..:~: Reino POV :~:..
What the heck is happening to me! Why the heck did I kiss her goodbye as if she was my wife?…my wife…I smiled. It's too easy to see her as my wife.
Wait.
Aren't I going to fast with this? I mean were not even officially boyfriend and girlfriend and I'm already imaging the rest of my life with her.
I parked in my usual spot but didn't get out yet. I wonder if I should talk to the guys. I know Miroku was in a pretty serious relationship until they decided to break it off due to distance because she lives in America. I sighed and got out. I went to our usual room that we use jut to hang out. I noticed a lot of people passing by gave me confused looks. I'm going to kill Mizue and Kanae.
I opened the door and walked in to see all of the guys sitting and turned to look at me. "Who the heck are you?" Dasuku asked pointing at me. Fantastic. He doesn't recognize me. "I'm Reino you dumb ass." I told him sounding pissed. They were all quiet for a minute. "No way. What happened to you, man?" Miroku asked. "Mizue. And Kanae Kotonami too this time." At first they were silent. Then they started to crack up. "Dude, you look totally emo!" Kiyora said.
"Shut up. That was one of the reasons I died my hair white." I grumbled sitting down next to him. "Sorry but I should tell you that you actually look better than you did before."
"Leave me alone." I sulked. Then I felt my phone vibrate. I flipped it open when the caller ID said it was Mizue. "Yeah?"
"Reino?" she asked sounding nervous. That's odd. "What's wrong?" I asked. The guys all sat forward when they heard my worried tone so I put it on speaker. "You remember Akito, right?" she asked.
"The vision guy?" Miroku asked. I nodded. "Yeah. Did he have another vision?"
"Um…yes…and it's really bad. It includes both you and Kyoko." Oh no. Akito's visions aren't always bad but when they are then they are really bad.
"What did he see?" I asked with a tightness in my voice. The guys all seemed worried too. Even though they never officially met Kyoko they still see her as someone important.
"Before I tell you, I want you to know that this vision is one that is further than the usual. Most of his visions show what'll happen in a matter of days to weeks but he rarely gets one that is more than a year away. This one is at least two years because he said he saw you in a hospital. You looked taller and around twenty. He also saw Kyoko. Her hair was black again and was at the middle of her back. He thinks she got in some sort of accident because she had some cuts on her arm but couldn't see any more than that because she was crying a lot and you were holding her. You kept on telling her that it wasn't her fault and she was saying something like 'he can't be dead!' After that it blanked out"
I didn't say anything for a minute. None of it made sense. "You said that it was at least two years from now right?" I asked. "Yeah. At least. Could be more." she answered sounding normal. She was probably worried at how I'd take it and was nervous. "If that's the case then theirs a 90% chance that it won't come true. He had four more visions of distant futures like that and they never came true. When you were 14 he said that you were going to be in a car accident when you turned 17 but the closest thing that happened to something like that was when I just shoved you and you and you hit the car. He also had a vision that he'd die when he was 19 because of a deep gash on his arm on March 16th but all he got was a big paper cut. The worst case scenario that could come out of that vision is if Kyoko sprained her wrist and some guy hit his head. You shouldn't worry about it." I told her.
"Oh thank god. I thought you were going to freak because it was Kyoko. I never did think it would happen but I just thought you should know." she said laughing now. "Well I almost did until I considered what you said about the two year thing."
"I bet your feeling quite giddy on the inside because that vision of his shows you both would probably still stay together for at least two years." Miroku said slyly knowing that I really was happy about that certain bit of information. I glared at him but they all, including Mizue, laughed. "Oh, but you were the one who said that the possibility of that vision coming true was nearly impossible so maybe you guys won't last." Dasuku said laughing. I scowled when they all started laughing again. "Yeah go ahead and crush all my hopes." I said dramatically.
"How melodramatic, Rei. Are you sure I shouldn't tell Kyoko that you could be gay?" Mizue laughed. "Who's gay?" I heard from the other line. Was that Kyoko? Brilliant. Mizue better not say anything. "No one. I was joking about something to the guys." Mizue told her. I love my sister. "Okay…whatever. By the way we should go to LME now." I heard Kanae say. "Sure. Speaking of LME, you can thank me later guys!" and then she hung up. What the hell does that that mean?
..:~: Kyoko's POV :~:..
We were now at LME and for some reason everyone seems to in a rush. Why? "What's happening?" Kanae asked. "Well, it is Valentine's Day. And the President does have a tendency to be a bit…weird when it comes to things like these. What do you think is going on?" Mizue asked looking around. Of course. I hope it's not something too eccentric.
