Haruka rushed through the crowd for the umth time that day. She nearly tumbled forward, tripping in her heels, but she was too distracted to deal with that at the moment. Masato, Otoya, Syo, Ren, and then Cecil. All of them had given her kisses that day, purposely or by accident. She didn't know what to do! What could she do? She cared about them all so much, but there was no way things wouldn't be awkward anymore. She had let them kiss her and regretted it. Kissing someone is bad enough, but regretting it will only push them all apart. What if the band splits up!?
Haruka was so wrapped up in her worries that she had stopped watching where she was going. She soon found her self colliding with someone's back, giving a little 'off' as she bumped in to the person. Stumbling backwards, falling to the floor, she felt strong arms wrap around her waist. She stopped falling, her saving grace beginning to pull her up with their strong arms. Peaking up, she came face to face with a man with curly, yellow hair. His green eyes were covered by shining glasses. He wore a gray tuxedo and black dress pants with white shoes. He smiled at her, giggling a little.
"S-shinomiya-san!" Haruka cried, blushed as she stood up. She brushed her dress off, looking back at Natsuki with red cheeks, embarrassed about running into him so rudely. Was he angry? Of course not! He was Shinomiya Natsuki, he never gets angry!
"Haru-chan~ Eh, why were you running?" Natsuki asked, smiling curiously. He bent down to her, bringing them to the same height. Haruka sweat dropped, suddenly feeling tiny next to Natsuki. How could Syo deal with it? He hates looking small!
"N-no reason." Haruka lied, looking away from him, suddenly finding the tips of her shoes interesting.
"Oh." Natsuki frowned, looking at her with sad eyes. He pouted, sensing her lie. He brightened up immediately, smiling widely at Haruka. He took her hand delicately in his big, strong hands, intertwining them together. Haruka blushed, looking up at Natsuki. "Haru-chan~ I have something for you." He smiled.
He suddenly pulled her arms and Haruka begin to follow him, her start less than graceful. Natsuki pulled her across the room, not bothering to parton his crowd parting. He dragged her over to the large christmas tree in the room, taking her hand with both of his as he turned to her to give her one last pull, giggling a little. He stopped her, looking up at the tree with sparkling eyes. Haruka looked up as well, smiling when she took in the tree's magnificent detail.. It was decorated in gold, red, and silver ribbons. It had yellow lights, some flickering on and off. It also had blue icicles on it, lights inside making it look as if they were dripping. The ornaments were red, purple, blue, yellow, green, pink, and orange, to represent the seven colors of STARISH.
He suddenly grabbed her by the hand again and began to pulled her once more, leading her under the tree. He bent down to the floor, looking around in the pile of presents. Finally, giving a triumphant 'yes', he grabbed a tiny box, wrapped in golden paper and silver ribbon. It was small and rectangular.
"Here, Haru-chan. For you! Merry Christmas~!" Natsuki smiled, holding it out for her using bath hands. A big smile was plastered into his face and he a gave a cute little laugh afterwards, holding it closer to her. Haruka blinked in confusion, then smiled. Haruka took the box from him, looking at it closely. Knowing the childish idlo, it was probably something Pio-chan. Smiling, she began to open it carefully. She never was someone to rip the paper. She remembered when she was a little girl her grandmother would wait for hours for her to finish carefully unwrapping the presents.
Giggling at her old memory, she opened up the paper to see a small black box. Odd... She opened the box and gasped. A beautiful necklace was inside of it. It was silver chained with red, purple, blue, yellow, green, pink, orange, and hot pink, to represent STARISH and Tomochika. But, there was also one in the middle of them that was a beautiful gold and silver. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Surely this must have costed a fortune!
"Do you like it?" Natsuki asked, uncomfortable with the long lasting silence as she studied it. He fidgeted, twiddling his fingers. He stared at her with intensity, impatiently waiting for a response. Haruka turned around, looked him in the eyes, and mustered up the biggest smile she could.
"It's beautiful." She hummed.
"Really?! Thats great! I was worried that you didn't like my work~" Natsuki smiled, giving a relieved sigh.
"W-work?"
"Yeah, I worked really hard to make that for you! I've been going out for jewelry making classes for a month to figure out how to craft jewelry." He smiled kindly. "Oh, here, let me help you with that."
He took the necklace from her fingers and swiftly draped it around her neck, sliding behind her. He lifted her hair in one smooth motion and clipped the necklace in place. He dropped her hair and ran his fingers around her neck, making sure all the notes were perfectly places and not messy flipped up. Haruka blushed as he moved his hands, especially when he hesitates to let his fingers leave her neck.
"It's beautiful." She praised.
"I'm glad you think so Haruka." He said, wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her gently on the cheek. Haruka froze up, her heart beating hard in her chest and her cheeks glowing. She admitted that she DID expect it from some of the band members, but never from Natsuki. He always seemed too childish in engage in such things.
"S-shinomiya-san!" Haruka cried, jumping in his grip. But he held on, not letting her her go.
"Natsuki." He said. "I want you to call me Natsuki." He whispered in her ear "Haruka...I saw you with Syo-chan before." Haruka straightened up, suddenly remembering the moment that she and Syo had had earlier. "He kissed you..." Natsuki's grip tightened on Haruka a bit, pulling her closer and closer to him. "I love little Syo-chan...but I did say that I wouldn't let him have you." Natsuki spun her around, pulling them chest to chest. Haruka's hands flew to his chest, keeping some distance between them. "So, if he can kiss you-" Natsuki bent down closer to Haruka, bringing their faces together. "Can I..." He leaned forward, heading for her lips.
Haruka, shocked, quickly pushed him with all her might, spinning around as she fall. Catching herself, she stood back up. Suddenly, she hearing a ticking noise on the ground. Turning to him, her eyes widened to see his glasses laying on the ground. Haruka looked up slowly and came face to face with the dark look of Satsuki. He glared at her, causing Haruka to flinch back. Giving a 'tich' noize, he reached out and grabbed her wrist harshly. Haruka tumbled forward, suddenly pulled by Satsuki. He yanked her into his chest. He quickly locked her there with his arm wrapping around her waist. He grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. Haruka couldn't stop herself from looking into Satsuki's sharp eyes, filled with rage.
"Why did you reject Natsuki?" He hissed darkly, his eyes narrowing. Haruka wanted to flinch back, but the more Haruka seemed to struggle, the closer Satsuki would hold her, forcing her to stand in place.
"I-" Instead of letting her answer, he roughly pulled up her face and kissed her harshly, keeping her from escaping. He ran his fingers through her hair, keeping her from pulling away. He rubbed their lips against each other, causing Haruka to squeak. Towering over her, he pushed her head back with his force, hurting her neck. The only way to keep her neck from hurting was to...kiss back. Haruka hesitantly kissed him back, trying to keep her neck from cramping. She felt him smirk into the kiss tin triumf and felt him chuckled darkly against her lips. He finally released her, letting her breath big gulps of air. He stared down at her with sharp eyes as she caught her breath.
Running out of patience, he grabbed her chin, forcing her to look back up at him. He smirked down at her, feeling triumphant. But just as he was leaning down to do it again, something flashed in between then catching Satsuki off guard. Satsuki let go of Haruka and jump back, angry from the interruption.
Looking up, Haruka spotted a boy with a white fedora, white shirt and pants. He had short, blond hair and blue eyes that blazed with untold danger.
"Satsuki!" Syo cried in anger. Standing up, Haruka ami backed away from the scene as Syo dived for Natsuki's glasses. What should she do? Should she do anything? Before she even got the chance, long, strong arms wrapped around her waist, yanking her back into the crowd where Satsuki and Syo disappeared from sight.