~Falling Hard~
~I won't take too much of your time cause this is just a continued part from the last chapter. Hope you like it! I worked really hard on this! Ask Kiko, my poor Beta reader. Her face O.O… Love you Kiko!
Warning: Major fangirl tears will be cried in this chapter. (I know, I cried thw whole time I was writing it)
Chapter 4: Fireworks Part 2
Toshiro's POV:
I was up at 6 AM today. At 8 I had to be down at the festival for last minute practice and sound checks.
"Takashi! Will you do an interview with us?" A reporter asked as he stepped out of his car.
'Glad I wore my wig and sunglasses,' I thought. "No I won't." I snapped. I hate reporters. They're so annoying and the remind me of parasites.
"Taka!" A completely different voice called. I turned to see my manager, Alwyn, waving me over. "Good you're here. Okay so last minute sound checks, oh and we need the names for the songs you'll be singing tonight." My manager was a walking wind storm. Always late to something, always talking, and disorganized as can be.
"First off I'm singing "Entertain The Pain" and "Anywhere But Here." Second, what about the sound checks?" I asked laughing.
"Oh, shit. Um…" Alwyn wracked her brains for the answer. I waited patiently. "Oh yeah! You'll be going first in sound checks, which are right now."
The next three hours were a blur. When I was finally dismissed for my hour lunch break I was mentally exhausted. Something white caught my eye however, and I walked over to see what it was. The booth I approached was one of those prize booths. The flash of white I'd seen was a stuffed white tiger.
"Damn," I whispered walking away. No matter where I went, she was there. Could it be that after all this time I finally wanted to admit to…No! I cannot think those thoughts. But still, that tiger…
The festival started at 6:30 and ended around midnight. At around 9:30, Momo and I were bored and I was on the verge of telling her I was leaving when I heard her gasp and run towards a booth.
"Shiro-chan look!" She called out to me. With a heavy sigh I walked over, it was a prize booth. She was pointing at the top prize, a two-foot long stuffed tiger.
"Yeah so?" I knew I was probably being rude and mean, but I really didn't want to be here anymore.
"I'm going to win it silly." Momo said laughing and ruffling my hair. Despite the fact that I was a few inches taller than her and not to mention only a few months younger than her. I shook my head, and after ten minutes of watching her fail, I stepped forward.
"Move over I'll do it." I said. The game was simple, knock down the bottle to win a prize. I did it with one try. When the man asked me what prize I wanted I pointed at the tiger.
"For your girlfriend no doubt." The man said as he handed it over.
"She's not my girlfriend." I snapped, taking the tiger and handing it none to gently to Momo. We sat in an uneasy silence for a few more minutes.
"Thank you Shiro-chan." Momo said softly. She had a pretty little blush across her cheeks.
"Whatever." I said, but once again felt guilty as I saw a look of pain flash through her eyes. I patted her hand. "Just think, now whenever you get scared you have a fierce little tiger to look after you." I smiled a tiny bit. I had an uneasy feeling in my stomach.
"Ah, yes." Momo said. She suddenly looked really nervous. "Um, Shiro-chan can I… uh, tell you something?" She asked, looking at the ground.
"What? Uh, yeah go ahead." I said warily. 'Somethings wrong, or off.' I thought watching her. I quickly glanced at my watch, 9:50.
"I-," She took a deep breath. "I love you Toshiro." She said softly looking up at me.
"You—," I could feel my eyes widening. "SHE WHAT?" I screamed in my head. "Momo, I don't understand." I felt really stupid for saying it, but it's true. I didn't understand.
"I love you. I have for a while, I've just been scared to tell you. I mean for a while I thought you like Karin, but then you asked me to come with you tonight so I thought maybe there were some feelings for me in there." She said looking at him hopefully.
"Aw hell Momo." I said running a hand through my hair. 'This will kill her.' I though. Karin and I had been dating for about a week, but she was on vacation with her family so we hadn't told anyone. "Momo," I said softly crouching down in front of her. I know now that this is my fault, and I'll distance myself now. "Momo, Karin and I have been dating for a week." I said as gently as I could and watched her face.
It hit her slowly, and I watched as anger, then embarrassment, and finally pain hit her. It hurt me to see her like that, but what could I do when I was the cause?
"Oh, my god. I'm so stupid. I'm sorry." Momo said standing up and trying to hurry off. She was forcing tears back.
"Momo, look I'm sorry. I didn't know." I said grabbing her hand. "It's not that you aren't pretty enough or anything like that, but I see you as a sister, you know?" I was trying to dig myself out of a hole that just kept getting deeper. Tonight was going to be a living hell and Kami forbid Rangiku find out.
"No, I'm sorry. It's my fault." Momo said wiping tears away. "I— it's fine. I need to go." She yanked her hand from mine and took off running.
