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maneskin-dimensione · 3 years

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l'amore è più forte di ogni segreto - Part 2.

Summary: Unbeknownst to you both, paparazzi photograph you and Victoria while on your way back from a date night. When the two of you find out in the morning, you two of you have very different ideas of how to handle the situation.

Victoria de Angelis x Fem!Reader

Word count: 3542 - over 7000 overall with part 1.

Warning: Angst, swearing, bad google translate translations, overuse of italics.

Author’s note: So, here is part 2! This part took a little longer because I kept going back and editing and changing bits but I think I’m happy with it now. I’m still annoyed that I couldn’t post it all as one big piece but at least I can still post it. I’m really proud of this fic and I hope this part was worth the wait!

As always, likes, comments and reblogs fuel me and really make my day, so please let me know if you liked it and if you’d like to be tagged in anything else I may write for Vic (I do have another fic in the works!) or any other members of Maneskin in the future. I really hope you enjoy it!

Again, I want to give a massive shoutout to @selenophiliaxx , who has been there since the very start of this fic, and has listened to me ramble on and on and put up with the insane amount of extracts of this that I sent to her. Her feedback is invaluable and without her, this fic would not even exist to thank you so much, this fic is for you, @selenophiliaxx!

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After Victoria had left, it felt like there was a Victoria-shaped hole in your room, not to mention your heart.

Things were getting out of hand now, you knew. Things were unraveling before your very eyes and all the happiness and contentment you'd felt this morning and last night seemed like it was from another day, another month, another year.

Instead of the warmth you'd felt then, now you just felt cold, as if the walls were closing in, the floor crumbling beneath you; you just didn't know how to get back to the bliss that had surrounded you, you'd do anything to feel that again.

Shakily, you walked out of your room, unable to stand being in there, unable to stand being in the silence. You hadn't a clue where Victoria had gone, probably to vent at Damiano, you'd guessed. You needed someone to talk to, but who? You'd already bent Damiano's ear off this morning with your opinion and you didn't want to interrupt him again if Victoria had indeed gone to him, and while you liked her, you didn't really know his girlfriend well enough to start bitching about Victoria, especially when you knew how close she and Victoria were. You could hear drums echoing in the distance and so you didn't want to go disturb Ethan while he was in the zone - although you knew he wouldn't hold it against you if you did.

So, you just walked, letting your feet take you wherever they wanted and eventually, you found yourself in the den, spotting Thomas hunched over his guitar, but he glanced up when he felt your eyes on him and gave you a thin smile, reaching a hand out to wave you over.

“How are you holding up?”

You sighed, ignoring his question and flopping onto the couch beside him. "What would you do if you felt forced into hiding someone you love more than anything? Someone that means more to you than anything else in the world?"

Thomas sighed, placing down his guitar and throwing his arm around your shoulders, drawing you in to rest your head on his shoulder. Whereas Victoria usually went to Damiano or Ethan for advice whenever the two of you got into a disagreement - rare though it was - Thomas had easily established himself as your go-to. The two of you had clicked instantly when Victoria had introduced you to the others - not that you didn't love Damiano and Ethan, because you did - but you had a special bond with Thomas; he was like an annoying younger brother, which he protested heavily against because you were only a few months older than him.

Thomas (as well as Ethan) had largely kept out of your and Victoria's situation; preferring to stay in the background, but now here you were. You'd come to him for advice, and he was going to try and give you some - whether or not it was good advice, well, Thomas wasn't entirely sure.

"I know it's hard." he murmured, "For both of you but honestly, the way I see it is that you can only get through this together, not apart."

"But I don't see how we can do that if we both have different ways of approaching it." you muttered, with a roll of your eyes.

"What do you want?" Thomas asked, shifting, so he could face you, causing you to sit up. "How do you want to handle this?"

"I want to own it." you shrugged. "I want people to know, I want people to know that we're together and that we're happy and that's all that matters, but Vic...she, she doesn't."

"Vic wants to ignore it?"

"Worse." you replied sullenly. "She wants to issue a straight out denial."

"Ouch." Thomas winced sympathetically. "Can I give you my two cents?"

"Go for it."

"I think you're both right to be upset." Thomas began, "There's nothing wrong with you wanting to own it and to let people know that you're taken, I completely get wanting to be proud of your relationship."

You raised an eyebrow. "But?"

"There's nothing wrong with Victoria being a bit more hesitant either." He held up a hand when you went to protest. "I'm not saying you're not right to be upset at the idea of a denial - I get why you're upset by that and I agree with you, it's not the right way to go about this. But Vic isn't you, okay? I'm not saying she's not proud of you, of what you two have because of course she is, we can all see that. But you need to consider where Vic's coming from, what she's feeling about all of this. Personally, I think Vic feels responsible almost, responsible because she feels she let her guard down, responsible because she thinks it's her job to protect you from the bad that comes with the good of dating someone in the public eye. You also need to consider the fact that she might just not be ready to go public yet, maybe she's not in the same place as you right now. That's not to say that she never will be, but maybe she's just not right now."

"I get it." you mumbled, "I haven't been very understanding, have I? I've just been thinking about how much the denial upsets me that I've not really sat down and truly considered how this affects Vic. Maybe you're right, and she's just not ready for people to know about us and the denial was her first thought.”

