I'm On Your Side Riku! (Boku ga Riku no Mikatta dayo!)
Summary: Riku saves Tenn from a stage accident and got in comma. Kujo refuses to pay the bills for Tenn this time. Tsukumo steps in to help the med bills. If Riku wakes up, will he love him back?
Note: rejoice hungry RikuRyo shippers! Let us have another journey of love story for Tsukumo to his idol! This time may include smut or angsty but...mehh those are normal for this kind of ship.
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Chapter 1 Super Star Riku
Remember those words...?
["I'm your ally Riku! If something happens to you, I'll take care of you!"]
Riku's number 1 fan said so...
But then...
On a live concert of "Incomplete Ruler Stage Remake" where Riku wearing Zero's costume while Tenn is wearing Zero's alternate costume.
The moment the song finished...it was Tenn's turn to wave and say thank you to people.
When-
CRACK!
Riku is an idiot.
"Tenn-nii! Watch out...!"
Tenn looks up the ceiling and saw the falling light equipment, it becomes bigger in his vision.
Oh, it's going to-
CRASH!
Tsukumo staring at the TV monitor petrified, the live broadcast of Riku and Tenn Incomplete Ruler performance...a tragedy has transpired?!
The Idolish 7, Re:Vale, Trigger, Zool even Kujo himself were all too stunned to react who is present at the stage dome.
The smoke dissipates and reveal the twins under the pile of metal from the lights.
Someone coughed blood.
Who was it...?
"W-what just happened?"
Tsukumo zooms to the TV screen, he want to convince himself it's a prank, a commercial, or just part of the act in stage.
No...it wasn't.
Everyone is shock until scream echoed throughout the stage and the live broadcast is still running, no one able to cut off the camera yet due to panic.
"Iyaaah! Riku-kun and Tenn-kun got crushed by the ceiling lights!"
"Aaaahhh!"
Mix voices of male, female, kids and the Idol's themselves calling for help.
"SOMEONE! SOMEONE HELP RIKU AND TENN!"
Still not believing a single thing, Tsukumo nervously laughs.
"My Idol did not disappear like Zero right...?"
Tsukumo remembers the day Zero ignored him and the day his beloved Zero just ditched everyone without a word...
Making him fall then just tossing him aside.
Zero, Momo and now Riku...?
'No, no.'
Riku he is different.
He made sure to left clues of his sudden death.
...Words from the super star.
(("My dream is to become a Superstar, once that is fulfilled...I wonder if I will disappear...?"))
Tsukumo Ryo screeches.
"Iiiiiiihhhh...!"
Violent shaking.
"This isn't happening, This isn't happening, This isn't happening!"
Harsh breathing of disbelief.
"MY RIKU, MY STAR IS NOT DEAD!"
Immediately at the live broadcasting been changed to a commercial to cut off the disturbing event occurred, Tsukumo runs out of his office to see Riku.
Superstar Riku is announced to be in a state of comma.
"Who did this to my Riku...?"
Tsukumo swore.
'Unforgivable.'
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26 Days Ago...
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((Flashback before the Incident of Incomplete Ruler live broadcast concert.))
Tsukumo Ryo at his office watching a close up camera of Riku singing Dancing Beat with such cute smile.
"~Sou Dancing BEAT! motto touku e
Night and day! todoketai!~"
The way Riku winks.
"~Todomaru koto shirazu ni~"
The way he uses his index finger to point at the camera view.
"~Bokura no mirai o...mugen ni Shooting!"
The way Riku jumps with sweats and waves.
"La la la la…! Forever wish!"
Tsukumo sings along with his Riku red light sticks to follow. "La~la~la~la…!"
This was disturb when Isumi Haruka blocks the TV screen.
"Ryo-san! Stop drooling over Kujo Tenn's sickly twin and make my wish come true already!"
Tsukumo moving his head as Haruka follows to block side by side.
"Haruka~ between destroying Trigger and Riku, Riku is my priority right now. Move." Getting annoyed, Tsukumo's happy face drops.
