Anddd there I go starting another fic.
Though this one...I'm planning to keep 4-5 chapter thingie.
Hopefully.
Don't quote me on that cause lets be real, I say these things but they don't work out.
But I'm apparently late to this Uta no Prince-Sama Train? I guess its a pretty old anime, but I JUST got into it...because the seiyuus from KnB sang one of the songs. And I had to watch their voices...so dreamy...also theres alot of the same voice actors from BroCon...which I also recently got into...
ALSO-
If you're also reading Kuroko the Housekeeper, have no fear! It's still my priority
And if you don't know what I'm talking about and this is the first story of mine you've read...this one will probably be a slower update!
Also please excuse the grammar and typos and spelling and all general horrid-ness.
ANYWAY
Obviously, Uta no prince sama is NOT mine :)
Thanks for reading!
Nanami wandered the giant halls of the mansion absent-mindedly. She clutched her notebooks tighter to her chest as she got closer and closer to her room. Her morning meeting with President Shining had certainly not been what she had been expecting...not that any meeting with the enigmatic man was ever anywhere near "normal". She let out a big sigh when she got to her room. She put a hand on the door knob and her forehead against the door. Her brain running at a million miles a minute. "What am I going to do?" She mumbled to herself with another sigh.
"Nanami?" Otoya said from down the hall, "Is something wrong?" Nanami turned her head to see all seven members of Starish were a short ways down the hall, all with concerned looks. It had been easy for the men to figure something was wrong with their favorite composer. The way her eyeline seemed to drift into the distance, her sullen posture, the way she kept sighing, not to mention the way she stood against the door of her own room completely lost in thought. While Nanami was not the sharpest tool in the shed, this level of airheaded-ness was decidedly, very un-Nanami-like.
"Ah, Everyone..." Nanami tried to smile, which may have passed to strangers on the street, but could definitely not fool her friends. Especially those seven who loved her so dearly. "I'm alright, just thinking" She said turning to them.
"Little Lamb, we talked about this" Ren sighed, advancing on the girl. "When you have a weight on your shoulders, you should come to us to share the burden" He gave her a kind smile and cupped her chin gently in one hand, using his other hand to wrap around her waist and drag her close to him.
"You're the burden" Masato growled. He quickly grabbed Ren by the shoulders and ripped Nanami from the blonde's arms.
"But, Nanami" Syo said, ignoring Masato and Ren and stepping directly in front of Nanami, "Even if Ren is an idiot, we are sincere in wanting to help you. If there's something bothering you, please tell us"
"Ung! We're not that reliable, but if it comes to you, we can do anything" Natsuki smiled.
"So, what's got your head all in the clouds?" Cecil asked, gently patting Nanami's hair.
Haruka blushed bright red, "W-well...you see..."
-Flashback-
"Miss Nanami~!" President Shining screamed as he danced on top of his desk.
"Y-yes?" Nanami smiled. She had plenty of meetings with Shining, and every meeting had been, in a way, crazy. But today, Shining seemed extra pumped up, extra excited, extra everything...and this was alot considering the man was normally extremely hyper.
"Miss. Na-na-mi! OHOHOHO! We are going to try something NEW NEW NEW" The President sang again as he continued to swirl, his arms rose above his head, his gestures wide and exaggerated. He stopped dancing abruptly to point at Nanami, causing the young songstress to freeze. "I want you to write..." Shining grabbed a rope that seemed to drop down from no where. When he yanked the bright red rope, a big banner fell from behind him with mutli-colored confetti busting from, what felt like, all sides of the room. The word's "Love Song" in giant painted black lettering shined on the banner. "OH YESSS! A LOVE SONG" Shining sang.
"A love song?" Haruki tilted her head to the side.
"OH YES"
"But...haven't I...written love songs before?" Haruka asked, genuinely confused.
"OH NOOO! This is mucho DIFFERENT!" Shining shook his head from side to side and crossed his arms over his chest, "You've written beautiful songs! I mean QUE LINDA!" Shining gave a twirl and blew kisses into the air, "But they only turned into a love songs through STARISH's lyrics! Now, I want you to write a love song BELLISSIMA with PURPOSE! AHAHAHAH! A song who's core is AI, LOVE, SARANG!"
