Hello! In this chapter i make a big reference out of one of the drama utapri cds (the one with Reiji and Otoya) i can link you if you want to read it, but i'm pretty sure i explain the basics in the chapter itself.
Disclaimer: I don't own Uta no Prince-sama or any of its characters.
Haruka hadn't allowed herself to be really hopeful about the future lately but after the conversation she had with Ren she actually thought that maybe one day they could all look back to the moment she and Otoya started dating with a smile. That maybe all this pain was worth it. That it would help them mature, become better versions of themselves. So she smiled to the air thinking about all the weight on her shoulders that had been taken off and how happy she was about it. She knew that she still needed to talk to all of the guys but the conversation she had feared the most was Ren's; especially after the fight that had happened the day before.
She looked at her watch and seeing as it was 3 pm already she decided to call her boyfriend, so she took her phone and dialed his number. After a couple of rings, he picked up.
"Hello Haru-chan!" someone replied on the other side.
"Umm… Hello? Who is this?"
"Oh honey, you don't recognize my voice? It's Rei-Rei!"
"Rei-Rei? I don't…" and then it hit her "Oh! Reiji-san!"
"Yes! It's me!"
"Umm… Can I talk to Otoya-kun?"
"I could put him on speaker but I don't think you'll understand a word he says… he's eating like a monster" he said giggling.
"Oh, I thought he had already finished… It's 3 pm already afterall…"
"Yeah, well… He had… But then I said something stupid and… Well anyways… He's having a… let's say 'second lunch'"
"Oh…" Before she could add anything else she heard muffled noises coming from the other side. The noises resembled the words "Who is it?" And then she couldn't listen to Reiji's reply, she guessed he must've covered the phone as he talked.
Suddenly the noises were back but this time she couldn't even take a guess as to what she could hear and then Reiji said "Umm… Haruka-chan… Otoyan wants to talk to you for a moment, so… talk to you later?"
"Yeah, sure. Goodbye!"
"Bye bye" And with that Otoya picked up.
"Hello! How are you feeling?"
"Hi! I'm good; I still have a little headache but nothing I can't manage"
"I'm so glad to hear that!" he said and even though she couldn't see him, she knew by the sound of his voice that he was smiling, she felt herself smile back at that.
"Yeah, I'm happy too"
"… Umm… Listen, I'll be there in an hour or so? I should be there already but then I just wanted to eat more" he said and then laughed really loudly.
"Okay, take care"
"Of course! How is everything back there?"
"Oh… Things are going smoothly; I'll tell you more when you get here"
"Oh, I like the sound of that!"
"Yeah, well… How was work today?"
He let out a tired breath and replied "It's like I don't even have time to breathe! I had a little comedy sketch to do earlier and then I had to record a song with Reiji-san here… It was pretty tiresome… I guess that's why I ate so much!"
"Huh… You always eat a lot" she said giggling.
"Hey! I need food to maintain all the energy I usually have!"
"Yeah, yeah… I'm not saying you don't, I'm just saying you're the kind of person that if really hungry orders everything in the menu and still has a spot for dessert"
He wanted to make an angry remark but seeing as she had described what he just did he couldn't help but laugh and reply "You're right! But I've been exercising a lot lately so It's not like I'm getting fat or anything" he said looking at Reiji with a knowing look.
What happened is that seeing how much he was eating Reiji had decided to play a little prank on Otoya. He told him he was eating too much lately and that if he kept going that way he would surely become fat. At first Otoya tried to deny it but then he realized what the senpai was doing and so he started acting really depressed. He said 'I failed as an idol!' and 'I can't even take care of my body' making Reiji think he had gone too far as he checked that Otoya didn't have a single spot on his body that wasn't buffed and strong as a wall: the exercise was really paying off. So as he saw his kouhai giggle he realized that the boy was just playing him, to which the boy replied 'So were you' and as a form of apology Reiji had to pay for all the food Otoya wanted from his favorite restaurant.
