Moshi mo : Chapter 12
“RIKO! Can you believe it!? I saw a Takachii moment just now!!” Aiko shouted when she reached home that night, slamming the door open.
“Did you take photo!? SHOW ME!” Riko shouted, pouncing onto the older girl. The older girl fished out her LG lollipop phone, and flipped open the phone, and scroll down the photos. Somehow, Aiko have managed to learn a few skills from Riko- the candid professional.
“I love this! Look how close they are! AHHHH!” Riko squealed out loud, nearly bursting Aiko’s eardrums. Riko snatched over Aiko’s phone and slowly scrolled down the photos. Aiko heaved a sigh of relief as she was glad her eardrums are still working fine.
“Aiko, is your stomach cramp better?” Riko asked, as her eyes fixed on Aiko’s phone. Aiko looked over, and smiled. “Yea, better,”
Riko was obviously worried for Aiko.
“So … there’s the shooting for the commercial tomorrow again?” Aiko asked, as she slumped onto her bed, sighing.
“You can rest at home, I’ll inform Johnny about it,” Riko said, as she came over to pat Aiko’s head. “Johnny-san will understand!”
Aiko smiled, and closed her eyes. “Thanks, Riko,”
The sunlight was hidden behind the curtains as Riko have reminded herself to close it the night before so that Aiko would not get disturbed by the morning sun. Riko creep up, and slowly left the apartment, letting Aiko to rest at home. When the door closing sound could be heard, Aiko opened her eyes, and struggled to get up, with one of her hand clutching her tummy.
Without any support, Aiko fall to the floor. She clutched her tummy even tighter, her eyes shut, perspiration started to form and dripping down her face. “Ugh…” she groaned in pain. This month was terribly pain, and she reminded herself when she can walk, she is definitely going to the doctor.
Riko have brisk herself to the studio alone. She was wearing her yellow sneakers, and oversize hoodie, with her jeans.
“Good morning!” She greeted, as she walked into the dressing room of JUMP’s. There’s hardly anybody there, only Yuto and Ryosuke, as expected from the two. “Good morning, Yuto-kun, Yama-chan,”
“Morning, Ryuu!” both of them greeted. After she placed down her bag, the both of them have signaled her to go over. Scratching her head, she walked over, and settled down beside them. “Yes?”
“I heard it! You have a twin sister!” Ryosuke exclaimed, his eyes beaming.
Shoots! Riko cursed in her heart.
Riko covered her mouth, and tried to act shocked. She looked around, and looked back to both of them. “How did you…?”
“Riko-chan right?” Yuto asked again. Riko widened her eyes. There’s no other ways, except to play along.
“Yes! How did you guys know?” Riko feigned ignorance, and crossed her fingers behind her back. “Riko-chan is our partner in our project in school!”
Riko nodded her head. Somehow, she feels that this conversation is very weird, to her.
“Don’t tell anyone! I don’t want them to know I have a twin sister, it’s kind of...” Riko mentioned, her eyes diverting to another direction.
Both of them just nodded their head, and managed to stop their mouth from opening when the dressing room opened, and Takaki and Chinen was revealed.
Takaki closed the door, and Chinen threw his bag onto the sofa before joining the three that was sitting down. “Wait, Chii. Before you speak, I need to tell them this,” Takaki spoke, as he hurriedly came and announced to the other three. “Yabu said that the shooting today is cancelled, there’s something on, and it’ll be postponed to a later date, so, you guys can actually go back already,” Takaki said, as he sat down, his hands rolling onto Chinen’s waist.
Chinen then spoke. “I heard that Akira-kun is Aiko’s twin brother!”
Yuto and Ryosuke dropped their jaws, as they looked at each other, before they looked over to Riko. Riko by then was perspiring like hell. “Yea, somehow, we’re some kind of similar, so a lot of people said that Akira and I are like brothers!”
All of them just nodded their head in sentiment. Taking this chance, Riko decided to slip away from the dressing room. Without Aiko around, she somehow felt so insecure amongst all the guys surrounding her. “See you guys soon!”
“Aiko?” Riko opened the apartment door, and looked inside. The bed sheets were already folded nicely, and Aiko was nowhere to be seen. Riko just placed down her bag, and called Aiko.
