December 22, 2019

“If there’s only one thing I can do for you in this life, then it is to introduce you to LCD Soundsystem.” She looked at me seriously, her eyes big and of a deep-brown that reminded me of autumn and chestnuts.

“I’m serious Marco.”

Midori’s hair, straight and black, and just short of her shoulder, rested against the wall of her tiny dorm-room.
“I know you are Midori. I know.”

It all started in 2008. I was 20. I had finished my second year university and London and had moved to Tokyo for a year abroad. I was Italian and lost and I had nowhere to go. No friends.