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hinatastinygiant · 8 months

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7 | Bridging Realities

Warning! Sexual Content!

Pairing: Sanzu x Fem!Reader

The Book of Salvation

The next day you ask Sanzu if you can come over to his house and talk. After he agrees, and apologizes profusely for ditching you yesterday morning, he leads you to one of his long sofas in the main room of his house.

As the two of you settle down, you begin to share with him the idea of creating exclusive merch for the Osaka concert in order to make a big profit his bandmates are looking for.

His eyes light up with interest as you explain the concept to him. And then, without a word, he leans in and kisses you. Your lips meet, and his hand slides behind your head, tangling his fingers into your hair.

"I knew you were a smart woman," he says against your mouth. "You're always full of ideas."

"I can't take all the credit. My friends helped out a lot, too."

You return his kiss eagerly, sliding a hand into his soft hair. When he breaks the kiss, your foreheads touch, and he stares at you intently. "You're so perfect. I'm never letting you go."

A shiver runs down your spine. His tone is not quite a joke, and it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. But when he kisses you again, you melt against him and let yourself fall into his touch.

That night, after Sanzu spends some time on the phone with his bandmates discussing the merch idea, he returns to you with a huge smile on his face.

"They love the idea. We're going to do it," he says.

"Really?" You gasp. "That's amazing!"

He nods, and then leans in to kiss you, cupping your cheeks with his hands. You deepen it, allowing your tongue to explore his mouth.

When Sanzu sits beside you, you straddle his lap, wrapping your arms around his shoulders and running your fingers through his soft hair. He grabs your ass, giving it a squeeze and presses his growing erection into your core. You sigh against his lips and grind your hips down against him.

"I'm so glad I met you," he breathes, pulling away from you and moving to kiss down your neck. "I need you, Y/N. Please say you'll be mine forever."

"Yes," you breathe, tilting your head back. "I'm yours, Sanzu."

"Then I think you're going to need to start calling me by my first name, princess."

You nod. "Yes, Haruchiyo."

"Good girl."

After another deep kiss, Sanzu stands up, lifting you up with him and carrying you bridal-style to his bedroom.

He gently places you on his bed, and climbs over you, kissing down your jaw, and neck, and chest, tugging at your shirt and exposing more of your skin.

He leaves hot, open-mouthed kisses down your stomach, and when he reaches your hips, he looks up at you through his lashes.

"May I?"

"Please," you beg, desperate for his touch.

Sanzu pulls down your skirt, revealing the wet spot in your panties. He groans, and kisses the wet spot, then begins to pull down the fabric.

"Haruchiyo," you breathe.

He takes off your panties, tossing them aside. "So wet," he murmurs, running a finger through your folds.

You squirm, bucking your hips towards him.

"Be patient, princess," he hums before pushing his middle finger inside of you, pumping it slowly.

"More, Haru. Please."

He adds a second finger, and starts to fuck you with them, curling them upwards and rubbing against the sweet spot inside of you.

You moan, throwing your head back and bucking your hips to meet his movements. "Haruchiyo."

"That's right, baby. Say my name."

He leans down, and his tongue swipes up through your folds, his fingers continuing to work their magic. He sucks your clit into his mouth, swirling his tongue around it.

You cry out his name, your legs trembling. "Fuck, I'm so close."

Sanzu's fingers and mouth continue working your body, until you finally feel the familiar tension coil in your stomach, and you release, a loud moan escaping your throat as you cum on his tongue.

When you catch your breath, Sanzu is watching you with a pleased look on his face. "You're so beautiful when you cum, princess."

He moves back up your body, kissing your lips, and then reaching into his pocket and pulling out his wallet. He removes a condom and puts it on.

"I can't wait any longer," he whispers, lining himself up with your entrance.

He thrusts into you, and the two of you groan. Sanzu starts a slow rhythm, holding your hips and pulling them against his, thrusting into you deeply.

