Fic: That Girl In a Baby Pink Dress

[hoshi_no_kage]

Title: That Girl In a Baby Pink Dress

Author: Rielle (aka
hoshi_no_kage )


Pairing: Yabu Kota x OC (Hayakawa Eiko)

Genre: Fluff? Dunno…

Rating: G (shocking)

Words: 2338

Summary: Yabu was so bored in a party but somehow, later on he wished time would just stop instead.

Notes: This is my first fic that I posted and the first one I did in a day and the first one I typed and many other firsts. Please enjoy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY,YABU!!!

Disclaimer: I own nothin' but the lame plot


“Tell me why we’re here again.” Yabu said in a straight bored voice.

“Because it’s Sakurai-senpai’s birthday and Ohno-senpai invited JUMP and we couldn’t refuse because of Chii.” Daiki answered in rather monotone.

“Just try to have fun Yabu-kun…” Takaki said. “Think of it this way: we’re doing this for Chii.”

“Fine.” Yabu sighed.

“Ne, is Yabucchi bored?” Hikaru asked as he placed an arm over the latter’s shoulder latter.

“Hika-chan, I don’t think I can trust that smile on your face…” Yabu replied with a suspicious expression directed to him.

“Mou~! Yabucchi doesn’t trust me!” Hikaru wailed animatedly. Well, he’s always animated.

“Hika-chan, with that glimmer on your eyes and Yabumama’s senses, I don’t think you can fool him.” Takaki said. “Well, at least 7’s having fun.” He added as he looked at Yamada who was talking to Jun whose hands were clung onto by a girl with wavy hair in a pretty blue dress. Since Sho decided to go formal on his 28th birthday, everyone was in coat and tie and girls were on cocktail dresses or gowns.

“Well, lucky them.” Daiki commented.

Yabu looked at 7 and indeed, they were having fun. Chinen of course was all shy and trying his best not to flail over Ohno. Ryutaro was reading his manga beside Keito who was busy staring into space and ignoring Yuto’s pokes on his cheeks. Yamada was talking to Matsujun and probably taking down mental notes. Knowing Yamada’s obsession with his overrated popularity and Jun’s addiction to clothes, topic was most likely about how to make girls scream or fashion or somewhere in between.

As Yabu watched with bored eyes, he concluded that the girl with Matsujun was his girlfriend considering how she was holding him, how happy she was to be with him, and let alone her attendance in a Sho’s closed party.

His eyes stayed on the girl as she left Jun and walk back to some girls gathered on one of the couches. It was not because he was interested in her or anything but he found that watching would be something he can do. He was desperate on finding something, anything to do. Time was betraying him and flowed too slow for its own good. He watched the girl walk to a group of girls seated on a couch not too far away from where BEST sat.

Once he had a good look on the girls seated, one caught his eye. A girl in a baby pink cocktail dress was talking animatedly to her friends when the curly-haired girl came. For some reason, he felt as if time was frozen in place and all that mattered was seeing that girl smile.

Whoever this girl is, she struck him. He couldn’t comprehend what was happening. He could feel something fluttering in his stomach

Butterflies in my stomach?

He could also hear his heartbeat in his chest pumping so fast

Doki doki!

Nothing seemed important anymore except seeing that girl and watching her smile. Her reactions to what her friends say, her little childish antics, her laughter, her smile. Everything about her suddenly became significant. He felt it within him that he must get to know this girl. Whoever she was, she has taken his heart.

“You’re blushing…”

“Eh?” Yabu suddenly said as he was previously oblivious to his surroundings.

Ryutaro poked Yabu’s cheeks. “You’re blushing…” He repeated.

“Eh?”

“Yabu-kun, please don’t make me repeat what I said for the third time.”

“Gomen.” Yabu replied. “I’m not blushing… It’s just the heat and all. And I feel a bit unwell and -“

“I’m not that innocent, Yabu-kun…” he pointed out. “I know you were blushing…”

Yabu could swear that he saw Ryutaro’s lip curl upwards as he said that. He outsmarted him.

I was blushing?

Yabu decided to distract Ryutaro. “Wait, when did you get here? I saw you there sitting with Keito  reading a manga.”

“Yabumama, that’s a bit unobservative of you…”

“Huh?”

“I’ve been here for the past few minutes… while you were staring at her.” Ryutaro replied knowingly.

“Staring at who?”

Yabu could feel that it was a lost argument and looked back at the captivating girl but before he was fully entranced, Ryutaro said, “By the way, just in case you’re interested to know, that phone in your hand had vibrated about three or four times now…”

Was I that absorbed?

“Uh, really?” Yabu replied. “Er, thanks.”

