First Date with Cute Teacher

Thursday, 21st March 2019

It was a nice morning, I was lazing in bed and enjoying the whole bed to myself. It was near noon when Javier texted me good morning. He sent me a picture of some stir-fried food that he made for breakfast. We arranged the time to meet up at Osaka Namba station. I told him I’m gonna take few hours to get there actually cause I wanna enjoy the slow morning. That’s the part of solo travelling that I love the most!

I put on music and was putting on makeup slowly. & off we go to Osaka! I got lost a little bit on the way to Namba station.. hehe. But Javier says not to worry since it takes him awhile to reach Namba station from where he stays too. When I was at the station, I started getting nervous. So I tried to make some small talks with Javier on text. There was this drunk girl that I saw at the platform, she was drunk early in the afternoon. Lol! Javier said he is gonna show me the place and explore around. & I teased him and said it’s naughty how he said to “explore around”. Hahaha.

We decided on the exit to meet cause Javier said there were multiple exits. I came up on the escalator & I saw him. He looked like a nice guy. We had awesome conversations and chemistry from last night. I have a nice feeling about him. The moment I laid my eyes on him, he looked away and avoided eye contact with me though.. whattt? Did he not see me..? Hmm. I walked towards him and he said hi. Okay, so he did see me but he is looking the other way. That’s quite rude. I felt confused first then I felt offended as he continued ignoring my presence throughout our interactions.

He cut through all the small talks and went straight to introducing me the area we were at. He went on with his spiel like a seasoned Osaka guide, “So this is a popular shopping district and this building is Takashimaya. I’ll be bringing you across the street and you will see another street that is…” Hang on a minute, did I pay for a tour guide or something..? Why is he walking so fast and why is he not looking at me. He seems very disinterested in me. There’s a great disparity between this and the nice enthusiastic conversations we had on the phone and text though… Oh well, whatever, we’ll see how it goes.

He brought me to a shopping mall that was supposed to be impressive and unique. I don’t really care for it. He kept walking very fast. So I told him to slow down and jokingly said he is acting like a tour guide. He replied with a stern face and tone, “Well, I majored in Asian studies, I might as well be a tour guide right.” Err, okay, he is very serious. Shrug.

I told him that I don’t really fancy the Malls that much since we are surrounded by shopping Malls where I come from. We probably combed through the whole building in less than 10 minutes given how fast we were walking lol! Then Javier brought me to this busy street, now I kindda love the vibes there and I was interested in walking around slowly. Javier, however, seemed to be in a rush, he was cutting through the crowd very quickly, explaining away as he does that. I quickly stopped him and said let’s find a spot to sit down and chat!

We were walking by a river stream by the busy food streets and we decided to stop at this mini bar stands to have a drink. I was so relieved that we were finally slowing our pace a little to have a break and to soak in the environment. I ordered a cocktail (even though I wasn’t supposed to have alcohol). That was the moment when we could sit down and have a real face to face conversation. We small-talked a little about Singapore and the weather there. We were people-watching and I brought up the topic about sex – an ice-breaker topic I was most comfortable with. I was feeling chill and decided to finish smoking my last stick of cigarette. I wasn’t smoking regularly but we have to try the Japanese sweet-flavoured cigarette when in Japan right! So I had a pack with me, the last stick left. The moment I took out the cigarette, I saw his disapproving look on his face. I was thinking, haha, he is someone who hates smoking. Oh well, who cares what he thinks, he already doesn’t seem to like me to begin with. Whatever~ it’s cool.

The whole time we were sitting by the river, I kept thinking that I want to pee. So I asked him if there is a restroom anywhere near. He said there’s a McDonald’s round the corner. So we up and left to the restroom. Now, after sitting down and chatting a little, I felt that he opened up to me more and he seemed more relaxed and no longer in that tour guide-mode (or less so anyway). The restroom was on the second level of the McDonald’s. It was so tight and squeezy. Javier didn’t need to pee, so I got him to hold on to my bag while I use the restroom. Somehow, I feel a weird relaxed feeling with him, I think I just felt very comfortable around him..

After that Javier asked me what I wanna do, I have no idea. Then he continued showing me around while we walked through the streets. We came to this place called the American street. He is walking so fast!! Slow down please. I was checking out the food at the stalls. & I saw this takoyaki food stall. Yummy! I stopped and I said I wanna try the mentaiko takoyaki. So I bought some and we sat in the small seating area in the store. There were many young Japanese teens talking loudly in the store. I don’t think I would sit in on my own if I was here alone. But Javier started talking to me and I immediately forgot that self-consciousness. We sat in these bar counter seats. I was very happy with my food, I love mentaiko!! Hehe. We talked a little bit about our interests (the typical question guys like to ask on first dates right. What do you like to do for fun?) I was a little stumped and said like I didn’t have any special interest but I liked learning sign language. He looked very interested. I think that was the first time I felt like he was keen in me or getting to know me.

We walked around a little more and I saw this place selling matcha drinks. I said I wanted one! So I queued up and got a fancy matcha drink. I was so excited and happy when I got my drink~ (Desserts make me happy!!) we stopped at the corner of the streets for awhile thinking where to go.. there were so many young people cosplaying around us.

Javier suggested to go sing karaoke. I was thinking, “Hmm. Do I wanna go karaoke with him?” I know it means that something sexual may happen, there’s no other reason for a guy to suggest going Karaoke on the first date haha! I kindda like him, I hesitated for awhile then I was like why not!