Friday night after school I went over to Akashi to meet up with Komori sensei and drink some Guinness with him. We met up at Donkey, and caught up on what’s been going on at each other’s schools.
Mr. Komori is a tennis nut – he loves to play tennis. Unfortunately the other day he had his first tennis injury, tennis elbow. He got it just from reaching down and grabbing a ball, but we thinks that maybe he’s been playing too much lately.
On the good side, he bought another house that he has remodeled into an art studio for his wife. He invited Kuniko and I to come over sometime and make soba noodles with him at the new place. He’s also looking forward to showing my family how to make noodles when they come over in November – he seems just as excited as I am about the upcoming marriage.
After Donkey, we went over to the okonomiyaki restaurant – it was the same one that we visited with Nel and Kiyomi last weekend, and this time I knew exactly what to order. We each had a tonpeiyaki, and then we had a negisugiyaki – a big onion and meat okonomiyaki that was delicious.
Despite my protests, Mr. Komori paid for both meals, claiming that he makes lots of money and I should save my money for my new life. What a nice guy! He got on his bike and left, and I after sending a message to Kuniko I found out that she was just wrapping up her school party. A few minutes later she walked through the gate and we took the Sanyo line back to my place. It was great to see her – even though it’s only been a week my heart still kind of jumps inside my chest when I see her walking towards me. Yowza….