Thomas smiled, sympathetically, reaching out to take your hand and squeeze it.

"I love that you want to shout your love for Vic to anyone that'll hear you; the fact that you're not afraid is one of my favourite things about you. But just, please consider the fact that Vic is afraid and while I don't agree with her being so determined in issuing a flat-out denial, I think you need to sit down with her and hear her out fully, before coming to any decision you might make about this or your future."

You sniffed, "If the music thing doesn't work out - not that it wouldn't - you'd be an excellent therapist."

He grinned. "I'm a man of many talents."

"I need to talk to her." you muttered, standing up, only to be pulled back down by Thomas, a huff leaving your lips.

"You need to make sure you're calm enough before you go looking for her." he commented, picking up his guitar again. "She's talking to Ethan, so give her time and wait for her to find you and in the meantime, you can tell me what you think of this for an opener..."

.....

"You think the denial is a bad idea, don't you?"

Ethan looked up, startled out of his skin at Victoria's voice as she met his eyes from where she was curled up on the beaten up chair they'd found in a Garage sale one Sunday morning.

"It's not the smartest choice you've made, Vic." Ethan said. He kept his voice soft, gentle. "I can certainly see why she's upset and angry."

"I just want to protect her." Vic huffed. "She didn't sign up for any of the bad that comes with dating me."

"She signed up for it the moment she said yes to that date." Ethan countered, with a raised eyebrow. "It's not like she didn't know who you were. She knew you were in a band, she knew we'd won Eurovision and that we were growing in popularity. She, I'm sure, made sure she was well-informed of what it would mean for her if you two began to date. I love you, you know I do, but please don't pretend she did to make yourself feel better about your choice, Vic."

Vic swallowed, blinking back the sudden hot tears that filled her eyes.

"I love her, Ethan."

"I know you do." He stood up and approached her, crouching down in front of her and taking her hands. "I know you love her, we all do. But it's not enough just to say it to me or to us or even to her. It's about how you show it, and while I know you have good intentions behind wanting to issue a denial, you need to look at it from her point of view, how it seems to her. I mean," he shifted silently. "Imagine if this was the other way around, okay? How would you feel if she immediately decided that she wanted to issue a denial instead of exploring other options or confronting it heads on? You'd feel hurt, wouldn't you?"

Victoria sniffed and pulled her hands away from Ethan, dropping her head to her hands. "Fuck. God, Ethan, I've fucked up. I've fucked up so bad. I was trying to protect her from getting hurt but I've wound up hurting her instead."

"But you can still fix it."

Vic's head shot up. Her face was red, eyes filled with tears and her expression utterly despondent and Ethan's heart ached for her.

"Do you really think so?"

"She loves you." Ethan shrugged, "The two of you need to sit down, quietly and calmly, and talk this out. Come to a compromise or just make a decision that is best for you both."

Vic sighed, "By compromise, you mean..."

Ethan just raised an eyebrow. "You know exactly what I mean."

Nodding and taking a deep breath, Vic stood up and made to the door, but was stopped as Ethan's hand caught her wrist.

"Take a moment to calm down." he advised. "Take a breath, okay? You need to relax, gather yourself and then you can go and find her when you know what you're going to say, okay?"

Vic nodded, sniffing again, her fingers coming up to wipe at her eyes.

"Come on," Ethan said, guiding her to the couch. "Come on, sit down and just take a moment. I promise you'll feel better if you do."

.....

You took a swig from your beer bottle, kicking your feet in the water as you watched the sun begin to set. Sunset had always been your favourite time of the day; you loved to watch the sky reinvent itself in colour.

“Can I sit with you?”

You turned to see Victoria behind you, holding a beer bottle of her own, and biting at her lip. Her eyes were red, her face blotchy and her hair messy from where her fingers had so obviously raked through it, and yet she was still so incredibly beautiful to you. Her hands were shaking, the metal of her rings clinking against the glass of the bottle and all you wanted was to bring her close, wrap an arm around her.

You would if the situation were different. But you nodded and patted the space next to you, Vic sinking silently down beside you.

The two of you were silent for a moment but you couldn't help but keep glancing at her out of the corner of your eye. She seemed so unlike herself, so un-Vic like that it unnerved you. You hated the distance between you two, you just wanted everything to be okay again and you knew your reaction was a massive cause of that.

"Vic," you swallowed, "I'm so sorry. The way I reacted before was just-"

Vic held up a hand, shaking her head. "Don't. Please. Don't apologize to me." she took a shaky breath. "I asked you to tell me how you really felt and that's what you did and I know I didn't help the situation."

"I hate this." you admitted, "I don't want us to be like this. I just want us to go back to how it was, you know?"

"I fucked up, cucciola." she murmured, and you, despite the tension and the situation and the pain that you were feeling, the way it felt when she called you "cucciola", there wasn't much that could top that. "I wanted to protect you but instead I just hurt you, didn't I?"

You nodded because what was the point in lying to her?

"It just feels like you want to hide me," you admitted, "Or that you're ashamed or embarrassed of me, of us."

"I'm not." Vic immediately said, shaking her head and reaching her hand out to turn your face to her, to cup your cheek. "I'm not, amore, I swear to you that I'm not. I could never be embarrassed or ashamed. Do you have any idea how proud I am to be able to wake up in the mornings sometimes and see you there? How happy it makes me feel to go out to the kitchen and make breakfast for the two of us whenever you stay over? I could never be embarrassed or ashamed of the way you make me feel."

