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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:41 pm
Blinking in surprise, Takagi turned to Nezumi, staring at the man as if he had a second head. "Look... I know you and Hiroki had a thing, Nezumi-san... but I'm not about to let you run south to find him. Not when your skills as a manager are needed here at home. Nakai, Chiyou, and Michi-kun all need you right now."
Michi's words however garnered the young man's attention once more. "No I'll head back upstairs to get some more work done. Maybe you and Nezumi-san could go coordinate things with Akihiko... especially since I included information about his interview tomorrow and the three shows in my email to Izzy earlier. At most I'd like you, Michi-kun, to make sure my cousin's not stuck in bed or worse right now. I'll probably have to cut the vacation short and head into the company this afternoon... course... after I swing by Aki's estate..."
Naoko didn't move... didn't say anything either. He just lay there...
Then... about ten minutes after his first question...
"Jun's dead... isn't he?" the blond whispered softly, face tucked in against Ryu's chest, eyes closed.
After all, if Hayato were alive, wouldn't they still be at the hospital right now instead of driving back to Tokyo?
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:00 pm
Let the Memories of the Evening be...
the first think that you think of------------------------------------------------}:-  Tanaka Michi
Physical Therapist
Fingertips...walking up your spine...a tongue sliding right behind..
Michi glanced at Nezumi when the man started to say what his own plan was. Go after...Hiroki? Was Nez really that close to...Asato-san? Well after hearing Yuuji's statement, Ok...they did have something. Whoa. He didn't expect that.
"Yeah umm...I'm not sure that's a good idea either. Where would you look for him? Heck if Takagi-san's people don't know where he is, how are you going to find him?" he asked as he scratched his head.
"Ok..well I can go make sure that Narcissus is able to make the stage. But what if he's seriously bed ridden?" Michi didn't know what condition he would find Akihiko in because he didn't spy on his friend. Not like Yuuji. "Umm...d you want to go with me Nezumi-san or do you want to go see Nakai-san and Chiyou?" Michi didn't know that either choice would put Nez in a rock and a hard place. Because on one hand, Ishi-san would be with Akihiko and on the other, Nez would have to face his former star, Chiyou. Both could be very problematic...
"Man, I really hoped we could spend more fun time together...but I guess you've not had much fun at all here Takagi-san." Michi sighed as he got out of his chair again and walked over to snag a cracker.
-:{------------------------------------------------when you open up your smile and see me.
...Dark Star.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:11 pm
 ~( Lonely ) Mayotta nara~
~( Try again ) Nando datte~
~Yarinaosu koto dekiru kara~
For a while, Ryu thought, actually thought, that he might get by for a little while without having to bear any bad news. Of course, that was not to be. It just felt so very...final. Speaking the truth to Naoko...it would seal the deal, somehow. That was just how it felt. Almost as though, if he just didn't admit to it, then maybe Jun would somehow just...come back. It was hard, but the violinist had to come to terms with it. "Yes...Jun is dead, Naoko. He's gone." the words fell from the akuma's lips like lead, as if by him speaking them he was somehow responsible for the dark vocalist's passing... ~( I’m here )~ Soba ni iru wa~
~( Believe me ) Osorenai de~
~Shinjiau koto....~
~FOR YOU~
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:32 pm
"We didn't have a thing!" Nezumi hissed at Yuuji, obviously pissed off. This whole...thing...just rubbed him the wrong way entirely! There was never a thing! This wasn't about a thing!
"It was...one sided..." the mouse finally admitted, huffing.
"Even so! That's completely beside the point! You tell me right now just what is gonna happen if Koyasu-san dies and Hiroki is being held captive, or worse! What if he's killed?! Are YOU gonna be the chairman of the company? I think not. Izo will own our asses then, and you know it! I have no idea how to find Hiroki-san. I don't know where to begin or what to do! But...if you aren't doing anything to figure out just what the hell happened and get Hiroki back here, then someone has to!" the mouse was making an attempt to roar, but the mouse was, indeed, a mouse, not a lion. Even so, the little manager had to gain points for trying.
He hadn't realized it until now, but his skin was wet with sweat and he was freezing cold. He'd been under pressure before, but never anything this horribly stressful and, frankly, emotionally distressing.
Even though the manager wanted to deny it, his better sense telling him he was being foolish, the truth of the matter was that he still loved Hiroki Asato. He admired the man, cared about him, was glad for what little time he'd been able to spend getting to know the right-hand of the tiger.
If it came down to it, he'd walk through fire for that man.
Even if only to have someone worthy to lead him and the rest of the company, and nothing more.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:46 pm
Sitting up, Naoko put his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. For a second... well... nothing happened.
