Moshi mo : Chapter 11
“Here, it’s warm so it’ll stop the pain.” Riko place the cup of warm water in Aiko’s hand, and the older girl nodded as she took a sip out of the cup. Johnny looked at the two girls with concerned eyes. No doubt, they were professionals, and they are probably stronger than some of the idols in the company.
However, they are still girls. Which means their monthly period would definitely disrupt their work in some way. “Sorry, Johnny-san. I’m better now.” Aiko attempted to stand up, but Johnny gave her a gentle smile as he pushed her back sitting on the chair.
“Don’t worry, Akira. Now rest.” That had silence the girl and Riko left the room with Johnny.
All JUMP members had crowded around Riko, curious about what had happened to her partner. With a sheepish smile, Riko fiddled with her finger behind her back. “Akira is bad with stress, so … he gets stomach aches when he feels stress!”
Johnny just concluded that the girl was a really good actor for being able to cover up a lie with another. Moreover, Riko didn’t even stammer.
When Aiko joined the other eleven people, the filming of the commercial went smoothly. “Ryuu!” Turning around, Riko saw Yuto and Ryosuke walking towards her. “Ryuu, can you do us a favour?” She only blinked her eyes, before nodding without even thinking.
“Please be a model for our school collaboration project!”
Riko just cursed herself inwardly.
When both girls reached their apartment, Riko had collapsed onto the floor. “Aiko! I’m dead! I accidentally agreed to be Yuto and Yama-chan’s model for the school project as RYUU!” Shaking her head, Aiko flopped onto the sofa, placing a cushion above her stomach.
“Good luck to you. You’ll have to absent your Riko self for Ryuu to appear.” Whining, Riko picked herself and trudged into the toilet to change.
Clearing her throat, Riko dialed for the YamaJima’s apartment number. “This is Nakajima Yuto, you are?”
“-Cough- Ahh, Nakajima. -Coughcoughcough- Sorry, I wouldn’t be able to meet both of you tomorrow. Go on for your photoshoot first. -cough- Show the pictures to me when I’m feeling better alright?”
“Ahh, that can’t be helped. Take care Riko-chan.” From the background, Riko heard Ryosuke shouting ‘Ri-chan COME BACK SOON!’ or something like that, before she cupped the phone.
“You’re one good actor.” Riko just pouted at her friend who was smirking away. “I’m meeting Chinen tomorrow to test run our project. I have to check with him about the tutorial. It’s kind of hard, but enjoyable.”
The younger girl was now seated on Aiko’s bed, and she inched closer and closer. She had a grin of a cat, “Because you have your Chinen-kun all to yourself, right~?” Later, Riko was knocked out of the daylights by Aiko with her Sugihara chop.
Aiko placed her laptop and hard disk into her bag and beside her was Riko as Ryuu. “Damn, can I kill myself now?” Riko tugged on her sleeve, and a pout was now a permanent feature on her lips. The taller girl was dressed in a white dress shirt and black cardigan. A pair of loose black jeans hung on her hips and she wore her newly bought black sneakers.
“You look like some yakuza, except you’re all cute and pouting.” Aiko just laughed as she ran away, with Riko chasing her at the back.
“Yuto! Yama-chan!” Riko ran towards them, and realized that the whole of 7 was there. Aiko slowly walked behind Riko, and she greeted the others too. “We’re tagging along with you!” Ryutaro had cling onto Riko’s arms and she looked at the younger boy with a confused expression.
“Since we’re studying about social sciences and stuffs, we’re going to have an interview in the park!” Riko gave Aiko a look, signaling the older girl to save her, but Aiko just evilly ignored it.
‘Good luck Riko~’ with that thought, Aiko waved good bye to the five people and followed Chinen to his apartment.
Opening the door, Aiko was shocked to see Takaki seated on the sofa drinking a can of soda. “Ehh?” Aiko stood at the door, and Chinen sheepishly smiled at the younger girl.
“Sorry, this is Takaki Yuya. I think you know him. He’s currently staying over at my place since he’s a kid and can’t take care of himself.”
That sentence was quickly retorted by Takaki, saying that he’s not a kid and it was Chinen’s parents who requested that he stayed over to Chinen accompany when they are away at work in New York.
Giggling, Aiko excused herself, and she sat down on the sofa, pulling out her laptop. “This is the tutorial, can you see if it’s alright?” Double-clicking on the icon, the video started to play.
“Ryuu, do you mind hugging Ryosuke tighter? Yes, now put your foreheads together. Alright! Stop there!” Yuto instructed and bending down, he started to take the pictures at different angles. A blush was evident on Riko’s cheeks, and really, she’s a major fangirl of Yamada Ryosuke to start with. And she’s only a centimeter shorter than the boy.
With Yuto’s cue, Riko had immediately let go of Ryosuke, and used her hands to cover her cheeks. At the side, Ryutaro was laughing out loudly and Keito just shook his head at his lover’s reaction. “Yuto-kun! This is totally wrong! Taking pictures of me and your boyfriend this close together!”
A chuckle escaped from Yuto’s lips, and he planted a kiss on Ryosuke’s forehead. “Our bond is so strong that no one can break it, so I don’t mind. Anyway, it’ll be the other way round later on.” Riko had promptly fainted on the spot.
‘Kami-sama. You’re torturing me. Having a photoshoot with those two boys that I fangirl over.’
“Alright, Yuto-kun, smile more!” This time it was Riko holding onto the camera, and Yuto was currently piggybacking Ryosuke. Riko inwardly thought that this was more like it, and she’ll definitely get all these photos soon.
“It is okay, Aiko-chan! But this part here could do more explanation, like they need more muscle exercises before they start training on this sport.” Chinen had professionally pointed out, and Aiko nodded. A piece of paper and a pen was in her hand, and Aiko started to write down notes on Chinen’s suggestions.
It looks like she’ll have to ask Chinen more about this sport called Volleyball. From the side of her eyes, Aiko inwardly grinned when she saw Takaki encircling Chinen’s waist, and the shorter boy didn’t seem to mind.
Making a mental note, Aiko was so going to tell Riko about this at night.