Was That Loud?

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah knew she shouldn’t study in her room. If she did, she’d lose her concentration fast and end up looking at some j-drama instead. She had no problem with that little obsession of hers, but it could be bothersome when she had to be on the laptop to do some actual school work. She didn’t want to end p far behind because of this. It was why, instead of doing her work in her room, she took her laptop with her and walked to the student lounge. Alone, she wouldn’t mind listening to one or two episodes. In there, where people could see it, she cared a bit more. She may accept her love for Asian dramas but she didn't want everyone to know and judge her on this.

It was incredible how you could be surrounded by people yet be invisible to them. Everyone was in small groups, ignoring anyone not part of their little circle of friends. She could sit here and no one would even remember she had joined them at all. There was also something depressing about this, but Tallulah didn't worry about it just now. What she wanted was to be around people to behave the urge to go through the internet in search of something nice to watch, not find herself some new friends.

There was someone on the couch already but she sat at a reasonable distance. Like this, if they wanted to ignore each other, this distance was their assurance the silence between them would be preserved, but they were also close enough to talk if any of them wished for it. That is, until Tallulah plugged in some earphones. She set the volume relatively low, but she still didn’t want them to hear the music she was playing. Because J-Pop was not to everybody’s taste and she also didn't want to be judged on that.

Now properly ignoring the world around her like everyone else was doing, she could start her work. What she didn’t realise was that, as the song played in her ears, she ended up humming it softly. She really listened to it too much if she knew how to sing something in Japanese. After a moment, she realised how her lips had been moving the whole time and she froze. With the music in her ears, she couldn’t be certain whether she sang loudly or not. She looked around and saw the person sitting on the couch. The others might not have heard her but the distance wasn’t big enough for someone sitting on the same couch as she did not to hear anything. She pulled the earphone off and passed a hand in her hair out of embarrassment. “Was I loud?”

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

Lara Jean had gotten up early that morning to kick start the day. She quickly got ready and packed her laptop along with some notebooks to study at the library. She had a lot of homework that she missed out last night and she did not want to waste anymore time because the sooner she could get it done, the sooner she can watch her shows. But once she got there, it seemed like she was not the only nerd who had the same idea for an early morning study session. There a was a free seat near where her classmates were, but Lara Jean did not really feel like joining them.

So after borrowing a book, she made her way to the student lounge instead. Thankfully, there were not many people there. Not yet at least. Spotting an empty couch, she quickly claimed one end of it. Setting herself up, she begun with her work. She even plugged in her earphones, not that she was going to listen to anything but more for show and a sign that nobody should find a reason to disturb her or whatever.

As the clock ticked away, the student lounge gradually started to fill with more people. Fortunately for her, she was at a safe distance from everyone. Nobody close enough to feel the need they need to initiate her in a conversation. She was glad and she was close to finishing her homework. That was until some girl decided to sit on the same couch with her. The girl could not help it, she had to take a look at her new company. Of all the places, why there? After a quick look, her eyes quickly landed on the prosthetic leg. One side of her lips quirked up. That was new. Realizing her eyes had probably been a little fixated on it for a second too long, she averted her eyes back to her screen.

Okay, at least the girl kept a reasonable space between them and she did not seem like she was going to start a mindless chatter with a stranger. Lara Jean appreciated that. But then, Lara Jean could not help peeking at the girl - technically her prosthetic leg - again when she heard soft singing and humming. She tried to make out the words and tune, but it was no use. She wondered if the girl was aware of it or figured she would not be heard because Lara Jean had earphones on too and thought she was listening to something too.

To her credit, she was honest and acknowledged it. Lara Jean brought her gaze up and flashed a smile. "Yeah, you were...kinda," she replied with a chuckle. "But don't worry, I don't think anyone else heard your off tune singing, your secret is safe with me," she joked. "What was it anyway?"

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah did not see the look on Lara’s face as she sat on the same couch. She noticed the turn of the head, which made sense. The eye was always attracted by moving objects and even if Tallulah put distance between them, she was still close enough for the girl to notice someone sitting near her and having one brief look at them. Tal’s prosthetic leg was not in plain sight. For almost five years, she had found pants weird with the leg gone, but she found a way to cover this handicap and while she pretended being used to be stared at and unaffected by it now, she greatly enjoyed this opportunity to be just like anybody else. Three years in this school, some people ought to remember her without her right leg, for sure, but she was so insignificant that no doubt they couldn’t recognize this one-legged girl with the one before them now. And all she needed was to wear pants. Still, she always had the impression people only looked at it, even when they didn't know. She had to change that mentality. Even now, she could swear the other girl was staring at her leg. She tried not to think about it, plugging the earphones in and focusing on her laptop screen instead.

