2 posts tagged “true story”

So here’s the fic from A-chan’s pov. I didn’t write very detailed on the part which I already wrote for Oh-chan’s pov. Here, I focus more on those things that Oh-chan doesn’t know about, so you guys will know briefly what’s going on too. Please forgive me, I don’t speak Thai, but A-chan knows Japanese, so it’s quite natural for her to blurt out some Japanese… (I guess).
Umm, confession. I made up some parts (still based on A-chan’s infos), partially because it’s my style of writing fics, and *ahem* partially cause I’m not A-chan herself.

15 September 2006

A day I would never ever forget. In fact, I feel like crying every time I thought of this day. It’s gotta be the best day ever…

I’ve always been attending Arashi concerts since 2003. ‘How’s it Going?’ was my first concert, and it got me hooked on to never stop going for other Arashi concerts. You wouldn’t understand… though I’ve been to so many of their concerts (maybe not to some of you), I still feel excited (yes, I do), very excited to see my beloved idols… it’s a feeling I can never be able to describe. Perhaps I’ll just die halfway describing if I ever tried. Hahaha….

Meeting up with their idols. It’s everyone’s dream, isn’t it? No matter who we are, what we do for a living, of course we’d wanna meet our idols some day, ain’t I right? Ah, that’s not the point. A simple fan girl like me, meeting up with my long awaited idols myself. How should I put it? Sometimes even I myself can’t really believe that it happened to me. It really did, I just got to accept the miraculous fact.

***

“Registered post!”

I knew it, it finally arrived. I rushed out of the house to meet the postman. True enough, the post was meant for me.

I signed my name and accepted the package. You might be wondering what it is…. come closer, I’ll tell you. This is top secret.

It’s a drawing a fellow Ohno fan sent to me… (I think I hear some sighs of disappointment). What? Just because it’s by another fan doesn’t mean it’s worthless! I can’t agree more on that myself.

Beautiful drawing of Oh-chan, I would say. She (no surprise there) captured his smile just as I know him, signing her name below with a line of ‘Maresha’ (Malaysia) in katakana. She left a big ‘SMILE’ there… yeap; I certainly hope Oh-chan will keep his smile forever.

I told her I was going to the Arashic concert and she sent me this to show Oh-chan. She seemed thrilled (who wouldn’t be?) so was I. The book I prepared to give Oh-chan, I bought it from Kinokuniya, actually… it teaches easy Thai words, and I really want Oh-chan to have it. Of course, I will include the drawing I just received in my book, crediting her.

Hey, don’t jump to conclusion. I did something for him myself too (as in I did it with my both hands, and of course, my brain) so don’t just assume that I’m not sincere enough.

It’s a postcard actually, which I drew some things using sky blue colour (Oh-chan likes blue, doesn’t he?) and wrote a whole lots of things in Japanese what I wanted to say to Oh-chan. Example, my name is…, I come from…, I go to your concert every time… bla bla, and at last….

“Thank you Ohno-kun for your all kindness and I will be your fan forever…”

I know, I know…. It sounds kinda tragical, for a simple fan girl like me… It’s more like a fan latter than a postcard ne… but they work the same I guess, who cares anyway? I don’t suppose Oh-chan will know the difference. Ah~ I already sent the postcard to him at the Jimusho… Heh heh heh.

***

Taihen da na~  how do I get my tickets?! No kidding man, I have Ji-chan (who’s in Tokyo) to buy tickets for me for Arashi’s concerts in Japan. She helped me get my Osaka tickets… for every performance. But hello~ their next stop is Taiwan… I don’t speak Chinese, and I don’t know anyone there…

Oh great, this is just great…. *groans*

Ah….. chotto chotto. Ji-chan mentioned that she has a Taiwanese colleague, didn’t she? Ah ha ha ha ha…. My saviour….
So I gave Ji-chan a call, saying things like “Heya, I remember you said…..” bla bla bla…. Yeap, she expected my call. Hahaha… in fact, she’ll be going to the concert with me!

I guess God really does favour me (heh heh heh…), the Taiwanese colleague entrusted us with her username and password for Taiwan Auction!! Say, if we won the bid, the tickets will be sent to her boyfriend’s house in Taipei and he will pay for us first. Then, we will pay him back when we meet her boyfriend in Taiwan.

Perfect plan, isn’t it?

……………..ummm……. maybe…..?