Then, of all things, he laughed.
"b*****d just had to take the easy way out... didn't he?" the blond asked before straightening, a sigh escaping his lips as he leaned back and got comfortable, one knee over the other. "Yare yare... I bet Shou-san doesn't know yet... does he?"
Amber eyes, darkened to a burned gold tint, flickered over to the sleeping You. "Oh... my... do I remember you..." the pianist smirked.
With a sigh, Ishihara sat up, wincing as the motion pulled his leg muscles the wrong way. "Well I was sent to be Shou-san's bodyguard so I hope you would remember me, Naoko-san."
But the blond shook his head, wagging an admonishing finger at Ishihara teasingly. "Iie... I remember you from a most interesting sushi party... you don't like to mingle much... do you... Ishihara-san?"
The was a barely perceptible twitch to one of You's hands... then, instead of saying anything, the man simply launched himself far enough to give Naoko a seriously wicked left hook. Of course he then semi-collapsed to one knee as the blond collapsed, unconscious again, onto Ryu's lap.
"Gomen nasai. But... I think you'll both thank me later for that." Ishihara said with a slight hiss, pulling himself back into the seat. "Ow...."
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:57 pm
"Nezumi Shinobu... I don't think I made myself very clear... did I? My JOB for Koyasu Aki was intelligence gathering. If I can't find Hiroki, then either he REALLY doesn't want to be found, or a spider's caught him in his web. If the former, then he'll come back when he's ready. If the later..." Yuuji let his voice trail off, not wanting to think about what would happen if Izo got his hands on Asato.
Matsumoto would bury the man so deep that they may never find him, alive or dead. Certainly that had happened with Hideo... and that one little thing was keeping Yuuji from acting against the spider.
For now...
"If the later, Nezumi-san... then someone else will need to take over. Akihiko's not ready. Who other than me would you like to see in that chair? At least you know me, though obviously not very well as of yet. You know I'm fair and that I care about the little man in the company. I'm willing to sacrifice myself for this empire so I suggest you change your tune or jump ship now because your assignment is to stick with Michi or go get Nakai and Chiyou off their asses. Are we clear?"
Takagi wasn't going to take an argument on the matter. He had feelers out and right now those feelers were trying to get in touch with some of Hiroki's friends in Okinawa. He was even having the man's old apartment scoped out just in case.
"And it was far from a one-sided love, Nezumi-san. Trust me. If Aki wasn't dying, I've no doubt Asato would be right here... right now. But... things happen and when one leads to another, sacrifices are made. Everyone has to make them when their loyalty is in question and Hiroki's sacrifice was any sort of life outside of the office."
This however brought him back to Michi and he smirked, "Trust me, I've had some down time. Last night in fact was quite relaxing. So don't blame yourself for a busy vacation. It's just one thing after another, ne?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:58 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:-  Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Izzy woke up early with a small cooing yawn; face plastered against the warmth of his partner's chest. He didn't want to get up. But as his eyes opened he realized that down here in Akihiko's basement, he never got to see the sun of morning in his eyes. However, the snuggling was very warm and he was happier here than anywhere else in the world.
But even as he considered going back to sleep, the morning body functions nagged at him and soon he was carefully slipping out of his lover's arms and wandering off to the bathroom.
Soon the life of the day filled him up and he pitter pattered upstairs then made himself some coffee. One thing he didn't have problems doing himself. By the time he walked into the office again, he was already considering not looking at his email but of course the lure of the internet was too strong and soon he was in work mode rifling through all his inbox. Too much work...and he was still on vacation.
But then he noticed one email in his box from...Yuuji? It wasn't a work email address. "What's this?" He pushed his glasses on his nose and started reading then frowned. Where the hell did this come from!? And just one day?! Was Yuuji crazy? And then he read deeper...With out saying anything, Izzy could tell that things were bad. Hiroki was...missing? There was also the request for a loan from MeKA and...
His foot kicked forward in the chair and tapped the heavy bag of fan mail sending the pile falling on to the floor spilling the contents everywhere. "Oh...shoot!" he exclaimed as he leaped up and scrambled around the desk picking up the contents. His hands started stuffing the mail in the bag but then stopped on a larger stiff envelope. This one has a business address on it. And it was from Okinawa. He looked at the name that it was addressed to. Koyasu Akihiko. Wait...this didn't seem like fan mail. How did it get shuffled into this bad. Someone goofed.
As he set the envelope on the desk, he realized he needed to have a discussion with Akihiko, because from the sound of it...there was way too much at stake here.
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:07 pm
The night before had been very VERY relaxing. Izzy had put groceries away and Akihiko had made cake... a beautiful chocolate cake with cream cheese icing and little chocolate chips on top.
