A/N: This piece was inspired by the cast's responses during the quiz segment in the Geats special aka DGP Bonus Stage 2nd Battle on what they want if they win the quiz: Hideyoshi/Ace said he wants true love, Ryuga/Keiwa said that he wants to be an idol, Yuna/Neon said she wanted to work at a part-time job... and Kazuto/Buffa said, whatever's fine (nande mo ii)
"Ne... you guys," blurted Keiwa randomly, as all of them were loitering idly inside the Desire Lounge. Michinaga gave him a side glance as Keiwa lay on the couch fully while giving them an amused smile.
"After all of this fiasco was all over, would any of you guys still have a wish that you want to make come true?"
Michinaga immediately kicked the side of the couch Keiwa was lounging on, in an attempt to kick him.
"Hey! Don't you learn your lesson already with this stupid DesiGra and the wishes thing?" snapped the buffalo rider as Keiwa sat up immediately.
"I'm just saying, you bull-headed cow!" Keiwa snapped back as he gathered himself at a corner to collect himself. "I mean... if this whole DesiGra thing made me realise anything... is that having any kinds of dreams was actually pretty neat. Like growing up, I don't really have any dreams worth telling—nothing much that I wanted for myself aside from wanting to pass my job application and making sure my sister was happy... but somehow lately, I started wondering if there's actually anything I wanted for myself that would make me want to do anything to make sure I'd achieve it."
Keiwa just shrugged at them. "So I wondered if any of you still have anything like that still." He turned his attention towards Win.
"I mean, Hareruya-san... even you should still have some kind of dream you wanted to achieve, right?"
Win stared back at Keiwa, before letting out a small chuckle. "Yeah, when you say it like that I did still have something like a wish that I would want to get." He sighed. "I mean, I used to have this small band in the past called Weather Hearts. And we used to perform back when we were still in college and stuff. The band used to garner quite a following... but years afterwards, things didn't really quite work out and we broke up."
"If there's a chance for me to restart the band with my old gang again, I want to try again and perform and maybe attempt to make a break out of the indie scene and go big. That'll be my greatest wish if I had any."
Keiwa grinned as he scooted nearer to where Win was sitting on the edge of the couch. "A band, huh? That sounded so cool... I would've loved to listen to your band's performance."
That drew a grin from Win's lips as Win started running his hand over Keiwa's head, ruffling his hair fondly like a big brother figure.
"You'd think so, huh? I should let you listen to one of our best songs so far. It's called 'Rollin' Rollin' Punk King', it used to be quite a hit back then."
He snorted. "Though I had to admit about that song... later on when I joined the DGP as staff. Some of the lines back then did feel like some kind of premonition of what things would come out later..." muttered Win again as he went quiet. Suddenly he remembered what Girori used to say to him back when the former Game Master asked him to assist them to fight the rebelling Guard Riders. Girori said that he'd done some research on him and assigned the name 'PunkJack' to him. The song that he used to be so proud about—Punk King—was it really a coincidence that his rider motif was a bear with a pumpkin head, what with the Jack o' Lantern references ... PunkJack... Punk King...
Guess he would never know...
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Keiwa turned towards Neon, who was sitting on another couch. "How about you, Neon-chan?"
"Eeh?" Neon exclaimed as she shrugged. "I dunno... I've already got the genuine love that I've wished for—"
Neon started humming to herself as she thought of something. "Oh! I guess I wished I'd be able to get some part-time jobs!"
Keiwa blinked at her. "Part-time?" he asked as Neon nodded at him and grabbed his arm.
"I mean, Keiwa... I never tried that before—could you teach me everything you know to me? I mean, with all the things that happened to the Kurama Corporation and all, I might as well learn to find ways to earn some money for myself. But before that, I'd have to be able to find work, even if it's just part-time!"
Keiwa nodded in understanding. "Y-yeah... I get you. Securing a job can be pretty hard at times—"
He turned towards Michinaga finally. "How about you, Michinaga?" he asked as the man just scoffed at the idea.
"Anything and whatever works... I don't care—" came the unenthusiastic answer as both Neon and Keiwa made a face at him, saying that it was boring. Michinaga frowned at the reaction and glared back at the tanuki rider.
"Then what about you, Tycoon? You've been asking about other people's dreams but hadn't said anything for yourself!" he shouted as Keiwa's face went red suddenly.
Everyone's attention swerved towards him as Keiwa started fidgeting with himself. "Well... since I've been having a very hard time trying to secure a proper job all these times, with all the job applications and college qualifications—I wondered if I could just try if I can go become an idol—"
Michinaga snorted at him right away. "Haha... you as an idol? At your age?" exclaimed Michinaga as Neon hurriedly come over to Keiwa's side and hugged him.
"It's all right, Keiwa... let's ignore the stupid bull, he's just being petty," she said as Neon continued to hold and comfort Keiwa fondly. She smiled weakly. "I guess that wanting to be an idol wasn't really a bad dream to have—but Keiwa, would you be all right if you really end up becoming an idol? I mean, performing and doing the stuff you like on stage is one thing... but with the popularity that comes with being an idol, there might be some really bad setbacks to it. I mean... like getting haters or stalkers or bad supporters like Kekera. Do you really think that you're up for that kind of life?"