“Aiko?”
“Ah, Riko-chan,”
“Where are you?”
“Eh ... I’m out. I need to do something; I’ll be home soon, ne?”
Before Riko could probe further, Aiko have hurriedly cut off the line. Aiko’s voice was somber. It definitely is. Riko could hear it, but ... what was wrong?
The dark clouds have passed across the sky, and Aiko could not care less that she’s going to get drenched under the rain. Aimlessly, she walked under the rain, with a bag of medicine on her hand.
“It can be healed, right, doctor?” She asked, her eyes were red, obviously been crying.
The doctor sighed, and looked up towards the girl in front of him. “There should be a way, for the moment, eat the medicines that I’ve prescribed for you. It’ll control your condition,”
The street was left with no one, as the big fat raindrops fall onto the floor. Finally, Aiko finally stopped in her tracks, and fall to her knees onto the floor. Her tears were washed away under the rain.
Two people have passed by, sharing an umbrella. “Aiko-chan?” One of the boys recognized her, as he ran over, and took out his umbrella. Aiko have reluctantly looked up. “Are you fine?”
Chinen. Right beside him was Takaki.
Damn, why this timing?
“AIKO!” Riko barged into the room when she received the call from Yuto on Aiko’s condition. “Riko,”
Aiko’s voice was weak and heavy. “What happened?!” Riko shouted, throwing glares towards Chinen and Takaki, who was innocently standing at the side of the room. Few moments later, Yuto and Ryousuke arrived.
“Aiko-chan, are you alright?” Yuto came over and asked. Aiko just nodded her head. “I just feel, tired,” Aiko mumbled. Without hesitation, Riko have helped Aiko up and left Chinen’s apartment
“Chinen, what’s wrong with Aiko-chan?” Yuto asked, as he settled down onto his sofa in Chinen’s apartment. “I don’t know. Yuyan and I was on our way back, and I saw her kneeling on the streets,”
Ryosuke have hocked his hands around Yuto’s arms, and came forward to ask. “Kneeling?! Like, her knees on the ground of the streets?!”
Takaki and Chinen nodded their head.
“Something must be wrong,” Yuto commented. “I wonder if Akira-kun knows about it.” Ryousuke wondered. Without thinking anything, Chinen took out his phone and called Akira.
“Moshi moshi? Akira-kun?”
Aiko was in the taxi; her phone was on her ears. “Ah, Chinen-kun,”
“Aiko-chan, she’s sick, do you know about it?” Chinen replied from the other side.
“Yea, I know. I’m on my way back to see her now,” Aiko struggled to say every word, as she shut her eyes. Riko, who was in front, have turned back and look at Aiko with a worried face. Riko was constantly mouthing to her, “Put down the phone!”
“Ah, Chinen-kun, I’ll look after her, after a-” there was a lump at Aiko’s throat and she started coughing. “Akira-kun?” Chinen by then had etched his eyebrow, and started suspecting.
“Sorry Chinen-kun, I’m kind of sick too,” Aiko replied, hoping that in this way, she could hide the fact that Akira is Aiko.
“Okay sure. Take care of yourself too. See you soon, goo-” before Chinen could end off, Aiko have cut off the phone, and coughing constantly after that, as she clutched her tummy even tighter.
Chinen stared at his phone for a few seconds, before Takaki have shook him. “What’s wrong, Chii?”
“Nothing, Akira seems to be unwell too,”
That comment made Yuto and Ryousuke to look at each other. “Maybe it’s because they’re twins? The drama always shows that twins can feel each other pain or something like this when one of them is sick,” Yuto commented.
Takaki have nodded his head, thinking that it is possible, while Ryousuke just continued hooking onto his boyfriend’s arms, his chin resting onto Yuto’s shoulders.
Chinen, being the suspicious kind, just went along with everybody’s thoughts. After all, he didn’t want to think too much into this matter, but something is telling him that there’s more to what it seemed that it is.
He makes sure he will investigate about this matter, after Aiko and Akira recovered.
