[#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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"Miss it?" Koyama echoes as he's drying some of the dishes, his phone nestled between his shoulder and his head. "A little. I liked performing, I loved singing with you guys. If anything, I miss being around everyone all the time." There's a hitch in Shige's breathing and Koyama closes his eyes, swallowing. "But I made a choice and I'm not backing out," he adds, hoping, praying that Shige doesn't get guilty all over again. For something he couldn't have prevented--it was Koyama's choice to quit in the office after Johnny refused to let Shige leave the group. Koyama wanted Shige to go after what he believed in.

"I miss it too," Shige says softly--Koyama freezes in his actions. Shige hadn't spoken about the separation in the three weeks since it happened. "I didn't. I still don't. We shouldn't have broken up like that," he finally says. "We deserved better. We should've gotten better. It wasn't fair that he'd do that to us."

Koyama sighs, placing the plate neatly into its slot. "I know."

"He should've kept you guys going. Shouldn't have made an ultimatum. That wasn't fair."

Koyama smiles, half-sitting/half-leaning against the sink. "I know."

Shige's in near tears on the other end and Koyama wants nothing more than to comfort him, just to get him to stop. Because Koyama empathizes more than anyone, and right now, he feels like his heart is going to rip in shreds all over again. "I'm sorry."

"Hey," Koyama says roughly--as roughly as he can manage anyway. "Don't apologize. We did what had to be done. We've all accepted it."

"Kei-chan."

"Now, go to sleep. It's late and from what I remember, the hearing's at 8 in the morning. Learn up, okay? Become a great lawyer and show everyone what you can do."

"Un," Shige says on the other line before saying his good nights and hanging up. Koyama removes his apron, heart pounding. He heads for the door, grabbing his jacket and telling his parents that he's heading out--not entirely sure where, but he does it anyway.

His phone is open and out before he knows it and the phone number he punches in surprises even him. "Koyama?" Ryo greets, his voice filled with confusion. "What's up?"

"You're still in Tokyo for filming, right?"

"Yeah. Want to meet up?"

Koyama nods first, before realizing that he's on the phone and verbally says it. "Yeah. You remember that cafe by where I live, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Is an hour enough time?"

Ryo chuckles. "Half. I'll be there soon."

Ryo hangs up before Koyama can say bye, but he doesn't mind. He enters the cafe, giving the waitress a smalls mile before moving to a booth right next to the windows. It doesn't even take Ryo a half hour to get there--only about 20 minutes (which only makes Koyama wonder if he sped on his way there).

"Hey," Ryo breathes, slipping into the other side of the booth just as Koyama puts down his half finished cigarette. "What's up?"

Koyama chuckles, staring at his hands, not meeting Ryo's eyes. "Not much."

He can feel Ryo watching him with a quizzical look on his face, but Koyama's grateful when Ryo doesn't broach the topic immediately, instead ordering something to eat and drink from the waitress. When she leaves though, Ryo asks, "Why'd you call me?"

"I don't know," Koyama says, before laughing. "I never know anymore, Ryo-chan." He looks up, half-smiling even though he's almost positive his eyes are brimming with tears. "I never thought I was the type to get so attached to my job. Never thought I'd let it define me, but now without it, I'm lost. Out there in the real world with not a clue to do. What the hell is a Japanese literature degree going to help me?"

Ryo stares at him, no frown, no nothing. Just stares before softly saying. "Isn't the floundering just another part of real life?"

Koyama laughs. "When does it stop?"

"When you stop holding on to the past."

Koyama meets Ryo's eyes, unwavering. The waitress comes by, placing Ryo's orders down and then is gone in another moment. They still don't break their eye contact until a clatter behind Koyama--the waitress dropping her tray--distracts them both. Ryo looks down at his food and starts eating while Koyama focuses on the cigarette he'd put down minutes ago.