#美しいものが好き

[grungust025]

食べる

[nanapon1107]

今日は、春の晩御飯。 太刀魚の塩焼きに筍とどんこの含め煮、鹿尾菜煮とスカイ🍓のデザートつき。 やはり地元の朝日酒造さんの朝日山純米吟醸酒にてカンパーイ。 すごい太刀魚のふかふかな身と純米吟醸酒にマッチしてて美味かった。 #おうちごはん #おうち居酒屋 #おうちごはんlover #おうち時間 #晩御飯 #晩御飯レシピ #晩御飯の記録 #晩御飯の献立 #晩御飯のおかず #太刀魚料理 #春の訪れ #春ごはん #季節の料理 #うぃずやっちゃん #美味しい #美味しいもの好きな人と繋がりたい #美味しいご飯 #美味しい料理 #うまい #うまい😋 #季節のものをいただく #季節のものを食べる幸せ (Niigata-City Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQbo6evggr7acZg5BhEdNN5oST_4DVAAOmqiE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[genkidesuka2022]

こんにゃくで健康に美しくおいしくヘルシーにダイエット糖質制限

こんにゃくは、サトイモ科の植物、あるいはその球茎から製造される食品です。

こんにゃくは、低カロリーで高食物繊維であることから、健康食品として注目されています。

また、こんにゃくは、クセが少なく、食べやすいので幅広い料理に使用すること���可能です。

こんにゃくの原料となるコンニャクイモは、東南アジア原産の��物です。

コンニャクイモは、土の中に球茎状の塊茎を形成します。

この塊茎をすりおろして、水に浸すと粘り気のある液体がで、この液体を型に流し込んで固めるとで、こんにゃくになります。

こんにゃくは低カロリーで高食物繊維

こんにゃくは、低カロリーで高食物繊維であることから、健康食品として注目されています。

こんにゃく100gあたりのカロリーは、約10kcalと低カロリーなうえ食物繊維は、約3gもあります。

また、こんにゃくには、食物繊維の一種であるグルコマンナンが豊富に含まれています。

グルコマンナンは、腸内環境を整える効果が期待されています。

しかもこんにゃくは、クセが少なく食べやすい食材なので、幅広い料理に使用することができます。

こんにゃくは、煮物や炒め物、揚げ物などのおかずによく使われます。

また、コンニャクは、こんにゃく麺やこんにゃくハンバーグなどの代替食品にも使用可能です。

こんにゃくは、ダイエット中に使いやすい食材として人気があり、こんにゃく麺など、ダイエットをサポートする低糖質食品にも使われ販売されています。

今回は、こんにゃくの栄養成分と効果、おいしい食べ方を簡単にまとめてみました。

こんにゃくの栄養成分と効果

食物繊維

こんにゃくに含まれる食物繊維は水溶性の「グルコマンナン」。「グルコマンナン」は、乳酸菌などの善玉菌のエサとなって、善玉菌を増やす働きもあります。

また、「グルコマンナン」は、水分を吸収し胃の中でふくらむ性質に加え、消化されにくいため、満腹感が長続きします。

さらに小腸でのコレステロールの吸収を抑えたり、血糖値の急激な上昇を抑えたりするうれしい健康効果もプラスされます。

こんにゃくは、ダイエットに最強な食材といえます。

カルシウム

こんにゃく１枚(250g)あたり、約107mgものカルシウムが含まれています。

こんにゃくに含まれるカルシウムは吸収率が比較的低いという特徴がありますが、カルシウムの吸収を助けるビタミンD豊富な食べ物と一緒にとり入れるようにしてみましょう。

例えば、干ししいたけや乾燥きくらげなどと合わせるのがおすすめです。

こんにゃくセラミド

こんにゃくセラミドは、生芋で作ったこんにゃくに多く含まれるとされています。肌のバリア機能を高めたり、肌の乾燥を防ぐ作用があるとしてさまざまな研究が進められ期待されています。

スーパーなどでよく見かけるのは、白いこんにゃくと黒っぽいこんにゃくです。

こんにゃく芋を細かい粉にした「精粉」だけで作るのが白こんにゃくで、精粉にひじきなどの海藻の粉を混ぜ込んで作ると、黒っぽい色のこんにゃくになります。

こんにゃくとしらたきは、原料に違いはなく、栄養価はほぼ変わりません。

こんにゃく・しらたきのおいしい食べ方

■おでん おでんは、寒い季節にぴったりです。水分が多いこんにゃくは、1個(1/6カット)あたり約10kcalと低カロリー。ダイエッターは積極的に選びたい具材です。 ■氷こんにゃく 一度凍らせてから解凍したこんにゃくは、お肉のような食感になります。薄切りやぶつ切りにし、生姜焼き・から揚げなどにアレンジするのがおすすめ。このとき、しっかり下味をつけることで、こんにゃくの独特の風味を抑えることができます。 ■味噌田楽 茹でたこんにゃくに、味噌：砂糖：みりんを2：2：1で合わせた「田楽味噌」をトッピングするだけのお手軽メニューです。お好みで柚子胡椒や唐辛子を足すと風味豊かになります。

