#私はそういうのだめなので

[fa-cat]

当委員会は、番組出演者に対してヒアリングを打診するも返答がなかったため、女性社員の氏名は出さず、上記会合の有無等について質問状を送付した。しかし、質問状は受け取られずに返送され、電話にて協力を求めたものの、多忙のため協力できないとの回答があった。 当委員会としては、10 年以上前の出来事ではあるものの、女性社員の供述は相当程度具体的であり、概ね上記女性社員の供述する事実経過に沿った出来事があった可能性が高いものと判断した。

[honnakagawa]

6月18日（水）open 12-18

私ごとですが、久々の歯科治療が今日から始まりました。 なかなかの工事を午前中にしたので、ちょうど開店時間頃に麻酔が切れる…とドキドキしていたのですが、もらった痛み止めを飲む事もなく、現在に至ります。 先生の腕が良いのだなぁ…と感謝。 暑くて歯が痛いなんて、ちょっとグレちゃうよね、良かった。

今日もたくさん本が届いたので黙々と棚し出ししました。 今日もストーリーズでなく、こちらに投稿します。 届くのを今か今かと待っていた高研さんの『隙間』完結4巻が届き、喉から���が出て、読了。 しばし放心。 何度も何度も読むだろう漫画作品です。 私の初めての投票は、緊張こそはしたけれど、こんなに切実ではなかった記憶。胸に迫る… 映画になったらいいなぁ…動いているヤンちゃん（主人公）に会いたい。 そしてきっと、音楽も素敵なものになるだろうと想像します。

早速届いたばかりの本をお会計に持ってきてくださった方もいて、嬉しい定休日明け。 今週もよろしくお願いいたします。 とにかく暑い毎日となりそうです。 どうぞ皆さまお気をつけて、無理なくお出かけくださいね。 出口かずみさんの新作絵本『ビーバーのギイコははこびたい』原画展は29日（日）まで！

[otaku553]

nnnUOOO you can’t just Say That 😭😭😭

we cant hug in person but weve hugged a million times in my head ; u ;!!!!!

[moko1590m]

人は、他人の不幸には目をつぶるものです

[yamacyan]

今日のお昼ご飯は、

だし巻き卵を作りました〜

で、キムチと、白飯と味噌汁です！

ちなみに注文していたお米が今日届きましたので、早速炊きました〜

なので今日から家では北海道産の「ゆめぴりか」です！

美味しかった〜

いただきますのごちそうさまでした😋️

[straycatssshelf]

今回、たくさんの方に応援していただく中で、私たちも、好きなものや共感できるものを、誰かと共有してみたいなと思うようになりました。

straycatjのアカウントは我が家のねこさまが主役ですので、猫、猫アート、あとは頑張っても食用のお魚が限界でしょうか。

なので、それ以外にも目に留まった、きれいなもの、かわいいもの、優しいものなんかを、残していける場所を作りたくなりました。

ゆるゆる行きますが、よろしければ遊びにいらしてください。

なおナビゲーターは、茶志朗丸が務めます。

With the support and kindness of many people, we've come to feel that we'd like to share the things we love and find beautiful with others too.

Since the main StraycatJ account belongs to our royal feline, we try to keep things mostly cat-related—art, and maybe edible fish at most.

So we decided to make a little space for lovely, gentle, and beautiful things outside of that.

It’ll be a slow and quiet place, but we hope you’ll stop by.

Navigator: Chashiro-Maru

[rsktum]

年を重ねることの一番つらいことって、何だと思う？

— なんだろう？

— 見えなくなることよ。

若いうちは、何かしらの「存在」として見られるの。

「あの感じのいい人」とか、「おしゃれなあの人」、「力強い彼」、「頭の切れるあの子」ってね。

誰かが目を留めてくれて、名前を呼んでくれる。

でもね、少しずつ変わっていくの。

やがて、「いつもひとりで歩いている白髪のおじさん」とか、「くたびれた靴を履いたおばあさん」になってしまう。

それだけ。

まるで世界の目から消えてしまったかのように。

— でも、僕は見てたよ。君が入ってきた瞬間から。すぐに気づいた。

（これは、ある有名なイギリスのドラマの台詞。でも何より、それは胸を刺す真実��）

年配の人の話になると、たいてい年齢のことしか語られない。

「もう80を超えてるらしいよ」

「そろそろ90になるらしい」

でも、こうは言われなくなる。

「昔は音楽家だった」

「何世代もの生徒に教えてきた人だよ」

「今は一人暮らしだけど、あの人にも、かつては――」

時が経つにつれ、「本当のあなた」を知っている人たちはいなくなってしまう。

友達も、少しずつ失っていく。

子どもたちは、自分たちの生活に追われている。

仕事、子育て、予定に追われて、精一杯。

たまに短い電話。ほんの少しの立ち寄り。

ご近所の顔ぶれも変わっていく。

新しい住人は、「二階のおばあさん」がどんな人だったかなんて、知らない。

お店に行っても、もう名前で呼んでくれる人はいない。

そして、気づかぬうちにぽっかりとした空白が生まれる。

静かに、けれど確実に。

見えない存在になっていく。

私たちはわからない。

なぜ母が、一日に何度も電話してきて、天気のことを聞いたり、持っていないはずの物のありかを尋ねたりするのか。

なぜ父が、同じ質問を何度も繰り返すのか。

でも、心の奥にあるのはただ一つ。

忘れられることへの恐怖。

もう誰にも見られていないのではないか、という寂しさ。

老いるというのは、ただ身体が変わっていくことではない。

透明になっていくこと。

そして、たった一人でもいいから、「自分はまだここにいる」と思わせてくれる存在を、必死に探しているのです。

[croquis-el]

