Battle of the Bands
Summary: Takuya is happy that he is finally dating someone, but his best friend finds out that the 'girlfriend' is not even a girl. Should she tell Takuya that he is actually dating a guy and that he happens to be on the run from a hitman? Or should she just keep quiet and just focus on her goal of making the greatest rock band ever? But hey, she might find romance herself in the process. 04x02 crossover.
Disclaimer: IU is a name of a Korean singer. I love her so much that I just had to steal her name ;)
IU's POV
Takuya raised an eyebrow.
"Did you just ask me if I play the guitar?"
"Yes."
"I don't, but I know who does. Minamoto-san is a good friend of mine, she's good with the guitar."
"Oh yeah... the girl with a boy name."
"What is up with the guitar anyway? You need lessons?" said Takuya, confused.
"No, I'm going to create a band. And then we'll kick Ara's ass by winning in the Battle of the Bands this year."
Takuya's jaw dropped.
"You're kidding."
"No I'm not. I'm committed." I said sternly. "She's always topping me. She's better than me in school, in talent, in looks, everything." The last bit was said more to myself.
Takuya turned and gave me a funny look, but the look quickly dissolved into a grin as he spotted the very person I needed to see.
"Minamoto-san!" I called. The girl turned to face who called her name, and I received a cold glare. Or maybe those eyes were naturally cold.
"I heard you play the guitar," I said, running up to her with a smile. I didn't get one back. She only nodded, and flinched when she saw Takuya call her name.
"Kouji! What's up?"
I thought to myself. Why would a pretty girl as Minamoto have a boy's name? But then again, I shouldn't be the one to make comments on people's names.
"...Hey," said Minamoto, without looking straight at us. Her cheeks had a slight shade of pink. I raised an eyebrow. Did she have a crush on Takuya as well? I turned my head to look at Takuya, who was wearing a stupid grin on his face. What the hell?
I paused and cleared my throat. "I heard you play the guitar. I was thinking you could join my band."
The raven-haired girl looked at me directly and said, "Who's in it currently?"
This time it was my turn to blush. "Well... if you join, that will be you and me."
Minamoto rolled her eyes and went away.
I threw my arms up in the air. "Shit," I said with frustration. Takuya laughed.
"It'll be alright." he said, patting me on the back.
Takuya's POV
Apparently IU was going to assemble a band. And she knew squat about music to begin with. The girl can't even read sheet music!
It's like a newborn baby trying to run for a marathon.
I tried to stop the marathon baby, but I realized that IU was serious about it. I'm her friend-the best I could to is support her.
I was too deep in thoughts to hear her, but I caught some of it at the end.
"...better than me in everything."
I stopped and looked at her. She shouldn't degrade herself so much. I personally think she's better than Ara in the looks department; in fact she- oh jeez, what the hell am I talking about? IU's my best friend, not to mention that I already have a girlfriend.
I then stopped, because I didn't tell anybody about me and Kouji, not even IU. My face lit up as I spotted Kouji getting her stuff in the locker.
I watched IU rushing up to her in excitement, and Kouji looked pissed. Apparently IU had ruined her morning just by saying hi.
Walking up, I caught Kouji's stare and she twitched.
Blushing slightly, she said hello without even looking at us. I grinned; this was what I loved most about her. She was so cute at times like this! Then I caught IU staring at me suspiciously, so I quickly tried to erase my grin.
Kouji's POV
What the hell? A band? Hell no!
I slightly took a peek to look at Takuya, and he was grinning at me. His friend was looking at him suspiciously, but I'm sure she didn't know about our... our...
I mentally let out a groan. I'm a boy, not a girl. I had to cross-dress because I had to hide my identity from him, and sure enough I end up with a boyfriend. My father told me to look, or at least act like a girl if possible, so I decided to... to...
One damn sunny day where damn birds were chirping and the damn sky was so blue, I felt like shit because he was after my life. He may look for Minamoto Kouji, but he'll certainly be looking for a boy and not a girl. 'Just relax dammit, and do everything possible to convince people that I'm a girl.' I decided to ask some random guy out, because apparently that was one requirement to being a girl according to my dad. The tanned brunette over there was sitting alone, so I came up to him and asked with no emotion on my face, "Do you want to go out with me?" and he just looked at me, surprised. Of course he was - nobody just randomly asks you out. There was an awkward silence and I walked back to my seat, cursing mentally.
Listen, people, I'm not gay. I'm just 'dating' Takuya so that I will be considered a girl in front of him!
I didn't really mind cross-dressing, as long as I didn't get to have my cover blown in front of him or his men. I actually found it okay, because girls wouldn't be clinging on to me like in my old school. All I needed to do was change inside the bathroom for PE classes and that was pretty much it.
In the end, the answer to this annoyingly cheerful girl was no. I don't like to mix with others.
IU's POV
As we walked together after the cold rejection, I decided to ask.
"Are you dating her?" I said, raising an eyebrow.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" said Takuya, cheeks heating up. "I mean, dating who? I.. I I mean.."
With a smirk I continued. "Well, you never grin like a clown in front of other girls, and she blushed when she saw you. I'm sharp as a tack, buddy."
"Don't you think I would have told you if- oh fine," said Takuya, giving up. "We are dating. But somehow it's like hanging out with a guy though."
"Oh? How?"
"Well, there wasn't really intimacy between us..." he paused, scrunching his eyebrows to think. "To think of it, it's like spending time with you. We don't really do anything besides playing games and soccer. Oh, but we do play Tekken."
"Pfft! Then are you even sure you two are dating?"
By the way, kids, Tekken sucks.
"Well she came up to me one day and just said, 'Will you go out with me?' and I thought it was a joke until she went back to her seat. So at the end of class I said yes and we started to hang out."
Not exactly the Romeo and Juliet storyline, is it?
"What! Why didn't you tell me any of this? When did this start?!"
"You never asked," said Takuya with a shrug.
"By the way, Minamoto seems to be very.. uh, anti-social. When's the last time you guys went out on a date?"
"Uh, let's see.." said Takuya, pretending to think. "there was no last time."
My jaw dropped. I needed to arrange a double date or something for them; but the only decent couple I know is Sora and Yamato, but they're closer with my sister rather than me. But Ara did tell me those two broke up a while ago... She said it apparently was 'temporary' but... but...
Sora Takenouchi started to yell over the phone.
"How could you?! I only said that we needed a short break from each other, not a complete breakup! ...No! I'm not overreacting! How could you just instantly start going out with my best friend?! I don't know what's worse, the fact you're seeing another person right after I ask you to pause our relationship, or that you're dating a guy, or that you're dating my friend?!"
She started to cry.
"Well you know what Yamato? You're a real jerk! ...Don't admit it, you're now making me sound like a jerk! ...Is that all you can say? 'Okay'? And the worst of all is that you didn't tell me and I had to find out from Miyako!"
She sighed and wiped her tears away with her sleeve.
"...Alright. ...Yes. ...We're going to talk about this though. The three of us."
"Wanna come over on Saturday?" Takuya asked to Kouji. School had ended, and the two were going home together. Normally Takuya would go home with IU, but now that she found out about him and Kouji she decided to 'let them be alone'. Takuya couldn't help but blush at that comment. Especially when she had said it with a snide grin.
"Sure," was the reply. Takuya waited for him to say something else but no other words came out of his girlfriend's mouth. He bit his lower lip, and reached for Kouji's hand. Kouji jumped, surprised at the warm feeling on his hands. Neither of them said anything and refused to look at each other to hide their blushing, but as the tanned fingers coiled around the smaller ones, both their lips curled into a smile.