welcome to the world of lovesmatch

 this may sound weird but i really do kind of feel proud having finished this series... i mean, the last chaptered story i worked on, provided that it wasn't a fanfic but an original story and i was working on paper instead of a computer, only got completed after almost half a year... this got finished in a little over two months! yay! :)

i actually wrote this primarily for myself, to calm me down since writing keeps me calm and relaxed... but i'm truly happy that some of you guys liked it too...

so here it is, Baby Steps Epilogue, the part i wasn't able to fit in the last chapter since it reached over 4000 words already and i couldn't decrease it anymore... which therefore means this is one of my shorter chapters but not as short as the prologue, i think... :)

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...


Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6/ Chapter7/ Chapter8/ Chapter8.5/ Chapter9/ Chapter10/ Chapter 11/ Chapter12/ Chapter13/ Chapter14/ Chapter15/ Chapter16/ Chapter17

Epilogue:

( their kiss...communicate the unspoken promise that they’d always and still love each other... )

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the name i chose for their child really does mean beautiful blessing, according to  Japanese name meaning site i saw on google... :)

so yeah, that's the end of Baby Steps! :)
to all those who liked this fic and commented, thank you...
to all those who liked this fic and didn't comment, thank you too...
to all those who read this fic and didn't really like it that much, still, thank you... :)

and yeah, drop by a comment and tell me what you think... :) (but please don't be too harsh... :))

and yeah, i'm really supposed to be asleep by now...

i'm actually amused i got to finish this chapter tonight! yay!

no ramblings today because i felt all my creative juices for the day got sucked out by this chapter alone... :)



Chapter 16:

( He never thought it’d be possible for her to fall in-love with him, but he would admit that he never thought it was impossible for him to like her... )

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it's my second to the last chapter and i somehow feel like it's my obligation to defend Yamapi's cluelessness a bit... just a tiny little bit... :)

one more to go and Baby Steps is all up! i hope you guys still like this story...

as always, critics and comments are greatly appreciated! :)

 First off... i want to say that the reason this is still not the last chapter was because there were still some things i haven't presented from the past chapters and i didn't feel like letting it end that way (although i could...) and i there's something that i wanted to happen that still hadn't... and because Jin has not yet returned and it didn't feel right that he wouldn't have at least a taste of the trouble Yamapi got himself into... and i wanted some things to be realized....

and also, of all the chapters i've done, this could possibly be the most difficult (maybe except the last part of this chap) because i had no idea how to make the transition... and also possibly because this is the usual part of the story i really hate doing...

alas, this part had to be done to get to the part that i wanted to present... and here it is... one of the last few chapters of Baby Steps...

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6/ Chapter7/ Chapter8/ Chapter8.5/ Chapter9/ Chapter10/ Chapter 11/ Chapter12/ Chapter13

Chapter 14:

( “love” is something he can’t say he knew... )
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that's the very difficult to write and sort of weird chapter 14! you guys might be bored and/or annoyed with this story already... i'm sorry...
anyway, be assured that after this chapter, there'd only be at least 2 more chapters only for the story (at most would be 3) so yeah...

as always, comments and critics are always appreciated... :)

I thought i would only be able to post this when i get up tomorrow morning (technically later since it's midnight here already) but they say that there's no better time than the present, right?

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses 
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6/ Chapter7/ Chapter8/ Chapter8.5/ Chapter9/ Chapter10/ Chapter 11



Chapter 12

( She wasn't opposed to fallin in love... but falling in love with an idol, a Johnnys idol especially, spelled Trouble with a capital "T" )
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i'm a bit sleepy now though since this had been a very long and tiring day so any typos and errors will be corrected when i wake up... :) just woke up and did a bit of editing... (i told you i was sleepy! :D)

as always... comments and critics are welcomed and loved... :)

 I just saw the most jaw dropping, heart stopping and all together shocking proposal a Johnny's idol has ever made... and the funny thing is, it wasn't even delivered by someone who's off age! :)

it was Chinen's in one of his regular shows (School Kakumei, I think) to Hisamoto Masami, and maybe the fact that it was him who made it gave it a lot more impact because it was completely unexpected of him. I even didn't see where he was going at when he delivered his lines! And the fact that Hisamoto Masami is old enough to be his mother, or a young grandmother, gave it more impact... She was even quite speechless for a while! :D (Oh Chinen, you really are a Johnny...)

anyways...


TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6/ Chapter7/ Chapter8/ Chapter8.5/ Chapter9

Chapter 10:


( He felt like he wanted her to smile for him... )


so that's chapter 10! :) anyway, can someone please tell me NewS schedule for their upcoming concert tour? the date plus the location please... or link me to a page with the schedule or something... i kind of need it... please? thanks! :)

as always, critics and comments are loved...

 I have to admit, i'm pretty much determined to celebrate this day since i didn't get to celebrate my own birthday last month (had my first pre-board on my birthday itself... ): ) so...

to my first (and still leading) JE love,
to the reason why i even have an lj account,
to the reason why i have tons of Japanese videos and clips on cds and my hard drive,
to the reason why i got interested in things Japanese...
to Arashi's resident DoS...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATSUJUN!!!

and since i can't do wallpapers or icons or fanvids, i present the only things i know how to do... a drabble and a fic...

first, the drabble...

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( she makes it special... )
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and then a side-shot of the series i am working on that is completely unrelated to the above drabble...
WARNING: the following side-shot might be a little confusing if you haven't read the rest of Baby Steps...

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6/ Chapter7/ Chapter8

Chapter 8.5

( Nah... I think i like this version better... )


i can't believe i wrote either one... *face palms*
anyway, comments and critics are always loved... :)

 I was writing when i should have been reviewing... And then I was watching when i should have been writing! Oh well...

Since my muses suddenly went on vacation and did not return for a few days (seriously, last night was the only time i was able to add to the chapter i was working on in a good number of days...), i got crazy and started dl-ing and watching some video clips and reading about the other JE groups other than Arashi. :)

i realized quite a few things from those clips. Kanjani8 interviews are always loud, funny, and they absolutely love to talk! and i absolutely love their Shin Domoto Kyudai appearances. Toma guesting on a JE-hosted show is always fun because of the bullying that ensues (well, that goes for any kouhai appearing on a sempai show...). Becky had probably guested on almost all Johnny-hosted show, and her appearances are always lots of fun. Koichi is bad in drawing but perhaps not as bad as Tegoshi is while Tsuyoshi is artistic. Ryo can't really handle interviews and is the worst at being funny amongst all of Kanjani8 (I love his Hanamaru Cafe guesting when he positively stuttered when one of the hosts asked him if he liked doing the laundry!) while both Hina and Yoko don't really need the host to get the talk going... NewS apparently is the only group who has no group show (from what i've seen at least).

I now know at least one song from each of the debuted Johnny's group since SMAP. And i can now name every member of all groups since SMAP except Hey!Say!JUMP (but i do know at least half of them...)

Toma is still my favorite non-Arashi JE boy, but is now closely followed by Ryo. TOKIO is my favorite sempai group but Arashi still remains to be at the top... :) And oh, i'm seriously in love with Tegomassu's Ai ai gasa right now... :)

And now... :)

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6


Chapter 7:

( i am not going to wait for you... )

it's a late update but this chapter is seriously the hardest chapter i've worked on... :) i hope it wont disappointed though... :)

my muses are eluding me... anyways...

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4


Chapter 5: THE INTERVENTION: Making Yamapi make a decision


( You're a Johnny. And Johnny's are taught to seduce even before we become off age, we all know that... )

as always... comments are loved... :)

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2

Chapter 3:

( The feelings Yamapi had generated from her that night were so intense, it scared her... )
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Okay! so that's Chapter 3 of Baby Steps!

Last night, I made a resolution... I plan to finish this story before August 30! :)
It is just really because i've already made plans for this story's epilogue and it would be fitting for the birthday boy of the 30th... :)

As always... comments are greatly appreciated! :)

Felt this day to be quite productive despite only having 2 hours sleep so i'm posting this... wow... i don't think i'm making much sense... haaayz...

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue

CHAPTER 1:

( Wait, when did i say i wanted to get back with Keiko-chan? )

Any readers out there? Comments and critics are welcomed... Oh well, this was fun to write... :)