"So Kyoko, where's your dad? Hizuri, I mean." Mizue asked. Moko and I looked at her with wide eyes. "How do I know? Easy. When he left for Japan you called him 'father' and I saw him here just yesterday. His disguise didn't really work. Well I could tell any way." she explained. We just laughed. She's amazing.
" I don't really know yet. I want to give him chocolates for being so awesome." I said. "This girl is freaky. She made at least ten extra boxes of chocolates and Kuu will probably get 5 of them because of his…eating disorder." Kanae said snickering. We all laughed. "It's not an eating disorder. They deal with emotional problems." I said defending him.
"Okay fine. An eating abnormality." she corrected. "Sounds like you guys are talking about Hizuri Kuu." a voice said from behind. I gasped and turned around. "Oh. Good morning Mr. Tsuruga, Mr. Yashiro." I said smiling. "Morning!" the other two said.
"Kyoko! Kanae! Long time no see!" Mr. Yashiro exclaimed. Kanae, Mizue, and I looked at each other and then back at him. "We just saw you yesterday." I told him. Mr. Tsuruga actually snickered a little at Mr. Yashiro's flustered face. "So Happy Valentines Day! By the way I'm Mizue Seki. (Or Seki Mizue. Either way I made Seki become Mizue and Rei's last name.) I'm a friend of Kanae and Kyoko." she said extending her hand. They shook it and Mr. Tsuruga asked, "You're the lead model for Junk, right? It's a very popular brand now among teens." (Junk is a random brand that came to me. I know there's one in real life that is called 'Dirty Laundry' so that's where I got the name. But the kind of clothing are nothing alike. I think because I just think of all of their outfits from my mind.)
"That's right. Actually we're all wearing the clothes from Junk. They let me keep the sample's but they haven't come out yet. I thought it'd be good for publicity when I realized that Kyoko and Kanae would look perfect in them." Mizue said, praising us.
"I didn't know these were clothes from Junk." Kanae said. "I said they didn't come out yet. I actually need a favor from you guys. After you're done giving out chocolates go to Mr. Sawara and he'll explain." Mizue said. Then all of a sudden there was a loud bang.
"Hello everybody in LME! Happy Valentines Day! Love is in the air!" the president shouted. He was dressed as the King of Hearts. Well that's what it looks like. He has clothes for royalty and he was wearing red, white, some gold and his throne was shaped like a giant pink heart. The extras were in similar clothing and were dancing around. One guys was dressed in regular clothes and was driving the platform thing that the President was standing on with his throne. Another bang came from behind us and it was a confetti shooter. I guess that's where the other one came from. "I told you." Mizue whispered.
"Thank god he didn't come as a cupid." Kanae said. We all tried to picture that and then laughed. "Ew! Bad mental images!" I said hitting my head a little. Mr. Takarada got out a mike and said, "Ms. Mogami! Ms. Kotonami! I'm hoping you both have some chocolates to give out to people! Like say for example…" he let the sentence hang because he was pointing at himself with a puppy dog face. I giggled. "Speaking of chocolates." Mizue murmured. She got a red rectangular box out that had a white ribbon close it. She walked towards Mr. Tsuruga's direction and said, "Excuse me."
He looked confused but moved aside and Mizue started walking up to the President. She smiled and handed him the chocolates. It looks like he was thanking her and then they started talking about something else. "I thought she going to give those to you, Ren." Mr. Yashiro said staring at Mizue. "Me too. I actually got scared for a second." Mr. Tsuruga said. I looked at him weirdly. "Why'd you get scared?"
"I don't know. She doesn't look like the type to give chocolates to a guy she likes. So when she just came up to me it just looked a little bit out of place. I'm assuming that chocolates she's giving the president are for gratitude because if she likes him then…" I get it. That would be really weird. We looked over at the two. Mizue kissed him on the cheek and came back to us.
"So what was that about?" Kanae and I asked. "Nothing really. He owed me a favor and I was just thanking him for it." She shrugged. I don't think she's lying. Sounds true enough. "Oh. Before I forget." Mizue went into her bag again and pulled out two white, rectangular boxes with red and pink hearts in a corner with pale pink ribbons with our names written on them. "For you." She said. We smiled and thanked her. Then Kanae and I reached into our own bags and pulled out two red identical boxes with plastic roses on the corners and both gave them to her. She said thank you.
"You can't get me anything for White Day." we all said at the same time. We just stood there for a second…and then we cracked up.
