Just Another Rockstar

By: Lily

Prompt: #1 - Beginnings

Approx. Word Count: 865

Rating: PG

Summary: Mika never particularly liked rockstars. Until she met one.

The music blared loudly. An enticing voice floated out over the crowd. A few girls had fainted by this time, but Mika Uesugi was slowly making her way through the crowd, holding both of her younger brothers tightly by the hand, afraid the she would lose them in the massive crowd. Tatsuha was bouncing up and down with glee. He had wanted to see a Nittle Grasper concert ever since Mika had purchased one of their CDs. Eiri, on the other hand, was simply petrified. There was no need for her to hold his hand, for he seemed to be attached to her. One would have never guessed that he was fourteen.

Mika, truthfully, would have never thought to listen to this sort of music. It was far too trendy for her tastes. However, one of her greatest friends happened to be a keyboardist in the band, so she felt almost obligated to attend. Noriko was rather ecstatic when she agreed, so she decided not to create a reason not to go. As she approached the stage, she smiled slightly. Noriko was quite charismatic and she did look quite lovely on stage. The two men who were her band mates did not particularly interest Mika. She imagined that they left their concerts and picked up on a whore of a fangirl from the crowd for the night. That was how most famous men were, anyway.

The backstage passes Noriko had given her did not help her mood at all. In fact, she was thoroughly angry about that. She did not want to spend a good deal of time backstage with two male rock stars with her younger brothers. One of which happened to be completely in love with the lead singer. That was rather annoying. She had half a mind to take him home and knew for certain Eiri would not object, but she once again decided to stay, for Noriko's sake. Though, the truth of it was that Mika nearly dreaded the end of the concert.

Alas, it did have to end eventually, so there she was, standing just outside the dressing room door. The security guard rose an eyebrow, which she returned with a glare before finally turning the doorknob and escorting her brothers inside. There weren't as many people as she had expected. There were only the three band members, a fussy looking man in a suit and now Mika and her brothers. All in once instant, she was nearly attacked as Noriko threw herself at her and gave her a large hug, causing Mika to let out a yelp in surprise and Eiri and Tatsuha to finally release her hands and scurry to opposite sides of the room.

"Mika! I'm so glad you came! Did you like it? How did we do?" Noriko bounced slightly after releasing her friend from her death-grip and smiled widely. Mika was forced to smile along with her.

"Yes, I did. It sounded great." She glanced at the three men in the room. The lead singer had made his way over to Tatsuha and the two were now having a lively conversation about stuffed rabbits. The other keyboardist, however, was simply sitting in the corner, his eyebrows raised. What in the world was he staring at? Mika attempted to ignore him and concentrate on Noriko's babble, which seemed to be ranging from the concert to a trip to Jamaica. Eventually, she moved away to talk to the man in the suit. Mika turned then to fetch Eiri from under the makeup table. However, the other keyboardist got their first. Mika glared at him, but he didn't seem to mind. Soon, he had coaxed Eiri out from under the table and was dusting him off, smiling kindly.

"Mika-san," he said suddenly. "If my memory serves me correctly." He held out his hand to Mika, who hesitantly took it.

"Yes, that would be me," she told him, eyeing him suspiciously.

"Noriko talks about you quite a bit," he told her, his smile widening.

"Does she?" Mika shot a glance over at Noriko, who was still talking to the twitchy man. The keyboardist nodded. "Now, you'll forgive me… you know my name, but I don't believe I know yours."

"Oh, you'll have to forgive me. How rude… I'm Seguchi Tohma."

"It's a pleasure, Seguchi-san." She couldn't help but smile at him. So maybe Noriko had gotten lucky with the guys she played with. They talked for a short while before Eiri finally whisked him away to play a game with him. Mika watched, smiling, as Noriko approached.

"So… what do you think of him?"

"What do I think?" Mika tilted her head. "He's a nice guy. I've never seen Eiri connect like that with anyone before."

"Oh, good." Noriko smiled. "Then Ryu and I will watch the kids while you two go out on a date!"

"What?" Mika's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"

"He'll take you to dinner while Ryu-chan and I watch Eiri and Tatsuha!" she giggled. "It's okay. We were planning to anyway."

"Noriko…" Mika frowned at her.

"I insist!"

Mika sighed softly, but gave in. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad…