we do, Akari-chan?! Someone has found out that I'm playing NetGo with you! How are we going to play go anymore with other people?" Sai wailed.
Feeling a little nauseuos Akari tried to soothe her frantic ghost, "It's okay, it's okay, Sai. We'll think of something. I promised you when I quit the go club that I would always play with you, right? I know I'm not as much fun as palying all those great players on the 'Net, but I'll get better. And you never know, maybe we'll think of something."
Watching as Sai took in her words, he seemed to calm, and the nausea that Akari was experiencing faded away.
"You're right, Akari-chan. I know that you are doing the best you can to make me happy in your busy life. I'm just afraid of that creepy man who came after you! What if he had found out who you are? Did you see his face, he looked like a toad! A toad-man could have spirited you away because of me," Sai answered back dejectedly.
"Never, Sai. How could anything concerning you hurt me? You're my best friend. Don't worry, we'll figure something out," Akari replied, striding towards the train station and hoping what she said was true.
Sai was the best friend Akari had ever had, and while she knew that she couldn't give Sai what he wanted most, she hoped she could give him a little bit of what he craved. Until he found a host that would love the game Sai had died for as much as he did, Akari worried that her friend would never truly be content.
Wow, I really have to stop these comment ficlets. This one seems to be over the limit, and I had to split it in two. Hehehe, sorry for spamming you post, but I hope you find them at least a little amusing.