"Damn it." Mizue said. "I'm not making any promises." I was about to protest but she was already walking away while saying, "Gotta go!"
"Yeah. We're going to have to get used to that." Kanae said. I shrugged. "Whatever. Still can't help but love her." I said. "True." she agreed. Then we turned to look at and Mr. Yashiro. Wow. We completely for got about them. "Well. That was interesting." Mr. Tsuruga said.
"More like weird." Nobody actually said that but you could tell Mr. Yashiro wanted to. "Yeah but don't worry about it." Kanae said.
"She seems nice. Looks like she's easy to get along with." Mr. Yashiro commented. I nodded and then remembered something. I reached into my bag again and took out two boxes that looked like Mizue's. I gave the first one to Mr. Yashiro. "Happy Valentines Day! Thank you for being such a good friend." I told him. He smiled widely and said, "Thank you and you're welcome."
Then I turned to Mr. Tsuruga. "This one is for you. For guiding me throughout the year and being not only my sempai but for also being a good friend to me." He stared at me for a second. Then he gave me his 'Angelic Smile'. "Thank you, Ms. Mogami." I smiled back. Mr. Yashiro was grinning creepy and unusually. I turned to Kanae to ask why but she just mouthed, "Don't ask me I have no idea." I shivered. It just looked so weird! Mr. Tsuruga noticed me shiver and asked, "Is something wrong?" I glanced at Mr. Yashiro and his smile was still there. Mr. Tsuruga turned to what I was looking at and immediately understood. I think he either gave him 'The Smile' or he glared because the air suddenly got cooler. "Uh…yeah. I think we should go. C'mon Moko." I said I bit nervously. "Those two seemed to have gotten weirder. Did something happen within the last twelve hours?" Moko asked when we were out of earshot. I shrugged. We were in front of Mr. Sawara's office. I knocked. "Come in." That wasn't Mr. Sawara's voice. We went in anyway. "Hey Kyoko!"
"Father!" I exclaimed running into his arms. He kissed the top of my head. "You know you could call me Dad. Father sounds so…old." He said. I saw that he wasn't wearing his disguise. Before he had a black wig on and sunglasses. (I'm not sure I told you that before but that's why no one recognized him.)
I giggled. "Dad." I tried it out. "I like it. Dad." He laughed. "Good to see you Kanae." he told her. She smiled and said, "It's good to see you too. Do you know where Mr. Sawara is?" Yeah. Where did he go? "He'll be back. Just went to get some coffee."
Just then the door opened and Mr. Sawara came in with two coffees in his hands. "Oh. Good morning you two." he greeted cheerily. "Morning." we greeted back. "Today you both have to deliver some papers and help arrange a new meeting room. The president has signed a new band and has a 5 year contract with them. Ms. Kotonami you need to go a meeting for your drama. Also Ms. Mogami is to be Mr. Hizuri's care taker starting from tonight and till the end of his stay." What?
"I don't remember seeing this one before I left." Mr. Sawara said. We all turning to look at Dad. "What?" he asked. He was the only one here until we came. The three of us raised our eye brows at him. "Dad?" I asked. Then he pouted. "That's not fair! I want to spend time with my daughter!" I smiled and shook my head. "You should have asked before. They are both too busy for about 4 more days." Mr. Sawara said drinking his coffee. (Anyone else craving for some coffee right now?)
He just pouted and we decided to ignore him. "Anyway you both have one other request. Apparently those clothes you are wearing are supposed to be in a fashion show today." he stretched. Kanae and I looked down at our clothes and then back at him, confused. "Your friend, Mizue, has requested to the designer that you both model those outfits at their show that'll occur in just 3 hours." No. Way.
"What?" Kanae and I shouted. "Don't panic. They do these kinds of things sometimes. They set up a stage somewhere, usually out in public, and have a show right there. It's a rather interesting publicity stunt. The last one was while you were on location." Unbelievable. This is un-freaking-believable! Mr. Sawara could tell we were about to blow because he said, "Calm down. Breath. She said you'd react this way but said that you'll thank her."
"Again? She said to us earlier. Just how many things did she do that we have to thank her so much for?" Moko seethed. "I mean she couldn't just tell us what was going on? It's not like I would have said no!"
"Apparently this is a test she is giving you guys." Mr. Sawara said. "What do you mean?" she and I asked. "This show is a test. She didn't say what for but if you pass it'll prove you are worthy of something."
"Worthy of what?" I asked. He shrugged and said, "Didn't say." My god. "I better not see her around today. I don't think I can do this." I started panicking. I've never been on a runway before! What the heck do you do there?