おすすめレシピ

■こんにゃくと大豆入りハンバーグ 大豆とこんにゃくによって、イソフラボンや食物繊維などが補えます。

また、赤身肉を選ぶことで、カロリーオーバーと脂質の摂り過ぎを防ぐことができます。

■厚揚げと糸こんにゃくのきんぴら こんにゃくをきんぴらに加えると、食事のボリュームアップにつながり、満腹感が得やすくなります。

最後に

ダイエット中の食事に役立てやすいこんにゃく。

こんにゃくは、低カロリーで高食物繊維、そしてクセがなく、食べやすいことから、健康的な食品です。

コンニャクを上手に食事に取り入れることで、健康的な食生活を送ることが期待できます。

料理のかさ増し食材としても活用してみてはいかがでしょうか。

[naganumapiano]

新作タルトの試作零号機 これからタルトを展開して行きたいと思います。 先ずは試作零号機 これにはバスクチーズケーキが仕込んで有ります。 ザクザクのクッキー台に香ばしくコクのあるバスクチーズケーキを載せて、生クリームとイチゴでデコレーション。 イチゴの酸味、生クリームのフレッシュさ、バスクチーズケーキのまったりとコクの有��味わい、タルト台のサックサクな歯応えが堪らないハーモニーを奏で���す。 甘味の調整など微調整は必要ですが、これは当たりの予感。 タルトには可能性を感じて居ます。 色々なバリエーションを考えて居ます。 しかも他に無いオンリーワンのタルトを展開します。 乞うご期待！^_^ #長沼　#カフェ #タルト #サックサクのクッキー生地がとても良い歯応え #クリーミィなホイップに爽やかな酸味のイチゴ #コクがあってドッシリとしたバスクチーズケーキ #どれも美味しい #お口の中でオーケストラ #JDはイチゴがお好き #素敵なご提案ありがとね〜 #お陰様で新しい世界に開眼しました #目指せオンリーワン #カフェピアーノピアーノ #blog (Cafe Piano piano カフェ・ピアーノ・ピアーノ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqP1tNPJZ_e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[2-job-com]

グルメ好き集まれ！あなたの食への情熱をフィード投稿で発信しよう

食通必見！食の投稿であなたの魅力を発信しよう あなたもグルメ系フィード投稿でフォロワーを魅了しませんか？ このお仕事では、美味しい料理や素敵なお店を紹介するフィード投稿を作成していただきます。 自分でお持ちの素材を使った初回投稿を経て、ご満足いただければ継続的な依頼も検討中です。未経験者でもやる気さえあれば大歓迎！ 大好きなグルメを投稿して、読者と食への情熱を共有しましょう！ 案件概要 すぐ実績にできる！　グルメ系のフィード投稿作成！！【継続の可能性あり！】のお仕事(ウェブデザイン) 案件概要 * グルメ系フィード投稿の作成 * 初回は自前素材で1枚投稿 * 継続依頼時は素材提供あり * 初回報酬: 100円（税抜） * 継続依頼報酬: 別途相談 * グラフィックデザインやSNS運用の経験者、グルメ投稿に興味のある方歓迎 *…

[katoyoko]

[wazakka-kan]

営業中。椹（さわら）のおひつ3.5号サイズ、入荷しました。炊き立てご飯を入れて蒸らすと、湿度調節してくれて、いい塩梅のご飯が食べられます。おひつは、土鍋や圧力鍋で炊く＝保温機能なしのお宅にオススメしたい道具。

炊き立てご飯が美味しいのは当たり前。おひつの素敵なところは、中で室温まで冷ましたご飯が格別に美味しくなるという点。

お店を始めて知ったのですが、主婦は意外にも、冷やご飯が好きという方が結構いらっしゃる。米の旨さは冷えた時に分かるといいますからね。

おひつは、使い初めに内側を「棕櫚たわし」でゴシゴシ水洗い。目には見えない程度ですが、表面を毛羽立ててからご飯を入れるとくっつきにくくなります。

100均で売ってるようなパーム繊維のたわしはダメですよ。硬くて傷がついちゃうからぜひ棕櫚たわしで（当店で取り扱いあります。使ってみて。

見えない程度の毛羽の凹凸＝点に、米が接するので、粘り気がそれほど木肌に残らず、洗うのも簡単。

洗ったら、水切り��たいので伏せてしばし放置。水が切れたら上向きにして、中もしっかり乾燥させます（濡れたまま放置はカビの元

お客様から聞くと、毎日炊くお宅は案外少なくて、みなさん米を食べなくなっているんだなーと思いましたが、2日3日に1回炊く頻度なら、おひつ1個で済むと思います。乾燥させる時間もとれますからね。

たまに、おひつに入れたまんま、何日も保存が出来ると勘違いしている方に出会いますが、保存は出来ません。

ご飯は粗熱が取れたら小分けにして冷凍した方が、米のデンプンの味の劣化が少ないそうです。

何時間ぐらい持つのかしら？と聞かれたことがありますが、そのお宅の環境にもよるので、ご自身で目と鼻で確認しながら、自分のおうちの使用ペースを見極めていだたけたらなと思います。

