"Where will you be going on your hiatus?!"
"Do you have any plans to still engage with the public?!"
"Are you working on a new and exciting piece?!"
Fuji Syuusuke sighed as the reporters continued to hound him with questions. The former-tennis-player-turned-artist/photographer really hated being in the spotlight sometimes. It was all fine and well that he was known for his art, but the world was more interested in the fact that he was a genius - and attributed what he did to that, instead of natural talent and hard work. He had been in the spotlight ever since some of the greatest art museums in the world had featured his works and the toughest critics had praised him - for being a genius, of course.
The young man was, quite frankly, in very much a need of a long break. When he was younger, it had been far easier to just smile and allow the adoring public to have their say without thinking too much about it. He had been just a kid then, a young teen, and at the time hadn't really needed to think much of how he presented himself in the world or what people outside of his family and friends thought of him.
Being an adult was very tiring, sometimes.
"I need a break," he replied softly, once the rapid-fire questions had ceased, the reporters realizing that the young man had yet to really say anything. "I am not telling anyone where I am going, that is the whole point of this. The spotlight is nice, but I have grown rather weary of it. I would just like to ask that my desires be respected and that I be allowed to enjoy my break in peace."
With that being said, Fuji stepped back into the building that housed his little art studio and shut the door, effectively ending the conversation. He allowed the always-present smile to waver once he was alone again, feeling a minor headache brewing.
Truthfully, he'd been building up to this hiatus for a while. He'd lived frugally for quite some time, saving his money (and at this point in his life, he was earning quite a tidy sum for his work) and making all the necessary preparations to just disappear for a while.
The only problem, however, was getting to the destination he had decided on, without attracting too much attention. With his features, which honestly hadn't changed a whole lot over the years (he'd been rather displeased to find that he hadn't really grown in height since the Seigaku bunch had gone their ways after high school and was the smallest now of the former Seigaku bunch - even Echizen Ryoma had outgrown him!), he was a rather easy person to identify. He was known world-wide and finding not only a quiet place to be for a long while but getting there was going to be a great challenge.
His friends and family had already been told - and he'd just had to use that Say Anything and I'll Eviscerate You smile to get them to keep the secret of where he was going no matter what - and just about everything had been put into place.
Now he just needed a way to get onto an airplane (much less get through an airport) without getting any sort of attention or having anyone figure out just where he was going.
Fuji Syuusuke, world renowned genius, found himself to be in quite the dilemma.