Chapter seven: More Problems
"What do you know about Misaki," Usui inched forward, causing Ken to back up against the RV
"I guess I'm not her boyfriend, but I actually listen and understand what she's feeling right now. You're the one caught up in trying to get closer to her, and not even realizing what it's making her feel like," Ken walked forward, attempting to intimidate the taller and stronger one. Usui's hands balled up into fists.
He pulled his arm back, in attempt to punch him, but was interrupted.
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TWO DOING!?"
The two turned, to see an angry figure...
"Misaki?" they both said, with slightly red faces
"Guys...why do they never answer my questions!?" Misaki murmured, getting irritated by the second. What the heck came between them for them to fight? It makes no sense at all...is this what guys do all day...
Ken looked at Misaki with a nervous face, searching for the right thing to say. While Usui put on his usual "I don't give a crap," face.
"I-its just...w-we were..."Ken stuttered
"Save it. Why does she deserve the right to know what we were doing," Usui nonchalantly walked away, I'm sorry Misaki.
"That jerk, who does he think he is. Maybe he really is like the other guys," Misaki murmured
"As much as I hate to say this, that bastard might have a reason behind all this. You know, for the short time I've known you guys, while you were happy, he didn't seem like the guy who would like a slut like Kaori, and the type that wouldn't change all of a sudden," Ken remarked, but Misaki wasn't listening.
"Maybe I shouldn't have gone out with him in the first place," Misaki scoffed, "Maybe all this time, we weren't meant to be together. He probably was just playing with my feelings. All guys are like that," Misaki thought of her father, "Maybe I should just break up with him..."
"What!?" Ken exclaimed, Wait, this is my chance though, if she breaks up with him, it means she'll be single, which means that I'll have a chance with her! What am I thinking...I can have all the other girls, and I choose to waste my time with a normal, plain girl. Yeah, that isn't a good idea.
Thinking this, Ken walked away.
"Wait! Where do you think you're going! I'm talking to you!" Misaki yelled.
She was talking to me? And she wasn't insulting me? Well that's new. Ken stopped and turned around to look at her. She was angry, but her face showed a hint of embarrassment. Ken's heart sped up.
How does she do this to me? When I can have any other girl, shes the one I really need.
Ken walked back up to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly.
"W-what's gotten into you, Jerk-face!" Misaki screamed
"Just let me hold you for a while," Ken said softly.
"Let me go!" Misaki thrashed around
"Just stand still, just for a little," Ken said. Misaki's face reddened
"Fine. But if you do this again outside of work, I'm filing a police report for sexual harassment," Misaki declared
"Right, right,"
Ken heard a snap. Is someone watching us?
"Hey! Shisoba!" Usui stormed towards Ken with a piece of paper in his hand. He cornered him behind clusters of camera equipment, "I thought I told you to stay away from Misaki,"
"What do you mean!? And for your information, my name is Shinobu, not that crap that's coming out of your mouth. And you should really see a doctor, these days your spitting a lot when you talk," Ken wiped off the imaginary spit off his cheek
"I'm talking about this!" Usui shoved a picture into Ken's face. It was a picture of Ken hugging Misaki that other day in front of the RVs.
"You're not my mother! Stop nagging...I can do whatever I want to. And where did you even get that picture..."
"Kaori. And I'm not nagging! I'm trying to protect my girlfriend,"
"Protect? Girlfriend? Are you an alien? Because in Earth's dictionary, you don't protect someone you love by making them angry or hurting them. And she didn't seem to mind me hugging her,"
"How would you know how she feels?"
"Because she told me,"
"Do you expect me to believe that? Why would she talk to someone like you about her feelings,"
"What do you mean by someone like me? Does she ever tell you about her feelings openly?"
"Yes,"
"Then we must be similar," Ugh, I don't want to be like him," I'm done talking to you, I have work to do," Ken pushed him out of the way and headed over to Misaki.
Who does he think he is...being with Misaki. Using that picture from Kaori might not be solid evidence, since she is a total bitch, but I'll do anything to get to Misaki, and take the place of that bastard. Usui thought. He looked over at Misaki and Ken. She seemed to be hitting and yelling at him for taking so long. Usui sighed and walked away to resume his modeling work.
