HEY REVIEWERS! Sorry for the little wait. School started and it sucks. I barely have time for myself and I barely have time for this story. I've been stressing out a lot but I have had a few suggestions on what to do and I am really grateful for the suggestions as well as the support this story has. Thank you so much minna! I really appreciate it.
Also! If you're wondering why the chapters I write are sometimes a bit short, is because I type these things in my phone and in the phone it looks a lot longer than it does on a computer screen. So I'm sorry if some of the chapters seem short.
Previously on Love Song Problems: With that, she went on the tip of her toes and placed a kiss on his cheek. Van turned a bright red tomato color and Haruka pulled away with a smile smile. She turned around before skipping out towards her room, humming on the way out.
When she was out of sight, everyone turned to face Van who backed up a bit at the death glares aimed at him.
'Kami-sama, save me from these devils,' Van mused at himself as he stared at the approaching figures that had a dark aura around them.
"What was that?!" Eiichi scowled as he stood in front of Van.
The other bands getting ready to pounce on the flirtatious brown haired HEAVENS member if he said anything wrong or inappropriate.
'Yea. I'm dead,' Van sighed as he explained to the three bands about Haruka's affectionate gestures.
NOW ON WITH THE STORY!
Chapter 14: To Protect Her
~Haruka's POV~
I smiled to myself as I laid in my bed thinking about the day I had so far. My date with Van-kun helped me get over my insecurities ever so slightly and I will be eternally grateful to him for helping me. I sat up as I realized that I should get Van-kun's song started. I looked towards my wooden desk staring at the stacks of blank music sheets just waiting to have music notes written on them. I stood up and padded over to the desk, pulling out the chair before taking a seat.
I took a hold of my pencil as I tapped it on the music sheet. I started humming a small tune that appeared in my head as I thought of Van-kun. I wrote the notes down before stopping half way and sighing with a small frown on my face.
I erased the notes I had written down and whispered as I leaned my head back, "That doesn't sound right for something that Van-kun would sing. What am I missing?"
I looked at the large poster that was hanging on my wall just beside the desk I was sitting in front of. It was the poster of STARISH during the UtaPri awarding. I smiled as I stared at the small signatures on the edge of the poster, remembering the time they had shyly handed it over to me. They hadn't realized how happy it made me when they gave me the poster.
"YOSH! I can do this. Once I finish with HEAVENS songs, I can put my time and effort into the love song for STARISH. I will make them proud of me," I encouraged myself softly as I started yet again with writing down notes that came to my head as I thought of each member of HEAVENS individually.
~With the boys~THIRD POV~
STARISH sat back down on the plush couches heavily as they processed what Van had told them.
"She thinks she's..a slut," Otoya whispered softly as his hair covered his eyes, "Why? She should know better than to think so poorly of herself."
Eiichi sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair, "I wouldn't blame her.. With all of us pining over her, she's bound to think something like that."
"Kouhai-chan is very oblivious to these kinds of things and she must be be confused into why these things must be happening to her," Reiji looked at his open palms that were resting on his lap, "We haven't really been very considerate of her feelings..have we?"
"I feel horrible. I hurt Haru-chan and I didn't even notice. I feel like a horrible friend," Natsuki whispered, tears appearing at the corner of his eyes as his stomach churned at the thought of hurting his most precious friend.
Syo sighed as he stared at his childhood friend who he guessed was mentally beating himself up, "Don't feel bad Natsuki. You didn't know. We didn't know what we were doing to her. We never once considered her feelings because we were to caught up in beating the other in winning her heart."
Yamato sighed as he ruffled his hair, stressed out at everything that has happened, "Shorty is right. We were being a bit too clingy with Megami-chan."
"I'm not SHORT!" Syo growled as he glared at Yamato's direction, who smirked at the angry blonde.
"What are we going to do? Haruka seemed very hurt," Cecil sighed as he tilted his head to stare at the ceiling, watching the light dance off the chandelier, "Are we needed to back off from her? And give her space?"
Ai piped up from his spot beside Ranmaru, "Maybe. We'll just have to wait and see what Haruka-chan wants. She might get suspicious if we suddenly back off and she might be insulted or even upset that we're not talking to her."
"Ai-Ai is right. Kouhai-chan will probably pick up on us ignoring her and might be upset about it," Reiji sighed as he tilted his hat upwards so that it would show both his eyes instead of just one, "Ryuuya-san? Ringo-chan? What are you two doing here? I thought you had a commercial deal that you needed to shoot."
