She likes video games, so I guessed that's what we were going to be doing for the whole duration of her visit, I prepared a large array of snacks neatly laid out on my coffee table, and I had bought some more soda from yesterday for the express purpose of having something for Yamada to drink if she got thirsty, I took my time taking off my lounge wear and decided to put on something somewhat acceptable, I put on a pair of black sweatpants and a T-shirt with a Metrellica logo on it, It wasn't too appeasing but it got the job done I suppose.
I felt a buzz from my pocket, Yamada most likely just texted me.
Yamada Hana : [Yo.]
Sato Masaichi : [Good morning.]
Yamada Hana : [I stayed up last night.]
Sato Masaichi : [So that's why you woke up right now, at 10:30.]
Yamada Hana : [Quite presumptuous to assume the first thing I did after waking up was text you.]
Yamada Hana : [Ok maybe I did but still, However I can go to sleep and wake up whenever I want.]
I chuckled, I don't know why, maybe it was out of pure nervousness of her visiting me, or just life in general.
Sato Masaichi : [Did you talk to your parents about you visiting me?]
Yamada Hana : [Yeah, they were ok with me visiting you, they even are forcing me to bring a gift over so, stay tuned for that.]
Sato Masaichi : [Aight, see you soon.]
Yamada Hana : [Ciao.]
After she sent that message I put my phone back in my pocket. I needed to do some things before she arrived, such as cleaning the house.
I took a broom from my broom closet and got to work sweeping.
*****
I was lying on my couch taking a nap, after sweeping I decided I had enough time to make lunch. Waffles and strawberries are a killer combo, so that's what I decided to make, while I was in the middle of eating said meal I heard a knock at the door, I looked up from my meal and at the front door in disbelief, I could of sworn it wasn't the time she said she was going to arrive at, I took out my phone and my suspicion was correct, it was only 11:09.
I walked to the front door and opened it to be greeted by Yamada beaming with a wide grin, she was wearing a blue t-shirt with the logo of the Hanshin tigers on it, with a black zip up hoodie that was open revealing said t-shirt, and she had a black skirt on, and a leather satchel of which the strap was hoisted onto her shoulder, she hadn't gone all out but at least she went through the effort of not looking horrible.
Just like me.
"Good day, Sato."
I crossed my arms and sighed, she was too early for my comfort. I thought maybe I should try something to get her back considering she decided to barge into my home last time, and that she was here earlier than the agreed upon time, and so I decided to speak English to her.
(POST EDIT: This is set in Japan, English speaking will be signified with '"example'", Thank you.)
'"Good afternoon, Yamada."'
"Eh?"
I smiled, she looked absolutely confused and at a loss for words as to how to respond to that.
'"I said, good afternoon.'"
"I don't understand you, please cut it out."
'"Aw but it's fun seeing you like this, utterly oblivious as to how to react to anything I'm doing, it's very therapeutic."
Speaking English online tends to keep your skills sharp, honestly without video games I would have never practiced it, and eventually just have forgotten how to use the language altogether.
"Ugh whatever, can I come in?"
I decided that was enough screwing around, any further and I would be pushing it.
"Yeah sure, come on in."
I stepped out of the way of the doorway and allowed her to pass, she quickly bolted in and shut the door behind her, and turned around to face me.
"I smell something, what is it?"
"Waffles, and no you can't have any, they are for me."
"Wow how rude, to treat your guest like that."
"Take it up with HR, anyways you said you brought something?"
"Yeah It's in my bag, I'll give you it when I'm about to leave."
I pointed towards the couch the game console was set up, plugged into the tv, while yamada walked to the couch as I instructed her to I walked over to the fridge and produced the 2 bottles of soda I had gotten the other day, I set the bottles on the coffee table and quickly finished my lunch while Yamada messed around on her phone, after which I proceeded to sit on the couch just to her left.
"So, what are we going to be playing Sato?"
"We are going to be playing Zo, it's a pvp streetfighter type game, it old but its in quite good condition, and was really cheap considering how much games for this old console usually go for"
"Oh yeah, alright lets play!"
Yamada proceeded to grab a Controller from the coffee table and handed it to me, I took it and she then went back to grab her own before we started.
"Get ready, you're going to get destroyed Sato!"
She had spirit I will give her that.
It almost reminds me of Yammy.