Hello again minna-san~ I'm sorry for late update, I'm getting busy with my school assignment. But I tried to make an update at least once a week. Thanks for all your reviews, favorites, and story alerts as well! It made me so happy :) Enjoy your time to read this fresh new chapter, everyone :)
Chapter 5 :
A teal blue haired teen stepped into Teikou Management's office. Since it was as crowd as usual, it was easier for Kuroko to decrease her presence even more. She just following the flow of the crowd, and she could break through and made her way to the elevator, without any body noticed her. Just go to the highest floor and get to the room at the end point of the hallway, repeated Kuroko inside her mind. I wondered though what had awaited me, thought Kuroko as she checked her outfit once again. It was a bit strange, since Akashi had told her earlier to come to Teikou Management's office by wearing her usual outfit for practice, and he also mentioned about to go there all alone. A plain sky blue shirt along with navy green pants, wouldn't it be too casual for meeting with the Teikou's director? Kuroko still confused by Akashi's words as the elevator stopped at the highest floor. The door then slide open, revealing a quiet and exquisite hallway in front of him, with a wooden door at the end of the hallway. Is that the director's room? Kuroko couldn't help but astonished by the sight before her eyes. It was like a part of a five-star hotel. Marble floor, obscure and antique lamps throughout the wall, but it was very quiet, almost nobody could be seen here. Kuroko felt a little anxious before she stepped out from the elevator. As soon as she had set her foot on the floor, the wooden door at the end of hallway swung open. A handsome yet intimidating face, with fiery red locks greeted her. He closed the door and leaned his body against the wooden door. He was doing nothing, just stood there, but Kuroko could read his gesture that indicated her to come toward his direction. Kuroko then started to walk over there, and by the time she stopped only a meter in front of the red-haired teen, she could hear his calm and composed voice.
"It's nice to see you again, Kuroya. As expected, you would not turn me down," said Akashi, while he taking a glance to his watch on his left wrist, "and you come in time too. I shall praise you for coming in exact time, Kuroya."
"Akashi-kun," Kuroko finally found her voice, "isn't it too casual to met with the director in this kind of outfit?" asked Kuroko anxiously, finally couldn't help but uneasy with Akashi's outfit choice for her.
"It is fine, can you see my outfit? It is as casual as yours, isn't it? And the director had no objection with this," Akashi assured Kuroko smoothly, "also it is your first day to work with us…" murmured Akashi in a low voice, which earning him a question look from Kuroko. Akashi held the door's knob and turned his head, "Now shall we go inside?" And the door opened.
It was a huge room and no less luxurious than the hallway before. The same marble floor, with comfy cream sofa at the left side, a wooden bookshelf, plasma TV on the wall, a chandelier, and a standard office desk. Classic yet so deluxe. The only difference among this room and the hallway outside was that this room was filled by some good looking teens and a dignified young man. Kuroko's nervousness increased, when every pair of eyes were paying direct attention to her.
"Every one, I would like to introduce our new partner here. This is Kuroya from Seirin Management, whom from now on will have a collaboration with us," Akashi explained to the rest in this room.
The young man, with the same fiery red hair as Akashi's, stood up from his seat. Most likely he is the director of Teikou Management, assumed Kuroko by looking at his appearance.
"Welcome to Teikou Management, Kuroya-kun. Nice to see you. It is indeed a short working period among us, but please take care of us as well," said the young man, "firstly, I want to introduce myself, I am Akashi Kazuya, as the director of Teikou Management. May I know your real name, since 'Kuroya' is your stage name, I assume? It will be more convenient for us to address each other with our real names," asked Kazuya politely.
Polite and calm, yet so intimidating.
Kuroko gulped. Riko had told him before that her real name was not to be told to them anyway. Kuroko agreed on this, since she did not want to tell everything about her to strangers, especially in their first meeting.
"I am Kuroya, please take care of me from now on. Since it is a short working period among talents from two different agencies, I find that I need not to tell you my real name beside my stage name 'Kuroya'. My real name has nothing to do with the collaboration, right?" defended Kuroko.
Everyone in the room gasped at Kuroko's words except the two Akashis. Instead, faint smirks plastered on their faces. How bluntly, thought Kazuya, which turning his smirk into a small chuckle.
"I'm sorry if it is inconvenient for you, Kuroya-kun, but if you wish to be called as 'Kuroya', then it's fine. Well, it's just a matter of the way you address each others, after all," said Kazuya. Indeed, he was as interesting as Seijuurou told me, thought Kazuya.
"Thank you for your understanding, Akashi-san," said Kuroko.
