Some nights Nozomi fell asleep the instant her head hit the pillow and there were some nights where she wished she had slept better but on this particular night she wasn't getting any sleep at all. Getting up from her bed she walked to the kitchen squinting as she switched on the light to grab a glass of water, consuming the cool liquid in small gulps when she is finished drinking , Nozomi returns to bed only to toss and turn a little more.
"Why am I so alone?"
Nozomi sighed staring at her ceiling as if she was expecting an answer. Nozomi is 24 years old and has never dated anyone. Many men and women have shown interest but they never intrigued Nozomi. They were all so normal. Boring. Living predictable lives and saying predictable things, Nozomi hated that. Nozomi wanted someone who is spontaneous, fun and sweet. Nozomi was alone simply because she was fussy, she would never admit that though. Still staring at her ceiling, Nozomi sits up and turns on her laptop recalling a conversation she had with her friend.
"It's not a dating site, it's more like an environment where you can meet other people who want to break out of their typical every day routines"
Her twin tailed partner in crime stated. Nico is Nozomi's long-time friend. She is short and in Nozomi's opinion, she looks exactly like a middle schooler who had just hit puberty with her "barely there breasts" and very young face. Nozomi smiles at the thought of her friend, types in the address of the website and waits for the page to load."
"I guess there's no harm in trying new things..."
As the page loaded Nozomi read through some of the biographies that the people have provided of themselves. She continued to scroll down until she came across the biography of a blonde woman.
"Probably around about my age"
Nozomi assumed as she clicked onto her profile. Provided on the profile was several images of the fun experiences the person has lived through. She looked through some of the images frowning the entire time, not really amused by what this person classified as "fun". There was an image of her on a ferris wheel, in an exotic car, in front of an ordinary looking restaurant and an image of her eating a spider..? Nozomi zoomed in on the image and saw that yes it was a spider, it was huge, it was black, it looked hairy and it looked bigger than Nozomi's face and yet, the blonde looked somewhat cute in that picture. Curious, Nozomi went to private message this "andrenELIn" wanting to know what the spider had tasted like. Sure she had google but she really wanted to talk to this woman and she is going to take any opportunity she can get. Eating spiders is pretty abnormal but what was even better about this situation is that the blonde was actually very attractive, Nozomi was most impressed.
"Hi, I was just looking through your pictures and saw that you ate a spider. Please describe what it tastes like"
Nozomi spoke out loud as she was typing. The only problem is she didn't have an account on this website even if the blonde wanted to reply she couldn't.
"I don't have an account so please add me on skype if you want to"
She read out each word to make sure there were no mistakes. Once she was certain everything was perfect she hit send. Shutting her laptop, she lay back down now feeling nervous about the answer that the blonde woman may or may not give. Nozomi glanced over at her alarm clock; 4:13 am was displayed in a dull green on the screen. She shut her eyes determined to sleep for the remaining hours of the night.
Nozomi woke up early, in fact way too early. It was a Saturday and there was no work to be done, yet here she is, awake at 8:38 am and her body just refuses to fall asleep again.
With nothing planned for the day she boot up her laptop to browse the internet for a few hours. After entering the password to her computer, a notification forced its way onto her desktop on the bottom right hand corner. It read:
Hi, I'd like to add you as a contact on Skype. Eli Ayase
Nozomi clicked onto the profile and saw that it was the blonde woman. She accepted her friend request and contemplated whether or not she should message her first. Nozomi decided that she would brush her teeth and eat breakfast first before insinuating any conversations with anyone. On cue to her return, her skype made a sound of notification, Nozomi clicked on her messages only to be greeted by her friend to be, she read;
Eli Ayase: Hello Nozomi! I am Eli!
Nozomi laughed gently, now understanding Eli's username on the website.
Nozomi Tojo: Hello! Nice to meet you Eli! How are you?
A reply came sooner than Nozomi had expected.
Eli Ayase: I am good and I need to tell you what spiders taste like!
Nozomi Tojo: Please do! :D
Nozomi smiled as she waited for Eli's reply.
Eli Ayase: Well, the legs are very crunchy the lady who cooked the spiders had burnt off all the hairs but some still got stuck in my throat the head and the body of the spider tasted kind of like chicken which was ok but the abdomen was the worst thing I have ever tasted in my life
Nozomi Tojo: What did it taste like? :o
Eli Ayase: I am not too sure myself, I felt the goo ooze out of it and I spat it out before I even tasted it
They continued their talk for a little bit longer, talking about themselves, their likes and dislikes. They revealed their ages to each other and just as Nozomi guessed, she is also 24 years old. The conversation that felt like minutes had gone on for hours. Nozomi had a lot of fun talking to Eli and Eli felt the same way as well. Just as Nozomi was about to reply, Eli had already sent another message.
Eli Ayase: Where do you live?
Nozomi Tojo: Japan, you?
Eli Ayase: Me too!
Nozomi and Eli simultaneously came up with the same idea.
Nozomi Tojo: Let's meet up
Eli Ayase: You read my mind.