"I refuse!"
"Haruka."
"No is no!"
Haruka with teary eyes and angry as always for being a 2nd choice. "I'm the one singing for you! I was being useful to you yet you won't even praise me! You are just like Kujo and everyone else! You lied to me Ryo-san!"
Tsukumo making fake pity. "Aww Haruka, I didn't knew you were jealous of Riku. I'm so sorry~"
Haruka flustered feeling like an idiot. "W-what! I don't care about your addiction to that Nanase Riku!" Tsukumo throws his Riku sticks and grabs a tissue from a Riku tissue box he had recently got a commercial onto. "It's understandable Haruka~ Riku is just sooooo adorable, of course you'll get jelly. You were younger than him after all~"
Haruka going to cry soon. "Take me seriously is what I want! Gee! Ryo-san you dummy!"
"Oi, oi Ryo-san. Stop teasing Haruka like that."
Touma butts in while Minami and Torao just silent at the sofa.
Tsukumo grinning. "Touma has no rights to scold me. You like Riku too don't you~? You were always looking with lecheries look at him! Haha!" Throwing Touma the wet tissue he just used, Touma throws the Riku tissue at the floor.
"What? Am not! Don't make up stories! I was just worried about his asthma! That's all!"
Tsukumo now grabs his Riku cup and pours coffee onto it. "Aahh~ I wonder if Riku would be happy about my gift~" fanboying.
Touma alarmed. "W-what gift? It better not be a surprise box or another scandal! You know Riku is weak to stress!"
Tsukumo pretends to be hurt. "Eeehh~? You really think am a bad person?"
Minami smiling with following words of mockery. "Ara, Who on this room didn't know you were a good person?"
Tsukumo laughs at his joke. "Your sarcasm stings as always Minami~!"
Tsukumo sips his Riku mug and shared his perfect plan to sway Riku. "What I did is I sent plastic flowers to IDOLiSH7 dressing room named only to Riku!"
Torao reacts out of curiosity. "Wouldn't it cause the others to be jealous of Riku?"
Tsukumo claps his hand. "It is what I intend!" He is happy Torao had reas through him. "Once Idolish 7 got insecure of my Riku's popularity they might outcast him then I will with open arms comfort him and take him into my Tsukumo agency~!" Vuala!"
Touma rolled his eyes. "As if it will go smoothly? They were pretty close to each other. Such strong bond...the Idolish7."
Tsukumo doesn't care, he never did.
Come on now.
"If plan A failed, then I have plan B, C, D, E till Z..!"
Torao chuckles and nervously smiles. "I'm glad you are not a fan of Zool."
Haruka looking at Torao. "Why say that Torao?"
Torao points at Tsukumo who have abandon hos Riku mug and proceeds to dance with Riku's chibi plushie merchandise.
Everyone is about to puke.
"You want to be fantasize by a stalker like him is suffocating."
Tsukumo looks so gay as a fanboy, Zool members nods in agreement.
"Makes sense."
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Lately...after the lost of Idolish 7 on MOP with Trigger.
For some reason it has alternate effect.
Instead of loosing fans because they didn't got the top seat but Trigger.
Idolish 7 gain more popularity...more like a certain red hair is pulling these charts up and above.
Yes it's Nanase Riku's charts went up in incredibly high speed of popularity.
Random girls in any random places, they all talk about the rising super star of attention.
"Hey did you saw it the video Riku sang Secret Night? Omg he was so cute! To think he has a sexy side...!"
The voices of girls.
"I think Riku is crying while singing! Notice how he would always be out of breath? Kyuuuun so adorable!"
The voices of some boys too.
"Yeah! Yeah! I get what you mean, every time he sings he is like...always in verge of tears! It's so touching! I think am becoming gay for him! He is just too charming...!"
The voices of old people, teenager, even kids.
"I think I have a kink on Riku's sad face! I must be a sadist...kyaaah~!"
The people are running wild, as if Riku is a new form of drug.
"How I wish Riku get's more TV shows or even a drama series!"
