Hai! I am so sorry for updating a little late again. Hehe... Okay so what practically happens here is half happy and half... I don't know. But... It's not dramatic so... No need to think about any of that. Oh and by the way, I don't know much about Starish so I'm sorry if their kinda or more than kinda OOC-ish. ^_^
That's all I've got to say so... Please enjoy!
Oh and yeah, the typos... I'm sorry about them... Hehe... ^_^ ;)
Haruka's POV
'I-introduce yourselves?' I stammered in nervousness and shock. I didn't see any reason for them to introduce themselves to me, and I didn't see them wanting to introduce themselves to me either. I was worried, scared as well. Who knows what their impressions of me will be after this encounter. But then I remembered what some of them said to me. And some of them were, believe it or not... Complements. One of them even said that he was pleased to meet me... No one has ever really said anything like that about me before... Except for Rei-chan. Neither has anyone ever kissed my hand before... And I don't really want people to. Since, I really wasn't used to that kind of contact, especially with people I don't know. Also, I wasn't used to this kind of attention. And I'm very much not used to complements this... Flattering. I'm not even used to the simplest of complements! Well... A complement's a complement, no matter how simple it is.
"Pleased to meet you... Ms. Nanami Haruka."
"She's so cuuuute!..."
"Now who wouldn't flirt with a beautiful woman like this? She's pure perfection."
That other person even tried to help me since... I really couldn't breathe when that person Mikaze-senpai called 'Natsuki' hugged me.
I looked at Rei-chan, who didn't really notice I was looking at him, then looked at Camus-senpai, who was glaring at Rei-chan.
"Kotobuki, you can do this some other time. Right now they need to leave for work. All of you just introduce yourselves to her another time and go. Now." Camus-senpai fiercely demanded, as some kind of cold, ice-blue smoke surrounded him. That scared me a little, but Rei-chan seemed like he wasn't. He pouted at Camus-senpai and his words, arguing with his decision in the process.
"But Myu-chan! They need to do that now! It'll only take a few minutes...! Right, Ruka-chan?" he asked, turning to me and grinned. I just smiled at him while nodding, not knowing what to say. He then looked at Camus-senpai, smiling in triumph.
"See? Even Ruka-chan agrees." he said. Camus-senpai simply hmphed and started heading for where Mikaze-senpai and Kurosaki-senpai were standing, watching the current situation with very small interest. They waited for Camus-senpai to catch up to them before heading to their dormitories. I watched them walk away and make a turn for the staircase leading to the dorms. Rei-chan was looking too, until he remembered why he didn't catch up to them.
"C'mon you guys, you can introduce yourselves now!" he announced with a wide smile on his face. I looked towards anywhere but the people in front of me, and noticed a figure approaching from the side of my eye. I turned my head for a better view of the person, but didn't recognize who it was. Well... I never really knew much people so I wasn't expecting myself to recognize who it was. Although, the face was somehow familiar...
I sighed while this questioned formed in my mind.
'Why do I always feel like the people I don't particularly know are familiar to me in some way?'
Rei-chan noticed me sigh and asked what was wrong. I smiled apologetically while answering his question.
"I'm sorry Rei-chan. It's nothing."
He pouted, narrowing his eyes playfully in the process.
"Ruka-chan, how could it possibly be nothing? Come on, it's okay. You can tell me anything."
I smiled, thankful of his gentleness.
"Well... It's just that, your juniors seem familiar to me, but I just can't seem to recall where or when I've seen them... Or if I ever did see them."
He laughed a little, patting my head. "Ruka-chan, you've probably seen them in a magazine or something. They are debuted idols you know."
"Hm... I guess you're right." I said. Although that was a possibility, it didn't really seem like that was how I saw them. After I said my reply, he patted my head once more and hugged me with one arm, and...
kissed my head.
I froze on the spot, my face as red and hot as a chili pepper. He chuckled through my hair and released me from his embrace.
"You're so cute Ruka-chan." he said, patting my head for the last time.
He then faced his juniors once again, but not without looking back and winking at me as he whispered, "Don't worry Ruka-chan, that was just a friendly kiss." I looked down, embarrassed of the current situation.
'Oh... I don't think I'll be able to take this much... attention.' I expressed together with a held back sigh since Rei-chan might worry again.
Suddenly, a long and clear whistle was heard. I looked at Rei-chan's juniors and tried looking for the source of the whistle, which then was that man who kissed my hand.
'Now his name was... Jinguji Ren, I think? Yeah... I think that was what he said.' I thought, trying to recall his name. How embarrassing. I forgot already when that was only a few minutes ago.
