Jewel: Hey everyone!
Ikuto: Damn. She's back.
Kukai: H-Hey Jewel!
Tadase: This isn't what it looks like.
Nagi: I swear they made me come along!
Jewel: ...WHY THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS ON MY COMPUTER?! GET OFF!
Tadase: I told you we should've locked the front door!
Ikuto: How the hell was I supposed to know she'd get back from tennis early?!
Kukai: U-Um... Jewel doesn't own Shugo Chara or their characters! Please don't hurt us!
~Um... I'm not Sure~
"...Kissing her surprised me." Ikuto stated as he continued to watch the movie. They all nodded and stared at the TV screen with blank expressions.
They weren't really watching. Just staring at the screen in the living room while they talked to each other. Nagi and Kukai sat on the floor, hogging all the popcorn Tadase made, Ikuto was stretched out on the sofa while Tadase occupied the smaller couch next to Ikuto's, his legs over one armrest while his head rested on the other.
"Wait... You kissed Amu? Wierd. I kissed Utau too." Kukai said and ate the bag of popcorn in his lap. Nagi hit him on the arm and motioned for Kukai to hand him the popcorn. Tadase raised an eyebrow at his friends.
"...I kissed Jewel... Hey Nagi. Did you kiss Rima?" He asked and nudged his popcorn eating friend in his side, causing him to slightly choke. Nagi shot a glare at the blonde and nodded. They all paused.
"...Huh. Wierd... Oh yeah. I won't be here tomorrow cause I'll be out with Rima." He said. Ikuto glanced at him.
"...Don't tell me we all invited the girls out..." He said and ruffled his hair, slightly annoyed by the coinsidence. The rest stared at him and nodded. He sighed and shook his head. "...Kairi's gonna kill us when he finds out-"
"That you're all dating? Nope. Not really." Their manager said from nehind Ikuto's couch, making them all jump. He raised his oval glasses and shrugged casually. "But the down part is, you'll need to keep your disguises up." He pointed out and sat down on the small couch oppposite to Tadase's.
"Um... Actually, just around Amu and Rima. Utau already knows who we are and what we look like and Jewel sorta found out." He explained. Kairi raised an eyebrow at him for more than one reason.
"...You do realize that you'll all be out in public, right? And how exactly did this girl find out?" He asked with an intimedating aura seeping out from him. Tadase shivered and sunk farther into the cushions of his seat.
"Um... I-I didn't tell her. Her sister's a fan and she was telling Jewel about us. I guess Jewel asked for our names and well... found out." He explained, terrified of the look Kairi was giving him. But the green haired teen just gave up and sighed.
"Oh well. But you guys better tell your little girlfriends before something goes wrong." He suggested. An akward silence suddenly appeared as the band's eyes went wide.
"...Actually... I don't even think I'm dating Rima..." Nagi said aloud and pressed his plam to his forehead.
"...Same..." Ikuto muttered, realizing that what Amu had said before he went home was actually true. It wasn't a date.
"Um... I'm not sure about me and Jewel..." Tadase admitted. They all turned to Kukai, who didn't seem shocked. He raised an eyebrow at them and grinned.
"What? I'm already dating Utau." He said and started to watch the movie. Kairi raised an eyebrow at the other teens.
"Wait, so that idiot over there, got a girlfriend before you guys?!" He asked, his glasses about to fall off. The room went dead silent except the music of the movie in the background.
"...To be fair, I got extremely lucky and had everything set up for me." Kukai broke the silence with an innocent look. They thought about it and shrugged, nodding in agreement.
"I guess." Tadase said and sighed.
"...So you guys aren't sure if you're dating?" Kairi asked as he fixed his glasses. The three single teens nodded. "Well... Did you guys confess? Are you guys sure you actually like them? That you aren't just trying to make them another crazy fangirl at your feet?" He interrogated. They gulped and fidgeted nervously.
Those were some serious questions... Did they really like them?
"...We didn't confess..." Nagi admitted. Kairi shook his head.
"Then you aren't dating. Now answer my other questions." He demanded. Ikuto sighed and sat up straight.
"The rest of the answers... I don't think we can answer them right now." He replied and went upstairs, finally getting bored of the topic. He locked himself in his room and pulled out his silver laptop before putting on his headphones, turning up the music so that he wouldn't be inturrupted as he worked on the last of the lyrics to their new song for their next concert...
Which was coming up in two days. They had already practiced for hours last week so they were ready. They'd have one more practice before the performance and then it'd be time.
"...Well... I think we'll be heading upstairs..." Nagi stated akwardly as he and Tadase left. Kairi chuckled once they were out of range and sighed.