He flipped his phone and noticed the seven new messages from their manager all saying the same message and one other that asked why he wasn’t acknowledging the manager’s messages and whether or not he lost his phone. He opened one of the identical messages but before he was able to read it, Hikaru went back from who-knows-where and said, “Yabucchi, manager-san called me. Since you didn’t reply to any of her messages nor answer her calls, she called me. We have to go.”

Yabu read the message on his phone and confirmed Hikaru’s statement. BEST has work early in the morning tomorrow and 7 has school. He sighed as he told Daiki, Takaki and Kei to call the others.

It was easy for eight members to leave. As for the other two, Yabu wondered whether who took leaving the party harder, Chinen who couldn’t get over the fact Ohno invited JUMP or him who wished time would stop so he can still look at her?

***

“Talk.”

“What?”

Hikaru sat down beside Yabu after practice. “We’ve had daily practices and everyday since Sakurai-senpai’s birthday, you’ve been too quiet.”

“I have?” Yabu asked.

“Yeah.” Hikaru replied. “You have become a little bit too quiet. I mean, Keito talks a lot more than you do. And when we talk to you, you seemed dazed”

“I’m that quiet?” Yabu couldn’t believe it. “I’m dazed?”

Hikaru nodded. “Well, I know that only happens to you when you have something that keeps you preoccupied.”

Come to think of it, something is occupying my head. No, more like someone. It’s that girl from Sho’s birthday party. Why is she stuck in my head? Hey, I mean, she’s not exactly someone I know… But how come I also feel as if I know her already? I feel as if we were meant to meet… What is it with her that keeps me thinking of her?

“Is it that girl from Sakurai-senpai’s party?” Hikaru asked, breaking Yabu’s trance.

“Huh?”

“Don’t ‘huh’ me!” Hikaru snapped at him. “We both know who I’m talking about. It wasn’t like no one noticed you stare at her and go stiff as a statue.”

“Stiff?”

“Yeah, but if you were standing I bet you’d go weak on your knees.” he replied knowingly.

Weak on my knees?

It was already Friday and the party was held that Sunday so it had been five days already since the time he saw her. It was a short moment in his life but it was one that he remembered for a long period of time.

Is this supposed to mean anything? What is it with her that has captivated me?

***

“Happy birthday, Kouta!”

“Arigatou, kaa-san…” Yabu replied.

Oh yeah… It’s my birthday. ^^,

Yabu left the house with high spirits having the ‘nothing-bad-happens-on-my-birthday’ mentality.

Well, it’s my birthday so I hope 7 would give me a break. I wonder what JUMP’ll give me… I hope everyone remembered. I wish I’d see her there. Wait! See her? I don’t even know her. Not even her name… So, what are the chances, ne? Sigh.

Yabu tried to remain optimistic. Hey, it’s his birthday and he can’t just ruin it on his own.

“Ohayou!” he called out to everybody.

“Ohayou, Yabucchi!” Hikaru waved at him.

“Ohayou.” Many others followed suit.

No one remembered?

“Everyone here?” their  instructor peeked in their room. “Good. Let’s start practice. New song, new dance.”

Everyone stood up and went to the studio. Yabu was the last to leave, having developed a pout.

The day went as it always did. Practice. Teach. Try to do assignments. Stop Hikaru from playing pranks. Get Takaki’s face off the mirror and hands away from hair gel. Get Daiki to stop measuring his height and eat Pocky. Agree with Inoo that he doesn’t look that feminine. Stop Chinen from flailing over Ohno in Arashi’s Truth PV for the thousandth time. Pat Ryutaro’s back to stop him from worrying about his hamster. Get Keito to talk more. Get Yuto to do more same stuff. Stop Yamada from listing his next ideas for fan service.

Yes. The day went as it always did. Nothing special. Nothing rare or significant. It was just one of those days… And to Yabu’s disappointment, practice for the day has ended and no birthday greetings reached him.

Yabu was the last to leave since he was given instructions on what each member had to develop. There was still this photo shoot they had to attend that day. He couldn’t find the logic on why the others were able to take their showers fast when he got back to the locker room, he found it vacant.

He only saw a note on his locker which said that the others couldn’t wait for him and left right away and that he’d get special transportation. He dressed up and left the locker room. He went to the main entrance and found the ‘special transportation’ he was taking - a minivan.

It’s gonna be quiet without them…

He saw a girl in a baby pink cocktail dress. She was so entrancing. She was alone and turned when she felt company. She was standing in the empty hall and extended her hand, beckoning him to go to her.  She was smiling. He tried to take the hand she offered but…

“We’re near, Yabu-san.” The driver said.

Just a dream? Sigh.

“Okay…”

He rubbed his eyes and shook his head to wake himself. He must be quite tired.

The minivan stopped and he got out. He knew where they’d have their shoot today. He went up to the fifth floor and turned to the direction of their usual studio.

“Yabucchi!” Hikaru called out. “We’re not using that studio today… I think V6’ll use that today.”

