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Oh ho ho! Am back everyone! And this is Setsuna presenting to you the fifth chapter I purposely titled "Uncontrollable"! I apologize for the lack of, uh, writing… Been busy with lotsa stuff (aka school) and lost of inspiration. BUT, now that I have my wonderful muse ((coughkingdomheartscough)), am ready to rock!
And now, just for the heck of it… I sadly don't own Gravitation and its wonderful cast. I just own a small stuffed pink bunny which I named Kuma-chan… ((cries)) Ah, but I do own Setsuna! He's all mine! ((laughs hard))
What are you waiting for? Go read CHAPTER 5: TO SEPARATE! SUCCESS!
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NOTE: I dedicate this chapter to Yaoi-chan! Chalamat ah, pre!
Chapter 5: To Separate! Success!
Two weeks had passed since Tohma assigned Setsuna Kurosaki as NG Production's president. Still no news from their real president who was currently at New York, everybody continued to listen to what the temporary president ordered. Everything was going well - bands were accommodated, concerts were held at different places, and conference and meetings were done with no problems.
Everything seemed perfect when Setsuna was one the handling it. Just like how perfect NG was when Tohma was around.
"Hey, Suguru…" Hiro tapped his lover's back gently and asked, "…wanna go out today? I know this new ice cream parlor that has your favorites."
When Suguru was about to agree with the idea, Shuichi suddenly glomped the guitarist and wailed, "What about me? I want to come along too, you know!"
"Save it for the novelist, Shu…"
"Yada! I want to come!"
"No you won't…"
"Yes I will! I'll even force myself inside your bag, Hiro, if I have to!"
BAM!
…goes the gun.
"Behave now, you two…" K smiled as he aimed Hiro's and Shuichi's heads with his trusty baby. "Your temporary president is here with some announcements…"
Bad Luck turned their heads to see Setsuna staring amusingly at them. Then the raven-haired president walked up to the guitarist and vocalist and said, "Gomen, Nakano-san and Shindo-san… But you two have an interview at Akihabara this 2 'o' clock."
The three bishonen looked at their president in question.
"Huh? What about me?" Suguru asked as he tilted his head on one side and was in wonder.
At Hiro, he suspiciously looked at his grinning president. Why all of a sudden this interview? And how come Suguru was not coming along?
How very odd…
"The people there asked especially for the two. It was request, so to speak." Setsuna explained in one breath to the keyboardist. "This will also help Bad Luck, don't you think?" Setsuna then ended his sentences with a smile at the green-haired teen.
Instead of saying something, Suguru went silent. "Whatever…" then he stood up, turned around and got back on his things. He started arranging his stuff to avoid anymore conversation about not coming along. By the looks of it, the teen was upset. Hiro clearly saw this and frowned.
"Alright-y! Start fixing your stuffs and to Akihabara we go!" K exclaimed to drive out the gloominess that was starting to form inside the room. K, as much as he wanted also for Suguru to come along, cannot defy his boss' order. "The sooner we do this, the earlier we leave…" he thought silently as he swung his gun.
Suguru's POV +++
"Dammit… I'm in Bad Luck too… I want to come along..." I let my thoughts run while I was 'arranging' my stuffs. Behind me, I could feel Hiro's brown eyes staring but I just couldn't stare back. I can't let my personal feelings intervene with my professional work.
I have to play it cool and un-affected… Just like what I, Suguru, always do…
"Just remember… This is for Bad Luck…"
The next day…
At the parking lot, Shuichi waited for Hiro as Hiro said his 'bye's' at his lover. "Fujisaki-kun…" the vocalist last murmured as he slipped inside the Mercedes, getting ready for the trip.
At Hiro and Suguru… Both stood near the elevator and did not say anything. Neither the two made any move. Then, the silence broke when the guitarist finally said something.
"Take care while I'm gone, ok? I'll miss you…" Hiro said softly to his keyboardist as he afterwards, leaned down near Suguru's face and pecked his lips gently for one last time. He then pulled his lover in a very tight hug as they kiss.