"Ah!" gasped Keiwa, "—I guess maybe that's not a good idea?"
Neon immediately shook her head at him, seeing how easily Keiwa get discouraged by her words.
"No, that's not what I'm trying to say! I mean... I'll fully support you as an idol! I mean... who cares about haters or creepy stalkers—I still had plenty of NeonTV fans who still supported me so I'll have my fans support and protect Keiwa as well as an idol, so nothing wrong could ever happen to you!"
Win also dropped onto Keiwa's other side as he slung an arm over Keiwa's shoulder. "I'll also lend a hand to you. I mean... having an extra vocal in the band wouldn't hurt—and I'll teach you all the ropes and stuff... like I'm sure the little missy would also do—"
Keiwa chuckled as he started to become overwhelmed with the affection that had been pouring over him, which was really a nice feeling after the many things that has been happening to him lately.
"Thanks you guys, I really appreciate it..."
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He was having a hard time sleeping and kept tossing around on the couch—before finding himself back at the Room of Creation with Ace. Keiwa immediately hurried over towards him as he checked if there was anything wrong with the other.
"Ace, are you doing well... you're still keeping it together, right? Did you need me for anything?"
Ace just smiled at him before shrugging. "No, I just missed you a lot. And I heard about your small discussion earlier—"
Keiwa immediately blushed red as he hastily turned away from Ace.
"I know that it's a silly wish, so don't bother rubbing it in just because you used to be the 'Star of the Stars of the Stars'. Let me have my simple idol dream for once," Keiwa said softly, pouting as Ace grinned at the sight.
"Keiwa... please turn back around. I wasn't trying to tease you or anything..."
Keiwa turned around slightly in response. Ace couldn't help smiling widely before planting a soft kiss on Keiwa's cheek.
"I suppose if you truly get to become an idol, you'll be a very cute one to date!"
That made Keiwa turn his face back at Ace again as he blushed even redder. "You said you wouldn't tease me about it, Ace. Yet now you're doing exactly that!"
Ace laughed loudly, amused at how easily he could rile Keiwa up emotionally. And looking at how Keiwa had been blushing terribly... he wondered if he'd see Keiwa's whole body flaring up if he was to strip Keiwa bare of any clothes right now.
That'll be an amusing scene...
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Ace grew thoughtful for a moment.
"Wishes... huh? I guess if I still had one more chance of getting a wish granted, there was still one wish that I would've wanted to come true..."
Keiwa blinked at him puzzled. "And what wish could that be—did you want to have Mitsume-san revived again?" he asked as Ace shook his head at him.
"No. I wished for me to find my true love and spend the rest of my life with them."
Keiwa went still for a moment, before turning his face away from him. "Oh," came to solemn reply. "I guess you too had that kind of desire... huh? Haven't you been able to find your true love all these times?"
Ace kept staring at Keiwa, amused... and he tried to figure out what the other was thinking in his head. Was Keiwa feeling jealous slightly at the thought that maybe his true love ended up being someone else? Was Keiwa angry at him for not thinking that he was Ace's one and only true love? He grinned slyly.
"Well... it's not that I haven't found anyone who I'd think could be my one true love—just that, I'd like to find out for sure if my true love was really the person that I'm deeply in love with right now."
Keiwa immediately shot back up towards him in alarm. "Ace—! You sneak! You're totally playing me like a fiddle, aren't you?" he exclaimed loudly as Ace grinned.
"Well, no need to wait too long to see that wish come true, Ace. I'll show it to you right now—" said Keiwa again as he pulled Ace towards him with one arm and claimed Ace's lips in a crushing kiss. As Keiwa deepened his kiss his other hand started snaking under Ace's overcoat and pulled on his shirt so that he could run his hand to touch Ace's bare skin under his own.
Ace smiled at him as they parted for a moment to catch their breaths. "Oh, Keiwa... you really want to prove to me that you're my one true love, is it?"
"Shut up—!" scolded Keiwa as he littered small kisses on Ace's neck and bit his ear, causing Ace to gasp aloud in surprise.
He sighed as Ace leaned his head on the crook of Keiwa's neck. "Aah... I really want to touch you, Keiwa... and make you bloom everywhere, even on the spot where the sun doesn't touch!"
Keiwa pulled away for a moment to have another good look at Ace before shrugging at him. "Well, you can start by freeing yourself from this confinement on you and I'll let you do anything to me afterwards."
Ace grinned widely. "Really? Then, can you also tell me the other reason why you wanted to become an idol, Kei—!"
"No—!" said Keiwa vehemently as he silenced Ace with another deep kiss.
As if Ace didn't already figure out the reason why...
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And well, hopefully, they would truly be able to make their wishes come true after this.
A/N2: 💖💖💖
Three hours and a half writing this lol... I really do need some other things to write about www