"Haru," you moan. "You feel so good. Please don't stop."

"I could fuck you forever."

He increases his pace, pounding into you harder. You can feel the familiar heat building again in your stomach, and you start to move your hips to meet his thrusts.

"Fuck, Y/N. I'm so close."

He wraps his arms around you, bringing your chest flush against his. He buries his face in the crook of your neck, sucking on your skin, and you can feel his hot breath on your neck.

"Cum for me, princess," he grunts.

Your toes curl, and you release for the second time that night, moaning loudly and wrapping your arms tightly around him.

You can feel his cock twitch inside of you, and then he pulls out, tossing the condom aside and releasing his load onto your stomach.

Sanzu falls onto the bed beside you, panting. "I could do that forever," he whispers.

"Me, too," you agree.

He wraps his arm around your waist and pulls you close, placing a soft kiss on your cheek. "I can't believe I'm the one who gets to have you."

"Let's get cleaned up and then go to sleep, okay?" he asks.

After you nod, Sanzu brings you to his bathroom and cleans you up. When the two of you crawl into his bed, you curl up beside him, your head resting on his bare chest, and his arms wrapped around you.

"Goodnight, Y/N."

"Goodnight."

The Book of Salvation

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tigerintokyo · 4 years

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IDOLiSH7 Part 1, Ch 6.5 side story

Side Story: The Rhapsody of the Launch

(other parts in the directory)

Translation under the break.

(Tsumugi: IDOLiSH7 was a huge success! Even with the sound cutting out, they connected Tamaki-san's dance break to Sogo-san's solo!

Tsumugi: After the concert, they were all congratulating each other on a successful performance!)

Mitsuki: That was awesome! You looked really cool, Tamaki!

Tamaki: Did I get on TV? Did I?

Riku: Sogo-san's timing was perfect too!

Sogo: Thank you. I'm glad I didn't mess it up.

Yamato: OK! Should we stretch out our legs for a bit and have a party tonight with a few drinks?

All: Yeah.....!

Iori: ......a few drinks? Some of us are underaged and can't drink though.

Nagi: OH..... Why did Tsumugi already go home? It feels empty when there's no party flair.

Iori: The president called her home so that we could "celebrate with just the guys." Well, I'm sure he would be worried about his daughter in this situation.

Mitsuki: OK. The food is ready! You guys get yakisoba.

Iori: Thank you. Nii-san, you went drinking with Nikaido-san and Osaka-san before, right?

Mitsuki: We did! It was fun! I can't really remember though!

Iori: ………...

Sogo: I don't remember much from that night either... The only thing I remember is waking up in my room.

Iori: Will you all be okay tonight? With the drinking...

Tamaki: Yakisoba! And fried egg! Super fancy!

Riku: Tamaki, we have to wait for everyone!

Tamaki: The yolk is mine!

Yamato: Your onii-san remembers everything from that night. Sou was guzzling down any cocktail or liquor that he could remember from song lyrics.

Sogo: Ah, that's right. I've always wanted to know what some of those drinks tasted like. It was nice to finally be able to have them.

Sogo: Since then, I've been gathering cocktail making tools to try making some myself.

Yamato: Really....? Well, just don't drink too much.

Mitsuki: Old man, don't be so stingy. What's the big deal?!

Yamato: You got drunk before him, so you don't have a say.

Mitsuki: Yamato-san, you were the one whose face was all red! Fine, how about starting with beer?

Yamato: Thanks.

Mitsuki: Everyone, pass your glass over. If you're underaged, you can't drink though!

Iori, Tamaki, Nagi & Riku: Okaaaay.

Riku: What do you want to drink? Orange juice, soda, or oolong tea....

Iori: Since it's yakisoba, it has to be oolong tea.

Tamaki: I want juice! The carbonated one!

Nagi: I'd love to have a glass of wine, but I'm following Japanese rules. Maître, something that goes well with yakisoba. [1]

Riku: Orange juice!

