Hi there, it's FrogsAteMyGuitar here. My buddy and I are starting coexisting BECK stories on this here account. Now, just a quick overview of original characters. Nao Yamakawa (Main), Haru Yamakawa (the main character in the before mentioned coexisting story and they are sisters.) Substance (Nao's boyfriend's band): Hayato Horigoshi (Vocals), Kaz Sasaki (Rhythm Guitar), Utamura Okuda (the Lead Guitarist and her boyfriend), Thoki Sasaki (Kaz's little brother and the Bassist), and Omeza Akihiko (Drums).
Nao yawned sleepily blinking her eyes as her head turned to the clock.
"Oh shit!" She yelled bolting up. She grabbed her pants and clumsily hopped to the door trying to put them on and fell flat on her face. 'Nice one', she thought to herself pushing herself off the ground.
"Nao... what in God's name are you doing?" Haru asked as she peered into her younger sister's room.
"Getting ready. I'm gonna be late for Uta's show." Nao answered slowly getting up rubbing her face.
"Do you have a concussion?" Haru asked looking quite worried.
"I don't think so." She said rubbing her forehead. Her sister looked at her with even more worry. "I'm fine, really."
"Okay then. Have fun at Utamura's show." Haru said quietly, making a face as she turned towards the staircase. Nao shrugged and went back to hurriedly getting ready.
As she rushed out the door Haru threw an apple in her direction which she caught and took a bite out of.
"Thanks!" Nao called as she closed the door. She sped walked down the street and managed to get to the club about 5 minutes before Uta went on. She rushed inside and tried to act like she had been there the whole time and wasn't out of breath.
"Yo, Nao, what took you?" She heard a familiar voice ask.
"What do you mean? I've been here the whole time and no, I totally didn't wake up 15 minutes ago." She said laughing awkwardly. Uta chuckled and wrapped his arms around her, giving her a kiss.
"I don't care how close you cut it, as long as you're here." He kissed her once more. "I gotta get my ass on stage though." She laughed.
"Okie doke, I'll be in the front." Nao beamed and waved accidentally hitting someone on the head. "Oh god! I'm SO sorry!" She gently pat the guy's head as he glared at her. She smiled sheepishly and slowly stepped towards the front of the room. She made a face and leaned her arms on the gate that blocked the audience members from running onto the stage. She sighed as she watched Uta getting his guitar volumes right. Then Hayato walked to the front of the stage.
"Hey guys! What's up?!" Everyone screamed and clapped as a response. "We are... SUBSTANCE!" The first song called Slick Surprises started and Nao sang along. She loved watching Uta play. It made her happy. Although, it was a bit annoying how territorial he was with his guitar, he barely even let her touch it, so she watched Uta play a lot but it still made her happy. She never really understood why Haru had such huge issues with him but then again, she was pretty protective of her little sister and she never really like anyone. Buuut, still, Haru seemed to like Uta a lot less then she did most people.
"Wow you guys, that was great!" Nao said happily as she walked up to Uta and his band.
"Thanks babe, we try." He smiled and put an arm around her, pulling her close. She beamed up at him.
"Do you wanna stick around and watch some more bands?" Nao asked hopefully.
"Nah, the rest of the bands here suck." Uta replied with a bit of a cocky smile.
"Yeah." Kaz agreed.
She frowned."Well, The Musicmen are awesome."
"Eh, they're nothing but posers." Uta said with a shrug. Her frown increased in size and she sighed.
"Okay, wanna go to Remedy then?"
"Nah, that chump Minami is always there." He said crossing his arms as the Musicmen got on the stage.
"I don't really get why you hate him so much, he's not THAT bad." Nao said scratching the back of her head.
"You know what he did, plus he's a cocky fuck, that's why." He replied glaring at the thought of him.
"Okay then, touchy." She said quietly, making a face.
"It's true, why do you think Serial Mama's having so many problems? Because he's such a dickhead." He said looking like he was about to punch something. Nao studied her boyfriend for a bit and nodded slowly.
"Alright then, where do you wanna go?"
"How about Cavalry?" Thoki suggested a different bar that was a bit further away. Then the Musicmen started playing. Nao smiled watching Taira their bassist play, he was absolutely amazing. She dreamed to play an instrument that well. Music had always been a passion of hers, but the minute she began learning something, drama would strike and throw her off.
"Yeah, sure, anywhere but in this shit dive." Uta motioned for her and his band to follow him. She pouted watching the stage longingly as they all walked to the door and left.
When they got to the bar, the whole band squeezed into a booth and since there was no more room, Nao sat down on a bar stool close by to the table. She stirred her drink and watch the ice cubes spin around in the glass.
"I don't believe it!" She heard Uta say, so she turn around to see him glaring at the door. Standing there was Ryusuke Minami, who she actually thought was pretty cute but she thought she had no chance with him, unless you count one drunken round of spin the bottle at Eiji's birthday party last year. Haru had been Eiji's girlfriend for going on three years now, so Nao always ended up hanging out with Serial Mama and consequently, Ryusuke. Nao enjoyed hanging out with him but since that night at Eiji's, Uta hated Ryusuke and pretty much forbid Nao to spend any time with him.
