Caught Off-Guard by An Uchiwa

The concert was about to end, Arashi re-entered the stage for their second encore. They started running across the stage as they were singing "Future". Towards the end of the song, as Matsumoto Jun was walking back to the stage, an uchiwa caught his attention. "I'll stay by your side forever, Matsujun" Now this was the first time he saw such message and it instantly touched his heart.


Looking at the girl holding the uchiwa, was a rather quiet girl watching the concert with full attention. Different from the rest of the girls jumping up and down, she didn't even try to get my attention as I pass her. This made me more interested in her. She's like she have her own world. Having fun in her own way even if it was completely different from the rest of the crowd.


The last song for the night was "Season" I tried looking at her again. She's not that pretty, looks pretty normal like she won't stand out in the crowd. Yet, I can't help looking at her. I even dedicated my solo part of the song to her. As I wink to her after my part, she returned it with a cute smile I would never forget... How I wish to see her again.


After the concert, while freshening up I can't help thinking, she made the concert even more memorable. I wonder what's happening to me? I've never felt this way to any of the fans before. I should never feel anything different for her. Or else it would be difficult. Where in the world would I find her. I'm not even sure if she's from Tokyo. I'll just let it all be a part of my memory. Her face, her smile and her message. How I wish I took a picture of her... but it's too late now.

As the van was driving us home, I was completely lost in thoughts. Completely staring at the window the whole time, trying to remember the details of the concert but all thoughts were tracing back to the mysterious girl. Suddenly, all of a sudden I see the uchiwa earlier lying in the corner of the street. I shook my head to assure myself I'm not hallucinating. Then all of a sudden, I saw the girl, looking pale, clutching her chest like she's in pain. Panic rushed through my head as I was telling Aiba Masaki the sight I saw. He looked and instanly confirmed he's seeing the same thing. Out of nowhere, I've asked our driver to stop and I run to the girl. Not really knowing what to do, I looked at her and asked if she was ok. She weakly nodded and her eyes shut.

"This is the first time I saw you like this" exclaimed Ohno Satoshi as Jun was pacing in the hospital. "Do you know her?" Jun answered "Not really but I know she's a fan. Look at the uchiwa." Suddenly reporters came barging in, until Johnny Kitagawa blocked them from Arashi. "We gotta go now", Sakurai Sho said, "After all, she's in the hospital now, there's nothing we can do for her." "I guess you're right, let's go" Jun said as he take one last look at her. "Please be ok" He whispered silently.

Sab woke up the next day, checking out her surrounding, she was surprised to see a different place. "Where am I?" But no one was there to answer her question. She looked around again and saw her uchiwa, she reached for it and flip the uchiwa. Now Matsujun's face was looking back at her. "How are you? Jun?", she said. Then suddenly her eyes opened wide as she saw at the corner of the uchiwa was Jun's signature. There's no mistaking in the handwriting. She saw the picture of his autograph in the internet. And she remembered it by heart. Now she was wondering how did she got the signature.

At that exact moment, the door of the hospital swung open and she saw Jun coming closer to her. I must be dreaming, she thought, and I don't want to wake up. As she close her eyes again, she heard Jun said, "Sleeping on me again?" She didn't understand. Jun then explained what happened yesterday. "Thank you very much for saving me." Sab said, "it's like a dream come true to me." "You just have to take good care of yourself, I'll be checking on you once in a while. What's your name, by the way?" "It's Sab, thank you again and sorry for the troubles." "It's no bother, really. Here's my email address. What's yours?" Sab gave her email address and Jun smiled. Now, he has a way to contact her. "Sorry but I have a rehearsal to attend to, I'll try to check on you later is that ok?" "Sure, no problem, I'm feeling a lot better now."

"See yah!" Jun smiled as he exited the room, for he knows this is just the start of an interesting relationship.