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"I'm coming!" Who is here at this hour? He pondered. He got out of bed at 9 PM and walked over to the doorbell camera. 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yvGc59LYM
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"What?" On the other side was a beautiful Japanese woman.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU7RuxGUXP
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She had beautiful white skin, with beautiful black eyes and beautiful black hair with red stripes on both sides of her head. She looked so serious, yet she had such a blissful and excited aura of hers. She stood almost as if all of her gears in a machine were running all at once trying not to go too fast and fly out.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKE4YUTOxH
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As he opened the door, she outstretched her hand through the small slit in between the door and the door frame.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizeMtpQ843
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As the door opened fully, she held out her hand expecting a handshake and said,245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIhQg0Kc8F
"こんにちは。" (Hello.)245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gZBKayMT8
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"What!?" 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJKEyx9ltR
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He was so confused, and his brain was as empty as his stomach. Just as he attempted to outstretch his arm, he slightly tilted forwards before falling backwards and passing out in front of this random Japanese woman245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uNvqCFUYd
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"はぁ？！" (Huh?!) She said before she rushed to his side and caught him before his head smashed against the wooden floor.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFecUejoyzc
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Let us go back a month or so before she appeared on my front door.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnutbj5tLyO
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My name is Dara Voss, though most people all my life call me Darren Voss. If I ever cared enough at the time to look at myself, I would see I was skinny and I had dirty red hair and almost always wore black pants and whatever shirt was available in the dresser.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5Xyjws49N
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I also have dirty hazel eyes, but as I mentioned before, not even I knew my own eye color. I was always too busy brainstorming for manga, drawing panels, or just trying to get by without starving myself.
As I said, I write manga. However, I am most definitely American. I had to fight in the industry, as the competitiveness in general in the industry was tough. Not just that, but I was an American trying to draw manga that would cater towards Japanese people. So, overtime, I got into contact with a manga producer overseas, and he would help me publish manga in Japan, with the only requirement being that I went under a Japanese pseudonym.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALUTKOr89O
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"Understand this Darren. While I think your manga is amazing and it perfectly caters towards Japanese culture, the fact that you are American will not make putting yourself into the spotlight easy." The editor said in English.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFPpgi6Jlm
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"I get it, I get it. So I need a Japanese name?"245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsGviRyOQT
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"Bingo."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMrqaxZYYY
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"Alright then... Any Japanese name?"245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AjbMHC3PA
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"Mhm."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZEoi8MCSv
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"Kaito Endo."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzQbcR4C5p
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"Really? Far away sea?" The editor said over the phone, clearly slightly annoyed.
"It works right?" I responded.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULGrcvygdM
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"I guess, just... Get your work done and send it to me when you are done."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6o8uNn80t
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From that point on, whenever I sent him work, he would grammar proof my poorly written Japanese (that I used translators to help with,) and he would publish it under the name "Kaito Endo," and I gained a decent fanbase. Nowhere near immensely popular, but I was known enough to make a decent living. Then one day, my editor called me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFnx9wexQd
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"I'm tired of checking your grammar. It's so bad that at this point, we need to hire someone to help you with that. In fact, not just that, some helping hands for you would do good and help speed up production."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOY7NZvfWGB
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"So a long distance assistant to help with the drawing and to help translate? As long as they aren't allowed to tell anyone my ethnicity we'll do just fine with an assistant." I said, paying as little attention to the conversation.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5y57PCvwlr
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"Just checking for permission. Remember that legally we can hire anyone we want anywhere we want." I clearly did not hear the second part.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wThTWone3
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"Yeah, yeah, just don't make it my problem. Just hire them and contact me once they are ready for work."
