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Wednesday, 21. July 2010

Then she took a Marlboro from the pocket of her...

By macdonaldub, 08:06
Then she took a Marlboro from the pocket of her jeans jacket, put it between her lips, and handed me her matchesI struck a match and lit her cigaretteMidori pursed her lips and blew a gentle cloud of tobacco in my face"Like my hairstyle?" she asked "How great?" "Great enough to knock down all the trees in all the forests of the world "You really think so?" "I really think so She kept her eyes on mine for a while, then held her right hand out to meShe looked even more relieved than I feltShe tapped her ashes onto the floor and rose to her feetI'm starving," she said"Where do you want to go?" I asked"To the restaurant of the Takashimaya department store in 311 Nihonbashi "Why there of all places?" "I like to go there sometimes, that's all And so we necklace chanel took the subway to NihonbashiThe place was practically empty, maybe because it had been raining all morningThe smell of rain filled the big, cavernous department store, and all the employees had that what-do-we-do-now? kind of lookMidori and I went to the basement restaurant and, after a close inspection of the plastic food in the window, both decided to have an old-fashioned cold lunch assortment with rice and pickles and grilled fish and tempura and teriyaki chickenInside, it was far from crowded despite it being midday"God, how long has it been since I last had lunch in a departmentstore restaurant?" I wondered aloud, drinking green tea from one of those slick, white cups you only get in a department-store restaurant"I like to do stuff like this," said chanel earrings Midori"I don't know, it makes me feel like I'm doing something specialProbably reminds me of when I was a kidMy parents almost never took me to department stores "And I get the sneaking suspicion that's all mine ever didMy mother was crazy about them "Lucky you!" "What are you talking about? I don't particularly like going to department stores "No, I mean, you were lucky they cared enough about you to take you places'-" "Well, I was an only child," I said"When I was little I used to dream about going to a department-store restaurant all by myself when I grew up and eating anything I likedBut what an empty dream! What's the fun of cramming your mouth full of rice all alone in a place like this? The food's not all that great, and it's just big and crowded and chanel sac stuffy and noisyStill, every once in a while I think about coming here 312 "I've been really lonely these past two months," I saidYou told me in your letters," Midori said, her voice flatThat's all I can think about now We finished all the little fried and grilled and pickled items in the separate compartments of our fancy lacquered half-moon lunch boxes, drank our clear soup from lacquered bowls, and our green tea from those white cupsMidori followed lunch with a cigaretteWhen she had finished smoking, she stood up without a word and took her umbrellaI also stood up and took mine"Where do you want to go now?" I asked"The roof, of courseThat's the next stop when you've had lunch in a department-store restaurant There was no one on the roof in the rain, no chanel costume jewelry clerk in the pet department, and the shutters were closed in the kiosks and the children's rides ticket boothWe opened our umbrellas and wandered among the soaking wet wooden horses and garden chairs and stallsIt seemed incredible to me that there could be anywhere so devoid of people in the middle of TokyoMidori said she wanted to look through a telescope, so I put in a coin and held her umbrella over her while she squinted through the eyepieceIn one corner of the roof there was a covered game area with a row of children's ridesMidori and I sat next to each other on some kind of platform and looked at the rain"So talk," Midori said"You've got something you want to say to me, I know "I'm not trying to make excuses," I said, "but I was really depressed that dolce and gabbana bags ti