"But you want to issue a denial, Vic." you murmured, leaning out of her touch; the disappointment that was etched on your face was too much for her to bear. "That's what hurts. That's what upset me and if you don't, if you can't, understand that, then why are we even having this conversation?"

"I know I was wrong." she began, her voice shaking slightly. "I know I was wrong, and god, I'm just... I'm so sorry."

You swallowed, your heart sinking. You hated to see her like that; your Vic was usually so strong and upbeat and here she was, practically falling apart. How had the two of you gotten to this point?

"I love you for wanting to protect me, Vic." you turned to meet her, pulling your legs out of the water and splashing her in your eagerness to fold your legs under you. "I really do, but I'm not a child, I'm a big girl and I can cope. I don't care what anyone says or thinks or does. I just want to be with you and I'll take whatever they throw at me as long as I get to be with you at the end of it all."

"I just..." she swallowed, "I'm scared."

Your eyes widened, your eyebrows almost meeting your hairline. "Scared" wasn't a word that you would ever associate with your girlfriend; she'd always seemed fearless to you.

"What are you scared of?"

"Things changing, I guess." she sighed, "Things have been so good between us, cucciola. We've been so happy and inside this little bubble and I'm just afraid that if we let this happen, if we let the press see those pictures, or we come out and confirm us, we'll burst the bubble and everything will just be different."

"Amore." you reached forward and took her hands in yours, squeezing. "The bubble isn't going to burst, okay and you know why?"

Vic sniffed, squeezed your hands in response.

"Because I'm not going to let it burst." you continued. "The only thing that can ruin this, that can ruin us, is us."

Vic hiccuped, a small laugh leaving her. "I don't want us to ruin us."

"Me either." you smiled slightly, "But I just... this whole denial statement, I just. I can't-"

"I'm not going to do it." Vic interrupted you. "I was so panicked and so convinced I was doing the right thing, but it's not worth hurting you. I never wanted to hurt you, I just wanted to protect you, but..." she smiled softly. "My girl doesn't need anyone to protect her, does she?"

You smiled, squeezing her hand, the two of you basking in the calm that had suddenly enveloped the pair of you. You could feel the weight on your shoulders, the hurt in your heart lessening bit by bit.

"I uh," you sighed, eventually breaking the silence. "I don't want us to fight again, but we do still need to decide what we're going to do about the photos."

You sat, quiet for a moment as Vic turned away, her eyes preferring to look at the water as it moved beneath her feet. Your heart hammered so hard you were sure Vic could hear it; normally you'd be able to read her face, but her expression was blank, her eyes narrowed and you couldn't guess what she was thinking.

"We can ignore it if you want." you finally spoke up, quietly. "We don't have to say anything."

Vic's eyes flashed to yours, her eyes wide. "I thought you wanted people to know?"

"I do but..." you shifted, shrugging, Thomas' advice coming back to you. "If that's not what you want, if you're not in the same place I am, I'm good with ignoring it."

Victoria didn't reply as her eyes searched your face, your eyes for any hint of hesitation.

"But would that make you happy?" Vic asked quietly. "Because after the last 24 hours, all I care about is making sure you're happy."

You took a deep breath and then swallowed. "I have you, right?"

Vic blinked at you, confused. "Of course you have me."

"Well then," you shrugged, "I trust you in whatever decision you make, especially now the denial is off the table."

"Yeah, that wasn't my most shining moment, I know." Victoria smiled at you thinly, shakily. "I just don't think I'm ready to go completely public yet. You know, with Instagram declarations and things like that. I'm not saying I never will be, but I'm just not right now. I'm sorry."

You shook your head, words falling out of your mouth in your eagerness and need to reassure her. "No, don't you dare apologize to me, okay? I'm the one who needs to apologize to you."

"But-"

"No," you shook your head, "Please just listen to me, okay? I was wrong too. I was wrong to be so forceful about us going public. I was so upset and hurt by the whole denial thing that I didn't stop to think about why you were so determined to do that."

"I don't want to hide you or us, I swear I don't -"

"I know that now, I promise." you squeezed her hand. "You're just not ready and I should have been much more understanding of that."

"So, we're agreed then?" she looked at you hesitantly, "We just ignore it?"

You nodded, breathing out and feeling the weight being lifted off your shoulders; you were just relieved you were both in agreement. "We ignore it."

Vic shifted, letting go off your hands to cup your face, pressing her forehead against yours, your noses brushing each other. "I'm sorry I hurt you and made you feel like I was embarrassed or ashamed of you, of us. I have never been and I never could be."

"I'm sorry I hurt you," you replied, "I should have been thinking less about me and more about you and your feelings. I'm sorry I tried to push you into something you weren't ready for. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay," she murmured, nudging your nose with hers. "Ti perdono se mi perdoni."

"Deal."

....

B O N U S:

EXCLUSIVE: Måneskin's Victoria de Angelis (finally) confirms her relationship via Instagram; but who is the lucky lady?

Today, via her Instagram, Måneskin's Victoria de Angelis finally confirmed the news that had been rumored for months: she is in a relationship and has managed to keep it mostly under wraps for a whole year!