Self-addressing of the main female characters of Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban)

I promised you, I remember

First we will analyze our mentor Chihiro Ayasato (Mia Fey)

She uses the universal polite pronoun "watashi" and it is written with kanji 私 (which is used to show an adult character)

This pronoun can be used by both women and men (watashi is also used, for example, by Mitsurugi / Edgeworth)

(これ以上、私に ハジをかかせないで････)

(koreijō, watashi ni haji o kaka senaide)

(Don't make me do this anymore...)

___________________________________________

Next, of course, is the younger sister - Mayoi Ayasato (Maya Fey)

Mayoi uses the feminine pronoun "atashi", however it is written in hiragana, which indicates her "youth", compared to her older sister, giving it a less formal feel.

Atashi (あたし)

It is an altered word from わたし(watashi). It is an informal personal pronoun used by the younger generation mostly young females. 

It’s also important to note that the kanji for "atashi" is exactly the same as "watashi" (私).

"Atashi" is most commonly written in hiragana as あたし.

あたしやっぱり、 御剣検事がよかったよ。

atashi yappari, Mitsurugi kenji ga yokatta yo.

I think Prosecutor Mitsurugi was the best.

___________________________________________

The next equally important character is Harumi Ayasato (Pearl Fey)

The miracle child uses "watakushi" to address herself

だってわたくし、 もうシンパイで････。

datte watakushi, mō shin paide.

I'm so worried...

Watakushi (私 / わたくし) is an ultra-formal term, often used by who are profusely polite, very sophisticated, or somewhat old-fashioned. Same kanji as "watashi".  

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Then, Naruhodo's beloved daughter (our daughter) - Minuki Naruhodo (Trucy Wright)

And here it gets interesting. The girl addresses herself in the third person, i.e. instead of "I" she calls herself "Minuki".

それが、みぬきの夢なんです!

sore ga, minuki no yumena ndesu!

That's Minuki's dream!

ホント、パパはみぬきがいないと なんにもできないんだから!

honto, papa wa minuki ga inaito nan'nimo dekinai ndakara!

Really, Daddy can't do anything without Minuki!

弁護士さんが、みぬきの家族に なってくれる、ってコトですか?

bengoshi-san ga, minuki no kazoku ni natte kureru, tte kotodesu ka?

Does this mean that the lawyer will become part of Minuki's family?

This kind of address is considered "childish" and is acceptable up to a certain age. The fact that Minuki does not use any pronoun "I" even at 15 years old can mean different things. Using a pronoun in the third person, your name instead of "I" - allows the brain to process information more easily and impartially in a stressful situation.

And considering that she called herself "Minuki" from the age of 8 (known to us), this is the most likely scenario.

The exact reason is unknown to us, but we can assume about it, and we know that everything here is not just like that.

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Next, our younger colleague - Kizuki Kokone (Athena Cykes)

The master of analytical psychology uses the pronoun "watashi", but it is written in hiragana, which, as in the case of Mayoi, indicates to us that Kokone is still a very young girl who had to enter the adult world too quickly

(わたしは、希月心音 《きづきここね》)

(watashi wa, 《kizuki kokone》).

(I'm Kizuki Kokone)

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The lady prosecutor Karma Mei (Franziska von Karma) also uses "watashi" to refer to herself, but it is written in kanji (like the adult characters).

私の名は狩魔 冥(かるまめい)。････天才検事よ。

watashi no na wa karuma mei (karuma mei). Tensai kenji yo.

My name is Karma Mei. ...I'm a genius prosecutor.

Considering that Mei grew up in the USA, this even gives her more severity and shows her desire for the ideal. In comparison with Mayoi (with whom she is the same age), Mei "formally" looks older, standing out among her peers, in an effort to catch up and overtake her brother.

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The forensic lady Akane Hozuki (Ema Skye) uses the feminine version of the pronoun watashi in her speech - her pronoun is "atashi" (like Mayoi)

あたし････カガク捜査官の 宝月茜(ほうづきあかね)です!

Atashi kagaku sōsa-kan no hōdzuki akane (hō dzuki Akane)desu!

I'm Akane Hozuki, a science investigator!

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And last but not least, Mikumo Ichijou (Kay Faraday)

The crow girl uses the classical formal pronoun "watashi", which at first seems out of place with her appearance, but fits the image of a noble thief. It is also written in hiragana (young character).

わたしは正真正銘の “ヤタガラス”ですよ。

Watashi wa Shōshinshōmei No “Yatagarasu” desu yo .

I am a genuine Yatagarasu.

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I hope you enjoyed it and learned something new about the characters!

[ken1ymd]

大学院博士課程への進学を、あきらめた。

理由は単純だった。金が、なかった。

学費、家賃、研究費、生活費。

年間200万円近くが、黙っていても消えていく。

働く時間を削って論文を書けと言われるけど、

書いた先に職も地位も保証もない。

-----だから、進学をやめた。

でも、最近知った。

日本の博士課程の奨学金、

約4割��“留学生”に渡っているということを。

同じ審査、同じ枠組み。

でも実態として、採用率も待遇も、日本人よりずっと厚遇されてるという。

「海外から人材を呼ぶため」とかいう理屈が並ぶけど、

それって“税金”でやることなのか？

研究室の先輩（日本人）は、コンビニで夜勤をしていた。

後輩の留学生（中国籍）は、授業料免除に加えて家賃補助と生活費支給付きだった。

どちらが優秀だったか？わからない。

でも、こうは思った。

「この国は、未来の博士を必要としていない」

昔、博士号を取った知り合いがいた。

今は、某私立中学の理科講師をしている。

月給21万。研究とは無関係。

「もう、やらない。博士とか。日本では不幸になるだけだから」

その言葉の裏に、どれだけの夢と挫折が詰まっていたのか。

“自国の博士課程すら食わせられない国が、

どこの誰の未来を支えるというのか。”

この問いに答えられる人は、たぶんもう国にはいない。

俺は今日、スーツを着て就活の面接に行った。

面接官に言われた。

「学部卒？ 理系？ じゃあ現場で使えるかな」

笑ったよ。

研究したいって言ってた自分は、ここまで堕ちた。

2025年4月3日

[pixiewired]

彼女を５歳の幼児だと想定して接してみてください。 ５歳の女の子がアナタに向かって一生懸命話をしてきます。 「今日、幼稚園でね！こんなコトがあってね！それでね…」 可愛いとは思えませんか？ 内容はアナタにとって全く重要なモノではありませんが、何より彼女はアナタと話が出来るのが嬉しいんですよ。 「でも、彼女は５歳児じゃないし…」 とんでもない！コレは私が提唱している“５歳児コミュニケーション術”なんです。 全ての人間は本質的に５歳児で、それ以後は社会的に必要な付属品で取り繕っているにすぎないのです。(多分)

(23) 不肖28歳、初めて彼女ができました。が、何かを話せば大体が会ったことない彼女の家族や友だちの話を聞く羽目になり少しウンザリ…😅 女性と付き合うとはえてしてこのようなものですか？に対するYosuke Kobayashiさんの回答 - Quora

[wwwwwwwwwwww123]

昔フォロワーが言っていた「人を選ぶ作品だと思うけど、私は選ばれた」って言葉がめちゃめちゃ好きなので、そういう作品に出会った際は己を""""選ばれし者""""だと思うことにしています

Xユーザーのれいん🙃さん: 「昔フォロワーが言っていた「人を選ぶ作品だと思うけど、私は選ばれた」って言葉がめちゃめちゃ好きなので、そういう作品に出会った際は己を""""選ばれし者""""だと思うことにしています」 / X

[lorarri]

★ . . . 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐁𝐅 , 𝐘𝐓𝟐𝟐

summary , it's yuki's birthday and his girlfriend just had to make every single person in the world feel even more single than normal

pairing , yuki tsunoda x fem! gf! bookworm! reader

main masterlist | f1 masterlist | yuki tsunoda masterlist

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yourinstagram Dear yukitsunoda0511, happy birthday I can't believe that you have been mine for three years now. It feels like yesterday that we met at that bookstore in Paris, where you spilt your coffee all over my favourite hoodie. And now with confidence I can say with confidence that it was worth it, you make me feel peaceful and whole. I hope you get everything your heart desires today. And that includes me. Your girl, Y/N L/N.

親愛なるユキ、お誕生日おめでとう。あなたがもう 3 年も私のものだなんて信じられません。パリの本屋で会ったとき、あなたが私のお気に入りのパーカーにコーヒーをこぼしてしまったことが昨日のことのように感じられます。そして今、私は自信を持って、その価値があったと自信を持って言えます。あなたは私を平和で健全な気分にさせてくれます。今日、あなたが心から望むすべてを手に入れられることを願っています。そしてそれには私も含まれます。あなたの彼女、Y/N L/N。

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user So pretty yuki 🔥🔥🔥

user STOP THEY ARE SO CUTE

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[dropoutsurf]

近くに学びを楽しんでる大人がいることが1番の英才教育

母「明日から学校だけど，お母さんも勉強したいから，習ってきたことを教えてね」そう言われた私は母に伝えたいので必死に授業を聞いてたため、テストは常に100点だった - Togetter [トゥギャッター]

小林さやか| Sayaka Kobayashi @sayaka03150915 先日、この子賢いなぁ..という子に会ったので親御さんはどんな人か聞いたら「勉強しなさいと言われたことはなく、父がわたしの教科書で勝手に問題解いてて、わからないところを質問したいと先生宛のメモを渡されたりしてた」と。やはり近くに学びを楽しんでる大人がいることが1番の英才教育。

白ふんZ（2024Y済・2019Y済） @Anas2024Y うちの母の最終学歴は高卒だが，今にして思うとすごい母親だった（まだ生きてます）。小学1年生の時。 母「明日から学校だけど，お母さんも勉強したいから，習ってきたことを教えてね。」 私は母に伝えたいので，必死になって授業を聞いてた。つまり，アウトプットを意識させて，授業を受けさせてた。

白ふんZ（2024Y済・2019Y済） @Anas2024Y 帰宅して、学校で習ってきたことを伝えると、母は嬉しそうに、 母「とても勉強になったよ。明日もよろしくね」☺️ マザコン少年だった私は、母を喜ばせたくて、お土産を持って帰るように、先生の話を完璧に聞こうとするのだった。

