Soap Opera Blues
by AnimeLuver/Ally
Chapter 9
"Today has been great so far!" Sana said out loud to Fuuka who pursed her lips and grumbled:
"Ya, well, just pay attention today, will you?"
Sana shrugged off her friends bad mood, continuing to beam. If things kept going this well at her first film session, she bet this would be one of her best days ever.
~*~*~
"Okay, Ashitaka-san, you are going to be walking a few steps with Sana-chan. As you are doing so, you will be telling her about your date with Soyama-kun's character the night before. This is when Soyama-kun and Kurumi -san walk by, talking heatedly. Got it?"
"Yes, sir." Sachiko said brightly, grinning over at Sana who returned the grin whole heartedly. Acting with a girl like Sachiko made acting a lot more fun because of her enthusiasm in acting.
So far, the film shoot had gone very well. They were already rehearsing certain scenes that they were going to be filming on Thursday evening. Through-out the run throughs, however, Sana found herself glancing over at Naozumi frequently, trying to find some clue as to who his mystery girlfriend was.
'It can't be Rio-san..' she kept telling herself. 'There's just no way, right?'
When the run-through was done, Sana collapsed into a chair letting out a breath of air she had been holding in. This was certainly going to be harder to find out than she had hoped. She wondered if Naozumi would tell her if she asked... They were really close for a while, after all.
"Sana-chan?"
Sachiko smiled over at her as she sat down next to her, holding out a bottle of water as an offering.
"Ah, thanks." Sana said, not able to hide how distant she was behind her smile. Her voice gave her away easily.
"You seemed pretty thought filled out there.." Sachiko said, a genuine smile plastered to her face like usual.
Sana shook her head with a nervous laugh. "I'm fine, really!"
"Something to do with your boyfriend?"
Sana froze, her brain panicing as she tried to determine how Sachiko knew about Akito. "How did you know I have a boyfriend?"
Sachiko blinked at her in confusion. "Well, those few years ago everyone was saying that you and Kamura-kun were dating.. And--"
'Oh great...' Sana thought to herself, wondering if everyone thought her and Naozumi were dating still, despite the secret girlfriend rumors.
"Well, now there is talk of him with a new girl.. And you kept staring at him during filiming.."
Sana blushed furiously as she realised she had been caught. "You have it all wrong, Sachiko-chan!"
Sachiko blinked her vibrant coloured eyes and waited for Sana to explain.
"Err.. I was dating Naozumi-kun.." she glanced over at Naozumi and saw him and Rio talking to Mitsuko again, she had on a navy blue school blazer with a short blue and purple plaid skirt along with a white blouse and purple tie, her hair was down, falling almost to her waist. "But now I am dating a different boy.."
"So what were you thinking about? You miss Kamura-kun?"
Sana looked at her in disbelief and told her firmly, "Of course not! I am just curious about who his new girlfriend is.."
Sachiko didn't look convinced, but she didn't say anything to prove that fact. She sighed thoughtfully, also glancing over at Naozumi. "I'm quite interested in that, too. I don't understand why he's keeping it such a big secret.."
"Hey! I have an idea---!"
~*~*~
Sana and Sachiko stood side by side outside the buildings in matching Sherlock Holmes uniforms, bubble pipes in their mouths as the waited for Naozumi to leave the building.
"Sana-chan--?"
Sana and Sachiko turned around to find Rei standing behind them. They both shushed him, their eyes narrowed angrily at his lack of silence.
Rei kneeled down beside them and whispered, "What are we doing here? Sana-chan, you have homework to do..."
Sana and Sachiko looked at each other for a moment before turning to Rei.
"This is much more important, Sagami-kun!" Sachiko said, a bright award winning smile etching it's way across her face.
"Yeah! We're curious! Homework isn't THAT important anyways.."
"Besides, my mom hasn't arrived yet!" Sachiko giggled, sticking out her tongue with a sheepish blush.
"Curious about what?"
"Naozumi-kun, do you have any homework to get done for tomorrow?" Rio said in her squeaky voice as her, Naozumi and Mitsuko walked outside, towards Naozimi's usual limo that was parked near by.
"There they are!" Sachiko squealed in excitement, although contained enough that nobody that wasn't in the bushes could hear her.
"You're spying on Naozumi-kun..?" Rei asked, a frown on his face as he looked down at the two girls who were beaming with excitement.