通販→

[danzoku]

ソースとエビ

幼い頃はよく

「ソースをだせ！」

と言ったり言われたりしたものです。

最近は

「エビデンスを出せ！」

と言ったり言われたりします。

どちらも「根拠や証拠を示せ」という意味です。

私もちょっと疑り深いのでよく使います。ロジカルな人や数学好きな人は使いがち？　かも。言葉はちがっても

「本当？　本当ならすごいけど、何に書いてあったの？　どこで見たの？」

とか言うことがあります。

大事なこと。

何もかも鵜呑みにはできないから。

でも

それがなくても、ただ相手の感情に寄り添うだけの方が良い時もある。

必要なのは正解や確信や議論じゃなくて

相手を安心させることだったりする場合もある。

（真偽は後でこっそり自分で調べたりするとして）

ただ話を聞いてあげるのが大事な状態の人もいる。

ソースをたっぷり

エビフライにかけて

一緒に食べた方が良い時もある。

「美味しいね」　って笑い���えたら

ソースもエビデンスも要らない、

そんな時もある。

ソース　オン　エビフライ

and

タルタルソースがあっても良い。

[ashitakaxsan]

Winter in Japan An Elegant Japanese lady in her kimono,with the parasol in hand:)

[bymyboom-blog]

今日はチュクミ 日本本店 韓国の大人気グルメ！イイダコの鉄板焼き #美味しい #美味しかった #美味しいもの好きな人と繋がりたい #美味しいお店 #グルメ #グルメ旅行 #グルメ旅 #グルメ好きな人と繋がりたい #グルメスタグラム #グルメ好きと繋がりたい #東京グルメ #モエシャンドン #メスカル #テキーラ #日本酒 #ワイン https://www.instagram.com/p/CqY7Vu1hNOY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[yaccham]

【ボクナリノカタチ】 イロヅクトキ ◻︎ 優美早紀(@saki_youme )/新宿御苑 ------------ 春に向かう時間を感じて、 ここどこだろうなど、気軽にコメントもください！ 撮影依頼などもお気軽にご相談くださいませ^ ^ #サンジョウヤスタカ #ボクナリノカタチ #イロヅクトキ #感写 #優美早紀 #新宿御苑 #写真好きと繋がりたい　#ファインダー越しの私の世界 #写真部 #ポトレの世界 #何でもない日常に物語を #lovers_nippon_portrait (Shinjuku Gyoen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPLkNsSI00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[55kazuharu]

森下にある鉄板焼のぽん太。 序盤で肉や海鮮をいただき、後半でもんじゃやお好み焼きをいただきます。 こちらのお店は、以下特徴がかなり良いです！ ①肉が美味しすぎる 鉄板で焼くと肉の脂が逃げないのであまり良くない肉だと脂臭くなりしつこい感じになります。 なので、肉が美味しいということは、炭焼肉以上のクオリティの肉が提供されているということ。 今回は牛タン（予約時に伝える）をいただきましたが、焼肉屋でもこれほどの牛タンはないかも。 ②お好み焼きが美味しすぎる 特徴は広げずに高く盛ってじっくりと蒸し焼きにしていくスタイル。 なので、出来上がりまでは時間がかかるのですが、その待った甲斐があったほどに美味しい。 ふわっふわでとろ〜っとした食感。 でもキャベツのシャキシャキ感は残ってるという絶妙な火入れです。 まさに新食感！ ③経営されているご家族が楽しすぎる 皆さん気さくで、ご主人のこだわりも聞いてて楽しい。 行く際には予約していくのが良いです。 そのときに牛タンやハラミ、レバー焼きを予約すれば入荷があれば取り置きしてくれます！ 間違いなくリピートします！ これは隠れた名店です。 #ぽん太 #お好み焼きぽん太 #森下グルメ #清澄白河グルメ #焼肉 #お好み焼き #もんじゃ焼き #牛タン好きな人と繋がりたい #ハラミ好きな人と繋がりたい #東京グルメ #東京グルメ部 #東京グルメ巡り #グルメ好きな人と繋がりたい #グルメスタグラム #美味しいお店を紹介しますよ #食べログ低評価の名店シリーズ #genic_food #fluke公認アンバサダー https://www.instagram.com/p/CqO2VMBy2LC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[7131122]

苺🍓アニバーサリー デコレーションケーキ 🎂で家内の 誕生日を祝い 美味しく頂きました‼️ #フルーツパーラータカノ国分寺 # #メロンケーキ🍈 #メロンホールケーキ #フルーツパーラータカノ #美味しいもの好きな人と繋がりたい #美味しい #誕生日 #誕生日ケーキ #バースデーケーキ #誕生日年齢は内緒 #アニバーサリーデコレーションケーキ #アニバーサリー #アニバーサリーケーキ #新宿高野国分寺丸井店 (丸井国分寺店) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCnRLpywL7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nanapon1107]