白ふんZ（2024Y済・2019Y済） @Anas2024Y 小学校のカラーテストは、授業でやったことしか出題されないから、常に100点。勉強したというより、先生の話を集中して聴いてた。母のお陰で、学校における授業の受け方が身についた。この「聴く力」が身に付かないと、どんな良い塾や学校へ行っても、教育的効果は低い。

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学習，勉強，教育ママへ，知的好奇心，興味関心，アウトプット，教える，ラーニングピラミッド， アクティブリコール勉強法，

[monogusadictionary]

「男なら女のヒステリーくらい黙って受け止めるべし」っていうの、一昔前は正しかったんだよ。ただしこういうのは「女が女らしさを提供する代わりに男は男らしさを提供する」という等価交換で成り立ってたものなんだよな。

ところが「私達に女らしさを求めるのは差別！モラハラ！」と女さんが馬鹿騒ぎした結果「じゃあ男が男らしくするメリット無いですよね？」となってるのが現代なんだよな

情緒の安定を求められただけで大発狂してる女さん、そういう世の中にしたのは自分達なんだから諦めて意識をアップデートして欲しい

https://x.com/notfoundqwe/status/1831356869719515591?s=46&t=XBYGx0NYt69itB5p-cHcLg

[arminsumi]

❀ 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 | 𝟏 Gojo Satoru / Geto Suguru

Falling in love despite a language barrier.

𝐂𝐡. 𝟏 | 𝐖𝐜. 𝟒.𝟔𝐤 | 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱 | 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

Satoru's never really been in love before.

Sure, in high school he experienced crushes and a handful of dates. But the crushes were shallow and short-lived, and the dates were lousy and forgettable.

But you? Well it's funny, see, you live on a whole different continent and can't speak his language, and yet to him you're as unforgettable as the scent of spring.

His feelings for you seep into his skin slowly, beautifully; and yet he can't express a single one to you because he too can't speak your language.

During late-night video calls, Suguru tries to bridge the gap between you and his best friend. And in your group chat, both Shoko and Suguru combine their skills to help you and Satoru understand each other. They do it because they see how badly the both of you want to know more about each other; especially Satoru.

Satoru has never been so infatuated before; never quite so curious and unashamedly intrigued with someone else. You're all he thinks about day and night.

When you speak, he desperately strains his ears. When you text, he consults the dreaded Google translate. And he's always nagging Suguru to translate everything, because he wants to know your every thought and expression.

Around a year and a half after meeting you, Satoru realizes something when he's lazing in his bed with his fluffy white cat curled up on his stomach as it rises and falls with his gentle breathing.

He likes you.

On call, when you giggle at the cat's fluffy tail blocking the webcam, Satoru thinks;

あなたの笑いが大好きです I love your laugh.

When talking about you with Suguru, he receives a little teasing smirk from him.

あなたは彼女が好きですよね？ You like her, huh?

During lonely nights, he scrolls through your socials and stares longingly at photos of you, ones where you're hanging out with your real-life friends or family.

とても羨ましいです。私も彼女に近づきたいです。 I'm so jealous. I want to be close to her, too.

Listening to you attempt to speak Japanese on a call while him and Suguru are on a walk around Tokyo, he thinks;

私の言語であなたの声を聞くのが大好きです。 I love hearing your voice in my language.

Any photo of your face that you personally sent him, he looks at with heart eyes and saves immediately.

キスしたい。 I want to kiss you.

He'd be lying if he said he never pressed his lips to his screen and closed his eyes, pretending he was kissing you.

Satoru thinks poetically about you. He pens down these elaborative thoughts into his diary that he plans to give you one day. Maybe then you can get an idea of how deeply he thinks about you.

But even if he could speak English fluently, or you could speak Japanese fluently, he's sure neither language could be descriptive enough when it comes to his feelings for you.

He tries so hard to learn some phrases in anticipation of your upcoming visit, but all he can say when he meets you for the first time at Haneda airport is;

"Hi."

And he waves cutely.

"Hi!" you giggle, waving back.

And all at once, there's a bunch of thoughts buzzing in his head. He's looking at you like he's captivated. Even if he knew any solid English, he's sure he'd be speechless anyways.

実物の彼女はもっと美しい、信じられない。 She's even more beautiful in real life, I can't believe it.

彼女が何を言っているのか全く分かりませんが、いい感じですね。耳元で聞く彼女の声だけが私が望んでいたものです。 I have no idea what she's saying, but it sounds good. Her voice in my ear is all I wanted.

なぜ彼女は私ではなくスグルを抱きしめたのでしょうか？その瞬間は混乱の渦だったのでしょうか、それとも彼女は私を抱きしめたくなかったのでしょうか？ Why did she hug Suguru instead of me? Was that moment a whirlwind of confusion, or did she just not want to hug me?

When you excuse yourself to go to the bathroom, the boys wait for you in their seats at the little airport cafe. The neon sign glows yellow above, plants hang from the ceiling; it's a busy place.

They're talking about you over their beverages.

Satoru groans dramatically, throwing his head back, fluffy hair flopping cutely.

"Oh Satoru," Suguru chuckles, "What's the matter? Why the groan?"

