Chapter 4: The Fake Boyfriend...Again?!

Dancing Sushi: Sushi Chef chops up random food on tables, while shrimp sushi dances by.

Mikey, Gonard, and Guano sat inside Mikey's apartment, trying to heal up the bruises they had received from Lily's little prank. Mikey and Gonard had a few bandage wraps around their heads, while Guano had, what appeared to be, a mummy bandage wrap covered all over his body. Needless to say, he was in the most pain.

"Man, this is SO unfair! I don't understand why Lily won't open up to me. She knows she can't resist my handsome charm," Mikey complained to himself out loud. Although Mikey knew the exact reason why Lily did not like him, he was determined to prove she did love him.

"I wonder, what was up with that lift we were on at the time? It's almost as if someone wanted to hurt us for breaking our promise to Mitsuki, and invading Lily's privacy. Hmm..." Gonard questioned as he began to scratch his head in confusion. As he continued to scratch his head, his hands were busy raiding Mikey's refrigerator for a snack. He threw a cold pizza, a mushroom growing in Mikey's refrigerator, and a Guano plush doll, smothered in mayonnaise, on to two slices of bread. Gonard took a bite out of his sandwich, and smile as if it were the best tasting thing in the world.

"Don't you get it, Gonard! Lily was the one who did that," Guano said pointing out the obvious to an oblivious Gonard. Guano ripped and threw off the bandages in the progress of telling the blue-haired buffoon the simplest truth of the day.

"Wow, Guano! How did you figure that out? You must be some sort of super genius!" Gonard shouted excitedly. He acted as though he solved the world's hardest puzzle.

Guano slapped his head in disbelief of Gonard's stupidity. Although it never seemed to surprise the nervous, purple director, he always found it annoying. Guano did his best to quickly change the subject. He did want to think about how his body was going to ache in the next week from Lily's un-funny "joke."

"Alright, let's try and think about other things, like the All Origins Tokyo Food Eating Contest on Saturday!" Guano shouted suddenly feeling sense of joy at the thought.

The boys had been training for the contest for many weeks, and were convinced that they would win no matter what. This was mainly centered around the fact that Gonard was on Mikey and Guano's team. Mikey and Guano knew that they would train their hardest to keep up with the competition at the contest. However, they also relied on the fact that weather they won or lost Gonard would be able to out eat anyone. They young American actor and purple director knew there was no chance for failure. After all, they did agree to split the award in the end.

"Good point, Guano! We can't focus on anything else from this point on," Mikey said feeling he was the leader and genius behind the entire idea. Mikey suddenly grabbed a cereal box and directed his attention toward Gonard to say, "Check it out, Gonard! I've gotten much better at taking big bites."

Mikey shoved the entire box into his naive mouth, barely able to fit every corner into it. He smiled a very goofy smile at Gonard. It was obvious that the red headed actor was doing his best to hinder the pain from being shown on his face. Gonard did not notice Mikey's struggle with eating an entire cereal box. He naturally believed if he was able to eat food a certain way that everyone else could easily do it as well.

"Getting better, Mikey. But try this trick on for size," Gonard said grinning at Mikey, he was ready to show-off as well.

Gonard suddenly had extremely heavy building equipment in Mikey's room. He began to stack brick, after brick on top of one another, covered in cement. Mikey and Guano stared in confusion as Gonard continued to build an enormous brick wall. Then he did what Mikey and Guano believed to be impossible. Gonard smirked at both of his best friends, then directed his attention back to the brick wall. He opened his mouth as wide as inhumanly possible, preparing to eat the master brick wall in one bite.

Before Gonard could even attempt to close his mouth around the wall, Mitsuki came rushing through the door. She did not dare to ask, nor wonder what the boys had been up to. Mitsuki turned her face to Gonard, and grabbed his sweat jacket, pulling him away from the brick wall in a blink of an eye. Gonard's eyes filled with small tears from the disappointment of missing out on his moment of glory. Mitsuki did not take anytime to pay attention to his mournful crying. Instead she turned to a flustered Mikey and Guano.