A monster that plays on people's emotion to a disturbing level.
"Omg did you hear? Riku will play as Orion with Yaotome Gaku! Kyaaaa! Villan role for Riku? It must be hella cute!"
While Tsukumo at his apartment...
"YES, I BOUGHT A LOT OF RIKU MERCH." He is proud of himself spending so much money to Riku. His deeds making Riku's revenue so huge.
Minami at his front with sweat drops. "Ryo-san...you'll go broke. Also...what on earth you'll do on those duplicated Nanase Riku merch's?" After all Tsukumo called him to help on organizing his Riku merch's, it is too many now.
As if the whole apartment will be eaten by a monster.
Ah yes, the little devil Kujo says Riku was all along.
"Don't worry Minami~ I shall donate it to poor people so more, more, more and moooreee people knows about My Riku's existence that he is the best Idol! Better than Zero!" Minami can feel the good intention Tsukumo has...but this is too much.
'This ain't normal.' The disturbing thoughts Minami ended up saying out loud. "You are...crazy."
Thankfully Tsukumo did not hear a single side comment from Minami, he is drowning with Riku.
Riku happiness pill.
...This is obsession or addiction?
Meanwhile...
"Father!"
The door slams open, Takanashi Otoharu looks at his daughter.
"Yes Tsumugi?"
Tsumugi panting and composing herself.
"I mean Boss! Uhh...look at this."
Showing her laptop screen of popularity ranking chart.
"W-woah? Is this true?" Otonashi is utterly surprised at this wave.
"Yes, Riku-san is becoming a...!"
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At Idolish 7 Dorm...
Greeted by Pop parties.
POP!
"Congratulations Riku!" Everyone said as Riku stops at the door startled.
"Eh? Why? What is happening? Is it my birthday?" Riku eyed the calendar from the wall, nope it was not his birthday it is currently August.
Mitsuki laughs. "Idiot. You didn't hear the news?"
Riku have no slightest idea. "What news?"
Everyone looks at each other with excitement in their eyes.
Banri nochantly explains. "The stock market...your merchandise sold the highest. Now it is highly in demand for restocking! You know what that means?"
Riku perks up. "Uhh more money for me and the agency...?!"
Yamato laughs and declares. "Silly! It means you are becoming a superstar!"
Riku pauses. "Me...a superstar?" Then turn his head to Iori who looks proud of him. "Iori is that how it is?"
Iori gave him a small smile of assurance. "Yes Nanase-san, the start of your superstar life you had been waiting for...here is the stage onwards."
They expected Riku to beam with rejoice, instead his mouth formed an 0 shape. "Oh?"
Tamaki noticing Riku's reaction is too bland. "Aren't you happy Rikkun?"
Riku scratching his cheeks with slight dismay. "Um...I don't know, it is too sudden. Like I didn't expect it was this simple..."
Mitsuki feels offended. "Simple? Are you being indecisive Riku? That would hurt us the rest who works so hard you know?"
Everyone jokes at him.
"Is your character Orion still haven't died? Hahaha!"
Embarrass about the fact his Orion role almost ate him. "D-drop that gee!"
Nagi goes in between. "O Riku~ we all work hard together, you are very lucky you have the charm to the fans! So please don't say it was easy!"
Riku raised his hands in defense. "No..! I didn't mean to offend anyone...I thought we would have struggle more...But I immediately got what I want yet you guys are still below me...?"
Sogo tries to get into Riku's shoes. "Riku-kun you see-" when Sogo is about to say something their manager Tsumugi speaks up.
"Riku-san, is not becoming a super star your dream?"
Riku's face twitches. "My dream...?"
Something...something hits him, the reality of him not having an ideal in life. Riku thought so hard... "My real dream is just to go home with Tenn-nii but he won't acknowledge me at all."
Riku making a sad face as he looks to his Manager, to Banri and Idolish7 friends.
"Now am a super star...will you all think Tenn-nii going to listen to my wish?"
Yamato scratches the back of his head unsure how to answer. "Riku... that's kinda..."
