"Well it certainly has been a while Haruno-san, however I have my friends with me, let's catch up later." I said curtly, Haruno kept that business smile but had a hint of surprise. Heh, it's good I haven't encountered that Ice Queen yet, I'll try to avoid her when I can.

Before she had the chance to reply I walked forward and getting a whiff of her perfume , hmm. Daisy huh? What a fitting scent for a woman of her caliber.

Other members followed me and I found myself sitting in a table with the 5 of us.

"Do any of you wanna go anywhere?" I ask them, they looked hungry so I stood up and said "anyone who wants to eat, follow me." Han and Jin stood up and followed, a passing by waiter carrying three champagne glasses of alcohol in a small tray, I took one and the waiter didn't seem to mind. I carried it with my right hand as I took a small sip, finally approaching the pantry, it was basically every dish you knew, from Asian food to Western food to European food, it had everything, I took a plate and started to take some food from the pantry, it was a random assortment of Sushi, Chicken, bread, and veggies. I advised Han and Jin to take some plates as well for the members.

We took them back to the table and ate for a small while, a burly man with an earpiece told me that "The host of this party is asking for your presence." I stared at the man, hold on my presence? Not my members? Tsk, this Devil woman. She won't let me go even if her life depended on it, "Lead the way." I wave off my members and follow the guard, idly watching the crowd from above , there were alot of old men in suits conversing to each other, at a corner were a rowdy crowd of riajuus, wait is that... Hayama and his group of lackeys? Nevermind that, now that I noticed it, there was a stage that had a large curtain and looked like it was a wooden floor base, with stairs on each side, it had enough room for alot of people to stand on, even perform in, this event looks like a big deal huh. I looked to my front and finally saw the god-damned Oni-Onna(1), she was talking to some young studs that looked like they only wanted her for what's in between her legs, these guys are in their 20s yet they can't control their own libido, men are such easy creatures.

Haruno glanced at me with a once bored look now an half faux happy look as she made her way to me, calling my name in a very affectionate yet irritating manner. "Hachi-kun!!" The other guys looked at me with hate , I only glanced at them and narrowed my eyes , it managed to make them retreat, it seems like my special skill #21: Hikki Glare still worked.

I focused my attention on Haruno as she did a shameless display of fake affection by hugging me, I grab her shoulders and take her off me, I looked at her with confusion as she had a shit-eating mischief-induced grin that made Nagatoro jealous, "What do you need?" I asked her in a polite manner, she gave me a pout "Hikigaya-kun is so cold~ was it because of you becoming an Idol I suppose? At least loosen up a little, ah! Is it because it's been a while you've seen your onee-san? Oh my Hikigaya-kun you should be with-." I covered her mouth with my hand as I began to drag he away to somewhere private and no one could eavesdrop on us, I found a hallway that had no people, settling there and staring at the woman that still had her grin.

"What do you need?" I ask. "Nothing much, just a little catching up with my little brother, that's all." Haruno replied with a neutral tone

My eyes narrowed unconsciously. "You don't need to drag me out of my group with a big security guard just for us to "catch up" you know? You could've just went to our table and converse with us, tell me, what do you really need? Haruno?" I finished as she looked at me with an odd look. "Okay okay, I just needed to talk to you about something, it doesn't have anything involved about your members, I'm talking about Yukino-cha-."

"Don't make me reconcile with her, she's a lost cause, what she did is irredeemable and she won't be forgiven." I cut her off. "Don't make get along with an immature runt, she gave a request to save her, I tried, she declined her request at the last moment, leaving me alone, and she had the gall to spread it to the student body, you don't know how many times I walked home in bruises! Your sister's little stunt made my sister cry and hurt herself! It's all because of your sister that I was made this way. I dropped out because of her and those two vixens! If you think I'm shallow enough to talk to them and attempt to reconcile then you get the hell out of my sight!" I slammed my fist to the wall. I was panting heavily and my face was probably riddled in anger. "Sorry about that, all this happening is too much for me to handle." I held my head and leaned back on the wall and sighed deeply. Haruno stared at me with another surprised look. she didn't expect me to lash out at her. I looked at her once more.

"Look Haruno, whatever little scheme you are planning right now, you should stop it. Out of all the people I know in this city, you, Komachi and Hiratsuka-sensei are all I have, I don't wanna ruin our relationship." I said my voice filtering, biting back a tear, don't wanna ruin my foundation.

