holy freaking crap
So, helloyourself has been around since August 2007. I installed a counter in December.
We totally underestimated our appeal.
D and I were thinking/building castles in the air about doing something special for when we got 888 hits (for the symmetry, you know, and then we totally forgot about it.)
I thought it'd take another week at least.
So. Thank you guys for coming and visiting and reading (who are you all? feel free to comment. ;)
and here's a little snippet from Honey of the Moon (my not really epic but it only feels that way because it's taking me FOREVER TO FINISH IT, Yamapi and Maki story)
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The office is full of balloons. Pink ones, pearly white ones, sunbeam yellow - all bearing the same sentiment. I can't live without you.
Maki stands in the doorway and stares. Among the balloons, Sweet Power's office manager Imamoto-san sits quite composedly at her desk, talking on her phone. Mirei peers around Maki's shoulder and gasps. "Are those all for someone?"
Imamoto-san spots them, and waves them over. "Ah, Horikita-san. I believe you have an admirer," and her hand trembles just slightly, as she points at all the balloons. "They've been arriving since this morning. There were flowers too, but then some of our staff have allergies, so we sent those off to the nearby hospitals and nursing homes." She touches her forehead. "It's been a very long day."
Maki blushes as Mirei claps her hands together and laughs delightedly.
In the dark, she presses a kiss against his neck, feels him shiver. "Do you mean it?"
"Hmm?"
"The balloons. You could live without me."
Yamapi sighs, and turns over to face her, his hand searching for hers. "Yeah, I could." Their fingers entwine. "But I don't want to."
She squeezes his hand softly, and murmurs, "Well, then the only right thing I can do is say yes."
"Yes?"
There is a whole world in his question, half-hushed and full of wonder. It makes her heart beat a little faster and she turns her face to meet his. "Yes, I'll move in with you," she says, and Yamapi says "Oh," and then, "Finally," before his mouth comes down against hers.
We totally underestimated our appeal.
D and I were thinking/building castles in the air about doing something special for when we got 888 hits (for the symmetry, you know, and then we totally forgot about it.)
I thought it'd take another week at least.
So. Thank you guys for coming and visiting and reading (who are you all? feel free to comment. ;)
and here's a little snippet from Honey of the Moon (my not really epic but it only feels that way because it's taking me FOREVER TO FINISH IT, Yamapi and Maki story)
-------------
The office is full of balloons. Pink ones, pearly white ones, sunbeam yellow - all bearing the same sentiment. I can't live without you.
Maki stands in the doorway and stares. Among the balloons, Sweet Power's office manager Imamoto-san sits quite composedly at her desk, talking on her phone. Mirei peers around Maki's shoulder and gasps. "Are those all for someone?"
Imamoto-san spots them, and waves them over. "Ah, Horikita-san. I believe you have an admirer," and her hand trembles just slightly, as she points at all the balloons. "They've been arriving since this morning. There were flowers too, but then some of our staff have allergies, so we sent those off to the nearby hospitals and nursing homes." She touches her forehead. "It's been a very long day."
Maki blushes as Mirei claps her hands together and laughs delightedly.
In the dark, she presses a kiss against his neck, feels him shiver. "Do you mean it?"
"Hmm?"
"The balloons. You could live without me."
Yamapi sighs, and turns over to face her, his hand searching for hers. "Yeah, I could." Their fingers entwine. "But I don't want to."
She squeezes his hand softly, and murmurs, "Well, then the only right thing I can do is say yes."
"Yes?"
There is a whole world in his question, half-hushed and full of wonder. It makes her heart beat a little faster and she turns her face to meet his. "Yes, I'll move in with you," she says, and Yamapi says "Oh," and then, "Finally," before his mouth comes down against hers.