longingfreesia: (Happy Smiles)
I just want to say a big thank you again to everyone who attended our wedding at the beginning of the month. It was lovely for us to experience the moment with our friends and family.

We've just come back from spending the last two weeks on our honeymoon in the 12 dimensions.
We spent time in Naturia Forest, staying in a lovely guest treehouse that you could probably only dream of having as a kid. We got to explore the area (that Yuma loved doing!) and meet the locals and creatures that live there.

We then went to Okeanos which was made up of so many chains of islands, with beaches and underwater cities. There was so much to see and explore there, but also plenty of chances to relax too.

Then we spent the last three days of the trip staying in a luxury hotel in Hyperborea's capital city. We couldn't really go outside it on risk of the elements freezing us because of how cold the planet is, but the hotel was absolutely lovely and had plenty to offer.

It was a wonderful two weeks and it was great to spend the time together, just the two of us.
longingfreesia: (Slightly Annoyed)
[Synopsis: Yuma learns about having responsibility for a child while he and Kotori are babysitting Asami.

Responsibility )


With Yuma now having a second job and my small fashion designing business gaining good traction again, I feel like we can finally start saving for and planning the wedding now. We won't really have enough to do anything big, and a big event would mean more stress anyway, so we're hoping to put together at least a little ceremony and reception, joined by our close family and friends.

I've decided I'll be making my own wedding dress and I may have already started drawing up designs for it. Making one, instead of buying one, will probably be a lot cheaper, but also a lot more special.
We're looking at aiming to have the wedding take place sometime next year, but it's very early days yet.

In the meantime, I've got a lot of orders coming in from clients who want cutewear for the winter, so I've been busy concentrating on those recently!


Yuma just came to me and started talking non-stop about how he's going to learn a lot about 'Zombie World' and how it'd be 'super awesome' to learn about other worlds, too.

I've never seen him so excited about learning something before.


[Story] Proposal )

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Last year was a really tough year. I'm still picking up the pieces of it and doing my best to get back to normality. It may take a while to do, and there's things I may always struggle a little with, but... that doesn't mean I don't have things I can look forward to.

It may end up being some time away, but, this year began with the knowledge that one day, I'm going to get to marry my best friend and it makes me really happy.

[There is a picture of Kotori's hand in the post. There is very obviously an engagement ring on her finger.*]
longingfreesia: (Feeling Modest)
[Synopsis: A visit from Judai and Asami gives Kotori the courage to start moving forward with accepting who she is.]

Stepping Forward
longingfreesia: (Happy Smiles)
So I've spent the last few days in Heartland visiting my parents and helping Yuma go through some stuff at his old house, since Akari-san wanted him sort through it.

I talked to my parents and finally told them about everything. About Mr. Heartland and about my powers. It was a lot for them to take in, but they both love me and accept me for who I am. I know they also kept the truth about my actual father hidden to protect me, but I feel now this is all out, I'm that much more closer to them, especially my dad. He sacrificed a lot just to make sure mom and I were happy and safe. He stepped up when Heartland didn't. To me, he's more my real dad. He always will be.
I acknowledge I'm related to Heartland by blood, but I'll never consider him a real father.
He's out of my life for good anyway.

With that done, I want to focus on the positives and the future as much as I can.
Yuma and I more or less have the apartment to ourselves now. Haru-san moved back permanently to Heartland and Akari-san only stays when she needs to be in Domino City for her job.
She's still helping us financially, as are my parents from this weekend, until Yuma and I can stand on our own feet.

We now have a spare room in the apartment, so I've turned it into a working space for my fashion design work. It's so much better to have the extra room! It got a little too cluttered trying to work in a space shared by both me and Yuma.
The room also doubles as a guest room, for when Akari-san, or any of our friends stay over.

My small fashion design business is going well too. I've had a lot of custom orders recently for spring and summer wear lately! It's been really exciting working on it.

Overall... it's been a tough and emotional weekend... and last few months, but I really feel positive about the future. About my business, me and Yuma, everything!
longingfreesia: (Oh Yuma...)
Well, it looks like Yuma got the message. He's clean shaven once again.