"I want to hug her."

Suguru's heart melts. "Then hug her. She doesn't bite. I think she wants to hug you, too."

"But then why didn't she hug me like she hugged you earlier? Maybe I don't seem huggable to her..."

"It was a rushed moment, she had just arrived you know? Don't overthink. Satoru, just hug her."

Satoru lets out a long, stifled noise that's a mix between a groan and a sigh. He tilts his whole body back, balancing precariously on the plastic chair. Rubbing his eyes until he sees some phosphenes, a habit he did when he was nervous. Suguru notices.

"Are you nervous?" Suguru asks tenderly.

"Really nervous. She's prettier in real life. I don't know what to do with myself." he admits quietly.

"Yeah, she is, haha. Oh, there she's coming back now — や!"

"や!" you returned, giggling.

That was Suguru's 'thing'. It's cuter in real life, seeing how his eyes curve up into a smile when he says it. There are details on his face that you didn't notice through the screen; he has an attractive trio of moles on his lower cheek, and when he smiles the left side of his lips curls up more to reveal some of his upper gum.

Satoru's heart beats a little harder when you sit closer to him. He's thinking;

Yay, 彼女は私の隣に座っています。 She is sitting next to me.

"Suguru, ask her if we're taller than she expected." Satoru asks suddenly. You just hear his voice next to you and it gives you tingles — there was a quality to his voice that only revealed itself in real life. An endearing voice crack accompanies the middle of his sentence.

"Satoru asks if we're taller than you expected." Suguru asks you, habitually resting his chin on the palm of his hand while taking a long sip on his iced tea.

"Yeah! Actually, I was surprised, because I thought you and Satoru were the same height, but Satoru is very slightly taller... " you say.

Satoru is listening curiously, waiting expectantly for Suguru's translation. And then it comes, and Satoru smirks at you.

"Yes." he nods, "(Suguru, how do I say I'm taller?) — I'm taller."

You let out a short and sweet ha-hah that makes even Suguru's heart feel a little something.

Each time you laugh, Satoru's thinking;

私はあなたの笑いが本当に大好きです。 。 。 I really love your laugh.

You three leave the airport for your hotel, so you can check in. It's almost midnight, your plane landed late. Though he thought he'd be tired, considering he's not a night owl like his best friend, Satoru is energetically striding next to you, teasing you and laughing with you and throwing hand gestures to try and communicate better. Suguru's fondly eyeing the two of you out, admiring how your chemistry comes to life so beautifully — this is what his best friend wished about for so long; to be at your side. Now he's getting to truly enjoy your company. The dreamy-eyed exchanges between you and Satoru make Suguru think that the two of you ought to be in a novel one day, with how pure and wholesome your story is unfolding right now.

Though, he can pick up on Satoru's frustrated stuttering when he fails to communicate with you. Suguru doesn't mind being the translator, nor does he mind bridging the gap between the two of you; Satoru's nagging can never bother him.

They help you out when you're checking into reception at the hotel, but then suddenly...

"... oh, that's not good. He said your reservation got cancelled." Suguru tells you.

"What!" you panic, "Why?"

Suguru inquires further for you, and finds out that it's because of overbooking.

So you groan, the three of you walking out of the hotel lobby, standing in the glow of the light coming through its glass doors. Satoru silently offers to take care of your suitcase, attentively noticing how tired you'd become from pulling it around.

"Thank you..." you tell him.

"Mm." he nods.

Suguru is quick to offer that you stay at their apartment. "... if you're comfortable with it. Just for the night, until you can find another booking elsewhere. Or if you want to stay by us for the whole month, that's okay too — just mind the cat."

"Suguru... thank you. I'm sorry to be intrusive."

"You're not being intrusive, don't worry. And anyways, I think Satoru will be excited to know that you're staying with us. He was bummed out when he learned that you were gonna stay at this hotel, since it's a bit far from our apartment."

Satoru looks at the two of you curiously after he hears his name mentioned.

"She's staying with us." Suguru tells him. You quietly appreciate his voice, and how soft it becomes when he speaks to Satoru.

"Yay!" Satoru says with a very cute thumbs up. You can hardly believe that this man is older than you.

"Tell him he's cute." you request to Suguru.

"Tell him yourself." he teases.

"No! That's embarrassing! Ah, never mind."

Satoru already knows what you said, though, his ears picked up on that he's cute and your words repeat in his head like his favorite song while the three of you walk the streets at night. He feels dreamy.

There is something indescribably welcoming about Japan that you realize while heading across the street, looking at the faces passing by. It's clean. The lights glow warm and bright. The buildings stand tall, but not intimidatingly so. When you pass by chattering people, you wish you knew what was being said.

The three of you have to take the train to get to their apartment. While boarding it, a cute little exchange happens between you and Satoru that you can't quite explain, but it makes the two of you laugh shyly and look away.

Now squished into a seat at the very edge, another cute little exchange happens between you and him. Satoru is talking up at Suguru, who opted for holding onto the train handles after giving up his seat for an older woman.

Satoru uses lots of hand gestures even when speaking Japanese, his big hands fly around, dramatizing whatever he's saying — and then he accidentally flattens his palm right on top of the back of your hand.

Satoru's quick to remove his hand and giggle it off, but Suguru is even quicker to let out a teasing "ooh, cute" when it happens, so the two of you get completely flustered.

