Nakadashi Means Novels & Stories

Dai nodded his head in encouragement. Jai chuckled. “That’s something I would like very much. Thank you. How may I call you two?” “My name is Hinako! And that is my big brother Daisuke!” Hina introduced the both of them energetically. “We are the Matsuri siblings and this is Yuri-Matsuri inn!” Daisuke officially welcomed him. Jai looked curious. For an unknown reason, he heard that in Japanese, but he understood the meaning as both lily and jasmine. “The Lily and Jasmine inn? Yuri?”

“To new friends, new adventure. Kampai!” “Kampai!” they all echo back, although Monica has no idea what it means. They clink glasses all around, and it’s suddenly the time to talk. “I’ll go first,” Yori declares, her voice going hard and steely. “Ugh! Okay, I’m from Osaka,” she says. “So many juvenile young men who don’t know how to take care of themselves where I’m from. Mama does everything for them, and then they want a wife to take over the same role. Some even still think kancho is funny when they’re in high school.” “Honey, I don’t think that’s just in Japan that men need a woman to take care of them. What’s kancho?” Molly asks. Yori sets her drink down, clasping her hands together, tw