"Sorry to come busting in guys, but it's very important that I borrow Gonard for the next few days," Mitsuki explained, trying to apologize for her actions. Mikey and Guano continued to stare at Mitsuki still in shock over Gonard's actions earlier. Mikey finally came to his senses and realized what Mitsuki had said.

"WHAT?! What do you mean the next few days?! We've got a contest coming up in two days, and we need Gonard to help us train for the competition!" Mikey argued in revolt against Mitsuki. Mikey knew that if Gonard was not around to train Guano and him, that their chances for victory were slim. But, if Gonard were not around at all for the contest, there was no chance on the face of the Earth for victory. Mikey was no where near willing to let Mitsuki leave with Gonard.

"I'm sorry, Mikey, but I really need Gonard to help me with something. Please understand," Mitsuki said in an apologetic tone. She knew that contest was important to the boys, but Gonard was the only person she could think of that might be able to help Lily. Although, she still had a feeling that Lily might not be too happy about her choice.

"But Mitsuki, we need him here as well. What's so important that he has to come with you?" Guano questioned trying to understand Mitsuki's reasoning. However, he did not want Gonard to leave either. The contest was just as important to Guano as it was to Mikey and even Gonard.

"I can't say at the moment, Guano. Again, I'm very sorry," Mitsuki said to both of her co-workers with sympathetic eyes. It hurt Mitsuki to take away their advantage in the eating contest, but she had to aid Lily in her quest for her family's love. Besides, Mitsuki had a feeling that the boys were ready for the contest. They had proven themselves to overcome the impossible before, and Mitsuki knew they could do it again.

Gonard began to rise slowly from the spot Mitsuki had pulled him to on the floor. Waterfall tears continued to stream down his face from the opportunity of glory that he missed earlier. Mitsuki still had a hold of the back of Gonard's sweat jacket. She suddenly rushed out of the door of Mikey's apartment, still holding on to the back of Gonard's sweat jacket, almost choking him.

"Gotta run! Later, guys!" Mitsuki shouted back as she ran down the hall.

"WAIT! What About My Dessert Of A Thousand Bricks?!" Gonard yelled, yet still crying like a little kid without his favorite toy.

"Not a chance, Gonard! I'm putting your teeth in jeopardy at the moment!" Mitsuki shouted back toward Gonard as they continued to run down the hallway.

"But I Don't Care About That At The Moment! Who Sent You?! MY MOMMY? Tell My Mommy That Mitsuki's Being Mean, And Won't Let Me Eat, And Is Going To Make Me Brush My Teeth, And-" Gonard continued to whine and complain about different things, that did not make sense.

Mikey and Guano stared at Mitsuki and Gonard outside of Mikey's doorway. Mikey and Guano then looked at each other in confusion. They felt as though they missed something important that Mitsuki had not told them. However, they knew now they were one man short of a winning team. Things did not seem like they were going to get any easier for the young actors.

Dancing Sushi: Sushi pulls the next scene across.

Lily stood in her apartment living room, staring out the, now, un-curtained window. She had called for some workers to fix the door she had nearly diminished earlier, and just decided it would be best simply wait for Mitsuki to return. The worry of her family's arrival was killing Lily inside. Their respect meant everything to her. After all, she did put nearly nineteen years of effort in to becoming what they wanted in a child. Lily did not know what else she could do to please them. She hoped that maybe an embellished back story about her life in Tokyo, and a celebrity boyfriend might help earn some of their love. Lily did not know what it felt like to have a family love her for who she was. However, she had an idea because of her friends. No matter how cruelly she treated them, Mikey, Mitsuki, Guano, and Gonard were always there for her when she needed them. Lily smiled to herself at the though of the crazy stunts they all did in the past. Whatever the situation, they had always been able to overcome it, together. Her friends were an odd family, but a family none the least. Lily knew she had their love, but it was not the love she wanted. The same selfish Lily wanted the one thing she knew she could not have. Respect from people who did not respect her.

Mitsuki opened the, now completely fixed, door of Lily and her apartment in a quick second. She stood in the doorway with a sweet, yet mischievous smile on her face. Lily gave her a look of confusion, still wondering where Mitsuki had run off to, and who she picked to be Lily's celebrity boyfriend.