Satoru's heart thumps and throbs for the whole train ride. You swear you can feel a tension between your hands as they rest palms-flat on the seats, less than an inch away; you can feel his warmth, and he can feel yours.

But then the train ride is over, and before you know it Suguru's thumbing his key into the lock of the apartment door. It rattles, the door opens, and the automatic light comes on in the genkan.

"Just a sec — gonna see where Mint is. Make yourself at home." Suguru tells you quickly, voice shaking as he shimmies out of his shoes, and then he disappears down the hall to find the mentioned cat.

Satoru hears the name 'Mint' and gets the idea of what Suguru said based on that.

He nimbly unlaces his Converse, and leans down to neatly tuck them into the corner of the genkan, purposefully next to your shoes.

Then he straightens his body out, and you two have a small comedic exchange as you both notice the height difference between you and him.

"Uh..." he looks down at you. "Water?" he asks after thinking for a moment.

Your heart lurches at his thoughtfulness. "Yes, please."

"Mhm." he hums self-consciously.

He wonders if his accent sounds weird to you. Suguru's reassured him plenty times in the past that it sounds cute and oddly British, but he doesn't really believe that.

Satoru leads the way into the kitchen, clicking the lights on as he goes. And you follow. Such a simple moment makes him feel fluttery.

And then you drink some water with him in the tiny, cramped kitchen that's much too small to accommodate two people. You wonder how Suguru and Satoru can stand in it at the same time if even you and Satoru can't manage it without bumping elbows. He chuckles apologetically.

Ah, the kitchen scene. What a movie scene it is between the two of you.

"Uhhh..." he seems to be skimming his mind for any piece of English vocabulary, getting nervous as you blink at him, waiting for him to speak.

He holds up one finger, then pulls his phone out of the pocket of his jeans. He's a very simple, yet stylish dresser; jeans and a white shirt that's much too big for him. He is truly so opposite to his best friend's fashion that it makes you smile to yourself. Suguru's quite showy with his style, and you can tell he puts a lot of effort into his hairbun, too. But Satoru? Messy hair, in fact so messy that it looks like bed hair even though he did especially brush it and style it for you.

"Okay..." Satoru mumbles, typing things into his phone. Then he gives it to you, and you look at the screen.

飛行は乱気流でしたか？ Was the flight turbulent?

You type your response. He watches you. And oh how he watches you — he looks lovestruck. His eyes are full of wonder. His mind reads like poetry.

He reads your reply when you hand him back his phone.

It was. I realized that I hate airplanes. そうでした。私は飛行機が嫌いだということに気づきました。

He nods. "Scary."

"Yeah." you nod too.

Satoru hesitates.

He's still bitter that Suguru got a hug and he didn't; it's on his mind. He just wants to ask you, but a deep-rooted shyness holds him back.

That is, until you look up at him.

あなたは私を見上げようとしてとても頑張っています。かわいい。 You're trying so hard to look up at me. Cute.

His whole body buzzes with the desire to hug you. He's had dreams of meeting you in person, of hugging you, of kissing you.

The two of you feel your bodies naturally pull together, as if subconsciously desiring to embrace, so it just happens. It just happens.

And you hug and he thinks to himself;

これは私が今まで経験した中で最高の瞬間です。 This is the best moment I've ever experienced.

You can feel his heartbeat and he can feel yours. For a moment, the world around you becomes a dream; and you and Satoru are the only things that truly exist. Everything in the world except your love seems fake, unreal.

You hear him swallow like he's choking up. Then he sniffles a bit.

泣かないで。泣かないで。 Don't cry. Don't cry.

くそー、泣いちゃうよ。彼女はとても柔らかいです Damn, I'm gonna cry. She's so soft.

And you break away to laugh sympathetically, he feels a bit embarrassed.

He's crying so softly that it makes your heart lurch.

Your bodies aren't separate for long, because he dives right back in for another hug in an attempt to quench the thirst from deep within his desirous soul. This time he squeezes tighter; you can feel the tones of his torso and the firmness of his bicep muscles as they press against your sides.

He sniffles again, the sound makes your heart lurch again.

あなたに言いたいことがたくさんあるのですが、どうやって伝えればいいのか分かりません。 There are so many things I want to say to you, but I don't know how.

でも、このハグで私の感情を感じていただければ幸いです。 But, I hope you can feel my emotions in this hug.

And you can; that's how closely connected the two of you feel in that moment. You can feel the emotions radiating from him, permeating throughout the air and seeping into your skin.

You can feel that he likes you. And he can feel that you like him back. It's fascinating to you, because before him you've always been saying I love you and I like you and will you date me? to people, or been on the receiving end of those phrases. But those words are unnecessary for you and Satoru. In fact, they're futile.

If he would say I love you, it would just be an accessory to his already evident love.

Then a sudden embarrassment pries the two of you apart, and you both start giggling to cope with it.

"Sorry... a bit much?" he mutters, half-sure of what he's saying.

"No, not enough." you tell him. He kinda understands what you meant, and feels fluttery. His nose is reddened from crying. He quickly pats his tears off with the base of his hand.

It's like your bodies hate being apart now, you and him can tell by each other's body language. Now at least that's one language both of you became fluent in, despite only being in each other's company for a few hours.

He looks at you. And you flick your brows up and make a funny face, as if to ask him what he's looking at. And he looks away with a bashful laugh, as if to apologize.