Then Tallulah had to end up singing. She didn’t think she had a good singing voice to begin. She’d never dare sing in front of people for sure, probably not even a karaoke between friends. She left that to her dramas. Speaking of which, it was the theme song of one of them she had been listening to and singing along. Tallulah was such a nerd that she had even looked up the lyrics to her favourite songs, from drama or not, so she knew a little better what was being said then if she simply listened to it a million times, which was pretty accurate in this case as well. That didn’t make her know exactly what the words meant, even if she looked at translation when she could find one. She only knew a few words, something meant to happen when you listen to a language too much.

She was embarrassed when she asked the girl if she sand loudly. The other one smiled and Tallulah understood that at least she heard her. She winced at the ‘kinda’ answer, daring to look around in case others were staring because of that weird song she had them all listen to. But they all ignored her as much as they did when she entered the room. She sighed as even the other girl assured the secret was safe and that no one must have heard her. She even allowed herself to laugh a little, even if it was only of embarrassment. “I didn't come here to make a show,” she let out softly. Maybe she would have been better in her room after all.

She startled a little it at the girl’s question. Of course she would ask. Tallulah bit her lower lip for a second as she debated answering. She’d just look even weirder to the girl. But she already sang, so might as well assume it. “It’s Birth, hm, from Kat-tun...” She looked down. Assume Tal, just assume. She looked back at the girl. “It’s from a drama I’ve watched. A Japanese one. Kind of love the song.” She might have admitted it but Tal was still too embarrassed to rightfully say she assumed it.

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

If it were the other way around, Lara Jean knew she would have been embarrassed too if someone caught her singing subconsciously. In her opinion, it just goes to show how into the song or show she was. It was not necessarily a bad thing but if it happened in public...Well she was not keen on displaying her fangirl side to random strangers. So she understood a little how the girl must be feeling.

As she waited for a reply, Lara Jean continued typing on her laptop. She glanced at her for a bit and it looked like she was really thinking about it. It surprised her a little. She wondered it the song was not released yet but the girl somehow had managed to have gotten her hands on it and if she felt ashamed to tell her about it. Before Lara Jean could tell her that it was okay and there was no need to say, she spoke.

Kat-tun? The name obviously did not ring any bells. As she continued to speak, Lara Jean was already opening up her Google chrome browser to look up the song. She clicked on the link for the youtube video and set the volume to the lowest so she could still listen to the song and hear what the girl was saying. Of course, it was in Japanese. Lara Jean did not understand a word of it but she listened to the melody and watch they boys' dance moves.

When she heard the word drama, she paused the video to turn to look at her. "You watch Japanese drama?" she asked with a smile. "That's so cool. I think you're like the only person I know who watches J-drama." That was it. She knew some who watches those Korean dramas but Japanese production? Nope. They were not as popular, she thought. "Oh wait, does that mean you watch Korean ones too? Or is that totally stereotypical of me to think so?"

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah was not expecting the girl to know who the band was. To her, it was the best band and it was so sad they disbanded earlier this year but as long as Kazuya kept acting and singing, she could live with this decision. Who in here could say they knew about pop-rock bands of Japan and Korea? She didn’t ask for the girl to know about the band or the song, just not to be laughed at. The girl was listening to Japanese dramas and obviously loving them. More, she even loved them to the point of knowing the song despite it being in Japanese with a few words of English thrown here and there. She noticed how she kept typing at her laptop while she talking and thought nothing of it until she heard the melody despite the low volume. “Yeah, that,” she agreed as she picked the right song. So she had been checking it out? She never thought her musical choices could ever be looked up by anyone.

She stopped the video not long after however. That didn’t surprise Tallulah. Mustn’t be her thing. Mustn’t be anyone’s thing other than hers. But it was not for that reason. Tal flinched when she mentioned the dramas. “Yes...” she confirmed, hesitation in her voice. She was even more surprised to hear it was cool. Her eyes widened, not expecting she could ever be considered that. Okay, it was what she did that was cool, but she didn’t expect that either. She laughed a bit, torn between amusement and embarrassment. “I’m not really surprised,” she said. They were in Japanese with English subtitles after all, not everyone liked reading their shows. Plus they could be so weird, so different from what you get here in America. In a way, it was what she loved the most about them though.

