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Noda no Miko: Konnichiwa minna-san noda!!! I'm so happy! More reviews na noda!! I have more than one page now noda!!! ^_^!!! Ooh, an' here's a mini- advertisement na noda: Read my fic 'Sunshine Lasts Forever' I really like it and I want to know what people think na noda! Otay! Now, this chapter is Genrou's chapter! Its kind of sappy-happy noda… so be prepared for the major attack of the fuzzies I had while I was writing this chapter noda!
Tomo: So, if you could be so kind as to review, we here at the Bekku Hakushi staff would be much obliged. So obliged in fact that Miko-chan is gonna go straight to the chapter!!! Isn't that right Miko-chan? *Plunks Miko-chan down in her computer chair*
Noda no Miko: Mmph mm nnf nummm!! *She is gagged so she can't talk*
Tasuki: Enjoy!
//*~Genrou~*//
I lay in our too-small bed looking up at the ceiling. I'm not really looking at anything. Not really. I still can't believe that we're going to be on T.V.! For real! Real people are going to watch us sing! I'm scared kind of actually. I've never been on T.V. before. I don't think any of us have. That's one reason I can't sleep. It's eleven forty-seven and I'm so wired that I can't even halfway close my friggin eyes. The other reason that I can't sleep is lying with its ear over my heart and a little hand on my stomach, slid underneath my shirt. Kouji mutters something in his sleep and his hand inches up higher. It's nice to just stay here and watch him sleep you know. After Heika and Ryuuen went home, (Aono asked Ri if he'd like to stay the night, out of the blue, just like that.) and we finally wound down, it's nice to lay here with him like I always do at night. His breathing is so slow and even. And sometimes I can't help but wonder what he dreams about. Like for instance, what would he dream about me? Sorry, I can't really help it. His hair is down right now, 'cause it always is while he's sleeping. I run my fingers through it a couple of times. I love this little bastard laying here with me you know. More than anything. I keep hearing this song on the radio that reminds me a lot of something I might sing to him. I don't know who it's by or even the fuckin' name, but it doesn't matter, it's still our song. I only know this one part, and that's the part that reminds me the most. It goes:
//I, I feel so alive, for the very first time,
I can't deny you,
I feel so alive.
I feel so alive, for the very first time,
And I think I can fly!//
That's what it feels like when I'm with Kouji. Whatever we're doing, I always feel like I'm flying. Goes to show I really need to stop drinking whiskey, ne? I give a small smile and feel my eyelids start to get heavy. Yeah, I'm gonna remake that song for him once we get famous…if we get famous.
"AHHHHHH!!" I'm awakened the next morning by a terrified scream. I sit up, instantly alert. Kouji's side of the bed is empty! That was him screaming! I leap to my feet and grab his bass by its neck. I charge into the kitchen where his screams were coming from, bass raised read to attack. But when I caught sight of just what was making my Kouji scream, I started to scream too.
"Really now," It says huffily, "There's no need to be so frightened!" Kouji quickly padded over and hid behind me, face buried in my shoulders.
"It's th' wicked witch." Kouji whimpered.
"No it's not! It's Grandfather Jun!!!" Piped one of three little girls with turquoise hair. (They all looked freakishly similar…)
"Gr-grandpa, heh, what a pleasant surprise, but um, how did you find me noda?" Ri stepped from behind Aono's door. He was in Aono's favorite sleeping shirt: Hootie and the Blowfish '93. Aono got it from his first concert. He *never* lets anyone else wear that shirt. Something was up.
"I have my ways!"
"He got your mama and papa to tell him then when you weren't at home he got the land lord to-" the second little girl was promptly bopped on the head with Grandpa Jun's cane. Kouji's clasp on my waist tightened.
"Besides, I had to see my favorite grandson." Grandpa Jun said scowling. He inspected Ri closely. "What's that through you lip?" he asked suspiciously. Both of Ri's hands flew to his lips.
"Nothing noda." Was the muffled reply.
"No, you have that piercing thing those kids like to mutilate their bodies with! Kids these days! Who made you-?"
"Aww, but Ri looks pretty like that Grandpa Jun!!" Objected the third and final kid. Grandpa Jun glared at her.