The kiss was simple and sweet… But it was also sad…
"For Bad Luck…" Suguru whispered…
"Yes, for the band…" And Hiro answered back…
Alone inside the music room, Suguru went near his board, sat down and looked at the new score that was right in front of him. It was new and K ordered him to practice it while they were gone. The score was for the new music they will compose.
Bad Luck's keyboardist then tried playing the said score.
And after some minutes…
"Gah!" Suguru shouted as angrily he slammed hard on his board, cussing at the same time. "Why can't I get this music right?" Truth to be told, Suguru was distracted. Distracted with the fact he was not with the interview. Distracted because his guitarist lover was not with him at the very moment.
"Dammit…" he thought as he let his head slumped on the glass table next to his board. Using his left hand, he reached out for the score that was sitting on his board. He grabbed it, placed it in front of him and examined it again. Why was this freaking hard? Wasn't he the genius keyboardist of the amazing Bad Luck that can get any score he was given?
Suguru sighed irritably. "Dammit to hell…" he went then silent. With the keyboardist of Bad Luck not playing the said music, the music room was noiseless. Everything was still.
When the silence seemed to last forever, a foreign yet familiar sound entered Suguru's ear. With wonderment, Suguru raised his head from the table and listened carefully.
"Isn't that…my score…?"
As he closed his eyes, Suguru listened once more to the sound he was hearing. It was definitely his score he was hearing! But who was playing it? Curious, Suguru stood up and followed the familiar sound.
"Damn, this one's good…" he remarked as he continued following the direction the sound was coming from, only to find in front of him was a grayish door. "Wait… There was a door here?"
The young teen held the knob, twisted it to open and slowly peeked inside. It was another music room he saw but this time, it was a bit larger and it had pictures and poster of Nittle Grasper. "Oh, I didn't know Tohma made this especially for Grasper. How come he didn't tell me about this?" His wonderment did not last when he saw a raven haired someone he never expected to be there, sitting on a stool and was playing the electric keyboard.
The temporary president stopped playing the board and turned to smile at his "expecting visitor".
"Why hello, Fujisaki-kun. What brings you here?" Setsuna politely asked as he stood up and went up near the mini refrigerator that was sitting at one corner of the room. "Ah, would you like something to drink?"
"Uh…" Was all Suguru managed to say, dumbfounded. "Was he the one playing the score?" He silently said to himself as he gazed up to the keyboard Setsuna just used and found no score.
Setsuna, in the corner of one of his eyes, smirked. The plan was starting to commence. "Here, green tea." He offered as he went near the teen. "I know you like this than coffee."
"How did yo— Uh, thanks…" that said, the keyboardist grabbed the drink and took a sip. "Were you the one playing just a while ago…?" Suguru finally asked. He couldn't not longer hold his curiousity.
"Why yes…" Setsuna said in a 'matter-of-fact' tone and flashed a smile. "I heard someone playing it just a while ago and couldn't get it right. As if this person was distracted." He ended with a well-hidden smirk.
"I didn't know you play, Kurosaki-san." Suguru managed to hide the embarrassment and came up with a good comeback.
"Ah, well… People like me who need to have much knowledge about music should know at least some instruments. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here." Setsuna laughed as he placed his cup on the coffee table. "What about you? Why are you playing the keys?"
Suguru was then stricken in surprise at the thought. The question made him think and it was the first time someone asked something like that. "I really think that the piano is the most expressive instrument there is…"
"And by that you mean that when you play, you express yourself fully and truly… Am I right?" The temporary president finished and gave off the expression "I know how it feels".
"Y-yes!" the teen somehow exclaimed in amazement. "Wow, you know…"
Then both keyboard players smiled at each other.
"Mission to get close: success…"
At Shuichi, Hiro and their gun-swinging manager K…
"Geez, K-san… Where are we anyway?" Shuichi, in a disguise, asked as he looked around what looked like a Metropolis place. "What was that place again? WyRe Studio?"
"Oh ho ho!" the American manager laughed in a crazy manner. "Like I'm not the best manager in the world!" K then reached his pocket and brought out a small white paper and read. "WyRe Studio should be around here- ah! There it is!"
The two members turned their heads and saw what they were looking for.
The said studio looked plain and simple, not to mention it was rather small. Surrounded by many buildings, the studio looked out of place because of the massive buildings beside it.
"Uh… Are you sure it's this one? It looks run-down already!" The pink-haired teen exclaimed as he tilted his sun-glasses to have a better view of the building but was immediately shushed by his manager and best friend.
"Manners, boy… We wouldn't want any fights now, would we?" When K whispered that, Shuichi realized that they were getting angry stares and glares from the near people. The innocent pink boy went silent and clanged at his best friend.
Right after that, the three went inside WyRe Studio and walked up near the counter. There was a woman, in her late twenties, sitting near the said counter and was busy arranging what looked like files. She then raised her head and saw the three. Immediately, she set aside her files and welcomed.
"Ah… You must be Shuichi Shindo..." she said when she turned to the vocalist. "And you must be Hiroshi Nakano…" then she turned to the guitarist. "Welcome to our studio, WyRe Studio."
The two members of Bad Luck bowed in return. That made the woman smile even more.
"My… So polite…" commented by her. Right then and there, she looked at her schedule to see what time Bad Luck was needed. Shuichi and Hiro then noticed that her face frowned. "Oh dear… Aren't you a bit earlier?"
"Huh…?" both boys said in unison.
"It says here that you're sched is not until 5:45 pm…"
K immediately removed his gun from its holster and aimed at the woman. "What are you talking about? We're sched at 2 pm." He said in a dark and low tone.
"Eeep!" The poor woman squeaked as she raised the clipboard she was holding for defense. "I-I'm s-s-sorr-ry! B-bu-but it says here! L-look!" she then pointed the "5:45 pm – Bad Luck" written in bold, black letters.
"K-san, you can now put away your gun…" Hiro finally spoke as he looked and affirmed what was written on the paper. He sighed sadly and grabbed his phone to dial a certain number.
Poor Hiro… He wanted to finished early, go back at NG building and take Suguru to the ice cream parlor he promised as a "cheer-up" gift. It looked like he won't be doing that any time soon.
"Calling Fujisaki-kun, hm?" Shuichi said as he looked at his best friend.
Hiro only nodded in response then waited for his lover to answer his call. But to his disappointment, Suguru was not answering. "Probably sleeping or something…"
"Please excuse me…" the woman, who suddenly seemed to had a personality change, in the counter said in a blank tone to the three. "I have to make a quick phone call…" that said, she was gone.
Back at NG building…
"Really?" Suguru said as he took a sip from his tea. "I can't believe you even manage to perform. I would probably panic if I was you at that time"
Setsuna laughed and smiled the green haired boy, "Well, someone has to do it and I was the only who knew how to play the piano."
Beep beep beep!
"Oh, I think that was my phone… Can you excuse me for a minute?" Setsuna politely asked the keyboardist as he showed his 'used-to-be-lost-cell-phone-but-now-found' beeping phone.
Suguru nodded and watched the temporary president exit from the room. "Interesting… Kurosaki-san and I share common things… I think Tohma picked out a nice temporary president after all…"
"I've already held them back like I promised. Now it's your turn to make sure you put my deserved money on MY account." A woman, on the other line spoke. "If you don't, I'll tell them what you're pulling…"
"Like you don't know me at all…" Setsuna smirked, sitting on a comfy chair and staring outside the window. "You'll be having the money by tomorrow so don't worry your ass about it."
"Impudent talk coming from someone shitty like you…" the woman said in sarcasm. "Nice working with you, Kurosaki…" that said the other line hung up.
"Mission to remove the two members: success…"
What IS Setsuna trying to pull off? And what will now happen to Bad Luck when they're stuck in the studio while Suguru's alone in NG building with this mysterious, personality-changing temporary shacho? Ahhh! Can you smell the suspense here?
No, you don't…?
Oh well, just watch out for the next chapter! ((laughs maniacally))
My apologies for no OMAKE GRAVITY. I wanted to finish this chapter as soon as possible. I know you're all ready to hunt me down and all… ((hides)) Oh yeah, just wanted to ask if you understand the last part – the whole phone conversation. Uh, if you didn't, I'll explain on the next chapter.
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