He was a little bummed out about it at first. I guess it's something he's always kind of wanted, but I talked it through with him. We agreed that he should try again when he's in his mid-twenties or so and we can see what it looks like then. At least by then it'll be growing through fully.
I'm not opposed to him having a beard in the future. It'd take some getting used to, but I'm hoping it'll look a lot better on him then.
But for now I just feel it's a little too early.

In other news, my 19th birthday is next week.
Seems kind of surreal that I'll be 20 next year.
longingfreesia: (Happy Smiles)
I'm so happy that Yuma is currently in the top 10 for the Super Junior League rankings! I know he's been working really hard on that since it started, so I'm really proud of him for getting that far, especially since he originally graduated with not a lot of options open to him.

We were both quite busy yesterday, but we thankfully made some time to have a small date at a cafe in the late afternoon, so we celebrated both Valentine's Day and him being in the top tier rankings together.
Yuma arrived home a few days ago now, so we've been gradually adjusting to him moving in permanently, which included finding places for all of his parents artefacts, but I think we did a good job decorating the apartment with them! It certainly gives the place some... character!

Other than that, to celebrate Yuma's graduation, we went out for a meal at a sushi restaurant yesterday night. It was really nice to have all four of us together as a family, enjoying a night out together. Eating out isn't a luxury we really get too often, but it's something Akari-san saved up for during the last few months.
I'm looking to gain some more experience playing against different decks and so I wondered if there are places duelists gather at weekends, like the park or the plaza?

That said, this weekend I'll be spending with Yuma. We're going to the aquarium for our 1-year-anniversary date!
So it's Yuma's 18th birthday soon and we'd like to throw him a little surprise get-together this weekend at our apartment. Just his family and close friends.

So far I've listed; Yuya, Yuzu, Gongenzaka, Kai, Koyo and Hitoshi, so if any of you can make it, it'll be on Sunday afternoon until the evening (about 8 or 9pm).

Is there anyone else I'm missing who'd like to go as well?

The plan is that I'll be taking him out somewhere during the morning, to let Akari-san and Haru-san set up and allow you all to arrive, then it'll be a huge surprise for him when we return!


Its crazy to think how far it is into this year already, Valentine's Day is only a week away.

Since it's the first Valentine's since Yuma and I started dating, I really wanted to make him something really special. That's when Haru-san gave me a recipe on making chocolate truffles with different flavourings. I might make him some orange and strawberry flavoured ones, with pretty toppings. I'll see if I can find a really nice box to put them in too!

I really hope he likes them!
...though I guess it IS Yuma. He likes pretty much almost anything edible.
I can't believe that it'll be the winter holidays in only a month's time. I'm really excited! I really love this time of the year and I'm glad that I'll get to spend more time with Yuma during it.

I've also started work on making a full garment for myself, from start to finish with no help from my mom or anyone. It's a simple design, but I felt doing something not too complicated for this would be a good idea to start off with. I feel with everything I've learned and practised so far, I should be able to make up patterns and sew a simple outfit like this completely on my own.
I'm hoping to have it finished before the winter holidays come around. That's the goal I've set myself!
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Yuma shouldn't have to go through things like this.
He shouldn't have to be dealing with things like powers and demons that want to kill him and he shouldn't have the fate of the entire world on his shoulders either!

I wish I could be there for him, but I'm here in Heartland miles apart from him.

I love him so much. I don't want him to have to go through this anymore.
I arrived home in the evening on Sunday from my trip to Domino City. I really enjoyed my stay and I want to say a huge thank you to Futaba-san and Jouyoku-san for letting me work under them for the last few weeks and teaching me so much in that time. I really learned a lot and I'll continue working to improve my skills in both designing and sewing! I really enjoyed seeing some of my designs come to life, it was amazing.

Yuya. Yuzu. I really hope things look up for the both of you soon.

And Yuma... I'll see you when you visit home for the winter holidays. I wish it was sooner than that, but hopefully it won't be as long until then as it seems.

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