"A love song with a love core?" Nanami said, trying to get some clarification.
"Yess! Exactamente, Miss. Nanami! I want you to pour the feelings of love into E-V-E-R-Y NOTE!"
"Ah but, President...I..."
"No NO NOOO! No buts, Miss. Nanami! I will give you as much time as you need! But I do want this LOVE SONG! Understand?"
"Ah...y-yes...President Shining"
"YESS! OK! Now GO! FIGHTO! YESSS" President Shining posed, one foot on the desk, the other foot planted on the ground. His hand pointing a finger to the distance.
"Y-yes..." Haruka bowed politely and closed the door to the President's office. Once she was sure that the President couldn't hear her, she leaned back against the door and sighed. "But I've never...been in love..." She mumbled to herself.
Presently, the memories of the meeting hit Nanami like a brick wall, her face flushed a bright red, causing the members of Starish to pause. "Y-You...Uhm...You see I..." Her face flushed even brighter, steam gathering atop her head. 'To never have experienced love at my age...' Haruka thought, 'Its much too embarassing to say out loud!' She shut her eyes and shook her head, "Its nothing! I'm going to rest now, please excuse me" She squeaked before escaping into her room and slamming the door shut.
"Ah! Nanami!" Tokiya tired to stop her, but it was much to sighed and looked at his groupmates, each with looks of genuine concern and worry. "What's wrong with her?" Tokiya asked.
"Maybe her meeting with President Shining was bad?" Cecil asked.
"You don't think he's going to try to get rid of her or something?!" Syo exclaimed.
"He wouldn't do that" Masato shook his head.
"Exactly, her work has been exceptional. Every song she's written for us has won some sort of award" Ren nodded.
"She has made herself essential...but then...what happened?" Tokiya asked.
"Maybe we should see if Shining can tell us something?" Syo suggested. The other quickly agreed and sprinted in the direction of Shining's office. Unfortunately, all they got from the strange man was a loud, long laugh and a "ITS A SURPRISE" along with much more laughter.
"I know this is weird to say...but I don't think I've ever seen him so excited..." Otoya mumbled when they were finally allowed to leave.
"This new project must be huge..." Syo nodded.
Hours later, Nanami was able to calm herself. She had tried to write some demos for the new love song, but everything had come out unsatisfactory. The songs she came up with could be used as regular songs, but without lyrics, the notes didn't scream "love". The tunes made her feel happy...but not...in love...whatever that was supposed to feel like. Nanami closed her piano and decided she needed some fresh air. She explored the halls of the mansion once again. It had gotten dark since she locked herself in her room. The halls were illuminated with only moonlight and she, for the first time that day, smiled a genuine smile. She was certainly lucky. She got to do what she loved the most with people she cared very deeply about. She stopped walking for a moment and ran a hand through her hair. The others were probably worried. She had ran away from their concern out of embarrassment...certainly that must have freaked them out...but she still couldn't bring herself to tell them what was wrong. It was too embarrassing. Nanami made her way to the roof and leaned back against the balcony. She sighed for what felt like the hundredth time.
"My, my, my...that was quite the sigh, Kiddo" Reiji smiled.
"Ah, Kotobuki-senpai! I'm sorry, did I bother you?" Nanami bowed politely in apology.
"Yes~ I'm afraid I'm quite bothered. A sigh like that must have many troubles behind in. Why don't we sit down and you can tell me everything" Reiji winked at her and guided her to a chair.
"Kotobuki-senpai..." Nanami started, trying to get her thoughts together.
"Its OK, Kiddo. Take your time" Reiji smiled kindly.
"Well you see...I-...I..." Nanami closed her eyes, gathering her resolve, "You see I...Ah!" Nanami stopped, an idea suddenly surfacing. Certainly, she didn't know the feelings of love...but surely others did. Maybe she could get everyone to tell her about it, who they love or loved, what they felt...and maybe she could use their feelings to build a song. "I've got an idea! I need to get my notebook!"
"Hehe my presence alone helped you with your problem?" Reiji said jokingly.
"Yes! It most certainly did! Thank you so much Kotobuki-senpai! May I ask you for some time later?" Nanami asked with a wide smile.
