Then she took a Marlboro from the pocket of her...
By macdonaldub, 08:06Then 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
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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
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"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
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