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I was walking down the street minding own business in the evening of spring in the city of Chicago with the sun hovering the city and clouds being reflected by the windows of the tall skyscrapers that spreads throughout the city. The light breeze of wind hitting my face as I'm walking with people in business suits, students with backpacks roaming the city to their next destination and tourist who never seen the city before or people who enjoy being in Chicago. Summer was near and I knew one day I'll be heading to the beach soon with friends and explore what Chicago has to offer something new even though I been there a couple times. I looked ahead and saw sky was still light with some orange knowing that the sun was setting making me realized that I needed to head back to my luxury condo. All of this week I was busy at work and haven't got a decent amount of rest since I had due dates in the company like preparing for an upcoming big conference with the CEO and his team, filling out reports, talking to not so nice clients, handing in large amount of paperwork and getting them in before my boss yells at me for not doing the job right. I'm grateful however, that tomorrow is the weekend and I can relax for a while before the grind starts back up on Monday. My black suit wasn't the most comfortable outfit to wear since I was wearing it all day today and would like to get in more comfortable clothes to relax in. While I was walking, I decided to take a trip to lake shore drive beach since I enjoy sitting on a bench from a distance to look at the water and get lose into looking at the stars flicker bright with the moon glowing in the night sky. This evening was different for me as I visit my usual spot. There was a slim figure young woman who appears to in her early twenties sitting alone by herself with her beach towel laying on the soft sand looking at the same direction as I am. Her body language says it all, she has her arms wrap around her bent knees looking off in the distance. Relaxing maybe? No something is wrong, I could tell. I felt like I want to comfort her, but it would be weird to go up to a stranger and do that, right? However, I hear a small voice, a whisper going inside of my ears telling me to do it, and I should trust it. So, I got up from the bench and walk towards the young woman and felt nervous while my heart was beating fast every second since I was getting close to this person. Finally, I'm next to her and despite my nervous, I must let my words flow. "Mind if I sit here?" I said still feeling nervously to the young woman, "sure, I got no problem of you sitting here" said the young woman but had this sorrow tone in her voice. I sat down next to her was utter silence between us. She had this pale skin with multi-colored of black (which I assume that's her natural hair color), pink, blue and white. Some of her hair was tied into two oni horns which were on top of her head which made the rest of her hair flow down to her waist. Her clothing consented a white t-shirt with black jeans which some parts on the thigh area ripped. Her ears had three needle earrings but judging on her ear it looks like three additional holes that her earrings could be there. She has three piercings under the left side of her lip and black nail polish and around her neck was a short necklace that was a heart shape. Also, her gym shoes were white with one lace being blue and the other being pink. After some time I had the nerve to explain of why I came here, " I know this is probably weird of me to come here all of the sudden, I come here all the time after work and it's just that I was sitting at the bench behind us and notice you looked upset and felt that you needed some company", " It's cool, I haven't really had anyone to come here with anyway" said the young women. We sat there for a couple more minutes and looked at my watch that it was going to get dark in the next hour. The young woman broke the silence, "The name is Ibuki…Ibuki Mioda", I looked at her and look back at the water and replied back, "Bryan Prestwood is my name, but my co-workers call me BP after the gas station." Then I heard a small chuckle from Ibuki which made her smile a little bit and felt happy for some reason cause normally if I told a girl that reasoning then I'll get embarrass but this girl is different, it felt good of seeing her smile which was the better feeling. I look at my watch and knew it was getting late and need some rest soon from a long day. So, I got up and look down towards Ibuki and said, "Sorry I got to go home, had a rough week and pretty tired but it was nice talking to you." Ibuki look at me and said, "Same here, thank you for cheering me up," "No problem," I said. I turn around and start on my journey home when I heard footstep rushing towards me across the sand knowing that someone was near. Then next thing I knew I stop moving and someone was embracing me, wrapping me in her arms was no other than… (I'm not saying it). "Thank you so much, you don't know how that means so much to me" that voice I recognize was Ibuki. My heart skipped a beat while I stood there frozen when she said that, I think she likes me now and I think I'm starting to like her. She won't let go for the longest and I need to come up with something since the opportunity is here. "I'm not busy tomorrow if you have nothing to do" I mentioned to Ibuki knowing the risk I'm taking. Then I felt a tighter squeeze that I probably made her even happier that the words of my mouth flowed to her ears. "Ibuki is going to take that as your invitation of a date and if so, Ibuki would like to go out with you," said Ibuki speaking in third person for some reason with excitement. Then she let me go able to breathe again and we both agreed to meet at Starbucks in the city by noon. So, I headed home and took off my work clothes and step in the shower and letting the warm water hitting my skin, thinking and reflecting what would have happened at the beach if I didn't talk to Ibuki. I finished my shower and put on my shorts and t-shirt and turn the ignition to sleep mode once I got under the coverers and my head hitting my pillow. The next morning, I woke up of this feeling of joy and excitement that normally doesn't happened except for payday. I took a shower, brush my teeth, comb my fuzzy hair and put on my black and blue t-shirt with blue jean shorts and black gym shoes over my white socks. It was only ten o'clock and I watched TV until eleven- thirty and grabbing my keys and wallet and get this date started. I arrived at Starbucks around five minutes after twelve since the guy who lives near me was trying to sell CD's of his mixtape and wouldn't leave me alone while walking. Ibuki was sitting at a table outside the Starbuck and was staring at her phone and then looked at me "Sorry I'm a little late, someone was selling his music to me and wouldn't leave me alone," I said apologizing to Ibuki. "It's no problem I just got here a few minutes ago myself," said Ibuki knowing she understands my situation. She was wearing a sailor uniform with black pleated skirt with a thin belt and had all six needle earrings and