UNTITLED (AS OF YET) - title ideas will be appreciated! ^__~
By Black Rainbow
Yaoi // Pairing: undecided, or S.E.C.R.E.T for now, hehe //
Ju-chan - didn't I tell you I was in a MakiSen phase? Hehe. ^__^ I just hope this story won't suck. :p you may archive it if you want. Michiru-chan - I don't know why I'm (trying to) keep the pairings a secret. Bear with me, ne? Jo-sen - what's wrong with SenHana? *pouts* hehe, I'm kidding. Well, senhana IS my second favorite pairing. sLL - kiyoru sounds interesting, ne? but. . . I don't think this will be one. Hmm. . . we'll see, I guess. Akane - thank you! ^_________^ Star of Recca / kitsune - heh, if I could draw I would do a picture of Koshino's reaction to the phone call (with a murderous Hanamichi behind him, hehe!)
Comments: I think my characters are OOC. But, if they are, I think I'll keep them that way. Maybe. What do you think? And as usual, this is extremely unedited:
PART THREE
"You're thinking of leaving Hemlock?" Fujima asked, shocked.
"You're - you're deserting us!" Sendoh sputtered, eyes widening, fingers pointing accusingly towards Jin.
"Akira, Kenji. Shut up," Mitsui said. Then he turned to Jin curiously. "Does this have anything to do with the new band that you discovered?"
"Hai." Jin continued apologetically, "I'm sorry to be doing this to you so soon. But I talked to Maki-san about it, and we both agreed that this band has real potential! But no one else wanted to manage them."
"Ah, sou," Sendoh said softly. Everyone looked at him. He smiled at Jin. "It is like when we first started out, isn't it?"
Jin smiled back. "Exactly. I'm the only person in the company who's willing to take the risk."
"But what about US?" Fujima demanded. "You're just going to fucking leave. . . just like that? What happens to /us/?"
"Well, actually Maki-san couldn't think of anyone else that he would trust with Hemlock. . . so he decided to manage you himself."
"NANI?"
Jin sighed, and tried to explain that they could not find a new manager for Hemlock in such a short notice. It took him awhile to get to False Opus. First of all, he had no idea what band was it that he heard in the studios that day. He had to dig up the record books and find out who booked the studio at that time. Then he had to call in Sakuragi Hanamichi, set up a meeting and an audition for Maki-san. . . he was actually surprised that he had everything done in such a short time period.
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"Will it ever come like it did for you, Like it did for you? I kinda heard you singing, oh I never knew No, I never knew My heart skips around When I hear the sound I'm never alone. . ."
Unknown to Hanamichi and his band, Sendoh Akira was watching them in the studio. "Sugoi, ne?" he murmured to no one in particular. He understood why Jin was so excited about discovering False Opus. He frowned slightly. It wasn't like he held a grudge against the "new band" (as the people at the studio had started to call False Opus) or anything, but he liked things the way it was. When it had been just him, Fujima, Mitsui, Kaede. . . and Jin managing them. /It had been fun, I suppose. But I suppose Jin-san doesn't want Hemlock to be the focus of his entire career. Heh, he's probably sick of us by now./
"It seems like you have competition now, Sendoh-kun."
Startled, he turned towards the voice. He took a deep breath and smiled. "I don't mind. I like their music. And we should be helping them out. Ne? Maki- san."
Maki just smiled and stood next to Sendoh, watching False Opus. Sendoh looked away. It was then when he noticed Mitsui, Fujima and Rukawa coming into the room. He waved at them and motioned for them to come over.
"What is it?"
"Sshh! Listen," Sendoh said quietly. The stood there, listening to the other band play. Sendoh still had a smile on his face. Mitsui looked serious, concentrating on the music. Fujima gave Sendoh a 'what's the big deal?' look, and Rukawa was just as impassive as ever. For just a second, Sendoh wondered if Rukawa would still keep his deadpan look if he was given a sharp jab at the sides. /Probably would. He never reacted to anything ELSE I've tried before. . ./
"Sendoh Akira."
He flinched slightly at the sharp tone of the voice. He looked at Maki, wide-eyed. /Did he know. . . ?/ With Jin he would have just smiled innocently and moved on, but he doubted Maki would fall for it. He just shrugged and focused on listening to False Opus again. After a couple more songs, Maki left to tend to other matters, but Sendoh had already forgotten about his impulse decision to rattle Rukawa.