"Haruno, I cherish this friendship we have, please. Don't interfere and make me interact with those three, they are better off without me, they seemed to have fun with their group, just let them be." Haruno seemed quiet.

"Those three saw your video and acted different." Haruno said afterwards. 'A little change is enough for their demeanor to change? I thought of them to be at least rational people, but I think I lost my hope now.'

"They acted like what? Lovestruck maidens? Don't make me laugh Haruno, they're fully aware of what they did." I scoffed, Haruno had a smirk.

"Well they actually did act exactly like that, that's why they've been looking for you, luckily your nee-san called for you because they were about to find you." She finished. "You did what?"

"It's because you didn't let me finish Hikigaya-kun, tsk tsk, you shouldn't interrupt ladies when they talk, that's very ungentlemanly of you ya know?~~"

"Get off me devil superwoman, don't use that tone it reminds me of Isshiki-san, anyways, what's the actual reason I'm here?" I ask.

"What do you mean? I meant what I said Hikigaya-kun, I wanted your group to get a popularity boost, and we Yukinoshitas might be able to interact with your agency." I nodded.

"I thought you had a scheme in mind, guess that little rant made you not continue huh?" I asked Haruno, which elicited a small giggle from her. "Well after that temper tantrum you had I didn't think of doing that again," she came near and poked my cheek repeatedly. "Im sure you've heard this many times but you do look like an ikemen with that suit, makes me wanna date you or something, maybe marriage?" I sigh and look away, my ears were red and I didn't notice it. It made Haruno laugh.

Confused , "Oi, why are you laughing woman? Something on my face?" I got irritated of her antics and grabbed her hand and turned my body and me who was once leaning on the wall slammed her to the wall and leaned into her and looked at her intently. "Well I should say the same for you, if I wasn't such in a predicament I'd ignore any girl just for you to be mine." To increase the potency of the effect, I cupped her chin since she was looking down, I saw her embarrassed face, eyes widened, cheeks and ears bright red. "Look at me Haruno, you know it's unladylike to not look at your conversation partner." I looked at her for a few moments and let go taking a few steps back, I looked at her with a teasing grin.

"Ofcourse I was just playing, I'll see you later on the stage Haruno!" I ran out of the hallway as I look back at her for a moment, she was a mess, her hair a bit disheveled, but it wasn't visible. She held her hands near her chest as she took deep breaths, 'I can say it was super effective, since look at her, she's a mess. I'd feel bad for doing that to anyone else, but since it's Haruno, it's about time since she got a taste of her own medicine.' I ran out of the room, leaving Haruno to her lonesome.

Haruno was still there, a small smirk on her face appeared, her cheeks and ears still bright red, "Not bad Hachiman.."

I was back to my table and saw that my members left some food for me, awhh my cute kawaii members!! I'll make sure to remember this! "You even left some food for me, thank you." I sat down and began to devour the food in a fast pace, good thing no one was looking. The lights suddenly went out and music began to play, a round of applause erupted from the crowd as a businessmen did speeches, I felt someone looking at me, I tried to find where the staring was, before I was took out of my stupor as Min-Soo was tapping my shoulder.

"Hm yeah? What do you want?" I said.

"We're gonna go backstage in fifteen minutes, just gonna remind you." Min-Soo said, I nod before trying to find the perpetrator once more, but said perpetrator was gone, aww man... Meh, probably was just a random guy. I focused my attention to the podium as I listened to their speeches.

Unbeknownst to me, A certain blondie riajuu was looking right at my form.

Some time passed before we all stood up and were led to the backstage, we wore an in-ear monitor, we waited for a while, before the staff members told us to go in, I took a deep breath and turned on my 109th skill: Idol Hikki. Basically my game face. We all were greeted with a round of applause. We went Into formation as the music intro started to play.

(Instrumental starts)

(A/N I recommend to listen to the song and imagine it the name of the song is Blue Hour, TXT countdown version, you are also free to skip this part.)

Blue hour!