For the first time of my life did I know that auctioning was a hard and vexing thing to do… Yeah I have to admit that I’m really picky when it comes to buying tickets for Arashi concerts, I want a REAL GOOD seat, mind you…

So thanks to my pickiness, I found myself looking for good seats day after day, checking back again every possible minute, watashi to tomodachi (san-nin) no tame ni.... It’s making me really anxious, the auction. I’m starting to hate it already, but I have to just shut up cause my fate lays in its hands…. *rolls eyes*

Ah~~!!!! We’re gonna win, we’re gonna get….. WHAT?!!

Hey, who the hell was that? I looked around… Chikusho…! I thought I was the top bidder!….. Yoshi! Com’on, who’s afraid of who? Let’s see…

It’s so ‘overwhelming’, these things called auctions. Seriously, if I continue on like this, I’ll die 10 years earlier than I should. Just when you think you’re winning, someone (like that stupid guy just now) chirps in and put more money than you, when you cannot effort that price which is more than your budget limit, you loose it!!!! Saite yo~ >_<

*Takes deep breath*…. Right, I won’t have a heart attack, not at this peak moment!

Finally, I decided…. So be it.

“7000 yuan!”

***

Phew, I feel like fainting. We got it!! We got it!!

I’ll be sitting with Ji-chan in the Arena seat on the 16th of September, which I got the tickets for 4500 yuan.

Then, I’ll be watching the concert again on the 17th of September alone by myself, where I got the first row!! Cost me 7000 yuan for this seat, cool huh?

Can’t wait for the Taiwan Arashic concert to come…

***

Ya know what? I actually reserved my Arashic tickets for the 29th and 30th July performance in Osaka, and the 2nd August performance in Nagano.

But then…. But then…

Announcement:
Arashi will be coming to Thailand for the Asia Press Conference.
Venue: Airport Hotel
Time: 7.00 am
Date: 31st July, 2006

WHAT? What what what what…………. WHAT??

Arashi’s coming to where I am for God’s sake! I shouldn’t miss this opportunity, never!!

Jaa, there goes my plans. I won’t go to Nagano anymore… *shakes head violently*… No, I won’t. Arashi, in Thailand; Arashi, in Thailand…. Shinjirarenai…. (demo ureshi).

Hold it ne, I still have to work… *sigh*. Can’t help it, I’ll have to get a 2-day leave from my boss… So I’ll leave on Friday the 28th, and I’ll be back on Monday the 31st July, for the sake of Osaka concert. Ii na~

Then I’ll be able to meet them during the Asia Press Conference too….!

***

30 July 2006

I woke up in early morning this day. Why?  Because there were 3 Arashi concerts today!! I went to every single one of them!! Yay!! Chou ureshii na~

It started from 10 am, and ended at around 9.00 pm.

Honestly, Arashi members are hyper. They danced, they sang, they jumped, and ran around… in EVERY ONE of the concerts that day. I really wonder, how is that possible? How’d they do it? Sugoii ne~

I was really tired myself, just by rushing around to catch their concerts, let alone themselves who are performing. I didn’t even have the time to eat… (I wonder if poor Ohno-kun is as kawaisou as I am…) Right, I ate precisely only one Onigiri, nothing more!! *Be true to yourself* Alright! I…  and I drank some water too…

Let me just… (I think this is kinda fun, which is exactly what I did for the whole day)

Joined the first concert > came out after concert------------------------
Queue in to join another concert > came out after concert-----------------------
Queue in to join another concert > came out after concert-----------------------

Exactly what happened to me for the whole tiring day.

All three of the concerts were over at around 9.00 pm. went back to my hotel to pick up my suitcase, and left for the Kansai international Airport around 10.00 pm on the last train from Osaka station.

I was really really tired, I sweat a lot ne… I’m dying for a nice decent bath. Water~ water… Lot’s of water….

Felt like crying, I didn’t have enough time to take a bath even, cause my flight will depart at around 1.00 am… This is what happens when fandom comes in action.

Oh My God, when I got on the train, I was really tried and… sleepy… so I fell asleep T_T…..

To the hell with it, I overslept and missed my stop. I’m so baka ne~… I got out of the train and found that I lost my way… (why am I not surprised?) I felt so helpless… how’m I gonna meet Arashi tomorrow?? I’ve been planning for my once in a lifetime and now… Urgh!!  I went to ask for help from the station master and he told me… “we’re sorry, there are no trains available to the Airport at this time”… BAKA JA NAI???!!!! Arienai?!

>_<…  I went out from this station and took a cab back to the Kansai International Airport, it’s already 11.00 pm. It took aound an hour for me to reach and I paid around 10,000yen for the stupid cab… nanka, kanashi dake… oi, oi, kore wa uchi no kane dayo…

Dakedo, I can still to catch up with my flight (thank goodness^^/).  When I was on board… I was still hoping… maybe I can meet Arashi inside airport!!!! This be my dream.

***

6.00 am, 31st July. They should be here any minute I guess… the press conference’s starting at 7.00, they can’t be late…

I waited in the airport (rather stupidly, I have to admit)… Eh? Ikanai desu ka? Arashi no minna-sama ima doko ni iru no ka?

Aissshhh~!!! *hits forehead*… BAKA! Why haven’t I thought of it? Who are Arashi? Who are they? Why would they enter through the immigration like ordinary people do?

Of course they have their private jet and their Arashi bus to pick them up… I’m soooo stupid!! Of course they won’t be here… Argh! Why haven’t I thought of that?!

--Ring--

Eh? Ah, my cell phone. “Hello?”

Ah, o-tomodachi desu….

“Wow, there are lots of VIPs here ne…”

I nodded my head without actually listening to what she was saying (of course I didn’t thought that she wouldn’t see my nod at the other end), looking around for Arashi’s slightest shadow.

Wait, what was she talking about? VIPs? Press? What?

“WHAT?!” I shouted into the phone.

Yabaiii!!! Ima sugoku taihen dattara… Watashi hontou ni baka daro… *beats self*

Doushio…?! She said Arashi’s already in the hotel!!!! Oh nooooooo!!!! Ohno-kun, oh noooo…..!!! I’ve wasted my time here waiting for Arashi inside this stupid airport, I’m so stupid!!

Arrrr!! Jikan nai! Hayaku hayaku~! I hurriedly pulled my suitcase with me, next stop, Airport Hotel!

Eh, chotto… I think there’s something fishy here… what is it…? Ah! I haven’t bathed since yesterday! And I still have my Arashic shirt on! What the… (suddenly I’m happy I didn’t get to meet Arashi upclose)

As I reached Airport Hotel… he saw me, I knew he did. Ohno-kun saw me. Everything’s worth it now I guess, no matter how uncomfortable I felt… *getting quiet*

*turns and shows a peace sign with a bright smile* He saw me!! (Yay!!)

***

I cried. I can’t help it. I cried a lot today, I noticed. I can’t control it, I noticed too.

He remembered me, he pointed to me and smiled the moment he saw me when he was on the bus… he remembered me.

Most of all… My friend who was at the press conference all the time called me again. And guess what I heard?

Reporter: “What did you says about Thailand in concert at Osaka yesterday?”

Sho: “Yesterday have a lot of audience and one of them was a Thai Fan (he called me kanojou) she was a fan of Leader ga Captain ga Ohno ga... (I have absolutely no idea why Sho referred to ALL the names of Ohno-kun) and when Ohno saw her in concert he says…

Ohno: “Pom Kob Kun mak Krab”

Which means ‘thank you’ in Thai, in a super polite way. In reality, he only said the casual form “Kob Kun Krab” during the concert. But it was far more than I expected.

Sho: “He says that among a lot of audience… No one understands what he says.”

I guess it’s because most of the fans there are Japanese…? Obviously no one understands when he speaks Thai… other than me, of course.

Iya~~ dame da!!! I can’t help it. Not only did Ohno-kun remember me, so did Sho-kun… I kept crying… I wasn’t sad, I wasn’t suffering… but I just can’t stop crying…

***
Fumbling through my wardrobe, I gave a great long sigh. Oh God~ help me! I’m gonna meet Arashi tomorrow!!! What should I wear? What should I say? How should I tie my hair? What bag should I use? How should it…. Argh!!! Somebody, tasukete kudasai!!!

This light blue shirt? This red one? Or this pink one? Com’on, com’on…. Make up your mind!

Gold bag, gold shoes. Yeah, I’m gonna take those. Oh-chan hates red, so this red short’s definitely out. Right, I practically threw it on the floor.