has a bracelet on her left wrist and with some black stacked heel ankle boots. "So, where you want to go?" I asked, "There's Navy Pier, The Shedd, a concert at…" Before I could finish, Ibuki's eyes lit up as if I said something that caught her attention. "Concert?! Who's playing?!" said Ibuki filled with excitement. "Drake is performing with Usher, Miguel and many more" I said, "Oh, I thought it was AC/DC or Three Days Grace but, I think Drake is a good artists," said Ibuki even though I could hear the little disappointment tone in her voice. "We don't have to go if you want to" I said being polite even though I really want to go to that concert. "What? no that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying that Drake has songs that I personally enjoy listening to, so when does it start and where?" said Ibuki. "Exactly one hour and taking place at the Allstate Arena, why?" I said being concerned of why asking about the time and place was being brought up. She stood up and walk towards me and hold my hand and mentioned how we needed to get this date started already and started to walk to the arena. So, I quickly got up and followed her to the concert. It's funny how for a few minutes she was guiding me to a concert and was holding my hand as my girlfriend. This reminded me of a time when someone I used to think of back in my high school days during senior year when a girl guided me while she was holding my hand to the dance floor that one time and did wish we was together. On the way there, we gave each other phone numbers and Instagram accounts and talked about animals, food, and college since I graduated two years ago and Ibuki graduated a year ago. We arrived just in time, but we were worried we wouldn't get tickets in this long line that stretched half a city block. As time went by, we got to the ticket booth but the person ahead of us got the last tickets. I shrugged and said with disappoint "Damn, we were so close of getting in." So, I turn around barely went anywhere and turn my head and saw Ibuki grab part of my shirt to make sure I stayed. "Ibuki got a plan, trust me" said Ibuki with a smirk look on her face. I felt this vibe and I'm nervous of what the plan is. We paid to see a random country concert that was next door to the concert we suppose to see and entered the arena and walk until we saw the person who took the last ticket sitting in a bar. As a matter of fact, he bought two tickets guessing to keep one for entering and the other one as souvenir. "Go and talk to him, don't worry about me" said Ibuki as she whispers in my ear. "Why?", "Just go!" so I went over and sat next to the guy and saw the tickets next to him on the table facing away from him and was focusing drinking his big bottle of beer. "So, Chicago, crazy city, right?" I said trying to start a conversation. "Who gives a flying f *k about Chicago I say we should fire the- "(at this point I'm not writing the rest of what he's saying). While the guy is too drunk to remember about the tickets, Ibuki exchange "our" tickets for the Drake tickets and motion me to leave him. Like I said the guy so drunk that he thinks I'm still there talking to him. We went to the place where the concert would take place and the security guard scan the tickets and the concert began. Drake came out with the opening song which was One Dance and the crowd went crazy. People singing, dancing, couples were grinding to the song and was really tempted to ask Ibuki and was feeling the song but decided not to and instead to sing along. A few hours went by and during the afternoon other performers like Trey Songz, Lil Nas X, Cardi B, Migos, Lil Wayne, Juice Wrld, Travis Scott, and many more joined the stage and sang couple of their songs. Lastly it was Miguel's turn to sing his song called Sure Thing and the setting of the mood was right. Ibuki and I didn't even spoke to each when the song came, we just stood there, hugging each other and let this love vibe we felt take control of our bodies to take over while the song played. A couple minutes after the concert, we grab a bite to eat and walked throughout the city. All day we talked, laugh, ate some more and soon enough it was dark and the moon was glowing, the city lights lit up and I wanted to end the night on a high note. So, I took Ibuki to Navy Pier to ride the Ferris Wheel. We purchase our ticket this time and went inside and the attraction start to move. We cuddled and ended up not saying much since actions speak louder than words watching the stars at night. We got to the top and the ride stop, they were letting people off one by one we were going down. Ibuki broke off from me and said, "Bryan… I never told anyone this before but I was upset yesterday at the beach because, my band that I was part of died of an car accident a month ago and the fact… we used to go to the beach after a successful concert the next day…*sniff* and *sniff* I just miss them" tears started to roll down," I miss them so much *sniff* they were the only family that I could rely on *sniff*" said Ibuki as she covers her eyes which flooded with tears. I embrace her close not saying a word. "But I meet you, a stranger who I didn't know who existed came to my rescue and saved me from suffering despair and gave me another reason to find hope again in life" said Ibuki, "I love you Bryan, I treasure every moment with you and want to have a future with you." Wow… just wow… who knew something like this would happen to me out of all people. "I-I love you too Ibuki, you have the sweetest personality out of every girl I met, your beautiful just the way you are and would also to have trust on God the father to put his hands and blessings over us and to have a future with you" I said not even thinking on what I said because it flowed the way I wanted to say. Ibuki was look at me… I was staring at Ibuki… we got close and closer, soon our lips contacted a feeling the warmth of her lips pressing against mine. It was magical experience, fireworks going off inside my brain, a true feeling of love. After that, we met more and more when we got to a point when Netflix or watching Hulu and ordering pizza to my condo was the normal date night. Every other week we'll have date in a fancy restaurant or to the movies, but we grew each other love so much that we miss each other when I'm on business trips for my job. We have been dating for a couple months that we started to make some sweet love making, losing each other V-card and don't worry I'm prepared (your too young if you didn't understood that) and going to places like the Hawaii, Florida, California, and even took a cruise to the Mediterranean. Now a few years went by and we are now happily married.

*Side note- Ibuki Mioda is not a made-up character I created. I may change a few things but still use her as a character for my story. She is from a video game called Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair by developer, Spike Chunsoft and the anime show called Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School directed by Seiji Kishi. Here's a link to the character profile: wiki/Ibuki_Mioda

Thank you for reading.

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