"Great news! I found who we can use to impress your family, and he's more than willing to help," Mitsuki said to Lily, still smiling sweetly. It was obvious that Mitsuki did not move from the doorway, because she was holding someone to surprise Lily with. Lily simply continued to stare at her, then proceed a few steps forward.

"Okay... So, who is it?" Lily asked still wondering who Mitsuki's choice was. It did not seem likely to Lily that Mitsuki knew any really famous celebrities. This little fact kept a feeling of worry in the back of Lily's mind.

"Say 'Hello!' to your, once again, Fake Celebrity Boyfriend!" Mitsuki shouted in gleefulness pulling Gonard out from behind the wall. Mitsuki held Gonard out in front of inches away from a dumbfounded Lily. Gonard continued to rant about how Mitsuki was Nard-napping him. He suddenly stopped and began to look about the room.

"Hey, NEAT!! When did my room get a color of change?" Gonard questioned out loud, looking in different directions. Gonard then realized that Lily was just a few feet away from his face. Lily continued to stare at him, not able to believe Mitsuki said what Lily thought she said. Gonard smiled a goofy smile at Lily, and simply said, "Hey, Lily! Did you paint my apartment? Thanks a lot, I know Mom is going to love it! Pink is one of her favorite colors. It's strange though. It almost looks exactly like your apartment."

Gonard's talking just set off all Lily's buttons at once. She let out a great roar of anger toward Gonard. His eyes widened in fright, then he covered his head in fear of looking at her. Gonard was never able to handle Lily when she snapped on him, or any of their other friends. Nobody could blame him for not daring to look her in the eye. Lily was the ultimate essence of evil when she was truly angry.

"Mitsuki... You-Have-GOT-To-Be-JOKING!" Lily yelled, addressing the statement Mitsuki said earlier. Lily did not understand how Mitsuki could possible think of Gonard as the ticket to impressing Lily's family. She figured, if anything, Gonard would just make it to where Lily's family would think she was an even bigger laughing stock. Mitsuki had been afraid this would become Lily's reaction, but she had prepared a, hopefully, convincing argument. Mitsuki finally set Gonard down to the side, and began to discuss the matter with Lily.

"Now, Lily, I know Gonard doesn't seem to be the perfect candidate-" They turn their attention toward Gonard to see him counting his fingers. He shouted about how he only had four fingers on his left hand, but basically forgot to count his thumb. Lily and Mitsuki watched, and felt sweat drops on the side of their faces. Mitsuki continued to say, "But he's the only one I could think of that actually has experience dating you. Plus, he's one of the most popular actors in Japan. All we have to do is clean him up a little bit, and teach him a few table manners-" Mitsuki turned her attention back to Gonard, only to see him attempting to balance all of the spoons in the apartment on his nose. She addressed Lily, once again, to say, "And we should be all set! Besides, Gonard's one of most kind hearted people we know. Your family will love him!"

"Mitsuki! Number one, Gonard's a GOOF-BALL! He couldn't impress a monkey, even if he tried! Number two, we only FAKE dated before! It was only a publicity campaign for Ozu, REMEMBER?! And, Number Three, my family is NOT interest in how nice a person is! They believe all people should look beautiful! And Gonard's..." Lily came to the slippery slope of her argument. She turned her head to look at Gonard.

Gonard continued to stand in the apartment blinking stupidly, finally realizing that the apartment was not his. Lily did not know exactly how to sum up Gonard's looks. It was true that he was rather strange looking in the face, but it technically was not a bad strange. Just...strange... And his eyes were the true sign that he was kind hearted and beautiful on the inside. On the Lily Mu set, he wore contact lens that gave the impress of pure hatred. But, after he took them off, the calm green in his eyes was a true sign of friendship. It was the green that shown itself on the early morning of a Spring day in a grassy plain. Gonard was not out of shape either. To be truthful, Lily knew that Gonard was in the best shape she had ever seen a person in. This did not make a lot of sense to the blonde actress, considering all the food he constantly ate. Lily stood where she was, still unsure of how she could specify Gonard's looks. Instead of straining her brain any further, Lily simply used the assumption she had said whenever she and Gonard were forced into a fake relationship the first time.