“Aiko, rest for now, I’ll bring you some hot water,” Riko have helped her to the bed, and covered the said girl with the blanket. “Riko, sorry for the troubles,”
“It’s okay. What are friends for?” Riko smiled, and disappeared into the kitchen.
Aiko sighed, as she looked down onto her palm. She was sure that the fortune teller said that her lifespan is till a hundred years old, so, why did this happen?
I’m sure I’ll be fine, I’m sure.
The next day, Aiko was feeling so much better, and additionally, eating the medicine the doctor subscribed really eases down the pain. But the striking pain will come back once in awhile, and all Aiko had to do, was to bear. There’s no choice.
“Akira-kun, you’re feeling better right? We heard from Chinen that you’re sick,” Inoo asked, when Aiko and Riko have walked into the dressing room. Aiko have nodded her head, and smiled. “Thanks guys!”
She settled down onto the table, with Riko by her side. Soon, the normal atmosphere in the room was restored, and Riko was dragged off by Yuto and Ryousuke, urging Riko to do some dance moves. Aiko settled down in the seat, and looked down to her phone.
14th December.
“It’s this time of the year again, huh..?” Aiko whispered to herself, as she lowered her hat. Right from the side, Riko has seen that expression on Aiko’s face.
Anguish.
“Akira-kun?”
Aiko looked up, and saw who was there. Chinen, and Takaki.
‘What do these two people want from me again? ‘
“Feeling better already?” he asked, as he took the chair that Takaki have passed over and settled down onto it. Akira just merely nodded his head. Suddenly, her phone rang. The name flashed on the screen, and Aiko beamed.
“Sorry, Chinen-kun, got a call,” she excused herself, and went to the corner of the room to pick up the call.
“Aiko?” the caller replied. Aiko smiled, and started to reply, “Hiro!”
Riko shake her head, when she walked over to the seat that Aiko was originally seating, and quickly looked over to Chinen and Takaki.
“What’s the date today?”
“14 December,”
“I see, I know who it is already,” Riko sounded, as she looked over to Aiko. “Who is it?” Takaki asked.
“Someone ...” Riko stopped, and shake her head again, “precious to him,”
Chinen and Takaki looked at each other, and turned their vision to Aiko, who was standing at the side, happily talking onto the phone.
“Did you take photo!? SHOW ME!” Riko shouted, pouncing onto the older girl. The older girl fished out her LG lollipop phone, and flipped open the phone, and scroll down the photos. Somehow, Aiko have managed to learn a few skills from Riko- the candid professional.
“I love this! Look how close they are! AHHHH!” Riko squealed out loud, nearly bursting Aiko’s eardrums. Riko snatched over Aiko’s phone and slowly scrolled down the photos. Aiko heaved a sigh of relief as she was glad her eardrums are still working fine.
“Aiko, is your stomach cramp better?” Riko asked, as her eyes fixed on Aiko’s phone. Aiko looked over, and smiled. “Yea, better,”
Riko was obviously worried for Aiko.
“So … there’s the shooting for the commercial tomorrow again?” Aiko asked, as she slumped onto her bed, sighing.
“You can rest at home, I’ll inform Johnny about it,” Riko said, as she came over to pat Aiko’s head. “Johnny-san will understand!”
Aiko smiled, and closed her eyes. “Thanks, Riko,”
The sunlight was hidden behind the curtains as Riko have reminded herself to close it the night before so that Aiko would not get disturbed by the morning sun. Riko creep up, and slowly left the apartment, letting Aiko to rest at home. When the door closing sound could be heard, Aiko opened her eyes, and struggled to get up, with one of her hand clutching her tummy.
Without any support, Aiko fall to the floor. She clutched her tummy even tighter, her eyes shut, perspiration started to form and dripping down her face. “Ugh…” she groaned in pain. This month was terribly pain, and she reminded herself when she can walk, she is definitely going to the doctor.
Riko have brisk herself to the studio alone. She was wearing her yellow sneakers, and oversize hoodie, with her jeans.
“Good morning!” She greeted, as she walked into the dressing room of JUMP’s. There’s hardly anybody there, only Yuto and Ryosuke, as expected from the two. “Good morning, Yuto-kun, Yama-chan,”
“Morning, Ryuu!” both of them greeted. After she placed down her bag, the both of them have signaled her to go over. Scratching her head, she walked over, and settled down beside them. “Yes?”
