[request] Mr. Teddy Bear Page 1
Title: Mr. Teddy Bear Page 1
Author: hazel2883
Pairing: Ryutaro Morimoto X OC (Mizuki)
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Fluff
Teaser: Because of somewhat “indecent” behaviour, Ryutaro Morimoto, a famous member of Hey! Say! Jump was ‘punished’ by Johnny’s Entertainment. And his punishment? WORK WITH CHILDREN!!!
Author's Note: Wahhhhhhhh~ big big big big big challenge for me... The plot just went *puff* inside my head. I think you're either gonna like it or totally hate it! *hides*
This is requested by the lovely Kath-chan from tumblr~ ahaha xD I've been planning to do this in ages but failed due to exams... GOMENASAI!!!
I miss Ryuu so much... :'( I know you all do too~ *sigh*
I'm so NERVOUS!!!! This.I.Know.Failed.So.Much.But.I.Tried.My.Best.Trust.Me.
Comments and criticisms are very much welcome... I need to improve so yeah~
Is it a boo?? @.@
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Newspaper headline: “Hey! Say! Jump’s Ryutaro Morimoto - Underage Smoking”
The sound of the ticking clock rebelled against the fast beating heart beat of the ten young men sitting across the room. Everyone seems quiet - everyone waiting for a certain man’s decision. They looked at each other with blank, expressionless faces and all together eyed the youngest member of the group who is now experiencing some crisis.
Yet, their silent prayers were shattered with the sound of the door clicking and revealing a very familiar man that somehow gives off a dark aura but with uncertainties on his part.
“Minna-san…” the voice started… “I’ve made a decision…”
Johnny Kitagawa looked at Ryutaro sharply for good mere seconds but then his glares were replaced by dull looking eyes which are accompanied by a long sigh.
“Johnny-san… you’re not going to remove Ryuu from the group will you?” Yabu started with a tint of worry in his tone. Being the oldest in the group, he suddenly felt the urge to protect the boy sitting next to him… “We need him! And he already told you… it wasn’t his fault”
“You all know this is serious, right? I need to do something Kota” the old man said which left the remaining people within the group silent - waiting for his said decision.
“B-but… I didn’t mean to. That senpai pressured me to do it…” Ryutaro felt his lips parting with his voice quite broken.
“I believe you. But the media won’t! Even if you explain…” Kitagawa lay off short snappy sentences which is enough to give off an impression that he is indeed serious… “I’m going to suspend you for a while. No group activities. No TV appearances.”
“For how long?” Hikaru asked, concerned.
“That depends… I’m going to send you somewhere where you can prove to me you’re worthy to be in this group again. I’ll give you another chance” the old man said that quite gave off an uplifting atmosphere which is lacking just a few moments ago.
“I won’t disappoint you”
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*Few Days later*
“EHHH?! You’re kidding, right? THIS is the place?” Ryutaro said with a confused expression whilst pointing to the opposite building with a sign ‘Tokyo Metropolitan Child Guidance Centre’ embedded on the name plate. “This is an orphanage right?”
“It seems like it… Wahhh~ Johnny-san never fails to amuse me” Inoo said abruptly.
“When he said ‘somewhere to prove your worthiness’, I thought some serious dancing workshop or something” Daiki said, almost mimicking the voice of the old man.
“But still… it’s a good thing he gave you a chance! Ganbatte Ryuu” Yabu patted the younger boy’s head and pushed him lightly towards the building.
The echoes and cheers of the remaining 9 members were heard outside the said orphanage like seeing off their brother; ready to meet him again after his mission.
Yet, Ryutaro just sighed in depression with the thought of what things await him in this establishment.
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“Welcome Morimoto-san… We’re pleased to see you join us. Thanks for volunteering!” a lady welcomed him with a friendly smile and led Ryutaro towards the staff room to let him meet some of the people working there. Ryutaro saw few children playing in the garden and some of them leading off with their own wonder land.
“But I can’t work with children! I hate children.” he whispered to himself.
-
Not long when Ryutaro met all the people working as a team within this said orphanage. Some of them are normal looking people with the same Japanese descend which definitely look nice to him.
However, his eyes were taken aback when he saw an unfamiliar girl sitting quietly on the far end of the room. Then, his own thoughts were broken when the manager of the orphanage introduced the said girl to him.
“Morimoto-kun… This is Mizuki. She’s a volunteer too! You can work with her. She’ll tell you everything you need to do.”
“Yoroshiku…” Ryutaro whispered bashfully.
The girl smiled back and led him to where the children were playing. Mizuki started off by introducing Ryutaro to the children who are seems to be quite busy in their playing roles and ignored their existence.