She understood she could calm down about this little confession of hers. She didn’t sound like she judged Tal for it at all and if she did, it was apparently cool. She laughed again at her question. “I’ve watched some too, and a few Chinese ones as well. But it’s mostly the Japanese ones. I don’t explain I’m just... sold to them.” Maybe she was cool with it but Tallulah still blushed after saying that. It was kind of a guilty pleasure. She looked at Lara. “You watch some too?” she asked hesitantly. Maybe she just found someone she could talk of it with.

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

When she watched the video, Lara Jean wondered what it was about them that the girl liked. There was no denying that they boys were good looking, but it could not be the only reason why one would love the song now could it? Despite not knowing the lyrics, the boys had some slick dance moves and that was entertaining to watch just as it was. When the other girl confirmed that she was indeed listening to the right song, Lara Jean smiled. "Oh, synchronized dancing! Gotta love that," she said, referring to the scene playing in the video.

On the internet, Lara Jean knew quite a number of people who watches foreign shows. Especially with Tumblr, it was not that hard to find people who shared the same interest as she did - anime. But in real life, she rarely meet these people except at specific functions that were held for it. Otherwise, nope. Not that often. So when she does meet someone of similar interest (well in this case, not too similar), especially through such a mundane way, Lara Jean wanted to know more of course.

The other girl surprised her yet again by informing that she watches some Chinese dramas too. Wow, Lara Jean thought of what a wide scope the girl had when it came to her choice of entertainment. The seventeen year old was impressed.

"Me? Well," she started, a little hesitant, "Don't laugh but I watch animes." She shrugged as if saying 'what can you do about it'. "Compared to the dramas you watch, it probably isn't as...errmm mature I guess? But they're really not just "cartoons" for kids. I swear," she added, feeling the urge to defend it first and foremost because some people she knew did not consider anime worthy to be watched by adults and that was just a completely wrong reason to not at least try to watch anime.

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah couldn’t explain what she loved so much about J-Pop. Maybe it was just because it was the soundtrack of all the dramas she was watching. She knew a few of the singers and bands normal people listened to but she didn’t pay as much attention to them. She knew them because they played on the radio but couldn’t tell that much more about them. Bands like Kat-Tun however, she knew of, to the point of singing their songs despite most of it being in Japanese with only a few English words here and there. She had a small smile at the mention of their dance moves. “Yeah, they do that a lot. When they’re not fooling around in crazy costumes in between songs.” She chuckled at that, looking down as she felt a bit embarrassed about this. “I’ve been watching this drama, Yokai Ningen Bem, and that’s the theme song. One of them played the lead, Bem.” She leaned towards the girl computer to look at the video. “This one,” she said, pointing at one. She felt she should be embarrassed to know the name of every member of this band, including those who left, when she couldn’t even say who were in One Direction.

Tallulah didn’t go on social media a lot. She was pretty unaware of all the things you could do with a computer and what she learned, she tended to get overly excited about until she realised it was pretty common to everyone else. The few times she talked about the dramas she watched was on the page she looked at the episode, in the bottom, where you could connect to their forum and post things. But people tended to overreact at times and it threw her off.

She didn’t know much about animes herself. She knew what it was, of course, but rarely cared to check those out. She had over a hundred dramas in her bookmarked list she had yet listened to, she didn’t have the time to check at animes as well. Still, she shook her head when she claimed her passion was not as mature as hers. “A lot of the dramas I watch have an anime version or come from mangas. Perfect Girl Evolution, Black Butler, XXXholic... which isn’t as sexual as the name sound!” she exclaimed when she realised what she said. If the other didn’t know what it was, its title really gave the wrong impression. “It’s a horror thing, with spirits and all.” She nodded, hoping she wouldn’t think she was watching some kinky stuff. She really wasn’t and didn’t want to look like a creep towards the first person she found who shared a somewhat similar interest.

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

Crazy costumes? Lara Jean smiled amusingly at the thought of a bunch of guys dancing in sync while wearing crazy costumes. "Ouuu cutie," she commented at the boy the girl pointed at. "So are they all in the drama too or is it just him who sings and acts?" When the song almost ended, she opened a new tab to Google the drama mentioned. She got the spelling wrong the first time and quickly click on the 'did you mean' suggestion. "What's it about?" She scrolled through the links, unsure which to click on before at last decided to just settle for Wikipedia.

