It's the 30th of August, 6 AM, Tokyo, Japan.
I just moved into my new apartment in Tokyo yesterday. Right after crying out from happiness, I fell asleep on the floor. I was so tired after a demanding flight, and hours of packing things.
Right now It's the other day. My back hurts, and my eyes are sore, but I somehow can't stop being happy and energic. My apartment is litterally so beautiful. I have a lot of natural sunligh here, and it's small, modern and very cosy. It's like a little 2 floor simply designed cube with a space for my creativity. When I was little, I never imagined I would want to live abroad, without my dear mother and father, especially in a small flat, that I'll have to take care of. I was always so scared of the future, worrying about how am I gonna survive, pay my taxes, iron my clothes, and wash my head without my mother. I always hoped to have as free life as possible,making money from youtube, and that's also probably the only childhood dream of mine that worked out, althought I'm not a fulltime youtuber.
I'm making a list of things to do today. I can't decide what to do first, but then I finally decide to go shopping for necessities. It's already 11AM.
As I'm getting ready to go, somebody knocks on my door. I wonder who could it be, since the only person I know here is one of the owners - Grandma Hanako.
She greeted me yesterday, and gave me my keyes. She is very neat, admiring,respectful and open-minded. A very modern old person.
Anyways, I open the door and I'm surprised. It's not Hanako. Instead it's a girl my age, with long black hair and a big smile on her face. She is so beautiful and apparently extroverted.
She immediately introduces herself.
"Hey, I'm Yuki. Nice to meet you"
I,still a bit confused, greet her back "I'm Nikko nice to meet you too"
She just stands there, smiling and holding a tray of muffins in her hands.
"I heard you were moving in and so I wanted to get to know you a little, if that's okay?" She asks inquiringly. Her every seentence is full of intonation, and expressiveness.
"Of course, I'm glad to hear that. Come in!" I say with a smile.
This sudden visit has surprised me, but I indeed feel very happy of how friendly this comunity here is.
I first must apologise for not having any food to offer her, but she says not to worry, that she brougt the muffins. So we end up sitting behind my small round table beside the window, eating the freshly baked strawberrry muffins, getting to know each other.
Yuki is also 18, she likes to bake, draw, dress up, play sports, read manga, sing, get to know new people and she's just very active and optimistic person. She doesn't know anyone here too, since she moved in just a few days before me. Her brother studies here, and she also decided to study here in Tokyo because of all the art and fashion she can discover here.
We have so much in common, and share the same favourite things. Her takes are the same, and she respects me.
This person is so comfortable. We just met, but I feel like I knew her my whole life.
"What school are you going to attend?" She asks.
"The school of Arts and cutlure here in Tokyo, the field of Japanology"
"Wait, really? That means we're in the class together!"