"I got it all done, it's okay." Naozumi said with a wink and a thumbs up.
"Ohh! He winked at her!" Sana said obviously, her and Sachiko exchanged glances, ignoring Rei as they turned back to watch the scene before them.
"You did well today, Naozumi-kun." Mitsuko said, pleasure apparent in her tone as she beamed down at Naozumi who blushed lightly.
"Ah, I tried my best."
"Naozumi-kun, you are going to be so famous one day!" Rio cooed with a clap of her hands in excitement. "Anyhow, I will call you in the morning, bye!" Rio leaned over and captured Naozumi in a bear hug that made him blush even darker.
"R-Rio-san... Not here.." he said with a nervous laugh.
Rio released him and smiled. "Take care of him, Mitsuko-chan, See you!" she called, waving as she walked over towards her own car.
"We better get going." Naozumi said, looking relatively nervous as he opened up the car door.
"Right." Mitsuko lowered her eyes shyly as she slid into the car behind the driver, Naozumi crawling in after her.
"Are he and Mitsuko related, you think?" Sachiko whispered to Sana who stared with wide eyes.
"I.. Don't know.." She admitted, not entierly sure what they had just witnessed. She watched as Rio and Naozumi's vehicles drove out of the parking lot. "She does have blue eyes like he does, though.."
"You're right, Sana-chan!"
Rei shook his head and got up, brushing off his pants, not adding anything to the girls' conversation.
"Hmm.. I wonder what happened to my mom.." Sachiko frowned as her and Sana both stood up and walked back into the parking lot, looking around for any sign of Sachiko's mom.
"Do you want to try to call your house, Ashitaka-san?" Rei offered, rummaging through his suit jacket and retrieving a cell phone.
Sachiko nodded with a thankful smile. "Thanks, Sagami-kun. I'll try my mom's cell." she unfolded the cell phone and punched in a few numbers, holding the speaker part to her ear as she listened.
"Ah, Mom! Where are you?" she nodded with a quick, "Okay..." and then breathed a sigh of relief. "Bye mom, love you." She closed the phone and handed it to Rei who tucked it into his pocket.
"Everything okay?" Sana asked, tipping her head to the side curiously as she looked over at her new friend.
"Yep! She's just running a little late."
"Thank god.."
"Would you mind waiting with me a little longer? I'd prefer not to wait by myself.."
Rei nodded to her knowingly. "No problem."
~*~*~
"You really think Kamura-kun is dating his manager? Isn't she a little old...?"Aya asked Sana at lunch the next day, blinking uncertainly at this idea.
Sana blinked a few times, "I know it's a bit of a weird idea, but she did hug him."
"Hmm.." Tsuyoshi and Aya both said while they thought this over.
"Why does it matter, anyways?" Fuuka said gloomily, letting out a dramatic sigh as she took a drink of her juice box, eyeing Sana inquisitively.
"Errr..." Sana didn't really have a reason. She was simply curious, but she didn't know if she should bother saying anything. She looked at Akito and found he was looking at her as well. She blushed and shrugged. "You should know how my curiosity is.."
Akito nodded, going back to his food; Apparently satisfied with her answer. He knew how she was, after all, she DID follow him home a couple times when they first met.
"Righhttt.." Fuuka muttered, looking away, apparently she wasn't convinced, but Sana reminded herself not to worry about Fuuka.
"So what about Soyama-kun?" Aya poked Sana in the shoulder, looking at her as if waiting for something.
"What about him?"
Aya shrugged, "Well it just seems like he is trying to impress you. Did he talk to you at all during filming?"
All eyes turned to Sana who laughed nervously, waving a dismissive hand at them.
"Of course not! Well..."
"Well what?" Akito's eyes turned to her, narrowed in an almost threatening way that made Sana cringe.
"He asked if I was okay..." she tilted a brow in Akito's direction. She didn't see why he was being so cold about Tori. Even more so than he had been about Naozumi, even though her and Naozumi had a history together. She didn't really understand what the big deal was with Tori.
"He's concerned about you?" Tsuyoshi asked, eyes wide behind his glasses.
Sana sweatdropped, feeling like Tsuyoshi was encouraging Akito to be jealous and protective.
"You're being ridiculous! He's only being nice..." Sana assured them, feeling Akito's grip on her waist tighten. She frowned. As much as she liked it that Akito cared so much about her, she thought he was being ridiculous. Tori was a flirt, but he wasn't going to steal her away or anything.
