Chapter One: Into the Limelight
September 10
I ran out of hair gel today, so my hair was unlike my normal poofy hair. Isumi and the other guys kept sniggering at me. Then later on, at the café, I lost 20,000 yen to Shindo.
That cheeky baka, I don't think he knows what limits are. Talk about a bad day.
September 11
Shindo invited me over for a game today. Turns out, he only wanted someone to talk about his girlfriend, Fujisaki-san. I got more and more irritated as he kept rambling on.
Heh.
It just so happened, that Shindo had an even worse day than I did. He lost all his earnings yesterday and went as far as to bet his girlfriend against Touya.
Believe me, I was pretty surprised when I found out that he of all people, would be taking Fujisaki-san on a date. Come to speak of it, I doubt he's even been on a date. Anyways, I could sympathize with Fujisaki-san, finding out that all of a sudden, you have to go on a date with your boyfriend's rival…
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to put up with all this "couple" business around. It's not like it ever happens to me- the guy standing next to the limelight. But I'm just treated like some love shrink or something.
September 13
Once again, I was invited over to Shindo's house. Man, if people didn't know we any better, they would have thought we had something going on…which would be just plain creepy.
Ack! Waya! Stop thinking these thoughts!
Anyways, today was the big day that Shindo was not looking forward to: the date between Fujisaki-san and Touya-kun. That meant, we didn't really get to play Go again, with Shindo peeping at his girlfriend through binoculars…how disturbing. But then, he goes on to say that he taps her phone line too…talk about being paranoid. I think he should go see a shrink or something…
So then, Shindo decides to follow Touya's car and spy on them, much to my displeasure. I ended up going along, which was a BIG mistake…well for my part it was. I helped Shindo with his "disguise" and my own, which wasn't hard, since I've had plenty of experience disguising myself so I could spy on Isumi and Nase. I always knew that there was something going on between the two of them, but they would never admit it.
Back to the Shindo issue, we arrive at the café, after like twenty rounds around town. So we make our way in, and Shindo sees this one guy filming Fujisaki-san, and goes over to teach him a "lesson".
Hey! What do you know? There are psychos in the world. Literally.
That guy was actually a girl, called Kyshima Myuki, who was a friend of Fujisaki-san's. At least we're not the only ones spying on Fujisaki-san.
Somehow, that girl took a liking to me, and even went as far as to call me Yoshi-kun. The heck? I'll never live this down. Yeeck. It gives me shivers just to even write about that…she scares the living daylights out of me, although I'd never admit that, it would just give the guys more ammunition against me.
After the dinner date, which nearly resulted in Shindo throwing another one of his tantrums, despite our constant reminders to keep a "low profile", we finally went back to his house. By "we" that meant Kyshima-san rode along, much to my discomfort.
Thus, we waited for Fujisaki-san to come back, and after that, Kyshima-san wanted to go home. I was all prepared to see her walk home, since she didn't drive her car here. But then Shindo get's this evil idea, and I mean evil. He tells her that I'd be "more than happy" to escort her home.
Yeah, right. I'd be more than happy to die.
On the trip back home, she kept asking me personal questions such as: When's your birthday? What do you do for a living? Are you single? (I think she was particularly most interested in the last one…) I thought I'd never make it out of there alive. It turns out that she lived two streets away from me, THANK GOD she didn't know that. But still, I can just certify my life over now.
Now, I understand why being in the limelight was so frustrating…I'm supposed to be the normal guy here. Then this girl pops up all of a sudden, and turns my life upside down.
Author's Note: 20,000 yen about $180. This was just some idea I got in the dead middle of the night, and it kept nagging me until I finally put it down on paper, so I hope you guys enjoy. Don't forget to review! That little blue button's right down there!