Ryuuya was strolling towards the three bands with his eye brow raised, "We just finished. Isn't this surprising? I thought you guys would be clawing at each others throats and trying to rip the others eye balls out the way your rivalry is."
"What's it to you?" Yamato growled at his older brother, his eyes narrowed.
Ringo smiled cutely as he said, "Oh hush Yamato-kun. Now, Ryuuya did have a good question. Why are you guys all gathered here?"
Eiichi rolled his eyes at the cross dressing male before answering, "We're just discussing about a certain topic that's been troubling us. It's none of your concern."
"Oh it probably is my concern when you're talking about the woman I love," Ringo smirked at the shocked looks directed at him, "What?"
"You heard what we were talking about?" Camus asked with his eye brow raised, "Then why did you ask why we were gathered here when you already knew the answer?"
Ringo giggled before stating clearly, "I was just testing you guys to see if you'll actually tell us or not."
"That's enough Ringo," Ryuuya sighed as he stared tiredly at his cross dressing co-worker, "So what is it that you were discussing about Nanami-san?"
"She's having trouble navigating through her feelings. She told me that she doesn't know if she has feelings for us or not. She never experienced these feelings before and so she doesn't understand it," Van sighed as he leaned against the couch directly behind Ren, "She told me that she feels something towards us but she isn't sure if it's love or not. And because of this, she feels like she is a slut for having feelings for all of us."
"Which is stupid because Haruka is the purest being out there," Nagi piped up with a grin on his face, "I mean come on! Haruka is the cutest isn't she? She's so sweet and caring and no one would ever think that she would be like that. Don't you agree?"
Everyone in the room nodded as they mulled over what they should do.
~With Haruka~
Haruka was busy humming to herself as she tapped her pencil against her wooden desk when she got an idea about how to interact with all the boys.
'I'll need to go ask Shining-san and Raging-san for permission before I do anything reckless,' She sighed to herself as she lifted the pencil and tapped her lower lip lightly with the end of the pencil, 'How an I supposed to ask them?'
She placed her pencil down before getting off of her chair. She walked towards her door and opened it slowly mulling over how to ask the two former idols of her idea. She locked her door before walking towards Shining's office. When she reached the wooden door of Shining's office, she lightly tapped her knuckles against the door.
"Come in," Shining's voice echoed from inside as Haruka took in a deep breath, preparing herself mentally.
She pushed open the door as she slowly padded towards the wooden desk of the office. Shining was staring at her from behind his shades with a raised eye brow.
"Shining-san, I wanted to ask permission from you for a camping trip with STARISH, QUARTET NIGHT, and HEAVENS so I could get to know them better," she remarked boldly as she stared at Shining with a fire burning in her eyes.
She cowered back slightly when she realized how bold she was before she whispered softly, "Ano.. if that's no problem with you and Raging-san."
"I don't agree with the camping trip because it will take more than one or two days," Haruka deflated slightly, "But.."
She looked up expectedly at the brown haired former idol as he continued, "I can arrange for you to go to my private island that you went on when you were still at school."
"You mean the private island that we went to to find our partner so we can debut?" Haruka asked, tilting her head. Shining nodded before she smiled brightly, "Really?"
Shining sighed before replying, "Yes. I will give STARISH and QUARTET NIGHT two days and one night with you on that island."
"And HEAVENS will be in your care as well," Haruka turned abruptly as she heard the door open and watched as Raging walked towards her, "Can I find you responsible for them?"
Haruka nodded eagerly as Raging stood beside Shining, "Hai! I promise to not let you two down."
The red haired composer bowed low, "Thank you so much!"
"Go inform the three bands as well as Ringo and Ryuuya so they can keep watch on you. You will leave before the sun rises tomorrow," Shining said as he grinned, "I expect great things from you Miss Nanami."
Haruka nodded as she bowed low again before exiting. When she shut the door behind her, a smile rose on her lips as she squealed excitedly. She took a deep breath before running towards the lounge where she last saw the three bands. When she turned the corner, she grinned stupidly when she saw the men that she was looking for.
"Minna!" The occupants in the lounge looked up as Haruka ran towards them.
"Haruka-chan? What is it? Why are you running?" Ringo asked as he tilted his head, watching Haruka approach them.
Haruka smiled cutely at the men occupying the room and remarked excitedly, "Pack up for two days and a night! We're going to a private island!"
"Wait what? What do you mean My Lady? Why do we need to pack our bags?" Ren asked as he cocked his head to the side.