Ryusuke groaned at the sight of him and took a seat at the booth closest to the door since Uta was in the very last. Uta stood and started walking towards Ryusuke.
"Uta, please don't start anything." Nao said grabbing his coat sleeve, looking up at him with a pleading face. He rolled his eyes and tugged away.
"Yo Minami! I hear Serial Mama's going down fast, too bad, always nice to have more bands around that make us look better."
"Well it definitely wouldn't be to make you sound better." He said propping his elbows on the table.
"You think just because you beat me in that stupid guitar contest that you can say you're a better guitarist then me?" Uta asked fuming.
"Never said I was better... You just suck a little more than me."
Uta paused, balling his hands into fists."Serial Mama has only together for what? A year? Substance has been together for 4 fucking years and your shitty little band gets all the attention because of your rocker image and long hair. Now, you tell me, who's better?"
"Did you ever think that you never got any attention because your band sucks?" Ryusuke asked casually.
"You're a giant prick you know that right?" He replied glaring at Ryusuke.
"Takes one to know one I guess." Ryusuke shrugged and Uta swung at him. He ducked out of the way and got out of the booth and was about to throw a punch back at him but Nao ran over.
"UTA! What the fuck?! You don't go around trying to punch people!" She yelled incredulously. Uta was about to reply but was interrupted.
"HEY! You three! Outta my bar!" The bartender ran over and shooed them all out.
"Are you okay Ryusuke-kun?" Nao asked as she stepped out.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Mr. Tough Guy over here can't aim." Ryusuke replied with a smirk as he looked at Uta.
"Shut up fuckhead." Uta growled.
"Behave." Nao said sternly as she pointed at Uta.
"Yeah, behave." Ryusuke repeated teasingly.
Uta opened his mouth to speak, but Nao spoke first. "You too." She wagged her finger at Ryusuke.
He chuckled. "Alright, later."
"Bye." Nao said with a sigh and then turned to Uta. "What the hell was that?"
"I'm sorry, alright? He just knows how to get me pissed." He replied as they started walking towards his apartment.
"That's no excuse, you don't just punch people." Nao protested.
"His stupid bands always get all the attention from the label producers, the girls, fans, everyone! He doesn't even have to work for it! I remember when Serial Mama started, their second show there were more people than our shows ever pulled! I don't fucking get it. We actually had to resort to opening FOR THEM! We should be famous by now, not opening for a no name piece of shit!... He's such an arrogant bastard!" Uta ranted completely ignoring her.
"You just want to be in a band to be famous?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Not only that, but it's nice to get a little acknowledgement." He grumbled.
"Well, I think your band is awesome." She said trying to give him a reassuring smile.
"Duh, of course you do. Our band is one of the best around, people just don't know what music is. They're all caught up in the image of the young pop-rock band. We're the only ones that play real music." He glared menacingly at the side walk as they waited for the light. To be perfectly honest, she'd heard this speech about 1000 times in the 2 years her and Uta had been together and it was starting to get on her nerves. He never talked about how to get better or how fun it was playing in a band, it was always about how he never got recognition for his 'amazing' guitar playing. She sighed.
"Have you ever thought of trying a different style or trying to make your band even better?" His eyes slowly lifted to hers and a furious look fell onto his face. "Not that you need to." She added on quickly.
"Nao, you have to understand, that everyone is going mainstream and pretending to be 'hip'. We're the only band that's stuck to our roots. That's why all those posers don't like us."
"No, I know, but bands do change and evolve through the years and that's what makes it exciting... to see a band grow." She pointed out a bit hesitantly.
"Why don't you get it? They're not growing they're just trying to be cool!" Uta replied raising his volume.
"Okay, I'm sorry."
"Okay, fine." He replied with a slight roll of his eyes. They walked the rest of the way in silence.
"Bye." She said giving a small wave.
"Later." Uta said without looking at her and shut the apartment building front door.
"What's wrong?" Haru asked without even looking up as Nao came in to the house.
"How did you-"
"Your footsteps sound like you're sad." Nao stared at her with a look of disbelief.
"Uhhh... well... Uta saw Ryusuke-kun and tried to punch him and when we were walking home he went off about how his band never gets acknowledged and how Ryusuke's bands are always so much more popular." She sighed. "Same old, same old."
"Why am I not shocked and surprised?" Haru asked looking up at her sister with her big green whimsical eyes. Nao smiled.
"Yeah... I mean, it's not like he's a bad guy, he just can't control anger well." Haru nodded.
"Eiji can be like that, but I don't know about Utamura..." She looked off into the distance for a bit and then a smile sprung onto her face. "Want some dinner?"
"Sure." Nao smiled back and walked to the table. "Have you ever actually liked any of my boyfriends?"
"I liked Shuzo." She replied.
"Shuzo wasn't my boyfriend." Nao replied with her eyebrows raised.
"Exactly."