Victoria is known to be extremely private when it comes to her personal life, but for months now, there has been rampant speculation of the bassist's relationship status, ever since photos were leaked last year, of the musician in the embrace of a brunette with a bright smile and smudged red lipstick; but now, it seems, she is comfortable to confirm what we've always wondered.

Victoria took to her Instagram account today to post a photo of her with her girlfriend, the pair of them in an intimate embrace as they kiss, both seemingly unaware that the camera is pointing at them while the bassist's girlfriend tapes up Victoria's nipples before a performance.

But our favourite bassist always loves to keep us fans guessing because the mystery girl in the photo has not, as of this writing, been tagged in the photo and now fans are speculating as to who the mystery lady is.

The accompanying caption, combines lyrics from Måneskin's song "Torna a Casa" with a personal message and reads: "Oggi mi sento benedetto e non trovo niente da aggiungere, Questa città si affaccia quando ci vedrà giungere. Buon 1 anno, amore mio."

Which in English reads: "Today I feel blessed and can't find anything else to add, this city will look out when it sees us arrive. Happy 1 year, my love." and this did not go unnoticed by fans, many of them sending well wishes and congratulatory messages to the couple, including Damiano David, Ethan Torchio and Thomas Raggi, the other members of Måneskin, who all seemed thrilled at the reveal.

Hopefully in time this may be revealed but for now, we're all simply delighted that Victoria is happy and comfortable enough to share this with us.

Congratulations to her and her girlfriend, and in the words of the band's front man: Love is never wrong!

~fin~

Amore: Love

T R A N S L A T I O N S:

Cucciola: puppy

Ti perdono se mi perdoni: I forgive you if you forgive me

Oggi mi sento benedetto e non trovo niente da aggiungere, Questa città si affaccia quando ci vedrà giungere. Buon 1 anno, amore mio: Today I feel blessed and can't find anything else to add, this city will look out when it sees us arrive. Happy 1 year, my love.

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aoibaratraveler · 4 years

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A Look Back At My Time In Japan Part 1!

Time for some Japan nostalgia!

I was hoping to write this much sooner than now but between settling back after our road trip, finding a job and then finding time to organize my life during my days off has been difficult!

This will be part of a three semi-detailed/summarised blog looking back at what I can remember from living in Japan three years ago; since I was too much of a fool to document it back then but then again I was having the time of my life so that can be a good enough excuse I guess, right?

Part One will be my first month in Japan where I was living in Tokyo with a friend who graciously let me stay in her apartment. Part Two (and maybe three) will be my four months living, studying, and working in Nagasaki and Part Three (or 4) will be my hitch-hiking back-packing trip around Japan in what was my final month of my six months living there!

Pre-arrival/Arrival in Japan and First Impressions:

I was excited beyond belief that I was finally going to go live and explore Japan and be away from home for the first time. I was also super nervous, the preparation to study abroad was pretty intense for someone who had never done it before and for someone who had never gone through the paperwork of visa application, passport renewal and getting all the documents together for the study abroad application itself. Once that was settled though it was just the wait to be able to go (maybe I should write a simple how-to of my experience with the study abroad application and why I think every university student should do it?). I purchased my departure ticket to be on 29th February 2016 which I thought was pretty cool since it’s not every day you get to fly on a leap year. About six months prior to this I had met up with a close friend of mine who was about to leave for a year to participate in the JET programme and she, we’ll call her L, invited me to stay with her for the month of March in Tokyo to sightsee and hang out before my study program would start in April and of course I took her up on it!

In the days leading up to my departure, I really went all out and planned my own going away party with all my friends and had the best time with an escape game, archery tag and a poutine party. The bf, who at that time was just a friend, met up with me beforehand and helped me pick out a bunch of Canadian souvenir type things to bring with me to Japan so I could give to my homestay family. It was a fantastic day and very special so I had no idea that on the day I was set to leave that one of my other close friends, A and the bf planned to sing me a going away song at the airport (to be clear, the bf didn’t actually sing, A did and he provided the music on his laptop and speakers). This tidbit may a bit unnecessary in my nostalgic walk down memory lane but it is just part of what made those six months some of the best times in my life.

Anyway, enveloped in jitters and excitement I boarded my plane to Japan to start my journey, or as the Japanese say “tabi” (旅). I flew into Haneda airport which is quite central to Tokyo and I then found myself squeezed into a sea of evening commuters on the metro. Unfortunately, when I got off the metro and proceeded to take the escalator out of the station…I dropped my suitcase down it and one of the wheels broke which made walking around Tokyo a tad difficult. At that time I hadn’t realized that there was free wifi pretty much everywhere in Tokyo and while trying to find my friend’s apartment…I got lost for about an hour. It was pretty funny and I wasn’t too worried, to be honest, but I did feel bad to be keeping my friend waiting. I found a payphone to try and call her to tell her what was happening but I ran out of change while on the call (had a bit of leftover change with me from when I had first vacationed in Japan two years prior). After a while of walking around and trying to follow google map’s offline directions, I found a koban (a small police station) and gave the police officer the address that I was trying to find. The police officer was very kind and accommodating and pulled out a map to show me where I was and where I was trying to go (which actually wasn’t too far away…I was walking in circles). He then copied down the address on a big piece of paper with some instructions and hailed a taxi for me since he figured it was late and I should just take a taxi which I didn’t mind. I got to my friend’s place in no time at all and settled myself in.