The romantic tension is so thick in the air between you two that when Suguru comes back, he feels it hit him like a wave.

おお。さっきまで彼女と一緒にいたとき、世界の存在を忘れていた。 Oh. When I was with her just a moment ago, I forgot the existence of the world.

"That cat is a menace. A menace." Suguru complains.

"What happened?" you ask.

" 'Got scratched." he holds up his hand, showing off the Hello Kitty adhesive across his knuckles. "Anyways, It's late. Are you tired? Satoru's gonna sleep with me, and you can have his room. Unless you want my room. I dunno. You can choose."

"Ooh... I haven't seen your room now that I think about it, except for that one video of you two pillow fighting."

Satoru's already starting to feel a small bit of jealousy and frustration, because he has no idea what you two are talking about.

Suguru's quick to notice this, and translates with a quick tongue.

"Tell her my bed's comfier than yours." Satoru says smirkingly.

"Wow, rude — Satoru says my bed is comfier than his." Suguru lies, refraining from laughing at his own mischievousness.

"Ah, I don't care, I'll be grateful for any bed... ah, actually can I use the bathroom to freshen up a bit?"

"Like I said, make yourself at home."

"Thanks..." you smile.

So Suguru leads the way to the bathroom for you, and you lock yourself in there to freshen up for a while. You sniff your shirt and smile — you smell Satoru's subtle scent on it.

The boys are fussing over the bed situation.

"Don't we have an extra futon stuffed away somewhere, the one Shoko left here?" Satoru thinks out loud.

"Ohhh, you're right." Suguru nods, looking for it.

"Anyways you embarrassed me!" Satoru pouts.

"Haha, did I?" Suguru pulls out the futon from the tippy-top shelf.

"Yeah, earlier you showed off how good you can speak English." Satoru grumbles.

They're softly grunting as they ruffle blankets and pillows.

"Oh, I guess I did. Sorry." he admits, "gosh, maybe if you would have learned a little something in preparation for her visiting then — "

"I did learn stuff! I learned... how to write." Satoru interrupts defensively.

"But why didn't you learn some common phrases?"

"I don't like my accent when I speak, alright." Satoru admits, huffing as he dives into the bed, ruining the artful neatness that Suguru just put so much effort into creating

"Okay, fair enough — oh my god, why would you do that, are you twelve? Oh hey, Y/n." Suguru smiles. "Satoru ruined your bed."

"Oh — two futons? Am I sharing with you or Satoru?"

Satoru rears his head at you from the pillow, looking very cat-like right then with his fluffy white hair. You can tell he's struggling to stay awake as the hour pushes onto two in the morning. He hasn't stayed up this late since he had a video game addiction and played all night with Suguru. Keeping his eyes open was a grand feat.

"No, you get to have two futons." Suguru teases, "Princess treatment."

"Haha, shut up. Be serious."

"Well, you can share with whoever you want or Satoru and I can sleep here together. Whatever you're more comfortable with."

"Didn't you once complain that you hate sharing beds with people?" you giggle.

"Mmm, yeah, but I don't mind if it's with you. Satoru's a cuddler. He also kicks in his sleep."

"That's so cute — well, let's ask — ... hey, I think Satoru fell asleep. Satoru?"

And surely enough, Satoru is asleep; he fell asleep to the sound of your voice without meaning to.

"He's not used to staying awake this late." Suguru tells you, softening his voice so he doesn't wake the cat Satoru.

"That's so sweet. He's really so sweet." you tilt your head admiringly.

You and Suguru are just alone there together, gushing over how cute Satoru looks when he has his cheek squishing into a pillow and his lips pouty and puffy in that sleep-like manner.

A long, nice silence settles in the room. You admit to Suguru that you're feeling a bit too wired to sleep just yet.

"I can stay up with you."

"No, it's okay. You look tired, you should sleep."

"I just always look tired. The night is early, anyways. I usually brood until four in the morning, you know me."

You smile at him, and he has to look away before he swoons. There's a small tension between the two of you, but the both of you force yourselves to ignore it.

The two of you assume a comfortable position on the futons, chatting as if you're not emotional about the fact there's no screen separating the two of you.

"Satoru's never been an insomniac, but in the week leading up to your arrival, he couldn't sleep at all. We'd stand in the kitchen together at midnight, talking about all the things we planned to do when you got here. I've never seen him so excited in a long time... it's really heartwarming to see."

"Really?" you blink at Suguru. He side-eyes you for a prolonged moment, then looks at Satoru who continues to sleep indisturbedly.

"Yeah. You know, he's such an idiot, actually. Because I told him to learn some phrases and instead he learned how to write English."

"That's a start! I mean, look at me, I can barely say a damn thing..." you mutter with lighthearted shame.

"Maybe that doesn't matter at all... I mean, with the kind of chemistry you and Satoru share, there's not much need for words." Suguru says.

You feel your face warm up a bit when he says that. "What do you mean?"

He wiggles his brows. "Oh come on, you know what I mean. I could feeeeel the tension in the kitchen earlier."

"Huh!"

He smirks and begins to tease, "I've never seen two people flirt so much and yet use no words."

You chuckle shyly. "Really...?" you look fondly at Satoru, who's become more curled up by now, face half-hidden under the blanket.