Iori: Oolong tea.

Tamaki: Soda!

Nagi: No....! Don't pull on me all at once!

Mitsuki: Does everyone have their drink? Alright, cheers!

All: Cheeeers!

Riku: Sogo-san, what are you drinking?

Sogo: It's a rusty nail.

Sogo: It's in the lyrics of the third song of the second album of that band that lent to you before. I also want to try a Lucien Gaudin that's in the fifth song on that album, but I heard it was sweet.

Riku: It's a drink that shows up in the song's lyrics!

Sogo: That's right. I was thinking of trying a gimlet, a godfather, and a Whisky Mac today.

Riku: That sounds so cool! I can't wait until I can drink with you too. But, Sogo-san, you're not drunk at all.

Sogo: I guess not.

Yamato: Sou, can you come over here for a second?

Sogo: ............? Alright.

Mitsuki: Yamato-san, it seems like you're trying to pressure Sogo! Don't use younger people like that.

Sogo: Haha.. I don't mind.

Yamato: Can't you see that I'm about to become a human sacrifice in the spirit of Princess Andromeda?

Tamaki: Sou-chan! I want to try this one! The one that sounds like kacha-kacha!

Sogo: A cocktail shaker? Of course. But, Tamaki-kun, you shouldn't drink.

Tamaki: I know! Hey, Nagicchi. How do you do this one?

Nagi: Why are you asking me?

Tamaki: It seems like you can do it.

Riku: Ah, I know how! I can shake it like a bartender!

Nagi: Sorry. I only specialize in drinking what's served to me. Iori, do you know how?

Iori: I don't.... But don't you just put liquid in a container like that and shake it?

Tamaki: Liquid? Is anything okay?

Nagi: If it's Sogo's cocktail, shouldn't it be what Sogo likes?

Tamaki: Tabasco....?

Riku: It would have to be tabasco, right...?

Iori: If it's only tabasco, there's no reason to shake it. You have to put alcohol in it too.

Tamaki: Beer and... this should be good.

Riku: What did you put in?

Tamaki: V-O-D-K-A..."bodoka"? ......

Nagi: It's vodka.

Nagi: You made a beer buster. It's better stirred and not shaken. This goes without saying, but if you shake up beer...

-Boom!-

Tamaki: Waahhh...!

Nagi: Shit.......!

Tamaki: It's cold! It exploded....

Iori: Here, both of you, wipe yourselves off with this!

Riku: ........

Iori: What's wrong?!

Riku: I remember! His name was Wada-san. The bartender from my Dad's place.

Iori: Nanase-san, you sure are free from worries.

Iori: Are you talking about the show club your parents used to run?

Tamaki: Hey. I've been meaning to ask, but what is a "show club"?

Riku: Hmm, it's kind of like a cabaret?

Tamaki: What?! Isn't that the X-rated one?

Riku: No, no! Um.....

Riku: ........ow!

Mitsuki: Tweet-tweet!

Mitsuki: Yellow card!

Riku: .........?

Mitsuki: You can't do that! Kids should be kids and talk about wholesome things!

Mitsuki: Who's in charge over here?!

Iori: In charge...?

Nagi: Mitsuki, are you drunk already...?

Mitsuki: You're the one!

Nagi: Ouch!

Mitsuki: You're the oldest over here! Line up by age! Number off! Starting with the youngest!

Tamaki: One.

Iori: Two.

Riku: Three.

Nagi: Four.

Nagi: .......OH! I am the oldest!

Mitsuki: Right! You're the team leader?!

Nagi: I'm head honcho! I'll do my best to be in charge, Mitsuki!

Mitsuki: Great! As you were!

Tamaki: ......Mikki, your face is super red....

Iori: Nii-san has a habit of getting in your face when he drinks. Nii-san is such a good communicator. He even lets you know clearly when he is drunk.