Haruka blushed at the thought of his body and replied "Of course not! Have you seen your muscles?"
He laughed and replied "I know! That's what I said! When you exercise a lot you need to eat a lot, otherwise it's unhealthy"
She guessed that something had happened between Reiji and Otoya but decided to ask later as she had been talking on her cellphone for a while now and she didn't want her battery to go off "So… I'll see you later?"
"Yes, of course! I'll see you later… Bye"
"Goodbye… I love you"
"I love you too" he kissed the air and hanged up. As he looked up he saw Reiji making kissing noises as he made fun of him. Otoya just shrugged it off and went back to finish his dessert.
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So much talking about food had made Haruka truly hungry so she decided to go cook herself something.
As she walked towards her door she heard knocking which really surprised her, but she still opened it nonetheless. Outside on the floor was a wonderful tray full of food with a note attached to it. This reminded her of that time while she and all the members of Starish had gone on a little vacation.
The little note said "From: Masato; To: Haruka. I hope you rested well, don't push yourself too hard. Please enjoy this food" She couldn't help but smile at it 'He's so sweet!' she thought. She picked up the tray and walked back to her room.
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As she finished cleaning the dishes after eating, Haruka went straight to the bathroom to check how her forehead looked in the mirror. She was really curious as to how bad it looked.
When she got there she slowly removed the bandage revealing a horribly big purple bruise that had many yellow, red and green circles around it. It looked awful and it still hurt a lot to touch it so she carefully put the bandage back on.
Walking away she couldn't help but think how weird it was that she stood behind a door to listen to the conversation Ringo and Otoya were having. Why did she do that? It was such a stupid move. But she guessed her curiosity got the best of her again… 'I should seriously think about what I'm going to do just out of curiosity before doing it next time' she thought. With that in mind she headed off to her room once again, but before she could move any further the front door opened as her boyfriend came in.
Upon seeing her standing there, he smiled brightly and run towards her, hugging her as he reached her.
"I missed you!" the redhead said.
"I missed you too!" Hearing that, he pulled away and careful not to touch her forehead, he leaned in for a kiss. She didn't want to wait any longer so she grabbed his shirt and quickly met his lips. As he gladly kissed back the front door opened again and Reiji walked in. When he saw them kissing there he just said "Oh… Teens" and walked away.
The make-out session was getting a bit too steamy, so even though he would've gladly continued until the end, Otoya slowly pulled away. He didn't want a certain event to happen again (and much less giving that they were standing in the middle of the lobby). But as he did, Haruka made a disappointed noise getting closer to him as she tried to get more. He let her kiss him and he actually kissed back again but after not too long he pulled away.
"… Haru-…-ka… no" he said between pecks.
She finally opened her eyes and asked "Why not?"
He took a step back and replied "This is getting a bit out of hand… and we're in the lobby afterall…"
Haruka looked around and as if it was nothing, she said "You taste like mints"
Otoya blushed a deep shade of red and replied "I… What?"
"… When we kissed" she said blushing slightly.
"Oh… yes… Reiji-san forced me to brush my teeth in his house as well as eat about a dozen mints after lunch…"
"Oh… That's… nice…"
"Yeah…"
They stayed in silence for a couple of moments then. And after thinking about what they could talk about Haruka remembered their conversation over the phone.
"Oh! I need to tell you what happened while you were gone"
"Oh, right!…"
"Yes, the thing is…" she looked around and decided the topic was a bit too sensitive to discuss in the most transited spot in the dorms so she added "Why don't you follow me and I tell you in my room?" and then she started walking towards it. Otoya blushed slightly and followed her just nodding in response.
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After getting to her room and closing the door behind them they quietly walked over to the bed and sat next to each other. They were so close their shoulders touched but seeing the snow on the other side of the window just made them glad to feel the other's warmth.
Before she started talking, Haruka intertwined her fingers with his (giving that their hands were just one next to the other) and blushing lightly she looked him straight in the eye. "So… Ummm… Otoya-kun… I talked to Jinguji-san today"
"Oh? You did? What about?"