Reiji blushed slightly, "Of course...kiddo"
"Thank you so much, Kotobuki-senpai! I'll get to work now then!" Nanami smile brightly at her senpai and bowed before rushing back to her room.
Reiji smiled and shook his head. He looked up at the bright moon and stars and tilted his hat back, the image of Nanami's smile burning in his heart. "I'm in trouble" He said with a soft laugh.
The next morning, Nanami woke up ready to work. She grabbed her pen and notebook and ran through the halls, hoping to bump into someone who had time to talk with her. While the members of Starish were at a photoshoot, the singers of Quartet Night were all free. She smiled wide when she saw Camus relaxing in the lounge with a cup of tea.
"Camus-senpai?" She said after calming herself and approaching her senpai with grace.
"What is it?" He glared at her.
She simply smiled. His glares had scared her before, but now they had absolutely no affect. "I was hoping to ask your expertise on something"
"Hahh? Can't you ask someone else?" He asked, closing his eyes and sipping his tea.
"But I wanted to get your opinion, senpai." Nanami said tilting her head over so slightly.
"Is that so?" Camus sighed, trying his very best to sound angry and annoyed. But he couldn't help the way his heart pounded and ached. She needed his opinion. His, specifically. There were many people to ask, especially in this house, but she had come to him. He hid his smirk with the tea cup, unable to hide how proud he felt. "Fine. Take a seat. Make it quick"
Nanami smiled, "Yes, Camus-senpai" Nanami quickly next to Camus and flipped her notebook open. "Camus-senpai?"
"Yes, yes I'm listening. Hurry it up will you"
"Yes! Actually, for my first question...I was wondering if you're in love with anyone right now?" Nanami asked innocently looking up at Camus.
He almost spit his tea out. Almost. His heart raced in his chest and he fought tooth and nail to keep the blood from rushing to his cheeks. He was a count, god damn it, and counts do not blush...especially from questions of commoners. Camus stared at Nanami. She had just brushed a stand of hair from her face and was staring up with innocent anticipation. Her eyes shining a beautiful orange. The light of the room hit her perfectly, as it always did..she seemed to glow. She noticed him staring, and he swore the room was in slow motion. She blinked a couple times at him, and an innocent smile slowly rose to her mouth. She titled her head at him.
"Camus-senpai?"
He lost it. He slammed his tea cup down and stood up, grabbing his book. "I don't have time for stupid questions" He said, louder and angrier than he meant. He saw how taken aback she was but he had to get out of there. He walked, as calmly as his thudding heart would let him, out of the lounge and straight to his room. He closed the door behind him, gently, not wanting to raise suspicion of any who might be around. He placed his book on the coffee table, unceremoniously tossing it down. He sat in one of the chairs and held his head in his hands. "Pathetic" He mumbled, trying to cover the little bit of red that had made its way to his face.
Back in the lounge, Nanami sat staring at where Camus had run away. 'Maybe that was too personal too fast?' Nanami thought erasing the numbers on the questions she had written down. 'Maybe...this one? Mm, this question might be a better ice breaker' She nodded, re-writing the numbers. She noticed that Camus had left the tea set out. She knew how much he hated it when the tea stained the porcelain. She placed the set on the tray and headed to the kitchen. Luck was on her side today, or so she thought. Ranmaru was in kitchen making himself a rather large, protein-rich snack.
"Ranmaru-senpai" Nanami greeted with a smile.
"Ah" Ranmaru replied as a greeting. He glanced over at her and raised an eyebrow, "Are you working for Camus again?"
"Oh no, I just noticed these were left out. I decided to clean it. It's not like before" Nanami said, trying to relax Ranmaru.
He nodded, "That guy can be kind of a pain. Let me know if he bothers you, got it?"
Nanami chuckled. Ranmaru acted so cold and distant, but he was really a nice guy. Like that time he saved her from HEAVEN's advances and now, he seemed to want to protect her. Like a brother would. "Yes, Ranmaru-senpai. Thank you". She put away the tea set and sat on a stool across from where Ranmaru was cooking. "That looks really delicious, Ranmaru-senpai"
"...Do you want some?" He asked, looking at her. She couldn't help but smile. He offered to share, but it was obvious he wanted to eat it all himself.