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"Okay! That's enough for today, I think," Sakuragi declared, pleased with how well they played that day. The rush of joy and disbelief that came over him when he first got on the phone with Jin still hadn't completely disappeared. He wondered how everything could happen so fast. . . so easily. He knew it was pure luck that Jin happened to hear them while they were practicing in the studios. /And now he said we might even get to open for Hemlock on their next tour!/
"Hanamichi. . . daijoubu?"
"Eh?" Sakuragi gave Youhei a smile. "Why would I be anything but great?"
"You seem so quiet today."
"I guess I've been thinking a lot."
"You? Think? Are you sure that's okay for your health?"
"Why, you. . ."
Youhei waved goodbye to Koshino and Kiyota as he walked out the studio with Sakuragi. Kiyota still wanted to work on one of his solos, and Koshino had to wait for him. (Koshino had promised to buy him dinner that day, because he forgot to get the autographs for Kiyota)
The moment they stepped outside, Sakuragi forgot his anger. He forgot everything he was about to say. He just stood there, gaping. He would have stood there like that longer if his best friend hadn't elbowed him at the sides.
He couldn't believe it.
In front of him (and Youhei) stood all four members of Hemlock.
"Hi, You must be Sakuragi Hanamichi! Jin-san told us about you," Sendoh said with a bone-melting smile. /It's Sendoh Akira! It's Sendoh Akira!/ Hanamichi thought. "We just heard you play, and I think he's right, you definitely has potential!"
"Yeah, you're not that bad," Fujima offered graciously.
"T-Thank you," Hanamichi replied.
"Since we're all your 'sempais' in the business and all, don't be shy to ask for advise or anything!" Sendoh said cheerfully. "If there is anything we could do for you. . ." he trailed off.
Hanamichi suddenly thought of something. "Well, there IS something. . ." Youhei looked at him, surprised that Hanamichi actually implied that he needed HELP with something. Usually the red-headed boy would send a death glare to anyone who dared to even point out his small mistakes, let alone anyone who offers him offer any help.
"What is it?"
Hanamichi beamed. "Can I have your autograph?"
Everyone except Sendoh sweatdropped. Sendoh's smile became wider (if such a thing was even possible) and he nodded. He was about to say something, but Rukawa beat him to it.
"Do-ahou."
Mitsui choked, trying not to laugh. Fujima idly patted him on the back, raising his eyebrows. Sendoh frowned in Rukawa's direction. "Kaede-kun, that's not a very nice thing to say to a fan. . ." he started to say, but his voice was drowned out by Hanamichi's roar.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, you. . . you. . ." he paused, thinking of an insult. Not able to think of any on the spot, he just sputtered the first thing that came into his mind when he saw Rukawa, ". . . KITSUNE?"
Everyone except Rukawa sweatdropped. The room was filled with an almost deadly silence as Rukawa and Sakuragi glared at each other.
"Oh, Sakuragi, you've met Hemlock?" Jin suddenly asked innocently. He had just walked into the scene, and hadn't noticed the tension in the room. "Koshino-san told me you're a fan of Sendoh Akira."
"Sendoh-san was just about to give Hanamichi an autograph," Youhei said, hoping that it would help in diffusing the tension somewhat.
"Oh, yeah!" Remembering that, Sendoh dug into the messenger bag slung over his shoulders. He took out a CD sample of their new single that was supposed to be out the following week. Grabbing a nearby pen, he signed it and gave it to Hanamichi.
"Arigatou, Sendoh-san," Sakuragi said, delighted.
"Call me Akira," Sendoh said. "Hey, we're on the way to a small charity show that we're doing in Ryonan. You guys wanna come along? Maybe we could all hang out afterwards! It'll be fun!"
Fujima shook his head. He thought that sometimes Sendoh was just too friendly for his own good. He felt like shaking the younger boy. /Don't you get the fact that they're competition?/ he wanted to ask.
"Actually, we were planning -" Youhei was interrupted by Sakuragi, who said loudly /of course/ they wanted to go.
tsuzuku -
note: the song in the fic is by Veruca Salt.
