Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!
Jack’s on his way back from Japan now, and I’m pretty tired. He got the “job”, such as it is. Right now they just want to use him in some advertising shoots and that kinda stuff, and if it works out, they’ll have more for him to do. They said they’d work around his college, though he might have a few weekends with some long commutes. He just shrugged, and said a long plane flight is a great time to get homework done. Plus, some classes are remote, and with wi-fi… he might be able to actually attend on the plane. Wouldn’t that be weird…
He’s probably right about that, though. Can’t really do much on a plane but homework.
I had to find him a Japanese lawyer/agent on very short notice, but thankfully I know some people, and they were able to pull strings to at least get someone who could look over the contract and look out for his interests. I could translate, but no way am I giving legal advice. This is ALL him, and I promised both him and me that I wouldn’t interfere.
He’s not making a huge amount of money to start, but it pays pretty well, and they’re paying for his flights. So there’s that. All he really had to promise was that he wouldn’t sign with anyone else for a while. He wasn’t even going to sign with them, so he was fine with that.
After his business meeting, we went to see the sights. I took him to Akihabara where he got some gadgets, he seemed to have a lot of fun. I took him to a maid cafe too, frankly, I kinda wanted to show him off, and also to see if the maids would start blushing and tripping over themselves. Spoiler: a couple did. MINE.
He seemed to like the attention, and I told him it was fine to look, but don’t touch. He did that little frantic nod nervous guys do. Besides, it’s a maid cafe. They don’t usually much like touching anyway (though apparently when David’s around they make an exception, hah!) One of them was stammering like a nervous schoolgirl and ran away blushing when he gave his order. Hahah!! MINE!!! And, well, let’s be honest… a couple of those girls are quite a bit more stacked than I, so I don’t blame him for looking. I caught a few peeks myself, being honest. and their maid costumes are cute too.
He’s still not, well, happy, but I think he does appreciate that he has his own reason to go to Japan now, and, well, he’s learning a skill. Personally, I’d never be a model like that, but nothing wrong with it. I’ll support him.
Well, while I was off in Japan (I hated having to leave as abruptly as I did), the rest of the girls had a blast. The next day was another meet and greet, this time, a combined one with the idols and the onee-chan sisters, and the weebs were having a blast. They signed merch (and everyone got a small cut of the merch they were on), shook hands, answered a few questions… and then everyone dispersed home. So while Jack’s in the air, I popped home, and now it’s time to sleep. My body clock is a little wacked out now – another reason why I don’t really want to head home too much.
Now, I guess…. it’s time to make the final preparations with Yuki to move to Japan, at least for a while. It’s not long at all until this all ends, and the new chapter of my life starts.
I wanna cry.
From the creator:
Well, that arc is finished. It’s been months in the planning. I probably didn’t do it justice, but, well… it seemed to be a good way to close off the series. All the girls dancing around with idols and having a blast… seems like something they’d love. And, well… they’re about to lose their rock.
Because, somehow, that’s what Lily turned out to be. She’s the center of her friend group and all the girls kind of revolve around her. Now they have to learn to live without her for a while.
I am, frankly, kinda glad to be finishing Lily. I’ve said before that I still don’t think I did a very good job with her, but moreso, I’m starting to run out of material. There’s only so much I can do with this motley crew of girls, and at some point I just need to hang it up and then see if I can figure out how to turn this into something marketable without having to worry about writing the story. I have a few ideas, but it all depends on either how much money or time I want to throw into it. And a part of me just wants to shut it down anyway, I mean, really, what’s the point?
Perhaps maybe at some point I’ll do an author identity reveal. I kept that jealously hidden, though. I don’t think I’ll be doing that at any time soon.
Around eleven days or so, and… it’s over.