今日の晩御飯。 唐揚げディナー 美味かった〜 衣をサクサク風に揚げたらなかなか美味しい。 旬のいちごも素材だけで十分な甘み。 #晩御飯の記録 #晩御飯の献立 #晩御飯記録 #晩御飯レシピ #晩御飯日記 #美味しいもの好きな人と繋がりたい #美味しいご飯 #ディナータイム #唐揚げ #唐揚げ大好き #唐揚げ好きな人と繋がりたい #唐揚げ好き #おうちごはん #おうち居酒屋 #おうちごはんlover #おうち時間 #おうちごはん通信 #うぃずやっちゃん #ごはん日記 #越後姫 (Niigata-City Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-NBCaP4skLZXatgG_1rUPuU3cVjWC_pVxcqs0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[steadyeggspaintergoop]

変わった蕎麦発見❣️ 金沢治部煮付け蕎麦 味がある美味しい胡麻豆腐 古民家蕎麦屋で #古民家ランチ #胡麻豆腐 #金沢治部煮 #蕎麦好きな人と繋がりたい #美味しいもの好きな人と繋がりたい #マッサージ好きな人と繋がりたい #手に職スクール #手に職をつけたい女性 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2kvXgJ7j1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[arminsumi]

❀ 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 | 𝟏 Gojo Satoru / Geto Suguru

Falling in love despite a language barrier.

𝐂𝐡. 𝟏 | 𝐖𝐜. 𝟒.𝟔𝐤 | 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱 | 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

Satoru's never really been in love before.

Sure, in high school he experienced crushes and a handful of dates. But the crushes were shallow and short-lived, and the dates were lousy and forgettable.

But you? Well it's funny, see, you live on a whole different continent and can't speak his language, and yet to him you're as unforgettable as the scent of spring.

His feelings for you seep into his skin slowly, beautifully; and yet he can't express a single one to you because he too can't speak your language.

During late-night video calls, Suguru tries to bridge the gap between you and his best friend. And in your group chat, both Shoko and Suguru combine their skills to help you and Satoru understand each other. They do it because they see how badly the both of you want to know more about each other; especially Satoru.

Satoru has never been so infatuated before; never quite so curious and unashamedly intrigued with someone else. You're all he thinks about day and night.

When you speak, he desperately strains his ears. When you text, he consults the dreaded Google translate. And he's always nagging Suguru to translate everything, because he wants to know your every thought and expression.

Around a year and a half after meeting you, Satoru realizes something when he's lazing in his bed with his fluffy white cat curled up on his stomach as it rises and falls with his gentle breathing.

He likes you.

On call, when you giggle at the cat's fluffy tail blocking the webcam, Satoru thinks;

あなたの笑いが大好きです I love your laugh.

When talking about you with Suguru, he receives a little teasing smirk from him.

あなたは彼女が好きですよね？ You like her, huh?

During lonely nights, he scrolls through your socials and stares longingly at photos of you, ones where you're hanging out with your real-life friends or family.

とても羨ましいです。私も彼女に近づきたいです。 I'm so jealous. I want to be close to her, too.

Listening to you attempt to speak Japanese on a call while him and Suguru are on a walk around Tokyo, he thinks;

私の言語であなたの声を聞くのが大好きです。 I love hearing your voice in my language.

Any photo of your face that you personally sent him, he looks at with heart eyes and saves immediately.

キスしたい。 I want to kiss you.

He'd be lying if he said he never pressed his lips to his screen and closed his eyes, pretending he was kissing you.

Satoru thinks poetically about you. He pens down these elaborative thoughts into his diary that he plans to give you one day. Maybe then you can get an idea of how deeply he thinks about you.

But even if he could speak English fluently, or you could speak Japanese fluently, he's sure neither language could be descriptive enough when it comes to his feelings for you.

He tries so hard to learn some phrases in anticipation of your upcoming visit, but all he can say when he meets you for the first time at Haneda airport is;

"Hi."

And he waves cutely.

"Hi!" you giggle, waving back.

And all at once, there's a bunch of thoughts buzzing in his head. He's looking at you like he's captivated. Even if he knew any solid English, he's sure he'd be speechless anyways.

実物の彼女はもっと美しい、信じられない。 She's even more beautiful in real life, I can't believe it.

彼女が何を言っているのか全く分かりませんが、いい感じですね。耳元で聞く彼女の声だけが私が望んでいたものです。 I have no idea what she's saying, but it sounds good. Her voice in my ear is all I wanted.

なぜ彼女は私ではなくスグルを抱きしめたのでしょうか？その瞬間は混乱の渦だったのでしょうか、それとも彼女は私を抱きしめたくなかったのでしょうか？ Why did she hug Suguru instead of me? Was that moment a whirlwind of confusion, or did she just not want to hug me?

When you excuse yourself to go to the bathroom, the boys wait for you in their seats at the little airport cafe. The neon sign glows yellow above, plants hang from the ceiling; it's a busy place.