"A little too much?" He asked teasingly. Kukai laughed and nodded. They both started to watch the movie and Kairi froze. "...Kukai? Why the hell are we watching Finding Nemo?!"
"It's a good movie."
~In Ikuto's Room After Picking the Lock~
"...Did Kairi seriously have to ask those questions?" Nagi groaned and hit his head on the floor her was currently laying on. "Now I feel like complete shit." He said and sighed. Tadase grinned and lightly kicked him in the side of his stomach.
"That's natural for shit to feel like that." He joked and pulled out his phone. He quickly laid back on Ikuto's bed before Nagi could punch his leg.
"Admit it, you walked right into that one Nagi." Ikuto chuckled as he closed his laptop, finally finished with the lyrics. He ran a hand through his hair and leaned back in his seat. He caught Tadase on his phone, staring at it non-stop and raised and eyebrow. "Who are you texting?" He asked. Tadase froze and quickly hid his phone behind his back, which made his friends even more suspicious.
"N-No one." He quickly answered. The two teens in front of him smirked and slowly got up, both having the same idea.
"...Let me guess... Jewel?" Nagi teased. Tadase shook his head but didn't convince them. "Oh really?" Nagi teased once again. Tadase nodded but didn't notice as Ikuto reached behind him and snatched his phone away.
"Hey!" Radase shouted and reached for his phone but Nagi just blocked him and waited for Ikuto to say who it was.
"Let's see who you're texting..." He said aloud and looked at the caller ID. He nearly dropped the phone.
To: Hinamori Amu; Garnet Jewel; Mashiro Rima
...I guess... their really
The text was incomplete, probably because Ikuto interrupted Tadase. He glanced at Nagi, then Tadase, back to Nagi, to the phone, then finally rested hs gaze on the two younger teens. Tadase swallowed nervously, hoping that Ikuto wouldn't read the rest of their conversation.
"...Tadase? Why... How do you have Amu's number?" He asked in pure shock. Nagi froze as well and stared at Tadase with wide eyes. He shifted nervously under their shocked looks and sighed.
"I got the girls' numbers because they asked for mine so I asked them for theirs... Don't kill me." He explained and sat back down on Ikuto's bed. They just continued their dumbfounded stares.
"...What..? You got their numbers... and you didn't tell us?!" Nagi shouted and waved his arms around dramatically. Tadase rolled his eyes and tried once again to snatch his phone back but Ikuto was a lot faster.
"You're not getting this back... Until we read your little conversation." He stated with an evil smirk. Tadase's eyes widened and he frantically tried to get his phone back but ended up being tied up to Ikuto's rolling chair with duct tape over his mouth. (A/N: I'm too lazy to write reactions so I'm just gonna write the conversation) Ikuto scrolled to the top and he read it out loud.
Amu: Hey guys.
Rima: Hey
Tadase: Wats up?
Amu: Just wanna chat
Tadase: I see. Where's Jewel?
Jewel: Here
Rima: Oh, hi
Amu: ...Like I said... jus wanna chat. BTW, WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH TSUKIYOMI?! :(
Jewel: ...It seems like u don't like him Amu... :P
Tadase: Of course u'd state the obvious
Jewel: Watch it... -_-
Rima: Careful Tadase... Don't wanna ruin ur date
Amu: I'm still waiting for an answer
Rima: Also, what's with Nagi? Damn fool kissed me
(Type your reply here)
And that was it. Tadase was probably going to answer but they took his phone away too soon. They both turned to Tadase with murderous looks and creepy grins. He swallowed hard and struggled even harder in the chair, he even tried to shout for help but the tape over his mouth prevented him from doing so.
"...What were you going to say Tadase?" Nagi asked as they moved closer. Fear was clear in his expression and he froze. Ikuto joined Nagi with Tadase's phone in one hand while the other held something behind his back.
"Yeah... You should share with us what you were about to say... I mean, you wouldn't want to look bad for Jewel tomorrow..." Ikuto said and slowly pulled out a pair of scissors from behind. If it was possibly, Tadase's eyes widened and he tried to shake loose the ropes and muffled sounds filled the room. Nagi ripped off the tape and they waited for his response.
"...N-No... If I tell you, you'll kill me!" He protested, hoping that the teens downstairs would hear him. Ikuto shook his head and clicked his tongue.
"Tsk... You should know by now that my room's sound proof." He said and held the scissors up to a lock of his hair. Tadase started to panick, not knowing what to do.
...Either tell them and get killed, or have his hair cut... What would Jewel do? He was sure they would make his look horrible.
"Y-Your kidding..." He muttered when he realized that no option was better than the other. Ikuto sighed and cut the strand between the two blades.
"Oops." He said plainly. Nagi snickered and sighed.
