Park ChanYeol
I was on the verge of paranoia becoming my permanent state of mind. Ever since I found a puddle of water and strands of lilac hair after having the worst dream of the season, I felt like everything was out of place. Maybe some things on my map had fallen off because I'd left the window overlooking the garden open. That must be it.
Yoora had been visiting again, our parents had taken the day off and we were going to go to Jeju, but the weather didn't allow it, the strong winds made it impossible for planes to reach Jeju and the sea had been very rough for days before.
So we ended up in Tokyo, Yoora and Mom were in paradise, they decided they didn't have enough clothes and shoes for the occasion and within minutes they had filled Dad's and my hands with shopping bags.
EXO CBX was going to promote in Japan that week. So all the giant billboards in the city were advertising their fansign and other events. I was afraid the Kim trio would come and abduct me and use me as bait to trap their monsters. After much thought, bait, that's what the Kims were. Seeing all those billboards staring at me didn't help my situation at all.
I loved visiting Tokyo; I could find One Piece action figures in porridge or any convenience store. We would go to Akihabara, a paradise for every anime fan.
We started seeing people in cosplay as we approached the area. Yoora and my parents went back to the hotel since once we were in Akihabara I wouldn't pay them any attention and I'd have as many bags as Yoora and Mom combined, filled with One Piece figurines and merchandise.
After sending the bags to the hotel, because taxis are for sending the most precious things aka my new One Piece acquisitions.
I went into a One Piece themed cafe, because what would my visit to Akihabara be without going into a themed cafe? And I was pleasantly surprised to find they were having a costume event.
There were cosplays ranging from Monkey D. Luffy to Jinbe; participants had a participation ticket and went up one by one. Spectators were given a device to vote in real time, so, being a perfectionist critic, very few cosplays managed to get me to vote for them.
Ninety-three out of 150 participants had passed by when she appeared dressed as Nami...