"Acting?!" Misaki and Ken exclaimed
"Yeah, it's a commercial for 'L' body cream," Hideyoshi said, "There are going to be three different commercials, you guys's, Takumi and Kaori's, and all of you guys together. Oh yeah, and we've come up with a name for your modeling group. It's called TwoSquared," Hideyoshi declared
"Omo, it's just like a band! A modeling coed band!" Masami fangirled. Everyone looked at her with a weird look, and she cleared her throat,
"Continue," she said, attempting to break the awkwardness
Hideyoshi shook his head, getting rid of what just happened, "Y-yeah. Your commercial will be broadcast on more adult channels, while TwoSquared and Takumi/Kaori's will air on more pre-teen to teenager channels," Misaki choked on her water
"A-adult channels?"
"Don't worry, it won't be dirty, just...not suitable for small kids. Much like the THIS commercial and THAT commercial," Hideyoshi said.
Misaki, who doesn't watch television, was a lot more worried now since she had no idea what kinds of commercials those were, while the rest of them nodded like they understood.
"TwoSquared will all start filming at the same time and place, tomorrow after school on the 30th floor. Masami and Katsuo will pick you guys up right after school. Go home and get some rest. Don't worry about the acting, it's like modeling except with lines and actions. But it's a lot like modeling since you have a feeling you have to portray, and you have a product to show off," Hideyoshi dismissed them all, and they all went home.
The next day, after school, everyone made a commotion when a limo showed up at Seika.
"Who's being picked up by a limo?"
"Who in this school can even afford a limo?!"
"Maybe the limo is for someone else?"
"They parked right in front of our gate..." the guys kept gossiping but looked up when two women and a man approached them
"Do you know where Ayuzawa Misaki and Usui Takumi might be?" Masami asked
"U-um look in the student council room," one of the guys replied
"Thank you very much," Usui and Kaori's manager, Sayuri Akane, said
"We should've checked there in the first place," Katsuo said
"Oh yeah, Misaki is the president," Masami said. And with that, they all headed inside towards the student council room, asking directions along the way, and leaving behind confused highschoolers.
When they arrived at the room, Masami slid open the door, and the three stepped inside.
"Misaki? Takumi?" Masami said, on top of the loud noise. All of the members pointed to the fighting couple in the corner.
"TAKUMI USUI, YOU WILL REGRET THE DAY YOU SAID THAT TO M-!" Misaki was cut off when a bulky hand covered her mouth, and only muffled screams were heard. Katsuo threw her over his shoulder and nonchalantly walked out of the room towards the limo, Masami following the two. Akane guided the shocked Usui out of the room and gave apologetic looks to the council and people who came across Katsuo and Misaki.
When they all entered the limo, and the chauffeur started driving, hell broke loose again.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME!? TO GET AWAY FROM KEN!? YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME! YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT ACTING LIKE THE USUI I KNOW! WHERE DID MY USUI GO!? WHERE!? ANSWER ME!" Misaki jumped out of her seat, in attempt to strangle him, but was held back by Ken, who was also in the car. And Usui, who was just sitting there, trying to cover up his guilty face with his normal tranquil one.
"MAYBE YOU SHOULD'VE JUST STAYED IN BRITAIN! MAYBE I SHOULD'VE JUST LEFT YOU THERE!" Misaki screamed. Usui sighed, and pressed his lips against her. A chaste kiss as usual, hopefully enough to quiet her down.
Ken, the only one shocked, pulled down the embarrassed and quiet Misaki back down in her seat across from Usui, and next to Ken.
"Don't think I'm an easy girl. I'm only shutting up because the driver will be bothered by the noise back here," Misaki mumbled
Sitting in the dressing room, Misaki studied the script Hideyoshi gave Ken and her once more, still having second thoughts. The commercial seemed a little silly but Misaki still had a hard time processing it. Even if there weren't many lines, and there were more actions.
"All done!" Haruna said.
To Misaki's disgust, she wore a short, black cocktail dress. It was tight and outlined every single one of her curves, and came down to her mid-thigh. It was strapless and shined like smooth silk. She wore black nylon leggings and tall black Jimmy Choos. Her hair was curled and put into a messy bun.