Riku: Hey... I'm not sure if I should, but can I say something?

Iori: What?

Riku: You're pretty much a bro-con, Iori.

Iori: What? I'm just giving my objective analysis. Your case is different.

Riku: What?! I think I'm just as good as being objective as you are...!

Tamaki: No fighting! Let's go back to what we were talking about before. What was it again? Something about Rikkun and X-rated...

Nagi: Stop...... I'm going to get scolded. Instead of that word, you should use a code.... Let's use a cipher.

Tamaki: OK. Rikkun's X..... FSC.

Riku: Oh, that really big company! You can use "FSC" instead. Um.....

Riku: Our place wasn't FSC though. We had live bands and small shows.

Tamaki: That's it? There weren't any FSC girls there either?

Riku: There were people who wore like FSC-looking clothes, but I was just a kid. I hid with Tenn-nii under a skirt.

Tamaki: That's super FSC!

Riku: I was a kid!

Iori: Even if you say it's not FSC, if it's FSC, it is FSC, Nanase-san...

Nagi: Now, now. Everyone has memories of the charm of the FSC.

Nagi: Even Sogo, for example, will have some FSC memories.

Sogo: ..........!?

Riku: Sogo wouldn't be involved with FSC.

Tamaki: Yeah, I don't think Sou-chan would be FSC.

Nagi: He doesn't look like it, but he is FSC.

Iori: Kind of like, he's unexpectedly FSC....

Sogo: .......um...... Uh.... I......

Yamato: What's the matter? Your face is really pale.

Sogo: I'm okay. It's nothing.... .......gulp......

Yamato: You drank that in one shot. What are you drinking?

Sogo: Godfather.

Yamato: That's a pretty strong drink... I'll drink yours. Sou, you should drink a glass of water.

Sogo: I'm not drunk. Yamato-san, you should watch how much you drink today too. Last time, you got red immediately.

Yamato: Ah, but you really can't tell if Sou is drunk... That is until the switch is flipped.

Sogo: Switch?

Yamato: That's right.

Yamato: You're so cute when your enjoying your drinks. I don't want to ruin the mood. But then, of course, I have to take care of you until the end of the night.

Yamato: So, if you start feeling it set in, make sure you tell your onii-san as soon as possible.....

Sogo: ......fufufu......

Yamato: Did the switch just flip?

Sogo: I want whiskey.....

Yamato: You can't.... At least, do something weaker. Why are you always drinking the hard stuff.....

Sogo: If it's not whiskey, it's not rock 'n' roll.... fufu....

Yamato: I'm going to debut in a rock band and write lyrics like, "Non-alcohol! Yay! Yay!" so you should drink beer that even kids can drink....

Iori: ......? What's going on over there? Nikaido-san and Osaka-san are acting real strange, don't you think so?

Riku: Hm, I don't know, it's weird... It's kind of like when the person next to you on the train is sleeping and then slouches in front of you.

Iori: That doesn't really happen, does it?

Riku: It does. You were like that before. I could even see your scalp on the top of your head.

Iori: Stop messing around!

Tamaki: Sou-chan, are you drunk...? I forgot to give it to him, but it's probably better not to give him the one I shook up, huh?

Nagi: OH.......... Under the current circumstances, it's not a beer buster; it would be a Sogo buster.

Riku: Oh, Sogo-san is looking at me!

Sogo: …….

Tamaki: He's laughing and making a zombie pose.... I'm scared....

Riku: Zombies have their hands facing the other way. This pose if more like, "Take this feeling with you!"

Nagi: It's the same pose as Magical☆Crush!

Iori: Usually, that would be the gesture for "please." Are you sure he isn't just asking for a refill?

Sogo: Iori is right....

Iori: ........!?

Tamaki: Iorin......?

Nagi: Sogo, what's wrong?!

Riku: Oh, Yamato-san covered up Sogo-san's mouth!