"Oh, not at all. Thank you though" She said, laughing softly when Ranmaru seemed to relax.
"Alright. Let me know if you need something"
"Actually...I could use your advice, Ranmaru-senpai"
"Advice?...I'm sure someone else could be more helpful. I dont think I give good advice" He sighed.
"Right now, Ranmaru-senpai, I need your advice" Nanami smiled.
He froze and looked at her. His heterochromatic eyes focused on the girl before him. 'Mine?' He thought, his heart began to speed up. "Then...I don't know how well I can help you. But I'll try" Ranmaru nodded, ignoring the aching in his chest.
"Thank you, Ranmaru-senpai!" Nanami smiled.
"Just ask...already" Ranmaru mumbled.
"Then...Ranmaru-senpai...you say you just do whatever your heart tells you, right?"
"That's right" Ranmaru smirked, "This heart of mine shows me the right actions to take, always"
"That's really wonderful, Senpai. I hope I can also follow my heart" Nanami smiled. She closed her eyes and placed a hand over her chest, a smile on her lips. Ranmaru fought a blush and nodded. "But Senpai, following your heart...do you do that when you're in love as well?" Nanami asked.
"...What...What...what are you asking me?" Ranmaru stared, his mind in absolute chaos. The way his heart thudded in his chest was of no help either.
"When you're in love, do you just do what your heart tells you?" She asked, leaning forward.
"...I'm hungry. I'm going to eat. I don't have time to answer your questions" Ranmaru said, quickly grabbing his food and walking out of the kitchen. Nanami stared at where Ranmaru had rushed out.
'It happened again...' She thought, sighing. 'I wonder if thats the wrong question then...' She quickly made notes in her book and made her way out of the kitchen and decided Ai might be able to give her a simple, objective understanding on what love was. Sure, he was a robot, but maybe he had some data he could share with her. She quickly made her way to his room and knocked.
"What?" An emotionless voice asked through the door.
"Ai-senpai? May I come in?" Nanami asked. There was a pause before Nanami heard a sigh.
"Fine. It's open"
"Thank you very much" Nanami smiled, closing the door behind her. "Do you have some time, Ai-senpai?"
"If I didn't do you think I would let you in here?" He asked, staring at her with those unrelenting crystal blue eyes.
Nanami chuckled, "Then, do you mind if I ask you something?"
"Sure. I have plenty of data on a lot of things." He said as curt as ever.
"I knew you could help me, senpai" Nanami smiled, "First then...what do you think love is?"
"Love is a series of chemical, hormonal reactions in one's brain"
"Ah...then...uhm...senpai...what kind of girls do you like?" Nanami asked.
"I like polite girls" He replied quickly, his eyes slowly opened to stare at Nanami. "I like girls who work really hard...and are good at what they do" He unconsciously reached for her, "I like girls with pretty hair..." He gently grabbed a piece of Nanami's orange hair. He quickly stood up, his eyes wide with shock.
"Senpai?"
"Get out."
"Ah but senpai that wasn't..."
"Just get out" He said, grabbing her wrist and pushing her out of his room.
"Ah...yes! Sorry for bothering you!" Nanami said quickly before Ai slammed the door in her face.
"What...what was that?" Ai leaned back on the door. He placed a hand over his chest, "Why...are my circuits working so hard?" He mumbled to himself. "What...was that?" He repeated. "I need to do some research"
Nanami rubbed her nose, the door had smacked her face a little. It wasn't that bad, but it did leave her nose a little red. Nanami continued to walk down the halls when she noticed Reiji walking in the opposite direction. She smiled and greeted him as they met halfway. "Yo, kiddo. Are you alright?" Reiji asked, noticing the slight redness on her nose.
"Yes! I was just...a little clumsy" She chuckled.
"Oh, my! That's pretty red. Good thing I carry bandaids with me! Come, sit sit!" Reiji smiled, pulling Nanami to sit on the window sill.
"Its not bad, Kotobuki-senpai" Nanami tried to stop the older man.
"Nonsense! You have to take care of the little things before they turn into big things! Let your senpai pamper you, OK?" Reiji winked.
