So umm... i'm sorry if this is not as good as the other ones but this is so freaking hard ;_; my muses left me and my main pairing just wants to fool around (if you know what i mean) when they really freaking shouldn't because Haruka just rejects him in the last second every single time and IT IS SO FRUSTRATING. I am so sorry... I wrote this chapter like two weeks ago... I didn't really post it earlier because i wanted to get somewhere with the next chapters but since that seems to be going nowhere... here it is XD
Disclaimer: I don't own Uta no Prince-sama or any of its characters.
After the initial shock passed, everyone sat down almost simultaneously. It seemed that the majority of the people in the room had decided that the most probable scenario to happen was the worst case scenario: losing everything.
But then Masato stood up: "I can't leave the country for months! My father wouldn't let me with running the company and all! Besides:he is very sick and I won't leave his side for months!"
"NO EXCUSES!" said Ringo imitating Shining's voice.
"But… He can't just force us to do this… can he?" said Syo.
"… I don't know honey, you better hire a lawyer and read the fine print of your contract if you wanna get out of this, but I don't think the boss would like that very much…"
Before he could (or anyone for that matter) protest any further, Otoya stood up and said "Come on guys! It can't be that bad! We got a ton of viewers even on our debut concert, how bad can it be?"
"HOW BAD CAN IT BE? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NAME ME ONE JAPANESE BOYBAND THAT WORLD TOURS AND IS FAMOUS WORLD WIDE!" snapped Ranmaru.
"Um… I'm sure we'd have an audience! There are J-pop fans everywhere!"
"Yeah, well… But how do you know they are our fans?" Syo asked.
"I… I don't know…" Otoya replied, but looking at everyone's disappointed faces he added "But come on! We can't lose hope! I'm sure the principal wouldn't send us on a suicidal mission… right?" Seeing as no one seemed to agree, he looked at Haruka in search for some support.
"Yeah, Otoya-kun is right! Our boss wouldn't want 'the most popular members of his agency' to fail horribly!" she said standing up.
"We just have to believe!" the redhead said.
It seemed that everyone was about to give up and join the 'hopeful' bandwagon when Syo yelled "I DON'T WANT MY CAREER TO END! IT JUST STARTED!" and then everyone went back to Depressionville.
After some moments of silence, Ringo stood up. "I have an idea!" and without explaining any further, he run out of the room.
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Ringo ran straight to Shining's office at full speed, and to his surprise, the crazy principal was already there. The teacher wanted to question how that was even possible but then he shrugged it off concentrating in the important issue at the moment.
"You can't force us" the pink haired idol said.
"Oh no, I already said it: NO EXCUSES!"
"Yes yes, I heard. But you still owe me a favor, remember?" he said smirking.
"… So you're gonna waste it with this? I'm not stupid you know, I did my research for the places you're going to tour in… you will have an audience there" Shining replied as his glasses glistened.
"Ummm… Okay? When and where are we touring, then?"
"Well, I can't reveal you everything, but I can let you in on some deets" he said and then laughed maniacally once again. 'Deets? For God's sake… does he mean details? Oh my God…' Ringo thought.
"Yeah, sure… fill me in"
"O.K.!" he said making the peace sign with his hand; and then he continued "You will firstly do 10 different concerts here in Japan in the big cities, you know: a couple in Tokyo, a couple in Hokkaido, you get the picture… And then it continues with a couple of concerts in Korea, a couple in China and after that you'll go to Europe… Lastly you'll go to America and bam! Tour over"
"Oh… Okay… Then how long will the tour last?"
"For about a year, with a month break every four months just so you can catch your breath and it'll start in about 2 months just so you can sort things out… How does it sound?"
"I… I don't know… I still don't think it would make much profit…"
"… So you still want to use your favor in this?"
"I… You already spent some money for the tour?"
"Not exactly, just moved some connections… But you have to tell me soon, otherwise this tour will be marked on stone and there is no way to go back from that"
"…" Ringo sat on the chair in front of Shining's desk and proceeded to wreck his brains out trying to think about what he should do: Use his favor and make things go back to normal or risk everything on the chance that they might get even more popular? He honestly didn't know what to do.
"I don't-" the teacher was quickly cut off by the windows of the office breaking. The pieces of glass splattered everywhere, forcing both Ringo and the principal to crouch on the floor trying to protect themselves. After the initial blow happened, they slowly lifted their heads towards the windows and there they were greeted by the sight of Raging Ootori.
Ringo was furious: "You could've killed us, you dumbass!"
"Ah… Too bad" he replied in a somber tone.
"What do you want?!" asked Shining.
"What do I want? What is this that I hear that you are going to promote your pretty boys in a world tour before me? Unacceptable!"
"Oh, yeah? What are you going to do about it, you… you mobster!?" Ringo asked.
"I'm glad you asked! You see, if no one in my Agency does it first, I'm afraid no one will do it!" he said and then proceeded to laugh maniacally only to start coughing moments later.
"So?" the pink haired idol asked.
"So I spread some really horrible rumors about your completely unknown boys in all those foreign countries you planed to go to!" he said laughing once again.
"Oh… That is soooo scary!" ironically replied Ringo.
"Oh, you thought that was it?! No! I have some people that owe me big time in some of the places where the most important stadiums are at! I have already talked to them and I wouldn't be surprised if they called you later today to tell you how sorry they are about the fact that YOUR BOYS CAN'T SING THERE!" he finished laughing and coughing at the same time ('that man should seriously stop smoking…' Ringo thought). And right as he finished, Shining's phone started ringing. He quickly picked up and by the look on his face; the teacher gathered that the stupid fake mobster was right.
"So you weren't actually joking around, eh? I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!" Shining yelled. Just then, the phone rang once again. It seemed that Raging really had big connections.
"I ACCEPT! TOMORROW 6 PM, NO EXCUSES!" Raging replied. And with that he jumped out of the window.
'It seems that the no excuses thing is contagious' Ringo thought.
The phone kept going off for the next hour or so. When it seemed no one would call, Shining looked up at the teacher and said: "It seems it'll only be a Japan tour… congrats! This is what you wanted, right?"
"No, of course not… I was actually looking forward to traveling…"
"Yeah, sure… NOW GET OUR OF MY OFFICE!" Shining yelled.
"Okay, okay… no need to yell…" he replied walking out of the room.
As he closed the door behind him, he noticed a large amount of people with expectant faces on the other side and following their train of thought, he said: "The tour's off"
The responses to that were pretty different, the people that were sad it would happen in the first place were silently cheering but the majority was just a little sad and relieved at the same time.
"There will be no tour then?" asked Otoya sadly.
"There will be a tour, but not a world tour… it'll be just Japan for now…"
"Oh…"
After a couple of minutes of silence, Syo stepped forward and asked: "Hey, by the way: what was that horrifically loud sound that came from here just moments ago? It sounded like a glass shattered…"
"That's exactly what it was… The windows… broke…"
"How did the windows break?" asked Masato.
"Ootori Raging came in… you don't want to know…" and with that, Ringo walked off. He really needed to go on some holidays if he kept working with this sort of crazy people.
Hyuuga went with him (since he was his ride) and together they tried to ignore the events that occurred on that really weird day.
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Ranmaru went to take a nap (after receiving the good news) right behind Ringo. Not too long later, Camus went out.
Everyone else went back to the living room for tea time. Thankfully, this time the food was made by Masato, so no one had to make up excuses to escape from Natsuki's 'treats'.
"So… all of this was for nothing?" asked Reiji to no one in particular.
"It seems that way…" Ren replied.
"No, I don't think this was for nothing… I mean, yes, we worried about a world tour that won't happen any time soon but think about it: Now we'll have our first tour ever! And not only that, but now we know where we stand about world touring and what risks we're willing or not willing to take for our careers. Also: we are aware that there is a possibility for world touring in the future. It's not a fantasy, it could actually happen!" Haruka said getting everyone's attention.
"Wow… That's actually true…" said Syo.
"You should give motivational speeches Haru-chan!" Reiji added.
"Oh, stop it… I just stated the obvious…" she replied blushing.
"No Little Lamb, it's true… Maybe in the not too far future you could actually write the lyrics to one of your songs"
"Really? But… But I'm only a composer… I don't think I can…"
"Of course you can, maybe you can't sing the song but writing the lyrics is a plausible event" Reiji said.
