We stopped kissing and I got embarrassed. I tucked myself in bed and thought about our kiss. I wrapped the blankets around me and Nino turned off the lights and slept on his futon. That night, I had a hard time sleeping. I kept thinking about our kiss and how he kissed me back. Then at 2:00 a.m. I finally got the chance to sleep.
The next morning, we didn’t say anything to each other. We walked into a flower shop and I got a bouquet of sunflowers, they were Kaoko-san’s favorite. I took Nino to her grave. He became sad when he saw the gravestone. I bent down and placed the sunflowers on the stone. We said our prayers and left.
It was awkward, ever since the kiss. This time, I actually kissed him back. Irritated, I finally broke our silence between dinner at a fancy restaurant. “How is your okaasan? I bet she is worried about you.” He smiled and said. “Okaasan is doing great, you should visit her.” I nodded and said. “Um.. You know last night. I finally knew what “love” means.” He looked up and asked. “Oh, really? What does it mean then.” I smiled and looked deep into his eyes. “Finding someone that you would sacrifice anything for them and you would want that person in your life, forever.” He giggled and continued to smile. “Are you sure you didn’t get that definition from a dictionary.” I laughed and looked to the side. “Maybe.”
We walked to our hotel room and I immediately fell asleep on my bed. The next morning, I woke up and stretch out my arms, then I felt something beside me. “What the..” I uncovered the other side of the bed and I saw Nino like a cat sleeping beside me. I screamed. “What!” When he heard my scream, he rolled over and fell onto the floor. I wrapped the blanket around me and checked my clothes. I was still wearing them. I sighed and shouted to Nino who stood up. “Explain yourself! Why were you sleeping beside me?” Then he scratched his head and said. “You fell asleep when we walked back from the restaurant. I was about to put the blanket on you when I accidentally slipped. Then I fell on you and I rolled over the other side of the bed. I was tired too so I decided that I would sleep beside you.”
I started to turn red. My face started to sweat and began to turn into a tomato. I got up and rushed to the bathroom. I splashed some cold water on my face and said to myself. “Why? Why am I stuck with him!” I decided to take a shower before the ride back to Tokyo. I finished my warm shower and started to pack up my things. Nino took a shower after me and I tried to pack up my other things. We left and split the cost of the hotel. We climbed aboard on a bus and waited until the bus stopped in Tokyo.
To out surprise, someone was waiting for us. We were greeted with happy faces coming from the other members of Arashi. “How was the trip?” Jun asked me. I replied back. “It was fun. I was happy that I remembered everything about Osaka. Now I’m back in Tokyo, I’ll be busy again.” They smiled and Ohno and Aiba had their arms around Nino who was looking at them. “Anything exciting happened?” Aiba asked as he nudged to Nino. We both waved our hands and said. “Nothing happened.” They knew that we were lying. “No tell us. We want to hear about it.” Jun said. “Nothing happened.” I replied back. They shrugged their shoulders and Sho said. “Nino-kun, you better get back to your filming. You missed a lot of scenes and the director is angry at you for leaving like that.” Nino nodded and dashed off. I walked in the other direction but someone had their hand on my shoulder. I turned around and it was Sho who was smirking, along with the other members. “Aren’t you forgetting about something?” I looked at them and I tried to run away from them but there was a crowd blocking my way. Jun and Aiba grabbed my arms and dragged me into a café. They were dying to squeeze some juicy stories from me about me and Nino.
“That’s the story, I better go you guys.” I got up and grabbed my bag. I told them the boring parts because knowing them, they would tease Nino if they knew that we kissed. I left the store and I noticed someone was following me. I fasten my walking pace. I walked to the park and as I passed by a store window, I saw the 4 bakas members of Arashi following my every step. I sighed and I started to run. They ran as they followed me and I decided to trick them. I suddenly turned into a dead corner and turned around to see Arashi.
“Why were you spying on me?” I said as I walked up to them. “Spying? No we weren’t spying. We were just worried about you.” I nodded and said. “Oh, really? Is that it? You were just worried about me.” They nodded and I said. “I’m fine, as you can see. I have to go.” I waved to them and then they stopped following me.
My phone rang and I noticed that there was no caller-id. I picked it up and said “Moshi-moshi.”
Ah, Matsuda-san. I have great news for you.
A magazine that writes about Japan’s best music producer, wants to write an article about you.
Ah, really? That’s great news, Johnny-san.
They’re going to interview you tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. In your office.
Are they going to take pictures of me?
Hai, they will take few shots of you. Why?
Oh, nothing. I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then.
Matsuda-san?
Hai? What is it?
If you’re uncomfortable with taking pictures, I can ask them to not take shots.
No, I’m fine with taking pictures but then everyone will recognize my face and I wouldn’t be able to go out in public as freely.
Matsuda-san, I’m the famous Johnny. I’ll protect you.
I laughed. Arigato, I’ll be busy but working as a music producer is a great job. Working with the famous Johnny, is a dream come true.
Hai, I’ll talk to you later then.
Hai. Bye-bye.
I closed my phone and walked towards my apartment. I threw my bags on my bed and turned on the TV. “Apparently, Arashi member Ninomiya Kazunari, who is 25 years old. Has been hanging out with a unknown girl.” The reporter said. I ran to the screen and stared at the picture they showed. It was when we were in Osaka, at the fancy restaurant. We were having dinner and the picture showed Nino’s face but my face was blurred out. “Rumors say that this lady is Matsuda Sakura, the music producer who launched Naomi’s debut CD in 2007. We are trying to get hold of a representative of Johnny & Associates but there is no word yet. We will keep an update on this story through-out the day.” I grabbed my cell phone and called Nino. Someone picked up and I asked. “Nino?”
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