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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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcXt8uUZEI
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"What?" On the other side was a beautiful Japanese woman.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzifuBba74R
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgn38rOUDvU
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcegp5kaBZ
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As the door opened fully, she held out her hand expecting a handshake and said,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFugaBDG6S5
"こんにちは。" (Hello.)72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoRk2noOrl
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"What!?" 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyK0ANeeKz
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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 woman72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWWUUsChSY
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYD13uZzOD
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Let us go back a month or so before she appeared on my front door.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONCzmTt67k
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbcyfSL83n
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRXXp3Te9T
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInREa3IdOt
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"I get it, I get it. So I need a Japanese name?"72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPGovibS0h
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"Bingo."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA1vAaIoy9
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"Alright then... Any Japanese name?"72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd9zykMZpk
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"Mhm."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2vLlG3415
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"Kaito Endo."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBfghnNA9K
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"Really? Far away sea?" The editor said over the phone, clearly slightly annoyed.
"It works right?" I responded.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHrOCDriCE
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"I guess, just... Get your work done and send it to me when you are done."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4PR6nU84A
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ppMqFB6r8
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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."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcgb9M4azf
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDOBh3fTc8
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5bpA1phPB
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtULkA0CsbC
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"W~oah!" I said, shooting myself directly up before immediately standing up.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcNKhjOEBA
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"Who are you?" I asked, completely confused as I slowly remembered what occurred not even 30 minutes ago.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7LmzkIsLt
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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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6xOKGHdDg
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"Yuki Shimizu." The translator read aloud as I continued to ask more questions.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OX50a8Zuj
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmHP8ty2L6
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcyC7OHISv
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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?!" 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx7fEekUCw
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs34bStPGd9
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"I can't-"72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDE7FCQ7bA
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhPj5xnF0a
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQzYfncUPO
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0CCb6Un7p
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"Sorry for coming to live so abruptly. I didn't know that you weren't aware of the circumstances." 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qnNKl2mdv
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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!"72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyacx68pqMF
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OKNUj0E0U
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bcPAcXBUG
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"Thank you again." She typed.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zrRa6F8Fa
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"No problem at all." I responded, in English this time.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwqtaCYpDo
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She started typing, "I noticed you spoke Japanese to me. How much do you understand?" 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNol7tJUcrj
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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."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmyGLHtk1v
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"そうですか。" She said without thinking.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BgchhaUZt
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbu0O72QpP
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJA0WmEAKK
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As I kept thinking, I accidentally ran into a guy walking.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUm7IZHYuq
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"Watch out man."72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWpQZUFtPS
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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?"72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVsab9j4th
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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." 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzmq9Bq9qO
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"Makes sense." She types right after she put in the wi-fi password.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhagpuhfV5
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0nMxzXuwi
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW00KdnP5qq
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"ごめん。" I said quickly.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28wYWHenA8
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"How about in an hour I will make us some dinner?" I quickly say shortly after apologizing.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3meNOpsRS
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"Sure!" She types.
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