"Be quiet Lai Lai!" He hissed.
"What's all this noise out here?" Asked a sleepy voice.
"You! You're the one who made my grandson mutilate himself!" Grandpa Jun jumped in the air as Aono entered the room and grasped onto his shirt collar. Aono screamed.
"Ahhhh! I'm having a nightmare aren't I?!?" Ri sighed.
"No, it's just my grandfather and my little cousins na noda…" He explained.
"Lai Lai!" Piped one
"Nyan Nyan!" the second exclaimed.
"Wai Wai!" Cried the third.
"Hush!" Grandpa Jun hissed.
"Eyay-eyay!" the (triplet?) girls chanted. Grandpa Jun sighed.
"Ri, who are these people?" He asked.
"They're the members of th-the band I'm in n-n-noda." Ri stammered. Grandpa Jun cocked an eyebrow.
"Band?" He repeated.
"Yes, a rock band noda." Ri responded.
"Rock band…"
"Yay! Ri-kun's in a rock band! Eyay-eyay!" The little girls sang and danced in a circle around their cousin.
"Aw, ain't they cute Gen-kun?" Kouji asked grinning.
"They're somethin' all right." I muttered. Grandpa Jun scowled at all of us.
"I'm keeping my eye on you! Especially you there!" He cried pointing his staff at Aono. Aono shrank back slightly.
"Hey, 'bye Grandpa noda…" Ri gave a timid little wave.
"I'll be waiting for you when you get home!" Here Grandpa Jun began to mutter to himself. "Really first the kid wants to be a concert pianist, then he puts a few holes in his body and wants to play that-that trash they call rock…" I was about to open my mouth and give dear ol' Grandpa a piece o' my mind but Kouji clasped my shoulder and shook his head. The door shut.
"S-so," Aono began after the sound had faded, "Who wants breakfast?"
"That would be great noda!" Ri said brightly. Kouji started to roll up his shirtsleeves.
"Pancakes sound good to ya?" Asked Kouji.
"Ya kiddin'? They fuckin' sound great!" I said. I was really hungry. (Being scared to death has that effect on you, you know.)
"'Kay!" Kouji said brightly. He bounced over to the stove and started to set things up. I grinned. He's always been a morning person. In a few minutes…
"Fresh off the stove! Get 'em while they're hot!" Kouji flips a few of the pancakes off of the pan. There's a big scramble between me and Aono to get to them 'cuz we both know that Kouji can really cook. Ri laughs, steps over both of us, and gets a few of the pancakes. I pout slightly as Aono sits down with his plate.
"I want some…" Kouji grins.
"Dun worry Gen-chan ya can have some from the next batch. They got chocolate chips."
"Chocolate chips? Those're th' best kind!" Ha! Take that Aono! While we eat it's almost totally silent. But it was a happy silence. That's how it is when the foods really good. After Aono finishes, he goes to get dressed.
"You can really cook Kouji noda!" Ri says after finishing off his third helping.
"I ain't really that good. Yer jus' hungry." Kouji replies.
"Aww, yer so modest." I tease as I poke him in the side with my fingers.
"Gen-kun!!" He squeaks. (He's real ticklish ^_^.) Ri watches us and smiles. I can't really explain why but his eyes look kind of sad.
"How long have you guys known each other noda?" Ri asked raising his eyebrows. Kouji turns to me.
"Err, good question. Gen-kun how long *have* we know each other?"
"Uhm, I think maybe three 'r four years. Yeah, that sounds right." I said at last after recalling events. Kouji thinks for a minute.
"Yeah, feels like we've known each other ferever though." He grins at me. I grin back.
"Hey, Genrou, ya seen any of my music sheets?" Aono asked as he came in. Must be writing a new song.
"I think I saw 'em on top o' th' TV." Kouji replies.
"Thanks." Aono saunters across the room and gets some paper. " I was thinking that we could sing a few songs and then have the new one. I'd kinda like it to be purely acoustic." He says. "Kouji, if I write the song, do you think you could double my guitar on your bass?" he asked. Kouji smiles.
"Anythin's possible." He says.
"Could you play a few songs for me later so I could work out an accompaniment noda?" Ri asked as he got up from the floor with his plate. Aono shrugs.
