Chapter 15
Suiryu waited his turn.
He was outside of the studio as D'angelo was working with the brothers on their first music video. As he waited though, he could hear a commotion from down the hall. He was quick to taboo and hide his face with a magazine as he saw a young woman walk by with her manager. "Why not?!" she demanded of him. "I think it would be a great collaboration!"
"I told you once, and I will tell you again. It's not good for your image!" he snapped back. "We worked hard on this, if you go and screw it up by doing a joint project with someone like… HIM, it could ruin your career!" he protested back to her.
Peering up, Suiryu thought she looked familiar, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. She was young, with a cute look… 'Huh, could this be this Takada-chan chick?' he thought. The more he peered at her, the more he realized it is her. Todo is obsessed with this woman… why?
"I think it would be an amazing thing to do, combining our voices… it would be magical!" she explained as she appeared to be lost in her own dream of the idea. "Please, will you keep trying!" she begged.
The manager sighed aloud. "I am not making any promises…" he said.
Her arms were quick to wrap around him. "Thank you! I'll see you at the meet and greet then!" she walked off rather happily.
The manager however sneered at the notion. "You have no idea what you are asking for… perhaps we ought to change her tune a little…" he began to walk away, yet took out his cell phone and made a call.
"Suiryu darling, we're ready for you!"
He snapped out of his blank stare and nodded. "Sure thing."
"Ooo already in makeup nice! I like it when you come prepared!"
He smirked to the comment, following D'angelo in, a moment of pause came over him as he looked about. "Okay, you must tell me your secret on cleaning a room that fast!" he demanded of them.
Suiryu shot a look to Junpei who merely shrugged his shoulders and smiles. "So, what are we doing today? We need a music video or something? I thought we had enough of those…"
"You need to stay current sweetie," D'angelo protested. "If you don't, people will forget about you."
"It's not like I am going out to be noticed here…"
"Coming from the guy that sings bare chested and in shorts" muttered Junpei.
"Says the guy that sings bare chested and in tattered jeans?" Suiryu snapped back.
"Touché"
"Enough, both of you!" scolded Eso. "I want to get back so I can start prepping!"
"You already prepped for today's dinner!" protested Kotsuso. "Besides, we got more than enough food, we have plenty of leftovers too…"
"You did," Suiryu said offhandedly as he peered away rather embarrassed.
The brothers stopped and stared at him. "You raided our fridge for leftovers?!" demanded Sanso. "Why?!"
Suiryu shrugged. "Food sometimes tastes better the day after, and with the way Eso has been cooking, you wouldn't have had enough room in the fridge, I did you a favor… you're welcome!" he said sarcastically.
"That explains that mystery, we were wondering what happened to the leftovers…" muttered Junpei.
"Boys, can we please move on with this?" D'angelo pleaded.
"Right, right… so… any ideas for what song to do and video?"
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Something didn't feel right.
Choso was on edge as he felt something was off within the school, it wasn't sitting well with him the least bit, nor Sho who came into the room. "You feel that?" he asked gently.
Sho nodded. Yuuji was even reacting by getting upset! "We need to get him out of the school for a while, but I want to remain here in case something happens…" Choso said, Sho nodded in agreement as he peered out the window. He paused for a moment. When he called his brother over.
"Do we know that one?"
Peering out, Choso's eyes widened. "Indeed we do! Quickly!" they gathered a bag together, then they rushed outside. Aoi Todo was in the school, wondering about at first until he saw the two approached him.
"Huh? Oh, the curse womb guys… What's in your arms?!" he demanded as he pointed to Choso.
Yuuji was awake, the moment his eyes came upon Todo, and he was bouncing with happiness. "Oh good, he approves of you. I need a favor. Please take him off school grounds for a short while."
"What? But I got…"
"Here's his bag, there are diapers, wipes, a bottle for water and a few toys and his favorite blanket and stuffed bunny…"
"Hey, you need to listen to me…" Yet Yuuji was shoved into Todo's arms. "Wait… is this… brother?" he asked as he stared into the eyes of the baby Itadori.
Yuuji giggled as he reached out and grabbed his nose gently. "Yes, this is our brother Yuuji, please… help me. There is something here and my brother and I are going to purge it. However, I want to be certain he is safe. Just for a short while" Choso pleaded.
He was reluctant, yet at the same time, he was lost in the cuteness that is Yuuji. With a sigh, he agreed. "Okay, I am going to see Takada-Chan, I might be gone a while…"
"That's perfect," Sho decreed. "Just enough time to find and destroy that thing… you feel it too right?"
There was a confused look on his face. He didn't sense it. But it didn't matter. Choso knows he felt something off, and he was going to find it! With that, he escorted Todo off the school grounds and told him to be careful with Yuuji and let no one take him! He even went as far as strapping a baby harness to the sorcerer and tucking Yuuji into it. With that, he watched Todo leave with his little brother in tow. When they were out of sight. Choso turned to Sho who nodded in agreement. They will scope out the grounds and try to find what they sensed…