“I heard it! You have a twin sister!” Ryosuke exclaimed, his eyes beaming.
Shoots! Riko cursed in her heart.
Riko covered her mouth, and tried to act shocked. She looked around, and looked back to both of them. “How did you…?”
“Riko-chan right?” Yuto asked again. Riko widened her eyes. There’s no other ways, except to play along.
“Yes! How did you guys know?” Riko feigned ignorance, and crossed her fingers behind her back. “Riko-chan is our partner in our project in school!”
Riko nodded her head. Somehow, she feels that this conversation is very weird, to her.
“Don’t tell anyone! I don’t want them to know I have a twin sister, it’s kind of...” Riko mentioned, her eyes diverting to another direction.
Both of them just nodded their head, and managed to stop their mouth from opening when the dressing room opened, and Takaki and Chinen was revealed.
Takaki closed the door, and Chinen threw his bag onto the sofa before joining the three that was sitting down. “Wait, Chii. Before you speak, I need to tell them this,” Takaki spoke, as he hurriedly came and announced to the other three. “Yabu said that the shooting today is cancelled, there’s something on, and it’ll be postponed to a later date, so, you guys can actually go back already,” Takaki said, as he sat down, his hands rolling onto Chinen’s waist.
Chinen then spoke. “I heard that Akira-kun is Aiko’s twin brother!”
Yuto and Ryosuke dropped their jaws, as they looked at each other, before they looked over to Riko. Riko by then was perspiring like hell. “Yea, somehow, we’re some kind of similar, so a lot of people said that Akira and I are like brothers!”
All of them just nodded their head in sentiment. Taking this chance, Riko decided to slip away from the dressing room. Without Aiko around, she somehow felt so insecure amongst all the guys surrounding her. “See you guys soon!”
“Aiko?” Riko opened the apartment door, and looked inside. The bed sheets were already folded nicely, and Aiko was nowhere to be seen. Riko just placed down her bag, and called Aiko.
“Aiko?”
“Ah, Riko-chan,”
“Where are you?”
“Eh ... I’m out. I need to do something; I’ll be home soon, ne?”
Before Riko could probe further, Aiko have hurriedly cut off the line. Aiko’s voice was somber. It definitely is. Riko could hear it, but ... what was wrong?
The dark clouds have passed across the sky, and Aiko could not care less that she’s going to get drenched under the rain. Aimlessly, she walked under the rain, with a bag of medicine on her hand.
“It can be healed, right, doctor?” She asked, her eyes were red, obviously been crying.
The doctor sighed, and looked up towards the girl in front of him. “There should be a way, for the moment, eat the medicines that I’ve prescribed for you. It’ll control your condition,”
The street was left with no one, as the big fat raindrops fall onto the floor. Finally, Aiko finally stopped in her tracks, and fall to her knees onto the floor. Her tears were washed away under the rain.
Two people have passed by, sharing an umbrella. “Aiko-chan?” One of the boys recognized her, as he ran over, and took out his umbrella. Aiko have reluctantly looked up. “Are you fine?”
Chinen. Right beside him was Takaki.
Damn, why this timing?
“AIKO!” Riko barged into the room when she received the call from Yuto on Aiko’s condition. “Riko,”
Aiko’s voice was weak and heavy. “What happened?!” Riko shouted, throwing glares towards Chinen and Takaki, who was innocently standing at the side of the room. Few moments later, Yuto and Ryousuke arrived.
“Aiko-chan, are you alright?” Yuto came over and asked. Aiko just nodded her head. “I just feel, tired,” Aiko mumbled. Without hesitation, Riko have helped Aiko up and left Chinen’s apartment
“Chinen, what’s wrong with Aiko-chan?” Yuto asked, as he settled down onto his sofa in Chinen’s apartment. “I don’t know. Yuyan and I was on our way back, and I saw her kneeling on the streets,”
Ryosuke have hocked his hands around Yuto’s arms, and came forward to ask. “Kneeling?! Like, her knees on the ground of the streets?!”
Takaki and Chinen nodded their head.