First Two Weeks in Tokyo:

In my first few days, I took out my Japanese textbooks so I could prepare myself and brush up on things to be ready for classes at my university in Nagasaki and because I was planning to be staying with a homestay family that could speak no English…..well, being that I am pretty much the queen of procrastination, those collected dust pretty fast. Since it was a small apartment and I had a suitcase and big travel rook sack with me, L’s sister advised me to just send it to my homestay to be stored there in the meantime. The Japanese postal service is amazing and although my suitcase was pretty big and heavy they had no problems with shipping it to my homestay in Nagasaki the same day.

L’s neighborhood was quite cute and quiet and super pleasant to explore. It was pretty suburban and away from the hustle and bustle of central Tokyo which I greatly appreciated. Since L had work, I often explored on my own and was able to borrow her sister’s bike to further acquaint myself with the area. One of the days I borrowed her sister’s bike, I rode to Arakawa river which is a huge river just outside central Tokyo. I brought my textbooks along and thought I would spend a quiet afternoon just revising next to the river. I didn’t. Instead I rode the bike along the river and took everything in. There were other people there on runs, some guys practicing skateboarding and an old man playing the saxophone. When I finally got around to sitting down and opening up my textbook, a friendly old man walked up to me and with a big smile on his face asked me what I was doing there and why I was in Japan. I told him and we had a pleasant conversation at the end of which he handed me a bag of something from his garden–I think basil? And then told me to enjoy Japan. I didn’t exactly know what to do with this bag so I just gave it to L’s sister who had been doing most of the cooking in L’s place to include in whatever dish she was next going to make.

In the following days, I did all the typical touristy stuff in that I spent an entire day at one point just walking to and around central Tokyo and taking as many artsy photos as I could manage with my old phone. I explored around the Tokyo Sky Tree, perused Sunshine city—definitely made sure to check out all the Ghibli and Sailor Moon items I could find and get a spectacular view from the 59th floor (the place has 60 floors but you have to pay from the 60th and I ain’t about that life).

At the end of my first week in Japan, I made my way to an Airbnb hostel where I would be spending the next 4 days. This place was pretty interesting and my first real hostel experience. Everyone there was really friendly and I became quite close with my roomie who was the embodiment of a stereotypical German woman in that she was tall, pretty, had long blonde hair and sky blue eyes. She was in Tokyo for a mini-vacation from where she had been staying in Hokkaido and basically just wanted a change of pace. We exchanged stories, shared a few laughs and went sightseeing together. We are both fans of anime so we decided to check out Akihabara and since neither of us wanted to go to one alone, we decided to go to a maid cafe…and boy was that an experience. Firstly, it was super expensive so props to the girls who work there because they probably make a ton of money but it was also just very awkward. The maids put on a performance and called us “master” and refused to take any orders for food from us unless we put our hands up to our faces like cat paws and said “nyaa nyaa” first. Afterward, we did the very cliche anime couple thing and went to ride a pedal boat at Ueno park; it was a very silly but funny day. In the following days at the hostel, the roomie and I explored Shibuya crossing, the Hachiko statue, the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno on a rainy day and went to a Pokemon center where I purchased a little Charmander souvenir for the bf (who was then just a friend). It was definitely a very cool little pocket of my time in Tokyo. I ended off my first two weeks in Tokyo by visiting the imperial palace and exploring the royal gardens and…..go to the Ghibli Museum! The Ghibli Museum was beyond impressive and I definitely teared up a bit to be there. It was so cool, we weren’t allowed to take any photos from inside but it was like being transported to another world. On top of the museum was a life-size statue of the robot from Castle in the Sky and inside the museum were all these cute little bits from the movie and a mini theatre where you could watch original Ghibli film shorts. There was also a lovely gift shop with so many beautiful items like illustrated postcards; I purchased a lovely illustrated postcard of the Ghibli museum during the day…which I inevitably misplaced (I’m terrible, I lose everything).

Second Two Weeks:

I met up with a Japanese friend who I had met in Vancouver and we went for a day trip to explore Kawagoe also known as “Little Edo”. I say day trip but really it wasn’t until I got there that I realized that Google had lied to me when I searched best day trips from Tokyo because as lovely as Kawagoe was, it wasn’t worth a “day trip” because it was so small that it could be done in an hour or two! It was really quite funny, to be honest. It was very pretty and had loads of old-style architecture from the Edo period, hence where it got its nickname but there wasn’t all that much to do and a bit expensive to get to so after a couple of hours of walking around and trying to make our money’s worth of the train ticket to get there we decided to head to the next biggest spot to explore; Yokohama. Yokohama was definitely very fun and vibrant and the Chinatown there was great. We snacked on a bunch of samples and enjoyed the pretty night lights of the area. It was certainly a day with a lot of contrast.

The next day was great because the next day L and I headed to Taiwan! L managed to get a week off and so we thought why not explore Taipei during that time and get a little break from Tokyo. I, unfortunately, did not know the geography of the city too well and when I booked the Airbnb it ended up being too far from the centre of Taipei city and hence too far from any convenient connections to explore outside of Taipei PLUS we went right in the middle of the rainy season so it was a bit difficult to do any fun outdoorsy things. We still made the most of our time there and had a lot of fun. We ate at a few night markets and tried a lot of food, explored the area near our Airbnb, visited a cafe that was owned by a family friend of L’s and went to the National Palace Museum which housed tons of historical artifacts from China, it was pretty grand. Even though we spent the last two days of our trip sick in bed I’d still go back to Taiwan again to explore more of what the country has to offer and try more of the food!

