He had promised not to fall in love with anyone. It would have ruined his career. It would have caused too many scandals and he and she would never have any privacy, and they both could never return to how it was before. But then she appeared. She made his head turn around and all his thoughts were about her. But he never told about his own feelings for anyone. And he kept them in.
"Fuuto, hey Fuuto!" Manager yelled next to the boy who was so lost in his thoughts. They were in the middle of songwriting. Manager had to hit Fuuto on his head before he woke up from his daydream.
"Ouch! Why would you do that?!" Fuuto yelled and grabbed the rolled newspaper from his managers' hand.
"Focus! This will be your new single so you must focus. Stop daydreaming", manager said and sat down on one of the white chairs around a table.
"So, Fuuto, what kind of lyrics would you like? A song about future, a song about being one of a kind, oh, and heroes are a trend now so how about that…" one of the assisting songwriters said, but Fuuto interrupted him:
"A love song."
Silence fell in the room. He had never requested a love song. He sang them because they had been written for him, but he never actually wanted to do a love song.
"For real?" his manager asked. He had been Fuutos manager since he started and this was the first time he ever wanted a love song.
"Yes", Fuuto answered. Everybody smiled and started to throw in some ideas of how the song should turn out. A slow or a fast song, with singer crying for lost love or singing because he is in love. Fuutos manager glanced at him while Fuuto was telling his own ideas and what he wanted in the song.
"I want it to be about unrequited love and how I can never have her", He explained. There was a bit of sadness in his eyes.
"How about: I can never let her go, but I can't have her at all. With what am I supposed to live with, since I can't have her by my side?" one of the assisting songwriters said.
"Yeah, that sounds good. And then how about: Why won't she see me, why can't she notice my pain?" Fuuto continued and the songwriters brightened up even more.
"Fuuto, has something happened?" his manager asked while he was driving him home at 9 o'clock. He worried about him because of his weird behavior.
"No, why do you ask. It's none of your business anyways", he answered rudely.
"I'm concerned about you. You daydreamed during the songwriting, which is something you never do. And you don't even like love songs. I need to know what has happened. It might affect your career", he said. Fuuto understood why he was worried. He indeed never acted like that, but he didn't know what to do about it. She was always on his mind and wouldn't go away. He gazed out of the window and saw how the road light slid past the car.
"Fuuto", his manager said but the answer had him shut his mouth till they were at the Sunrise Residence:
"It's nothing. There's nothing you should be concerned about."
Door closed behind him as he walked down the corridor to the stairs. He heard some noise coming from downstairs. He recognized the voices; Tsubaki, Azusa, Ukyo, Kaname, Yusuke and… Ema. He heard how the girl laughed with her sweet voice. He stopped at the end of the corridor. A sigh escaped his mouth. He walked to the stair and gazed to living room. The coffee table held some bottles of alcohol and tea. Tsubaki was drunk of his ass and Kaname was joining him. Azusa doesn't drink because of his health and Ukyo doesn't want to, Yusuke and Ema are still minors. Damn, Fuuto felt like being drunk. Or at least he needed some whiskey on the rocks. As he walked down the stairs he counted the times he had been drunk. Ten, at least ten times. Or probably even more. Why? Well that was something he certainly didn't remember.
"Fuuuutooo~~ Come join us!" Tsubaki yelled. His hand was around Azusa who was sipping his tea.
"How disgraceful. My own brother drunk in front of minors and it's not even midnight and he's drunk as fuck", Fuuto said and walked to the kitchen.
"Don't swear", Ukyo said.
"Oh c'mon it's Friday. We need to have some fun. You'll understand when you're older and can get drunk yourself", Tsubaki said like he was going to sing.
"Yeah, don't be such a killjoy. Once you start to enjoy alcohol you'd drink it every day", Kaname said. Ukyo hit his head. A few quiet swear words appeared as he held his head. Ukyo hit him again and repeated:
"Don't swear."