"He's Gonard. I don't believe my family would specifically consider him beautiful," Lily said not knowing weather her argument was convincing enough. Mitsuki stared at Lily with a questionable look. She wondered in the back of her mind why Lily had taken such a long pause near the end of her speech on the matter. Mitsuki dropped the thought so as to not let her mind get distracted.

"Come on, Lily. We have to try someone. Why don't we just-" Mitsuki began to speak, but was interrupted by Gonard.

"Wait a second, am I being forced to date Lily? AGAIN?! No Way! Not a Chance! I Said Before That It Was The Last Time I'd Fake A Relationship With One Of My Cast Mates!" Gonard stated, crossing his arms to prove he was serious. Mitsuki and Lily had almost forgotten that he had been there, more the less actually listening.

"But Gonard, after you said that you were wearing a 'NardSuki' T-shirt, in case Ozu was to ask you to date me," Mitsuki pointed out to him with a sweat of embarrassment. Mitsuki could never picture herself dating Gonard. Not only were her feelings for Mikey too strong, but Gonard always felt more like an older brother to her. Strange thing was, she acted more mature than him.

"Oh...right," Gonard said, recalling the memory himself. He felt a sweat of embarrassment on the back of his head as well.

"See what I mean! He doesn't even want to help, so there's no point in asking him for help!" Lily point out to Mitsuki, feeling even more frustrated. She was not sure what was bothering her to make her feel so annoyed, but Lily was almost positive it had something to do with the memory of her fake date with Gonard.

Although Lily and Gonard had only been forced to date for one day, within that twenty-four hours Lily had accidentally said Gonard was not such a bad boyfriend. She did not only give him a compliment, but called him her actual boyfriend. Every time Lily though back to that moment, the embarrassment nearly killed her inside. She felt almost completely unsure of why she had said that to Gonard. Lily knew she did not have any "real" feelings for him... right?... She shook her head to quickly erase the thought. It bothered her brain to think about it, and a Lily's heart began to beat a little faster that usual. She did not like these feelings. Lily wanted nothing more to do with them. She turned her train of thought back on the track of her family matters.

"Help with what?" Gonard asked giving Lily a confused look. Lily crossed her arms, turning her nose up and away from Gonard. He knew this was her way of ignoring a person; to act as though they did not matter, or were not even there. Gonard turned his attention toward Mitsuki, knowing that she would most likely answer his questions. Gonard asked her, "What exactly is going on?"

"...Gonard... if I tell you, you have to give me your ultimate word, and PROMISE you won't breath a word about it to Mikey, Guano, or anyone else!" Mitsuki said, stating her act of authority. She was afraid if she told Gonard, without making him swear not say anything, he would happily tell everything to Mikey and the others. However, she knew that it might not do any use, because of how Gonard and the other boys broke their word to her earlier that day. Lily made a noise that sounded like a "Humph!" which signaled Mitsuki that she was thinking the same thing. Mitsuki had a feeling, however, that the boys betrayed her trust because Mikey most likely persuaded them to do so. She believed that Gonard would keep her trust. Mitsuki breathed deeply, and held out her pinky to say, "Promise?..."

Lily turned her head a little bit back in Mitsuki and Gonard's direction. She was not only in disbelief that Mitsuki trusted Gonard, but curios of weather he would accept. Gonard stared at Mitsuki's pinky, apparently in a state of shock that she would dare to try and trust him again. He turned his face to look at Lily. Lily realized that she was revealing that she was watching them. When Lily met Gonard's gaze she felt her face getting warm a little bit. Quickly, she turned her head to try and make it look as though she had not been paying attention, and was still ignoring him. Gonard simply smiled at the back of Lily head with a sincere, yet still goofy, smile. He returned his attention to Mitsuki, held up his pinky crossing it with her pinky.

"Promise!" Gonard said happily, nodding his head. Gonard knew that he had kept secrets in the past. He did not believe it was going to be so hard to keep this one as well.