Now, just a month later, that brings us here. As I opened my eyes, I stared up at the woman staring daggers at me.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iUduBwF0j
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"W~oah!" I said, shooting myself directly up before immediately standing up.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU5BhTzIUP
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"Who are you?" I asked, completely confused as I slowly remembered what occurred not even 30 minutes ago.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iZb9a7IE8
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As she was about to speak, she stopped and held up her hand and prompted me to wait. She pulled out her phone as she went to google and typed something in as audio came out. 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqulNmqjgep
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"Yuki Shimizu." The translator read aloud as I continued to ask more questions.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX4O97EFob
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"You can understand me but can't speak English? Also why are you here?" I asked, still completely confused as I reached for my phone to call my editor.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglKqElI9jr
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"I can understand but have tried a lot to speak English but commonly mess up. I am still in the process of learning so bear with me. Also, I came here for a job." She says as her eyes look up and light up like a bright white light despite the empty blackness of her eyes.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1n9JrvDWt
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Once I finally got a hold of my editor, I yelled, "Excuse me, do you know why there is a Japanese woman at my apartment?!" 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsV8kxiW4bF
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"It's your assistant obviously." He responded matter-a-factly. I remember I looked back at Yuki's eyes to see the cutest smile, as if she landed a dream job at a company that would set her up economically for life.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWqDRRsd8F
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"I can't-"245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0PZyCXw2g
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"You don't have an option. In our contract, it specifically states we can set anyone to work anywhere for you no matter what. We can let anyone we wish live in your house, of course with a slight increase of pay for you." He said before hanging up.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82JYvHQGtF
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I was immediately thrown into this wacky situation so abruptly, it felt like I just got flash banged in the face. Almost immediately, despite feeling slightly bad for him, as she could tell he didn't know fully what was happening, she needed to go get her luggage, so she got up, without saying anything, and headed towards the door.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv49OICIFbR
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"I got it, you can wait inside." I said, as I headed out the front door and closed and locked the door promptly.
When I got back, she was standing waiting at the front door with her phone out. She looks like a dog waiting for her owner to come home and almost as if she knew exactly what I was thinking at the time, she gave me a playfully irritated look before she pressed enter on her phone.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rquPRs0wl
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"Sorry for coming to live so abruptly. I didn't know that you weren't aware of the circumstances." 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o9koeXCL4
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"No-no, it's alright really! This is partially my fault for not asking more for the assistant job. Make yourself at home. I don't have much in terms of groceries and food, but I'll head out later today to get something!"245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajbyybcMP3
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As she attempted to start typing out something, I promptly tapped the top of her phone before saying, "どういたしまして。" (You're welcome.) I knew what she was gonna say, so I stopped her before I rushed inside to pick up the luggage.
I brought most of her luggage into my room as she asked,
"Here?" She said with her translator.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WqnLwgryW
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"I can sleep on the couch, it's alright really. I usually sleep there anyway when it's a busy day." I said, dragging in the last thing of luggage.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhO5mJ5z50
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"Thank you again." She typed.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbv3pSxrcae
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"No problem at all." I responded, in English this time.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygRIdN6Cj1
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She started typing, "I noticed you spoke Japanese to me. How much do you understand?" 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy3uN0NDxR
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"Very little. I know the basics, your welcome, thank you, help me please, I'm ready, excuse me, simple phrases like that, and I am still learning other words. I know a lot more, but those are the basics that I understand."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiNDKi1D8c
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"そうですか。" She said without thinking.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXrxkjCfG5
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"Alright, I'll be heading out now. Sorry again if the place has a bit of clutter, I am not the best cleaner obviously." She laughed a little as I left and shut the door.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFqNhnuYyV
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As I walked to the store, I thought more and more. I never did tell her my real name did I? I'm such a dick. Does she know my manga personally or is she a hire that doesn't know my manga? What was her name again? Yuki? I used that name in one of my Manga once.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Yf6pkrPDO
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As I kept thinking, I accidentally ran into a guy walking.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LICuIHYgW
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"Watch out man."245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczSDIrEUTL
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"Sorry!" I yelled backwards once I was done spacing out.
I got back home and she was just sitting by the front door. Is this gonna be a normal thing that happens?
"You don't have to sit by the door, you know?"245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyp8lFPfpy
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She starts typing, "I had nothing else to do, you never gave me the wi-fi password.
"Fuck." I said and she started laughing hysterically.
"Sorry-sorry haha. The password is KaitoEndo." 245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu4MO5PugM
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"Makes sense." She types right after she put in the wi-fi password.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeebA33S8bu
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Thrown into all of this so suddenly, of course I was still very confused, but I slowly got more and more used to it. She seemed nice and it was also nice to have some company for once. Just then, I got a message from my editor.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvdcKprAK7
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"I have a feeling that you needed some company too, that's why I had her sent to work in person." As he said that, I chucked my phone into the sofa, slightly blushing, and slightly startling Yuki who was now sitting on the table.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjXXzar6MO
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"ごめん。" I said quickly.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72935nHURl
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"How about in an hour I will make us some dinner?" I quickly say shortly after apologizing.245Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KLPSQNAXN
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"Sure!" She types.