They cannot tell him Tenn has his own pride of fortress. There is noway he would go home with him just because he is now a super star.
Riku decided to change the mood by being cheerful. "But if you guys are happy specially the manager then I will use my popularity to help all of our rankings go up and defeat Trigger then Re:vale! Idolish 7 shall be legendary than Zero!"
Iori made a face and he can tell Riku is not satisfied at all.
Everyone got convinced though except Iori of course.
'Nanase-san...?'
The next day like a storm, Nanase Riku received a lot of commercial job offer, got another set of merchandise under his photo prints, so on and so fort.
Till Riku's agency decided...
"Let's release a Solo Album for Riku-kun, the title is...Uta No Septet!"
Massively Riku sold 1 million copies in a short period of time and this is not final, it has only been 3 days...it will become more bigger than this!
Nanase Riku is near to become Zero in terms of his revenue.
The Idolish 7 is yet to see the effect of fame towards their center...
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Days passed, Idolish 7 decided to make a new MV video in Okinawa.
They booked a hotel in Okinawa as planned, however they didn't expect the place around this season would be-
Crowded...so crowded.
"Waaah so many people!" Riku panics.
"Nanase-san stay close, don't get lost." Iori pulls his arm in order not to be stray by the crowd.
"Shut up Iori! I'm not a child!" Unfortunately Riku swats Iori's hand.
Riku is visibly unhappy.
Lately their center had more jobs and it made Riku feel so grumpy. Understanding Riku's annoyance, because he must be tired and feeling numb.
"Right, right."
Nagi steps forward and grabs Riku's hand with sparkling proposal. "Come hold my hand Riku~!"
Still Riku is getting cranky, he pulls away from Nagi's grasps. "Nagi! Don't treat me like a child!"
Yamato ruffles Riku's head from behind, the red head glared at the older hands. "Wow our center becoming defiant brat now! Heehe!"
Riku spats. "Don't tease me!"
Sogo chuckles and offered his hand rather than forcing Riku to held his unlike others.
"Riku-kun, don't be selfish. Come now..."
Riku is about to reject again a helping hand when Tsumugi's hands came to picture. "Riku-san, please grab a hand so you don't get hit by the current."
Riku finally drops his attitude and shared his whinings. "Manager I know you guys just worried about me, but really I can walk just fine..." he is getting sick of it.
Mitsuki laughs. "Haha, well Riku is already an adult though."
From upset, Riku switched gears of being hopeful. "Mitsuki I knew you would understand!" Only to hear Mitsuki's terrible joke. "But Iori and Tamaki is much reliable."
Riku feels stupid for believing someone would side him. "Geeeh!"
Yamato added injury. "Riku is our baby!"
Riku similar look from Tenn, an icy cold shot.
"Atleast am not an old man."
Yamato pretends to get offended. "Ow you hurt Oniisan's heart!" Proceeds to tackle Riku.
Riku is like a brat nowadays. "Shut up Onii!"
Sogo finally stops the chaos. "Riku-kun don't get too upset. You don't want to have an attack right?"
Riku sighs. "Sogo-san you should hold Tamaki's hand, he is youngest next to Iori!"
Tamaki at Sogo's side feeling forgotten. "So-chan..." Sogo quickly apologizes. "Tamaki-kun! I'm sorry for not noticing you needed to hold my hands! Forgive me as your partner!"
Everyone whistled. "Mezzo so close."
Banri noticing the gang has not moved forward from the flow of crowd. "Let's hurry up guys!"
Tsumugi urgently orders them. "Banri-san is right! The crowd is getting more suffocating!"
With everyone agreeing to get going, Riku for some reason saw something from a far.
"Hm?"
On the corner of Riku's eyes...He saw a familliar person. Someone who he still had to settle some score.
'Eh...?'
The one who broke his inhaler at the most important moment of their Music Fiesta concert.
It is...!
Akihito Hyuga.
BADUMP-!
'That guy...!'
