Michael A Chase wrote:
Suggested changes: {before : after}
Please turn off the custom quoting. I've changed the ones I caught to the
regular versions in this file.
Actually I thought it was all just plain text. Still trying to figure out
what to save and how without getting the odd characters.
On 02/14/2005 06:38 PM, DB Sommer said:
Writer's forward: This one came about as a result of seeing the first
four episodes of MB at Otakon last year. Having only seen 4 eps, I might
be contradicting some canon here, but I haven't been able to find
anything to contradict this, so here we go.
The manga and the anime have quite a few differences anyway.
Great. Maybe I can say it's my own continuity.
Miyabi was talking about some guy she was dating. She was going into
great detail about him being a major hunk, and confessed to us she was
having great sex with him. When I asked if she was going to marry him,
Miyabi laughed and said it was nothing romantic, and that the two of them
were just { : '}fuck buddies.'
there's one of them
Jin and I first met in high school on a double date. It was the typical
story. A friend of mine and a friend of his were dating. When they talked
about us, (including the fact we were both not dating anyone) they
thought we'd be perfect together. So with the best of intentions they set
us up to meet one another and go out with them. I didn't have my hopes
up. My dating life up to that point had been limited and, frankly,
disastrous. Still, I wanted to please my friend whose intentions were
noble, if not terribly bright. So I smiled and pretended like I was
looking forward to it. I figured it was only one evening, and if things
went poorly with my date, it was only a one time thing, and I wouldn't
have to feel guilty if I refused to go out a second time. It wasn't like
he had asked me out or something. It was just a favor we were doing for
someone else.
In the anime, the four parents knew each other from college tennis club.
Shoot. I'll have to make it 'met some old acquintances of ours from college'
and have Miki born post college.
I don't recall any indication of any of them meeting earlier. I also
don't recall if they kept in touch after college.
I'll cross my fingers.
Since neither of us wanted the night to end so soon, we took a detour
through a park, trying to remain together as long as we could. I wouldn't
call what we shared romantic. Friendly was the word. Very friendly. I
actually stayed out past my curfew, but I didn't really care. Here was a
guy I was relaxed with and whose company I enjoyed. In one night I had
more fun with him than with {every other guy : all the other guys} put
together. He was worth a little hassle from my parents.
We decided on a romantic cruise. That would give us the time and
isolation we needed to reconcile. We moved quickly, taking off at the end
of the month. We maintained a solid wall of togetherness in front of Miki
until then. Actually, it was quite easy, since she was the common ground
we shared at the moment, while at the same time we were frightened at the
new truth that had intruded into our lives. But we maintained the facade
for her sake.
I am pretty sure it was a trip to Hawaii.
Will throw that in then.
During dinner we were seated at a table with another married couple the
same age as us: Youji and Chiyako Matsura. Being naturally outgoing, Jin
and I struck up a conversation with them. They both turned out to be just
as friendly and sociable as us. We were quickly talking with each other
as though we were lifelong friends.
I've usually seen Matsuura rather than Matsura.
will chaneg
They had been friends in college. Why each married the opposite corner of
their four-way relationship has never been clear to me.
Would have lacked the contrivance for Miki and Yuu to get together. :)
I can't imagine what Chiyako and I must have looked like, being touched
in such a familiar manner by men other than our husbands, while the men
in question watched, no less. Had something like this happened in our
neighborhood, it would have been borderline scandalous. Instead, I didn't
care. There was something about being in the presence of Youji that made
me throw all my concerns to the wind. Slowly, insidiously, the rest of
the world was ceasing to matter, and it was only Youji who I could focus
on.
Borderline?
She's hopeful.
I no longer cared about Jin's refusal to come along. In fact, with
Chiyako choosing to remain behind, I was looking forward to having some
time alone with Youji. We went together to the opposite side of the ship
to peer over the railing. Many others had gathered there was well to
watch the dolphins leap acrobatically through the ocean as they traveled
alongside the ship. The number of people made things a bit crowded, so
Youji and I had to squeeze into a space that was enough room for about
one and a half people. Our bodies rubbed up against one another, oiled
flesh on {: oiled} flesh, and a tingle shot down my spine. My physical
reaction was evident through my small bikini. I blushed at the response
my body was having to Youji's presence. I only hoped he didn't notice. It
would have been embarrassing.
"Chiyako
might
find
us ," I got out between kisses. I didn't care if
Jin discovered what was about to happen. It was over between us now, no
matter what. I couldn't be married to him, knowing what a man like Youji
could be like.
Are those elipsis in the first sentence?
Yeah. More odd lettering. I save it as plain text and take the plain text
option with my mailer, and I still get odd characters through. :P
How were we going to explain what happened to Miki?
It took her a fairly long time to accept the divorces and remarriages. Her
conflicted feelings about Yuu were the main focus of the story.
Yeah, but this is what she was thinking right before the start of the
series. They tried the 'act like it's not deranged' tactic, which backfired
horribly.
Thanks for the help. Will work in those revisions.
DB Sommer
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