Choices down to two, great job! Now we’re getting somewhere… I took up the light blue shirt with my left hand, and the other with my right. Standing in front of the mirror, I repeatedly placed the two shirts in front of me to check which one will make me look better…

Ho wait! How could I be so careless? Hold on please… let me just try them on like this… Okay, so now I have my shoes on and my white overall’s here… Ah, I think I’ll take the pink shirt, blue doesn’t go very well with gold, does it? (Not that pink goes perfectly well, but then again…)

Phew! I dropped down back first onto my bed. That was tough… Yoshi! These shall be my attire for me to meet Ohno-kun and Arashi tomorrow morning in Taiwan! Just the thought of it makes me wanna faint. It’s coming true, I know it will, I just know it.

Aaa~ I haven’t practiced what I was gonna say to Ohno-kun!! *quickly gets up* My draught paper, where is it? Where is it?

***

Lup dup~ Lup dup~
 
What’s that? It’s so loud that I’m nearly going deaf.

Oh pardon me, it’s my own heartbeat. Sumimasen deshita… *looks around* Hazukashii ne~

I can’t help it. Don’t blame me for the thunderous noise. I’m so nervous… I really am… so would you be if you were me.

True, I’ve seen Arashi performing life for many times… but this is the first time I’m going to meet them upclose!! Whoooo….

“A-chan,” my friend beside me held my hand, “we’re really gonna meet them, aren’t we?”

I was just about to answer her when she continued saying dreamily, “I’m gonna meet Sho-kun, I’m gonna see his beautiful smile upclose! Sho-kun kakkoii!”

I eyed her from where I was (no difference cause she’s right beside me) and smiled. I’m exactly like her I suppose, of course I’m imagining Ohno-kun instead of Sho-kun~

Time check, 9.45am. We’re supposed to reach Taiwan at 11.30am, then we shall meet Arashi…. *(breathe in, breathe out) x infinity*

Holding the book I prepared for Oh-chan tightly in my arms, my eyes fixed into the air without particularly looking into anything.

I’m gonna meet them. I’m gonna meet Arashi. I’m gonna meet Ohno-kun…

“Sho-kun, kakkoii Sho-kun~” I still hear my friend’s soft whimper as she tried to get some sleep.

I doubt she’ll ever get any, not at this moment.

***

Life’s back to normal, after the Arashic concert ended. I was happy, so to say… but was kinda disappointed when Ohno-kun couldn’t keep the book I prepared for him… Kanashii ne~

I had to come back to Bangkok…. I just have to… I still have to work. What do you expect from a 26-year-old Thai Ohno fan? Follow him tightly everywhere he went?

Oh I’d love to do that ne... but I’d have to face the reality sometimes, ya know? How’m I gonna get the money to support Arashi if I don’t work? See what I mean?

Surfing the net, doing what I’ve always been doing. I’m either searching for news about Arashi, check some magazine translations, or I’ll just sit back and watch some of their videos, which never fails to amuse me.

Sumoboy’s livejournal has always been my ‘must-stop-by’… I’m sure those people who saw her LJ understand why.

Right, so I was viewing her LJ that particular night, and I saw that she translated October’s Wink Up, on Oh-chan’s part!! Yay… I was just reading it with interest when….

“…there was this Thai fan at that concert….”

EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH???!!!!! Nani kore?!

“…she was my fan. I think she probably watched three shows...."

Oh my God!!! Kore…. Watashi desu ka? Masaka?!

“….there was that same fan who was watching the concert in the first show in Osaka running along with the bus. She was there!  That girl who watched us in Osaka, I just happened to catch sight of her …..”

I’m gonna faint…

“…I thought ‘wow! That is fast!’…. Did she probably catch the last flight out of Kansai airport?”

Yeah, how’d he know that?
 
“…I was sure that girl was in Osaka!”

I nodded my head as hard as I could. Yeap, I was there. I was there!!

“…I keep on looking and I can remember everyone’s face. Those fans that come regularly to our shows, when I see them I can remember them and I think to myself ‘Ah that girl, she was here the other time too!’”

I felt my cheeks burning… my vision blurred with tears. Does he still remember me?! was it really me he was talking about? I don’t care, even if it isn’t me… I still believe it’s me he’s talking about…

“Mom! Dad!” I rushed out of my room, wiping my tears, “he.. he… he mentioned me!!!”

“Who?” my sister asked.

“Ohno-kun!!!” I squealed. I was soooo happy.

My parents laughed, “you look happier than when you graduated… hahahaha….”