"You should talk before he makes you bald." He suggested. Tadase shook his head and another lock of blonde hair fell to the ground. He began to stutter as a few more strands fell.
"A-Atleast give me s-some time to th-think!" He begged. Nagi and Ikuto looked at each other, thinking it over.
"Hm... You know, how about we just do him a favor and fix his gay-as-hell hair, then make him talk?" Nagi suggested with an amused look in his eyes. Tadase felt the color leave his face. Ikuto chuckled darkly and nodded, loving the idea. "What color should his hair be? Oh! How about a streak of red right... there." He motioned to the middle of Tadase's bangs. Ikurto nodded and grinned.
"After we fix these damn bangs, and then this little strand right here..." He pointed at the long strand on top of Tadase's blonde hair. Nagi laughed and nodded. "Also, aren't you tired of his bangs going to the side?" He asked.
"Oh yeah... Cut them so that they fall in front of his face. Kinda like yours." Nagi ordered. Ikuto hummed and replaced the tape on Tadase's mouth. He held the scissors back up to his bangs and smirked. "Go get the hair dye downstairs... Hold still Kiddy King. Who knows what could happen if you move."
Nagi laughed his ass off as he made his way back downstairs and searched for the hair dye in the house's largest closet. They kept all their hair kits, performance outfits, and disguises in there. They also dressed there before shows so that they were never rushed right before a performance.
"Stupid Bruce! Damn shark..." He heard Kukai shouted from the living room and sweat-dropped. Suddenly, Nagi heard a phone ring in the room and froze.
...That was Kukai's cell phone.
"...Huh? Where's my phone? Oh, I think I left it in the closet. Hold on." Kukai told Kairi and jogged off to the room Nagi was in.
"Shit..." Nagi muttered under his breath and looked for a place to hide. He dove under one of the table that had serveral hair products on top and tried to control his breathing.
'...Wait... This isn't my table... This is Kukai's... and the ringing... IT'S RIGHT ABOVE ME.' Nagi concluded and started to panick.
If he got caught by Kukai, he was dead. One, they weren'y aloud in here unless it was before a performance or if it was important. Two, Kukai wasn't that dumb. He would know Nagi was up to something and wouldn't let it drop until he got the truth. Three, knowing how many pranks he had pulled on Kukai, the brunette would immediately tell Kairi and that was going to be the death of him.
"...Where is that damn..." Kukai muttered to himself. Nagi swallowed hard and hoped that he would realize already that he left it on his table. The phone continued to ring above Nagi. "Hm... Oh. There." He finally picked up his phone but stayed in the room to answer it. Nagi cursed in his head. "Hello?"
A few moments of silence.
"Yeah, that's the place. Hey, can I text you about it in a bit? I'm watching a movie right now."
...Another moment.
"Alright. Bye." He said and hung up before jogging back out of the room. Nagi let out a breath he had been holding in ever since Kukai walked in and got out from under the table.
"Where is that damn bottle." He siad quickly and searched the boxes in the back. Lucky for him, the first box he looked in had the bottles of hair dye in it. He grabbed the bottle and sprinted back up the stairs without a sound. He burst into Ikuto's room panting, causing eyebrows to be raised.
"What happened to you?" Ikuto teased and continued to snip at Tadase's bangs.
Surprisingly, Tadase wasn't struggling any more. Nagi shook his head and handed Ikuto the bottle of dye. Nagi caught his breath and stood next to Ikuto, in front of Tadase.
...Ikuto did a great job. Tadase's hair was no longer as neat as the little prince he once was. His bangs hung freely, stopping just above his eyes, no long swept to the sides. The sides had grown longer over the years but Ikuto cut them back to chin length, finally even.
"Woah... If I didn't know you were gettinga haircut, I would've never recognized you." Nagi commented. Ikuto nodded in satisfaction and smirked.
"...We should dye the tips too." He said and tried to imagine what it would look like. Nagi's forehead wrinkled as he thought abaout it.
"Oh. I know. It should be dark at the bottom and fade to the top while the very top stays blonde!" He said. Ikuto snapped his fingers and nodded.
"Perfect... Let's make it a light red so that he doesn't stand out." He said and grabbed the cap of the bottle in his hands before taking off with a smirk. "Be a good little king and hold still or else I'll pour some in your eyes and make sure that no matter how many times you bleach your hair, it'll never come out." He threatened and put on some latex gloves. Tadase's breathing came to a stop as Ikuto applied the harmful and flamboyent dye to his gold hair.
"...Do you even know how to dye hair?" A voice called from the doorway, which was now open and showing the two teens that were supposed to be downstairs. They all froze.