Mizuki then took a closer look at Ryutaro’s face and just wondered where she had seen him before. She thought for a few good seconds and eyed the man standing quietly next to her.
“Anou~ is there something on my face?” Ryutaro said which disturbed all Mizuki’s chain of thoughts.
Suddenly…
“AHH~ You’re the smoking kid!!” Misuki said insensitively which made Ryutaro choke on his own saliva.
“What the heck? You looked so sweet just now… Why are you bringing that up so suddenly?” Ryutaro replied and looked at Misuki with a weird expression.
“Gomen gomen… I didn’t mean to upset you. I just remembered what I saw on the newspaper. So, what is an idol like you doing in a place like this?”
“This is my punishment, I think…” Ryutaro tried to explain… “Hey! It’s none of your business” he continued, clearly upset that the girl actually brought the whole issue again.
“Let’s get to work! What do I have to do?” Ryutaro proclaimed with the aim of making Johnny’s Entertainment accept him again. However, much to his dismay, Mizuki prepared something that he will definitely not enjoy.
“Well, it’s dress up day today so you need to change!” Mizuki smirked and ran towards the storage room to get Ryutaro’s costume. Ryutaro on the other hand just waited patiently and thought that everything will be okay since he knows he’s used to wearing different costumes on stage before he got in to this.
Only a few moments had passed and Mizuki trailed off to see Ryutaro holding a big suit for him to wear.
“EHHH? THIS??!!” Ryutaro shouted after seeing a big mascot teddy bear which appeared before him. “No way I’m wearing that!”
“Come on! It will be fun… It’s for the children!! Go and change now…” Mizuki laughed her face off after seeing Ryutaro’s traumatized expression which left him no choice but to obey her.
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About 15 minutes later, a big fat bear appeared out of nowhere which seems to be hesitating to go out and let him be seen by others. Yet, Mizuki pulled him towards the children and introduced “Mr. Teddy Bear”.
“Mou~ I’m an idol… why am doing this?” Ryutaro said under his closely fitted mascot suit which made him sigh heavily.
The mascot seems to be very popular to the children and felt the urge to all together tackle him. After a few mere seconds, Ryutaro felt his back aching as all the children pinned him to the floor.
“We love you Teddy-san” one of the children said, still hugging Ryutaro’s leg on the floor.
“Me too!”
“Me too!”
“Same here!”
The sound of the children’s voice echoed in his ears but along with those voices is the sound of Mizuki’s laughter as if enjoying torturing the older boy.
“You’ll pay for this missy…” he whispered to himself whilst trying his best to free himself from the heavy weights of the children on top of him. This is definitely not his day.
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After a few minutes wrestling with the children, Ryutaro took the upper part of the mascot off his head to at least give himself a deep long breath.
“What are you doing here? I still need you there Mr. Teddy” Misuki said cheekily.
“You’ve done this on purpose didn’t you?” he replied then looked at the girl peculiarly while rubbing his hurt back gently… “Ahh… Itai. My back hurts”
“Awww… that’s what you get for taking this job so lightly!” Misuki uttered.
“It is easy though… you just play with children everyday like doing nothing…” he said, thoughtlessly to make an impression that he won’t lose to Mizuki.
By this, Mizuki felt insulted which pulled a big pout on her part… “Easy? You brat! You’ll eat your words mister…” she said with an evil smirk on her face.
“Okay then… since you’re a volunteer too, I’ll teach you everything I know”
-
Mizuki led Ryutaro to a room with a lot of cries of babies were heard. The girl then clicked the door open which revealed about 8 toddlers; some of them soundly sleeping but some are crying.
Ryutaro pulled off a concerned face. He knows for a fact that he had never worked with children before. The annoying presence of his brother Shintaro is enough to make him hate children. He blinked twice trying to process what horrible things Mizuki will make him do. However, he tried his best to act cool and never let his nerves take him down.
First lesson: Preparing milk.
“Here’s what you do…” Mizuki showed Ryutaro how to put the right amount of powdered milk into warm water and shook it… “Now try!”
“This is easy!”
Despite his reassuring words from earlier, Ryutaro just made a mess pouring the water inside the bottle and the powdered milk were just found all over the place.
“Forget it! You’re wasting it… Just put the bottles inside that so they’ll be cleaned” Misuki instructed whilst pointing at the small cleaning machine.
Within a few minutes, Ryutaro came back to Mizuki’s side and tapped her shoulder childishly.
“Anou~ the thing is… I think I broke your machine!”
Second lesson: Burping
Misuki led her way to one of the toddlers who seems to be crying for quite some time now. She took the initiative to carry the child and patted his back lightly and showed Ryutaro how to do it.