They're talking about you over their beverages.

Satoru groans dramatically, throwing his head back, fluffy hair flopping cutely.

"Oh Satoru," Suguru chuckles, "What's the matter? Why the groan?"

"I want to hug her."

Suguru's heart melts. "Then hug her. She doesn't bite. I think she wants to hug you, too."

"But then why didn't she hug me like she hugged you earlier? Maybe I don't seem huggable to her..."

"It was a rushed moment, she had just arrived you know? Don't overthink. Satoru, just hug her."

Satoru lets out a long, stifled noise that's a mix between a groan and a sigh. He tilts his whole body back, balancing precariously on the plastic chair. Rubbing his eyes until he sees some phosphenes, a habit he did when he was nervous. Suguru notices.

"Are you nervous?" Suguru asks tenderly.

"Really nervous. She's prettier in real life. I don't know what to do with myself." he admits quietly.

"Yeah, she is, haha. Oh, there she's coming back now — や!"

"や!" you returned, giggling.

That was Suguru's 'thing'. It's cuter in real life, seeing how his eyes curve up into a smile when he says it. There are details on his face that you didn't notice through the screen; he has an attractive trio of moles on his lower cheek, and when he smiles the left side of his lips curls up more to reveal some of his upper gum.

Satoru's heart beats a little harder when you sit closer to him. He's thinking;

Yay, 彼女は私の隣に座っています。 She is sitting next to me.

"Suguru, ask her if we're taller than she expected." Satoru asks suddenly. You just hear his voice next to you and it gives you tingles — there was a quality to his voice that only revealed itself in real life. An endearing voice crack accompanies the middle of his sentence.

"Satoru asks if we're taller than you expected." Suguru asks you, habitually resting his chin on the palm of his hand while taking a long sip on his iced tea.

"Yeah! Actually, I was surprised, because I thought you and Satoru were the same height, but Satoru is very slightly taller... " you say.

Satoru is listening curiously, waiting expectantly for Suguru's translation. And then it comes, and Satoru smirks at you.

"Yes." he nods, "(Suguru, how do I say I'm taller?) — I'm taller."

You let out a short and sweet ha-hah that makes even Suguru's heart feel a little something.

Each time you laugh, Satoru's thinking;

私はあなたの笑いが本当に大好きです。 。 。 I really love your laugh.

You three leave the airport for your hotel, so you can check in. It's almost midnight, your plane landed late. Though he thought he'd be tired, considering he's not a night owl like his best friend, Satoru is energetically striding next to you, teasing you and laughing with you and throwing hand gestures to try and communicate better. Suguru's fondly eyeing the two of you out, admiring how your chemistry comes to life so beautifully — this is what his best friend wished about for so long; to be at your side. Now he's getting to truly enjoy your company. The dreamy-eyed exchanges between you and Satoru make Suguru think that the two of you ought to be in a novel one day, with how pure and wholesome your story is unfolding right now.

Though, he can pick up on Satoru's frustrated stuttering when he fails to communicate with you. Suguru doesn't mind being the translator, nor does he mind bridging the gap between the two of you; Satoru's nagging can never bother him.

They help you out when you're checking into reception at the hotel, but then suddenly...

"... oh, that's not good. He said your reservation got cancelled." Suguru tells you.

"What!" you panic, "Why?"

Suguru inquires further for you, and finds out that it's because of overbooking.

So you groan, the three of you walking out of the hotel lobby, standing in the glow of the light coming through its glass doors. Satoru silently offers to take care of your suitcase, attentively noticing how tired you'd become from pulling it around.

"Thank you..." you tell him.

"Mm." he nods.

Suguru is quick to offer that you stay at their apartment. "... if you're comfortable with it. Just for the night, until you can find another booking elsewhere. Or if you want to stay by us for the whole month, that's okay too — just mind the cat."

"Suguru... thank you. I'm sorry to be intrusive."

"You're not being intrusive, don't worry. And anyways, I think Satoru will be excited to know that you're staying with us. He was bummed out when he learned that you were gonna stay at this hotel, since it's a bit far from our apartment."

Satoru looks at the two of you curiously after he hears his name mentioned.

"She's staying with us." Suguru tells him. You quietly appreciate his voice, and how soft it becomes when he speaks to Satoru.

"Yay!" Satoru says with a very cute thumbs up. You can hardly believe that this man is older than you.

"Tell him he's cute." you request to Suguru.

"Tell him yourself." he teases.

"No! That's embarrassing! Ah, never mind."

Satoru already knows what you said, though, his ears picked up on that he's cute and your words repeat in his head like his favorite song while the three of you walk the streets at night. He feels dreamy.

There is something indescribably welcoming about Japan that you realize while heading across the street, looking at the faces passing by. It's clean. The lights glow warm and bright. The buildings stand tall, but not intimidatingly so. When you pass by chattering people, you wish you knew what was being said.

The three of you have to take the train to get to their apartment. While boarding it, a cute little exchange happens between you and Satoru that you can't quite explain, but it makes the two of you laugh shyly and look away.