Argh, they won’t understand. Ima no watashi, chou tanoshinda!!!

*Cry*… Ohno-kun, you never cease to bring miracles into my life.

“….Although I might not know how to speak the local language, we can communicate through our feelings.  So I will try my best.”

Ganbatte ne, Ohno-kun!

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jimusho - office
taihen - in trouble
chotto - hold it
watashi to tomodachi no tame ni - for me and my friends
san-nin - 3 person
chikushou - (curse)
yoshi - Alright!
shinjirarenai - unbelievable
demo ureshii - but i'm happy
Ii - good
Chou - super
sugoii - (to express admiration)
kawaisou - (sympethetic)
baka – stupid
hontou - really
arienai - impossible
nanka, kanashii dake - it's kinda sad
kore wa uchi no kane - this is my money
dakedo - but
ikanai - not coming
Arashi no minna-sama ima doko ni iru no ka - where is everybody from Arashi?
Yabai - (same as taihen)
doushio - what do i do?
jakan nai - there's no time
hayaku - quick
kanojou - she
dame - (can't stand it anymore)
tasukete - save me
hazukashii - embarrassing
kakkoii - cool
masaka - how's it possible?
chou tanoshinda - very happy
ganbatte - keep it up

For your information, those people who know that I draw and paint… the Ohno fan who sent her drawing to A-chan wasn’t me. Though she’s from Malaysia too… in fact, I got to know A-chan through her myself.

Alright, so this fic is written specially for A-chan. It is based on her true experience while meeting Arashi, especially Oh-chan (her all-time idol, mine too). Credit goes to her for all the details provided from her point of view. I just wrote this fic into Oh-chan’s point of view instead.
Seriously, I know A-chan’s not lying. Oh-chan really does remember her. He mentioned his encounter with A-chan during the October Wink Up 2006 interview. Credit goes to Sumoboy for translating it.
Just wanted to share it… to all Arashi fans, ganbarimasho!

I saw her.

I swear I did.

I saw her.

It wasn’t quite possible, but I did.

I couldn’t believe my eyes, but I had to.

I saw her. The exact same girl I saw in nearly every one of our concerts.

She was here, again.

Arashi, Arasic, Arasick, Arashic… Arashit. Oops.

15th September 2006. It’s a Friday, I know that. Yeap, heading towards Taiwan ne, Arashic Tour concert coming up. Aww…

“Oh-chan!” Nino called out to me, “stop yawning like that!” as he turned towards the plane window, “ahh~~~ we’ve reached!”

Like how? I wondered. I couldn’t help it, I was really really sleepy. Rushing around for concerts and performances, honestly, who wouldn’t be? I re-tied my shoelaces of my white sneakers, to make sure I don’t trip over myself when I’m in the airport. Hey, anything can happen. Ah, here’s a secret - both my socks don’t match. Shh….

“Com’on,” Sho-kun gave me a pat on the back (a little too hard, I would say. I bet he left a palm mark on my back), “we’re landing, pull yourself together, will ya? There’ll be lots of people waiting at the airport for us…” Thanks to him, I had to tie my shoelaces again.

“Sou ne~” Matsujun (this little brat) said, standing up from his seat as out plane stopped at last, “ikuzo!” he seemed excited.

“Taiwan, here we come!” seems like genki Aiba-chan is as genki as ever.

Me? I’m still sleepy. Really, spare me.

Fans screaming, as usual. They were blocked, as usual.

To tell the truth, I still remember the time when Arashi wasn’t as well-known as today (not that I wanted to boast or anything), no one knew us ne~ when I recall those days, nanka sabishii yo… Demo, things change as time passes, I have to agree. I mean, com’on! Look at this; we’ve got fans, people! We’ve got fans! Ah, look there, I see some people shouting Aiba-chan’s name. This kiddo’s popular, isn’t he? Haha…

Pardon me, but I’ve wanted to do this all day. Just a moment… *shows peace sign, flashing a big smile* Ah~ that feels good. But, I still feel kinda sleepy… I adjusted my position to prevent my bag from slipping down, and… yeah, I had to continue walking.

I looked at my watch casually, 12.05? Is it really 5 minutes past noon? But the long hand seem to be slightly further from ‘1’… ah, who cares? No one knows that I don’t really know how to read a clock. Nah, just kidding.

