Finally Japan

Anticipation makes them stay put in their sitting position with wobbly excitement. They sit on a metal long chair in the waiting area while relaxing, looking around at beautiful scenery where hanging fresh red roses are spotted in front of them and tristellateia australasiae at the opposite, the same line on each corner. They arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 4 o'clock in the morning with triumph smiles and exciting aura written on their faces. Feeling her throat dry, Anne sips her neslo. It has a perfect combination of coffee and chocolate malt or Milo, much to her liking. Whilst Raja is watching anime and Farah is scrolling on her Instagram. Their luggage was done brought to God knows where after an inspection before their torturous waiting time. Doubtless not caring where their stuff is, they keep minding their own business.

Their plane is onboard after hundreds and twenty minutes of standby. They walk side by side with their bags at the back until reach the gate. They have to do another inspection before they could proceed to walk to the plane. Stepping onto the stairs one by one, they instantly put a smile on their faces the moment they see stewards and stewardesses waiting behind the doors and seats nearby. Three of them are in awe, leisurely pace and search for their seats. Raja and Farah place their bags in the storage bins above them first then Anne. They keep looking at their surrounding. Awe, awe and awe once again. They could not describe their enthusiasm. The flight will take 6 hours and 51 minutes to reach Japan and they are going to spend 4 days and 3 nights there. But then, an argument going on at the front when Anne's organ of sight admiringly wanders upon all sides. Aargh! Who's ruining the moment?

"I wanna sit there!"

"No, I CHOSE it first!"

"Uh-uh, like there IS your name marked or even engraved on it, big cat. When?"

"I'm the EARLIEST one here, you coney!"

The two are making a fuss about the seat meanwhile Anne is thinking where to seat in serenity. Who will seat near the window? Hmm. Some people lose it. Dyingly to seat beside it. It is like a special spot in every single aeroplane on earth. Kind of poppycock but it is the truth. Who would not die for it? Who? This one person who undeniably the fact that wanting to sit there too, none other than Anne herself.

"Um, so... where should I sit?" She mumbles then looks at them.

"Such dramatic brats. You chits! I want it TOO but... never mind. These brats obviously won't back off easily' She mutters and rolls her eyes after hearing two familiar voices fighting like a kid.

She tries to shrug it off but there is still an ongoing quarrel. Heave. She moves forward and suggests they exchange their seats either Raja sit there at this moment and Farah sits alongside it the time they go back to the homeland country or vice versa. Their choices. So, end up Farah is the one sitting next to the window while Raja is in the middle and Anne is on the right near the path. She quietly sighs once again and shakes her head for the commotion they made. She then spacing out after hands rubbing the temples.

'This is going to be a long journey. My oh my'

6 hours pass with all of them sleeping soundly as they woke up at 2 in the morning which was odd and unusual for them. It was too early to wake up from their great dreams. Anne was having a bad position when she tries to have a little kip. Yet eventually fell asleep since she had not enough sleep yesterday. She only slept for 2 hours. Adding one hour, it would be Farah and Raja's slept time. That would explain why they were sleeping for hours on the plane like there is no tomorrow.

The two fell asleep easily as the cold temperature made their eyes shut at a rate of knots. Raja came around when she wants to pee or poo while Farah sleeps like a statue. The latter had a dream where she married a good-looking and understandable Japanese man which was nice and heaven. Aw. But does she has no bladder or what? Allah. 6 hours without going to the loo? Yikes! Sympathize with her intestines. And how she silently slept with no movement at all? Anne once thought that she was already slumbering, looking at her back and seeing she was not moving. The fact that she was certainly scrolling on her social media when she got back from the bog made her aghast at her ability.

They slept peacefully without moving much unlike Anne. She barely got slept spesh when she slightly bumped her beautiful face on Raja's huge collarbone every d*mn 30 minutes. Tch, tch! Bloody h*ll! - this aeroplane! Her posterior was hurt and felt like she leaned on a rough chair. It was just her. Raja, on the other hand, slept like a grandma. The typical grandmother slept on a rocking chair. No dreaming like Farah and not moving much like Anne. Just in her world. Only awake thrice to pee and poo.