"Talking about that… Little Lamb, we never heard you sing before… I'm sure you have a lovely voice"
"I'm not… I'm not really that good… I wouldn't want all of you to suffer from my lack of tuning"
"Come on, I don't think that's true, have you heard your voice when you talk? It's pretty melodic if you ask me" Ren replied.
"No, really… I just… I only just sing when I do it for myself… Just to have fun… I'm not good enough to perform in front of… anyone, really"
"Haru-chan, don't put yourself down! I'm sure you are pretty good; I know it feels that you are pressured to do this but you really aren't… Just do it" Reiji said.
'Doesn't that count as pressure? Oh my God, I don't want to do this! Quick! Look at Otoya with pleading eyes!' Haruka thought. She went all the way though; not only did she looked at him like 'Please save me!' but also got all teary eyed and made a pouty mouth. It didn't take too long for him to react.
"Guys, come on. She clearly doesn't want to do this, knock it off"
Reiji got closer to Otoya and grabbing his cheeks he said "Are you the cutest thing ever! Protecting your girlfriend like the cutie pie Prince Charming that you are!" To which Otoya responded slapping Reiji's hands away.
"Ouch, Otoyan!" the redhead just stuck his tong out in response making everyone either giggle or laugh at the sight.
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The rest of the evening progressed regularly. Everyone had dinner together, made some small talk and not too long after, it was already time to go to bed.
It had been yet another long day at the dorms and it had brought fatigue to almost every single resident there. The only vivid exception was Haruka, she had slept an impressive amount of 18 hours between the day before and that morning, so needless to say, she had so much energy she didn't even want to go to her room. This was not actually good though, giving that her head was still stinging a little and her whole body ached from the sudden movements she had done all day. So, after most of the men in the room went to sleep, her sweet boyfriend stayed with her promising to 'get her tired', whatever that meant (this was of course the center of many mocking lines and gestures coming from their friends).
"So… what are you going to do to me?" Haruka asked innocently to Otoya.
He looked at her as if to reply but then he realized the double meaning of what she just said, so he blushed like a tomato.
"What? Is there something wrong?" she asked a little worried now.
"N-no! Of course not… I just… You said…" he was too embarrassed to even finish the sentence.
"What? I'm actually curious about what you plan to do with me tonight… Is that bad?"
Now steam was coming out of his ears and he couldn't look at her any longer, so he covered his face with his hands.
Haruka was beyond lost in that moment; she truly didn't know what the heck was making her boyfriend get so frustrated. But before she could ask again, she spotted a little movement from the corner of her eye. As she turned around she saw Ren standing right at the entry of the living room holding a sing. It read: "It's a double entendre!"
'What is that supposed to mean?' If Haruka thought she was confused before, now she was utterly lost. But one thing was obvious: Ren had been listening to their conversation.
Seeing as Otoya stayed oblivious to the other boy's presence, she decided to mouth a reply to Ren: "What?" He just facepalmed in response and took out his cellphone. Not too long after, hers vibrated. As she checked the text she read "I mean that what you've been saying to him has a double meaning" and once again she was lost. 'What is the double meaning? What the heck is he talking about?' she thought. But before she could dedicate much time in processing the information, she once again looked up at the idol standing at the door and mouthed "What?"
Ren didn't have any more patience so he just yelled "IT'S ABOUT SEX!" making Otoya turn around surprised and Haruka to blush deeply. Before the redhead could ask what was going on, the other boy said "And with that I bid you adieu" and quickly walked away thinking 'How innocent can these two lovebirds be? Now I feel even worse that I got that close to kissing her'
The couple looked at each other for a moment before quickly looking down blushing furiously. At the speed their hearts were going they weren't going to get any sleep that night.
After some moments of complete silence, Haruka tried to do the brave move and said "I… Sorry… I didn't mean for it to sound… that way…"
"Oh, no… Don't apologize; I'm the dirty minded one… Sorry"
"… So… Are we okay now?"
"Yeah… Yes, of course we are"
"Then… without any other meaning behind it… what were you planning for tonight?"
"Um, well… I have a lot of options, but you choose: plan A or plan B?"
"It depends, what are those plans?"
"That's the fun of it: it's a surprise!"
"… Can I pick both?"
"Only if we have enough time… But you still have to choose which one we do first"
"Okay, let's do plan A then… Just because of the order of the alphabet" she said giggling.
"As you wish" he said smiling back.