"Sure I could. Whenever you want." Ri thanks him and puts his dishes in the sink.
" I think that I'm gonna go get dressed noda." He says as he leaves. Aono nods and goes to go get his guitar. Eventually Kouji and me finish eating and go to get dressed to.
"Hey Gen-kun?" his voice is muffled as he pulls his shirt over his head.
"Yeah?" I zip my jeans.
"Are ya scared about bein' on th' TV?" he asks as he goes about putting his boots on.
"Well, kinda." I admit. "But I mean, it ain't like we're gunna get booed offa th' stage right?" I asked. Kouji thought for a while.
"I guess not." He said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and drops his head on my chest.
"But still, I mean, we're gunna be on TV, that's pretty cool right? All our work's gunna pay off." I point out as I rest my cheek on the top of his head.
"So I got nothin' to worry about, huh?" Kouji looks up at me.
"Nah, I wouldn't worry. Ya'd jus' loose yer sleep." I reply. He smiles a little.
"Ya always know what to say to cheer me up Gen-kun." He says quietly.
"I try." I said as I swayed us back and forth. Kinda like we were dancing or something. "Don't forget, even if we don't do a good job th' first time, there's always th' next time." Kouji nods as we continue swaying. I wanted to say something else. But I was too scared to say it. I was even more frightened of saying what I wanted to say than I was scared of being on TV and looking directly at Grandpa Jun combined.
//An' don't forget I love ya either.// I add silently.
Noda no Miko: Hee hee hee!! That's what Tasuki gets for messing with the might wrath of the Miko!!!
Tasuki: Fluuuuuffy purtty purrty fluuuuuuuuufy…
Kouji: You've turned his brains to mush!!
Nuriko: He should be back to normal by the next chapter.
Noda no Miko: AN' RI AN' AONO DID NOT SKREW EACHOTHER (yet) NODA SO DON'T GET ANY IDEAS IN YOUR HEADS NA NODA!!!
Chichiri: What was that 'yet' for noda?
Tomo: Yeah Miko-chan, what's up?
Noda no Miko: Hee hee hee…
Noda no Miko: Konnichiwa minna-san noda!!! I'm so happy! More reviews na noda!! I have more than one page now noda!!! ^_^!!! Ooh, an' here's a mini- advertisement na noda: Read my fic 'Sunshine Lasts Forever' I really like it and I want to know what people think na noda! Otay! Now, this chapter is Genrou's chapter! Its kind of sappy-happy noda… so be prepared for the major attack of the fuzzies I had while I was writing this chapter noda!
Tomo: So, if you could be so kind as to review, we here at the Bekku Hakushi staff would be much obliged. So obliged in fact that Miko-chan is gonna go straight to the chapter!!! Isn't that right Miko-chan? *Plunks Miko-chan down in her computer chair*
Noda no Miko: Mmph mm nnf nummm!! *She is gagged so she can't talk*
Tasuki: Enjoy!
//*~Genrou~*//
I lay in our too-small bed looking up at the ceiling. I'm not really looking at anything. Not really. I still can't believe that we're going to be on T.V.! For real! Real people are going to watch us sing! I'm scared kind of actually. I've never been on T.V. before. I don't think any of us have. That's one reason I can't sleep. It's eleven forty-seven and I'm so wired that I can't even halfway close my friggin eyes. The other reason that I can't sleep is lying with its ear over my heart and a little hand on my stomach, slid underneath my shirt. Kouji mutters something in his sleep and his hand inches up higher. It's nice to just stay here and watch him sleep you know. After Heika and Ryuuen went home, (Aono asked Ri if he'd like to stay the night, out of the blue, just like that.) and we finally wound down, it's nice to lay here with him like I always do at night. His breathing is so slow and even. And sometimes I can't help but wonder what he dreams about. Like for instance, what would he dream about me? Sorry, I can't really help it. His hair is down right now, 'cause it always is while he's sleeping. I run my fingers through it a couple of times. I love this little bastard laying here with me you know. More than anything. I keep hearing this song on the radio that reminds me a lot of something I might sing to him. I don't know who it's by or even the fuckin' name, but it doesn't matter, it's still our song. I only know this one part, and that's the part that reminds me the most. It goes:
//I, I feel so alive, for the very first time,
I can't deny you,
I feel so alive.