They spend another 51 minutes waking up stretching and drinking some water together with soft drinks. Farah is overexcited since it is her first time going on a vacation together with Raja and Anne to a foreign country. She is certainly thrilled. Meanwhile, Raja is feeling nervous and delighted to meet her crush albeit not this very day and there is Anne, peepers roaming around while yawning as she did not get any sleep just now.

"Close your mouth with your backhand, you genius. Do you want satans to get interested in you, no? So, hide it with your left backhand as soon as you yawn next time' Farah says with sarcasm in her voice.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry... MOM. I forgot hehe" Anne playfully banters.

They finally arrive at the Tokyo Airport at the exact time. Anne feels jet lag after the sixfold bumping incident. On the other hand, Raja happily throws punches at Anne's left arm and begins walking with Farah. Sh*t. That hurts to the bone. 'What's wrong with her? Why I'm always the victim?' She thought and pouting in unsatisfaction. While pouting, she treads behind Raja and Farah, making space for the others and looking upfront. Suddenly, a man accidentally crashes a slight into her. He is wearing a cool black shade, grey hat with a white stripe at the bottom, a black hoodie and blue jeans. She gazes at him for a second but brushes aside as soon as the other two are on foot ahead of her. Not wanting to be forsaken, she jogs forward. She only could see his wide lips, Nubian nose and Adudu's shape with a light tan skin tone.

They mindfully walk and search for the tourist guide leader, Aziz, to come and pick them up. Later, Raja sees an exotic brown man holding white cardboard with her name on it at the side of a path. She waves and smiles at him as well as the two follow. He informs them about the tour guide's car for tomorrow, the hotel, restaurants, grocery stores and a tad about Tokyo especially the buildings. Looking at the landscape vista around the airport along the way makes Anne feels much better although dizziness makes her a bit moody and shell-like wheezing too at times. Whilst Farah taking some photos around her albeit exhausted as the nice dream caused it and Raja asks about places and cultures in Japan until they arrive ahead of his Toyota Alphard.

Farah is waiting for Anne to help to put their luggage at the rear as her luggage is kind of heavy and Anne is stronger than her. Raja also asking for Anne to help her as well while still chatting with Aziz at the side of the car. Anne voluntarily does it and tells Aziz she could do it after seeing him quietly wincing in pain while massaging his hind upper body along the spine. She knows he has been waiting for them for long and starts lifting her bag. While waiting, Farah spins 360 degrees angle feeling different and unexpectedly sees this one little Japanese kid after her first round who curiously stares at her with his mother beside him. She stares and smiles sincerely and dimples at him. "Aw, he's cute" She praises him even he could not hear it. He smiles back and makes her in amazement but more like gawking when she realises the boy has pretty eyes and face plus thin lips. He also got a fair pointed nose with pale skin and a side quiff hair. "Astaghfirullah, what am I doing?" She says and cautiously looks around if anyone sees what she do. "Alhamdulillah, no one sees it" She sighs in relief. "But he is so cute. I cannot" She carries on mumbles.

She wants to wave at him but she just remembers to tell her parents and elder sister that she already arrived before entering the car together with Raja and Anne to the passenger seat. They spend time exploring Tokyo and its wonders in astonishment every time they saw advanced technologies in stores, the decorations on each building and house and the cleanliness in every area. Later, they gain at the Nature Place hotel. Raja feels jiggered and craves to eat some bread she bought yesterday. Plus, desire to take a nap before dinner as they have no other schedule for the day and night. They could rest. They just reach their destination with jetlag consuming nearly all of their energy.

It is now Anne's turn to capture videos at the hotel since the decoration in the lobby is surely beautiful. And take lots of pictures too. Shiny grey ceramic tiles with light brown ceramic round shape in the middle and birds statue fountain near the inquiry counter take her interest the moment she steps into the lobby. But the most wonderful thing that draws her attention is a long and small fish pond next to the bird fountain and behind it has 3D beautiful green nature wallpapers on the walls. It is a perfect location and background for photographers to snap tons of amazing pictures. After check-in, they enter the lift at the left corner and head to their room on the fifth floor joyously while finding the room with the number 51 stated on the card in Raja's hand.

