Author's Note: I actually managed to update my stories (well, including writing the one-shot) three days in a row! Unfortunately, I didn't finish this chapter when I expected, so the record was stopped… Oh, well, I'll just start all over again, I guess…
This chapter goes back to the main story, now. Sorry, still no more body switching… Yet. Oh, and sorry if I spelled the band-aid brand's name wrong!
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Friday after school, Sana had started to walk home with Akito and her other friends, but she stopped when they got off the school grounds and she saw a black car. Leaning towards the window, she motioned for Rei to roll it down so she could talk to him.
"Rei, what are you doing here?!" Sana asked, confused.
"I told you a few days ago, we have a meeting today for that Heal-Bon commercial that you're doing with Naozumi tomorrow!" Rei replied.
Upon hearing that Sana was doing another commercial with the pretty boy actor, Akito cringed, but didn't say anything.
"Oh… You must have told me that when…" Sana trailed off, blushing a bit. "Well, okay… You could have reminded me, though!" Turning to her friends, Sana waved and said, "Sorry, you guys, but I have to go to a meeting. I'll see you at school on Monday!"
The others chorused their goodbyes, and Sana climbed into the passenger seat of her manager's car.
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Sana sat in the meeting room, bored out of her mind, trying not to bounce her leg or move around too much and pretending to be paying attention. She caught a few words here and there, just enough to know what she had to do. Then, something the director said got her attention.
"We might not be able to do this commercial tomorrow, though, because we don't have all the cast we need," he was saying. "We still need one more actor, a kid your age. He had to know karate, or at least be familiar enough with it to fake it pretty well."
Suddenly, Sana had to flashbacks in rapid succession.
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He stopped and turned around, holding out his new black belt to Sana.
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"You know, you're actually a pretty good actor. I'll have to take you to a shoot sometime."
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When the flashbacks had ended, Sana gasped, waving her hand around like an impatient student waiting to be called on.
"Umm… Yes, Sana?" the director asked, giving her a strange look.
"I know someone who could do it!" she yelled. Everyone else covered their ears, and then Sana quieted down, but mostly because she was talking to herself. "I just need to convince him to come…"
"Well, okay, you bring your friend here tomorrow and we'll see how it goes." The director stood up and got ready to go, leaving Sana looking confused. "That was the last thing we had to talk about, so all of you can go now."
Sana gasped again. How had she managed to space out for long enough to not even realize the meeting was over? She picked up her sweater and walked out of the room with Rei at her side.
In the hallway, Naozumi came up to her. "Hi Sana!" he said, waving. They hadn't gotten a chance to talk to each other before or doing the meeting.
"Hey Nao!" Sana yelled before running up to hug him. "I haven't seen you in forever!"
"I know," he replied. "We should hang out more. Anyways, who is it that you had in mind for the other part? Akito?"
"Yep!" Sana said, giving her biggest smile. "He's my boyfriend now!"
Naozumi's eyes grew. "Really?" he asked, surprised. 'I thought she was too oblivious for that to ever happen,' he thought, but he figured it would be best not to say it aloud.
Sana nodded, then glanced down the hall, where her manager was standing by the door, motioning for her to follow him. "Well, sorry, but I have to go now, Naozumi. See you tomorrow!" And with that she was off, leaving nothing but a cloud of dust behind her.
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"So…" Sana said into the phone, trying to think of the best way to go about this. "Would you come to the studio with me tomorrow?"
"What?" Akito said, trying to figure out why she had suddenly brought that up.
"I really want you there to encourage me!" she replied. Yeah, she had it all figured out now.
"Um… I guess," her boyfriend said. 'She doesn't usually need encouragement for acting, but okay…'
"Great! Rei and me will pick you up in the morning! Well, I have to go now, so I'll see you then!"
Akito started to say goodbye but was interrupted by the click on the other end. He stared at the phone for a second before setting it back down.
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The next morning at the studio, Sana grabbed Akito's hand and dragged him over to the director. "Great, here's your final actor, Mr. Director!"
Then she pushed her boyfriend towards him before running to her dressing room, and Akito got pulled into yet another room, still having no clue what was going on. Finally, they stopped, and the director released him. "Okay, so you know karate?"
Akito nodded, looking around the room, which was empty except for a few chairs along the walls.
"Good! I'm going to send a professional in here to test your abilities, and if you're good enough, then you'll be a co-star in the commercial!"
Akito decided to go along with it, so he sat down in one of the chairs opposite the door and waited for the "professional" that the director had mentioned.
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Meanwhile, Sana was sitting with Rei. "So, are you sure you're ready to do this commercial?" He paused. "And with your b-boyfriend here, no less?" He still hadn't gotten used to the fact that she had a boyfriend.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Sana asked cheerfully. "It's just another Heal-Bon commercial."
Rei's eyes seemed to bulge out of his head. "Sana, I know you don't pay much attention during those meetings, but to miss something that big?!"
Sana's eyebrows came together in concentration, but she couldn't remember anything important. "Why? What did I miss?"
"You and Naozumi are going to kiss!"
Sana's first instinct was to panic, but she ignored it. "Rei, this happened before, remember? There's nothing to freak out about. He's just going to kiss me on the cheek and then it'll be over with. And besides, it's for work. I'm sure Akito will understand."
"No, Sana. This one's real. You have to kiss him on the lips," Rei said, determined to keep his composure.
Then she screamed. Very, very loudly. The other crew members glanced her way, but they were used to Sana's insanity, especially since most of them had worked with her on other commercials before.
"So, I'll ask again. Are you sure you're ready to do this commercial?"
"No," Sana replied bluntly. "I'm going to do it anyways, though." Suddenly, she was the picture of cool and collected, acting totally professional about it.
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"Okay, you're definitely ready for this!" said the man that Akito had just sparred with. They bowed to each other, and then Akito went back to his chair and sat down. "I'll go get the director again."
"So, just what is this commercial all about?" Akito asked when the director came back in.
"You don't really need to know all that," he replied, a smile that was slightly mischievous on his face. "I will tell you what your part is, though."
"Okay," Akito said, shrugging.
"Basically, you and Naozumi fake a fight. It can't be real, since he doesn't know any martial arts, but you have to make it look real."
"Go on."
"Sana gets caught somewhere in the fight, gets knocked to the ground, and gets a scratch. Then, you take a dive, and Naozumi wins the girl and gives her Heal-Bon."
An imperceptible twitch escaped Akito's eye when he realized that "the girl" was Sana, but he knew he could easily deal with it, since it was fake. "Okay," he said again.
"Great! Be out in ten minutes so we can start filming!" After seeing Akito's nod, he left yet again.
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Author's Note: Okay, I guess I'm going to cut this chapter short. The next chapter will be the commercial and everyone's reactions…
Bye for now!
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