"What a bold move you did there, Kotobu... Trying to make us jealous?"
'Kotobu? Oh... Kotobuki... He took off the 'ki' from the Kotobuki...' I thought strangely.
"What if I was making you jealous,hm? It's not like there's anything you can do about it." Rei-chan playfully stated, smiling as he put on arm over my shoulders. I looked down, a blush spreading across my face because of the embarrassment I felt.
"Wha-?! Rei-chan! What's with you?!" the boy with red hair exclaimed.
"Wow... What a senior you've got Ikki. And what an answer that was Kotobu." the... Er... I mean, Jinguji Ren-san commented.
I sweat dropped, knowing he really wasn't trying to make them jealous. I was still embarrassed though. Although, the person who didn't know that Rei-chan was joking was the red-haired boy. And so, with a sigh, someone stated that fact for him. He had dark blue-colored hair and eyes of the same color.
"Otoya, he was joking. Don't take all of the things he says so seriously."
"B-but Tokiya!"
"Just chill Otoya. Or else he'll think you really are jealous." the blonde haired boy said to him.
"Awwww~... I think he is jealous. Well too bad Otoyan, she's mine." Rei-chan said, sticking out his tongue in the process. I didn't know what to react of the situation. My legs felt like jelly, and my face's heat was two times the heat of the sun's surface! I didn't know... I was thinking of nothing in particular. Only my embarrassment and the fact that he announced that... I was his.
'Wh-what?! I'm his?! Wait... WHAT?! No... How... How would I... Oh I don't get it! I don't understand how that happened... I really don't.'
I was on the verge of fainting, but I was still able to hear some of the words said by Rei-chan's juniors. I was even able to hear an unfamiliar voice that sounded like... A woman's voice.
"Oh... Could you get any more childish? I thought you were supposed to be a grown up." the person who was called 'Tokiya' said with his fingers on the bridge of his nose... If my eyesight didn't deceive me.
'At least I think that was what he was called...' I was able to think.
"Wow... I never knew your senior was this childish Ichinose-san." the woman's voice said.
"Tomochi! What are you doing here?" the boy Rei-chan called 'Otoyan' asked, seemingly surprised to see the person familiar but unknown to me.
"Just visiting."
"You don't have work anymore?" the blonde haired boy asked.
"Nope. I'm done for the day."
"Lucky..." the boy with really dark green... Or brown hair said... At least I thought that was him.
"Now, now, you should be happy you have work. Oh and by the way, I am a grown up, but that doesn't mean I can't joke around~! Right, Ruka-chan?"
I couldn't really understand them because my head started to feel light. I wasn't used to this... This kind of scenario. I never even knew a scenario like this existed...! And because of all that and my the world turning up-side-down, I wasn't able to register into my mind what Rei-chan said. I could only hear my name being called and two firm hands on my shoulders. After that, my surroundings went black.
Reiji's POV
"Ruka-chan? Ruka-chan? Ruka-chan! O my gosh! She fainted! Ruka-chan~!" I screamed in panic. I was trying to wake her up by shaking her, but it didn't work. So I immediately took her in my arms and lifted her up bridal-style. I was planning to head for the dorms when I suddenly saw the rest of my band mates. Although I was surprised about them being here, I had no time for being surprised and immediately asked for help. But, of course, Ran-Ran said something first which led to me briefly... And I mean briefly explaining the situation.
"What the hell Reiji?! What in the world did you do?!"
"I don't know! I was just hugging her then the next thing I knew, she fainted!"
Ai-Ai then approached me and put a hand on top of Ruka-chan's forehead. I immediately became anxious and asked what was wrong.
"What's wrong Ai-Ai? Is she sick? Is she okay? Does she need to be taken to the hospital? Is she-"
"Calm down Reiji. She's not sick. She probably just became too nervous or embarrassed and fainted." he replied.
"But why would Ruka-chan be nervous or embarrassed? She seemed okay when she first saw Otoyan and the others..."
"It was probably because of what you did, you fool. She was probably embarrassed of all the attention she was getting and you stating that she's yours." Myu-chan said, answering my question. I felt bad, but also felt the need to say something, which lead me to plastering a playful smirk on my face.
"Oh I'm sorry Myu-chan. I never knew you would get jealous too. Don't worry, she's yours as well. She's our group's composer anyway."
"I am not jealous you-"
"Yes you are."
"No, I'm not. Now be quiet and-"
"Yeah you are."
"Shut up you-"
"Jealous~! Myu-chan's jealous~!"
"Would you just shut up Reiji?"
"Awwww~... Even Ran-Ran's jealous. Well sorry. I'll be the one carrying her to the dorms. But, chill. As I said, she's our group's composer so she's also yours."