{Verse 1: Han}

Nan eosaegham-i neomu silh-eo geunyang

usji

(I hate this awkwardness, I just laugh)

Baby I know we were special

Sesang hanappun-in special

(One of a kind special)

{Verse 2: Min-Soo, (Sung-Ho)}

Neoui biwojin geu seonmulsangja gat-eun nunbich

(That look in your eyes like a gift box that's been emptied)

Jeomuneun jeo taeyang sog neowa na

(You and me in the setting sun)

(Yeah yeah I can)

{Pre-Chorus: Jin, Hachi}

But it's you

You're the one that I want

You

Everything that I want

Blue

Nae gyeot-e naelin blue, modeun ge bakkwieo

(Blue, the blue landed next to me, everything changes)

5si 53bun-ui i(li)segyeneun aleumdawo (Awoo!)

(The other world at 5:53 is beautiful)

{Chorus: Sung-Ho, Min-Soo, Hachi.}

Cuz of imagination

Jeo haneul-ui

(In that sky)

Olenjibich mabeob-i

(Before the orange-glowing magic)

Kkeut-i nagi jeon-e

(comes to an end)

Cuz of imagination

Geu chalna-e

(In that moment)

Can you feel the rush

Can you feel the rush

Sigan-a meomchwojwo

(Freeze this moment)

{Post-Chorus: Hachi, Min-Soo, Jin}

I wanna stay

(Can you feel the rush)

(Can you feel the rush)

Du segyeui gyeong-gyeseon geu teum-e

(On the boundary between the two worlds)

Neowa naleul namgigopa

(I want to leave a trace of you and me)

Come on let's do it

I wanna stay

(Can you feel the rush)

(Can you feel the rush)

Gaewa neugdaeui geu sigan-en

(At the hour between the dog and wolf)

Mabeob sog-e gadhigopa

(I wanna be trapped in magic)

Blue hour!

{Verse 3: Hachi}

Neoneun naman-ui special

(You are my special)

Hanappun-in nae special

(My one and only special)

Kkum-ui mun-i yeolligo

(The door of dreams open)

Chueog sog neon hyeonsillo

(The "you" from my memories become a reality)

{Verse 4: Han, Jin}

So tell me what to do

Taeyang-eul meomchul clue

(Clue to stop the sun)

Miso jieul neol bwassji

(That you'll smile I know)

(Woah ohh yeah)

{Pre-Chorus: Min-Soo, Hachi}

Cuz it's you

You're the one that I want

You

Everything that I want

Blue

Nae gyeot-e naelin blue, modeun ge bakkwieo

(Blue, the blue landed next to me, everything changes)

5si 53bun-ui i(li)segyeneun aleumdawo (Awoo!)

(The other world at 5:53 is beautiful)

{Chorus: Jin, Han, Min-Soo}

Cuz of imagination

Jeo haneul-ui

(In that sky)

Olenjibich mabeob-i

(Before the orange-glowing magic)

Kkeut-i nagi jeon-e

(comes to an end)

Cuz of imagination

Geu chalna-e

(In that moment)

Can you feel the rush

Can you feel the rush

Sigan-a meomchwojwo

(Freeze this moment)

{Post-Chorus: Sung-Ho, Han, Hachi}

I wanna stay

(Can you feel the rush)

(Can you feel the rush)

Du segyeui gyeong-gyeseon geu teum-e

(On the boundary between the two worlds)

Neowa naleul namgigopa

(I want to leave a trace of you and me)

Come on let's do it

I wanna stay

(Can you feel the rush)

(Can you feel the rush)

Gaewa neugdaeui geu sigan-en

(At the hour between the dog and wolf)

Mabeob sog-e gadhigopa

(I wanna be trapped in magic)

Blue hour!

{Bridge: Min-Soo, Jin, Sung-Ho}

Naui taimmeosin jeomuneun no-eulbich

(The glow of the sunset on my time machine)

Sasil nan kkeut-i nal geol al-a

(I know that the end will come)

The sun is down down down down down(oh)

Jeo bam-e nega salajigi jeon hwansang sog-ui neol nun-e dam-a (oh oh oh ohh)

(Before you disappear into the night

I take you Into my eyes)

There was a short time frame where a dozen of background dancers appeared and as we get behind them, we wore trench coats of matching color with our suits, we also had a cowboy hat, each line of backup dancers open like a gate and reveal us putting on our hats, this happened to each member while a countdown was in the background.