He and Izzy had spent the evening just watching movies, eating nachos, and of course cake, and just enjoyed one another's company. Their tryst in the car had certainly put both men in even better moods... and eventually they had retired to Narcissus' bedroom where the musician turned off his waterfall and they fell into blissful sleep.
For the young Koyasu, he didn't dream at all. Just slept... which was something his body had needed apparently because by the time he woke up it was almost noon.
Yawning and realizing that the warm spot Izzy had occupied before was now cool to the touch, Akihiko figured his partner was up and about and probably working...
"Workaholic..." the young tiger grumbled as he got up, went to the restroom, brushed his teeth and hair, washed his face, and then headed upstairs in naught but a pair of house shoes and some pajama pants.
His first destination was for coffee, which he found Izzy could make quite well, and then, with that in hand, headed toward his study where Narcissus, no doubt figured, his manager would be.
"Someone's an early bird... leaving me all cold in bed." Akihiko said with a smirk, sitting down in the chair opposite Izzy. He yawned, obviously still sleepy, before drinking down a bit of coffee. "Are you going to make me do more fan mail?" the man asked with a faked wince.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:29 pm
~( Lonely ) Mayotta nara~
~( Try again ) Nando datte~
~Yarinaosu koto dekiru kara~
Oh boy...and here it came... Not that Ryu wasn't expecting it. Of all things, this was at the top of the list of things to see coming. As he heard that sinful laugh and wicked sigh, he couldn't help but grind his teeth. It was all he could do not to say something horribly cruel...but he knew it wasn't Naoko's fault that he had become this...thing. This creature other than his lover. What came out of the blond's mouth next, however, caused the violinist's heart to skip a beat. "Sushi?..." was all he could get out of his mouth before Ishihara You came across the seat and cold clocked the pianist right in the face. Normally, Ryuukaze would have flown into a rage over such a thing...but not this time. What good would it have done, anyway? Besides...it really was...better for everyone, right now. At least Ishihara had apologized. Lips pressed into a thin line, Ryu looked down at Naoko and gently ran his hand over the place where You had struck. Kami-sama...he just wanted to get home, soon... ~( I’m here )~ Soba ni iru wa~
~( Believe me ) Osorenai de~
~Shinjiau koto....~
~FOR YOU~
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:35 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Izzy glanced up as he tried to formulate his response to Yuuji. Akihiko had arrived and that did bring a smile to Izzy's lips even though he knew it would be short lived. "I'm always earlier than you. I've been a little while...And well if you got up with me you wouldn't be so cold or alone in bed." he smirked just a little then glanced at the fan mail.
"Oh mm...no I accidentally knocked over this bag. But...oh yes, there was mail in there...from Okinawa. " he reached down and picked up the envelope and handed it to Akihiko. "I don't think it's fan mail. It's from a business addres. And...addressed to your real name."
Inside the stiff brown envelope was a business plan for a line called 'Fashion of the Stars'
And a letter that said,
Koyasu Akihiko, Narcissus-san,
When you visited Hiroki-kun in Okinawa recently it was sincerely a pleasure. I know he was grieving for his sister but your presence seemed to give him hope for the future. I have to say as one of Hiroki-kun's oldest friends I was impressed in his new friendship. You're unlike what the papers say in person and I thank you for your sensitivity during his time of crisis.
As we sat on the couch and discussed fashion, you suggested I send you a business plan about the product line. I'm not sure you remember this detail but I worked for several days on this since we spoke last. I'm planning on sending my plan to Shou as you suggested and a few of the other stars at various labels.
Would you do me the honor of allowing me to display some of your favorite costumes and designer fashion? Then allow me to work with you for a future fashion line? If you have time to correspond, I'd enjoy the further discussion. It's always been a dream of mine to further the fashion line for common men that dream of being dressed as well as you.
Sincerely,
Kunato Jin
Fashion Producer
Le Mens Montage
Okinawa Branch
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:44 pm
"Yeah well... I get as much sleep as I can because I know when I get busy I won't GET that sleep." Akihiko replied with a wink, setting his coffee down as Izzy handed him an envelope.
The young tiger didn't say anything for a while... but if his life had been an anime, the musician's first word would've probably been akin to Kenshin Himura's trademark phrase of 'oro?'...
"Uh... the hell?" he looked at the address on the envelope again, then back to the letter, blinking for a second. Akihiko even rubbed his eyes, thinking maybe his contacts were playing tricks on him.