Last Week in Tokyo + Night in Fukuoka:

I spent the majority of my last week in Tokyo just chillin’ really and preparing for my departure to Nagasaki, although I did go with L and her sister to do some lesser-known sightseeing in parts of Ginza and did the obligatory visit to the Tsukiji fish market to taste a delicious array of food. As well as some egg on a stick. Good stuff. The last bit of sightseeing that I can remember for that week was in two really interesting parts of Tokyo that not many people think to visit when they explore the city (well this was back then, it seems to have gotten a lot more popular now) known as Yanaka and Nezu. These two neighborhoods make up what used to be Tokyo old downtown and have really kept their old-timey style. Walking through these neighborhoods felt like taking a trip back to the Show era of Japan and walking through the Yanaka cemetery felt very mysterious and cool. I gotta be honest though, as pretty as these places were, I mostly remember them because of the delicious beef korokke and taiyaki that I had there. 10/10. I’m only in part one of my nostalgia blogs but I’m telling you now that I basically ate my way through Japan.

So it was my final night before heading to Narita airport for my flight to Fukuoka and what did I decide to do? Laundry. Except L didn’t have a dryer and the weather wasn’t warm enough for my clothes to be dried fast enough to pack them up and I’m not sure what exactly happened but I think I broke the washer or something because for some reason the water didn’t drain so it wouldn’t have mattered if she had a dryer because my clothes were soaked. With only an hour to go before I had to be out of her apartment (L was asleep and I had decided to just not sleep that night since my flight was so early and I had to leave her apartment at 5 am), I wrung the clothes out as best I could, packed them in the new suitcase that I purchased in Taiwan to replace the one that I sent to Nagasaki with the wheel I had broken on my first day in Tokyo and was off. L’s place wasn’t far from the train station and I arrived 20 minutes before the first train of the day so I decided to go grab some breakfast and use the toilet at the nearby 7/11. Many convenience stores in Japan have two floors and a seating area so it’s a really nice place to just chill for a bit if you’re waiting for a train. A bit dramatic but I’ll never forget this day for the sheer amount that happened in a single morning. So I said before that I thought I’d use the toilet before heading off for the train and I guess for the first and only time in my life, I left the door unlocked…well a construction worker walked in on me on the toilet because of course. I screamed, he screamed and then he awkwardly and for some reason, slowly, closed the door while I died of humiliation. Anyway, I finally hopped on the train to Narita with tears of humiliation still in my eyes and also simultaneously laughing at myself. There weren’t many people on the train thankfully but I’m sure I was still dubbed a crazy foreigner in the minds of the people that were on the train. Oh, by the way, I may not have kept a journal at the time in a technical manner of speaking but I did have a daily journal in the form of me texting the bf every day (again, he was just a good friend at this point) and sending him long messages of what I did every day. Having him to confide in all the time definitely helped me to not go insane, especially that day and especially since Japan is ahead of Canada so he was still awake at that point. Once I arrived at the airport, I was to be greeted by the news that my suitcase was too heavy to be checked in without having to pay an extra exuberant amount, why you may ask? Because my clothes were still frigging wet. Well, partially owing to that and the fact that I accidentally purchased a heavyweight suitcase in Taipei…oops. After some reorganization of my suitcase and bag and *ahem* throwing out some things that I no longer deemed necessary to my life, I was finally able to be checked in..rather late (everyone was waiting for me, what can I say? I was a mess). Pretty sure I cried in my sleep when I finally arrived at my seat on the plane and passed out.

It was a relief to finally arrive in Fukuoka and the airport was so close to the main train station! It only took about 7 minutes to get there. I obviously got there really early in the day so I walked around Hakata station and explored the area before meeting up with the rest of the people who were part of my exchange program for the Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies at the hotel that they were to be staying at and signing in to show that I had arrived. Now I said they were staying at that hotel because of course, I wouldn’t be. But don’t worry, this was by choice, why spend the equivalent of $80 somewhere when the true shoestring traveler way is to rough it up somewhere for little to nothing? It took a bit of searching but I managed to find a family restaurant that was open 24/7 and not too far from the hotel (although sadly had no wifi), left my big ol’ suitcase outside (yay for safe Japan) and headed inside for the night where I did my best to study for the whole night, order some food every now and then and eventually pass out for a couple of hours. The next day I met back up with the exchange group, boarded the bus to Nagasaki and headed to the university to meet my homestay family who I would be staying with for the next four months! (spoiler alert: my homestay mother was about an hour or two late to pick me up and I was, in fact, the last person to be picked up at the university…so yea the first of many reasons why my homestay experience was certainly an interesting one).

