DUWA
This past friday I had a most enchanted encounter in a setting I wouldn't expect, with someone I least suspect. I expected little out of the whole night in regards to the setting, content to spend the precious moments of my 24 years and 363th day with some of the people I hold very dear to me. I broke down the whole evening into something of a transaction; we both knew what we wanted and I was in position to give it. A good mix of debauchery and the right amount of inebriation. Everything was going according to plan until someone in my periphery threw a wrench into the works.
Her approach was unorthodox, stooping down to my left to reach eye level. I found her face to be a welcome surprise, dolled up but not fake. She was a walking contradiction, appealing to me with the unappealing. She showed me her piercings: a nose ring and two studs on her waist. Normally I could do without them, but a glint on her cheek revealed a stud reminiscent of a tear. That was the beginning of the end for me, that initial jab that intrigued me so.
Soon after the introduction we both found ourselves in familiar territory. At this point, I already knew that fun was imminent, so in usual fashion I gushed to her about how she saved my night. We engaged in a bit of back and forth, probing each other for something real or imagined. I was having too much fun, so I decided to let her work a little harder than the rest of them. At that point, I knew I had reached the pinnacle of my night. I was soon to find out that the peak was higher than I would have thought.
She soon posed to me a question that would shake the very foundations of my perception.
"Do you like anime"
For a self-professed geek such as myself, I would never utter those words to anyone I've met for the first time, no matter the situation. I didn't know what to say, she threw me a changeup when I expected some high heat. I layed off the pitch, explaining to myself that she sized me up pretty well. She would be able to relay some things she might have heard from proxy, and as such I would be able to contain my power levels. However, she was a more crafty pitcher than that.
She started to list and go into episodic detail of the most obscure shows. The dawn was slowly breaking over the mountains, but still I elected to keep my eyes shut. Here came the breaking ball.
"One of my favorites is School Rumble."
No way. You have to be joking me. Someone set me up. That's all that went through my mind. I was desperate to find my bearings, find some way to the contrary. Yet I found none, cause here came the most wicked curve I have ever seen.
"Duwa"
One word validated everything. It was enough for me to leave my body, get a good sense of the gravity of it all, and relish in what has got to be the best swing and miss I have ever had. The rest is somewhat of a blur, and I reluctantly let her go. I plum forgot to get her number in the process. At this point, I would have taken anything, even a 555-5555.
If anything, its one of the better stories I can tell. Wherever you are, thank you again for a most enchanted encounter. Du du du du DUWAAAA.
Strength and Honor. More to come later.