Aya frowned in Sana's direction and Sana realised that she had a strange feeling growing in the pit of her stomach that she was having trouble identifying.
~*~*
"I'm home! And Akito is with me!" Sana announced, feeling a bit better now that school was finally over. She and Akito removed their shoes and put on their slippers as Sana's mom walked over to them and looked behind them expectantly.
"Where's Natsumi-chan?" Misako asked curiously, a confused look on her face.
"Natsumi-chan?" Sana and Akito both asked in unision.
"She was supposed to meet you after school.. I suppose she's running late.."
Sana and Akito exchanged nervous glances.
"Why is my sister coming over?" Akito asked suspiciously, his eyes narrowed in worry.
Misako smiled mysteriously."You'll find out eventuually."
Sana got a sinking feeling when she heard this. "Maaammmaaa..." She whined, eyes desperate with uncertainty. "What's going on?"
Misako patted her on the head. "I think white suits you nicely Sana. And you Hayama-kun."
The young couple's eyes widdened as if they would pop out of their head at any moment.
'White? As in wedding dress?!'
Sana grabbed onto Akito's hand, "We need to do homework!" she said a little too loudly as she raced up the stairs, pulling her boyfriend with her. Not that he protested.
When they reached Sana's room she shut the door behind her, breathing heavily as she tried to figure this out.
"Did you hear that?!"
Akito nodded slowly, a distant look in his eyes as he watched the nervous look on her face as she began to pace the room back and forth. Frowning, he reached for her wrist as she walked past him. He looked at her seriously and whispered.
"Sana... Maybe we should... Break up..."
~*To Be Continued*~
A/N: HAHA! I'm so mean =P nyaahh! Well, this chapter took me so long to write! Phew... I got sidetracked while in the new house. I am gunna try and post this when I am at the library, though. hehe, hope you like! Anyhoo... Is Naozumi really dating his manager? Will Akito and Sana really break up? Will Misako and Akito's father REALLY make them get married?! What if they are broken up, will they still have to get married? Will Fuuka ever lighten up? Does Tori-kun really like Sana as more than a friend? Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!
3 Ally
by AnimeLuver/Ally
Chapter 9
"Today has been great so far!" Sana said out loud to Fuuka who pursed her lips and grumbled:
"Ya, well, just pay attention today, will you?"
Sana shrugged off her friends bad mood, continuing to beam. If things kept going this well at her first film session, she bet this would be one of her best days ever.
~*~*~
"Okay, Ashitaka-san, you are going to be walking a few steps with Sana-chan. As you are doing so, you will be telling her about your date with Soyama-kun's character the night before. This is when Soyama-kun and Kurumi -san walk by, talking heatedly. Got it?"
"Yes, sir." Sachiko said brightly, grinning over at Sana who returned the grin whole heartedly. Acting with a girl like Sachiko made acting a lot more fun because of her enthusiasm in acting.
So far, the film shoot had gone very well. They were already rehearsing certain scenes that they were going to be filming on Thursday evening. Through-out the run throughs, however, Sana found herself glancing over at Naozumi frequently, trying to find some clue as to who his mystery girlfriend was.
'It can't be Rio-san..' she kept telling herself. 'There's just no way, right?'
When the run-through was done, Sana collapsed into a chair letting out a breath of air she had been holding in. This was certainly going to be harder to find out than she had hoped. She wondered if Naozumi would tell her if she asked... They were really close for a while, after all.
"Sana-chan?"
Sachiko smiled over at her as she sat down next to her, holding out a bottle of water as an offering.
"Ah, thanks." Sana said, not able to hide how distant she was behind her smile. Her voice gave her away easily.
"You seemed pretty thought filled out there.." Sachiko said, a genuine smile plastered to her face like usual.
Sana shook her head with a nervous laugh. "I'm fine, really!"
"Something to do with your boyfriend?"
Sana froze, her brain panicing as she tried to determine how Sachiko knew about Akito. "How did you know I have a boyfriend?"
Sachiko blinked at her in confusion. "Well, those few years ago everyone was saying that you and Kamura-kun were dating.. And--"
'Oh great...' Sana thought to herself, wondering if everyone thought her and Naozumi were dating still, despite the secret girlfriend rumors.
"Well, now there is talk of him with a new girl.. And you kept staring at him during filiming.."