Riku's focus got interrupted when a random person bump his shoulder. "Ow!" Hissing in pain, "S-sorry! I was spacing out-"
That is when Riku finally noticed.
"Eh? Eehh?"
Riku lost sight of his fellow IDOLiSH7 members, not even their manager Tsumugi nor the substitute manager Banri is around.
Riku is encircled by strangers passing by him back and front.
Getting dizzy as he moves his head and eyes to scan his surroundings to look for his friends.
The terror sinks in.
"Did I got separated...?"
Nervous laugh.
He shouldn't have impose his attitude earlier.
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((Sighs))
Riku decided to watch the aquarium glass where countable fish trap within it swimming through the artificial plants or so.
Riku thought of his treatment to others earlier and got himself instant karma.
'I should apologize to everyone for being ungrateful.'
Shaking his head.
'All I wanted is space...'
To think being incredibly famous feels so empty and in fact annoying as hell.
Everyone so protective of him since he got so popular after releasing his solo album SEPTEP, as if he is just a doll presented to be touched then be kept on a box after use.
'How tiresome.'
Being an idol doesn't feel fun anymore.
'...Did Tenn-nii even felt sick of singing and dancing and thanking fans?'
Thinking back...
'Did Tenn-nii got tired of always entertaining me at the hospital and he couldn't do fun things?'
Riku hoped someone could understand his deeper feelings.
A sensitive phase for him when he turned 19.
'Next year I'll be 20 huh...'
How long does this suffering last?
Another heavy sigh, getting back to the main issue...Riku made a dumb move after all.
"...I left my cellphone at my bag and Sogo-san is carrying my bag."
Riku hoping if he stand still to this outstanding cylinder glass aquarium, maybe his friends will eventually look for him or spot him somehow.
However the one that spotted him was...
"Oh my! My! Riku? If it is not a coincidence of fate~!"
"T-Tsukumo-san?"
...
Minutes Before Tsukumo found Riku all alone staring sadly at the aquarium display inside the hotel mall.
"I HAVE OBTAIN IT! YES!"
A Shiny perfume bottle with Riku photo on it.
"Riku's perfume!" Tsukumo sniffs the tip then quickly sprays it all over his body. "Kya~ha~ha!" Hugging himself. "Now I can smell Riku everydaaaay!"
Tsukumo assumes that Riku smells like the perfume advertise when it is obviously a lie and just some marketing fish strategy.
Anyhow...
Right now Tsukumo is also in Okinawa, he had some business matters to attend to. He plans for Zool to get a large trip to Okinawa poster boys so they can get more popularity.
Tsukumo also knows once a year pass, Zool's contract of 3years working with him shall end and he isn't still bothered with.
No plans on extending Zool's contracts, his phone rings.
RING! RING!
Tsukumo answers with high pitch joy. "Hello~hello?" After a few silence of listening to the other line, Tsukumo got angry. "What do you mean the one who applied to us is backing out?!"
Tsukumo recently hired someone to be a substitute manager to spy on Zool since most of the time he is not around to guard them.
Recently Tsukumo has no trust on Zool, it is like the four becoming all chummy close.
Tsukumo felt betrayed but thanks to Riku he forgets it time to time the pain and loneliness.
The person who actually accepted to the sub manager position that person is Akihito Hyuga.
He said he applied for the position to be 2nd in hand Manager of Zool because he wishes to revenge against Trigger even though they are no longer part of Yaotome productions.
However just now that person run away for unknown reasons, which is why Riku saw him around.
Tsukumo in terribly bad mood now. "NO MORE MEETING! FIND THAT GUY AND PUT HIM ON A SUITCASE, I WILL TALK TO HIM PERSONALLY!"
BEEP!
Tsukumo cutting the call, he didn't care if people saw nor heard him yelling.
"Damn, damn, damn! What a vexing day!" Biting his nails. "I swear he will pay-" however his eyes are all about detecting Riku.
He saw a lonely Nanase Riku staring so melancholic at the cylinder aquarium display.
Surprised.
'...R-Riku?!'
Riku saves the day!
