Thank you all for those lovely reviews! I enjoyed reading through them! With much relish, I dish out Chapter 3! Oh, and some of you are asking what paring this would be…well, I don't know. We'll see as we progress…But let me just give a lil' hint: I like T&T fics more! ^^

"WOW! Look, it's V3! Oh my goodness! They look so handsome!" Shigeru squealed as she flipped through the magazine anxiously. This time, Yuki, who had just gotten back from her holiday in Europe, was walking together with them.

"LOOK AT THIS YUKI! THEY LOOK SO CUTE! ESPECIALLY TSUKASA!" Shigeru started screaming, again. Yuki could only smile nervously while Tsukushi drew nearer to Shigeru to look at what she was looking at.

"Shigeru, what are you reading? I thought it was supposed to be TriJEt?" Tsukushi asked, annoyed at her friend's fickleness.

"Yeah, but TriJEt is OUT. V3 is IN now."

"Come on, let me take a look." Tsukushi peeped over her friend's shoulder.

And Tsukushi screamed.

*

"Tsukushi? TSUKUSHI?" Yuki asked frantically. "Are you okay?"

"Tsukushi? What happened?" Shigeru asked. Yuki was trying to calm Tsukushi down, who seemed to be on the verge of hysteria.

Oh my gosh! That's me! ME! On the cover of Seventeen? ME? TAKASHI?

Shigeru noticed Tsukushi looking at the magazine and grinned. "Oh, you like them? They are the latest boyband now." Great, since when were we called V3?

"And this is their FIRST appearance! I took great pains to get this magazine! There's Jiro, Tsukasa, and Takashi. I like Tsuaksa!" Shigeru beamed proudly.

"Tsukushi, are you okay?" Yuki, asked concerned. Tsukushi waved her friend away.

"Yeah I am." So that was what the photo shoot was for. Baka.

"Hey, this is weird." Shigeru started frowning as she looked at the magazine and looked at Tsukushi again. She looked back and looked again, squinting hard.

"Shigeru?" Tsukushi was panicking now. Nothing could escape Shigeru's sharp eyes.

"Say, this guy Takashi looks like you!"

*

Oh no! What the muck?

Sweatdrops trickled down Tsukushi's forehead as she looked frantically around for some excuse. Man, I knew this would come! I knew this would come.

"Shigeru, are you sure? V3 is a BOYBAND, but Tsukushi is a girl!" Yuki said, her eyes wide as saucers. Shigeru was still giving that I-still-think-Tsukushi-is-Takashi look and she came closer to Tsukushi.

"Shigeru! Don't come any closer! Shigeru! I am warning you! Shigeru! KYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA!!"

*

"Ouch! What did you have to do that for, SHIGERU?" Tsukushi screamed as Shigeru pulled at her hair.

"Just to make sure!" Shigeru said, finally convinced that Tsukushi was not Takashi. "Well, that guy looks so much like you, I was wondering whether you joined a boyband, dressed like a guy, cut your hair and so on. But I am wrong, fortunately." Shigeru smiled and walked off. "Eh, hurry up! I am hungry!"

"Oh Tsukushi, does it hurt?" Yuki asked. Good ol' Yuki.

"Nah, it doesn't! I am the fearless Makino Taka- erm, Tsukushi!" Yuki smiled.

"Shigeru is weird, don't bother about her." Tsukushi whispered as Yuki giggled.

"OI! The TWO OF YOU! HURRY!" Shigeru shouted as the two scrambled to get ahead.

This is terrible. Shigeru is suspicious of me! Darn. Tsukushi patted her hair as she thought. Oh well, at least the wig did not come out.

*

Tsukushi glanced at her watch, it was 7 in the evening. She could feel her stomach rumbling already and shrugged off any nagging, guilty feelings of growing fat and walked into the supermarket.

"WOW! SO MUCH FOOD! Now, what should I get?" Tsukushi thought as she wandered around the aisles. She sniffed hungrily and saw HAMBURGERS!

"Fish fillet, yucks. Beef, double yucks. Where's the cheeseburger?"

Just then, Tsukushi spotted it, the only one left and reached out to take it. At the same time, someone reached out to take it.

Tsukushi stopped as she looked up to see….

Doumyouji Tsukasa, who was equally surprised to see her there.

*

"It's YOU!" Tsukushi said in surprise.

"Oh, you again!" Tsukasa exclaimed. He drew back his hand. "You can have the burger."

Tsukushi could feel her face blushing again. "Erm, it's okay, you can have it."

"No, you came first. You take it."

"You take it, I can take other flavors."

"No, I will order something else."

"It's okay."

"Excuse me!" A little kid called out as he squeezed past them and grabbed the last cheeseburger and ran off.

They both looked at each other and looked away in embarrassment. Two big bakas.

*

"Gee, is it okay if I have your number?" Tsuaksa asked as they walked out of the supermarket. Tsukushi looked at him in surprise.

"For?"

"So that I can contact you in future." Tsukasa smiled. Tsukushi blushed again. Tsukushi, stop it you baka! He's a mean guy who bossed YOU around!

"Erm, it's 0909…"

"Every number starts with 0909!" Tsuaksa said matter-of-factly. Tsukushi smiled in embarrassment.

"Like you should care!" She whacked his head.

"You!" He chased after her, laughing.

Two big bakas.

*

"Gee, thanks for seeing me home." Tsukushi said.

"It's not okay for a cute girl like you to be out so late. See you around!" Tsuaksa grinned.

"Bye!" She called out as he walked away. He's quite nice after all. Stop it Tsukushi!

Both didn't know what two big bakas they were.

*

"Okay! Today's activity is dancing. You three will be performing two weeks from now in the all-star concert and I expect everyone to give their best, okay?" Rui said as he briefed the three of them in the dressing room. Tsukushi, now Takashi, looked down at the floor. Dancing? Darn, I hate dancing.

"Let's go then." Rui signaled as the three walked out. Tsukasa was talking to Soujiro while Tsukushi lagged behind, as always.

"Are you okay, Tsukushi?" Rui tapped her lightly on the shoulder.

"I guess so." He gave her a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder again.

"Ganbatte Tsukushi!"

*

"One! Two! Three! Four! Twirl once more! Up down! One! Two! Three Four!" The choreographer called out. "No no Takashi, not like that! Lift up your hand like this! THIS! One! Two! Three Four!"

Tsukushi was gasping for breath as she struggled to keep up with the rest. Dancing sure was tiring work. She glanced to look at Tsukasa and Soujiro, who seemed to be doing it effortlessly. Tsuaksa caught her eye and glanced at her critically. She pulled herself together and started dancing again.

I must show him that Takashi is not to be bullied!

*

"WOW! That was some workout!" Soujiro exclaimed as he pushed open the door into the dressing room.

"Baka, just a little bit and you're tired?" Tsuaksa said and glanced at Tsukushi.

Ignore him. Stupid fellow. Tsukushi thought as she packed her stuff and prepared to leave.

"Takashi?" Rui asked as Tsukushi was about to step out of the door. "I need to talk to you." Oh no, wherever Rui talks to me, it is something bad.

"It must be his bad dancing." Tsuaksa said a bit too loudly as Soujiro tried to shut him up. She glanced at Tsuaksa and gave him the shut-you-mouth-you-pig look.

*

"What is it?" Tsukushi asked the minute she stepped into the office.

"How do you find everything so far?" Rui asked her. Tsukushi took a while to reply to that.

"Honestly Hanazawa Rui, I think you found the wrong person for this. I can't dance, I can't pose, I don't think I can sing!"

"But Tsukushi, you have made it this far already. Look, your picture is everywhere!"

"Yeah, as a person who is not really Makino Tsukushi." She said bitterly. "Rui, I am tired already. Can I just drop out?" Rui looked at her.

"Tsukushi, are you sure? Don't you want to prove Tsuaksa he's wrong about you? If you drop out, he would only say you are a loser." Tsukushi paused as she thought about it. Tsuaksa was capable of that.

"Come on, I am sure I didn't get the wrong person. Prove me right, Tsukushi?" Rui said gently as he laid two hands on her shoulders.

There was a long pause.

Tsukushi nodded slowly. Rui smiled.

*

I can't believe I actually let Rui talk me into staying. BAKA! Tsukushi munched on her sandwich furiously. "YUCKS! WHAT'S THIS?!?!" She shouted as she found a dead bug inside. "Gross."

"Yo! Twerp!" There was only one person who ever called her that. She turned to see Tsukasa waiting on the park bench.

"Stop calling me names cos I have a name! Baka!" She shouted back.

"Honestly, why don't you quit?" Tsuaksa asked. "You're dragging everyone down, you know, Takashi?" He said seriously.

Tsukushi felt bad. But she knew what her answer would be.

"WHY SHOULD I QUIT?!! I CAN DANCE LIKE YOU! I CAN POSE LIKE YOU TOO!"

"Show me then." Tsukasa said simply.

"FINE!" Tsukushi started dancing, whirling around.

Admist all the whirls and twirls, Tsukushi could feel a sudden boost of energy course through her as she danced vigorously. I'll show you, Doumyouji Tsukasa!

*

"One two three four!" Tsukushi stopped as she realized in amazement that she DID finish dancing without missing any step.

"SEE! I CAN DO IT!" Tsukasa stood up from the bench and smiled at her.

"Then continue showing me more, Takashi." He slung his bag over and walked off. Tsukushi looked at his retreating figure.

He was here to help me. She slapped her hand against her forehead. Baka of a Doumyouji Tsuaksa.

This time, she said it with a smile.

*

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