{Dance Break: Hachi, Sung-Ho,ALL}

Ooh, yeah

Yeongwon gat-i chumeul chudeon nal

(chudeon nal)

(The days we danced as if it were eternity)

Turn left and slide

We danced all night (All night, all night)

Ooh, ooh, here we go

Majimak neol butjabgo

(Holding onto the last of you)

Do it one more time

Do it, do it one more time (Here we go now)

Neowa gat-i chumeul chudeon nal (chudeon nal)

(The day we danced together)

Turn around and stop

We danced all night (All night, all night)

Up, down, here we go

Majimak neol butjapgo

(Holding onto the last of you)

Do it one more time

Baby, do it one more time

{Chorus: Hachi, Jin, Han}

Cuz of imagination

Jeo haneul-ui

(In that sky)

Olenjibich mabeob-i

(Before the orange-glowing magic)

Kkeut-i nagi jeon-e

(comes to an end)

Cuz of imagination

Geu chalna-e

(In that moment)

Can you feel the rush

Can you feel the rush

Sigan-a meomchwojwo

{Post-Chorus: Hachi, Han, Sung-Ho}

I wanna stay

(Can you feel the rush)

(Can you feel the rush)

Du segyeui gyeong-gyeseon geu teum-e

(On the boundary between the two worlds)

Neowa naleul namgigopa

(I want to leave a trace of you and me)

Come on let's do it

I wanna stay

(Can you feel the rush)

(Can you feel the rush)

Gaewa neugdaeui geu sigan-en

(At the hour between the dog and wolf)

Mabeob sog-e gadhigopa

(I wanna be trapped in magic)

Blue hour!

(Performance ends)

We were panting as we did the ending pose, a drop of sweat was trickling down my face to my neck, another round of applause and cheers erupted from the crowd, I signalled my members to come together and bow, we all stood in a line and I counted "One, two, three."

We bow at the same time after I counted.

The performance coming to an end, I pick up my cowboy hat and eyed Haruno with a look that reminds me of Komachi whenever she found out I was going shopping with a girl, a proud look, oh I almost forgotten about her sister, she looked surprised and looked like she was gonna say something but something is holding her back, I walk away from the stage, stopping at the backstage, seeing them. I told my members "That was good, you guys have done well, guess all that practicing had it's worth."

"If we didn't practice Han would be 'Ahhh I can't do this man, it's too tiring ahhhh, can I have some water please plea-'" Min-Soo imitated the times where Han complaining in practice, it was so accurate it gave me flashbacks when we were trainees. Before Min-Soo could continue a blur came from my peripheral vision that covered Min-Soo's mouth.

"Speak one more word and I'll tell everyone about that time with Yeri-sunbaenim." I raise my eyebrow in curiosity before I turn on my new skill obtained today. SKILL NUMBA 110#: Devil woman Hikki!

"Heeeh? What does Yeri-sunbaenim have to do here hmmmmm???" I had a mischief-induced grin. "What's this about her hmmm? Care to explain my cute members?" I inched closer. They didn't budge, I tried but they didn't.

"Tsk, you guys are not fun." I cross my arms, since we were about to leave, I followed them to the door but I was stopped by the staff, I look at them with a raised eyebrow.

"Yukinoshita-sama has requested for you to stay behind for she needs to talk with you." I just nod curtly and make myself comfortable in one of the seats, with nothing to do, I think of what happened today.

I lashed out on Haruno, I bet she's gonna scold me for being rude, well I understand why, I just hope she doesn't use this against me. Knowing her she'd get any leverage just for me to feel like shit, I swear to God this woman is just Lucifer if he was a woman and was part of a prestigious family.

The performance... Went well than expected, we practiced hard after all, I gotta give my members some compliments too, they were fast learners, and all of them performed and even sang well, my only problem is why put me in the center, it should've been given to someone else, SM has... History in mistreating their foreign idols, several lawsuits, but now I can assume they changed for the better, meeting their CEO was not what I expected early on, he was really kind and passionate. My problem is still why put me in the center in the remainder of the song, maybe it was because I'm in Japan and I'm the only Japanese member, but I think that isn't the case.. speaking of, why am I the only Japanese member in our group? I'd expect at least another foreigner and such, I myself saw the amount of backlash I faced was hilarious and it slowly died down as our group gained popularity, there was still a small number of people who really just hate me, but it's nothing to worry about.

I felt someone poking my cheek and I turn my head and saw a manicured finger pointing at me, with Haruno as the perpetrator. "What do you want Haruno?"

