~With Michael~

As I left my apartment, I got onto my bike, and started riding over to the live music bar for a show performance.

Since I only have 10 minutes of performing, from what I was told, I'm gonna choose three songs that are easy enough for people to understand:

"Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
"Can't Help Falling In Love"

And of course, with the songs, I'm gonna be singing them all rather than just playing the music, but I'm hoping a lot of people will love what I'm bringing tonight, and maybe I'll get a few claps and cheers.

Anyway, once I arrived at the arena, I got off my bike, with my guitar in hand, and walked inside, looking to get ready for tonight.

This is the kinda stuff that really helps me stay sane and productive, as I find it very therapeutic in a sense, besides wrestling in deathmatches or regular matches.

Once I got with the owner, I showed him my guitar, and looked to get started.

Owner: こんにちは、マイケルちゃん！ (Hello, Michael-chan!)

Me: こんにちは。 (Hello.)

Owner: 今夜の準備はできていますか？ (Are you ready for tonight?)

Me: はい。いつ出かけますか? (I am. When do I go on?)

Owner: その二つが終わったら。 (When those two are finished.)

Me: わかりました。それまで少し待っていてもいいですか？ (Okay. Mind if I hang out for a bit until then?)

Owner: もちろんです。お飲み物はご自由にどうぞ！ (Of course. Help yourself to a drink!)

Me: ありがとう。 (Thank you.)

I went by the bar to grab a drink and these bands were playing really well and I can't complain about the music despite not knowing what they're saying in half of the lyrics they sung.

Then, all of a sudden, a group of girls walked inside and looked to get a drink, but one in particular was looking at me for some reason.

I mean, I would be lying if I said she didn't look very cute in a way, but she does.

We just then stared at each other for what felt like a few moments before she was pulled aside from her friends while I went back to my drink.

~With Azumi~

Who is he? I don't think I've ever seen him in this place before and he's new to me.

Then, Utami and Chie had to tease me about the boy I was looking at because he sorta reminded me of Yuka Yasukawa with her Graves' Disease in the left eye.

Utami: あずみちゃん、なんで見てたの？ (Azumi-chan, why were you looking at him?)

Azumi: 何を言っているのか分かりません。 (I don't know what you're talking about.)

Chie: ああ、わかってるよ。彼女は将来の彼氏を見つけたと思っているんだ！ (Oh, I know, she thinks she's found a future boyfriend!)

Azumi: 何だって？！千恵ちゃんバカ！ (WHAT?!! Chie-chan, you idiot!)

Chie: もし彼と付き合いたいなら、幸運を祈るよ。彼は醜さを隠すために眼帯をしているんだ。 (If you think about getting with him, good luck with that. He's got that eyepatch that's hiding how ugly he is.)

Utami: うん、目を見せたら笑われるって聞いたよ。 (Yeah, I heard that if he shows his eye, he'd get laughed at.)

I just slapped their arms so many times that Utami and Chie were laughing uncontrollably and I was mad!

Like, are they serious about that last part? Would people really be scared away from what his eye looks like?

Azumi: なぜそんなことを言うんですか！ (Why would you say that!)

Utami: さあ、あずみちゃん。我慢できなかったでしょう。それに、もし彼が誰だか知らなかったら、彼はマイク・キャンディードです。 (Come on, Azumi-chan. You couldn't resist. Besides, if you didn't know who he is, he happens to be Mike Candido.)

Azumi: マイク・キャンディド？ (Mike Candido?)

Chie: 彼は現在日本で最も危険なレスラーの一人であり、おそらく武田正志に次ぐ、いやそれ以上かもしれない。 (He's one of the most dangerous wrestlers in Japan right now, probably next to Masashi Takeda, maybe even worse.)

Utami: そうです、そして彼は、アメリカの故クリス・キャンディードと、なんとWWEのサニーの息子なのです。 (Yeah, and he happens to be the son of the late great Chris Candido in America and Sunny from WWE of all companies.)

Chie: でも、それ以上に、彼は付き合いたくない人です。彼はそんなにイケメンではありません。さあ、飲みに行きましょう。 (But more than that, he's someone you don't want to associate with. He's not that good looking. Come on, let's get a drink.)

They both left for the bar as I was very much infuriated by what they said about Mike. I bet they don't even know who he is as a person. Maybe he's a good guy who had some bad things happen to him, but we'll see.

Luckily, I've been practicing my English in case I need to interact with foreign wrestlers, so maybe I can talk to him and help him out.

However, the band playing on the stage was finished and he was brought up there with his guitar.

I didn't know he could play guitar, I might have to listen and see how he does. I never played an instrument nor sung in my life, but I'd like to hear him.

Then, Mike started on a song that sounded very familiar to me...

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Elton John? From "Lion King"?!!

Now this got me excited for what how he's gonna sing this song. It's iconic in my childhood.

Once he finished the intro, he started singing...

Michael: There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind
Can be turned away

An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

Then, the intermission came in as he was gonna go onto the second verse. Seriously, I like this guy already!

I then saw a tear coming down his face.

I really think that he's crying for real than just an act because while many songwriters like to say that they "add emotion" to a certain song, but I call bullshit because this looks real to me.

I have to know Mike's story and learn more about him and his family's history and why he's expressing emotion right now.

Michael: There's a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn

There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager
Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

When he finished, everyone applauded and praised him, as he gestured to everyone, letting them know that he had one more song up his sleeve.

I wonder what it is.

He started playing...

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Elvis, are you kidding me?!!

Okay, he wins! He wins! He wins the night!

I can tell he loves the classics, so I'm willing to give him a round of applause for that. It really shows how good he can be on that guitar and I'm all for it!

Michael: Wise men say
"Only fools rush in"
But I can't help falling in love with you...

Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?

Like a river flows
Surely into the see
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be

Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows
Surely into the see
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be

Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you

For I can't help falling in love with you

When he was finished I was the first one to applaud and then many others followed suit as I really enjoyed him performing. It was probably one of the best covers of a classic love song I've ever heard and seen.

However I can definitely tell that he was feeling emotionally distraught because he bowed and looked to step off the stage, but he tripped and looked to catch himself, but his eyepatch flew off his head!

I looked to help him up but he quickly got off his feet to look around and the one thing I feared to see happen had happened...

The patrons, including my own friends, who were drunk off their asses, started laughing at him, with his eye being shown.

I didn't find anything funny about what happened, especially when I tried to get a look at his covered eye looked like, but he quickly put the eyepatch back on, ran out of the room with his guitar, I followed him out of the bar, and just as I was about to compliment him on how he did tonight regardless, he got on his motorcycle and rode off.

I really felt so bad for what happened to him and how he got laughed at right out of the bar thanks to these assholes.

He just wanted to share his story through music and they basically gave him a one-two-fuck-you combo after a great performance on stage and I really want to let him know what I thought about his performance.

Maybe I'll find out where he's gonna wrestle because I'd like to get to know him and hopefully become his friend.

~With Michael~

As soon as I arrived at my apartment, I grabbed my guitar and started walking in to just rage.

I eventually couldn't take it anymore and just started crying after I went face first into my own pillow.

Nobody cares about my story. I just wanna be heard and yeah, there are times where I make mistakes, but it doesn't mean I have to be laughed at just because I tripped!

Regardless, after I stopped crying, which was after a few minutes, I went into the shower, got into some underwear, a t-shirt, and I went to sleep.