Ryutaro was about to pick up a child with the thought of not losing face to Misuki..
However…
“WAIT! Now that I think about it… I’ll do the burping. I don’t trust you! You broke the cleaning machine. I’m afraid you’ll break this baby too…”
“HEY!!!! That’s not very nice to say… The machine thing was an accident!”
Third lesson: Changing diapers
The sight of 8 toddlers lined coherently to each other in a long steady table made Ryutaro gulp from where he’s standing. Mizuki started to collect all the diapers needed along with some powder and wet wipes on her hand. This sight made Ryutaro more restless and just started to set him into panic mode.
“There’s no way I’m doing that!” he said it like it’s his greatest fear.
“Oh come on! Don’t be such a baby Mr. Teddy…” Misuki gave off her best grin and pulled Ryutaro towards the innocently smiling toddlers on the table… “See? They’re waiting for you”
Firstly, Misuki had gone to show Ryutaro by taking off the used diaper and rolling it like a sushi roll. Ryutaro on the other hand just looked at it with wide eyes and immediately pinched his nose after the smell tingled his nose.
Mizuki then perfectly did her job with the wiping and replacing the nappy which made the child giggle in content.
“Now… your turn!”
After seeing Misuki turn her head towards his direction, he felt the urge to step back and shake his head. She then stood up and walked slowly to the boy which made Ryutaro step backward every time she moves forward.
“Come on Mr. Morimoto… I know you want to try!!” Misuki gave off a naughty grin on her face and pulled his hand.
“No! No! No! I’m an idol… I’m not supposed to do that!”
“Who cares if you’re an idol? The children need you!” Misuki said while pulling the hand of Ryutaro which is somehow pulling back.
“I’m a child too! People should take care of me!!” he cried.
“How immature are you? I’m younger for Pete’s sake!”
-
“Morimoto-kun, your shift is finished. You can go”
Suddenly, a gentle voice saved Ryutaro from the annoying nag of Mizuki and just thanked that lady who seems to be clueless on what’s happening.
“Ohh… THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!” Ryutaro said almost hugging the lady in front of her. He then turned to Mizuki which is busy pouting in the corner and made him stick out his tongue just to annoy her.
“I’ll make you do it tomorrow! Hah!” he whispered with a grin then continued with her job of changing their nappies.
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*next day*
“Do I really have to wear this again?” Ryutaro protested after seeing the brown teddy bear mascot he was tortured by the previous day. He moaned for a moment but Mizuki’s sharp stare had taken him aback.
After a few moments of arguing, Ryutaro led himself outside and as expected, the children around tackled him again. However, this time, one of the children was hurt which made a never ending sound of cries across the room.
Ryutaro tried his best to calm the little girl down but failed. He panicked and just don’t know what to do when he suddenly heard Hey! Say! Jump song’s Ultra Music Power being played on the radio. By this, he looked around him to see the presence of Misuki which seems to be nowhere to be found. This idea made him more confident to cheer the crying girl since Mizuki is not there to mock him.
Within seconds, he danced to the tune of the song with the same dance steps. The children seems to know the movements too so they immediately joined in. The little girl who was crying just a while ago is now laughing with the silly dance steps Ryutaro was doing with his Teddy Bear costume on.
He then took the balls lying on the floor and started juggling them. By this, the children clapped in amusement and shortly tried to do some juggling too.
Within seconds, the children were enjoying themselves which made Ryutaro quite relieved yet quite exhausted.
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“Ryutaro-kun… Can you help Mizuki in the kitchen?” the manager of the orphanage yelled making sure that the children are stayed preoccupied with their juggling activity.
He then changed back to his normal clothes and forced himself to go where the evil Mizuki is staying.
“I wonder what she will make me do today…” he thought to himself… “I will never lose to her”
-
Ryutaro then clicked the door open and saw a very serious Mizuki cooking.
“Manager-san told me you needed help”
“Oh hai… Please cut the vegetables” Mizuki replied then placed about a million vegetables on the table.
“You hate me, don’t you?”
“Yes!” Mizuki confessed… “First you barge in this place and insulting my job and second, you’re always complaining!”
“Are you on period or something? Why are you so grumpy?” Ryutaro said insensitively which made Mizuki stop from what she’s doing.
“What did you just say?!!” Mizuki replied, with almost half of his sanity drained out.
“Nothing~ I said you’re perfectly nice lady and I’ll cut the vegetables since you’re so nice” he said sarcastically and made his way through the vegetables.
-
After a few minutes of silence, Mizuki saw Ryutaro seriously cutting and peeling every vegetable laid on the table. He’s not the best man for the job but he is somehow coping - not really wanting to be scolded again by the girl who’s actually younger than him.