"I'm sure you'll be fine. I mean if you can act out Natsu and Mio in just a snap then I'm sure you can do a runway show." Moko said soothingly. "But this is different. I was acting out a character. When I act I lose myself in the role. I have almost no control except for going in or out of it. How am I supposed to walk down a runway and do nothing but walk? There has to be something else or it just doesn't work for me." I sat down on one of the chairs and put my head in my hands. "I already know you can do it. I've seen you walk like a model before and you're amazing. I've never done it before."
"Well isn't Natsu sort of a model figure? I guess you can get an idea from her. Just not completely. Put a little bit of yourself in it too." Moko suggested. That actually makes it so much easier.
"Okay. Oh! and before I forget…here you go!" I said pulling out 6 boxes of chocolate. One I gave to Mr. Sawara and the other 5 to Dad. "Five?" he asked. I cocked an eyebrow and asked, "You don't want them?"
"I do." he said quickly. "Good. Knowing your appetite you'd finish all of them in less than an hour." I said, teasing him. He pouted but started to eat the chocolates already. "These are so good! You made these?" he asked. "Moko and I both did."
"These are good. Oh. These files need to go to room A4 and the meeting room you need to arrange is B7." Mr. Sawara said. "On it. I'll see you later Dad." I said hugging him and walking out with Moko. "There aren't a lot of files. I'll take them to the room and you can wait for at B7." she said, obviously not letting me help on this one. "Okay." I said heading towards the elevator. I pressed 2 and leaned against the wall. I wonder what the new band is going to be like. The doors opened and I got out. B7 should be the 4th door to my left. Wait, no. It's to the right. I opened it and saw that the room was HUGE. I highly doubt that this is just for meetings.
There was a long rectangular table to my left that could seat about 14 people and the rest of the room was practically a living area. To my right was white living room set and a black coffee table. There was also a 42 inch flat screen with a home theater system. In the far left corner there is a kitchen complete with a microwave, coffee maker, stove, oven, fridge, black cabinets, and granite counter tops. In the far right corner it was full with several guitars (acoustic and electric), a drum set, and keyboards. There were also little cushions, a little table, and a couple shelves filled with note pads, and music score sheets. This kind of reminded me of Reino. I smiled. Then I heard someone whistle from behind me. "Whoa." she said. I turned around to see Moko admiring the room. "I know, right? But what are we supposed to do here? It looks perfectly fine to me."
"Well," she said taking out a piece of paper, "we are supposed to just clean up the area and organize any messes. Since I see no mess I guess we just clean the place. I got the left side of the room, you take that right." Moko said. There's a cabinet in the kitchen that had cleaning material so I grabbed a Windex and some paper towels. I dusted the T.V and cleaned the table, rearranged the pillows and pretty much anything else that needed to be done. By 12 we were done.
"Now that we're done with that we have about 2 more hours until the fashion show." Moko said. Oh God. Moko realized the tension in me so she said, "Just relax. When you're on a runway you have to be confident, look forward, and try not to move your torso as much. Try walking like Natsu right now." I nodded. I closed my eyes and focused. I can do this. When I opened my eyes I wasn't Kyoko anymore. I walked forward with one foot going in front of the other in a perfect catwalk. Then I walk back to where I was before and let go of Natsu.
Moko nodded and said, "That's good. Now when you're Natsu you tend to have a confident smirk. You want to be yourself in this. It's okay to walk confidently but you still want to be friendly. Try being a little flirtatious, smile instead of smirk, add a little skip to your walk like your bubbly personality. And remember when your at the end do a cute pose like looking over your shoulder or placing your hands on your hips and giving a little wink then walk back." I nodded trying to gather everything that she's told me.
Moko saw me think and gave me another helpful tip. "Okay, how about you do this. When your walking, think of Reino." Oh. I smiled. Now I get it. I hugged Moko and said, "Thank you! I get it now!"
Moko smiled and said "Fantastic. Now we just have to wait for the show." (Please read the A/N at the bottom)
Okay i KNOW i haven't updated in forever but too many things happened. I had HSA and PSAT and finals and then a lot of deaths occurred this year so i was depressed and just couldn't concentrate on anything. I'm REALLY sorry that i took so long but i just want to THANK ALL OF YOU for reviewing and alerting to this fanfic because it really means a lot to me when you do that. I hope to make you proud and plan on updating within a week. I don't have a preview for you this time BUT i can tell you that you'll all find out what Mizue meant when she kept on saying that "You'll thank me later." Oh yeah, and Sho makes an appearance too!