Mushi-chan just told me the most wonderful news I've ever heard... SHE IS PREGNANT!!!! I'm going to be a father in like less than eight months! Holy craaaaaaaaap!! I can hardly believe it! I keep pinching myself to make sure it isn't a dream or something. But more than the shock, I'm really happy about it! This is what Mushi-chan wanted, and she's so excited about it! Her egg, my sperm, they're bound to create something INCREDIBLE!

Before coming to Hawaii, we talked about kids and agreed to try for one once we got married, since her internal clock was ticking so loud I could almost hear it. I believe I used the term "overdrive" once. Really didn't expect it to happen before the wedding though! Makes me wonder if she like forgot her pill once or twice, since she's done that before and then told me after the fact. That always made me paranoid, but nothing ever happened. Just can't believe I managed to slip one past the goalie!!! Makes me feel more than a bit proud in a masculine kind of way. So however it happened, it happened, and I fully accept that and am very excited too! Even if it's a bit earlier than expected, it's what we wanted and would be trying for anyway.

Boy or girl?? Who knows! Too early to tell what kind of cargo is stored between the legs. I'd like to have a boy, someone to do all those crazy boy things with, most of which my dad never did with me. But a daughter would be great too, I know that's what Mushi-chan wants. If I had a daughter, she'd be like my little angel and princess, but I'll be damned before any kin of mine be a spoiled brat! But no matter what the kid is, they'll be beautiful and talented like their mother and (hopefully) just as into music as both of us. And if they're not into music, that's okay. I wouldn't force them to follow in my footsteps but encourage them to follow their own passions. And I would never let my parents try to take charge of the kid's life, just like they always tried to do with mine. It's my kid, and grandma and grandpa can take their opinions and shove 'em.

Speaking of which, not telling the parents about this... not yet. Waiting until after the wedding. Pretty sure that both our parents would freak out, and then I know I'd have to endure a painfully long lecture that would most likely postpone the wedding. Mushi-chan's parents seem more open-minded, but we're not taking any chances. When we tell them, I think they'll be happy, I would hope so. I know her parents would be, but mine would probably be like, "how will you support a wife and child?" Then I'd bang my head against the wall and try to keep from strangling something. They're always like that... I can only hope they'd be happy for us and supportive. But hey, I've proved them wrong before and I can do it again. I'll do all I can to provide for Mushi-chan and the baby as soon as he or she gets here. It's always fun to make my parents eat their words!!

Actually, we haven't told anyone yet. She said she went to the doctor right before we came to Hawaii because she said something was weird with her body. I'm excited to tell the guys, but I have no idea how they'll react. I can just imagine Miyabi giving me some crap about it. I know with the band just taking off and with our tour things might be a bit complicated, but we'll make it work! I'll make it work because I love Musashi. She understands how important the band is to me and will support me even if I'm away for long periods of time. But she won't be alone, she'll have Sayaka and the girls there to help her when I'm not around. Anyway, Toshio will be cool with it, I'm sure he'll be really happy for me when he finds out. Akito too, though he might make some embarrassing comments and point out how now I've proven myself to be a healthy young man... or something. Yeah, that's Akito for you. The girls will probably squeal their heads off when they find out. Don't know for sure when we're going to tell them all, things are going to be super crazy in the morning with everyone getting ready for the wedding and all. Right now it's our big secret...!

Oh, Mushi-chan is quitting smoking. I'm so proud of her! She's laying off all alcohol too, and the least I can do is try to do the same. She wouldn't care if I drink by myself, but who wants to drink by themselves?! But smoking will be harder... I've been smoking since I was 14. I know, shocking. >_> I don't know what I'll do without my cigs, but I'm going to try. And if I absolutely have to have a smoke, I'm doing it far away from her. When we get home, I'm going to look into different ways of quitting and will be "smoking lollipops" in the meantime. I heard about these things called electronic cigarettes I might look into. I can tell already this will be the hardest change for me... hope I can do it.

My brain's just totally fried... I can't believe I'm going to be a dad! Gotta wrap my head around it! Oh, and I'm getting married in a few hours too. Life is just too awesome!!

