It has been awhile.
First of all, this isn't really a fanfic or a translation or anything.
Awww... TOO BAD. Yeah, yeah. You're not interested? You can go on with your life now. I'm just being an ordinary blogger today who wants to talk like an ordinary person (if you find me any ordinary at all, that is).
So as you all know, NEWS' tour has started 2 days ago and I've been going over con reports and summaries and boy, it brought me to tears when I saw the 4 of them crying, especially Shige and Massu. I mean SERIOUSLY. I cried when I saw Massu crying ;__; I mean, who wouldn't?
"I thought so hard whether to continue NEWS or not."
"I thought we won't be okay anymore."
"When we came out and sang NEWS Nippon, everyone took us in with a smile and that made me feel at ease."
"I never thought of Nishikido-kun and Yamashita-kun as enemies. But of course, we don't want to lose to them."
And you'd see how overwhelmed they were to see the thousands of fans. I'd definitely cry with them if I were actually watching it ;__; Huhu.
My NEWS feels. You don't even understand how I feel right now.
AND HOLY CRAP. IHEIDEWHIDHWIEHIWHEIWHEIDHWEIQHDIHFIWHEIQJDOCSJFOWJROWHOHWOFHWIHREIWHFIWHIRWHIFHWI. This picture of Tego-chan just killed me. LIKE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. HIS COSTUME OKAY.
Credits to owner for the photo
OH AND LOOK. ABS. MY BB HAS ABS. LOOK AT THAT. AND THE PANTS. YOU GUIZE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I FEEL FIWHRIWEHIWHEIWHIEHRIEWIDDSA.
So ever since I saw that costume and the heck of a ripped pants (LOOK AT HIS LEGS), all I could think of was Yamapi's Ero ~2012 Version.
THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH FIFTY SHADES OF TEGOSHI YUYA.
IFWHRIWHIWHEIWWHDIWHDISD I DON'T EVEN KNOW. But because of this, I randomly thought I wanted to hear Tego covering Ero. It would sound so nice, yeah?
Anyhow, I didn't write this blog entry because I wanted to rant about how hot Tego is or how emotional I am about missing the concert and frustrated because I can't even get the con goods.
I'm sure most of you are wondering why I wrote this and why the title of this entry is not relevant to what I have been blabbering about earlier. So now, let's get to the real point of this blog [YEAH, FINALLY. SO YOU BE THANKFUL.]
You see, there's one person I follow on Twitter (I wouldn't say she's a follower of mine 'cause she doesn't follow me back. LOL. Yeah, I'm such a loser, right?). She's a NEWS fan from Japan and she's a huge fan of Shige... Well actually, the word fan is not even the right term.
Let's say... she LOVES Shige and I mean love WITH PASSION.
The first time I followed her, I noticed her for being the typical fan that you'd usually meet online; she watches Mirai Theater on a regular basis, never misses NEWS' guesting on TV programs, buy magazines, collect merchandises of Shige, etc. I even got to talk to her a few times and she was very friendly :)
I never got to really talk to her about more personal sides like how much of a Shige fan she is and all. But when I went over her tweets, I was beginning to notice that her tweets consisted Shige most of the time. It was as if Shige was part of her life. On typical days, she would tweet a picture of Shige smiling with a caption something like, "It's because of this smile that I'm probably alive." Once in awhile, she would tweet something like, "I'm going to school! Shige-san, let's do our best throughout the day today!" And tweets similar to that on a normal basis. And based on her tweets, you would know that she loves Shige TO BITS. And when I say to bits, everything about what, who Shige is. The whole existence of Shige.
A week or so before the concert, she was tweeting that she was making an uchiwa for the concert and how she was very excited about the concert. Reading those kinds of tweets personally make me jealous, reality slapping into my face that I'm not actually one of those fans excited about the concert and actually preparing an uchiwa for it. But for some reason, reading her tweets like that made me kind of excited for her.
A few days ago before the concert, she tweeted about how her friends' uchiwa's were so well-decorated and bold and everything while hers was so plain. She said that she was having a difficult time expressing how much she loved Shige through one uchiwa [it's okay, gurl. Shige likes simple :> I honestly would've had a hard time doing the same if I were in her shoes]. And she also tweeted about how excited she was so excited to see Shige and couldn't even sleep out of excitement. It was as if it was the night before a girl was meeting with her new boyfriend for their first date. Reading those kinds of tweets made me more excited for her even from a distance.
And the other day after the concert while I was sulking over missing the concert and how emotional some concert reports were and while having my NEWS feels, she tweeted several tweets about her concert experience.
She started with a few tweets like, "Thank you" and "Shige-san looked the happiest in the whole of Chichibunomiya today." And she tweeted a few things maybe all personal stuff that maybe only we can see if we were actually there, but said how everyone accepts Shige as he is and how much he was loved (I guess she was referring to the part when he cried and said he felt like they were up to no good ;__;). She also tweeted something like, "I can't say anything, seeing Shige so happy" and "I love you, Shige-san."
And she said, "What exactly I love, I really can't even express it through words. But I realized today how happy I am to have been able to meet someone like him. And I know it's something that's of a given, but also how he's doing his best."
She also mentioned a few details like how much she couldn't stop crying from the time he came out and greeted everyone. I have to admit I trolled on her some of her conversations with some people and saw one of her friends tweeting to her, "The moment I saw Shige, I thought of you. I was wondering if you were okay. Well, I'm sure you weren't but I wanted to hug you when that happened." This just means she was really overwhelmed that she was able to see him and it was so surreal. She also said that she just couldn't stop crying. When she got home and saw her uchiwa of Shige that she bought the day before displayed in her room, she just couldn't help but cry again.
Yesterday, she mentioned that all she could think of was Shige when he cried and that she needed to see a Shige when he jokes around.
Based on these kinds of tweets that I've been reading from her, I realized how much she loves Shige so much - and I'm talking not the fan kind of love. It's a genuine kind of love that an ordinary fan can never probably have. I feel her emotional attachments for Shige even if I may not know her personally.
Some of you might agree otherwise. "It's stupid. How can you fall for someone you haven't even met?" But do you think there was a boundary in love? Can other people judge whether love is stupid or not if you're not the one in love? It's not us to say whether love was considered stupid or genuine.
I am blogging about this person because I admire her for expressing such love for someone she might not personally know, someone who might even be unreachable in terms of personal relationships. I can't even call her a fan because of how passionate her love for Shige is. I'm surprised I got to encounter someone like this. Nevertheless, I personally believe that this is what a true fan is. Being a fan isn't just about liking their music (knowing every song, lyrics and the meaning by heart), flailing at how talented they are, buying their merchandises, etc. But it's the emotional attachment. I think having a fandom is like getting into a relationship. Leave it is like breaking up with them.
I truly admire people who are not afraid to express what they love. I also admire people who can love so passionately and one day, I hope I'd learn to love passionately as well.
....with Tegoshi-kun? Hmm, why not? :>
美しい恋にしてください、手越くん!♡
As for the concert, the Tokyo show's done. So that's a job well done for NEWS, ne?
お疲れ様、NEWS!
I'm hoping with my fingers crossed that they'd have a tour around next year of Spring between April and May since I plan to visit (or move there for good, I'm still praying about it :3) in Japan around those times. So I hope they do hold a concert around that time because I'll do whatever it takes to go to their concert when I have the chance (and fulfill my dream of NEWS being my first Johnny's concert xD).
約束するよ、NEWS! ♡