There's a long silence. You're looking at Satoru. Suguru's looking at you as if spellbound. And then he snaps out of it, and reanimates himself.

"Anyways... we should probably get some good sleep if we wanna drag you around on a tour tomorrow. I want your first impression of my home to be how good the food tastes here."

"Ooh, a food tour around Tokyo? Sounds nice. Won't it be too hot tomorrow, though?"

"It'll be fine." he says surely, "Anyways, are you sure you'll sleep here with Satoru? Like I said, he's a cuddler. He will cuddle you in your sleep."

"It's okay. I don't mind." You giggle.

"M'kay, goodnight then."

"Mhm, see you tomorrow." you say, standing with Suguru.

"Wow." he suddenly exclaims when he looks at you.

"Hm?"

Suguru stops on his way out the door, he seems taken aback. "I can't believe you're actually right here. I'm so used to pressing a red button and you vanishing from my screen." he laughs in disbelief.

"Yeah, I'm still a bit in disbelief, too. I feel like I'm in a dream and not standing right in front of you."

Suguru smirks. "Mm... well."

He leans down to hug you, pressing your smaller body against his chest with a lovingness that you never envisioned he would possess.

"Have you ever tried to hug someone in a dream? It's pretty difficult." he jokes.

"N-no, haha." you chuckle nervously against his neck. He feels your laughter on his skin, and pulls away before he lets that tingly feeling spread across his chest.

"Goodnight." he murmurs.

"Goodnight." you mumble back.

You're glad when he disappears into his own room, because you felt like you were melting in his alluring presence. A boy as sultry as that requires you to take a breather.

Satoru draws your attention by letting out a sigh in his sleep. You head into the bed.

Though there's a distance between you two, somehow it closes, and Satoru rolls right over onto your futon.

Oh, he is indeed a cuddler, you think. You feel a warm arm suddenly hugging your waist as Satoru changes position, and you hear sleepy lip smacks; his face is very close. You can feel his sweet, warm breath on your face.

There's a comforting, human intimacy about sharing a bed with him. He's so gentle when he sleeps. His hair falls over his eyes, his lashes shudder as his eyes do that sleepy twitching thing.

He looks angelic.

You wonder what dreams he's having. And well, actually he's having dreams of kissing you. How coincidental that you were staring blinkingly at his pouty lips, wondering just how long it will take for the both of you to just — just kiss.

Roaming his features in the dark, you find aspects of his beauty that you never saw before through the screen. He's got a tiny scar above his eyebrow, that must be the one Suguru told you about — the one he got as a child when he fell out of a tree. You remember making a joke "but I thought cats always land on their feet?" and when Suguru translated that, Satoru laughed.

There's slight freckling under his eyes, and slight indents of eyebags stemming from the inner corner of his eye.

And yes, how could you not admire those lashes. They were more beautiful in person. You could count each one if you wanted to, that's how closely he slept to you.

Listening to his soft breaths nearly lulls you to sleep, but then he suddenly cuddles closer and whines in his dream.

Oh, that's close close, you think.

His torso is pressing completely against your side, his body melting into yours like it was made for you. Two puzzle pieces meant to fit together.

His leg comes over yours, and his muscular thigh nestles between your two thighs. It makes you aware of just how attractively long his legs are.

He completely entrapped you with his sleepy embrace.

The warmth of his gentle breathing tickles your cheek, and the tip of his nose slightly dents into your skin. Now that's when you fall asleep. When he's completely melted against you, snuggled up like a cat.

He stirs awake after a few hours of heavy sleep, and for a split second in that groggy wakeful mind fog, for some reason he thinks he's laying next to his wife. So he squeezes you tenderly and cuddles more affectionately.

Oops, he thinks, and pulls away a little out of embarrassment. But once he falls back into dream land, his body subconsciously goes right back in for those sleepy cuddles.

Now the morning dawns over, and you wake up to two bleary, blinking blue eyes right up close to your face...

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頭が良いことが呪いのように感じられることがあるのはなぜか、じっくり考えたことがありますか? 最も頭の良い人が孤独に終わることが多いのに、平均的な頭脳を持つ人が社会的に成功しているように見えるのはなぜでしょうか? 歴史上最も残酷なほど正直な哲学者の 1 人であるアーサー・ショーペンハウアーは、約 200 年前にこの謎を解きました。 ショーペンハウアーは、知性そのものが他人の限界を映し出す鏡となり、人々は見たくないものを見せた人を決して許さない、と説きました。優秀な頭脳を持つ人が孤独な生活を送ることが多いのは単なる偶然か、あるいは頭のいい人は社交性が苦手なだけ、と考える人がほとんどです。しかしショーペンハウアーは、もっと深いところに目を向けました。 彼は興味深いことに気が付きました。賢い人を部屋に入れると、その人は一言も言わなくても他の人を不快にさせるのです。その人の存在自体が、他の人の限界を映し出す鏡のようになります。そして、誰も自分が無視したいものを映し出す鏡を見たいとは思いません。考えてみてください。 私たちはあらゆる種類の優越性を称賛します。お金？人々は金持ちが大好きです。容姿？私たちはいくらでも手に入れたいです。肉体的な強さでさえ賞賛されます。しかし、優れた知性？それは違います。それは特別な種類の憤り、ほとんどの人が自分自身にさえ認めない静かな憎しみを引き起こします。

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