ItalianoGACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:
I arrived in Los Angeles from Vegas safely.
Then I spent 4 hours waiting in transit.
I’ve never heard of this information beforehand so
the moment I heard it, my fatigue hit me like a train.
This is really screwed.
I have to spend this unexpected extra time waiting.
Well even if I complained it wouldn’t change a thing
so I thought to go to the lounge and rest.
I check the terminal that we’re departing from.
【Terminal 7】
When I saw these words, I checked the distance from my present location to there,
and even more fatigue welled up from inside.
It’s a terminal that’s at the complete opposite end, and the distance is unbelievable.
『Are you serious…』
The words involuntarily came out of my mouth.
Despite that I decided to first head towards that terminal and start walking,
it’s stupidly far.
What on earth is with the unreasonable way this airport is built…
It’s completely inefficient, and above that, the service is bad too.
This airport is too ridiculous…
Anyway, I had to walk to the terminal.
After losing my way and getting lost, I finally arrived there.
I went into a lounge near the terminal for a rest.
This happens every time but
whenever I’m transiting in Los Angeles, my mood turns bad.
After I worked for around 2 hours in the lounge,
I was contacted by a friend in Los Angeles.
『You’re in Los Angeles?? You should’ve told me!!』
『No no,
I’m not visiting, I’m just here for transit…
I’m departing in another 2 hours…』
After that,
I had to give the same answer to quite a number of my Los Angeles friends.
Seems like unexpectedly, everyone checks out my Instagram… I thought,
giving me a strange feeling.
Around an hour and 20 minutes before departure,
one of my friends contacted me, saying
that they’ll come to the airport to meet me, “so let’s meet!”.
I have a little more than an hour…
After coming out of the airport once and meeting my friend at the lobby,
then going through the immigration check again,
and getting through security, I might be able to make it just in time…
and that was the decision I made.
『Alright, I guess I’ll go out for a bit… TAKUMI…』
I said, and stood up from my seat.
Then, TAKUMI, who was double checking our departure gate on the electric signboard,
looked my way with a strained expression and said,
『Big bro, the gate changed…
It’s on the opposite end again…』
You’re kidding me right? I thought, and checked it with my own eyes.
It wasn’t a joke that the departure gate has been switched to the opposite end…
It has been changed to the terminal that’s furthest away.
“How long will it take for us to walk from here to there?”
I tried asking the lady at the reception.
It seems like it would take around 20 to 30 minutes.
Then when I asked whether I can go out and then come back in,
she said that I might not make it in time because of security, shrugging her shoulders.
I was silent for awhile, then
『First, let’s move to the other terminal…』
I said, and we moved out.
Anyway, it’s far…
And even while I kept in touch with my friend,
I began to get the feeling that when my friend arrives, it’ll more or less
be around the same time when we arrive at the terminal.
30 minutes to departure.
If I go out at this point, I might not be able to come back in.
When we neared the terminal and arrived, my friend contacted me.
『I’ve arrived! Where are you??』
『Well, then let’s meet at the departure gate!』
Right after answering that,
I happened to look out the passageway’s window, and I could see the long snaking queue downstairs for the security check…
Despite that it’s the middle of the night, the queue isn’t moving at all.
『Are you serious…』
Just as these words tumbled out, my friend contacted me.
『I’m sorry… If you leave the gate now you might not be able to get back in.
From here, I can see that the security queue isn’t moving at all』
『……』
In the end, my friend arrived without me going out at all.
We started talking on the phone through the window with each other on different levels.
『How have you been?』
『I’m fine…』
What’s with this turning out to be like a movie.
I wonder if there were people in the past who did something like this and talked?
This development is too ephemeral.
If the other party was a lover, this will probably be a moment when the love grows more.
After talking for around 10 minutes, it was time for me to go
and from there, I headed towards the gate.
It was a reunion with an indescribably romantic friend.
So close yet so far.
Then
I arrived at the departure gate with 5 minutes to spare.
A sudden announcement was made.
『The runway is currently congested
so the plane has yet to arrive at the gate.
Departure time has been delayed』
“You’re got to be kidding me〜〜〜〜!!!!!”
my inner voice echoed inside at maximum volume…
So in the end, after an hour and 40 minutes following that, we finally started boarding.
What the hell’s with this airport…
Then,
I was suddenly overflowing with fatigue and before I knew it, I’ve arrived in Japan.
I went home, and took a shower.
Somehow, the sound of the shower in my home sounds sad…
It’s work from today onward…
I’m still tired.
Source: GACKT Blog
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA