Variance

Chapter Two

-Cast Meeting-

Music filled Hatake Kakashi's estate. The windows were open and the doors to the backyard were wide and inviting to the pool where a few swimsuit models were having way too much fun splashing each other and touching one another's bodies. A few good looking actors stood by the edge, drinks in their hands as they watched with pure bliss.

A pink haired woman stepped onto the terrace of the house in some expensive looking heels that tied around her ankles. She had on a short white dress that accentuated her perfect body. It stopped mid-thigh, and tied around her neck, dipping low and revealing a sexy yet proper amount of cleavage. Her short hair barely touched her shoulders and was styled perfectly. She saw another woman, and smiling at the sight of her friend, made her way over to where she was sitting, drink in hand. "Hey Minako. I didn't know you were going to be in the film."

"Yeah, I get to play your best friend who just happens to have a conscience and tells you about all the stupid things you do." The ebony haired woman said, returning the pink haired woman's smile. She was wearing a light blue sundress that went just past her knees and cut straight across the top, and was held up by two thin straps.

"That's great. I love when we get to work together. Reminds me of Acting School, when we were in the same drama class." Natsumi laughed, sipping her margarita. "I've read the script a couple of times and it looks like it's going to be fun. Though, I still don't know who the male lead is. My brother won't tell me cause' he wants it to be a 'surprise'." She rolled her eyes, using air quotes.

They both heard Kakashi call for her from the house and the pink haired actress set her glass down, holding up on finger to signify she'd be back for more chatting. She walked into the house and found the odd man who was directing the film. "Ah Natsumi, there you are." He took her offered hands and kissed both, releasing one and leading her into the main living room. "Our male lead has arrived." He informed her, and she felt her excitement build as they entered.

Her smile was swept right off her face when her pale jade gaze landed on a familiar dark haired man. "You?" she glared at Akito, who only smirked at her.

"Me." He said, walking over to her. "Apparently, Toshiro thought I would be perfect for the role." he took her hand in his and kissed it lightly, the smirk still on his face. "Uchiha Akito. May I say that it is a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance." He said as he straightened and released her hand.

She glared at him slightly, pulling her hand back. "You." She repeated once more, though this time it was more a statement. She glanced over at Kakashi, clearly not looking pleased. "He's not an actor. He's a musician…barely. And insane for that matter, and a troublemaker. You know how much shenanigans this man got my brother into while they were in school together?" she pointed to Akito, who only appeared more amused.

"Which is why he's perfect for the role of the lead male." Kakashi explained. "Besides, we've already done a screening to see if he's any good, and the boy has some talent."

"Lots of talent, actually." Akito said, crossing his arms.

Natsumi focused her irritation back on the Uchiha. "You don't get to say you have talent or not."

"Please." He rolled his eyes. "If I didn't have talent, I wouldn't have millions of fans screaming my band's name when we play a show."

"Natsumi," Kakashi said, placing his hand on her shoulder, "I need you to set your dislike for him aside and act as a professional please. Let's just see if this works out or not. Toshiro is the one who recommended Akito and his band to me, and I have faith in your brother's judgment, so he's the one you need to take it up with."

"Only cause' this idiot and him are best friends," she huffed, gesturing to the man beside her.

Akito placed his hand on her hip and pulled her against him, leaning close to her ear. "It's all about who you know, baby." He teased, rubbing her side with his thumb.

Natsumi pulled away from him and gave him a warning glance. "Don't get all touchy feely with me you vexing man." She pointed accusingly.

"Oh my God!" they all heard, and suddenly Vincent was in front of her, holding both her hands in his and hovering over the slightly alarmed pink haired woman.

"I am one of your biggest fans Natsumi. You're so fucking hot. I have all your posters. And I do mean all of them, like that one centerfold you did for Play Boy." He smirked, giving her a once over.

She jerked her hands from his, looking horrified and blushing slightly. "Please refrain from touching me so much."

"She's way prettier in person." Haru said from beside Akito, crossing his arms and giving the woman a once over.

Kyo ran over then, shoving Vincent out of the way and smiling happily at the pink haired woman. "Hi, I'm Kyo." He said, reaching out and taking her hand in his so that she could shake it. "You are really pretty. Is it true that you have a twin sister? Is she as pretty as you?" he asked in a rushed manner.

"Well we are twins. So I don't know, probably." She smiled, shaking his hand and actually acting normal, since she liked his aura and how not crazy he seemed.

"Cool, cool. I get to play your boyfriend in the movie." He informed her. "But I swear I won't try anything that isn't in the script."

Natsumi laughed and nodded. "Well you'd be a first. But I think it'll be fun. We have some pretty cool scenes together."