When she went out of the dressing room, in more balance than usual, due to the training the Maid Latte Manager's nephew, Aoi, made her do.
She saw Ken, who was wearing a black button down and a tie that loosely hung from his neck. Black slacks and oxfords covered his legs. He gave her his arm, and she took it, because the Jimmy Choos started to become tight.
"Okay! We're going to start to film the first scene for Hina and Ken's 'L' Body Lotion commercial!" the director instructed, "The first few shots will be of them individually holding the bottle of lotion introducing the cream. Hina, you first, stand in front of the black sheet,"
Misaki and Ken took turns standing in front of the screen and showing off the lotion in their deep and sexy voices and expressions, as said in the script. After a few takes, and the scene was perfected, they moved onto the main scene,
"Now we are going to do the scene with the bed," the director instructed and the staff started setting up the bed in front of the black screen.
Bed!? What bed!? Why do they keep on making me do these things! Ugh... Misaki looked at Ken, who had a blank expression. She caught a glimpse of Usui who was on his beach set with Kaori, staring at them.
"It says this in the script, but I'm going to tell you how to do it anyways. You both will lie on top of the bed, and kiss and roll around and all that junk, then Ken will caress Hina's skin and say his line," the director instructed
Junk? Misaki took cautious steps toward the bed, as Ken was already resting on top of it.
"Hurry along, we don't have all day, if you do this right the first time, we won't have to do this again," the director said. She carefully lie on top of the sleek, dark purple sheets.
"Action!"
Ken immediately grabbed Misaki's face and pressed his lips onto hers, moving his lips. He moved on top of Misaki and trailed kisses down her neck, using his hand to outline her body.
Has he done this a lot with women? Because he seems experienced in a bad way...another reason to hate him.
"Okay cut! That was perfect, so we're going to move to Ken's scene," Ken immediately wiped the sides of Misaki's eyes, still careful not to smudge the make up. Misaki sat there shocked, Why is he always so aggressive, then becomes caring all of a sudden?
"Action!"
Ken, still on top of Misaki, caressed her leg and said his line about how soft her skin was.
"Cut! That was perfect! We were able to finish this scene in one shot! That's a wrap for this commercial! Good work everybody," the director announced.
Ken rolled off Misaki, and she quickly got off the bed, thanked everyone for their hard work, and ran off to the dressing room. Ken, on the other hand, calmly got off the bed and thanked everyone. His stroll to the dressing room was stopped by an angry blonde.
"Hey, you, I told you that you were the problem,"
"Even if I were the problem, which I'm not, what do you want me to do about it,"
"Quit your jobs with Misaki, stay away from her, and we all live happily ever after,"
"What's your problem anyways!?"
"You're doing things with my girlfriend that make her cry. I don't want you to do that, so it makes me angry. That's my problem,"
"Oh. My. God. You still don't get it. You're the one making her cry. Even if you just want to get closer to her," Usui flinched
"Who said that I did all this to get closer to her,"
"No one did, I just knew. It's pretty obvious. I don't get how Misaki didn't see it,"
"If you knew all this time, why didn't you help me,"
"It's pretty obvious. I like Misaki,"
"What!?" Well this is getting interesting. In an annoying, irritating kind of way.
"Why do you think I've been by her side all this time, because I like her body?"
"W-well,"
"I just had the most brilliant idea, as expected of the all-mighty Shinobu Ken," he ran his fingers through his hair then continued, "Tomorrow, when we shoot the third commercial, we should have a contest, to fight for Misaki,"
"Why,"
"Just listen. So, we should have a contest. We can both try the part of Misaki's lover in the commercial, and the director can choose the best one,"
"So, if you get chosen, you get to be with Misaki? What kind of stupid idea is that. I'm already Misaki's boyfriend, and Misaki loves me,"
"No, not to be her boyfriend, to be her modeling partner,"
"Oh...right..."
"Just give me your answer! Are you in or not?"
"Sure whatever,"
I think I'm going to end this series after their little competition is over and all their problems are solved. Maybe one or two chapters? I don't know. But anticipate the ending!
Sorry for the delay, I had to write this chapter in three hours, but it was pretty smooth the whole way.
Thank you for all your support!