"Either I'm insane which, you know, is possible or..." Narcissus handed the letter over to Izzy... just to see what his manager thought. "How could I have gone to Okinawa if I've been with you this entire time, Ruki?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:48 pm
Ishihara was damn glad Haru was asleep... and that he had stayed asleep. "Naoko-san's been taking his medication, right?" You asked the violinist in a whisper.
He carefully leaned forward, getting a bottle of water from the cold bag and unscrewing the top. "I've been informed that he's... well... unstable sometimes. Apparently violently so I was told to be careful if his mood struck me as odd. And... well... laughing at Hayato-san's death tops the list of odd." You took a few sips then pointed to Naoko again. "I'd be careful if he wakes up again..." he then got another cool bottle out and handed it to Ryu. "For the bruise he'll have. I hit hard." sighing, Ishihara leaned back and got comfortable again. "As for sushi... well... he attended a small party that Matsumoto-san was holding, kind of just dragged along at the last minute. They were probably having a business talk or something but I was there, as were a few sponsors and the like. Naoko-san's right though... I really don't like to mingle that much."
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:49 pm
The feeling that came across every inch of Nezumi's body could only be described as horribly painful. It were as though every muscle in his body had just locked up in a terrible spasm that he had no idea how to release himself from. Every word out of Yuuji's mouth was like a physical blow to the manager. The very idea of losing Hiroki...
Hiroki. What he was hearing...it...it was almost too good to be true! His love...hadn't been one sided? Asato had only rejected him because he hadn't known any other way? Hearing this...it felt as though his heart could burst with joy and break into pieces at the same time! It was both the best and worst thing anyone could have possibly said to the mousey manager at the moment.
With a hand covering his mouth and nose, the other wrapped around himself, Nezumi fought as hard as he could not to cry right then and there in front of these men. He didn't want to seem weak or cowardly. He didn't want to make a fool of himself. He didn't want...he didn't...he couldn't...
"Forgive me..." he finally managed to choke out something that wasn't an outright sob.
"I'll be on the line with Chiyou and Nakai as soon as possible, and I'll push forward with getting Michi-kun ready for performing."
The brave face he put on was a good one, but the trembling of the manager's body made it apparent just how upset he was. Nezumi was afraid. Horribly so, and for more reasons than he could count. If he ever...no...when he did see Hiroki again...he was going to kiss that man a thousand times over. Until then...he would work himself to the bone to keep things moving, to keep them from going under and all being caught up in a web that the couldn't escape. Even if his part was only a small one, he'd give it his all! That, he swore to himself. He'd work to make Hiroki proud!
Right now, though...Nezumi could really, really just use a hug...
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:53 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Izzy took the letter and looked it over then, glanced back at his email. "Akihiko...we have a problem.Well not just one problem but many. I think you should take a seat for this but..."
It was then Izzy started explaining what Yuuji had emailed. Firs,t about Hiroki being missing then showed Akihiko Yuuji's email to explain everything else he knew. He wasn't going to keep any secrets in regards to this.. Not that Yuuji had asked him to anyway and even if he had been asked he probably wouldn't have listened.
"So...that's what I know and now you know. I'm only taking a guess...but I don't think that was you visiting Asato-san in Okinawa. And...I think Ohayou is in real trouble. I can get a hold of my Aunt and Uncle and see how much they will loan to me. I'm worried Akihiko. Asato-san might be dead...or worse."
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:06 pm
~( Lonely ) Mayotta nara~
~( Try again ) Nando datte~
~Yarinaosu koto dekiru kara~
"It's not his fault...please forgive him." was the first thing out of Ryu's mouth...after a long moment of silence, that is. He didn't much like to discuss these things, but it was rather obvious, and apparently, everyone in the limo already knew. "I know how to deal with him, for the most part. I just...I can't bring myself to harm him. He's...he's been hurt enough in his lifetime." sad crimson eyes gazed down at the unconscious blond in his lap. "I managed to get his medicine in him just before we left. I crushed it and mixed it with water, made him swallow it down in his sleep." the violinist added. He was Naoko's lover, brother, friend, nurse, babysitter, jailer...he wore whatever hat he needed to when he needed to do it. That was what his life had become with Naoko...but he couldn't help that he loved the man, damaged as he was. For an akuma, he certainly had one big heart. "I see..." the violinist gently rolled the cold bottle over the bruise that was already beginning to lump up on Naoko's face, "It's just odd, though...that this side of Naoko would focus on you...and a sushi party with Matsumoto-san. Typically, he focuses on traumatic events when he gets like this..." It wasn't an accusation, merely a statement. At least, outwardly. Inwardly, well, Ryu had some suspicions... ~( I’m here )~ Soba ni iru wa~
~( Believe me ) Osorenai de~
~Shinjiau koto....~
~FOR YOU~
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