"Wha-?! Would you... Argh! Just shut the fudge up Reiji!"
"You know Ran-Ran, fudge doesn't even talk. You should really stop eating a lot of food all the time. I bet you even talk to food that's why you think fudge talks."
"If you don't shut up I'm going to say the real word!"
"What real word?"
"Shut the fu-"
"Ranmaru, enough. Reiji, stop your nonsense and let's go so that we can set Haruka down. She might even wake up any minute." Ai-Ai stated. I nodded, chuckling after. And with that, I said bye-bye to Otoyan and the others before catching up with my group mates.
'Hehe... Otoyan and the others must've just decided to watch than join me and Myu-chan's and Ran-Ran's pretend arguments. Well... We we arguing but... It wasn't anything serious. Unless... They did take it... Seriously.' I thought, another idea popping into mind.
"By the way Ai-Ai, I'm sorry if I made you jealous too. I mean, you were jealous... Riiiight~?"
"No Reiji. I wasn't... Jealous."
"Why'd you pause then?"
"I was just thinking of the meaning of being 'jealous'."
"You... don't know what being jealous means?"
"I do. I just don't understand it."
"Wow... That's the first." Ran-Ran commented. And I had to say, I agreed. It was rare for Ai-Ai to not understand something. Although he was serious with what he was thinking, I decided to tease him anyway.
"Well, let me explain that to you." I said in a confident-like way.
"Oh great... Just perfect. Of course he would want to understand the meaning of jealousy through your explanation." Ran-Ran sarcastically said. I pouted as I thought of a comeback.
"Hey! For your information, I do understand the meaning of being jealous!"
"Sure you do."
"Hmph! You're just jealous because I'm the one carrying Ruka-chan and not you... Vent your jealousy on the wall, not me."
"What the hell?! Would you stop saying that I'm jealous?!"
"Don't try to deny it Ran-Ran. You know you're-"
"Be quiet and stop saying useless things, peasant."
"Myu-chan... I know you're jealous, so, it's fine. You don't have to hide it."
"Reiji, stop it."
"Stop what, Ai-Ai?"
"Stop your mouth from not shutting up."
"Kurosaki, you fool. Why don't you shut up? You don't have to react to everything he says."
"No you shut up! If you've got nothing better to say than 'fool', then might as well not talk at all!"
"You have no right to tell me what to do! I am Camus! Count of the Silk Palace! You. FOOL!"
"I already know that so shut up!"
"It's good to know that you understand that you're a fool, peasant. And no. I will not shut up!"
"What the- WHAT THE HELL CAMUS?! I'm not the fool here, you are!"
"How dare you say that to me you GIGANTIC, GOOD-FOR-NOTHING, LOUD PEASANT!?"
"Look who's talking!"
"I'm only being loud when I have to be! And right now I'm being loud so that you can stop being loud!"
"I won't stop being loud if you don't stop being loud!"
"Do you wish to die?! Because I can kill you this instant if you DON"T HOLD THAT TONGUE OF YOURS!"
"I think YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WANTS TO DIE!"
"DO I LOOK LIKE I WANT TO DIE?!"
"I SURE AS HELL THINK YOU DO!"
And as those two continued to argue, I was laughing so hard I didn't notice the movement on my arms. The argument ended up lasting longer than expected. We were already near Ruka-chan's room and they were still shouting, so Ai-Ai decided that it was time to end their quarrel. With a sigh, he screamed. Well, half screamed. But his voice was loud enough for the screaming duo to hear. That in itself was a miracle.
"Both of you, enough!"
"Shut up/Be quiet!" the two replied, not knowing that Ai-Ai was the one who screamed at them. He glared, repeating what he said. That only made me laugh more though.
"Enough. You too Reiji."
Unable to wipe the few tears I got from laughing, I just tried to stop them from falling. Not that... They would actually fall. But I tried to anyway. I was about to move one of my arms when I suddenly remembered that I was carrying Ruka-chan. I looked down to see her still unconscious despite the loud things that have occurred. I sighed in relief.
"Is she awake?" Ran-Ran suddenly asked. I smirked, knowing that he was starting to like Ruka-chan.
"Awwww~... You concerned?"
"No, I'm not. I was just curious." he answered, looking away in the process.
"Liar."
"Just answer my question!"
"No Ranmaru. She's not yet awake."
"That's a surprise. I thought she would have been awake by now..." Myu-chan commented.
"How sweet... Even Myu-chan's concerned!"
"I most certainly am not concerned. I was just wondering on how she was able to remain unconscious despite Kurosaki's extremely loud voice."