Nanami chuckled, and gave in, "Senpai is so nice" She smiled.
Reiji froze mid-bandaid unwrapping, his heart squeezed painfully. "O-of course! Anything for my cute little kouhai!"
"Ne, Senpai...can I ask you something?"
"Hmmm" Reiji smiled, bringing Nanami's face close to his. He slowly started to place the bandaid on her nose, "Maybe if you call me by my first name. No Honorifics, of course" He winked at her.
"That's it?" Haruka asked.
"If you do that, your wish will be my command!"
"Then...R-Reiji" She looked up at him, her cheeks tinted the slightest of pink, her eyes reflecting the sunlight from the window. She tilted her head slightly, an innocent look on her face.
"Yup! That's enough for today! I think we made progress!" Reiji said immediately standing up and turning away.
"Senpai? But I didnt ask you anything"
"Oh look at the time! I'm late for a meeting! Bye now, Kiddo!" Reiji stammered, refusing to turn around, he ran down the hallway. His face glowing a bright red. 'That was a mistake! What a stupid mistake' He shook his head. He turned the corner and slammed his back into the wall. He clenched his shirt over his heart. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "I'm digging my own grave" He sighed.
The members of Starish came home late that night. They decided to relax in the lounge, hoping to run into Nanami at some point as well, before they went to bed. They walked into the room and were stunned to see Quartet Night sitting on the couches, 'DEFEAT' seemed to be written over their heads. All of their seniors looked deep or lost in thought. Periodically, they shook their heads or ran fingers through their hair. They didn't even seem to notice the entrance of their younger classmen. The normally calm, cool senpais were...flustered...The air was thick with their intensity.
"Ummm...Senpais?" Otoya ventured, unsure of how to react.
"Ah...you kids are back?" Ranmaru asked snapping the rest of the quartet out of their thoughts.
"What the? Isn't it too early for you to be back? Are you slacking off?" Reiji joked.
"Senpai...its 11PM" Masato said pointing to the giant clock on the other side of the room.
"ITS WHAT?!" Reiji exclaimed standing up, "Have I just been sitting here this whole time?...Speaking of which when did you three get here?" Reiji stared at his groupmates.
"We've been sitting here this whole time" Ai said.
"Idiot" Camu sighed.
"Seriously, how did this moron get so far" Ranmaru added.
"That's so mean, you guys..." Reiji cried.
"How long have you been sitting like that?" Tokiya asked.
"And more importantly, is Haruka home?" Cecil asked, showing little concern for his senpais.
"Haruka?" Ai's eyes widened.
"Nanami?" Camus and Ranmaru froze
"Kiddo?" Reiji jumped.
"I don't know, you idiots" Ranmaru looked away, using his hand to cover his face to hide the slight blush.
"If you want to see her go find her yourselves" Camus said shaking his head.
"Why would I know something like that? Useless data" Ai nodded.
"Who's Nanami Haruka, again?" Reiji almost yelled.
The other three members of Quartet Night stared at Reiji, causing him to slink back into his seat.
"Did something happen between you and the Little Lamb?" Ren asked, raising a suspicious eyebrow. The other members of Starish were about to laugh at the thought of the senpais making a move on Haruka, but froze when the noticed how panicked their senpais looked.
"Of course not!" Reiji all but yelled, "I think its time for bed! Time for bed Quartet Night! Let's go"
"You're acting out of character, senpai" Masato commented.
"I know. He actually had a good idea" Ranmaru stood up and began walking to leave the room.
"Yes, how weird is that" Camus nodded, following Ranmaru.
"I'll mark it in my calendar" Ai said, walking with his groupmates.
"Wow...so mean" Reiji moped slowly following behind his team.
"...Do you really think something happened?" Otoya asked, a deep frown on his face
"What's with all the noise?" Nanami asked as innocent as could be appearing in the doorway, effectively stopping Quartet Night in their tracks. She looked up at them, her head cocked to the side as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. The members of Starish looked at their senpais with suspicion when they all gulped and expertly dodged Nanami with quick versions of goodnight and continued to leave the room.
"Something happened" Ren lowered his eyes.
"Definetly" Masato folded his arms over his chest.
OHOHO
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