#lifeinjapan #nostalgia #studyabroad #japantrip #firstsolotrip #japantravel #japan #Travelblog

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booksnbarricades · 5 years

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21 questions tag

Answer 21 questions and tag 21 people you want to get to know better

(I'm pretty sure I counted 20 Qs not 21 but I may just suck at counting)

I was tagged by @coollobster and I deadass have no one to tag I just wanted to overshare so any of my followers who wanna do it, do it

Nicknames: god I have so many. Tabi, tab, krabi (krab), tabifourth (i do not know why), tabithasaurus, tabither, just like any variation or manipulation of tabitha you can think of

Zodiac sign: aries

Height: five foot even and fully grown eyy

Hogwarts house: slytherin on pottermore, ravenclaw on like everything else

Last thing I googled: detective pikachu showtimes

Favorite musicians: hozier, panic at the disco, royal deluxe

Song stuck in my head: I'm not 100% positive but I think it's Bad Blood by welshly arms

Following: 107

Followers: 172

Do you get asks: HA no

Amount of sleep: during the school year typically like 7 or 8 hours. However at the moment I'm functioning on 5 hours immediately after a night of like?? 2

Lucky number: I don't really have one but one time at the racetrack a guy asked me to give him a number and I said Three and horse number three won

What you're wearing: my pjs which are a pink cropped muscle tee and baggy ass sweatpants that I got from middle school band

Dream job: I wanna be a performer man whether in dance or theater or music I do not care

Dream trip: go around europe by train and spend a couple days in every country.

Instruments: i played violin for like 12 years but haven't played since like november and I also took clarinet and piano

Languages: english and I've taken 3 years of french in high school

Favorite songs: kings by tribe society, in a week by hozier, I'd love to change the world (matstubs remix) by jetta, king of the clouds by patd

Random fact: i can fold my pinkie all the way down to touch my palm without moving any other fingers but only on the left hand. Also I can make my shoulder blades stick out and in at will

Aesthetic: RED so much red and like. muscles

#question tag #thanks for the tag anna

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empresstensai · 7 years

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The beautiful and so kind @sealguemjativeressenome-meh tagged me and after some months of not being a proper friend I DELIVER!

Write 5 things you...

Carry in your bag:

My purple wallet;

My purple Kindle;

My not-purple red 3DS;

A light novel (Dengeki Bunko's jackets are purple!);

My cellphone (black, unfortunately).

Will find in your bedroom:

A Mess™;

Printed media in general? From language textbooks to romance, light novels to manga, magazines, artbooks…;

Stuffed animals (more than 100);

My three cacti: Giorgio, Giuseppe, and their son Geppetto;

Cute stationery.

Have always wanted to do:

Be a do-it-now instead of a leave-it-for-later person;

Study hard to speak all the languages in the world;

Be rich and buy me everything I want and then buy my friends everything I want for them, that is everything they want and things I know they want but don't yet know they want;

Conquer the world, crown myself Empress, find immortality and try to be the best ruler ever so no one wants to kill me, just like in the Twelve Kingdoms (and @sealguemjativeressenome-meh is gonna be my loyal kirin);

Basically, improve myself, but I am too lazy to.

That makes you happy:

Chocolate;

Tea;

Translating;

Smelling books and cats;

Bad jokes.

Currently into:

Kino no Tabi (BACK TO TRANSLATING AFTER THIS, WOOHOO);

Lucifer (sexy fallen angel with British accent? Oh, yeah);

Looking online for DIY stuff (but never doing anything);

Trying to study more;

Bad jokes and puns (IN EVERY SINGLE LANGUAGE I KNOW).

Things on your to-do-list:

Translate more, faster and better (and finish two volumes this year!);

Organize my bedroom (this has at least 5 sub-to-dos lists);

Exorcise my dog call the pet shop to get him rid of all that horrible tangled dirty smelly fur (HE USED TO BE WHITE, WHITE);

Start origami/manga/anime again;

Get better at sewing.

Things people may not know about you:

I have very few friends and a tendency to overshare so I don’t know what they don’t know about me.

I have a lightning-shaped scar on one of my right toes;

I hate how my name sounds in Portuguese, I abhor it, I can’t even pronounce that monstrosity. I try to make people pronounce it correctly in Spanish and oh, it sounds like music then;

I have a problem interpreting abstract images and figures of speech (my university teacher called me stupid for being unable to associate an abstract painting to learning languages, that didn’t stop me from speaking 6 and having survivability-level in a 7th!);

I'm a paper hoarder, I think every single paper can be folded into origami or recycled or scribbled on so I keep them all!;

My first and only 0 ever was on a religion exam. I wrote, mind you I was 8, that there is no god... My teacher was mad.

I, uh... only really know three people here and it was one of them who tagged me? So I tag @anabchamploni and @elprimopatroclo. You don’t need to do it if you don’t want to...

#i need to use tags #i'm lazy #ask?

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stanukiss2k21 · 7 years

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Thank you for tagging me @adraughtofamortentia! I hope you and everyone else who reads this finds it entertainment to read. Im a pretty boring person.

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Spotify. I was listen to GD’s new album from there. Its am amazing music thingy.

is your room messy or clean? Meh. LOL

what color are your eyes? Brown.

do you like your name? why? Yes! Its unique and no one has my name spelled the way it is.

what is your relationship status? Single. God imma die alone.

describe your personality in 3 words or less. Caring,sometimes loud,and opinionated.

what color hair do you have? Brown

what kind of car do you drive? color? I dont have a car because imma loser.

where do you shop? Wherever they have my size.

how would you describe your style? I dont really have a set style. I just wear whatever looks good.

favorite social media account? Tumblr. Its the only place where i actually talk to people and feel like i have friends at.

what size bed do you have? Twin~

any siblings? Idebtical twin and two younger bros.