"… He wanted to apologize for acting a bit mean-spirited lately… It was a refreshing conversation, I guess you could say"
"Huh, I'm really glad. I thought he was going to challenge me to a duel or something to win your love" he said giggling.
"Haha" she laughed ironically "Come on, he was really heartbroken about the whole thing, you shouldn't make fun of him"
"Sorry… But to be fair he hasn't apologized to me yet…"
"Yeah, I know… But he said he would and… You know what? Let's just forget about it, today has been a wonderful day" she said smiling.
"It really has" he said smiling back.
"So and… For the rest of the day I mostly slept" she said giggling "But then Tomo-chan came to visit, too bad you missed her"
"Oh, it is too bad… Maybe next time? At her concert perhaps"
"Yeah, sounds like a good plan"
Before they could talk about anything else some really loud music started playing making the windows vibrate and a couple of things fell from Haruka's nightstand.
"What the heck is that?" she asked practically yelling so that Otoya could hear her.
"It sounds like-" he was cut off by both the door and the windows snapping open making the music sound even louder.
Haruka covered her ears trying to avoid the horrible migraine that all the noise could potentially give her but it was all for nothing, the music was too loud. So they walked outside her room and following the noise they went towards the living room. Why did every gathering had to happen there?
When they arrived they saw that every other member of Starish plus the senpais and the teachers was there. But the most noticeable sight in the room was Shining making a really weird dance as he "followed the rhythm" and laughed maniacally. Everyone was covering their ears (except for him) and yelling for him to stop, but it only got worse. Suddenly everything went dark and some colored lights and lasers started to spin around illuminating the principal and his strange dance. It just went down from there. In a matter of seconds some smoke (from a completely invisible smoke machine) appeared and not too long later bubbles went along with it. This was getting too out of hand.
"What is the purpose of this?" Was the question on everyone's minds. And it was (to their relief) answered shortly after. The music's volume went down just enough to be somewhat of a background sound. Then the lights went on again and the curtains opened.
Before he even explained the situation, Shining laughed like crazy once again. As he calmed down he said "SO, I HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL OF YOU!" he was yelling everything giving that he must've gone deaf with all that loud music that was sounding before. "YOU WILL ALL GO IN A TOUR!"
The reactions to that were quite different, some of them (like Natsuki) cheered and some of them (like Camus) angrily said "WHAT?!"
"YOU HEARD ME! BUT THAT IS NOT ALL, NO" he said as he started to laugh again "NO, YOU WILL GO ON A WORLD TOUR!" Now he had truly shocked everyone so their response was pretty unanimous.
"WHAT?!" Before Shining could continue to talk about how wonderful his plan was, Tokiya stepped forward and said "But nobody knows us outside of Japan! Heck, they barely know us here!"
"NONSENSE! YOU ARE SOMEWHAT OF A NATIONAL TREASURE HERE AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY YOU NEED TO WORLD TOUR!" it was quite hilarious that he could listen perfectly fine to what Tokiya said but he still yelled every word he spoke.
"That makes no sense! Shining, what are you doing?!" asked Ringo.
"NO EXCUSES! YOU ARE THE MOST TALENTED BUNCH OF IDOLS FROM MY AGENCY AND YOU NEED TO GET A NAME NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELVES BUT FOR THE ACADEMY AND THE WHOOOOLE COUNTRY! AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAT TO MAKE SOME ADS AND GO ON A WORLD TOUR?!"
"That's not… Am I going, too?" Ringo asked.
"EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS GOING! NO EXCUSES, GOODBYE!" and with that, the music volume went up again as a really thick smoke enveloped the principal as he disappeared out of their sight.
Everyone was too shocked to even say a word; they just stood there as if they had just witnessed a murder. This was exactly what went into Ringo's mind as he tried to swallow the information that they had just heard 'This could either be a breakout opportunity or the end of every single one of our careers… What is Shining thinking? This is a terrible idea!'