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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. 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay8wmSTjYQ
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"What?" On the other side was a beautiful Japanese woman.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXBardKews
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjKpIC0XNo
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdNEcC3JOk
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As the door opened fully, she held out her hand expecting a handshake and said,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrCpcmSkO3
"こんにちは。" (Hello.)126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrH4Kmei8t
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"What!?" 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf9URAWkZO
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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 woman126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ul6xp2LW1
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvwCSmVmpb
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Let us go back a month or so before she appeared on my front door.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MfJUJm6aW
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YBALqb8HT
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Dkjk4n2O4
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bSwXFG41i
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"I get it, I get it. So I need a Japanese name?"126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULVnwFzMpy
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"Bingo."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJSdNEq3I8
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"Alright then... Any Japanese name?"126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6KunShUAC
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"Mhm."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY3OZwNuIk
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"Kaito Endo."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55nKmcEaYK
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"Really? Far away sea?" The editor said over the phone, clearly slightly annoyed.
"It works right?" I responded.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3Vd8TuE6h
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"I guess, just... Get your work done and send it to me when you are done."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2OGal5QdO
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQMVwnw8Wq
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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."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsbcNsQ7vY
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0uHuqTVfa
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbsW4xXV6G
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjF6hXbrWT
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"W~oah!" I said, shooting myself directly up before immediately standing up.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RYKf0H5op
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"Who are you?" I asked, completely confused as I slowly remembered what occurred not even 30 minutes ago.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlESEri0ZK
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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. 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYg3mN9tkB
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"Yuki Shimizu." The translator read aloud as I continued to ask more questions.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXBR9JjrBw
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgZizmrhj3
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWGEwLOPwW
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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?!" 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFtfnKDJMi
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecWmaWAQGO
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"I can't-"126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEkIagvllv
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5QQAKqoUM
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t1DkyTQW2
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzIrdtkISO
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"Sorry for coming to live so abruptly. I didn't know that you weren't aware of the circumstances." 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7D1SIrCIl
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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!"126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzbvdwqSyU
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO16fg4W5s
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DOGLjx59k
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"Thank you again." She typed.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04WEnDJIYH
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"No problem at all." I responded, in English this time.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEsxKXS52V
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She started typing, "I noticed you spoke Japanese to me. How much do you understand?" 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsMbdy0nmT
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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."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEAontjrmM
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"そうですか。" She said without thinking.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCb2BnfkuM
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwuXKxnimo
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEiQUfXI6Y
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As I kept thinking, I accidentally ran into a guy walking.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuhbY41m4E
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"Watch out man."126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtzcNiJN3p
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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?
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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." 126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vSuX88QIX
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"Makes sense." She types right after she put in the wi-fi password.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMFnBZRYjN
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsvjeZeM1L
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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.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSDUPiuHrQ
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"ごめん。" I said quickly.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oZ799fSc5
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"How about in an hour I will make us some dinner?" I quickly say shortly after apologizing.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTWr4qV8di
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"Sure!" She types.
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