Entry 1 - The bachelor party

Mood: kind of hungover
Music: Dragonforce - Revolution Deathsquad
Location: My apartment, near Omotesando, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan, Asia, Northern Hemisphere, Earth

Hey! Welcome to my first attempt at blogging. First attempt for anyone in Orochi, for that matter. That’s right, you’re all witnessing history in the making. Yeah, I know blogs are super popular online and my attempt is just another grain of sand on the beach, but I thought it would be fun to write one anyway, whether anyone cares to read it or not! And Akito pushed me to do it, telling me my first entry should be about my bachelor party. (He’s giving me a box of Pocky every entry I write, so there’s my motivating factor. For this entry he’s offered strawberry.)

Anyway, my bachelor party. It’s glossed over in the comic (wait… comic? What comic?!) because the source of higher knowledge and wisdom decided it wouldn’t advance the story to include it, and I know everyone just wants to get to my wedding (or my wedding night… or maybe that’s just me). So let me just tell you a little about what went on at my bachelor party, and I pray to all that is holy that Mushi-chan doesn’t read this… I mean, not that we did anything bad, but… *ahem*

So you all saw how things started off. Miyabi did a pretty good job of almost turning my bachelor party into his own pathetic pity party, but I refused to let that happen. After Toshio said, “the only way I can believe you’re sorry is if you promise to never do anything to hurt Yumi again,” Miyabi was actually very quiet the rest of the night. It looked like his brain was on overload every now and then, because sometimes he just stared off into space. I can only hope he was thinking about what we all said to him, and especially what Yumi and Sayaka said to him. Whatever he was thinking, the guys and I had a great time and I honestly tried to not think about anything else but having fun.

First thing we did was go to dinner at a yakiniku bar near Shinjuku station. It was pretty dark by then, and a little cold, but I already had enough alcohol in my system to stay warm. We walked a couple of blocks from my apartment to the train station, hopped on the Yamanote line and got to Shinjuku station. At the yakiniku joint we ordered Korean Bul-Gol-Gi to serve up, and Toshio surprised me by ordering some pretty expensive wagyu (Japanese beef), so fresh and so insanely delicious it didn’t even need to be cooked. Akito managed to completely blacken a piece of it, however, when he forgot it was on the grill. I laughed it off… I laughed a lot at that restaurant. It must have been the sake. Toshio helped me polish off the sake, he’ll be 20 soon anyway. Akito wanted some, but I think the last thing the world needs is a potentially drunken Akito. At least, out in public… the world isn’t ready for that. Anyway, great food, we were stuffed. But I still had room for more.

Miyabi did manage to get a word or two out once they paid for dinner (the guys made sure I didn’t have to pay for anything that night). Specifically, he said “strip club.” Akito seemed a little uncomfortable with the idea, and Toshio looked at Miyabi like his hair was on fire. Personally, I couldn’t ask for a sexier and more perfect woman than my fiancée, so the idea didn’t do much for me. But Miyabi was insistent, saying that that’s what guys do at a bachelor party. Whatever, man… We approached one and Akito looked like a little lost puppy. The poor kid… luckily there was a game centre close by, so he jetted toward it like he was running from a bear attack. That left Toshio, Miyabi and me looking at each other like, “you really wanna go in there?” Miyabi grabbed us and forced us inside.

It was dark, smelled like cigarettes and booze, and, oh yeah… there were strippers. Nothing to write home about. Musashi is better. Actually, there’s no comparison… I remember sitting there thinking, “okay… and this is supposed to be exciting?” and I think Toshio agreed. Actually, Toshio kept staring down at the table, I think he was blushing and seriously outside his comfort zone. Miyabi looked kind of weirded out too, but he was trying to hide it. When all the clothes came off, we just all looked to each other. I burst out laughing, I really don’t know why… apparently that was kind of distracting for some of the other “patrons,” who looked at me like I had crossed into enemy territory. It surprised me when Toshio got up and left. Miyabi looked around and did the same, trying to be cool and inconspicuous. I think it was too much for him, though he’d never admit it. I met them outside and needed a good long smoke. I think Akito made the right choice by going to the game centre… at least he was having fun.

We met up with Akito, Toshio kicked my butt at Initial D (he’s like the master at that game, even better than me, and I drive!) and I actually won a cute little Rilakkuma plushie for Mushi-chan at a UFO catcher machine, which I usually have terrible luck with. I did manage to beat Akito and Miyabi at Initial D, but Toshio reigned as the supreme champion that night. Akito played DDR and forced me to join in. Drinking and DDR don’t really mix with me, and I couldn’t last more than one song. There was actually this tall, skinny blonde American kid there tearing it up on DDR, so I was content to watch. Saw a few foreigners that night at the game centre, which is always fun. Akito wanted to be their best friend, despite the language barrier.