"I know, I am so excited to be working with someone as talented as you." The blonde nodded.

Akito rolled his eyes and walked back over to Natsumi, smirking at her. "Yeah, well we get to have a sex scene, so if you feel the need to rehearse it, I won't object. Practice makes perfect, after all." He wagged his eyebrows at her.

"I bet you've had lots of practice, haven't you?" she returned his glance, only a bit more condescending.

"Eh," he waved it off. "That's all in the past. What's important is right now. And the future, when we have sex." He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him.

She glared at him and peeled his hand off her waist. "I don't have sex with people I work with. I don't care how hot you are. You're arrogant and irritating. We are not having sex, other than the few scenes we have rolling around naked in the sheets together." She pointed out, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Few scenes?" Akito asked, actually surprised.

"Yeah." She sighed, beginning to count them off on her fingers. "There's the first one at the backstage closet, the second in your bedroom, and then the last, and worst, where we have sex in Hunter's bathroom during his birthday party."

"Wow, I thought there was only one." He said.

"Lucky bastard." Vincent said, and then he looked to Kakashi. "Hey, can we be on set during those scenes?"

The elder man stared at him blankly. "You want to watch Akito and Natsumi pretend to have sex?" he asked, somewhat disbelievingly.

"Duh, that way I can live vicariously through him."

Akito actually looked repulsed as he turned to look at the keyboard player. "You're disgusting."

"You'd be surprised how many people would be okay with that." Natsumi sighed, shaking her head.

He glanced at her over his shoulder. "Sucks for you." Then he sighed. "So when do we begin filming? My manager needs to be sent the schedule so that he knows not to schedule anything for us."

"I want everyone on set next Monday morning, so that we can begin filming. And don't worry, I'll send Itachi our film schedule, and the promo schedule, so that he knows." Kakashi said.

"Awesome." He said, looking around. "Well, I'm going out back, where the fun is." He waved to Natsumi. "See you later sweetheart." He smirked, walking outside. Kyo and Haru followed him, while Vincent stayed behind to try and get Natsumi to go out with him.

Haru sighed and looked over to their lead singer. "So…she's pretty hot. Are you excited?"

"Of course I'm excited." Akito said, looking at the brunette. "This is something we've never done before, and it'll be good for the band."

"That's not what I meant."

"You mean am I excited about the sex scenes? Or working with her?"

Haru shrugged. "Both."

"Yeah, I'm excited." His dark green gaze turned suspicious. "Why do you ask?"

"Nothing. Nothing." He smiled and looked forward to the swimming pool. "Hello." His smile turned to a smirk at the sight.

Akito followed his gaze, smirking as well. "Hello is right. You wanna join them?" he raised a brow.

"You know it!" he cheered pulling off his shirt and gave them both a mischievous glance. He ran over to the pool and waved to the girls, who squealed upon seeing him.

"Oh my gawd!" one giggled.

"You're Inuzuka Haru."

He nodded and flexed a bit. "Ya got that right, mind if I join you ladies?"

"Come on in!" they all laughed, splashing at him as he jumped in. Akito shook his head, pulling off his shirt as well and walking over to the pool.

"There wouldn't happen to be room for one more, would there?" he asked, looking down at them.

Their eyes widened, "You're Akito!"

"And I'm Kyo!" the blonde exclaimed with a smile, quickly taking his shirt off and throwing his arms in the air.

"Yeah! Jump in!" they told them, bouncing up and down and giving them quite a show.

They both looked at one another, exchanging a look of glee, before jumping into the pool and joining the swimsuit models, engaging in a water/tickle fight with them. A blonde model, the one with the biggest breasts, latched onto Akito and pressed her body against his. "Oh Akito. I just love Chaos Theory." She whispered into his ear, nipping at the lobe.

He shivered slightly and placed his hands on her hips. "Really? Why don't you tell me more about how much you love my band." He suggested.

"It'd be easier to show you." She purred.

"I am more of a hands on learner." He said huskily, gripping her rear.

She moaned softly, and it was obvious to him that he was already driving her crazy. "There are a couple unoccupied guest rooms upstairs. Wanna rock a bed post?" she asked, rubbing him through his pants beneath the water.

"What kind of question is that? Of course I do." He led her over to the steps out of the pool, and they both got out. He grabbed his shirt off the ground as they headed inside, both dripping water from being in the pool. Just as they were walking in, Natsumi was coming out and stopped, blinking in surprise. She looked at Akito and then glanced at the model clinging to his arm, her nipples clearly erect and visible through her suit.

