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[ourcityscape]

The single is coming along nicely, since I know you're all wagging your tails in anticipation of its arrival. (Ohkura-kun, I have you down for six copies, right?) It's set to be released at the end of August, though there isn't much left to be done on the production side. I'm still having some trouble finding things to say in the liner notes, but

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[henosewhatsup]

Count me in for around seven. Dr. Kenzo's elated that one of his employees knows a star, and the girls in the office seemed keen on hearing it. I didn't have the heart to tell them you're married XD

Good luck with your house!

And if I may... a dumb question... did you have any awkward moments when your relationship with Matsumoto-senpai started? I'm... looking for advice.

[ourcityscape]

Seven? Fantastic. I'll even draw a squiggle on them for you. You know, personalize them.

... what kinds of awkward moments are you talking about?

[henosewhatsup]

They will probably faint in excitement. Do you have a distributor? My boss is always looking for things to sell in the gift shop that aren't quite as lame as fossilized Pikachu poop. Or whatever it is.

Assuming you don't mind being sold in a gift shop.

Like, those moments where you don't really know what to do... the silence just stretches out before you...before you'd just ignore it but now things are different, you're not just friends anymore...

This is all hypothetical of course.

[ourcityscape]

Hey, as long as I'm being sold, I don't really care where. I don't know if we have a distributor, but I'll talk to my manager Jerry about it and see.

Well, the transition for me and Jun-kun to more-than-friends was actually really simple. It just happened for us, and that was that. I think it was something we'd both been feeling for a while, so there wasn't any awkwardness going into it because we both knew what we wanted. Plus, I'm told I talk a lot, so it's not like there was any silence there anyway.

What exactly is the problem you're having? Hypothetically, of course.

[henosewhatsup]

Sounds good- I'm sure it would be rocking! (ahaha.)

That makes sense.

Hypothetically, what if the people had made the transition and had talked it over, but there still were strange silences that weren't there before when they were just friends? Does this mean that they should reevaluate their decision to be together?

Should the person who is usually the quiet one break the silence?

[ourcityscape]

You should probably leave the puns to Taguchi-kun.

I think at this point you might be feeling self-conscious about the relationship, making it hard to really enjoy being with the other person because you're both so busy sitting there thinking about how you're together. There's something that drew you to each other to begin with, right? Just try to be yourselves and tease it back out, and the rest should come naturally. Or so I'd think.

And yes, if you're both being quiet and are aware of it, then say something. It doesn't matter who says the first word, but just get a conversation going. Something like that.

[henosewhatsup]

I'm sad. :C If you have all the snark and Junno has all the puns, what's left for me?

I think that might be it. These people *cough* went from being friends to one person confessing and the other realizing that what they had felt all along was more than friendship, so there was a bit of shock, you know?

And now there's this weird silence that hangs around, where before it was nothing but chatter....

[ourcityscape]

You do that one thing, don't you? Beatboxing. You could beatbox as the backup music for all of Taguchi-kun's jokes.

Then try to bring the chatter back, at least. And if that isn't working, maybe the best way to deal with it is to be direct and to talk about the fact that you aren't talking. Mm, maybe that would work.

[henosewhatsup]

:/ I suppose. It's sad having one talent define you.

That's a good point. I'm sure I that they probably just need to talk it over, since it was kind of a very quick thing, them getting together.

I don't know it's almost like one of the guys expects the other to be all romantic and stuff and I that guy doesn't know how to be romantic.

[ourcityscape]

You don't like it? I think it's cool. Is there anything else you like to do?

It's worth a shot. The romance bit. If you really like each other that much, you'll figure out a way to make it work. It's better than a stalemate, at least.

[henosewhatsup]

It's cool. I like sewing and crap like that, but Koki's much better at that than I am. And I like rocks, evidently.

But, I mean, how do you do the romantic stuff? Assuming that the person in question never had to do it before? It's different for being romantic for like a girl in high school I assume? :/

[ourcityscape]

You don't have to be the best at something to enjoy doing it, right? Recreate your identity if you're not happy with it! You can be the only guy in KAT-TUN who beatboxes and sews.

Part of me wants to say it's easier this way. In my case,Jun-kun and I have known each other for half our lives. I know what makes him tick, and I try to do things for him that'll make us both feel happy. That's what romance is, isn't it? Making the other person happy. And if you have no idea what works, part of the fun is figuring it out together.

[henosewhatsup]

I guess I could- it just feels like everybody else is so good at something, you know? I'm just the guy with the huge nose that is nice enough and can sorta rap and sorta sing, etc.

Yeah, I've the people in question have known each other for a really long time too, but this new phase is kind of... different. It's never anything they could have anticipated happening in Tokyo. That's a good way to look at it, the whole what romance is. I always think of goofy movie scenes and stuff like that.

[ourcityscape]

You're part of the group, though, right? You help give everyone their space and role in the group by filling your own. KAT-TUN would only be KAT-TU without you, after all.

Ugh, tell me you don't watch romantic comedies in your free time. If that's where you're getting your primer on romance, you've got a lot of work ahead of you.

[henosewhatsup]

Yes, I think so... that makes sense. Here, it's harder to feel that, you know?

....nope....I mean. maybe a few....I've never been the romantic type, you know?

[ourcityscape]

Yeah, I understand that. Not being together with the group and all. But just remember that there are plenty of people who think you're unique and irreplaceable. Hold onto that, wherever you are.

I don't think many of us are the romantic type, but that doesn't keep us from trying. What does "romance" mean to Nakamaru Yuichi? Now's the time to figure it out.