Now squished into a seat at the very edge, another cute little exchange happens between you and him. Satoru is talking up at Suguru, who opted for holding onto the train handles after giving up his seat for an older woman.

Satoru uses lots of hand gestures even when speaking Japanese, his big hands fly around, dramatizing whatever he's saying — and then he accidentally flattens his palm right on top of the back of your hand.

Satoru's quick to remove his hand and giggle it off, but Suguru is even quicker to let out a teasing "ooh, cute" when it happens, so the two of you get completely flustered.

Satoru's heart thumps and throbs for the whole train ride. You swear you can feel a tension between your hands as they rest palms-flat on the seats, less than an inch away; you can feel his warmth, and he can feel yours.

But then the train ride is over, and before you know it Suguru's thumbing his key into the lock of the apartment door. It rattles, the door opens, and the automatic light comes on in the genkan.

"Just a sec — gonna see where Mint is. Make yourself at home." Suguru tells you quickly, voice shaking as he shimmies out of his shoes, and then he disappears down the hall to find the mentioned cat.

Satoru hears the name 'Mint' and gets the idea of what Suguru said based on that.

He nimbly unlaces his Converse, and leans down to neatly tuck them into the corner of the genkan, purposefully next to your shoes.

Then he straightens his body out, and you two have a small comedic exchange as you both notice the height difference between you and him.

"Uh..." he looks down at you. "Water?" he asks after thinking for a moment.

Your heart lurches at his thoughtfulness. "Yes, please."

"Mhm." he hums self-consciously.

He wonders if his accent sounds weird to you. Suguru's reassured him plenty times in the past that it sounds cute and oddly British, but he doesn't really believe that.

Satoru leads the way into the kitchen, clicking the lights on as he goes. And you follow. Such a simple moment makes him feel fluttery.

And then you drink some water with him in the tiny, cramped kitchen that's much too small to accommodate two people. You wonder how Suguru and Satoru can stand in it at the same time if even you and Satoru can't manage it without bumping elbows. He chuckles apologetically.

Ah, the kitchen scene. What a movie scene it is between the two of you.

"Uhhh..." he seems to be skimming his mind for any piece of English vocabulary, getting nervous as you blink at him, waiting for him to speak.

He holds up one finger, then pulls his phone out of the pocket of his jeans. He's a very simple, yet stylish dresser; jeans and a white shirt that's much too big for him. He is truly so opposite to his best friend's fashion that it makes you smile to yourself. Suguru's quite showy with his style, and you can tell he puts a lot of effort into his hairbun, too. But Satoru? Messy hair, in fact so messy that it looks like bed hair even though he did especially brush it and style it for you.

"Okay..." Satoru mumbles, typing things into his phone. Then he gives it to you, and you look at the screen.

飛行は乱気流でしたか？ Was the flight turbulent?

You type your response. He watches you. And oh how he watches you — he looks lovestruck. His eyes are full of wonder. His mind reads like poetry.

He reads your reply when you hand him back his phone.

It was. I realized that I hate airplanes. そうでした。私は飛行機が嫌いだということに気づきました。

He nods. "Scary."

"Yeah." you nod too.

Satoru hesitates.

He's still bitter that Suguru got a hug and he didn't; it's on his mind. He just wants to ask you, but a deep-rooted shyness holds him back.

That is, until you look up at him.

あなたは私を見上げようとしてとても頑張っています。かわいい。 You're trying so hard to look up at me. Cute.

His whole body buzzes with the desire to hug you. He's had dreams of meeting you in person, of hugging you, of kissing you.

The two of you feel your bodies naturally pull together, as if subconsciously desiring to embrace, so it just happens. It just happens.

And you hug and he thinks to himself;

これは私が今まで経験した中で最高の瞬間です。 This is the best moment I've ever experienced.

You can feel his heartbeat and he can feel yours. For a moment, the world around you becomes a dream; and you and Satoru are the only things that truly exist. Everything in the world except your love seems fake, unreal.

You hear him swallow like he's choking up. Then he sniffles a bit.

泣かないで。泣かないで。 Don't cry. Don't cry.

くそー、泣いちゃうよ。彼女はとても柔らかいです Damn, I'm gonna cry. She's so soft.

And you break away to laugh sympathetically, he feels a bit embarrassed.

He's crying so softly that it makes your heart lurch.

Your bodies aren't separate for long, because he dives right back in for another hug in an attempt to quench the thirst from deep within his desirous soul. This time he squeezes tighter; you can feel the tones of his torso and the firmness of his bicep muscles as they press against your sides.

He sniffles again, the sound makes your heart lurch again.

あなたに言いたいことがたくさんあるのですが、どうやって伝えればいいのか分かりません。 There are so many things I want to say to you, but I don't know how.

でも、このハグで私の感情を感じていただければ幸いです。 But, I hope you can feel my emotions in this hug.

And you can; that's how closely connected the two of you feel in that moment. You can feel the emotions radiating from him, permeating throughout the air and seeping into your skin.