"You can call me by my first name, Kuroya-kun. Besides, there are two Akashi here, so it will be easier for you to call me by my first name. Ah, I'm sorry for my bad manners, how could I let our business partner just standing at the center of my room? Please have your seat," pointed Kazuya to the sofa.
"Thank you again, ano… Kazuya-san, then," mumbled Kuroko, "but I'm fine this way," said Kuroko as she remained at her place.
"Okay, it's up to you. Seijuurou will tell you the detail. Please enjoy yourself here, as I still have something to do. Excuse me," stated Kazuya before he walked up to the door and left the room.
As Kazuya left the room, everyone there except Akashi sighed in unison. Kise, had been sitting straight up before, then leaned his back to the sofa, "Uwaaah, so scary~ Even he only chuckled back then but I could feel a chill sent down to my spine!"
Midorima pushed up his glasses, "Are you talking about Kuroya's answer to Kazuya-san? Yeah, I was pretty shocked too, nanodayo."
"I agree with Mido-chin," said Murasakibara as he tried to open a new snack bag.
"After all, today's Oha Asa said that there will be an encounter with an interesting person. It is true that he is quite interesting since he is the first one who were not intimidated by Kazuya-san on their first meeting," continued Midorima, his eyes on Kuroko.
"So, is he the reason why you told us to come to Kazuya-san's room, huh?" asked Aomine as he turned his head to Akashi, "tch, I thought Kazuya-san would say some nice upcoming project for me, but now he is leaving us here."
Akashi took his steps, and walked forward to Kazuya's desk, "Relax, Daiki, now I want to tell you the details on the collaboration between Teikou and Seirin," he sat on the desk, arms crossed in front of his chest, "Now, Kuroya-kun, I believe you have known us here, but let me introduce ourselves. The one who has a glasses on and holding a frog puppet is Midorima Shintarou, our seiyuu. The one who has his snacks on his hand is Murasakibara Atsushi, specialty in filming commercials. The one who is currently sitting on the sofa is Kise Ryouta, our number-one model. And the last one who is just standing there beside the sofa is Aomine Daiki, our rockstar. And I am an actor, Akashi Seijuurou."
Kuroko nodded. She still remembered when she asked Riko about the Generation of Miracles, a group of teen prodigies in entertainment industry. Kuroko only knew Akashi, since she is interested in acting, and knew a little about the other. She had heard their well known achievement as the top entertainers now in Japan, but that was as far as she knew.
Kise Ryouta, the most popular teen model now in Japan. He has many fans, from a little girl to the aunties. He often featured in many fashion magazines, nearly every month his photo could be found either as the cover model or in featured pages inside. His blond locks, along with enchanting golden orbs and sharp jaw line, enlightened by his warm and cheerful smile, had made nearly every teenage girl fell on his feet. His tall and slender figure yet quite muscular made him even more flawless.
Midorima Shintarou, the most popular seiyuu in Japan. Every girl would fall in love upon hearing his tender voice in various anime, movies, and drama cd. He had filled up many notable roles, from a 5-years-old boy until a wise king character. His cool face, featured by his light green orbs framed with glasses made him even more popular. He had won the Seiyuu Awards this year as the best voice. However, he always made others rather surprised with his strong believe in horoscope, even always bring his lucky item every day and every where. Despite his main job as seiyuu, sometimes he was offered to be a model, mainly by men suit company, since his cool and mature image fitted best with classic men suit.
Aomine Daiki, the most popular rockstar in Japan. He was well known for his wild, beast image of a rockstar. His deep and manly voice, suited best with the hard-beat, rock music. His skill in playing guitar and controlling the stage were not to be demeaned. His tanned skin, muscular figure, and sharp eyesight coming from his midnight blue orbs made him as one of the sexiest male nowadays in japan –as said by most recent poles conducted in various media.
Murasakibara Atsushi, the most popular commercials model. You can say that almost candy and snacks commercials were using him as their main model. People would easily found him on every TV channel, as long as there were snacks, candies, ice creams, or other food commercials. His childish attitude and fondness of sugar-related food had made him as the best in filming commercials. But, though he was often fooling around, he was somewhat popular among girls too. Having an abnormal height for teen on his age, his matching purple orbs and shoulder length locks earned him many fans.
Akashi Seijuurou, the most popular actor. Called as the most talented teen among the Generation of Miracles, he actually was the leader of the Generation of Miracles. He possessed superb talent in acting. His acting was always stunning, played every role perfectly. Rumor said that he never made a single mistake in film shooting. In recent interviews it revealed that he always get the first rank in his school, also he was good in playing shogi, basketball, and even riding horse. His mismatched red and yellow orbs, bloody red locks, and well built muscle in his body made him even more handsome. It was no secret that he was the successor of Akashi Group, the most influenced and powerful business group in Japan. Even inside the Teikou Management he was the most respected man beside his cousin, Akashi Kazuya. He was simply a manifestation from a word 'perfect'.
