[#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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I ALMOST LOST THIS. part 3

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To Koyama's immense glee, Ueda doesn't stop coming back to the cafe even with the less than awkward conversation they had. This time though, Koyama doesn't bother him, doesn't want to even test the line to how much of Koyama he can take before he gets annoyed and stops coming.

It's Ueda who stops him and calls for his attention. "Not going to speak to me anymore?" Ueda asks when Koyama's putting down his cup of tea only a week after their first talk.

Koyama flushes. "I didn't think you'd want me to."

Ueda shakes his head. "I wouldn't mind chatting with you. The name's Ueda. Ueda Tatsuya."

Inside his head, Koyama cheers a little for getting it right, but outside, in front of Ueda, Koyama just bows slightly. "Koyama," he greets. "Koyama Keiichiro. I've worked here for about two years now."

To his credit, Ueda looks marginally interested. "Really? Is this what you want to do?"

Koyama snorts. "Who wants to be a server? No. I got my degree in Literature. I just haven't really found a way to use it." Ueda nods, before gesturing for Koyama to sit down.

Before he does, Koyama glances around--the place is empty again and this time, Shige's given up all pretense in studying, his head down against the counter and his arms around his head. Koyama shakes his head. "How about you?"

Ueda raises an eyebrow--one that Koyama doesn't quite understand why it's there--before chuckling. "Entertainment business," he ends up saying.

"Oh, model?" Koyama doesn't know how much he should say he knows, how much is appropriate. So instead, he just pretends not to know a single thing--it's not like Koyama really knows anything to begin with so he's not really lying.

"No, idol. You know, the singing and dancing kind." The nonchalant way that Ueda says this makes Koyama laugh.

"No, I really don't, but that's interesting." Koyama leans an arm against the table. "Is it fun?"

Ueda takes a pause--not a long one, but long enough for Koyama to actually notice. "Yeah. It can be."

"Can?" Koyama doesn't know if he's pushing it; he feels like he is, but there's something so strange about the way Ueda answers that makes Koyama want to know more--need to know more.

"There's always behind the scenes stuff that goes on. It's nothing to talk about," Ueda says with a wave of his hand.

Koyama blinks, then nods. "So do you get to meet any interesting people? Oh! How about that Yamashita Tomohisa guy? My sister's in love with him."

Ueda snorts. "I see too much of him. He's best friends with one of my bandmates." Koyama chuckles before Ueda starts talking about this ridiculous fight his bandmates got into over whipped cream.

--

It takes a while before Koyama gets used to just sliding into the booth whenever Ueda arrives--the fifth day really--and when he does get used to it, he spends hours just sitting there with Ueda, talking about Ueda and his bandmates, the work he does to even Koyama's stories about Nyanta, Shige and Wagahai, and how he'd seen Ueda's picture on television just the night before and laughed when his sister refused to believe that Koyama knew Ueda.

It's on the sixth day that Ueda arrives with a gift for Koyama--a message board with a message addressed to his sister--from what Koyama could see above the bag anyway.

"It's for your sister," Ueda says, sliding the bag across the table. "I thought what better way to prove you know an idol than to get a signature, right?" Koyama's eyes go wide before tugging the autograph board out of the bag, a huge 0409 scribbled along the bottom with a name that was undecipherable. "It's Yamashita's signature."

Koyama's eyes go wider, and he holds the board delicately in his hands before putting it back in the bag--safely.

Ueda laughs. "You know, I could always just get him to sign another."

"What? No! And cause trouble for him?" Koyama asks, aghast.

"It wouldn't be that much trouble," Ueda says with a wave of his hand. "I got Akanishi to ask him and I think he just treated Yamashita to dinner. Nothing big."