"Look who's talkin'!"
"Why you..."
"Camus..."
"Yes Mikaze. You don't have to repeatedly remind me. I know very well that every time Kurosaki speaks, he doesn't actually speak, he screams."
"What did you say?!"
"And yes, you probably scream all the time because you're deaf."
"Would you shut up Camus!?"
"Okay you two. Chill. We wouldn't want to wake up the sleeping beauty would we?" I said, making those two say 'hmph'.
"We only have half an hour left before the shooting. We have to hurry when going there." Ai-Ai stated as we entered Ruka-chan's room. It was a really cute room. Very... Ruka-chan-ish. It was simple, with not that much furniture and not too girly. It's fragrance was just amazing, like strawberries together with flowers... Whatever that smelled like.
"This is exactly what Ruka-chan smells like... But better." I thought aloud.
"What are you saying you weirdo?" Ran-Ran reacted in a disgusted kind of way. I pouted.
"What? Ruka-chan really does smell good!"
"Whatever with that loud mouth of yours."
"Your mouth's loud too! Louder actually..."
"What did you say?! If it wasn't for your talkative mouth, we wouldn't even be in this mess, and she wouldn't be unconscious!"
"I have to say, I agree. If you hadn't asked them to introduce theirselves and end up doing many other things, twenty-five minutes wouldn't have been wasted." Myu-chan complained.
"Why didn't you just go then? You guys didn't have to wait for me." I replied, smirking as I thought of another idea.
"It's because you would've stopped Haruka from doing any work. But then again, you already did. Plus, you could've delayed us more than you already have." Ai-Ai answered.
"He already did." Ran-Ran added.
"Hey! It's not like it's the end of the world! Ruka-chan has plenty of time, and so do we."
"We don't have plenty of time, but we have enough. We have to leave now if we don't want to be late." Ai-Ai said as I started to gently set Ruka-chan down onto her bed, tucking her in after.
"If it weren't for that unstoppable mouth of yours, we wouldn't be so late." Myu-chan said to Ran-Ran... Obviously. Although he wasn't looking at Ran-Ran, I knew he was talking about him because of the reaction Ran-Ran's giving out.
"And I wasn't referring to Kurosaki alone." he added. Now that was when he was talking about me.
"What are you talking about Myu-chan? Ai-Ai was perfectly quiet throughout the whole time... except for when he was giving out reminders and breaking you and Ran-Ran's arguments." I joked, acting as if I didn't know who he was talking about. The three then shot me a bunch of glares after I asked that question. Ran-Ran murmured a "What in the world..." and Ai-Ai just sighed and shook his head. Myu-chan obviously answered back to what I said.
"I was referring to you, peasant." he stated with a scowl.
"What?! But... What did I do?!" I reacted, pretending to sulk.
"Be quiet Reiji and let's go." Ai-Ai said as he was heading for the door together with Ran-Ran and Myu-chan.
"Wait! How about Ruka-chan?"
"What about her?" Ai-Ai asked.
"She might wonder how she got here..."
"Then leave a note." Ai-Ai replied, saying it like it was the most obvious thing in the world. And it actually was.
"Oh yeah! I'll just look for paper and a pen..." I replied, looking at the sleeping Ruka-chan. I couldn't help but stare at her beautiful sleeping face. She looked so peaceful, and her current state made me want to cuddle her.
"Her eyelashes are so long... It makes her look cuter than she already is." I thought aloud... Again. I tend to do that a lot when I think of Ruka-chan. I was still daydreaming of her when I suddenly heard a loud 'smack' in the background. I turned to see Ran-Ran's hand on his forehead, Ai-Ai glaring at me, and Myu-chan's eyes closed in irritation. I laughed a bit.
"C'mon you guys, she really is cute! Take a look for yourselves." I said with a grin. And for a moment, they really did look. I smiled in triumph. But that was only for a moment, so another moment after, they all went back to being irritated and annoyed.
"Are you going to make the note or not?" Ran-Ran complained.
"Jeez Ran-Ran, I'm making it, I'm making it." I replied with a pout. "Surely she won't mind me getting a piece of paper from her notebook and using her pen... Right?"
"I don't think she'll even notice you did."
"Ran-Ran!"
"Yes Reiji, she won't mind." Ai-Ai assured with a slightly irritated face.
"Okay then!" I exclaimed, placing the note on her table and looking at her one last time before following the others. When we were out of her room, I couldn't help but worry about her a little.
"You think she'll be okay?" I asked the three people in front of me. They sighed, with Ran-Ran and Myu-chan saying their own replies with their backs turned. Ai-Ai just nodded in agreement to what they said.
