Oct 15, 2015 00:44
After the concert high that Arashi was that night my friend and I decided to have a late dinner at the resturant downstairs of our hotel in beautiful Hawaii. As the elevator stopped on our floor a mother and a child came out and apoligized to the person in the elevator. When we entered we noticed that all the buttons were pressed. Thinking it still is a pain to get out of the elevator and take a new one we decided to ride it all the way down. I guess the person in the elevator thought they same because there was no sign of him trying to leave or move away from the back corner of the elevator. The person on the elevator wore a purple sports jacket with a matching bottom and sunglasses. He wore his hood on. We really didn't pay much attention on him. So my friend and I just talked to each other. "Today was the best day ever", I said. My friend started to tease me and said, "Your just happy you got to see your boyfriend Matsujun live!" As we giggled away we heard the guy in the back laugh a little. I looked back, and when he saw he turned around and coughed. So I just let it go. Then I answered my friend back, "Well yeah, I love him. Hahaha. Anyway it was a good first concert." Then I noticed the guy kind of ease dropping on us. So I looked back at him and he turned around again. Then I noticed something about him. I went a little closer and asked, "You are Matsumoto Jun right?" (In Japanese cause I speak it) Then he took off his hood and said "Yes." I was shocked and embarassed at the same time. I just couldn't believe it. But my friend un-schocked shook his hand thanked him for the concert. I couldn't even speak, but I shook his hand. "You speak fluent Japanese. You from there?", He asked. After the shock wore off I answered, "No I'm from California. I just learned Japanese for work. I also watched a lot of your shows." By this time the elevator had stopped at the lobby floor where the resturant was at and we all got off. We said our good bye and then we started walking the same way. He asked, "Going to the resturant?" I said, "Yeah. We were going to eat dinner." He said, "Me too. Was going to meet the other members there." As we walked together we told him it was my birthday that is why we were there for their concert. How my friend got the tickets for me as a birthday/going away present because I will be moving to Japan in a few weeks for work. When we got to the resturant it was full. The person who was trying to seat us said the wait will be about 30 minutes. MatuJun saw the other members already seated and was about to head over, when he asked us if we wanted to follow him to meet the other members as we wait to be seated. We delightedly said yes. When we got to their table he introduced us. And told them the story of how he ran into us. He then proceeded to say it was my birthday and they congratulated me and my friend whose birthday is tomorrow. Then they asked me questions about why I speak Japanese so fluently and my job, and where I will be living. I answered them promptly. After a few moments they call us to be seated. So we said good byes and left them.
After dinner my friend and I were about to leave we noticed they were still there. So we decided to say a last good bye. As we did, Ninomiya-san told Jun-kun to walk us to our room. As a present for our birthday, since he's my ichiban. Jun-kun relunctantly said okay, because he suggested it already and it would be rude to refuse, at least that's what he was thinking. So he did, all the way to our door. We said good bye again and as he turned away and walk off I yelled, "Wait!" At that moment it felt like something came over me. I feeling of courage I never knew I had. As we stood in the hallway staring at each other he waited for me to say something else. When I caught up with my thought process when I yelled I went through my purse and found my card case. I walked up to him and handed him my card and said, "I'll be in Tokyo in the next month or so. So if you have a chance do email me or call me to reccommend some good places to eat at. Since you know a lot of good places. And I'm new to the area and won't really have time to explore as much" Jun-kun's face looked a bit confused, but he took my card anyway. He took it and gestured a thank you and left. I ran to our room feeling proud of myself and screaming in the inside as well as squelling with my friend. Little did I know as Jun-kun went into the elevator he looked at the card and out in the hallway and smiled. Placing the card in his wallet.
....to be continued....
(Sorry for all the punctuation and quotation erorrs for all those english scholars. I forgot all about them once I finished school and my lack of writing essays since then.)