[#96] Some of These Happy Points are Days Old.

[tinyangl]

But I hope you guys don't mind me cheating. lolol

i. Happy stuff! :D
+ Last Friday, the 9 hour marathon Skype call with Jennie and Peyton. I still don't know how we spent so much time just babbling about who knows what. Although two hours of that were spent on Peyton on her pizza, from deciding if she should get it to the point when it was delivered. Another couple of hours spent talking fic - both je_ficgames and je_holiday. (Mainly Peyton and I spazzing to Jennie about all she's missed since she hasn't been reading fic.) I think all of us got phone calls from various people at some points (Peyton was miss popular). God, and I think they helped me try to solve a crossword puzzle. That I don't think I finished on that note. lolol
+ Peyton invited me to her place. "I have an empty bed for you." Bow-chika-wow-wow.
+ The episode Rashomama played on Friday. And that is, hands down, my favorite CSI episode of existence. If you watch CSI and have never seen this episode, you are so missing out. :DDD Pimpimpim.
+ I managed to convince Cyn and Jennie (although the second one was a joint effort with Peyton) to get twitters. Who rocks? :D (AKA, if you do not have a twitter. you should get one now. And then friend me. I'm tinyangl.)
+ Yamapi and V6 are going to be on VS Arashi. Who's ridiculously happy? I AM I AM. January 10th can't come any sooner. *____________*
+ Tegoshi wanting to be flawless. Total A+.
+ Tegoshi asking Yamapi to Karaoke straight out. Even more A+.
+ J-Friends' I Will Get There. If you've never heard it, you should now. Amazing fucking song.
+ Just Peyton in general. :D She knows why.
+ Toda Erika on Domoto Kyoudai. I didn't used to like her, but after Ryuusei no Kizuna and this interview, she's really growing on me. Also, Koichi's magic trick was fucking awesome. Making her birthday with the cards? DUDE. WHO DOES THAT?! Holy shit. Even if it's raw, everyone should watch just for that, honestly. It's worth it. *______________*
+ This picture of Okada, Morita, Miyake. Hysterical. Be warned, Okada's in his tightie whities. lololol
+ Subbed K-chan Episodes: 1 ♥ 2 ♥ 3 ♥ 4. All are absolutely hysterical. I totally recommend checking them out.
+ Getting my week of jesummary posted. :DDDD
+ Oh! Almost forgot. Grades are starting to trickle in. :DD A- for Grammar! Honestly? That's the only one that I thought would come close to a B (Granted, I don't know how Creative Writing prof will grade, so who knows). But hearing that it's an A makes me giddy. Maybe I'll be able to boost my average with this semester. Ridiculously happy.
+ I love my twitter. That is the only reason I have most of this list. lolol Looking back at my twitters so helps. XD

ii. Galileo Zero.
Finally managed to watch this despite downloading it ages ago. Ohmygod, so amazing. It only served to remind me that I really liked the drama and then I really wished that I saw Yukawa and Kaoru together again. Random points!

+ Yukawa being lecherous. Hysterical. I love the assistant trying to get girls to "play" with Yukawa but failing miserably.
+ The guy who plays Kusanagi. I'd seen him in a couple of other things, but for some reason, he was just really hot to me in this. I don't even know why.
+ I was genuinely surprised when I suddenly saw Masami show up. With her glasses and white coat. She thoroughly amused me though. Loved her interactions with Yukawa, trying to hit on him and convince him to stay by saying she had a really tiny bikini and then Yukawa going off on how it'd be great if girls wore bikinis to class. I was like WTF. LOL Also, love at the end when she leaves and he's babbling about love (as always) and she's like, he doesn't get it. Yukawa never did get a clue.
+ LOVED MIURA. Ohmygod. He had Yukawa down, honestly. I thought it was brilliantly acted and just all around amazing. ;alskdjlkasfjd I was honestly waiting for him to show up on screen and when he did, I flailed hard. :DDDD
+ The cases were good. I mean, I liked them but it's not like I can say much about them. lolol
+ This just made me want to find out what happens in the dman movie. Wantwantwant. alsdkjalfksjdf
+ OH. At the end of the special, we got a performance of Shibasaki Kou and Fukuyama Masaharu. SO BEAUTIFUL. OHMYGOD. I knew they performed together for this, but I'd never actually seen them together so seeing Fukuyama in the back with the guitar made me flail ridiculously.
+ Honestly, a good watch for those who saw Galileo before. And if you've never seen Galileo, what the heck are you doing reading this?! lol Seriously. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. :DDDDD Plus Miura = A+.
+ OH, random note. For a split second, Sailor Venus was one of the assistants. I was like OH HAY. LOOK WHO'S ON MY SCREEN! :D


