This takes place on the morning of the first Chapter. It leads up to the first chapter...Kinda...

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Smack!

Something cold and wet collides with the back of his hoodie, startling him out of his thoughts.

It drops from his head as he turns around to look for his assailant. Seeing no one, he slowly drops to his knees and gathers up the cold, white substance to use as ammo. His eyes continue to wonder around, looking for someone suspicious or their hiding place.

He gets up at a steady pace, when his eyes land on a brush that someone could easily hide behind. He slowly makes his way over, a snowball in each hand ready to strike when needed. Bam! Bam! Two more snow balls hits the back of his head but this time he did not have his hoodie to protect him. His hair is now wet from the attack, with snow sliding down his shirt. He shivers all over as his temperature threatens to drop.

He turns around swiftly to the direction the balls came from, trying to ignore the cold as the snow continues to slide down his back. His arm raised, ready to throw the snow ball at the first person he sees. There is no one, and he lowers his arm a little and his battle stance relaxes.

Then he hears it, giggling, coming from a mound of snow. He makes his way over, ready to attack at the very chance he gets. He tries not to make any noise, but fails every time his boots make contact with the ground. As he gets closer, he sees a head peep up from behind the mound. He recognizes it right away and sends a snowball flying. It hits her right on her forehead but he misses it because he made a dive for it.

All hell breaks lose as he hid on one side of the mound, with his opponent on the other side. Hails of snow balls rain down on his side and he desperately tries to avoid them. This leads him to believe that she had this planned in advance by the arsenal of snow balls she created.

He believes that she is out of snow balls when they stopped flying past his head. He decides that it is now his turn to strike back! However he makes the mistake of leaving the safety of his cover and heads into enemy territory. His opponent lays in wait for him.

The first one hits his face, then his neck and chest before he could even throw one.

She starts to run away afterwards, but he was too quick for her.

"Oh no, you don't!" she hears before the back of her head is hit with snow balls. She stumbles a bit, giving him enough time to catch up. A pair of strong arms wraps itself around her and sends her flying towards the snow mound.

She tries to get up, but is pulled back down. One arm wraps around her waist, having her back to his chest. His other hand piles the snow up. "So you think you can pick a fight with me and run away, do you?" He whispers in her ear right before he shoves a handful of snow down the back of her shirt.

She couldn't help but laugh and scream at the cold. She tries to run away but he is too strong for her and just tightens his grip on her. She next tries to apologize but only laughter comes out when she opens her mouth.

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"Yura Chan, Minamitani San, stop playing in the snow. The other crew that is shooting here still needs it for their shoot," calls Director Nakazono.

"She started it" says Haruka while pointing at her with the hand he was using to stuff her full of snow.

"Tattle tale," mumbles Yura under her breath, but loud enough for Haruka to hear her. He smirks and looks down at her still in his arms. "I'm sorry Director Nakazono, it's just hard to believe that it's fake snow," says Yura, bowing as far as she can go with Haruka's arm still around her and with them both on their knees. Nakazono couldn't help but smile at her reaction.

"It's not fake, just manmade, but I can understand your reaction." He watches as Haruka helps Yura up and laughs inwardly at the amount of snow falling out of her clothes. "It would be best if the two of you change out of those wet clothes and into something dry." He notices Haruka face getting red and wonders what brought on the reaction, but brushes it off when he addresses Yura. "We're not ready for your scenes yet, so you'll have to wait in waiting room A12 until Mizorogi san gets you." She nods at him while thinking that's great since she can finish the last few paragraphs of her essay.

She awakens from her thoughts when she feels a tap on her shoulders. It is one of the crew members. "Onozuka san, if you follow me, I'll take you to the dressing room to get changed." Clumsily, Yura replies yes then turns and bows to the director and Haruka. Afterward, she follows the crew member.

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While Director Nakazono was addressing him, Haruka's eyes and thoughts were on the girl that just left. He watched as she turned the corner. 'I wonder if the snowball fight was revenge for almost dropping her laptop earlier and does that mean things are finally not going to be awkward between us anymore?' he thought before he returned his attention to the director.

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Across the studio Minamitani Q Ta enters, seeking out the first crew member he sees. He tells her that Director Nakazono called him in today to talk to him about his music for the commercial. He taps his fingers on his legs as he watches the young girl call someone on her head piece about his inquiry. Looking over her shoulder, he catches a glimpse of a wet looking Yura as she is guided by another crewmember. 'What was she up to,' he thinks.

"Excuse me, Minamitani San, but director Nakazono is currently busy and would like to know if you would mind waiting for a bit," the girl asks. "No, not at all," come his reply with a smile attached. She calls someone else over. "Please escort Minamitani san to waiting room A13. Thank you."

Taking one last look at where Yura disappeared before following the crew member, he thinks 'Maybe if that manager of hers isn't around, I can talk to her. Not that I care of his warning, I just don't want to be scoled.'

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In the shadows, a tall man leans against the wall. He watches with calculating eyes as Director Nakazono leads the younger Minamitani brother away. The scene from earlier replays in his mind, he did not see how it started, but he saw how it ended. "Maybe I ought to give him the same warning I gave his older brother," he thinks before heading in the direction the director went.

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This story and my last chapter both had an Extra and a Special chapter. So I'm thinking of doing the same for "The Thoughts Before." It will take place after that story but before "The After Thought."

So if you have any ideas for it, feel free to suggest them. It could be about anything or any pair. I'll do the one that most people chose. However, if there are a lot of suggestions, maybe I'll do a chapter with mini stories in them around those suggestions.