Idol Vocalist
¤¤¤4 MONTHS AFTERWARDS¤¤¤
Slowly, things seemed to be turning back to normal. If anything could ever be normal again, but at least as close to it as things could get.
Little more than four months after Shuichi's death, business was in the running at N-G Productions again. It was decided that Ryuichi would take over Shuichi's position as vocalist in Bad Luck and that Nittle Grasper would finally be put to rest.
At first Fujisaki opposed himself to the idea, but eventually he gave in. He liked playing his keyboards way too much to give it up simply to stay away from Sakuma.
Touma wore a calm smile the day he opened the final meeting in the conference room. "There will be a press conference on Wednesday," he told them as they had all settled down.
"What? In just four days?" Hiro exclaimed, beside himself.
"Yes," Touma confirmed. "People are still waiting eagerly for an answer to the big question: Will Bad Luck die with Shindou Shuichi? And excuse my bad choice of words, but that's what they're talking about out there. If you want to continue making music you need to tell them that's your intention or they will forget about you."
Ryuichi leaned forward over the table and sighed with exhaustion. "It feels odd to do this," he murmured, "but Shuichi's mom said he would have wanted me to do this."
The smile on Touma's lips widened with a sort of sad love. "Yes, I bet Shuichi would love for you to sing for Bad Luck. You were his idol, after all."
Ryuichi smiled. "Yeah."