"Momo!" I called after her, but my voice was drowned out by the first of the fireworks going off. So I was left there with sparks of light illuminating my face, and Momo was off somewhere crying with her heart breaking… and it was my fault. Once I had promised to hurt anyone who made her cry, what do I do when I'm that reason?
At 5:30 I was called to get ready for tonight's show. "Getting ready" included contacts to change my eyes to a dull grey color, a blondish-brown wig to hide my silvery-white hair, and last minute mike checks. Finally, at 6:45 I was ready to be on stage at 7.
"Alright Taka," Alwyn said. "Go get 'em champ." My manager all but pushed me out on stage. The drummer and keyboard player started playing and I took a deep breath.
"It's been a long year without you,
And I can't seem to go one day
Without thinking about you"
I scanned the crowd as I sang. I was getting myself lost in the music just as Momo always had.
"It's not that I doubt you
If I found you
Would I put my arms around you?"
Momo's POV
The boy on stage singing was really good. They lyrics seemed to go right to her heart.
"Wish I could let you know
How much I miss you
Entertain the pain
If I could I would kiss you"
Suddenly, the boy locked eyes with me and I watched in confusion as his eyes widened.
Toshiro's POV
No! What is she doing here? I thought she was in America. No, she's supposed to be in America. Then I saw Rangiku standing next to her. The red-haired bitch even had the balls to wink at me and wave.
"I wanna be with you
I tried letting go,
I don't know how to quit you
No, baby, you can't change me"
Please listen Momo. I silently begged her. Maybe you'll find some answers in this song, I thought desperately, trying to keep my cool.
"But maybe you'll find that you're…
Better off
Better off
That's whatcha get for
That's whatcha get for
Moving on
Moving on"
Momo's POV
I felt a tear slip down my cheek and I wiped it away. Why does it feel like Toshiro trying to speak to me?
"Try and forget you
Try and forget like
Every tear you've ever cried
Pack them up and say goodbye
Moving on,
That's whatcha get for"
I studied the singer's face closely. He, Nagayama Takashi, was looking everywhere but me. There was even something familiar in the way he walked.
"I spent a long time without you
I'm still doing everything I can
Just to not think about you
Not that I doubt you
If I found you
Would I let my thoughts surround you?"
Toshiro's POV
Ah what the hell, I'll look her in the eye. I thought letting my gaze wonder slowly back to Momo.
"I feel just a little bit stronger
I'll wait just a little bit longer
But I'm doing just fine without you, babe"
At this point it's safe to say that I was singing directly to her, willing her to forgive me and listen.
"Better off
Better off
That's whatcha get for
That's whatcha get for
Moving on
Moving on
Try and forget you
Try and forget like
Every tear you ever cried
Pack them up and say goodbye"
Momo's POV
I gasped and grabbed Rangiku's arm as the realization hit me. "That's Toshiro isn't it?" I asked not breaking my gaze with the boy on stage.
"Moving on
That's whatcha get for"
"Wow I'm surprised you guessed it that quickly!" Rangiku said smiling. "Took me a month to wheedle it out of him."
Toshiro's POV
I watched her ask Rangiku something. I'm not the best at reading lips, but the one word I did pick up on was "Toshiro."
"Spend the night alone again
Waste the air breathing in
Close the curtains and lock the door
Hide from what you're waiting for"
So she guessed it. I shouldn't be surprised after all we were best friends for like eight years. So what anyway, it's not like I'll see her on a daily basis.
"Could've wasted time on me
Given up so easily
But I think you're better moving on!
Better off
Better off
That's whatcha get for
That's whatcha get for
Moving on
Moving on
Try and forget you
Try and forget like (Chorus x2)
Every tear you've ever cried
Pack them up and say goodbye
Moving on
That's whatcha get for!"
I stood and moved my head a little as the band finished their last bits of music. When they were done I put the mike up to my lips again briefly. "Arigato." I said softly. Backstage, Alwyn noticed something off, but I waved off her questions and went to change.
"Be back by 11!" Alwyn called after me. Great that gives me plenty of time to play dodge Momo. Erm, more like dodge Rangiku probably.
Momo's POV
Rangiku grabbed my hand as soon as Takashi (Shiro-chan) left the stage. "Where are we going?" I asked her as she drug me through the crowd.
"To find Toshiro. I'm not leaving either one of you alone until I get some answers." The red-head said as she shoved people out of the way.
'Great…' I thought squeezing my eyes shut.
~So did you guys like it? This part of the chapter is obviously a song fic part. The song is Entertain the Pain by My favorite Highway. Video will be posted on my profile if you wanna go check it out! I had a ton of fun and tears while writing this chapter and for once I even stumped Kiko with NO ERRORS! Yay me! But now that it's typed there are probably typos that I didn't catch. Anyway do you guys see that awesome little button there? Please click it and leave a review cause unless I get 5 for this chapter there will be no next chapter, but we won't have to worry about that, ne?
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