Oh Brother if you'd know how much I drink, you wouldn't say that, he said to himself while looking for something to eat. Fuuto opened a closet and saw a pretty bottle of red wine standing on the top shelf. It was un-opened and he gazed to it for a second before taking a bag of chips out of the closet. He stared at a happy potato man on the bag. He had a cane and a top hat, and was way too happy about being so unhealthy.
"There is some fried chicken in the fridge if you want some", Ema said right behind him. Fuuto startled and dropped the bag of chips. He turned around quickly just to see Emas surprised face.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to scare you", she said with an apologizing look on her face.
"Whatever", Fuuto said, lifted the bag of chips and left the kitchen. He climbed the stairs up and went to his room door. The green door didn't feel like it wanted to show what's inside, but it had to open since Fuuto had the key. He stepped inside and walked to the middle of an almost empty room. He turned on the lights and threw the chips on his bed. Fuuto turned his television on and sat on his bed. And right then, when he need it less, there was some romantic comedy movie going on. The woman was just about to confess and she and the man would kiss and etc.
"Well this is just unfair", He said. It really was. He could never have love and everyone else around him had some. He couldn't even have a one night stand. But everyone, even he, would need some love.
He rolled around in his bed. He opened his phone to look at the time. 3 o'clock. His stomach crowled at him. Without hesitation, he stood up and walked to his door. He opened it with only a t-shirt and a pair of random college pants on him. He walked Down the stair to the kitchen and opened the fridge.
"Fried chicken you said huh? There's no damn chicken in here", he said out loud. He really didn't wait for an answer, but instead, he had one:
"Look at the top shelf."
"What?!" He almost yelled and smashed the door closed. Ema stood in the opening and leaned on the wall.
"The hell are you doing awake?" he said and Ema answered:
"Same should be asked from you." He stood there quiet for a second, and then sighed.
"Can't sleep", he answered.
"Hungry?"
"Partly, yes."
"What about the other part?"
"None of your business", he ended the conversation, at least for a while. Ema was really nosey sometimes; and especially because it was Fuuto.
"Tell me", she demanded.
"No", Fuuto answered and grabbed a beer by mistake.
"And since when have you been drinking?" she asked and Fuuto looked at the can.
"Son of a bitch", he whispered and put it back.
"Tell me what's wrong", she asked again and this time Fuuto grabbed a Sprite from the fridge and one ready-made sandwich.
"Tell me", she asked again and Fuuto was even more annoyed.
"No."
"Please!"
"It's none of your business that I'm in love with you!"
"Huh?" she whispered and Fuuto realized what he had said. He blushed and tried to fix something by stuttering, but he had already dropped the bomb.
"You're in love with me?" Ema asked with a faint smile on her face.
"No! I've never been, and I'll never be!" Fuuto said and tried to run away. Ema grabbed him by the couch and Fuutos temper ended. He dropped the food and pushed Ema down on the couch. He was on all fours on top of her.
"Yes! Yes I am! And you're walking on really dangerous path right now", he said. He wanted to continue, but tears started to drop on Emas cheeks. Fuuto was crying. He moved away from her and sat on the couch normally. Tears wouldn't stop coming.
"Even though I'm your brother, does being in love make me a bad person? Judging by the look on your face", Fuuto said quietly. Ema answered:
"And does it make me a bad sister for loving you back?"
Fuuto stopped moving. He was still crying, but he was shocked by her words. He turned his face towards her and asked:
"Are you serious?"
"Why should I lie?" She asked. Suddenly Fuuto felt the urge to kiss her and already grabbed her face, before realizing what he was doing.
"No, no. I can't be in love with you", he whispered.
"But-", Ema had already started before Fuuto continued:
"But even I need love, because I'm just a man. So stay with me. Don't go away, because you're really all I need. This can't be love, but stay, and never go away."
"I will", Ema answered and pressed her own lips on Fuutos.
Stay with me - Sam Smith
I chose this song for Fuuto, since I felt like he couldn't have any love because of his career. It was really hard to find a song for Fuuto and if you think it should have been something else, I'd be more than glad to her. ^.^