We walked into the airport. Yay, ask me the name of the airport… ask me! I have the best answer ever in the world, or you’re really asking? Are you ready to hear it? The answer is, I DON’T KNOW. Hahahahaha… okay okay, sumimasen deshita.

You know, usually we enter an airport last ne. We’re usually the last in line, right behind all the staffs and crews, when they’re done clearing the way. But this time, I don’t know (yeah, that’s the same answer you usually get from me. Allow me to assure you, it’s not my fault!), we were one of the very first to enter the airport. However, there’s one thing I know (feeling quite proud), we came out through Gate 9. What do you mean ‘no big deal’?! if it weren’t for Gate 9, I wouldn’t even be in Taiwan! Don’t you think you should compliment me or something? Hmmm?

I tried to hide my yawn. I think I succeeded. My group members are all walking ahead of me, so let them be. Matsujun was leading the way (I know he likes to), Aiba-chan and Sho-kun was next in line. Right in front of me, is none other than the ever-so-cute Nino. I dragged myself to keep up with them, it’s getting quite challenging to do so I think. Man, they never get tired, do they?

We got up an escalator, finally I get to stop walking yet continue moving. The escalator’s a great invention don’t you think? No? Well I hell think it’s a great invention (no matter what you say)!

My head felt really heavy. I feel like dozing off halfway walking, I really do. But if I really did that, my manager will never forgive me, neither will any of the boys. Hold it, maybe Nino will ne… and Matsujun. Chotto, maybe Sho-kun will forgive me too… Aiba-chan wouldn’t mind, I’m sure… Argh! Of course the boys won’t mind! But talk about our manager… *turns around and pretends nothing happened* la la la…

We continued to walk through the airport. I saw a girl standing in front of the toilet. I know I shouldn’t be thinking about anything else right now, but what’s the girl doing there? She looks like she’s been nailed to the floor or something. Is she okay? Worst still, a déjà vu hit me. Her long straight hair, her big round eyes... I feel like walking up to her and ask, “Have we met?”

Of course I didn’t do anything stupid (as I usually did), I just continued walking past her casually, though there’re really lots of questions marks popping up my mind. I wonder if the boys feel the same.

“Ohno-kun~”

I heard it, she called me! That girl who was nailed to the floor, she called me! Of all the boys, me!! Wow, I feel like a God, honestly. Look! She can move now, and she’s walking towards me! I pulled off the nail that got her stuck to the floor! Am I a tenshi or what? I feel so good that I turned almost immediately to give her a smile as I waved to her. Excuse me, I’m not in the mood to flash my BIG BIG BIG smile now, but I
do feel less sleepy than when I first got down the plane. In fact, I feel like jumping.

“Ohno-kun, moratte kudasai,” she came closer to me, trying to be as polite as possible. Hai! Eh…? What’s that thing in her hands? It looks like a book… what book is it? I couldn’t see really clearly, but it has Thai words on it. This girl is from Thailand?! Curiosity rose within me as I reached out my hand for the book the girl handed to me. 2 more inches to go! 2 more inches then I get see what’s inside this omoshiroi-looking book…

Matte te, then it hit me. I felt my manager’s glare right beside me; he’ll swallow me up any moment now. I turned to him, putting on my cutest facial expression, “can I have it?” I even considered flicking my eyelids, but thank God I didn’t do it till that extend. I want that book~ it looks really interesting, and not to mention ARTISTIC! “Please, can I have it?” I asked again, “onegaishimasu,” begging, actually.

My heart sank, I even had to squat down a little to pick it back up. He refused!!! My manager refused~! Stupid Johnny’s rules!! I want that book so badly….!!! Hey~!! I want that~~ *takes a deep breath*. I mustn’t lose control here…

“Gomen nasai~” I turned to the girl and bowed a traditional Japanese apology bow; I’m apologizing sincerely with all my might. I was really sorry… she must’ve used up lots of time and energy to make the book for me, she must have. I really wanted to show my appreciation, but was sorry I couldn’t. My little self was banging around in my head, “stupid JE rules!!!”