The seventeen year old smiled sheepishly at the girl as she waited for her response. Whenever she admit to watching anime, the most common reaction she received was laughter. Not many took her liking towards it seriously and Lara Jean obviously did not appreciate it. So a grin broke onto her face when she realized the laughter she had expected never came.

Some of shows the girl mentioned she knew - Black Butler - and some she did not. Lara Jean giggled at her sudden outburst. "Oh, you sure about that?" she replied playfully. She had never seen the show XXXholic and had no idea what it was about, so she took her word for it.

"I watch like Death Note, Code Geass - oh! That's my favorite by the way. It's about like taking down the government and it questions the line between good and evil. So you have this guy who can control people against their will but to him, he's doing it for the right reasons...ehheh..." her voice trailed off. Lara Jean scratched the back of her head, realizing she went on a mini fangirling session. "I'm Lara Jean by the way." Her eyes cast downwards, she extended a hand for a shake.

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah did watch a few of the videos the band had and while most were from TV shows where they performed a mix of their songs, there were also a few from their shows. And there were pictures. Lots of pictures. She’s seen them as samurai, vampires, pirates and some she wasn’t even sure how to describe. This was so crazy and she couldn’t see it happening here, not while being this successful at least. She knew some artists loved the crazy outfits too but she wished she could see live one of those shows she only saw bits on the internet. “Just this one. The others act too, just now in that show.” She believed the guy she mentioned was sort of the front man. It was not all that true, because they all had equal parts as far as she had seen but they generally had him talk if only one of them could so he definitely had the qualifications to be the front man.

“It’s about monsters that wish to be humans.” She hesitated, as this was the quickest way to describe it but she wanted to add some more. She decided that, since she already showed she was weird, she might as well continue. “They look humans at times, but they turn into monsters when their feelings are too strong. And even when people get scared, they keep trying to help them. That’s why they want to be humans. I love it because Kame...” She pointed at her computer so she would understand she was talking of the guy she showed her. “... he’s usually so lively and did mostly comedy, but Bem is very calm. It was incredible to see him hold back and be this good at it.” Now she thought she had been rambling for a while and looked down, a tad embarrassed about it. One thing for sure, she showed how much she liked it. She wanted to make her appear less obsessed but she wasn’t sure she could say anything to make it believable. Chances were she’d only think the opposite, so Tallulah kept quiet.

She nodded firmly to assure her about the show she mentioned. “It’s about a boy who can see ghosts and works for a witch,” she explained. Nothing sexual there. She wondered what they had been thinking to name it like that, really. She didn’t know Code Geass, the show she seemed to love so much, but she knew about Death Note. “I know Death Note. They made three movies. Well, two, plus one about L. Apparently, it’s not like the books because L beats Light in the movies,” she shared. She did find L rather amusing, with his sweets and his wide eyes when he sort of acted like a fanboy over Misa.

Now that they both showed they were nerds - unless it was dorks - she introduced herself with the same sort of embarrassment Tallulah felt after her ramble. “Tallulah,” she replied, taking her hand to shake.

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

Monsters who wish to be humans? A little part of Lara Jean felt like that could be applied to their lives as mutants, for some. During the early stages, the girl herself had wished she never had manifested. Her ability to see through people - literally - felt like a burden most of the times then. Sometimes though it still felt like it. That was why as the other girl explained the show to her, Lara Jean very rarely looked up from her computer screen. She listened, though at the same time read whatever she had found on Wikipedia.

Once she finished explaining, she looked up and smiled. "He's a very good actor then," she stated. She figured, part of the reason why she loved the show so much might be because of that too. "It's great when the show has an absolutely fabulous plot and it's better when the actors can play their roles fantastically. Like breathing life into them."

When she mentioned she knew the show Death Note and not the other, Lara Jean chuckled. Now that was expected. Death Note was definitely one of the more popular ones. To be honest, if it were not for it, she would not have known about Code Geass. After finishing and not getting over Death Note, Code Geass was the first show recommended because of its similar mind game adventures.