Natsumi rolled her eyes and walked past them, off to find her brother. "Don't you just love her?" the blonde asked, tugging on his shoulder. "She's so naturally gorgeous. You know she hasn't had any work done?" the blonde told Akito, rubbing against him once more in her want.

"What work have you had done?" he asked, looking her over.

"Oh I had a SRS." She smiled. He gave her an odd look, clearly not knowing what that was. Seeing this, she laughed. "Sex reassignment surgery."

His eyes widened and he let go of her, taking three steps ack. "You know, I just remembered I have to go…do something." He said by way of excuse, practically running back outside. In his haste, he didn't pay attention to where he was going, and bumped into someone. "Sorry." He said, turning his head to see who it was he had run into.

Natsumi looked alarmed but then glanced up, seeing Akito. A small smirk crept up her face and she crossed her arms over her chest. "Have fun with Chase…oh, I mean Tasha?" she arched a delicate brow.

He snorted, trying to play the whole thing off. "No, I totally knew she used to be a dude. I was just showing her where the bathroom was, that's all." He crossed his arms.

"Uh huh." She laughed. "Whatever." She pat his shoulder. "Next time you might want to ask someone in the model world who is what gender." She snickered. "Not all of us are as flawless as I am. Though, I find it amusing you were about to put your dick where another penis used to be."

He glared at her lightly. "Yeah whatever. You're not as hot as you think you are."

Her haughty expression held. "Oh yes I am."

"Right. That's why I can clearly see a flaw, right now looking at you. You'd have to be blind not to notice it." He said.

She blinked, her smirk falling from her face. "What flaw?"

It was Akito's turn to smirk. "Oh no, if you haven't noticed it yet, then I'm not going to be the one to pop the little bubble of the perfect world that you live in. I actually have a heart." He said, brushing past her to the refreshments table and picking up a shrimp, dipping it in the cocktail sauce and eating it.

Her hands formed into fists and she turned around and stomped after him. "I don't have a flaw you jerk!" she pointed at him accusingly and when she didn't get a reaction she smacked his hand that was lifting to feed himself another shrimp, forcing him to drop the seafood. "You're mean!"

Akito looked at the fallen shrimp and sighed in disappointment. Then his gaze returned to her. "Oh really now? Are you one hundred percent sure you don't have a flaw? Because if I can see it, so can everyone else. I bet they're just nice enough not to say anything, for fear of hurting your obviously delicate feelings."

"Well whatever!" she yelled, becoming extremely flustered. "Physically flawed or not, at least I don't attempt to have sex with someone I met like five seconds ago you pig!"

"Baby, I don't have to attempt, the women come to me." He pointed at himself. "Just like you will eventually, once you get over yourself."

Her eyes widened slightly. "You're out of your mind if you think I would ever really sleep with you, you arrogant piece of work." Natsumi took a step forward and took hold of his face with her hand, holding his cheek as she brought him down to her level, since he was significantly taller than her. "Your looks might be great and amazing, but underneath is just a bunch of shit." She smirked. "At least I know when my beauty fades I actually have a nice personality." She said, her eyes searching his. She pulled away then and turned around, wanting nothing more to do with him. He was just like she thought he would be.

Akito just shook his head, returning to the shrimp and picking up another one to eat. Natsumi was definitely like he thought she would be, based on what he had heard from Toshiro about her over the years. On top of that, he liked pissing her off, because she was extremely attractive when she was angry. Her cheeks flushed, and the look on her face was to die for. Sighing, he finished eating his shrimp and then put his shirt back on, going off to find some other people to talk to.


Toshiro dodged a lamp that was aimed for his head. Natsumi glared at her brother. "You suggested Akito?" she screamed, throwing a pillow at him. "That arrogant prick? A rock star? He is the most antagonizing person I have ever met!"

"Natty come on now." The redhead held up his hands in surrender, avoiding another projectile. "He was perfect for the role, and they needed a band, and you know he's attractive. It can't be that bad!"

"That bad? I will have to work with him forever!"

He ducked once more. "Look, I know him really well, and I know he can be trying. But think of it this way. It's the chance to put on the best performance of your life."

This made her rampage halt. "Best performance?" she asked.

He nodded. "If you can pull off this love roll with someone you can't stand, you will be the best actress in the business."

"Best actress in the business?" she tapped her chin and smiled. "I like the sound of that."

"Good," he mirrored her expression.

"Alright. I accept." She nodded.

Toshiro looked relieved and sighed happily. "Well let's head out then. Satomi is meeting us for dinner."

Natsumi sighed and headed for the door, taking her purse from one of the butlers. And then the two left, off to enjoy the rest of the day, Toshiro feeling accomplished, and Natsumi ready for the trials to come.