“Wakarimashita,” I heard her say, “daijyoubu.” Wow, she knows Japanese… (right, maybe everyone knows these Japanese phrases, but it doesn’t matter) I saw her effort. “Arigatou gozaimasu,” she thanked me instead. What should I say? I don’t know. She even returned my bow. I can’t exactly describe what I was feeling, I just can’t… ah~ I don’t know. I guess the most I can do is to continue smiling to her as I waved to her. I hope she knows how much I appreciated her…

Sho-kun pulled out his video camera, filming everything possible. Yeah, of course he has to film me (I know he did it only for courtesy sake, nah~) cause Nino’s right in front of me. Hmm, makes me wonder, maybe he wants to film the manager too? Zen zen wakaranai~ Sho-kun had his famous smile hung on his face all the time, but he gave a hearty laugh suddenly as he filmed around; precisely when he filmed me and Nino.

He shouldn’t be laughing at me, or Nino. We weren’t doing anything stupid. Ah, I think… wait… I turned around, and sure enough, I saw two fans right behind me. One of them is smiling stupidly at Sho-kun (ah~ so that’s why Sho-kun laughed, kono yaro…), and her friend… hey, she was the one who tried to give me the book… talking about the book… to the hell with it, I want it so badly! I gave the two girls a smile and continued to head towards the immigration gate with the rest. Yo people, we’re at the VIP immigration queue! How’s that sound, huh? Yeah, we’re ALWAYS in the VIP queue, so I guess… yeah, it’s nothing to cheer about.

We waited for the elevator as we’re going the first floor. “Why can’t you use the stairs?” you might ask. Hello~ just in case you haven’t noticed, I am so damn tired! It’ll kill me even if it’s only a few steps of stairs. Besides, the stairs are kinda dangerous… especially in a busy place like this airport, which I know not the name (haha!). I mean, what if fans come up to us and we’re stuck in between? What if one of us got hurt? What if I trip and fall? Yeah, I’d most probably trip and fall.

Nino walked beside me on the left. My head still felt heavy but I had to make sure I go the right way (towards the front, instead of heading towards the floor) so I actually looked at the floor all the way. *Yawn* Nino’s turning really talkative now ne… he kept talking and talking and talking… well, some of the things he said are rather interesting actually. But forgive me, I’m not in the mood… I nodded lightly to show that I was listening. I was, really.

This kid, Nino, he giggled all of a sudden. Happens all the time, perhaps he’s planning a prank again?! He touched my arm and motioned for me to look to my right. So I did, I had to. To my surprise, it was her, again! The girl who had the book, I remember her! And I was looking right into her eyes, such beautiful eyes.

“Ohno-kun, ganbatte kudasai~” she gave me this. It was more than enough. Though she seemed really shocked and nervous while she said this, I knew she was sincere. I smiled to her (I was feeling really really touched). What a fan I’ve got! She followed us all the way, Nino must’ve noticed too. No wonder he laughed.

So we moved out of the arrival gate. There were lots (now I mean LOTS) of press, camera man, TV station reporters… as always. Yoshi! I should be more alert now, don’t wanna leave a blur impression (though I already had). Camera, camera… let me show you my bright and shiny smile… peace!

Hey, Nino, you little brat… hahahaha… we had fun fooling around. It’s always fun when Nino’s around. You’d never know what weird surprises and funny things he’d say. I like him. Yeah, everyone knows it. We’re Ohmiya SK!! Yay!!

Bye bye, Arashi fans in Taiwan! Thanks for coming to meet us!! I waved to them with all my might. What a great way to start a day… ne?

“Ah~” I gave a groan as I came out of the bathroom. That was great, the concert, everything went well. Our fans were getting real high, well not only them, we ourselves too. Heh…

That girl, I remember her. I think I really do…

Sitting at the corner of my bed in the hotel, everything that happened today flashed through my mind. I do remember that girl! I gave her a towel before…

She was there! In Osaka! She was in Osaka, and now she’s in Taiwan! Wow… how do I put it? Just… whoa… she went to our Osaka concerts, all three of them! I saw her, I swear. I saw her in all three of our Osaka concerts in one day!

We got on our private jet, heading for our Asia Tour press conference. Thailand was our first stop after our Osaka concerts and had the press conference in the Airport Hotel at around 7 in the morning. It was the last day of July I remember (how many days does July have? Hehehe… wasureta na~)

The Arashi bus was already waiting for us outside the hotel when the conference ended. I got on the bus with the rest and looked out the window casually. I can see my own reflection on the window and I swear my eyes went as big as a saucer. Guess what? I saw her. I was really surprised. This girl, she was in Osaka, and the next moment, she’s here instead! She knows magic huh? Without realising it, I was pointing at her from where I am, laughing with astonishment. She smiled back. Kanojyo wa… hontou ni…

Sure enough, she came to our Taiwan concert. She was right in the first row, she acts real fast I must say. I tried to walk to her when we were on-stage as frequent as possible. I even held out my hand to give her a handshake, but too bad, her seat’s kinda far from the stage (no surprise there). “Arigatou” was all I was able to say, besides flashing my bright smile and giving her lots of peace signs. Alright, I admit it, I gave her a kiss sign too. But seriously, it meant nothing more than my appreciation.

