Every so often at the bar Kaito and Meiko would switch roles, she stayed to tend the bar counter and he would take her place singing for the unruly crowd. Meiko, being the less clumsy of the two, made a better bartender, but when it came to singing the two were evenly matched.
Kaito stepped tentatively into the faded spotlight onstage, as he always did. His bashful presence didn't make a large impact, so he didn't catch much attention right away. And then he began to sing. The sweet melodic tones rising and falling from his lips as he sang every note gently. Kaito's wasn't the sort of voice to captivate in a matter of seconds, unlike Meiko's, his voice captivated slowly, through sweetness, not power. And soon, everyone in the room would find themselves spellbound to the charming young man with blue hair, unsure as to when it had even happened. One sweet bashful smile from him as he sang and nearly all the women in the crowd swooned.
Meiko wanted to watch him sing, but had been too busy with the customers all day. Kaito demanded that she watch every time he performed because it made him feel reassured or something (She hadn't really been listening.) But she humored him nonetheless and said she would watch. She felt bad now since she wasn't keeping her word, but she figured he would get over it.
"Hey, Meiko!" called one of the men currently sitting at the counter, his breath thick with the smell of alcohol "Ya mind gettin' me another beer?"
"Sure, coming right up." Meiko replied pouring a beer from the tap and sliding it over to him. The women were all crowding the stage, so the men decided to move over to the counter, Meiko had a lot of orders to fill. She leaned against the wall for a moment to rest, sighing. She tipped her head back and tried to listen to Kaito's singing over the screaming fangirls, "Can't hear a damn thing," she grumbled.
Upstage, Kaito had searched the crowd several times hoping to see Meiko, but noticed her lolling back against the wall behind the counter, looking bored. (Or so it appeared to him.) He also happened to notice several men calling for her attention, his brows furrowed; he was beginning to feel jealous but continued singing, he didn't want to disappoint his audience, but as he continued singing his voice was rising nearly to a shout, losing most of its gentle warmth.
Meiko glanced over at the stage. "What is that idiot doing now?" she caught his gaze as he was beginning to sing normally again, having succeeded in catching her attention. She raised her eyebrows in a question, he winked. Suddenly another song began to play.
"Oh… No. Not this song!" she shouted aloud. The men around her stared questioningly at her, but suddenly they recognized the tune as well. The familiar beginning tune to Aha's "Take On Me" was playing. Meiko slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand. Kaito walked over to the side of the stage nearest the bar, ridiculously mouthing off the lyrics while singing to Meiko. The women in the audience cheered, but the men weren't sure whether to laugh or cry. Meiko couldn't help but let a smile creep up on her face, soon as he saw it, a satisfied grin appeared on Kaito's face and he went back to his spot in the middle of the stage, dancing ridiculously.
"I don't know whether to take that guy seriously or not. He sure hits those high notes well, at least…" said one of the men sitting at the counter, perplexed.
"Yeah, I honestly don't know either," added Meiko, somewhat embarrassed by Kaito's weird act.
"He's obviously got a thing for you, that's for sure." added another man, downing the last of his beer and walking off. "Well, I'm out of here before he decides to sing us some more eighties songs."
Meiko laughed at his second comment and was left puzzling over the first. She looked over at Kaito still singing his heart out on the stage and merely shrugged leaning an elbow on the counter and resting her face in her palm.
…She really didn't know what to think.
These first two chapters are sort of just to set the mood, you know, give you an insight as to what sort of things go on at their job. I wanted this one to be funny. I like funny. But I'm not very good at it. I'm sort of aiming for something more light-hearted and not too dramatic with this fanfic. I'm also trying not to portray Kaito as an idiot, it's kinda hard. I don't like that stereotype of him, but I do think he's silly. (And he's scheming stuff all the time. Watch out.) Meiko thinks he's an idiot though... Hahaha
I remembered that I used to listen to KAITO's cover of "Take On Me" when I was newer in the VOCALOID fandom, it made me nostalgic. haha I must say though, sorry, KAITO but the original still wins. I've listened to that one since I was a kid. (even though I'm not from the eighties.)
Next chapter, things start heating up, literally. (Yes, that is a spoiler. ;] )