Sana blushed furiously as she realised she had been caught. "You have it all wrong, Sachiko-chan!"
Sachiko blinked her vibrant coloured eyes and waited for Sana to explain.
"Err.. I was dating Naozumi-kun.." she glanced over at Naozumi and saw him and Rio talking to Mitsuko again, she had on a navy blue school blazer with a short blue and purple plaid skirt along with a white blouse and purple tie, her hair was down, falling almost to her waist. "But now I am dating a different boy.."
"So what were you thinking about? You miss Kamura-kun?"
Sana looked at her in disbelief and told her firmly, "Of course not! I am just curious about who his new girlfriend is.."
Sachiko didn't look convinced, but she didn't say anything to prove that fact. She sighed thoughtfully, also glancing over at Naozumi. "I'm quite interested in that, too. I don't understand why he's keeping it such a big secret.."
"Hey! I have an idea---!"
~*~*~
Sana and Sachiko stood side by side outside the buildings in matching Sherlock Holmes uniforms, bubble pipes in their mouths as the waited for Naozumi to leave the building.
"Sana-chan--?"
Sana and Sachiko turned around to find Rei standing behind them. They both shushed him, their eyes narrowed angrily at his lack of silence.
Rei kneeled down beside them and whispered, "What are we doing here? Sana-chan, you have homework to do..."
Sana and Sachiko looked at each other for a moment before turning to Rei.
"This is much more important, Sagami-kun!" Sachiko said, a bright award winning smile etching it's way across her face.
"Yeah! We're curious! Homework isn't THAT important anyways.."
"Besides, my mom hasn't arrived yet!" Sachiko giggled, sticking out her tongue with a sheepish blush.
"Curious about what?"
"Naozumi-kun, do you have any homework to get done for tomorrow?" Rio said in her squeaky voice as her, Naozumi and Mitsuko walked outside, towards Naozimi's usual limo that was parked near by.
"There they are!" Sachiko squealed in excitement, although contained enough that nobody that wasn't in the bushes could hear her.
"You're spying on Naozumi-kun..?" Rei asked, a frown on his face as he looked down at the two girls who were beaming with excitement.
"I got it all done, it's okay." Naozumi said with a wink and a thumbs up.
"Ohh! He winked at her!" Sana said obviously, her and Sachiko exchanged glances, ignoring Rei as they turned back to watch the scene before them.
"You did well today, Naozumi-kun." Mitsuko said, pleasure apparent in her tone as she beamed down at Naozumi who blushed lightly.
"Ah, I tried my best."
"Naozumi-kun, you are going to be so famous one day!" Rio cooed with a clap of her hands in excitement. "Anyhow, I will call you in the morning, bye!" Rio leaned over and captured Naozumi in a bear hug that made him blush even darker.
"R-Rio-san... Not here.." he said with a nervous laugh.
Rio released him and smiled. "Take care of him, Mitsuko-chan, See you!" she called, waving as she walked over towards her own car.
"We better get going." Naozumi said, looking relatively nervous as he opened up the car door.
"Right." Mitsuko lowered her eyes shyly as she slid into the car behind the driver, Naozumi crawling in after her.
"Are he and Mitsuko related, you think?" Sachiko whispered to Sana who stared with wide eyes.
"I.. Don't know.." She admitted, not entierly sure what they had just witnessed. She watched as Rio and Naozumi's vehicles drove out of the parking lot. "She does have blue eyes like he does, though.."
"You're right, Sana-chan!"
Rei shook his head and got up, brushing off his pants, not adding anything to the girls' conversation.
"Hmm.. I wonder what happened to my mom.." Sachiko frowned as her and Sana both stood up and walked back into the parking lot, looking around for any sign of Sachiko's mom.
"Do you want to try to call your house, Ashitaka-san?" Rei offered, rummaging through his suit jacket and retrieving a cell phone.
Sachiko nodded with a thankful smile. "Thanks, Sagami-kun. I'll try my mom's cell." she unfolded the cell phone and punched in a few numbers, holding the speaker part to her ear as she listened.
"Ah, Mom! Where are you?" she nodded with a quick, "Okay..." and then breathed a sigh of relief. "Bye mom, love you." She closed the phone and handed it to Rei who tucked it into his pocket.
"Everything okay?" Sana asked, tipping her head to the side curiously as she looked over at her new friend.
"Yep! She's just running a little late."