I feel great. She was my fan, MY fan (woo-hoo)! She managed to catch us ne, that was fast! I remember saying ‘kob kun krab’ to all the Thai fans during our concert, to her especially, I really really wanted her to know how much I appreciated her effort. Many faces went by my mind… I saw many familiar fans’ faces. They came all the way to support us. Not only once, but they try to come to every one of our concerts. They showed up at the airport to greet us too… kandoshimashita!!

Yosh! With so many fans out there supporting us with all their might, how can we let them down? Right, we’re gonna do our best, I’m sure we all will!

After we finished the Osaka concerts, we launched straight into our Asia campaign, right? So, what I thought was fantastic was that on the second day of the Osaka concerts, the one where we did three shows in one day, there are this Thai fan that was at that concert.  She was my fan. I think she probably watched three shows.
After that, we went to Haneda and got on the chartered plane to Asia right? So after the press conference in Thailand and we were on the bus to the airport, there was that same fan who was watching the concert in the first show in Osaka running along with the bus. She was there!  That girl who watched us in Osaka.  I just happened to catch sight of her. I thought “wow! That is fast!” (laughs)  How did that happen?  Did she probably catch the last flight out of Kansai airport?  I was sure that girl was in Osaka! But when I looked out of the bus in Thailand, she was there. I was really surprised.  As expected it was really strange.

All along, our activities have been limited to Japan, but we suddenly realized that we were well known outside Japan.  We cannot believe it, but really, we were very surprised to see that type of reception we got.  I was very happy.  It was really fantastic.  The Asia tour is going to start and I will do my utmost best.  The tour in Japan finished in August.  I was very satisfied at how the Japanese tour turned out.  For me, the most enjoyable part of the tour is being able to communicate with the fans.
Through the waving of hands and reading what is written on the uchiwas, every time I will try my best to do it.  I get great happiness from doing that.  Just seeing how the audience reacts and their demeanour is good enough for me.  Recently I have been thinking that. After every show, I will go happily, “Yosh! This time, I really communicated with the audience!”

When I am performing and dancing during all that time, I am looking at the audience. When I am dancing and fans give me the Peace sign, in the middle of the choreography I will give them the peace sign back and it changes the choreography of the song.  (laughs)  I keep on looking and I can remember everyone’s face. Those fans that come regularly to our shows, when I see them I can remember them and I think to myself “Ah that girl, she was here the other time too!” or “last year, she came to the concert. This year she has come again!”   For the new faces, I go “Hey, this person has never come before.”

I know if a fan has come many times, till the very last day of the tour, I have communicating with the audience.  As expected, that is the happiest part of the concert.  That is the thing I like best about concerts. I hope I will be able to communicate with the audience during the Asia tour like what I did in Japan too.  Although I might not know how to speak the local language, we can communicate through our feelings.  So I will try my best.

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Sou ne - (in agreement)
ikuzo - let's go
genki - active
nanka sabishii yo - it's kinda lonely
sumimasen deshita - excuse me
chotto - wait
tenshi - angel
moratte kudasai - please receive this (something like that)
omoshiroi - interesting
matte - hold it
onegaishimasu - please
gomen nasai - sorry
wakarimashita - i understand
daijyoubu - it's okay
arigatou gozaimasu - thank you
zen zen wakaranai - i don't know why, totally
kono yaro - this brat
ganbatte kudasai - please keep it up
kanojyo wa, hontou ni - that girl, she really is...
kob kun krab - [thai] thank you
kandoshimashita - i'm touched

Right, so perhaps this is just another stupid little fic I wrote (to show my love for Oh-chan), but I really want him to be the guy I wrote about, ever so sensitive and kind. I wrote another version of this fic from A-chan’s point of view. She might be a simple fan girl just like any of us, but I really do appreciate her effort to fulfill her dreams. And it sure did came true, didn’t it?