Mitsuki went through the next ten minutes explaining the whole situation to Gonard. Whenever she came to a difficult part of the story, Mitsuki would cast a look over at Lily to make sure she was not speaking out of line. Lily simply kept the same position she did before, ignoring both Mitsuki and Gonard's presences. Mitsuki would give a little sigh then return to what she had been telling Gonard before. However, with the blank expression Gonard continued to wear on his face, Mitsuki would have been surprised if he had actually been listening.

"Now they're on their way to Tokyo. From what Lily has told me, they should be here by Saturday. So we just need to-" Mitsuki said finishing her long explanation, before Gonard interrupted her.

"Wait! Saturday? This Saturday?! That's the same day as the All Origins Tokyo Food Eating Contest!" Gonard pointed out with a stressful look on his face. This startled Mitsuki a little bit. Either Gonard had been paying attention to Mitsuki explanation about Lily's family situation, or he simply caught the last bit. Either way, Mitsuki knew that this was going to be a problem. Gonard had been training very hard with Mikey and Guano to prepare for this competition. It did not seem likely that he would be completely aboard, and ready to help Lily. Food was one of the most important things to Gonard, and almost nothing out ranked it in his book. The comment Gonard made about the arrival date of the celebrity family set Lily off once more.

"See Mitsuki, I told you! He's not going to give up food to help us out!" Lily said pointing a finger at Gonard while talking to Mitsuki. Lily had been thinking the same thing as Mitsuki. She also knew that nothing out ranked food to Gonard. It was not as though Lily had been hoping Gonard would be a fake boyfriend again. However, Lily felt the hope of impressing her family sink slowly as the sunset outside the apartment window. She began the lower her finger slowly as well then turned to face outside the window. Lily stared out the window for what seemed like an entire hour, then said, "It's just no use... I might as well-"

"Sure, I'll help!" Gonard said suddenly in a cheerful tone. Mitsuki and Lily turned their heads quickly toward him, wearing looks of shock.

"You will, Gonard? Really?!" Mitsuki said, feeling a smile spreading across her face.

"Of course I will. I mean, Lily's my friend. Friend's stick together, remember? Besides it's just a food competition. You guys don't think I'm that selfish to abandon you for food, do you?" Gonard asked, raising an eyebrow with a smirk upon his mouth. Mitsuki and Lily stared at him, feeling dumbfounded. It was not as though they thought Gonard was selfish. It was just the simple fact that Gonard always tended to sacrifice food for any and every thing else. Lily still felt as though she was in a stated of deep shock. She began to wonder weather she actually wanted to have Gonard to be the person to help impress her family.

"G-Gonard... Are you sure? I-I mean..." Lily said, trying to come up with an excuse to make it seem as though she did not need him. Before she could even continue to come up with a comeback, Gonard spoke up again.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Plus it'll give Mikey and Guano a chance to really push their eating skills to the limit," Gonard said, smiling with pride. He acted as though Mikey and Guano were his two sons, whom he trained for day one to be big eaters. Suddenly Gonard remember an important thought, then suddenly shouted, "O-M-G! I'm Suppose To Still Be Helping Them Train!"

"Well, how about I let you use my cell phone the text them. That way, you can give Mikey and Guano directions on what they can do for the next few days while you're with us," Mitsuki said hoping that the idea would be in someway helpful.

"But, what if they don't want to listen because I'm not there to motivate them?" Gonard asked Mitsuki with a worried expression on his face. He knew that Mikey and Guano would not give any effort into their training if nobody was there to force them to work.

"Then, tell them they'll lose on Saturday," Lily said, turning her nose up. She did not dare to show any care, or concern toward Mikey Simon's problems. Gonard looked at her a little upset by her words, but she was right. Mikey and Guano might show a bit of effort if they knew their chances for victory depended on it.

"Okay, I think that solves everything for now! Looks like it's starting to get late. We'll come get you tomorrow morning around 9 o'clock, Gonard," Mitsuki said, whipping her arm across her for head, while letting out a sigh of relief. Since they also had a day-off from the studio tomorrow, it made things a little bit easier.