“Something must be wrong,” Yuto commented. “I wonder if Akira-kun knows about it.” Ryousuke wondered. Without thinking anything, Chinen took out his phone and called Akira.
“Moshi moshi? Akira-kun?”
Aiko was in the taxi; her phone was on her ears. “Ah, Chinen-kun,”
“Aiko-chan, she’s sick, do you know about it?” Chinen replied from the other side.
“Yea, I know. I’m on my way back to see her now,” Aiko struggled to say every word, as she shut her eyes. Riko, who was in front, have turned back and look at Aiko with a worried face. Riko was constantly mouthing to her, “Put down the phone!”
“Ah, Chinen-kun, I’ll look after her, after a-” there was a lump at Aiko’s throat and she started coughing. “Akira-kun?” Chinen by then had etched his eyebrow, and started suspecting.
“Sorry Chinen-kun, I’m kind of sick too,” Aiko replied, hoping that in this way, she could hide the fact that Akira is Aiko.
“Okay sure. Take care of yourself too. See you soon, goo-” before Chinen could end off, Aiko have cut off the phone, and coughing constantly after that, as she clutched her tummy even tighter.
Chinen stared at his phone for a few seconds, before Takaki have shook him. “What’s wrong, Chii?”
“Nothing, Akira seems to be unwell too,”
That comment made Yuto and Ryousuke to look at each other. “Maybe it’s because they’re twins? The drama always shows that twins can feel each other pain or something like this when one of them is sick,” Yuto commented.
Takaki have nodded his head, thinking that it is possible, while Ryousuke just continued hooking onto his boyfriend’s arms, his chin resting onto Yuto’s shoulders.
Chinen, being the suspicious kind, just went along with everybody’s thoughts. After all, he didn’t want to think too much into this matter, but something is telling him that there’s more to what it seemed that it is.
He makes sure he will investigate about this matter, after Aiko and Akira recovered.
“Aiko, rest for now, I’ll bring you some hot water,” Riko have helped her to the bed, and covered the said girl with the blanket. “Riko, sorry for the troubles,”
“It’s okay. What are friends for?” Riko smiled, and disappeared into the kitchen.
Aiko sighed, as she looked down onto her palm. She was sure that the fortune teller said that her lifespan is till a hundred years old, so, why did this happen?
I’m sure I’ll be fine, I’m sure.
The next day, Aiko was feeling so much better, and additionally, eating the medicine the doctor subscribed really eases down the pain. But the striking pain will come back once in awhile, and all Aiko had to do, was to bear. There’s no choice.
“Akira-kun, you’re feeling better right? We heard from Chinen that you’re sick,” Inoo asked, when Aiko and Riko have walked into the dressing room. Aiko have nodded her head, and smiled. “Thanks guys!”
She settled down onto the table, with Riko by her side. Soon, the normal atmosphere in the room was restored, and Riko was dragged off by Yuto and Ryousuke, urging Riko to do some dance moves. Aiko settled down in the seat, and looked down to her phone.
14th December.
“It’s this time of the year again, huh..?” Aiko whispered to herself, as she lowered her hat. Right from the side, Riko has seen that expression on Aiko’s face.
Anguish.
“Akira-kun?”
Aiko looked up, and saw who was there. Chinen, and Takaki.
‘What do these two people want from me again? ‘
“Feeling better already?” he asked, as he took the chair that Takaki have passed over and settled down onto it. Akira just merely nodded his head. Suddenly, her phone rang. The name flashed on the screen, and Aiko beamed.
“Sorry, Chinen-kun, got a call,” she excused herself, and went to the corner of the room to pick up the call.
“Aiko?” the caller replied. Aiko smiled, and started to reply, “Hiro!”
Riko shake her head, when she walked over to the seat that Aiko was originally seating, and quickly looked over to Chinen and Takaki.
“What’s the date today?”
“14 December,”
“I see, I know who it is already,” Riko sounded, as she looked over to Aiko. “Who is it?” Takaki asked.
“Someone ...” Riko stopped, and shake her head again, “precious to him,”
Chinen and Takaki looked at each other, and turned their vision to Aiko, who was standing at the side, happily talking onto the phone.