Yamato: This guy...! This moron....! If the kids find out your drunk, you're gonna feel bad tomorrow!

Sogo: Fufu...... Feel bad......

Yamato: Right?! Fine, let's go to bed now. Your onii-san will go with you....

Sogo: Ah......!

Yamato: Wh--what's wrong?

Sogo: Um..... Today, there was lightning......

Yamato: Yeah, lightning did strike today...

Sogo: I'm glad I didn't mess up.....

Yamato: Yeah, you did good....

Sogo: Fufu......

Yamato: OK! Bed time......

Yamato: Ah, ow!

Mitsuki: Tweet-tweet!

Mitsuki: Yellow card!

Yamato: .......what?! Your onii-san didn't do anything wrong!

Mitsuki: We're all having a good time, but you're going to bed! Geez, Yamato-san! Such a sneaky boy!

Yamato: I'm not! Sou is passing out, so I'm just....

Mitsuki: Are you passed out?! Sogo?! Are you drunk?!

Sogo: I'm not drunk.

Mitsuki: See! He's not drunk!

Yamato: You're drunk too!! Here, have a lemon....!!

Mitsuki: Mmmph...!

Iori: Hey! What are you doing to Nii-san?!

Nagi: OH! Mitsuki! I'll rescue you! Lie down! ......AED!

Mitsuki: MMmmph....!

Iori: Rokuya-san....! Doctors don't mount the patient!

Tamaki: Sou-chan, you guys, calm down! Adults shouldn't act so crazy! Especially you, Sou-chan!!

Sogo: ………….

Sogo: Riku-kun..... Hey, come over here.

Riku: What is it? Hm...? My ear...? You want to ask me a question?

Sogo: Yeah.....

Riku: ………...

Tamaki: ………….

Sogo: ........Tamaki-kun is always quick to yell.....

Tamaki: Are you whispering about me?!!!!

Sogo: Ow.

Riku: Sogo-san is so funny tonight!

Sogo: Yay.

Riku: Do you want to lean on me? I'm used to seeing the tops of people's heads, so it's no problem at all!

Sogo: Riku-kun, sing.

Riku: Okay!

Sogo: Yay.

Nagi: Great! The operation was a success! I have removed the lemon-yellow tumor!

Mitsuki: ..........cough........! Oh god.....! Why didn't you get it out faster?! I didn't need the chest compressions!

Nagi: That was a special service for you. I'll also add a wink. Ciao.

Iori: Well, it's Nikaido-san's fault anyway! Don't do things like that to my drunk and defenseless brother!

Yamato: Who was defenseless?! He was all offense!

Iori: Nii-san was looking after everyone, wasn't he? How could you do that....?!

Iori: .........Mmmmph.....!

Yamato: Then you can have your brother's lemons!! From now on, I'm gonna call you two the Lemon Brothers!

Sogo: What? There's a new band?

Riku: Do you want to sing a Lemon Brothers song?

Iori: .......ah, sour.... ah, so sour.....

Tamaki: Ah!!! Enough! You drunks are so loud!! Quiet down or you're gonna get it!

Mitsuki: Tamaki....! It's not polite to stand on the table! And, what's that you have in your hand....

Nagi: No....! Tamaki....! You mustn’t shake the beer!

Tamaki: Take this....!

Riku: Gaaaah.... it's cold........

Nagi: .........hn......oh my god....! There's beer and tabasco in my eyes....

Mitsuki: Ah, it's sticky! What is this...?!

Sogo: ......hn..... It has a bite, but it's delicious......

Tamaki: ............!? Ah! Guys, this is a big problem....!

Tamaki: My eyes hurt! I can't open my eyes! Oh my god! Oh my god!! Somebody get a towel...!

Iori: Did you hit yourself with it?! Are you stupid?!

Tamaki: But....!

Yamato: ………….

Yamato: .......This was a big win for glasses.

Tamaki: My eyes hurt!

Sogo: I want another one.....