I feel so alive, for the very first time,
And I think I can fly!//
That's what it feels like when I'm with Kouji. Whatever we're doing, I always feel like I'm flying. Goes to show I really need to stop drinking whiskey, ne? I give a small smile and feel my eyelids start to get heavy. Yeah, I'm gonna remake that song for him once we get famous…if we get famous.
"AHHHHHH!!" I'm awakened the next morning by a terrified scream. I sit up, instantly alert. Kouji's side of the bed is empty! That was him screaming! I leap to my feet and grab his bass by its neck. I charge into the kitchen where his screams were coming from, bass raised read to attack. But when I caught sight of just what was making my Kouji scream, I started to scream too.
"Really now," It says huffily, "There's no need to be so frightened!" Kouji quickly padded over and hid behind me, face buried in my shoulders.
"It's th' wicked witch." Kouji whimpered.
"No it's not! It's Grandfather Jun!!!" Piped one of three little girls with turquoise hair. (They all looked freakishly similar…)
"Gr-grandpa, heh, what a pleasant surprise, but um, how did you find me noda?" Ri stepped from behind Aono's door. He was in Aono's favorite sleeping shirt: Hootie and the Blowfish '93. Aono got it from his first concert. He *never* lets anyone else wear that shirt. Something was up.
"I have my ways!"
"He got your mama and papa to tell him then when you weren't at home he got the land lord to-" the second little girl was promptly bopped on the head with Grandpa Jun's cane. Kouji's clasp on my waist tightened.
"Besides, I had to see my favorite grandson." Grandpa Jun said scowling. He inspected Ri closely. "What's that through you lip?" he asked suspiciously. Both of Ri's hands flew to his lips.
"Nothing noda." Was the muffled reply.
"No, you have that piercing thing those kids like to mutilate their bodies with! Kids these days! Who made you-?"
"Aww, but Ri looks pretty like that Grandpa Jun!!" Objected the third and final kid. Grandpa Jun glared at her.
"Be quiet Lai Lai!" He hissed.
"What's all this noise out here?" Asked a sleepy voice.
"You! You're the one who made my grandson mutilate himself!" Grandpa Jun jumped in the air as Aono entered the room and grasped onto his shirt collar. Aono screamed.
"Ahhhh! I'm having a nightmare aren't I?!?" Ri sighed.
"No, it's just my grandfather and my little cousins na noda…" He explained.
"Lai Lai!" Piped one
"Nyan Nyan!" the second exclaimed.
"Wai Wai!" Cried the third.
"Hush!" Grandpa Jun hissed.
"Eyay-eyay!" the (triplet?) girls chanted. Grandpa Jun sighed.
"Ri, who are these people?" He asked.
"They're the members of th-the band I'm in n-n-noda." Ri stammered. Grandpa Jun cocked an eyebrow.
"Band?" He repeated.
"Yes, a rock band noda." Ri responded.
"Rock band…"
"Yay! Ri-kun's in a rock band! Eyay-eyay!" The little girls sang and danced in a circle around their cousin.
"Aw, ain't they cute Gen-kun?" Kouji asked grinning.
"They're somethin' all right." I muttered. Grandpa Jun scowled at all of us.
"I'm keeping my eye on you! Especially you there!" He cried pointing his staff at Aono. Aono shrank back slightly.
"Hey, 'bye Grandpa noda…" Ri gave a timid little wave.
"I'll be waiting for you when you get home!" Here Grandpa Jun began to mutter to himself. "Really first the kid wants to be a concert pianist, then he puts a few holes in his body and wants to play that-that trash they call rock…" I was about to open my mouth and give dear ol' Grandpa a piece o' my mind but Kouji clasped my shoulder and shook his head. The door shut.
"S-so," Aono began after the sound had faded, "Who wants breakfast?"
"That would be great noda!" Ri said brightly. Kouji started to roll up his shirtsleeves.
"Pancakes sound good to ya?" Asked Kouji.
"Ya kiddin'? They fuckin' sound great!" I said. I was really hungry. (Being scared to death has that effect on you, you know.)