"Tomorrow? Where are we going tomorrow? It's only Friday, isn't it?" Gonard questioned Mitsuki. He had wondered weather he had forgotten his days of the week once again. It would have not surprised Gonard. He had forgotten his own Birthday once, then claimed the entire month of June was his Birthday. Lily frustration was set off once again. She began to push Gonard out of the apartment, because she was so annoyed by his presence.

"Because, you dumb spaz, if you are even go to THINK that you're going to be MY boyfriend, you better envision yourself getting a make-over, as well!" Lily spurted toward him, continuing to shove him out of their apartment. When she finally got him to the outside of the door, Lily continued to say, "You have to become presentable if you are going to truly help us out, so be ready a 9 AM sharp! GOT IT?!"

Gonard cringed back a little bit in fright. He did not even want to think about what consequences would be if he slept in. He switched his expression back to a smile, feeling a sweat slipping down the side of his face.

"Y-Yeah, n-no problem..." Gonard said still feeling a worried fill sweat on his face. He then waved to Mitsuki saying, "Good night, Mitsuki!"

"Good night!" Mitsuki said, smiling cheerfully at him. She truly was excited that he would be helping Lily out. Although Lily did not show it, Mitsuki had a feeling that Lily was happy as well.

"Good night to you, too, Li-" Gonard began to say toward Lily, but she simply slammed the door shut. A cry of pain could be heard on the other side of the door. No doubt, Lily had hit the door right into Gonard's face. Weather she did it on purpose, or on accident was unsure.

Lily turned around, and began to walk toward her bedroom. The sun had already set, and Lily felt exhausted from a long day. She was ready to just turn in for the night. After all, she had a big day to prepare for the next morning. When Lily opened the door to her bedroom, she saw the destruction of clocks that she had crushed when arriving home earlier. Lily sighed deeply, then turned to look at Mitsuki.

"Hey Mitsuki, do me a favor, please? Wake me up tomorrow before 9 o'clock, okay?..." Lily asked, showing a look of exhaustion and worry on her face. She had just grown plain tired of everything.

"Sure thing, Lily. Good night. Sleep well," Mitsuki said smiling at her best friend. She knew the entire day had wore out Lily. Mitsuki could not blame Lily for feeling the way she did.

"I'll try..." Lily said, smiling slightly. She was happy to have a friend like Mitsuki to rely on. Lily walked into her room slowly closing the door behind her.

Lily hoped onto her bed, and began to roll around trying to get comfortable. The whole day had been just one problem after another. Although almost every day was like that for the young blonde actress, because of Mikey, it was not often her own personal problems she had to worry about. She did not want to think about her family's arrival anymore. So Lily tried her best to focus on other things. Almost anything was better than her dreadful past.

Suddenly Lily felt her mind wonder off to think about Gonard. She was unsure of why he came to mind, but she knew that tomorrow they had a lot of work to do on him. He needed to wear the clothes, have the hair, talk the talk, and walk the walk. Lily knew these were all things her idol boyfriend needed to have. Lily suddenly heard a voice in the back of her head asking why. She did not know where the voice came from, but could not think of a way to answer it directly. All Lily knew was, this was what her family expected a descent person to have. And Lily had to make herself seem like she had it all. Gonard was going to go along with the plan, so maybe things would get a bit simpler. The smile he showed toward her whenever offering a helping hand was a nice sign of comfort to Lily. She began to smile to herself thinking of how his eye showed the sincerity Gonard felt inside when he smiled today. His green eyes gave a good vibe when he smiled at her like that.

Lily sat up quickly in shock. She felt around on her face. The extreme amount of heat coming from it could have melted the south polar ice capes. Lily slapped her face lightly, trying to get a hold of her-self. It had almost been like she was happy to see him smile. Lily shook her head, and began to lightly slap her face once more. She rolled back onto her bad, forcing any type of thought out of her mind. Her day had been too long, and sleep was a huge demand at the moment. She did not want to think about Gonard anymore. Lily closed her eyes tight, and drifted off to a feverish sleep.