After giving her hand a shake, the seventeen year old dramatically gasped and placed a hand over her heart. "Well, Tallulah...I think you just spoiled the movies for me," admitted Lara Jean with an awkward laugh. She had not seen the movies and this just gives her more incentive to. "That is the case with most movie adaptations nowadays," she said with a hint of disappointment. "Not to be too fanatic about it but like, changing the plot line...urgh. It's erm I can't stand that. If it's changing the hair color, that's still kinda tolerable. But the story line...?" She shook her head. "I don't know uh can you relate?"

[Tallulah Wright]

Unlike Lara Jean, Tallulah didn’t really think much about making a connection between the characters of the show and themselves. That is, she did not more than she would with about any show she’d be watching at the moment. Should she take the time to think about it, they could have quite a conversation about this, but that would ask for Lara Jean to watch the show as well, and Tallulah wouldn’t force anyone to do anything and certainly not to enjoy her guilty pleasure.

Tallulah didn’t notice how the other girl was not looking at her. She was busy with her laptop and apparently still paid attention to her so she didn’t ask to be looked at in the eyes. It was a little strange, but should she ask herself what made this conversation awkward, explaining why she was singing in Japanese and sharing her love for J-drama was more the reason she’d give than the lack of visual contact.

Tallulah had a shy smile as they talked of the boy. She must have sounded like a total fangirl but she supposed that was what she really was. “He is,” she agreed. “And it really is. I... I’m not sure it would work here. Or, like, they would do it differently. But it’s really nice.” You’d think a show where the actors turned into giant green monsters would look tacky but it was well played. You only had to look past the monsters to see that.

Her eyes went wide at what she said but, as she laughed, she realised it was more a tease than a real shock. “Well, you said you knew, so you had to know most of the plot already. They wanted to shorten the plot to make it into two movies,” she said to justify the changes. Besides, she didn't think knowing L won would really make the whole movies less interesting to her. She heard the hint of disappointment in her tone but she had to agree. “There are some changes you cannot avoid. It’s annoying only when it looks like they only took the characters but built something completely different around and gave the name of the book just so they could win a fanbase faster.” Since she didn’t read the mangas, she couldn’t tell exactly what the differences were and so could appreciate a movie even when the fans hated it. “I don’t mind it when they say right from the start that they inspire from the world of the book but doesn’t use the characters, or all of them. It’s, like, another point of view?” So, she supposed she could relate indeed with what Lara Jean said.

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

Tallulah definitely did sound like a fangirl to her, and that fact alone managed to put a pleased smile on Lara Jean's face. She may not have seen the actor in action but she knew all too well about what it was like to obsess talk passionately about someone no matter if it was a real life person or just a character from made up world. She found comfort in the presence of a fellow fangirl.

By the time the other girl was talking about changes, Lara Jean was already nodding her head in agreement. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yaaaasss. "You do understand!" she exclaimed happily. "This kind of reminds me of uhh what's that movie? Uhh oh yeah, How to Train Your Dragon. It is so loosely based on the book, but I mean the movies were still great. Couldn't hate what was executed well." She shrugged. The movies had their own touch to it - point of view like she called it - and was done nicely which was something that Lara Jean could appreciate.

"Whenever I watch these movies, I try to watch it as if it is a movie itself like that? At least at first. Only later on would I think of it like a movie adapted from a book." If she could not separate it in her mind, she knew she would not be able to enjoy the movie because like Tallulah said, some changes were unavoidable, and the movie could not always fulfill every single detail from the book. "So what got you into J-drama anyway?"

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah always tried to hide this side of her. If only she was a fan of One Direction or Scream Queens, then maybe people would relate to her and not judge her too harshly, but her favourite band sang Japanese pop-rock songs and her favourite dramas were in a language she did not understand with actors no one ever heard of around here. If only she loved manga! She’d still be weird but at least she would have found more people like her. But Lara Jean didn’t judge her. Tallulah noticed the smile but she could see she was not mocking her. Lara was an otaku too. A different kind but one nonetheless, and they chose to reunite instead of making this difference set them apart.

She was nodding with much enthusiasm. Tallulah could almost start to wonder if her head would not detach from her body thanks to it. She was a bit surprised at her exclamation but smiled at it. “I had no idea it was a book too,” she admitted. She dared not admit she never saw the movie either. She saw enough pictures and products showing the characters of this movie, she was not entirely clueless about it, but she couldn’t talk of this with Lara Jean. “Some movies make it well. It almost looks like... like a form of homage or something? And others, you just feel like they used the name to get a fanbase from the start,” she said, knowing she repeated a bit of what she said before. “I’ve watched a show. It was Flowers for Algernon. I also read the book. It’s pretty different but also too alike, you know? If they didn’t call it Flowers for Algernon, you’d feel like they copied the book and tried to hide it. Like this, it’s more like they took the main idea in the book and made their own story based on it. It’s very nice.” She had no idea if Lara Jean could get her comparison. She didn't get the How to Train Your Dragon one after all, so she left it with the minimum.