" As for you guys, I think you all have heard before that Kuroya here will make a collaboration with us. From now on, I expect you guys to have a good relationship with him. Daiki, Ryouta, Shintarou, and Atsushi, greet him properly."
"Nice to meet you, Kuroya. Can I ask you what are your zodiac and your blood type?"
"Say, Akachin, who is him? Is he a commercial model like me? Never heard of him~," asked Murasakibara.
"Murasakicchi, didn't you know? He is the one who is singing together with Kagamicchi on his new digital single. Ah, Kuroya, are you the one who was mistaken as the main female model at the last photo session with Abe Jewelry? Uwaah, you're so cute back then! I thought you were a girl since you were so cute!" Kise said cheerfully.
Akashi raised his eyebrows, "Have you met with Kuroya before, Ryouta?"
Kise nodded, "I think so, Akashicchi! Since there is not many people with that teal blue hair and same posture as him, I'm sure that he is the one I saw at that photo session."
"Is that true, Kuroya?" asked Akashi, turned his attention to Kuroko. Kuroko then remembered the day when he was dragged by a random staff at Kagami's photo session set. So it was Kise Ryouta who had the role as main model there, thought Kuroko.
"Hai, I was attending Kagami-kun's photo session at that time when a staff had mistaken me as another photoshoot's female main model, " said Kuroko as she scratched her cheek.
"Huh, no wonder his voice sounds cute, since his form just like a girl," said Aomine as he approached Kuroko, "hey, are you even eating properly? You don't have some muscles there," continued Aomine while lifting Kuroko's arm.
"Enough, Daiki. Now I will tell you the important thing, that the one who will make a collaboration with Kuroya is you, Ryouta," stated Akashi.
"Whaaaaat? Why me?" Kise responded quickly.
"You don't like it, Ryouta?"
Kise's eyes lit up by overwhelmed happiness, "Of course not, Akashicchi! You know that I like his voice from the first time I heard Kagamicchi's new single! I'm so happy!" Kise began approached Kuroko. He threw his arm over Kuroko's shoulder, "Let's be a good partner, Kuroyacchi! I'm looking forward to sing together on the same stage!"
"That will not be possible Ryouta," cut Akashi.
"Eh? Why, Akashicchi? Isn't he going to sing with me?" protested Kise.
"That's true, but we are following Seirin's condition here, that Kuroya isn't suppose to show himself in public yet. Thus, we will make a digital single of Ryouta and Kuroya and released it online like Seirin did as well," explained Akashi.
"Eeeh, it's no fun, Akashicchi, I thought I'm gonna sing and entertain the audience together on a stage like I did before," pouted Kise, again.
"Hmm, it means that you are against this idea then, Ryouta. It is fine by me, I just need to replace you with Daiki after all, you wouldn't mind it, Kuroya?"
"Eh, it's up to you, after all you are the one who offered me this partnership," answered Kuroko bluntly.
"Heh, actually I don't mind it. Shouldn't it be me who going to partner up with him? I'm the singer here, after all. Kise, your main job is model, isn't it? So you don't have to sing with him," teased Aomine.
"Noooo! No, Akashicchi! I want to sing with Kuroyacchi! Don't pair him up with Aominecchi!" Kise cried out.
Aomine hit Kise's head, "Oi, what do you mean to not pair him up with me?!"
"Okay then Ryouta, I don't accept any objection from you anymore. Now it is time for you two too see Momoi in practice room. It is essential to polish your vocal technique. Especially you, Ryouta, it has been nearly 6 months since your previous album, isn't it? You need to get your shape back before recording the song," Akashi instructed.
"So that's why you told me to come with my usual outfit for practice, Akashi-kun," said Kuroko.
"True, Kuroya. And for the others, you can continue your practice as programmed, unless you have another schedule today. Make sure you check your upcoming schedule in Momoi regularly. Now dismiss," said Akashi, which followed by the rest of Generation of Miracles by leaving the room, made Akashi was the only one to remain in Kazuya's room.
Akashi got up from the seat and dialed some number on his phone, "Everything going on smoothly so far, Kazuya-nii."
I'm sorry minna I can't make Kise call Kuroko by Kurokocchi like usual yet. Instead, he called Kuroko by Kuroyacchi. I know it sounds weird, but please forgive me ;'( Everything has its own turn, so just wait for the right time to come :) Feel free to review, okay minna-san?