"Thank god.."
"Would you mind waiting with me a little longer? I'd prefer not to wait by myself.."
Rei nodded to her knowingly. "No problem."
~*~*~
"You really think Kamura-kun is dating his manager? Isn't she a little old...?"Aya asked Sana at lunch the next day, blinking uncertainly at this idea.
Sana blinked a few times, "I know it's a bit of a weird idea, but she did hug him."
"Hmm.." Tsuyoshi and Aya both said while they thought this over.
"Why does it matter, anyways?" Fuuka said gloomily, letting out a dramatic sigh as she took a drink of her juice box, eyeing Sana inquisitively.
"Errr..." Sana didn't really have a reason. She was simply curious, but she didn't know if she should bother saying anything. She looked at Akito and found he was looking at her as well. She blushed and shrugged. "You should know how my curiosity is.."
Akito nodded, going back to his food; Apparently satisfied with her answer. He knew how she was, after all, she DID follow him home a couple times when they first met.
"Righhttt.." Fuuka muttered, looking away, apparently she wasn't convinced, but Sana reminded herself not to worry about Fuuka.
"So what about Soyama-kun?" Aya poked Sana in the shoulder, looking at her as if waiting for something.
"What about him?"
Aya shrugged, "Well it just seems like he is trying to impress you. Did he talk to you at all during filming?"
All eyes turned to Sana who laughed nervously, waving a dismissive hand at them.
"Of course not! Well..."
"Well what?" Akito's eyes turned to her, narrowed in an almost threatening way that made Sana cringe.
"He asked if I was okay..." she tilted a brow in Akito's direction. She didn't see why he was being so cold about Tori. Even more so than he had been about Naozumi, even though her and Naozumi had a history together. She didn't really understand what the big deal was with Tori.
"He's concerned about you?" Tsuyoshi asked, eyes wide behind his glasses.
Sana sweatdropped, feeling like Tsuyoshi was encouraging Akito to be jealous and protective.
"You're being ridiculous! He's only being nice..." Sana assured them, feeling Akito's grip on her waist tighten. She frowned. As much as she liked it that Akito cared so much about her, she thought he was being ridiculous. Tori was a flirt, but he wasn't going to steal her away or anything.
Aya frowned in Sana's direction and Sana realised that she had a strange feeling growing in the pit of her stomach that she was having trouble identifying.
~*~*
"I'm home! And Akito is with me!" Sana announced, feeling a bit better now that school was finally over. She and Akito removed their shoes and put on their slippers as Sana's mom walked over to them and looked behind them expectantly.
"Where's Natsumi-chan?" Misako asked curiously, a confused look on her face.
"Natsumi-chan?" Sana and Akito both asked in unision.
"She was supposed to meet you after school.. I suppose she's running late.."
Sana and Akito exchanged nervous glances.
"Why is my sister coming over?" Akito asked suspiciously, his eyes narrowed in worry.
Misako smiled mysteriously."You'll find out eventuually."
Sana got a sinking feeling when she heard this. "Maaammmaaa..." She whined, eyes desperate with uncertainty. "What's going on?"
Misako patted her on the head. "I think white suits you nicely Sana. And you Hayama-kun."
The young couple's eyes widdened as if they would pop out of their head at any moment.
'White? As in wedding dress?!'
Sana grabbed onto Akito's hand, "We need to do homework!" she said a little too loudly as she raced up the stairs, pulling her boyfriend with her. Not that he protested.
When they reached Sana's room she shut the door behind her, breathing heavily as she tried to figure this out.
"Did you hear that?!"
Akito nodded slowly, a distant look in his eyes as he watched the nervous look on her face as she began to pace the room back and forth. Frowning, he reached for her wrist as she walked past him. He looked at her seriously and whispered.
"Sana... Maybe we should... Break up..."
~*To Be Continued*~
A/N: HAHA! I'm so mean =P nyaahh! Well, this chapter took me so long to write! Phew... I got sidetracked while in the new house. I am gunna try and post this when I am at the library, though. hehe, hope you like! Anyhoo... Is Naozumi really dating his manager? Will Akito and Sana really break up? Will Misako and Akito's father REALLY make them get married?! What if they are broken up, will they still have to get married? Will Fuuka ever lighten up? Does Tori-kun really like Sana as more than a friend? Keep reading Soap Opera Blues to find out!
3 Ally