Shino Aburame...

That was his name, I believe... He was so kind. I hope I meet up with him again... I don't know where I would see him... Perhaps... perhaps I can convince him to come by the coffee shop again...? Maybe... I shall see. He gave me his phone number... I still have it, but I have not used it yet... What if... what if he does not really want me to call him...?

Oh, I don't know what to do...

Naruto-kun told me about a Halloween party coming up... maybe I'll invite him to that? Yes... maybe I'll do that.

[OOC: HISH. I know this is a late entry, but... I procrastinate, okay!? -ded-]

I'm working now... A coffee shop. Naruto-kun, a fellow employee, is helping me... He's very kind...

Neji-niisan's been so nice to me... I feel awful to imposing on him, but he says that he does not mind. Either way, I have been searching for an apartment of my own, though hopefully close, and when I get enough... if will have to be close, though, because as much as I hate bothering Neji-niisan more than I already have, I know it will be safer and smarter to have somebody I know nearby...

Things are so different here. But I don't mind it too much... only sometimes, when I get homesick...

There's a party tonight. I told Naruto-kun I would go, now I'm starting to wonder if I should...

The hotel staff have been... They keep asking questions about how long I'm going to stay and what I plan on doing when I leave... they're questions have been coming more frequently the longer I stay. I wonder... I wonder if it's because I keep paying for my room by the night instead of by the week... I don't know when I'll be leaving or even if I'll be leaving soon so I... I can't say anything.

I've been trying to avoid their questions... really I have... but they're insistent... So I've been pretending that I don't know English that well so I can escape. It works but... I feel guilty, because they are just trying to polite.

...And I'm almost out of American money. I need to... to find a bank nearby so that I can convert my yen to American dollars... I should have enough dollars left to support me for another night or two, I think... still, I need to make finding a bank priority.

But first, I need to see Neji-niisan... if it's even him.

It’s… different than I’m used to. I guess that’s what makes it so appealing in the end, though. It’s so open and free and…

And my father is nowhere around to tell me what is wrong and what is right. In a way, it’s better. In another way… it frightens me. I’ve… I’ve never been in this situation before. Never been surrounded by this kind of life. Never had to make all these decision myself. I suppose… I suppose I’ve been sheltered. I can get by, though. I can.

If I keep telling myself that, maybe it will come true.

Stop. I need to stop thinking like this. I’ll… I’ll wake up tomorrow, go to work, and continue life here just as I have. Just as I would have back at home. I can do this. I really can.

I hope I can…