You can feel that he likes you. And he can feel that you like him back. It's fascinating to you, because before him you've always been saying I love you and I like you and will you date me? to people, or been on the receiving end of those phrases. But those words are unnecessary for you and Satoru. In fact, they're futile.

If he would say I love you, it would just be an accessory to his already evident love.

Then a sudden embarrassment pries the two of you apart, and you both start giggling to cope with it.

"Sorry... a bit much?" he mutters, half-sure of what he's saying.

"No, not enough." you tell him. He kinda understands what you meant, and feels fluttery. His nose is reddened from crying. He quickly pats his tears off with the base of his hand.

It's like your bodies hate being apart now, you and him can tell by each other's body language. Now at least that's one language both of you became fluent in, despite only being in each other's company for a few hours.

He looks at you. And you flick your brows up and make a funny face, as if to ask him what he's looking at. And he looks away with a bashful laugh, as if to apologize.

The romantic tension is so thick in the air between you two that when Suguru comes back, he feels it hit him like a wave.

おお。さっきまで彼女と一緒にいたとき、世界の存在を忘れていた。 Oh. When I was with her just a moment ago, I forgot the existence of the world.

"That cat is a menace. A menace." Suguru complains.

"What happened?" you ask.

" 'Got scratched." he holds up his hand, showing off the Hello Kitty adhesive across his knuckles. "Anyways, It's late. Are you tired? Satoru's gonna sleep with me, and you can have his room. Unless you want my room. I dunno. You can choose."

"Ooh... I haven't seen your room now that I think about it, except for that one video of you two pillow fighting."

Satoru's already starting to feel a small bit of jealousy and frustration, because he has no idea what you two are talking about.

Suguru's quick to notice this, and translates with a quick tongue.

"Tell her my bed's comfier than yours." Satoru says smirkingly.

"Wow, rude — Satoru says my bed is comfier than his." Suguru lies, refraining from laughing at his own mischievousness.

"Ah, I don't care, I'll be grateful for any bed... ah, actually can I use the bathroom to freshen up a bit?"

"Like I said, make yourself at home."

"Thanks..." you smile.

So Suguru leads the way to the bathroom for you, and you lock yourself in there to freshen up for a while. You sniff your shirt and smile — you smell Satoru's subtle scent on it.

The boys are fussing over the bed situation.

"Don't we have an extra futon stuffed away somewhere, the one Shoko left here?" Satoru thinks out loud.

"Ohhh, you're right." Suguru nods, looking for it.

"Anyways you embarrassed me!" Satoru pouts.

"Haha, did I?" Suguru pulls out the futon from the tippy-top shelf.

"Yeah, earlier you showed off how good you can speak English." Satoru grumbles.

They're softly grunting as they ruffle blankets and pillows.

"Oh, I guess I did. Sorry." he admits, "gosh, maybe if you would have learned a little something in preparation for her visiting then — "

"I did learn stuff! I learned... how to write." Satoru interrupts defensively.

"But why didn't you learn some common phrases?"

"I don't like my accent when I speak, alright." Satoru admits, huffing as he dives into the bed, ruining the artful neatness that Suguru just put so much effort into creating

"Okay, fair enough — oh my god, why would you do that, are you twelve? Oh hey, Y/n." Suguru smiles. "Satoru ruined your bed."

"Oh — two futons? Am I sharing with you or Satoru?"

Satoru rears his head at you from the pillow, looking very cat-like right then with his fluffy white hair. You can tell he's struggling to stay awake as the hour pushes onto two in the morning. He hasn't stayed up this late since he had a video game addiction and played all night with Suguru. Keeping his eyes open was a grand feat.

"No, you get to have two futons." Suguru teases, "Princess treatment."

"Haha, shut up. Be serious."

"Well, you can share with whoever you want or Satoru and I can sleep here together. Whatever you're more comfortable with."

"Didn't you once complain that you hate sharing beds with people?" you giggle.

"Mmm, yeah, but I don't mind if it's with you. Satoru's a cuddler. He also kicks in his sleep."

"That's so cute — well, let's ask — ... hey, I think Satoru fell asleep. Satoru?"

And surely enough, Satoru is asleep; he fell asleep to the sound of your voice without meaning to.

"He's not used to staying awake this late." Suguru tells you, softening his voice so he doesn't wake the cat Satoru.

"That's so sweet. He's really so sweet." you tilt your head admiringly.

You and Suguru are just alone there together, gushing over how cute Satoru looks when he has his cheek squishing into a pillow and his lips pouty and puffy in that sleep-like manner.

A long, nice silence settles in the room. You admit to Suguru that you're feeling a bit too wired to sleep just yet.

"I can stay up with you."

"No, it's okay. You look tired, you should sleep."

"I just always look tired. The night is early, anyways. I usually brood until four in the morning, you know me."

You smile at him, and he has to look away before he swoons. There's a small tension between the two of you, but the both of you force yourselves to ignore it.

The two of you assume a comfortable position on the futons, chatting as if you're not emotional about the fact there's no screen separating the two of you.