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? Anywhere from America would be awesome.

favorite snapchat filter? I don’t have a snapchat. I honestly think its pointless.

favorite makeup brand(s)? I dont wear makeup. Only lip gloss.

how many times a week do you shower? Every day. I hate the feeling of not showering.

favorite tv show? Steven Universe and Rick and Morty. <3

shoe size? size 11 american.

how tall are you? 5′4...i think.

sandals or sneakers? Both~

do you go to the gym? My sis has a membership but its been while.

describe your dream date. LOL Somewhere will actually take me on a date?

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? LMFAO next question.

what color socks are you wearing? Im not wearing socks.

how many pillows do you sleep with? 1. I dont like more than 1 pillow.

do you have a job? what do you do? I dont. I wanna work somewhere wear i dont have to deal with people. Beggars cant be chooser tho.

how many friends do you have? LMFAO next question again.

whats the worst thing you have ever done? Wow so many options,so many stories. I havent done anything really bad...yet.

whats your favorite candle scent? I have NO idea. I used to work at TJ MAXX and boy they have variety.

3 favorite boy names? Hmmmm i dont know if i have any.

3 favorite girl names? Isabella,Maylana,and Elizabeth.

favorite actor? I dont think i have one.

favorite actress? Any black actress.

who is your celebrity crush? I honestly dont actually have one.

favorite movie? The Color Purple,Good Fellas,Friday.

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? I love to read,but i havent read a good book in a while.

money or brains? both,you need brains in ought to get money bruh.

do you have a nickname? what is it? Nope. When my sis and I were little she used to call me miney moe. LOL

how many times have you been to the hospital? Myself,like maybe 4 times. Ive been alot when my grandmother was sick and then when my sister had her daughter. Also when my mom was in the hospital.

top 10 favorite songs? GD’s entire new album,Twenty One Pilots-Heathens, iKON-BLING BLING,NINE MUSES new song cause its already sounds like a bop. Keyshia Cole ft Juicy J-Rick James,and A.C.E.-Cactus.

do you take any medications daily? Nope but i need to.

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) Oily,i can thank my mom for that. LOL

what is your biggest fear? loneliness,and never succeeding.

how many kids do you want? I dont know. I switch between not wanting kids and wanting kids.

whats your go to hair style? My 4c afro. Its easy to manage and i can just fluff and go.

what type of house do you live in? apartment.

who is your role model? Its hard. Anyone who has overcame odds.

what was the last compliment you received? I cant think of one,Its been a while. Ive been told im a good friends.

what was the last text you sent? I forgot but it was to my friend.

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? I dont even know. All i know i was cool with it.

what is your dream car? A chrysler 300 or a benz.

opinion on smoking? You do you,just dont come near me.

what is your dream job? Anything with world issues. Maybe a reporter at a overseas news channel.

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? Suburbs near the city.

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? I do but idk why when i cant use them. LOL

do you have freckles? Nah.

do you smile for pictures? Mhm.

how many pictures do you have on your phone? Dont have a phone

have you ever peed in the woods? I dont remember.

do you still watch cartoons? Why would you not? You’re never too old for cartoons.

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? McDonalds.

Favorite dipping sauce? Sweet and sour sauce or Ranch.

what do you wear to bed? gowns,sometimes shirt and shorts.

have you ever won a spelling bee? L-M-F-A-O N-O.

what are your hobbies? I like going places,listening to music and being on tumblr.

can you draw? Does a stick figure count?

do you play an instrument? No but i wish i did.

what was the last concert you saw? Never been to one.

tea or coffee? COFFEE <3

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Starbucks. You can never go wrong.

do you want to get married? Yes but it may never happen for me.

what is your crush’s first and last initial? Dont have one.

are you going to change your last name when you get married? Yes i am.

what color looks best on you? Yellows and Purples.

you sleep with your door open or closed? Closed fam.

do you believe in ghosts? Yes. Im from New Orleans,they practically own the city.

what is your biggest pet peeve? There’s a lot of things.

last person you called? Its been a while.

favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate! And Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food.

regular oreos or golden oreos? Regular.

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? Chocolate

what shirt are you wearing? A yellow one.

what is your phone background? N/A

are you outgoing or shy? Both. Depends on the situation.

do you like it when people play with your hair? No. hell no.

do you like your neighbors? I dont talk to them. Lets keep it that way.

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? in the morning and at night.

have you ever been high? no,but i need it sometimes.

have you ever been drunk? Yes,and never again. LOL

last thing you ate? gravy with rice.

favorite lyrics right now? Superstar by GD. He’s explaining how hard it is to be a top star but on one understands how lonely he is.

summer or winter? fall~

day or night? night time

dark, milk, or white chocolate? Milk.

favorite month? October.

what is your zodiac sign? Beautiful Pisces~

who was the last person you cried in front of? No one. I try not to cry in front of people.

(BONUS QUESTION THAT I ADDED) If you could meet one person from the past,who would it be? Harriet Tubman.

Im tagging @aeabercrombie91 @officialwangtrash @kevin-woo-me @unorthodox-senpai @tabi-ears @otakuprincess280 and anyone else that want to do it you’re welcome to do so!

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