Random: I can't seem to get to ff.net today :/ oh, and I went to see Good Charlotte play last Tuesday! It was one of the most brilliant sets I've ever seen! *sighs*
Yaoi // Pairing: undecided, or S.E.C.R.E.T for now, hehe //
Ju-chan - didn't I tell you I was in a MakiSen phase? Hehe. ^__^ I just hope this story won't suck. :p you may archive it if you want. Michiru-chan - I don't know why I'm (trying to) keep the pairings a secret. Bear with me, ne? Jo-sen - what's wrong with SenHana? *pouts* hehe, I'm kidding. Well, senhana IS my second favorite pairing. sLL - kiyoru sounds interesting, ne? but. . . I don't think this will be one. Hmm. . . we'll see, I guess. Akane - thank you! ^_________^ Star of Recca / kitsune - heh, if I could draw I would do a picture of Koshino's reaction to the phone call (with a murderous Hanamichi behind him, hehe!)
Comments: I think my characters are OOC. But, if they are, I think I'll keep them that way. Maybe. What do you think? And as usual, this is extremely unedited:
PART THREE
"You're thinking of leaving Hemlock?" Fujima asked, shocked.
"You're - you're deserting us!" Sendoh sputtered, eyes widening, fingers pointing accusingly towards Jin.
"Akira, Kenji. Shut up," Mitsui said. Then he turned to Jin curiously. "Does this have anything to do with the new band that you discovered?"
"Hai." Jin continued apologetically, "I'm sorry to be doing this to you so soon. But I talked to Maki-san about it, and we both agreed that this band has real potential! But no one else wanted to manage them."
"Ah, sou," Sendoh said softly. Everyone looked at him. He smiled at Jin. "It is like when we first started out, isn't it?"
Jin smiled back. "Exactly. I'm the only person in the company who's willing to take the risk."
"But what about US?" Fujima demanded. "You're just going to fucking leave. . . just like that? What happens to /us/?"
"Well, actually Maki-san couldn't think of anyone else that he would trust with Hemlock. . . so he decided to manage you himself."
"NANI?"
Jin sighed, and tried to explain that they could not find a new manager for Hemlock in such a short notice. It took him awhile to get to False Opus. First of all, he had no idea what band was it that he heard in the studios that day. He had to dig up the record books and find out who booked the studio at that time. Then he had to call in Sakuragi Hanamichi, set up a meeting and an audition for Maki-san. . . he was actually surprised that he had everything done in such a short time period.
})i({
"Will it ever come like it did for you, Like it did for you? I kinda heard you singing, oh I never knew No, I never knew My heart skips around When I hear the sound I'm never alone. . ."
Unknown to Hanamichi and his band, Sendoh Akira was watching them in the studio. "Sugoi, ne?" he murmured to no one in particular. He understood why Jin was so excited about discovering False Opus. He frowned slightly. It wasn't like he held a grudge against the "new band" (as the people at the studio had started to call False Opus) or anything, but he liked things the way it was. When it had been just him, Fujima, Mitsui, Kaede. . . and Jin managing them. /It had been fun, I suppose. But I suppose Jin-san doesn't want Hemlock to be the focus of his entire career. Heh, he's probably sick of us by now./
"It seems like you have competition now, Sendoh-kun."
Startled, he turned towards the voice. He took a deep breath and smiled. "I don't mind. I like their music. And we should be helping them out. Ne? Maki- san."
Maki just smiled and stood next to Sendoh, watching False Opus. Sendoh looked away. It was then when he noticed Mitsui, Fujima and Rukawa coming into the room. He waved at them and motioned for them to come over.
"What is it?"
"Sshh! Listen," Sendoh said quietly. The stood there, listening to the other band play. Sendoh still had a smile on his face. Mitsui looked serious, concentrating on the music. Fujima gave Sendoh a 'what's the big deal?' look, and Rukawa was just as impassive as ever. For just a second, Sendoh wondered if Rukawa would still keep his deadpan look if he was given a sharp jab at the sides. /Probably would. He never reacted to anything ELSE I've tried before. . ./
"Sendoh Akira."
He flinched slightly at the sharp tone of the voice. He looked at Maki, wide-eyed. /Did he know. . . ?/ With Jin he would have just smiled innocently and moved on, but he doubted Maki would fall for it. He just shrugged and focused on listening to False Opus again. After a couple more songs, Maki left to tend to other matters, but Sendoh had already forgotten about his impulse decision to rattle Rukawa.