"There's the room! On the left" Farah says and show it with her right thumb. Raja scans the card until it makes a teet sound and turns its colour from red to green. They get into the room with mouths agape at how pleasant and expensive the room looks. The interior design is outstanding with green and black colour. "Subhanallah, it looks much better in real life. Bapak ah... I don't wanna go back home" Raja comments amusingly. Bapak ah means father ah to say that is amusing. "Then, don't" Anne monotonously replies to make her irritated. She squints her peepers and throws foul words at her inside for ruining the moment. "I'm just kidding, bruh" Anne adds. She raises both hands, withdrawing from the teasing and saying "Okay, sorry". The three of them then neatly fold untidy clothes and other stuff and place them into the closet.

As soon as it is complete, Raja eats her chocolate bun on a comfy Daisaku Choh chair while Anne standing at the balcony spinning 180-degree angles and eyes roaming around the hotel. She gazes at the bright blue sky with dramatic monologue slips in her mind equating to her condition. 'This is so refreshing... The air here too... I don't know. It feels different being here. The air in my area is not as good as here and I like it here more but still, alhamdulillah' She thought while taking deep respiration countless times. Farah, on the other hand, is calling with her mother as her phone ringing when she was just sitting and almost taking a bite of her chocolate biscuit beside Raja.

Anne feels better after some time looking around and decides to come inside. Seeing Farah calling someone, she peeks at her at the rear and seems somewhat jealous of her. Farah's parents always call her asking about her wellbeing and other stuff meanwhile Anne's parents occasionally call her. She does not want to disturb them as they are busy with works and house chores. Plus, her social skills are as bad as what some people thoughts of her as cold and cocky mute. But she always prays for her parents and would stalk them on social media or ask her siblings what they are doing during her leisure time. She had her own reason why she hardly communicates with her parents but it is another case.

She feels outright better as Farah's parents cared about her. She smiles with gratefulness praying Farah and her family will be happy till the end of the day. She hears everything her mother asks such as how she is doing, how is the flight, how is the hotel, what she eats, already praying or not and what time is it now. In the last question, her mother asks how is the food in Tokyo though honestly, Farah did not even know. She barely gets to taste any Japanese food yet but just thinking about it makes her drool.

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Birds outside are chirping and the sky is still light blue but add with dark and grey as well as half black. Hence, it seems like semi-darkness. Or maybe not? Anne is confused. Sunset is still a couple of minutes away. She hopes she could see it from here. She has been dying to go to the beach for the sunset and wants to see it in front of the peepers but is too lazy to move her rusty-dusty as Raja is soundless asleep and Farah is rolling on the long and wide comfortable sofa bed. 'Strolling alone in a foreign country for the first time? Hmm, but we already promise to go there together. But she's sleeping right now. I bet she's worn out. Never mind then if not now, the night will be' She wonders and sits on Daisaku Choh chair, crossing legs and checking her videos and photos before uploading in the google drive afterwards.

Farah discontinues rolling and begins scrolling her Instagram instead after feeling slightly giddy. Why did you do that in the first place? Facepalm. Anne decides to shower first as she does not have any idea what to do other than scrolling on her social media and looking and watching the videos and photos she took earlier back and forth multiple times. "Argh! Boring!" She whispers in exasperation. "Better I take a bath" She takes her garments thereupon go to the bog.

But then, there is a sleeping beauty who gets a kiss from her well-proportioned prince waking her up from her long bad dreams. They happily hug each other feeling lost as they got separated by force a few years ago. Phooey. 'Oh my prince! I love you so much. Please don't leave me again' Raja send a reply through telepathy to her hero for saving her. The prince grins and intently stares at her beauty. He then looks at her lips and closes the gap between the-

"Ja!"

"Ja!"

Farah calls and pats Raja's leg fourfold to wake her up but still no movement. She sees her blinking later and thinks Raja is already awake so she resumes scrolling on both her Instagram and Tik Tok while waiting for her turn to take a bath. After a quarter of minutes of showering and dancing in the bathtub, Anne gets ready to wear her plain green shirt with a towel on her waist before she gets out. She then put on her printed strawberry pink trousers and dries her hair. Farah clicks on the upper side of her phone and begins to walk to the bathroom with a set of clothes and undergarments. Feeling strange, Anne spins and sees Raja is still dozing.

"Wait, why is she is still zizzing? Woohoohoo... Is she forgot we are here in Japan right now? We ain't got time to waste, bruh. No, no. Ey, this girl" She mutters while pacing to her, shaking her head unsatisfyingly.