"...Shit." Nagi muttered and ran a hand through his long hair. Kairi sighed and shook his head as he walked over to Tadase and Ikuto.
"Idiots. You have to apply a little more or else it'll turn out pink." He stated and crossed his arms as he stared down at Tadase's new hair. "Huh. Not bad. It looks a lot better." He commented. Tadase looked at him like he was mad.
"Nice... Finish it up so we can see what it'll look like." Kukai ordered and grinned at his tortured badnmate tied down to the chair.
"You're not going to do anything about this?" Nagi asked Kairi. He just chuckled and shook his head.
"Nope. That's what he gets for ruing my last date with Yaya." He replied. Tadase froze and raised and eyebrow. "Don't act like you didn't do anything. I saw you with that bucket of water balloons."
"You're still on that?" Ikuto asked as he applied to red liquid. They turned to him with raised eyebrows.
"Let's phrase it this way. What would you do if Tadase threw water balloons at Amu while you two were having lunch?" He asked. Ikuto thought about it for a moment and growled.
"I see your point." He answered and added the finishing touches to Tadase's new hair. They all stood back, admiring the look.
"...Wow. It looks a lot better than I thought it would." Kukai said after the moment of silence. They all nodded, completely taken off guard by Ikuto's work. "...Should we untie him?" He asked and glanced at the rest of his friends. Kairi shrugged and nodded.
"We have to let him go sometime." Kairi stated as Ikuto worked on the ropes while Nagi thought of the best way to take off the tape without putting Tadase through even more hell. Kairi rolled his eyes and sighed. "Just rip it off." He ordered, and decided to show what he meant by ripping off the tape as hard and quickly as he could.
...There was a moment of silence, all waiting for what Tadase would do.
He just sat there, glaring at Kairi, not making a sound or move, despite the ropes falling to the ground with a soft thud.
"...That hurt you know..." He muttered and rubbed where the ropes dug into his arms. "And did you have to tie them so hard?" He asked. Ikuto chuckled at Tadase's comment and the lack of response to the harsh punishment. "Let's just get it over with... Hand me the damn mirror." He said through his teeth and held a hand out, waiting for the mirror.
"Alright... Calm your damn red head down." Kukai joked and looked for a small mirror.
"Dude, just go look in the bathroom mirror." Nagi said and rolled his eyes. Tadase just shot a glare towards the long haired boy and sighed as he shoved past him, into Ikuto's bathroom.
"...Five bucks he says nothing." Ikuto bet Kukai, who just grinned like an idiot.
"You're so on." He challenged. They all stared at the cloed bathroom door, waiting for the winner to be revealed. The door flew open, probably making a dent in the wall next to it, but Tadase just stood there calmly.
"...He's not bursting." Nagi pointed out, waiting to see if that comment alone would make him snap. Tadase sighed.
...And then he smiled... Pretty much freaking everyone out.
"Nice job. It actually looks good." He said and grabbed his phone from the frozen Ikuto. Tadase smirked inwardly and walked out of the room.
"...What... Who the hell was that?" Kairi asked seriously. Suddenly, they all burst out laughing.
"I believe you owe me five dollars." Ikuto said and held his hand out towards Kukai.
"Whatever... That was retarded." Kukai said stubbornly and dug into his pocket for a five dollar bill. "Why do we even bet when we're filthy rich?" He asked. Nagi finished up his seizure of laughter and sighed, wiping a tear away.
"Because we're not aloud to take more than a hundred fifty out of the bank." He replied. "And we all know how fast that money goes." He finished.
Suddenly, an argument about money broke out between the teens in the room.
"...Idiots." Tadase muttered from his room and closed his eyes as he laid back on the soft cushions of his bed, forgetting about the oncoming messages from the girls.
Amu: ...R U SERIOUS?!
Rima: U have to be kidding...
Jewel: TADASE! ANSWER US!
Amu: There's no way!
Jewel: TADASE!
Rima: Answer us dammit!
"I'm so tired..." Tadase muttered and fell asleep, completely forgetting what he had just told the girls.
~Um... I'm not Sure~
Jewel: Sorry it's late. I had school.
Ikuto: No excuses! You made us wait for days!
Kukai: I think it's time for you to get punished.
Jewel: I'd like to see you try.
Tadase: Sure. (Jewel's suddenly shoved into a closet)
Nagi: Nice.
Jewel: NOT COOL! LET ME OUT!
Ikuto: No way. Have fun with those spiders. (Silence)
Kukai: ...We got the non-poisonus spiders, right..?
Tadase: ...HOLY SHIT GET HER OUT!
Nagi: We're trying!
Kukai: Um... PLEASE R&R SO WE CAN GET HER OUT!