})i({
"Okay! That's enough for today, I think," Sakuragi declared, pleased with how well they played that day. The rush of joy and disbelief that came over him when he first got on the phone with Jin still hadn't completely disappeared. He wondered how everything could happen so fast. . . so easily. He knew it was pure luck that Jin happened to hear them while they were practicing in the studios. /And now he said we might even get to open for Hemlock on their next tour!/
"Hanamichi. . . daijoubu?"
"Eh?" Sakuragi gave Youhei a smile. "Why would I be anything but great?"
"You seem so quiet today."
"I guess I've been thinking a lot."
"You? Think? Are you sure that's okay for your health?"
"Why, you. . ."
Youhei waved goodbye to Koshino and Kiyota as he walked out the studio with Sakuragi. Kiyota still wanted to work on one of his solos, and Koshino had to wait for him. (Koshino had promised to buy him dinner that day, because he forgot to get the autographs for Kiyota)
The moment they stepped outside, Sakuragi forgot his anger. He forgot everything he was about to say. He just stood there, gaping. He would have stood there like that longer if his best friend hadn't elbowed him at the sides.
He couldn't believe it.
In front of him (and Youhei) stood all four members of Hemlock.
"Hi, You must be Sakuragi Hanamichi! Jin-san told us about you," Sendoh said with a bone-melting smile. /It's Sendoh Akira! It's Sendoh Akira!/ Hanamichi thought. "We just heard you play, and I think he's right, you definitely has potential!"
"Yeah, you're not that bad," Fujima offered graciously.
"T-Thank you," Hanamichi replied.
"Since we're all your 'sempais' in the business and all, don't be shy to ask for advise or anything!" Sendoh said cheerfully. "If there is anything we could do for you. . ." he trailed off.
Hanamichi suddenly thought of something. "Well, there IS something. . ." Youhei looked at him, surprised that Hanamichi actually implied that he needed HELP with something. Usually the red-headed boy would send a death glare to anyone who dared to even point out his small mistakes, let alone anyone who offers him offer any help.
"What is it?"
Hanamichi beamed. "Can I have your autograph?"
Everyone except Sendoh sweatdropped. Sendoh's smile became wider (if such a thing was even possible) and he nodded. He was about to say something, but Rukawa beat him to it.
"Do-ahou."
Mitsui choked, trying not to laugh. Fujima idly patted him on the back, raising his eyebrows. Sendoh frowned in Rukawa's direction. "Kaede-kun, that's not a very nice thing to say to a fan. . ." he started to say, but his voice was drowned out by Hanamichi's roar.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, you. . . you. . ." he paused, thinking of an insult. Not able to think of any on the spot, he just sputtered the first thing that came into his mind when he saw Rukawa, ". . . KITSUNE?"
Everyone except Rukawa sweatdropped. The room was filled with an almost deadly silence as Rukawa and Sakuragi glared at each other.
"Oh, Sakuragi, you've met Hemlock?" Jin suddenly asked innocently. He had just walked into the scene, and hadn't noticed the tension in the room. "Koshino-san told me you're a fan of Sendoh Akira."
"Sendoh-san was just about to give Hanamichi an autograph," Youhei said, hoping that it would help in diffusing the tension somewhat.
"Oh, yeah!" Remembering that, Sendoh dug into the messenger bag slung over his shoulders. He took out a CD sample of their new single that was supposed to be out the following week. Grabbing a nearby pen, he signed it and gave it to Hanamichi.
"Arigatou, Sendoh-san," Sakuragi said, delighted.
"Call me Akira," Sendoh said. "Hey, we're on the way to a small charity show that we're doing in Ryonan. You guys wanna come along? Maybe we could all hang out afterwards! It'll be fun!"
Fujima shook his head. He thought that sometimes Sendoh was just too friendly for his own good. He felt like shaking the younger boy. /Don't you get the fact that they're competition?/ he wanted to ask.
"Actually, we were planning -" Youhei was interrupted by Sakuragi, who said loudly /of course/ they wanted to go.
tsuzuku -
note: the song in the fic is by Veruca Salt.
Random: I can't seem to get to ff.net today :/ oh, and I went to see Good Charlotte play last Tuesday! It was one of the most brilliant sets I've ever seen! *sighs*
