salut et quoi de neuf (hi and what's new)! All The Wrong Notes ch. 3, Change is Good is up. i keep thinking i should have changed the title...oh well. the first song, which is included in this chapter is Anyday. i only put in the beginning, chorus, and last lines (but i have a quizilla account - KotoRose14 - so i might put all of my songs up there, or on this). the chapter feels extremely short, so i guess i might make ch. 4 longer (why do i worry about length? cause i'm weird). anyways, read, review, and enjoy, s'il vous plaît.

disclaimer: i do not own full moon wo sagashite, but five-way echo and all new songs are mine

3. Change Is Good

"Heartbreak's written on her face

She won't say, but she's still an empty space

He didn't love her like she thought

And I hold her while she cries,"

Mitsuki was in a trance as she watched and listened to their live performance. She felt a great amount of pain and sadness persistently showing up in the song, but the song still touched her heart. Even though it gave out such emotions, she was amazed at how Masato could sing it just right, but without crying himself. Mitsuki loved when her songs were emotional, but she had a fear of breaking out in tears during the song. Maybe his tears have already dried…she guessed as the song continued.

"What did you expect?

Falling for a guy like him

Is he truly falling for you?

Was he who you thought he was?

And if you were with me

You would live more happily

But crying in my arms tonight

I would comfort her anyday…"

He's talented, but he's got too big of an ego, Takuto thought to himself, judging every single aspect of his performance. True, he was angry because of what had happened earlier, but he still admitted that Masato was good. The lyrics had deep meaning, and Takuto knew that what he wrote wasn't just made up out of thin air. There was an actual experience - a time when he did hold someone in his arms, thinking about how to explain that he was better for her. Takuto felt those same feelings, and thought that there was something he had in common with Masato. He had changed so much in the three years he spent by Mitsuki's side as she recovered - maybe Masato had changed too. Takuto studied the rest of the song closely, making sure that the band was truly fit for the job of opening for Full Moon.

"I would comfort her anyday, whoa

He wasn't who you thought he was

Yeah, and I will comfort you anyday…"

Masato sensed the lights dim, and he knew that the camera had been shut off. He wiped a small tear that clung to his eyes away quickly, and when the lights turned back on, he bowed, and said thank-you to everyone.

"Masato, that was amazing!" Mitsuki complemented him once he was off-stage and handed him a water bottle. "Purely amazing…" her voice trailed off as he met her eyes. Why were they so much softer than Takuto's?

"Thank you," he said politely as Suoh came up from behind him.

"Hey, Masato, the performance was pretty good. You're band is fit for the opening act." Takuto tried to say the words as nicely as he could, but at the same time, he wanted to pry Masato's eyes off of Mitsuki. I swear, if he does that one more time…

"You smell like catnip," Daiki said randomly, distracting Takuto from finishing his thoughts. His stormy blue eyes blended with his fairly darker hair, and Takuto thought he was somewhat like a shadow - always there, but not always noticed.

"Wha?" Takuto asked the drowsy looking keyboard player and sniffing his jacket to detect the scent of catnip. "Are you crazy?"

"You smell like catnip," Daiki repeated and left after seeing the confused face Takuto made. "It's not good enough for strawberries…" he added while walking away.

Wow…one word just for him is "strange", Takuto thought as he returned his attention to Mitsuki and Masato.

"Yes, we finished recording today," she said brightly, and Takuto felt the familiar heart-warming sensation he got whenever her attitude was shining like the sun. "Aren't you excited, Takuto?"

He nodded, and observed the rest of the conversation closely, searching for the connection linking Mitsuki and Masato together. For some reason, they knew each other - and he intended to figure out what that reason was.

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"I don't know why they're together - they didn't even know each other before Full Moon's break," Masato laid on the couch, with Daiki sitting on a chair, playing shrink. "And what's even worse - he just sat there, quietly steaming while we were talking!"

"Hmm…Takuto Kira, former singer of Route L is strange…" Daiki murmured while scribbling notes on a pad of paper from their hotel. "Okay, so what are you going to do about it?"

Masato hesitated. "Well…they just shouldn't be together. Everyone can see it-"

"Even if you are correct," Daiki interjected, his calm voice colliding with Masato's frustrated tone, "is there another reason, perhaps a selfish reason that you want them broken up?" He gave Masato a serious stare, hoping to mentally scare the truth out of him.

"No…" he answered slowly, struggling to keep the truth in.

"Whatever; I'm just telling you that your secret will come tumbling out someday." Daiki shrugged and hopped off of his chair to get a soda from the mini-fridge. A stranger entered the room, but once they took off their disguise, Masato and Daiki were glad to see that it was Tetsuya.

"You know, you kind of scared us for a moment," Masato said, throwing a pillow at him.

"Sorry - those fangirls have been going nuts ever since they learned that we were performing today." He stole the soda Daiki intended to drink and sat down at the table. "I wonder how Suoh's doing…"

"Tetsuya…do you like Full Moon?" Masato asked, hoping he wasn't the only one who did.

"Yeah, she's cute. Why?"

"Do you think…that her and Takuto Kira are a good couple?"

"Why do you want to know?" Tetsuya flipped on the TV and took a drink of the soda. "It's none of your business whether or not they are a good couple - what matters is that they're happy."

"But you're my friend, right?" Masato hoped that Tetsuya would go along with his plans. Ever since they were little, he went along with anything, and it usually benefited him.

"What do you want?" Tetsuya asked, turning around to look him straight in the eye. "Just get it over with and tell me the plan."

"Fine…I want to break up Takuto and Full Moon…"

random babble...making Takuto and Masato fight is amusing for me. that may sound mean, but i know that they have a strong dislike for each other. i find it hilarious. in the next chapters, i'll probably define the other band members more as the plot progresses. i hope this story isn't too weird or moving too slowly. a bientôt et au revoir (see you soon and good-bye)!