Toshio pulled me aside and said he felt really weird about the strip club, like he needed to confess and grovel at Yumi’s feet or something. I told him not to worry about it, it was Miyabi’s fault for forcing us in there. I wasn’t going to tell Musashi, so he didn’t have to tell Yumi. And it’s not like we even enjoyed it, so I told him to relax. Then he totally changed the subject and said he wanted to get his hair trimmed, since Hawaii is supposed to be hot. And that gave me the idea to get mine cut and dyed too. Not completely blue again (my parents would freak out… it would be World War III) but just streaks of blue because all-black hair is so… Miyabi. So we pulled Akito away from the freakishly tall American DDR powerhouse and went to a hair salon, which is entirely unmanly and lame to do at a bachelor party, but whatever. At least we didn’t get our nails done. So next time you all see Toshio, his hair will be to just below his shoulder blades and dyed again to cover up his roots on top. I’ll have a blue streak in front and on the tips beside my face. And Akito and Miyabi will be the same. Poor them.

After getting our hair done (that sounds so girly…) we went to yet another bar and had way too much delicious fried food and alcohol. This part is kind of blurry, but I do remember everyone laughing and being noisy… apparently Akito had sneaked a few swigs and was about to perform a drunken belly dance for the world before Toshio discouraged it. So what do you do when you’re feeling glutinous and drunk? Karaoke, of course!

We were there until about 3am. Miyabi, who was still probably grating the wrong away against Toshio, belted out some totally perfect songs and put us all to shame. Akito’s a good singer too, but he was too buzzed to do any serious songs. He sang a lot of old school anime songs, and made me join in on “You wa shock” from Hokuto no Ken. I don’t remember half the songs I attempted, just kept laughing and somehow the drinks just kept appearing on the table in our room. I know my limits, though, and quit while I was ahead. I’ve always been able to hold my liquor, but Toshio started to feel kind of sick.

We got back to my place, don’t even remember what time it was. Akito brought over his PS3 and Wii and stayed up a while longer playing Final Fantasy XIII, and I watched him until I fell asleep. Miyabi took my bed, then complained in the morning when he found Musashi’s panties. Well, if I had slept in his bed and found Princess Frill's panties, I'd probably be traumatized. Anyway, woke up at about noon with a bit of a hangover, but not too bad… I’m pretty lucky when it comes to that. Kind of wiped out the rest of that day, though, and just worked on getting everything else done and set for my wedding. The guys hung around a bit longer until I made them go home and get their stuff all ready to go too. After a night like that, we were all in a bit of a daze.

And that’s about it! Not super wild and crazy, but fun nonetheless. And now I’m pretty much all ready to go to Hawaii and get started with the next chapter of my life. Anyway, thanks for reading! Akito, where’s my Pocky?

COMMENTS

Yamashita Akito Weeee!!!!!!!!!!! You wrote an entry!!!! I'm so proud of you, Shu!!!! ^___^ Strawberry Pocky is on its way, as promised. I'll give it to you tonight!!!! If you write another entry, I'll give you a different flavor. What do you want for next time?

Katsumura Shuya Chocolate. Maybe green tea?

Otsuki Miyabi Hey! I was not trying to have a pity party... and why did you write about the strip club being my idea?!

Katsumura Shuya Because it was your idea... baka.

Matsumoto Toshio Wow, cool blog, Shuya! I'm still getting used to my hair. It hasn't been this short in years, and it's not even that short! My head felt so light, I didn't realize how much really long hair can weigh. I can't wait for Yumi to see it, she'll probably be so surprised.

Katsumura Shuya She's gonna love it!!! She'll be on you like Miyabi on Princess Frills.

Matsumoto Toshio O_O ...

Otsuki Miyabi Perv. そんな事言うな

Yamashita Akito Chocolate Pocky! I have a secret stash. Crap, I guess now it's not secret anymore!! ^w^ I'll share some with everybody!!! Oh, and I'm almost done with FFXIII... I really wish chocobos were real. *A* I would ride one everywhere and look super fine doing it. I also just finished 塊魂TRIBUTE (Katamari Damacy TRIBUTE), it's awesome! ♡