“Oh.” Yabu replied and followed Hikaru to where their shoot would be.

When they reached the door, Hikaru stepped aside and beckoned Yabu to open the door.

“Nothing up on your sleeves?” Yabu asked suspiciously. “We’re not in the jimusho, Hika-chan.”

Hikaru pulled up his sleeves. “See? Nothing…” He smiled.

Yabu turned the knob and was faced with a large crowd.

”HAPPY BIRTHDAY!”

Nearly all of Johnnys were there. Even Taiyou was there! Everyone was smiling and juniors down the front were hodling a big poster greeting him.

“Happy birthday, Yabumama!” they said in unison.

“Happy birthday, Yabu-kun!”

“Happy birthday, Yabucchi!”

“Happy 19th birthday, Yabu!”

“Happy birthday, Kou-chan!”

Yabu couldn’t help but smile as he saw everyone gathered to greet him. He was so delighted to find that no one actually forgot his birthday. No one actually forgot he turned 19th that day.

“Minna, arigatou!” He said with all his heart.

He opened many gifts and piled them to a corner. He dropped himself on one of the couches, overwhelmed.

“Ano…”

He turned to see a beautiful girl. It was the girl in a baby pink dress from Sho’s party!

“It’s you!” Yabu blurted out.

“Huh?” the girl tilted her head to the side.

Kawaii!!!

“Uh… Nothing…” Yabu bowed a little, both to say sorry and to hide his flushing cheeks.

“Oh…” The girl replied as she shifted her weight from side to side. “Ano…”

Yabu tried to find some confidence and asked, “What’s your name?”

“Hayakawa Eiko desu… I’m Matsu-chan’s girlfriend’s friend.”

“Hayakawa-san?”

“Mmm?”

“Wanna sit down?” Yabu moved to one side of the couch to share it with her.

Eiko sat down and tried to find courage as she said, “H-happy birthday…”

“Er, thanks.” Yabu muttered.

I don’t know what to do! If I look at her, I’d blush. And if I don’t, I’d regret it! I wonder if she can already hear my heart palpitating. DOKI DOKI!!!

“I-I saw you in Sakurai-senpai’s party.” Yabu said.

“I saw you too…” she smiled, making Yabu’s heart skip a beat before it raced to 500 beats per second. “How’s the surprise party? You like it?”

“Yeah.” He replied.

I especially enjoy this moment.

Then added, “I like this one better than the one in Sakurai-senpai’s.”

She laughed fondly enjoying the moment as he was.

“Eiko-chan,” the wavy-haired girl came out of nowhere. “We have to go. Jun’s bringing us home…”

“Why this early, Rei-chan?” Eiko asked, with Yabu hinting disappointment in her voice.

“Kitagawa-san’s coming.” She replied. “Sorry, Eiko-chan, but we have to go…”

“Five minutes?” Eiko pleaded.

“Can’t risk it…” Rei replied, “Sorry… and your puppy eyes nor your other antics won’t work on me as it does on Rika and Mimi…”

“Darn it!” Eiko muttered then turned to Yabu, “Gomen ne, Yabu-san-“

“Call me “Yabu-chan.”

A little hint of pink went up Eiko’s cheeks.

Kawaii!!!

“Yabu-chan,” she said, “Gomen ne… We have to leave.”

Yabu could feel her disappointment as she said that. She didn’t want to leave as much as he didn’t want her to.

“Can I have your email address so we can contact each other?” Yabu suggested, flipping his phone open and handing it to her.

“Okay…” she smiled as she took the phone and gave him hers.

They exchanged addresses and said their goodbyes. Rei hurriedly pulled her away as Kitagawa-sama was on his way.

“So, how’s your party going?” Hikaru asked as he hopped on the couch beside Yabu.

Yabu flipped his phone open when he recognized he had a new message.

Yabu-chan, happy birthday! I hope you enjoyed your birthday. Nice meeting you, and I hope to see you again some time soon!”  ~Eiko

“My party?” Yabu said in high spirits, “Well, this is the best one yet.

Thanks to you, Eiko-chan. I wish to see you soon…

A/N: I failed! This is the first fic I posted and *sobs* it fails… I did this in one sitting, rushing to catch Yabu’s birthday and get a new LJ account. I hope it isn’t as bad as I think it is. This is so not how I write fics… Comment please.

Marsky, (aka futarikiri ) I don’t know why I spoil you. -_- I wasn’t even planning on making any fic for you any time soon since I still have some fics pending and in line but… Look what you did!!! YOU HAVE ANOTHER FRIGGIN’ FIC!!!!

Audrey! (aka stormytwilight ) You’re here!!! I hope you felt you’re presence in the fic… And be proud of me, I have a new LJ account! I was actually able to make mine! Yay! And yay, I actually posted!