A Bit of Fun

Part 21

Jun's POV

I didn't know what was wrong with me, I just woke up on the plane, feeling so depressed.  I didn't know what it was, depression, homesickness, grief.  I tried what seemed like thousands of ideas in my head, but none of them made any sense.  I mean, depression made sense, but I felt like when I found out, it would click.

I knew it would.

Then it hit me, a sudden feeling of determination, I needed to find something out, to do something here, in Japan.  Something here, I didn't know, but I did at the same time?

I turned to Jamie, who examined my eyes and said, "They're like a burnt orange now, almost brown, but not dark enough."

"Aw dangit, I wanted them to look like creamsicles,"  I joked.

She giggled, and we all started standing up to leave the plane.

Something about my mood made me want to run a marathon.  It's like my soul was playing some sort of hot and cold game with me, and I was pretty damn warm.

My soul began to feel lighter, and I could almost start singing.  In fact, I wanted to sing!  I never really have before, I felt like a little kid during Christmas I was hit with some sort of weird joy...

Mood swings?

Maybe.

Oh well.

I felt like I had switched gears, finally.  I said my farewells to the really depressed Jun, and welcomed new adventures.

Was this what culture shock was?

Maybe.

Oh well.

You know how I said I wanted to sing?  I decided to make a decision that the old Jun would hate me for.

"Hey James, Dev, you guys wanna do some karaoke later?"

"Sure."  Devon replied.  He was okay with singing, and could do it really well, but he didn't do it much.

"Are you on drugs?! Yes!"  The more excitable Jamie said, she always wanted to go to a karaoke place in Japan.

"Jun I'm kind of serious are you on drugs?  First your eyes change and now you're okay with singing?  I've never even heard you sing before!  Mind the fact that I sound like a mom right now, but you're gonna be great at it!"  She said, flashing a smile and two thumbs up.

"I'm not on drugs...that I know of, but I guess that the new culture has given me courage?"

We all three laughed, and went to our hotel.

Jamie's POV

After we sorted out details for karaoke, I decided to sneak Su and the girls an invite.

'I sent you the directions to it, wanna meet at 8?'

'Sure!  Oh gosh, I've never heard Jun sing before...'