"Well I was gonna let you in on a surprise," Don't Tell me.. "Don't worry it doesn't Involve Yukino-chan." I breath out a sigh of relief as Haruno continued " I just wanna let out some steam and tell you that you'll be singing again with your pretty onee-san! How's that? I'm sure you're happy of the mere thought that someone like me is willing to sing with you." I gave her the stink eye, "I can't deny your request, as much as I want to, but I can't."

"Sure, I'll entertain you, what are we gonna perform?" I ask with a little curiosity, I can't possibly sing a song I do not know after all.

"You'll find it out when we get on stage," She gave a look to one of the staff members and they took off, "I thought that I should give you something to wear for this special occasion." The staff member returned and had a long black bag with a zipper in the center put horizontally. "and also change into this." She took the bag and gave it to me. I nodded and went to the nearest changing room, changing into the said suit, I was wearing a black turtleneck with a white suit with black slacks and a pair of black Oxfords.

It was a simple outfit but it's simplicity was it's main point, overall a 8/10, probably 9/10 if it wasn't me who was wearing it.

I made my way out of the room and saw that Haruno was gone, I looked around and no signs of the demon superwoman.

I sigh and wait by sitting on the chair again, she probably had to change as well.

I took out my phone and messaged my members that I'll take a while and I have to perform again.

Hachi: You can go eat whenever but always mind your manners, I have a feeling some people are filming us.

Minmonsoon: Sure.

Hanie: got that!

Sungho: Roger!

Jin: alright.

Getting their replies I nodded mentally and closed my phone, as if on queue, Haruno appeared and was wearing a black sweatshirt, she also had a white cardigan, then she had tight denim jeans with a pair of brown Gladiators.

"Ready to go?" Haruno asked as I stood up and looked her up to down. Haruno noticed and did a twirl , "How do I look?"

"You look like you're about to attend a mixer." I said absentmindedly, earning an ear pull from the woman.

"Answer me properly, Hikigaya-kun."

Ow that hurt woman! Do you have any consideration for a man's feelings!? Actually you probably don't. "You look great."

It didn't seem to satisfy her as the intensity of her pull well... Intensified.

"W-what's the point of saying the obvious? Anything you wear always look good on you, it's because your beautiful! No need to state the obvious now let go before you actually pull my ear off!" I plead, she relentled but let go anyway.

She had a small tinge of embarrassment as I saw a little red form on her ears, before turning around, "Let's go now, Hikigaya-kun, they're gonna call us any moment now." I raise my eyebrow because of her strange, monotone way of speaking.

I didn't mind it as I replied with a simple grunt of approval and followed her as I heard the noise of someone talking with a microphone, I mostly filtered all of it as I prepare my skill, Idol Hikki! It seemed that she won't do small talk, accompanying herself by staring at a wall, deep in thought probably.

"-let us now welcome the people who will take this stage once more, Hikigaya Hachiman and our host, Yukinoshita Haruno! Let's give them a wild round of applause!" The man finished, it was a queue for us to prepare our entrance, I let Haruno go first, coming out moments later as I waved my hand around the crowd, two microphones were set one meter apart, I looked at Haruno curiously as I begged her mentally to tell me the song, she only gave me a "you'll know once you hear it." look, I mentally sigh as I look to the left and signalled the staff to do their thing.

The instrumental suddenly played as I look at her wide eyed, "No you didn't!" Haruno only chuckled and replied with "Yes, I totally did."

I hated this song the much, as it gave me too much hurtful memories.

I swear, after this Haruno Yukinoshita, you will face your doom.

END*


A/N: So... Heheheh sorry for not posting the other day, as I was rewriting the story I suddenly got lazy and watched 4 hours of youtube, I'm sorry guys, I'll try to be a bit more consistent.

And sorry also for the abrupt cliffhanger, but I wanted this part to be where you decide what song they'll perform, as I wanted this small barely recognizable community to decide what song they'll sing, this is also totally not me being lazy.

I will now respond to your reviews.

Majin Othinus: thanks for your worries, I'm also a Filipino guy as well! Isn't that a coincidence!

8mexicanyeager: well thanks for your review, I won't ruin my already shitty story so worry not friend!

Well I think that's all I have to say, anyways please give me your songs to recommend and your criticism aswell, give me your honest thoughts, I'm willing to suffer some bad words so it's okay.

That's all folks, until next time! Have a great day!