"She's not a little kid, Reiji. She'll be fine. You left a note anyway."
"And since you're so fond of her, why don't you trust her and her abilities? She looks capable enough in taking care of herself."
My eyes widened. Their words surprised me big time. I wasn't expecting them to say stuff like that since they were even the ones who said she wasn't capable of doing anything. I smiled at the thought of them warming up to her, then smirked at the idea I just thought of.
"Look who's talking. You guys were the ones who said she couldn't do anything..."
By that time, they were already looking at me as they stopped dead in their tracks.
"... And now listen to what all of you are saying. If I didn't know better, I'd say you guys were starting to care for her."
"What the hell are you saying?" Ran-Ran replied, looking away in the process. Myu-chan just looked at me like I was crazy, and I think he really did think I was crazy. Ai-Ai had his eyes narrowed and one of his eyebrows raised. I grinned.
"Admit it the three of you. You're starting to like her and you know it. I mean come on, what's not to like about her?"
They glared at me, then looked away, deep in thought. I was waiting for them to say something when they suddenly just walked away.
"Wha-?! Hey! Wait! You guys didn't admit that you like her yet!"
"Shut up./Be quiet./Shut your mouth you fool." they answered in unison. I then cried fake tears and started sulking on the way to work. They kept on telling me to be quiet which lead to me laughing the moment we got to the building.
"Y-you guys are so mean to me..."
"Shut. UP!"
"No! You guys are the meanest ever!"
"You've been saying that so many times Reiji... Twenty times to be exact, so stop."
"Nuh-uh! Not true! You guys really are-"
"Be quiet you fool!"
"What if I say 'no'?'
"JUST SHUT UP/BE QUIET/HOLD YOUR TONGUE YOU FOOL!"
Haruka's POV
I woke up, feeling a little dizzy.
'Wait... I woke up? Why did I sleep in the first place?' I thought as I looked at my clock to see what time it was.
'4:30'
"What?! Four-thirty?! How?! When?! Why?!" I panicked, not knowing what to do. Despite my panicking though, I was able to spot a piece of paper resting on the top of my table. I stood up, went to my table, picked up the note, and read it. It said:
'Hi Ruka-chan! If you're wondering how you suddenly ended up in your room, I brought you there together with your other seniors when you suddenly passed out. See ya! Hope you feel better! ^_^ LUV U!
- Rei-chan'
"Rei-chan..." I whispered blushing a little. I tried to think of what happen, when it all suddenly came back to me. My seniors' other juniors, Rei-chan trying to get his juniors to introduce themselves, the unknown person, Rei-chan saying that I'm his, wait... What?!
"Oh yeah... I fainted right after Rei-chan asked me something..." I thought aloud.
'I should thank them for going through all that trouble when they get back...'
Deciding that I will express my gratitude to them when they get back from work, I kept the note and went on with working on my song for them. It as a good thing I didn't forget the tune. I was excited to play this on the piano, and because of that, a lot of ideas were already popping into mind. An hour has passed and I was almost half done with the composition. I was thinking of the melody for the next staff when I suddenly heard a knock on the door.
'Hm... Who could it be at this time?' I wondered as I stood up and walked to the door. Turning the knob, I opened the door to reveal a familiar pair of teal-colored eyes as I looked up slightly. Shocked, I jumped a little as my eyes widened a bit.
"M-Mikaze-senpai? Uh... Hello." I greeted with a small bow, trying not to let my nervousness show.
He nodded in reply.
"Is there something I can do for you?" I asked, thinking that he probably wanted to check on the song I was currently making.
"I wanted to ask you something. Can I come in?" That surprised me. He wanted to talk to me... Inside my room.
"Sure..." I said, stepping aside for him to go in. I was scared, but had no choice but to allow him to. It was the least I could do after what he did for me a while ago. After I closed the door, I immediately felt the need in order to end the uncomfortable silence.
"Do you... Want anything to eat?"
He shook his head.
"Drink?"
"No..."
"Oh... Okay then. Uh... You can sit wherever you want to. Are you sure you don't... Want anything?"
A nod.
"So... What did you want to ask me?" I asked as I sat beside him on the couch. I was quite far though.
"I wanted to ask you... What being jealous means."
My eyes widened. I wasn't expecting that kind of question.
"Being... Jealous?"
The end! Of this chapter... ;) Sorry for the slight cliff hanger. I mean, I thought that was a good place to stop so... Yeah. ^_^ Again, sorry if there are any typos. And... Again, sorry for the slightly late update. I'll try updating earlier for the next chapter. ^_^ Until then, bye-bye!