iii. It's the holidays! I thought I'd be nice and offer up some of my writing (as terrible as it is). The last time I ask for prompts, I know I failed. DDD: Sorry. But this time, I have more free time (aka right now) so prompt me something to write for you! Granted, I have no promises for length, so it may range from one sentence to .....Well, let's not go there. lol So prompt away! :D No deadline that I can think of. Hopefully, I'll be better about this one. *dies*

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okay i might've been listening to white x-mas so this is angsty. XD

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arf. I saw forever young and thought of the rod stewart song. lolol why do i know old songs. XD UM. I HAD TO RESIST FROM MAKING THIS AN AU. IASDKJASLKD My obsession lately. fail. ...Okay, it kinda is. Future!fic, more of. XD

This probably does not fulfill your prompt by far. XD Sorry.

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We're driving 'round chasing the stars

Koyama closes his eyes and sighs.

"What are you thinking about?" Ryo asks from the driver's seat. Koyama looks over, noticing how the lights hit his face as they drive past each street lamp--dark to light to dark again. His eyes though are always shrouded in shadow.

"Nothing," Koyama answers truthfully.

"Then why'd you sigh?" Ryo never looks away from the road, never turns to Koyama, and even though it would be dangerous, Koyama feels a little disheartened. He turns away, staring at the road in front of him.

"Because I felt like it."

A silence falls inside the car until Ryo comes to a complete stop at a red light. Koyama can feel Ryo's eyes on him. "Do you regret it?"

Koyama turns to meet Ryo's strong and sturdy gaze. "No. It was a good decision. The right one." He shuts his eyes again and sighs.

Ryo's gaze never wavers until the car jerks back into drive and Koyama can feel the questioning look stop for at least a couple of minutes. Silence surrounds them again, and before Koyama can actually think of something, the car comes to a stop in front of his family's restaurant.

As he unbuckles, Ryo's hand lands on his, stopping him. Koyama looks up to a face that's not pitying, but something about it feels like it is--and that just makes Koyama want to break down when it's the last thing he wants to do right now. At this second. He swallows down his emotions.

"Are you going to be okay?"

Koyama wants to laugh. It seems like such a simple question--but it really trails all the way back to the fact that NewS isn't going to be together anymore, he's not going to work at Johnny's anymore. And for that, Koyama resents Ryo for that second. That moment where Ryo should've known better than to ask that.

"No," Koyama answers, meeting Ryo's serious gaze. "But I'll get over it. Right now though, Ryo-chan. RIght now, I don't know what tomorrow's going to bring." He shakes Ryo's hands off of him and removes his seat belt, sliding out of the car. "Thanks for the ride." Koyama pauses as he leans back into the car. "And good luck at Johnny's. I'll always be rooting for you."

He shuts the door behind him before Ryo can say anything back. Entering his home, and what is probably going to be his home for the next couple more years, Koyama goes up to his room. When he gets to his window, he sees Ryo's car still parked outside, Ryo leaning against it with his attention focused on his cell phone. Koyama stares, watching as Ryo punches something into his phone and then looks up to catch Koyama standing at his window. There's an unmistakable smile on Ryo's face that makes Koyama half-wonder what he's thinking before he's distracted by his phone going off--Hoshi wo Mezashite fills the room.

Koyama grabs his phone and realizes that Ryo was writing a message to him. Swallowing, Koyama starts to read and he doesn't think he can breathe for the few minutes he spends just reading and then re-reading. Four times.

"Furikaeranai sa mou nidou to wa (We won't look back and never again)
Hoshi wo mezashite (Let's aim for the stars)
Utai nagara boku wa arukidasu (I will sing as we move forward)"

By the time Koyama remembers to go back to the window, Ryo's already gone. He closes his eyes and exhales.

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Tell me you'll remember

Koyama refuses to lose contact with anyone--even if they're not working together. He texts all six of them at least once a week, calls Shige every night because some things just never change, and someone has to make sure he gets to bed at night before an early trial the next morning.

"Do you miss it?" Shige asks out of the blue during one of their phone calls.