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"Are you ready?" Inaba said, in front of her was a cheap looking laptop, that she had managed to bring and not get robbed for, it was currently on the site called 'Racebook', as you would have guessed, it was a parallel version of Facebook.
She, was ready to go live at any moment, and her 6 followers, were waiting for her to start and bring a little bit of sunshine, to their dark lives.
"Almost!" Manabu yelled, from beyond the door, his mother wouldn't let him leave the dinner table until, she was satisfied.
That meant, he would be a little bit on the chubby side, since she refused to let him be on camera, looking skinny.
And he, know, how horrifying she was, so had no choice but to eat the pile's, she was trying to force feed him.
Than the camera on Inaba laptop turned on, indicating it was recording, after all, this was live, so all she could do was suck it up and put a smile on her face and say.
"Hello, my name is Inaba Miho." She started, it always amazed her few follow's, how she could keep on smiling, despite her no doubt, sucky life. "Now, for those of you who follow me, you may have noticed that I'm not recording in my room, like usual. That's because I'm staying at a friend's, house in Japan"
Oooh? That certainly impressed her follower's, a person being called a Pig, had actually flown out of the country to meet an actual friend, was news to them.
Could they perhaps, one day, fly as well, despite their face's and small bodies?
"So, I'll be taking picture's and posting, on my Racebook, while I am here" She said, knowing many wouldn't believe her, until they had proof.
Just than footsteps were heard and a male voice was heard saying. "Inaba, can I come in?"
"Yes, please come in." She said, and the door opened.
The camera was on a low table, so all they could see was his leg's as he came closer to the screen.
"Everybody, I would like you to meet a friend from High school, Manabu Matsushina. He used to be a former Pig" She said, as Manabu dropped down to reach her level, it was a very ridiculously long drop down and his face barely fit the top of screen.
"Hello" he said, smiling.
He didn't know, that at that moment, an explosion took place on Racebook.
Ch 4: The Podcast goes unexpectedly viral and Japan get's a shock.
"Huh?" Fukumi Yuura said, from her phone, she was a reporter, having just received a phone call. "There is a handsome man, that look's like Kuon Hizuri, doing a live on Racebook, right now?"
She was already at her desk in a flash and booting up her computer, anything that had the name Kuon hizuri was already paged new's, the boot up was painfully slow for her as she thought of getting a faster laptop, before she managed to log into her Racebook account, and a link to what had quickly became the most number one viewed video on Racebook at the moment, appeared on her screen.
She clicked on it and sure enough, she got a face full of a man who looked very similar to Kuon hizuri, the most stand alone feature's he had, was that he had silver eyes, unlike Kuon's hazel one's and instead of blonde hair, he had black, short hair done up spiky.
Next to him, was a round women, which she couldn't help but think resembled a pig so her eyes pretty much glossed over, Inaba and focused full on Manabu, as she couldn't help but wondered who this gorgeous man, looking like Kuon Hizuri was.
"So when did you first realize, you were different from average people?" Inaba said, as most people drowned her out and instead, looked at Manabu.
Fukumi scrolled down the comment section and read.
*I found, this in my inbox. I'm glad I clicked :)*-coolcat9
*Wow, just look at the male in the video. He's stunning!*-anonymous.
*Is Manabu-kun, a model?*-wackyjean
*This might sound crazy but doesn't, Manabu-kun look like Kuon Hizuri? Do you think their related?*-Anonymous.
*OMG! I thought, I was the only one that saw the resemblance! Glad to know, I'm not going crazy*-dazzlinglady5
*Who is Kuon Hizuri?*-FIrePrincess4
*This guy*- wakytom, showed a modeling picture of Kuon, before writing down below.- *He's the best actor currently in Japan and a Model. But he's taken*
*Wow, he's hot. They really do look a alike*- FirePrincess4 before typing. *Do you think Marabu-kun has a girlfriend? Because, I think I just found my soul mate.*
*Back off, I saw him 2 second's before you!*- sexy lady.
The rest of the comment were pretty much girl's fighting over each other, about who saw him first, with the exception of advertising company, wanting to get in contact him.
He was even getting offers from oversea's, Racebook was going crazy over this guy, only very few people actually listened to what they were talking about.
The number of follower's, were increasing at an alarming rate just because of Manabu looks.
And Fukumi, had seen enough.
Why hadn't this guy come forward, when he looked this much like the star? She highly doubted, Kuon hizuri was even aware of him.
She know that people like that, only, get on websites site's, just to spread their name on the internet, she would be even surprised, if the star did have a Racebook account.
She could see the opportunity right in front of her eyes and know she had to take It before another Reporter exposed such a juicy scoop, perhaps this man would turn out to be related to the star, it would be quiet a blow, if she didn't say she discovered him first.
She took her laptop, grabbed her coat and headed straight for the door.
She know what she had to do.
She could almost taste, that pay raise.
#An Hour later in Tokyo square#
"Now, Kuon I want you to look clueless while Kyoko look's annoyed. Remember, Kyoko, you've been trying to convey your feeling to him, for the last ten year's with no success... AND ACTION!" The director for the show 'He's Dense', yelled.
Koun was dressed as if he was a common young man, in a Nike t-shirt and jean's, his face had the 'I'm an idiot' look on him, while his hair was covered with a black wig and combed back.
While Kyoko once again dawned the black long wig, but she clearly couldn't pull of, the high schooler look anymore since she was clearly an adult, so she wore a women's suit.