“Ne~ Teddy-san… What do you think? Should I make Spaghetti or Carbonara?” she asked to lessen the awkward atmosphere between them.
“hmmm…” Ryutaro thought for a while and left a soft grin… “How about chocolate?”
“Choco? Ehh?”
“It’s nice… I cooked pasta with chocolate before in a TV show. Apparently, it’s great!”
“Yappari~ I don’t trust you. I won’t ask you about food ever again!”
By this comment, Ryutaro just pouted and just continued what he was doing.
However, his hand slipped which made a small cut through his skin.
“Itaiiii!” he shouted in agony.
“Baka! Why did you cut yourself” Mizuki scolded but with panicked voice. She then shook herself and tried her best to think sensibly. She took the first aid kit located on the cabinet and tended Ryutaro’s cut immediately.
Mizuki closely examined his wound and gave off a worried face. She then put some medicine on its surface and started to wrap it neatly using a bandage.
Watching this, Ryutaro just can’t help himself but to stare at her with amazement on how she tends to take everything in a mature way. Even though she’s a bit younger than him, the way she works hard is just too much for him to imagine. He actually thought of how cute Mizuki is pulling off a serious yet worried face.
“This is why I rather eat outside than cook… I will never let my girlfriend cook for me” Ryutaro said out of the blue which made her stay frozen for a while.
“Why the sudden comment? And isn’t that a bit expensive than cooking at home?” she asked.
“I don’t care… I just don’t like her hurting herself when she cooks”
By this, time had stopped. Mizuki suddenly felt her cheeks burn up with Ryutaro’s sweet proclamation. She suddenly looked away with Ryutaro’s words still lingering inside her ear drums.
“Hmmm…” Misuki struggled to pull herself together and just thought on how to change the topic… “By the way, you’re very good at dancing. I saw you dance earlier with your costume. The children clearly enjoyed it. I even recorded you” Misuki saved herself from embarrassment and turned the teasing table on Ryutaro.
“EHHH? Y- You saw?” Ryutaro froze... "How embarrassing!!"
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A few days had passed and Ryutaro is still not doing well within the orphanage. Mizuki always tries her best to help him. Well, she was forced to do so since Ryutaro is only starting. However, the presence of him just made her working days fun. Even though she’s only a volunteer in the orphanage, she enjoys every bit of time she spends there especially with the arrival of a boy whom she calls ‘Mr. Teddy’.
Ryutaro’s fear of children started off quite harshly too. However, with the help of his partner, he managed to cope (except for the nappy changing activity).
Ryutaro started off the day by eyeing Mizuki who seems to be busy playing with the children. He just noticed how cute she is when she smiles and how the rays of sunshine bounced beautifully on her locks. The way she interacts with children was just too precious to ignore and made him smile back.
Suddenly, he felt something weird inside his stomach. A turning sensation was felt along with his heart beating irregularly while looking at the girl.
"What is this feeling?" he thought to himself.
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“Why are you just standing there? Join us!” Mizuki called out and smiled then started off a song which intimately made all the children sing along. To Ryutaro’s surprise, they were singing Hey! Say! Jump’s song - “Star Time”.
He smiled by this scene and started to sing along too. He just missed everything from his previous career. By this, he just can’t help but to shed a few tears in front of the children which made them in concern.
“Ehh? Teddy nii-chan is crying!” one of the children said.Misuki immediately looked at Ryutaro which is now busy wiping a few tears from his eyes. Within seconds, all of the children hugged him and patted his head lightly somehow treated like a little boy.
“Teddy nii-chan is a cry baby ne?” Mizuki chuckled.
“Urusai~” Ryutaro said, quite touched from the children’s actions… “Forget about me. Let’s get to work!”
Ryutaro then stood up and grabbed a couple of boxes near the corridor and placed it before the children.
“I think we need to decorate things around here… just for fun!” he said enthusiastically and saw all the children digging into some materials inside the box. Within minutes, they we’re sticking and cutting all over the place. Ryutaro then tried his best to work with them and have a good time.
Solely in the distance, Mizuki observed him with a bright smile on her face. The boy who seems to hate when he first started seems to be bright and jolly now and even interacting with the children. She just can’t believe that the immature looking idol is somehow being mature which further pulled both ends of her lips apart.
“What are you doing just standing there? You need to help out!!” Ryutaro yelled which gained Mizuki’s attention.
-
“Yappari nii-chan. You like her ne? You look cute together” one of the children say which made Ryutaro frozen from where he’s sitting. He looked blankly to the said girl and felt his heart jump up and down his chest cavity.
“Yabai~ I like her?”