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"Riku what are you doing here in Okinawa~? Are you in vacation~?" Approaching the boy with soft tone as if a seconds ago he was not very aggravated at all...
Riku went cautious stance. "Why are you here Tsukumo-san?" Stepping back a little. "Do you need something from me...?"
If you need help Riku...Blink!
That what it looks like.
Tsukumo noticed the boy is uncomfortable, so he went more nicer. "Ahh~ Riku..." to gain the boy's trust to lower his guard. "I'm here for a business trip, to think we will meet here like this!" He even joked. "This must be fate~!"
Riku gave him a skeptical look. "Uh-huh..." but Riku is not like Iori who thinks deeply so he immediately believe him. "I see. It must be hard." Is the somewhat polite response he wanted to say since he watch Sogo a lot.
To pretend that he is interested but he ain't.
Tsukumo is glad Riku's stiff shoulders have disappear and the muscles from the boy's jawline have soften.
So he took his turn. "Are you alone Riku? Where are your friends?" The tone sounds like the man is genuinely concerned how he is alone in a very busy huge place, little did Riku knows...Tsukumo just want to solo him if this is the chance from heaven to get onto him alone.
Riku admits. "I got...separated from them." Feeling slightly embarrass. "I got lost."
Tsukumo tried to hide his cheers into a sad tone of voice but his face doesn't match with it.
Tsukumo looks so delighted.
"Oh my! Myyyyy it must be scary to be separated in a place youuuu are nooot quite familiar with!" Offering a helping hand. "Worry not, I know the place~ I can take you back with them!"
Riku raised an eyebrow. "Really? You will...?"
Tsukumo grabs his hands for a force handshake.
He always wanted to touch Riku's hands more!
"Yes! Yeeees! So tell me your hotel room location then let us get to my car and I will ride you back to them!"
Is the proposal.
But...
"I don't know where it is."
"Eh?"
Tsukumo thought he misheard it, however Riku repeats.
"We haven't reach the hotel, we were about to go there but I got separated. I honestly can't remember the name of it either."
Dot...dot...dot.
Light bulb.
Tsukumo mentally screams.
'IS THIS FOR REAL?! RIKU DON'T KNOW THEIR HOTEL RESERVATION AND THERE IS NOWAY I CAN ALLOW HIM BOOK ALL ALONE IN A RANDOM HOTEL! I MUST...I MUST...!'
Taking a deep breath with nervous smile.
"You cannot be serious Riku. Surely it is on your cellphone."
Riku this time laughs.
"Hehe, I forgot my cellphone too!"
GAAaaang...!
Tsukumo knows this is the chance to put Riku at his bed-
'No, no, no! It is too early for us! Kyaaa~ Riku, Rikuuuu!'
Coughs.
Tsukumo wants to make Riku fall not by force but through kindness. Tsukumo is smart, he learned his lesson from Momo not to be so indulge on showing his heavy love.
If he force Riku, the boy may also get stress and have an asthma attack.
He cannot afford to loose his idol!
Tsukumo told himself.
'This time, my idol will be mine! Riku is that person...!'
Tsukumo truly believes Riku is the idol who would fulfill the hole in his heart and the trauma of being betrayed by idols...
"Say Riku...While looking for your friends, " smiling. "Would you like to rest at my hotel room~?"
Riku has no choice anyway, he is popular now. He cannot just book a hotel room somewhere alone. Stalkers, news reporter will find him and disturb him.
Riku swallows deeply. 'He is kind to me so maybe he won't do anything weird...?'
Accepting the offer.
"I-if it does not bother Tsukumo-san, yes please. Take me to your hotel room and please call my agency right away..."
Tsukumo and Riku goes to Hotel MIDO.
To Be Continued...
NOTE: how is chapter one so far? Any thoughts? Also I'm not so sure if I can finish this unlike the first one I made the "Shaking the Heartbeat" due to a recent cyber bullying am receiving (on facebook)...please give me strenght minna! I feel depress and...RikuRyo is the temporary happiness I has...
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