Kyoko had improved by leaps and bounds, since she first started acting and it showed, but unknown to them, while she was calm and collected outside, inside, she was blushing like crazy despite her role.
She still couldn't get used to the idea, that her and her sampai were dating.
Sho Fuwa, had left about a hundred message's when he found out about them dating, each one was one insult after another, calling her a cheap woman and other thing's.
Of course it took her a long time to delete them all.
Her old friend's, from the Love Me Section where waiting for her to finish.
Kyoko had graduated when Kuon finally became a man in soul and confessed, which lead her to spill her feeling as well.
Chiori Amamiya had also graduated, because she was now dating someone that she could say she loved.
The only one, who hadn't graduated was Kanae, because every guy who confessed to her was really seen as extra income, to take care of her family.
She had yet to meet a guy, who made her heart thump.
Amongst the crowd who were watching, both Kuon and Kyoko manager, once she became popular enough to have one, waited for their charges.
Koun parents, pretty much came and go as they liked, now that they didn't have to pretend their son had been buried in the ground for the last ten year's.
Even Lory was here, inappropriately having a party halfway across the street, while they were shooting the show.
It was understandable that the cast, was doing their best to ignore the loudness near them, while editing out any background noise they can.
This was the kind of world that was deemed normal to them, not knowing they were actually despised by what was considered, the bottom of humanity.
When the big advertising TV suddenly changed channels, nobody saw it coming and didn't notice it until line's that were clearly not from a script was spoke.
"So Manabu, do you have any tip's on everyday life?" Inaba said, her voice loud and clear on the big screen, several people stopped watching the filming, and turned to the large TV screen and almost bent over from shock at the sight of Manabu.
"Definitely. Never carry anything, expensive with you." Manabu voice rung loud and clear, eventually more people turned around. "If you wear an expensive trainer or a watch, than you can expect, that somebody will start following you, most likely to rob you and because of your look's, you are naturally a target. If your going to own anything expensive, ship it to your house. At least than, the likelihood of you being robbed is cut down by half. There is always the chance that your package is 'misplaced' because of dishonest postman."
Now Lory, was beginning to notice a lot of people turning their head and he did as well.
The sound of his glass hitting the pavement was almost deafening as he stood up and looked at the big screen with wide eyes.
So naturally, most of main cast, would want to see what spooked, the president so much.
And what a reaction.
Yashiro dropped his phone.
Kyoko manager, eyes were wide.
Chiori, reaction was the same as Kyoko manager.
Kanae, couldn't help but feel like she had met this person before.
Both Kuu and Julie both looked like, they had just stepped out of the shower, only to come face with one of their extreme fans trying to steal their underwear.
Kyoko, mind had gone blank before kicking into high gear, analyzing the man's feature subconsciously to find how frightening close it was to Kuon own.
While Kuon looked ready to bend over from the shock, finally being aware of Manabu for the first time.
"So Manabu, how often are you robbed?" Inaba said.
Wait.
What!?
Suddenly blasted through their shock.
What the hell were they talking about?
The man, had a troubled expression on his face, because he really had to think hard about this one, but in the end he just laughed good heartly and said. "Honestly? i don't know. It happen's so often. That I don't count. But the people who rob me, never hit me twice because, by then, they know that I'm poor so they can't get any cash from me. But that still doesn't mean, they can't talk to me for different reason"
Some people know what he was suggesting.
"I see" Inaba said, as they both laughed it off, despite talking about such depressing subject.
If they didn't laugh their hellish live's away, than they would give into a bottomless despair, that only those who were similar to them, could understand.
The rest of the world had no idea, why they were laughing about how many time's they were robbed, as if it was a hilarious subject.
Manabu laughter, was almost melodious to the ear and resambled Kuon a lot when he cut loose, which they all had to do a double take, to see if their eyes were playing trick's on him as he said. "So Inaba, how many time's have you been robbed, ever since you left the country?"
Inaba continued to laugh and said. "I honestly, stopped counting after I hit 50!"
"So it's the same everywhere, huh?" Manabu said, with good humor in his voice and said. "I want to see how many time's, I will be robbed this week. It certainly will be interesting" he said with a sparkle smile on his face.
His smile was glorious, but his words were downright, terrifying.
Suddenly Inaba looked at the screen and noticed their timer was running out soon, so she needed to wrap this up quick and said.
"Well, that's all the time we have today." She said, before smiling for the camera. "Thank you, Manabu Matsushina, for you time. Do you have any last word's before we end this?"
One again, the man thought about before saying. "If things get too dark, remember your not alone."
"What, great final words. I hope this podcast was useful to those who need help. So see you next video." Inaba said, before the channel switched to show an advertisement for a new perfume on the Big screen.
Silence.
For a time, nobody said anything, they were all still trying to digest what they just saw and heard.
But one name was clear in everybody's mind.
Manabu Matsushina.
Who was this man and what would happen if they did a blood test?
Was the Hizuri family lineage, actually bigger than they all thought?
And scene!
Next chapter, Manabu is at work, and get's a surprise visit, from a certain LME president who is surprised to see him working at a convenience store of all places. As it turns out, Lory isn't the only one apparently there to offer him a job. Manabu reaction to him, is not what he expect's, as it turns out they had actually met in the past. When he was a Pig. Anyway, Review/fav and follow!