"Satoru's never been an insomniac, but in the week leading up to your arrival, he couldn't sleep at all. We'd stand in the kitchen together at midnight, talking about all the things we planned to do when you got here. I've never seen him so excited in a long time... it's really heartwarming to see."

"Really?" you blink at Suguru. He side-eyes you for a prolonged moment, then looks at Satoru who continues to sleep indisturbedly.

"Yeah. You know, he's such an idiot, actually. Because I told him to learn some phrases and instead he learned how to write English."

"That's a start! I mean, look at me, I can barely say a damn thing..." you mutter with lighthearted shame.

"Maybe that doesn't matter at all... I mean, with the kind of chemistry you and Satoru share, there's not much need for words." Suguru says.

You feel your face warm up a bit when he says that. "What do you mean?"

He wiggles his brows. "Oh come on, you know what I mean. I could feeeeel the tension in the kitchen earlier."

"Huh!"

He smirks and begins to tease, "I've never seen two people flirt so much and yet use no words."

You chuckle shyly. "Really...?" you look fondly at Satoru, who's become more curled up by now, face half-hidden under the blanket.

There's a long silence. You're looking at Satoru. Suguru's looking at you as if spellbound. And then he snaps out of it, and reanimates himself.

"Anyways... we should probably get some good sleep if we wanna drag you around on a tour tomorrow. I want your first impression of my home to be how good the food tastes here."

"Ooh, a food tour around Tokyo? Sounds nice. Won't it be too hot tomorrow, though?"

"It'll be fine." he says surely, "Anyways, are you sure you'll sleep here with Satoru? Like I said, he's a cuddler. He will cuddle you in your sleep."

"It's okay. I don't mind." You giggle.

"M'kay, goodnight then."

"Mhm, see you tomorrow." you say, standing with Suguru.

"Wow." he suddenly exclaims when he looks at you.

"Hm?"

Suguru stops on his way out the door, he seems taken aback. "I can't believe you're actually right here. I'm so used to pressing a red button and you vanishing from my screen." he laughs in disbelief.

"Yeah, I'm still a bit in disbelief, too. I feel like I'm in a dream and not standing right in front of you."

Suguru smirks. "Mm... well."

He leans down to hug you, pressing your smaller body against his chest with a lovingness that you never envisioned he would possess.

"Have you ever tried to hug someone in a dream? It's pretty difficult." he jokes.

"N-no, haha." you chuckle nervously against his neck. He feels your laughter on his skin, and pulls away before he lets that tingly feeling spread across his chest.

"Goodnight." he murmurs.

"Goodnight." you mumble back.

You're glad when he disappears into his own room, because you felt like you were melting in his alluring presence. A boy as sultry as that requires you to take a breather.

Satoru draws your attention by letting out a sigh in his sleep. You head into the bed.

Though there's a distance between you two, somehow it closes, and Satoru rolls right over onto your futon.

Oh, he is indeed a cuddler, you think. You feel a warm arm suddenly hugging your waist as Satoru changes position, and you hear sleepy lip smacks; his face is very close. You can feel his sweet, warm breath on your face.

There's a comforting, human intimacy about sharing a bed with him. He's so gentle when he sleeps. His hair falls over his eyes, his lashes shudder as his eyes do that sleepy twitching thing.

He looks angelic.

You wonder what dreams he's having. And well, actually he's having dreams of kissing you. How coincidental that you were staring blinkingly at his pouty lips, wondering just how long it will take for the both of you to just — just kiss.

Roaming his features in the dark, you find aspects of his beauty that you never saw before through the screen. He's got a tiny scar above his eyebrow, that must be the one Suguru told you about — the one he got as a child when he fell out of a tree. You remember making a joke "but I thought cats always land on their feet?" and when Suguru translated that, Satoru laughed.

There's slight freckling under his eyes, and slight indents of eyebags stemming from the inner corner of his eye.

And yes, how could you not admire those lashes. They were more beautiful in person. You could count each one if you wanted to, that's how closely he slept to you.

Listening to his soft breaths nearly lulls you to sleep, but then he suddenly cuddles closer and whines in his dream.

Oh, that's close close, you think.

His torso is pressing completely against your side, his body melting into yours like it was made for you. Two puzzle pieces meant to fit together.

His leg comes over yours, and his muscular thigh nestles between your two thighs. It makes you aware of just how attractively long his legs are.

He completely entrapped you with his sleepy embrace.

The warmth of his gentle breathing tickles your cheek, and the tip of his nose slightly dents into your skin. Now that's when you fall asleep. When he's completely melted against you, snuggled up like a cat.

He stirs awake after a few hours of heavy sleep, and for a split second in that groggy wakeful mind fog, for some reason he thinks he's laying next to his wife. So he squeezes you tenderly and cuddles more affectionately.

Oops, he thinks, and pulls away a little out of embarrassment. But once he falls back into dream land, his body subconsciously goes right back in for those sleepy cuddles.

Now the morning dawns over, and you wake up to two bleary, blinking blue eyes right up close to your face...

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