Yamato: A big win!

Mitsuki: Shut up! Go get some towels!!

To be continued...

Placeholder: next chapter

T/N:

Nagi uses the French word “maître,” as in a master of the bar who preps drinks.

Please do not use my translations without my permission.

#i7 #ainana #IDOLiSH7 #my translation

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asterinjapan · 5 years

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Back in time

Good evening, this time from the train from Osaka to Okayama! It's a little past 8:30 pm now, and since I'll have to get up early tomorrow for my trip to Tokyo, I'll be typing most of today's report on my phone. Just a heads up in case you spot any weird typoes, haha.

Anyway! Today was indeed a busy day, although very much fun in a lot of senses. You see, today I was meeting up with a friend to go to Universal Studios Japan, and then to a concert by KOKIA, my absolute favourite artist. So that's 3 great things in one sentence already, haha.

I'll be splitting the report so that one half just concerns the concert, because I tend to do very detailed reports on those. Seeing KOKIA live is such a treat, I don't want to forget a single detail! So below follows the report on the rest of the day.

I had to get up early to catch my train, so of course I woke up wayyyy to early at 4 am, pff. I went right back to sleep and woke up a little before my 6 am alarm, which was still too early, because breakfast starts at 6:30, haha. Oh well, plenty of time to get dressed in peace!

After breakfast, I made my way to the station to catch the shinkansen to Shin-Osaka station. The train goes past Himeji, though sadly I wasn't in a good position to take a picture of the castle. I did however notice that you can see Okayama castle from the train as well, be it from quite the distance. The views weren't really superb today, which was to be expected, since there was rain forecasted for pretty much the entire country. Oh well, not much I can do about that but take an umbrella, haha.

The trip was smooth and I met up with my friend at the station. We were going to Osaka station from here, a mere 5 minute ride, but it was quite tricky to even make it through the shinkansen gates. It was really busy for some reason, though they had just announced a train further south had stopped running due to heavy rains. Uh oh... but so far so good in Osaka, no rain yet and we eventually made it to Osaka station and from there, 2 quick trains bound for Universal Studios Japan!

We first caught up a little over drinks, with matcha latte for me of course, before we made it to the park entrance and got tickets. Since it was a Saturday I suspected it would be busy and we'd need to draw a number for the Harry Potter part of the park, but apparently the weather forecast worked in our favour, because there were no numbers needed to enter today. Yaaay! I went to Universal 4 years ago as well and mostly spent my day in the Harry Potter part, haha, so I wasn't complaining about starting here. Actually, this part of the park only has two rides proper and they're both a bit wild for us, but just looking around here is an attraction in itself. I got all nostalgic over the music and the scenes, and after shop browsing for a while and having our picture taken in front of the Hogwarts Express, we went into the wand shop to experience some magic happening as a random audience member was picked to be chosen by a wand. Sadly this wasn't me, haha, although I have a great wand at home I bought here last time. It was a fun little show (this time Ollivander spoke both very good English and Japanese, haha), after which we ended up in the wand shop, but we passed through it in favour of the castle.

You can go into Hogwarts castle for a pretty intense adventure (I did it back in 2015, my stomach wasn't very happy), or you can choose to take a stroll inside and look up on awe at all the amazing detail they put on here, haha. We opted for the latter, and I definitely made use of the invitation to take pictures by going wild with my current camera. Much better quality! Ah, I love this camera so. The castle has a ton of talking and moving paintings as well as some projections and a ton of replicas from the movies. Aside maybe from the last bit, where we first had to wait for a while for unknown reasons and then were rushed through, it was really great.