The red haired composer shifted her weight on one leg to the the other as she said nervously losing the confidence she had a while ago, "Ano.. I asked Shining-san for a day or two off and he agreed to hand over his private island for two days and one night. STARISH minus Cecil-san, you remember the island we had to go to to pick our partner for the song writing competition as well as our partner to debut in."
"Really Nanami? Are you sure it's okay with Shining-san?" Masato asked as he stared at the love of his life.
She nodded at his direction and Reiji piped up, "Are we included as well or just STARISH?"
QUARTET NIGHT looked at Haruka expectedly and sighed in relief when she nodded eagerly, "Hai! Shining-san included QUARTET NIGHT as well, as well as Hyuga-sensei and Tsukimiya-sensei."
"Raging-san also allowed HEAVENS to join us on our trip," the members of HEAVENS flashed Haruka smiles in their own little way.
Haruka looked around, looking at each occupant of the large lounge before saying, "I'm going to pack my bags now. We have to be up early tomorrow."
The men in the lounge nodded as Haruka skipped away, humming to herself. They stared as she skipped away, their heart melting at her innocence.
"Wait. Did she say private island?" Shion cocked his head to the side, "Does that mean that there's beach there?"
"Yea, what are you on about Shion?" Eiichi scowled as he stared at his white haired band member.
Shion looked straight at Eiichi before saying, "So does that mean we'll be going swimming?"
"Who doesn't go swimming when there's a beach involved?" Otoya remarked excitedly.
"I think what Shion is trying to say is that: will Nanami be wearing a bikini?" Kira stated with a smirk plastered on his face.
The people in the room processed what Kira said and they all started blushing, thinking of how Haruka would look in a flimsy bikini. They all shook their head trying to rid of the inappropriate thoughts that appeared in their minds, faces flushed red.
"I'm going to pack my things. I'll see you boys later," Ringo giggled cutely before running off, probably going towards his own room to pack his stuff.
"Me too. I'll see you later," Ryuuya nodded his towards the younger men in the room before striding off towards the same direction Ringo ran off to.
The three bands left behind all made eye contact with each other before Tokiya said, "We have to keep a distance and a barrier between Nanami and ourself. We might keep hurting her AND ourself if we make our move on her, with the way that she is right now."
"He's right. We need to make sure she's safe and happy. We can't force ourself on her," Ranmaru sighed as he brushed his fingers through his silver-grey spiky hair.
"It's for Hoshi-chan's (Star) sake. The stars are frowning at my blatant ignorance towards my Hoshi-chan," Shion placed his hand lightly against his chest as he winced at the thought of hurting his Hoshi-chan.
"We're doing this for her.." They all whispered softly, all looking away as their thoughts became occupied with Haruka.
'To protect Angel-chan/Nanami/Haruka/Nanami-san/Megami-chan/Hoshi-chan/Ha-chan,' HEAVENS mused softly, determination filling their eyes.
'To protect Kouhai-chan/Haruka-chan/Haruka/Nanami,' QUARTET NIGHT thought silently as they made eye contact, nodding at each other knowing what the other were thinking.
'To protect Nanami/Haru-chan/My Lady/Nanami-san/Haruka,' STARISH, all but exclaimed in their heads, a certain fire burning in their eyes and in their chest.
'To protect the woman I love!' They all exclaimed in their heads, their heart clenching as their minds were filled with thoughts of the red-orange haired composer that managed to steal their hearts.
HEY REVIEWERS! Sorry it took so long to update this and I'm sorry if it wasn't to your expectations. I was a bit rushed with this because I didn't want to disappoint you guys with a very late update and another reason why I rushed this is because school has started and on the first day, I had a ton load of things that I needed to bring and get ready for such as projects and presentations and it's all been so stressful for me. I wanted to update at least one chapter before the work load of school becomes a big burden on my shoulders.
I'm really sorry for the short and disappointing chapter but I decided for some filler chapters for now because I feel like the story is being rushed and I wanted to slow it down a bit.
If you have any suggestions on what you want to happen in the private island, send your reviews in. I read every single one of them and ponder on them if they are a good idea or not.
Also! Shout out to LoverGirl71793 for the idea that you sent. I was thinking how I should do it and this is what came to mind. Don't worry your idea will come in after the days in the private island. Again, thank you for your suggestion.
Again! I am soooooo sorry for the late update but I'm sad to say that it won't get any better. Especially with school starting for me. It will suck. But I will try to write a chapter whenever I have the time because I don't wan to disappoint you guys with very and I mean VERY late chapters.
Thank you again for your support and I appreciate it a lot.
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