"Ja... Ja..." She nudges her left forearm twice and continues her waking up call. "It's almost maghrib. Get a shower, you stink. You said you just wanna take a nap. This is not napping, sleepyhead. Ohoi, Raja" She nudges one more time and shakes her body. She going to splash water on her countenance if she still did not wake up from her dream at any moment. But then, the latter stirs a bit and blinks.

"Uh... I felt somewhat somnolent... to wake up earlier" She rubs her peepers and stretches a little before getting away from the bed and preparing herself to shower.

"I didn't know it would make us this fatigue. And don't take too long, bruh" Anne tells.

After praying Maghrib, Raja recommends getting dinner outside at a halal restaurant near the hotel. It could take fifteen minutes walking from the hotel to reach the restaurant. She has done research once before going to Japan and did it again just now to make sure the location was right before asking them. Farah speedily agrees with her recommendation because she could take more selfies and videos yet Anne is contemplating.

She did feel hungry but such a pain in the neck when she has to get ready to go out which she 100 per cent sure will be the last person to be fully prepared. Probably going to make them mad for getting late. It takes her some time to wear light makeup and gets dress. Plus, wear a hijab too. Such a waste to go out. She has to do it anyhow for the sake of beautiful pictures and videos also Farah demands her. Why oh why. She hates last minutes plans. Ugh!

Raja goes forward before Anne and Farah as she looks for the restaurant after a quarter of minutes of walking. And there is it, the halal restaurant that she mentioned just now. She chooses a table outside so they have their own privacy. The other two willingly follow. The restaurant serves Japanese food thus Anne chooses one set of Sashimi with sky juice while Farah's choice is Onigiri Chicken with Matcha Tea and she chooses Oden with Green Tea. Such mouth-watering.

After taking a couple of hours eating dinner and snapping more pictures, they head back to the hotel and directly go to their room. Raja promptly plops her back on the pillow while studying a map given by the tourist guide named Hairi. On the other hand, Anne makes up her mind to sleep early albeit she wants to chew the fat with them before getting her head down. She does the chitter-chatter nonetheless. There is only a queen bed and a sofa bed in the room for them to sleep. She picks the sofa bed for the night thus both Raja and Farah would not quarrel again for the second time today.

"I sleep first, guys! Sleepy already" Anne lazily says while covering her mouth, yawning and her eyes too feel heavy.

"Okay! Good night!" Unexpectedly Farah and Raja say in unison.

'How cute' She thought.

Anne dozes off slowly after taking a little time to lock her eyelids. In the meantime, Farah going about picking among the photos she captured earlier to post tons on her Instagram and Tumblr. Not sleepy makes her tête-à-tête with Raja for a jiffy after that. "Raja, mind telling me more about your crush? If you're okay with that of course" Farah asks and sits beside her.

"Ah... about him, eh? Um..." She considers telling Farah but eventually does so.

"He replied to my insta story a few days ago... And we chat a bit. He told me he will treat me if I travel to Japan and yes... he knew that I came here... So... We got a chance to meet him on our last day here. And I already gave him our address. Eh, no! I mean this hotel's name and location of course. I can't believe it! He finally recognised me. Oh, ya Allah! IfinallygoingtomeethimforrealandYukiwillbeaheadofme(I finally going to meet him for real and Yuki will be ahead of me)" Raja rattles on as exuberance goes higher in her system.

"Wait, wait. Relax... Slow, slow... you're way too fast. But I'm really cock-a-hoop for you. Yahoo! I can't wait to see him too this Thursday" Farah softly dulcifies her next, whose owns a profound jouissance and before she rouses Anne from her deep kips.

"It's 11.51 pm now. Don't you feel sleepy? I need to brush my teeth right now. And go to sleep after that since we have an early schedule to sightseeing tomorrow... on the break of day" She tells with a sudden grave tone that makes Farah taken aback but she gently answers her.

"Not on your nelly, not yet. After the cockcrow? You joking?" She cocks her brows and makes a 'you're just kidding, right?' face.

Raja guffaws and utters that she just fooling around before making her way to the bog. Farah suspires slowly as the table has turned. Try soothing her anger. She titters the way Raja laughs afterwards. Like a loony. She remains laying on the bed and decides to play PlayerUnknown's BattleGround as her migraine attack all of a sudden. She would play games or watch drama whenever it came. It could make her sleepy after spending time on either of them.