Once outside, we spotted some performers coming out dressed like the students from the wizarding schools Beauxbatons and Durmstrang from the fourth book/movie, so we stayed to watch. I think i read somewhere that this was a limited time show, and they were really good, very athletic. (I'm personally not a big fan of the movie approach of "the French students are only girls who dance pretty dainty ballet and the vaguely Russian students are only manly guys who grunt and stomp with sticks", but hey, that says nothing about the performers here! And the costumes were lovely. )

After some more shop browsing, we were in for a surprise once we were outside: the sun was shining bright! Absolutely not according to the forecasts, absolutely not complaining, haha. I took some very pretty pictures of the castle if I do say so myself, and then we went for lunch here. The salad served at the Three Broomsticks was pretty big, plenty enough to share. After this and of course some butterbeer (non-alcoholic), we left the wizarding world behind us and moved into the rest of the park.

This mostly ended in sightseeing, since the rows were too long to consider queuing up with the concert time getting closer, but that was a lot of fun too. They put in so much detail, and since it is almost Halloween, a lot of people had come dressed up.They do in the Disney parks too, but Disney has pretty strict rules about which characters you're allowed to dress up as, while here it seems to be "anything goes". I saw a guy dressed up as a piece of corn, quite some elaborate costume dress ups, a surprising amount of guys in Sailor Moon outfits, a lot of fancy gothic dress up, and a surprising number of uh, nuns. Alright! And of course, there was the usual mix with outfits from the Harry Potter part and uh, Minions. They have their own spot here.

We also went into the Jurassic park area, which was closed for maintenance last time, although sadly we didn't see a lot of dinosaurs roaming around. There was a scarily realistic Velociraptor animatronic inside the gift shop though! (I think it might have been Blue? Look, I only saw Jurassic World once.) But well, I still love dinosaurs, so this was still cool, haha.

Once we were getting closer to the time of the concert, we went back to the station to catch the train to Osaka station. Luckily the concert venue was very close and actually within the same building in which they have the big Broadway musicals here, currently the little mermaid. It was the lion king last time I went here and got lost at Osaka station, haha. (That station is like 5 different stations all connected, so it's a bit of a maze.) We got seated, got ourselves a drink (it's kinda like a jazz bar here, so you sit at a table and you can order food and drinks), made a quick trip to the merchandise shop, and then sat back to enjoy the performance.

I'll save those details for my next post, haha, but rest assured I had a great time. KOKIA had two performances tonight, so it was a little shorter than a big hall concert, but she did make time for an autograph session! Naturally we queued up with our newly purchased albums, haha.

Ah, such a good time! It was around dinner time now, so my friend introduced me to akashiyaki, which is "sort of takoyaki, except not", haha. Akashi is a city in the nearby Hyogo prefecture, and these are dumplings made of egg rich batter and octopus you need to dump into thin fish broth before eating (thank you, wikipedia). Although takoyaki, also balls with octopus, is more popular and better known, akashiyaki apparently came first. It was really yummy! We shared akashiyaki and then had a takoyaki gratin, which sounded kinda odd, but ended up being delicious as well. We eventually had some desserts at a nearby tea shop that sold SO MANY matcha things, I nearly had a crisis deciding until I opted for the matcha roll cake, incidentally the best roll cake I've ever had.

It was time to part ways with the promise of reunion, and I made it to Shin-Osaka alone. Familiar territory after last year, haha. I caught a shinkansen for Okayama and I have just arrived in my hotel safe and sound, very tired but very pleased.

Tomorrow will be tiring without a doubt, as I'll be in a train for 4.5 hours straight (I did this to myself, I know). But then I'll be in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, my home away from home at this point, haha. I guess I'll ditch my things at the hotel and then rush to Shibuya for my favourite little shrine there, because I must owe some deity something for how lucky I've been so far. Did I mention it was dry the whole time we were outside? Yeah.

I love Tokyo, so I'm very excited about going back there, but it also means saying goodbye to Okayama and entering my last week already. Time really flies, huh...

Well, stay tuned for pictures and the concert review while I go pack my suitcase (the title will make sense after that review, haha, although Harry Potter and dinosaurs are both things I grew up with) and then see you tomorrow from Tokyo!

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