"'Kay!" Kouji said brightly. He bounced over to the stove and started to set things up. I grinned. He's always been a morning person. In a few minutes…
"Fresh off the stove! Get 'em while they're hot!" Kouji flips a few of the pancakes off of the pan. There's a big scramble between me and Aono to get to them 'cuz we both know that Kouji can really cook. Ri laughs, steps over both of us, and gets a few of the pancakes. I pout slightly as Aono sits down with his plate.
"I want some…" Kouji grins.
"Dun worry Gen-chan ya can have some from the next batch. They got chocolate chips."
"Chocolate chips? Those're th' best kind!" Ha! Take that Aono! While we eat it's almost totally silent. But it was a happy silence. That's how it is when the foods really good. After Aono finishes, he goes to get dressed.
"You can really cook Kouji noda!" Ri says after finishing off his third helping.
"I ain't really that good. Yer jus' hungry." Kouji replies.
"Aww, yer so modest." I tease as I poke him in the side with my fingers.
"Gen-kun!!" He squeaks. (He's real ticklish ^_^.) Ri watches us and smiles. I can't really explain why but his eyes look kind of sad.
"How long have you guys known each other noda?" Ri asked raising his eyebrows. Kouji turns to me.
"Err, good question. Gen-kun how long *have* we know each other?"
"Uhm, I think maybe three 'r four years. Yeah, that sounds right." I said at last after recalling events. Kouji thinks for a minute.
"Yeah, feels like we've known each other ferever though." He grins at me. I grin back.
"Hey, Genrou, ya seen any of my music sheets?" Aono asked as he came in. Must be writing a new song.
"I think I saw 'em on top o' th' TV." Kouji replies.
"Thanks." Aono saunters across the room and gets some paper. " I was thinking that we could sing a few songs and then have the new one. I'd kinda like it to be purely acoustic." He says. "Kouji, if I write the song, do you think you could double my guitar on your bass?" he asked. Kouji smiles.
"Anythin's possible." He says.
"Could you play a few songs for me later so I could work out an accompaniment noda?" Ri asked as he got up from the floor with his plate. Aono shrugs.
"Sure I could. Whenever you want." Ri thanks him and puts his dishes in the sink.
" I think that I'm gonna go get dressed noda." He says as he leaves. Aono nods and goes to go get his guitar. Eventually Kouji and me finish eating and go to get dressed to.
"Hey Gen-kun?" his voice is muffled as he pulls his shirt over his head.
"Yeah?" I zip my jeans.
"Are ya scared about bein' on th' TV?" he asks as he goes about putting his boots on.
"Well, kinda." I admit. "But I mean, it ain't like we're gunna get booed offa th' stage right?" I asked. Kouji thought for a while.
"I guess not." He said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and drops his head on my chest.
"But still, I mean, we're gunna be on TV, that's pretty cool right? All our work's gunna pay off." I point out as I rest my cheek on the top of his head.
"So I got nothin' to worry about, huh?" Kouji looks up at me.
"Nah, I wouldn't worry. Ya'd jus' loose yer sleep." I reply. He smiles a little.
"Ya always know what to say to cheer me up Gen-kun." He says quietly.
"I try." I said as I swayed us back and forth. Kinda like we were dancing or something. "Don't forget, even if we don't do a good job th' first time, there's always th' next time." Kouji nods as we continue swaying. I wanted to say something else. But I was too scared to say it. I was even more frightened of saying what I wanted to say than I was scared of being on TV and looking directly at Grandpa Jun combined.
//An' don't forget I love ya either.// I add silently.
Noda no Miko: Hee hee hee!! That's what Tasuki gets for messing with the might wrath of the Miko!!!
Tasuki: Fluuuuuffy purtty purrty fluuuuuuuuufy…
Kouji: You've turned his brains to mush!!
Nuriko: He should be back to normal by the next chapter.
Noda no Miko: AN' RI AN' AONO DID NOT SKREW EACHOTHER (yet) NODA SO DON'T GET ANY IDEAS IN YOUR HEADS NA NODA!!!
Chichiri: What was that 'yet' for noda?
Tomo: Yeah Miko-chan, what's up?
Noda no Miko: Hee hee hee…