The next morning, I woke up early, after a simple cup of coffee, I headed out of the mansion. "Where are you going?" Yui asked. "I wanted to head to an anime expo." I show her the tickets, leaving out the details. "I wanted to relax for the weekend." "Alright then" She tipped her toe a bit and kissed me in the cheek. "Have fun, alright?" Now I am feeling guilty, feels like cheating.
"Where is she." I stood at the bus stop, where she should be at. "She forgot about the date?" I took out my phone, deciding to call her and check it out. But instead, she messaged me something. "Go to the expo yourself, I have jobs to do" "Argh…" I rub the back of my head, kind of disappointed. "Whatever, next time I guess…" The bus heading towards City N arrived and I entered it, the ticket is really costly, I couldn't just waste her effort for me like this…
"WELCOME TO THE ANIME EXPO OF YEAR 2033!"
The speaker blared the moment I step into the stadium. Fells like I am being reincarnated in a whole new world. This, this, is what we had been hoping for. "Onii Chan~" When I am still standing there, blinded by the beauty of this new world, one of the fellow cosplayers approached me, grabbing my arm. She cosplayed as a Rem, and I gotta admit, this is a high-quality Mona Lisa shit. "You forgot me?" She suddenly asked.
"You…" I stare at her closely, before gasping. "Kasumi?" "Rem" nodded shyly, the blue hair, blue eyes and petite body size, nice pick, she really fits. "I wanted to give a surprise." She say, grabbing my hand. "Let's have loads of fun today, alright?" She smiled, I nodded before the two of us explored this fair.
We take thousands of photos, tried anime delicacies, play anime carnival games, taking the time of our life. Since most of the people at the fair are single weebs with a virtual girlfriend and a soothing hand, they are jealous as fuck. I still remember during lunch we sat beside a chubby boy with a pillow girl in one arm. As Kasumi fed me with the food, he seems to be having a heart attack, crying softly like a bitch. And speaking of carnival games, these idiots don't know who they are up against with.
"So, what are we going to do next?" I asked Kasumi with a whole sack load of plush toys and action figure's I've just won. "There is a gigantic concert going on there." Kasumi suggested. "I suppose we could take a look before heading back?" "Yeah, sure" I nodded. And with that, we headed towards the main event stage located at the heart of the stadium, where a group of heavy loaded Otakus with their pillow wives were already gathering. The two of us take a seat amongst the people and waited patiently for the concert to begin. After ten minutes, the light suddenly went off, guess this shit is starting. Through the dark I could see a figure being raised onto stage, the rest saw it too as they cheered.
"Se, no~"
"YOOOOOOOOO!!!!" The crowd goes crazy as they all cheered, jumping, raising their wives high. The national anthem of the weeb nation had started. At the same time, all the lights were lit up, shining, signalling the beginning of the wild concert.
"Demo sonnan ja dame
Mou sonnan ja hora
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Motto, Motto"
"Dadadaradada, daradadadaradada~" The armies raised their arms, waving, singing alongside the music. I followed, Kasumi beside me join in too, the two of us grab our hands and waved together. The girl on stage followed too, waving her hand with us, smiling sweetly like caramel candy. A lot of men couldn't stand the cuteness attack, some even fainted right out of happiness. She winked, killing another half of the crowd before continue to sing, and it was at that moment when I got a clear look at her face, I realise who she is. She saw my face too though; she froze for a moment before continue her performance professionally. Kasumi pinched my arm after seeing me staring at her like that, but I couldn't stop myself. Never in my life I would thought I would met her in here, at this situation.
"Hizuki"
"Oh… why is he here…" The moment Hizuki finish her performance, she hid in the preparation room at the backstage. "At this situation, with another girl…" She paced up and down, biting her fingers anxiously. She loved him once, even now, she still thinks about him at night. He, he is just too perfect in her heart, now he just saw her acting like that, acting like a weirdo, wearing such a sexy dress, dancing, singing and interacting with these weird people in such a weird occasion.
"S-should I go say hi?" She asked, it had been three years but she still felt a little shy to meet him once again. He is also holding hands with another girl, is she, her girlfriend? Did he forgot about her? Will he still treat her like how she treated her before? She felt conflicted. But she had no choice, she must face him. Just hope that her feelings towards her isn't that strong like before.
She took off her glittering dress and before wearing a formal office set. She pulled down the wig, revealing her dull black hair in which she tied it into a pony tail. With some face water, she wash off the bewitching make up on her face before wearing a thick glasses. Trying to turn back into the good, good girl before. If not for life, she would never enrol herself in such profession. She take a deep breath to calm herself down and gather every courage within her, before opening the door.
"Hey, Hizuki" Me and Rem waited in front of the backstage, the moment she exited the room, I called her name. She stopped, but he didn't dare to turn her head towards us. "Hizuki are you alright?" Seeing her froze on her place, I approached her and patted on her shoulder. "You, alright- Hey! Hey!!" Before I could get a reply, she suddenly collapsed into my arm. "Hizuki?!" I shouted, but she didn't reply. Her face is cooked red, redder than a tomato, steaming hot with a madly in love expression. "What happened to her?" Kasumi asked, her face looks like he had a fifty-degree Celsius fever.
"Gotta send her to the medic!" I carried her up and rushed out of the EXPO, never expected after this long amount of time, she would still fall for me like this.