She nodded, agreeing to what she was saying. It really was the best way. Sometimes, the movie could be entertaining, if you sort of forget about the source material it was supposed to be from. “Some many people write comments of the like.” She remembered reading that often while looking at the comments before picking a drama.

She had a sheepish smile at Lara Jean’s question. She looked down at her laptop, avoiding her gaze. “I was... kind of sick, for a time. And when I came here, I preferred to keep to myself. I watched a lot of videos and, you know how they often suggest you videos? They suggested a Japanese movie and I loved it and in the comments they mentioned others like that if you were interested, so I went looking and they were not on YouTube but I found sites that offered them for free and... here I am.” Her sheepish smile returned after her explanation.

[Lara Jean Reynolds]

Lara Jean agreed with Tallulah as she repeated what she said earlier. She usually felt that film adaptations were like a gamble, a 50/50 chance. It can be great as to enhance the story even more or it can feel cheap like it was not properly done which is always a big downside. However, if the former was the case, you can complain but still what came onto the screen was nice. So Lara Jean understood as the other girl explained more about another book and film adaptation. She may have never watched or read Flowers of Algernon, but she got the jist of what Tallulah was saying. “I totally get you,” she replied, making a mental note to add the movie mentioned to her to-watch list. Who knew, maybe in the future they could have a talk about it and exchange opinions once she had seen it.

By this time, Lara Jean’s eyes were not glued to her laptop screen every time they spoke. She was looking at Tallulah much more now and surprisingly was not as bothered as she would usually be by it. And she could think it was because she was too caught up in their conversation about animes, books, movies, etc, that seeing the other girl’s skull did not make her immediately avert her eyes away.

“Wow, that must be a really good movie,” she noted, smilingly. Sometimes all it took was just one single thing to get you all hooked on it and before you knew it, you’re not only wanting for more but craving for it. That, Lara Jean could say the feeling was mutual.

[Tallulah Wright]

Tallulah wished she had more reference that people could actually understand. But the truth was that she didn’t watch a lot of shows or movies that everyone else watched. She had more chances of knowing a Japanese actor than an American one. She knew it incapacitated her quite a bit when talking with other people but she couldn’t help it. No matter how much she tried, she more often than none ended up picking a J-drama instead. After all, what was the point of seeing the American version of The Ring when she saw the original one? It would either be the same with American actors or something so different she wouldn’t like because of this. There was no point in that. But it brought another point to their conversation. “I’d say remakes are just as touchy. There are some with loose enough a story to make another one, like those superheroes movies. But sometimes they go far from the original, because they want something new, or they assumed it is a foreign movie that not a lot of people here watched. But people will find out it’s a remake and some will look it up. You have to be respectful to the source material.” At the same time, she could name quite a few shows she watched that didn't exactly do that. Half of the time, she forgave them though. Maybe she should be harder on them. But it was not like she read a lot of manga to know just how far stretched from the original story they went.

It was strange for Tallulah to talk of this with someone. Talking with another girl was not the issue, she could do that, even if she was more the reserved type, but talking of movies and shows and adaptations without sounding weird was weird, no matter how ironic that sounded. She also had no idea what was going on through Lara’s head and wasn’t aware of her power. It would be even more strange should she know about this. That the two of them could connect like that... But it was very pleasant too. For once, she didn’t have to hide this side of her.

She laughed and looked down. “It was... interesting. Different,” she admitted. Now that she saw more, she couldn’t say it was great but it was nice and it opened the door to better shows and movies so she couldn’t speak too badly of it. “I kind of like their style. At first, it was a bit troublesome to read subtitles but I grew used to it. I don’t think I’d be able to speak in Japanese though. I can say hello and thank and sorry, that’s about it,” she shared before laughing at this. “It’s also pretty easy to find some. I’ve got like two sites I can go to and they have thousands of shows and movies and they’re all free. All I have to do is hide those ads about RPG sites with sexy anime girls.” Another little chuckle at this and another look down at her laptop.