I am so sorrrrryyyy!! I am soooooo late!! T_T I just can't find my inspiration to write the past week. But it's okay now, I manages to write this whole chapter for about 4 hours. :D I hope my next update will be much faster than this one. *crossed fingers*
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Ohhh, a shout out goes to the one and only Riida. Otanjoubi Omedetou, Oh-chan!! :)))
CHAPTER TWENTY
It was already the start of June, time sure flies by when you’re busy and that fits perfectly for Matsumoto Jun. His new summer drama Natsu no Koi wa Nijiro ni Kagayaku already began filming and since then he's been working non-stop, barely getting rest, proper eating time and sufficient sleep.
He also hasn’t seen Yana for weeks now. After the steamy shower sex they shared that fateful morning, they continued their escapades, spending late nights and early mornings at each other’s home, just simply having fun, both emotionally and physically, with each other without the pressure of the ‘L’ word. Jun never tried to let that get into him again. After Nino advised him to take time and let her heal on her own, he let it go and tried to be cool about it. Of course, he can’t ignore the fact that he is in love with her and he keeps on falling deeply with every moment they share with each but he figured it’s best to take it one day at a time. Yana is his inspiration and he hasn’t had one in a long while so it’s kind of like a new thing for him. She keeps him going with the stress and pressure that this entertainment world is giving him and he hopes that he is like that for her as well.
With Jun’s busy schedule, Yana’s drama is coming to an end soon and their out of town location shoots are getting frequent, that’s why their sex life needs to step back for a while. He miss her though and just two nights ago he texted her that and she replied by telling him to stop sending her embarrassing messages. But five minutes later, she sent him a picture of her, with a goofy face on and just below the picture is message telling him that she miss him too. And for the rest of that night, they exchanged MMS of their goofiest expressions, Jun even created a folder on his phone, naming it ‘Ugly Yana’ and he can’t wait to show it her.
Fun, light, unconstraint and undemanding, those words best describe what their relationship is all about. For most people, it may not be the ideal but who cares what other people think. What’s important is at the end of the day, they are happy and contented with each other and that’s all that matters.
Jun heard boisterous laughters from the corridor and he just knew exactly who might those be. He pushed the slightly opened door and inside is seated the four members of Arashi, playing a video game and from the looks of it, Ohno might have just beaten Sho.
“You are so bad at this, Sho-chan!” Nino took the Wii remote from Sho’s hand.
Sho retreated by raising both hands in the air before collapsing into the couch and that’s where he saw Jun by the door.
“Oh, Matsujun!” Sho said and the three guys turn their heads to greet him.
“When did you come back, Nino?” Jun asked as he sits beside Sho.
If Nino’s back, that means Yana is back too but he hasn’t received any text saying that she’s already in Tokyo.
“Last night.” Nino answered and began smirking. “Yana is still there, though. They have to shoot some scenes with her. I had to come back early for this VS recording. She’ll come back tonight… I think you are more interested in that, you know.” He added that last sentence before turning his eyes on the TV screen.
Jun laughed quietly to himself and he swears that three pairs of eyes are looking at him.
“Oi, Oh-chan! Are we playing or not?” Nino yell at Ohno and the older guy shifted his attention into the game on the screen.
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The AD-san began the countdown as the camera swiftly passes through the five Arashi members, playing along with it as they always do every recording. The audience behind them are clapping excitedly.
“Alright, it’s time for VS Arashi again.” Sho started. “It feels like it’s been a while since we all saw each other, right? Like when I saw Nino earlier the feeling was like, Hisashiburi.” Everyone laughed.
“It’s true, though. It feels like I was away for so long.” Nino agreed with Sho.
“The last time we were here at Fuji TV was around three weeks ago, ne?” Sho recalled.
“Yes and we recorded four episodes in one whole day.” Jun informed.
“But we can’t help it, ne? Nino is very busy lately. We have to keep up with his schedule.” Aiba began targeting Nino.
“Ehh? Aiba-san…” Nino trails off while pointing at Aiba.
The four members gathered into one side leaving a big gap between Ohno and Nino.
“Ninomiya-san…” Sho began addressing him in honorific language.
“Ehh?” Nino is lost for words.
“You’ve been working hard since the start of the year, doing movies and dramas, please look after Arashi as you soar high with your career.” Sho continued talking rather weirdly.
“Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!” The four members say in chorus as they all bowed their heads.
The audience started laughing as they watch Arashi make fun of their brattiest member, getting a dose of his own medicine.
Sho then called on their guest for today and it was the members of the Yoshimoto Agency, an agency for comedians. The members of Arashi bantered that they have been frequenting the show lately and it started to look like they are a regular guest for the show. They showed no interest as one of the comedians started talking loudly with his irritating loud voice.
“So, let’s welcome our Plus One guest for today.” Sho cuts in while one of the guests is still talking.
The familiar music started playing as everyone’s attention is on the right side of the audience seats. The smoke effect started blowing as they saw a girl’s back, her hair is tied into a high ponytail.
Jun started smiling widely, it’s going to be a fun recording, he thought.
The audience started cheering loudly when they saw who the girl is, same goes for the team of comedians as they were all stunned by her beauty.
“Today’s Plus One guest is Izumi Yana-san desu!!” Sho cheerfully announces.
Yana placed herself in between Aiba and Jun as starts to get embarrassed at how the comedian guys gaze at her admiringly.
“Hey, hey! Stop staring at her! You guys are making her uneasy.” Jun snaps at the guys as he placed himself in front of Yana, covering her from them. The other four members began forming a circle, keeping Yana in the middle as the hide her inside.
“It was rare opportunity for us to meet someone as beautiful as her. I’m sure Arashi are not new to meeting beautiful women like Izumi-san, Nino even kissed her once on TV…”
There were ‘Ohhhh’s and ‘Kyuuuuu’s heard from the guests and the audience.
“It was acting! For the drama, you know!” Nino tries to save himself. “But what surprises me is that you are here, I thought you are still in Fukuoka.”
“I came back this morning. I knew about this since last week but they asked me to keep quiet.” Yana said.
“The drama is ending soon, right? Last episode is next week?” Sho inquired.
Nino and Yana nodded and they began advertising for their drama.
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After finishing Pinball Runner, Rolling Coin Tower and Cliff Climb, the staff called for a lunch break. Every gathered into the catering room but Jun pulled Yana away from everyone, leading her outside to the dressing rooms.
“Where are we going?” Yana asked, their fingers are entangled together as Jun pulls her along.
“Here.” Jun stopped in front of a door and it says ‘Arashi’.
“We are going to have sex inside Arashi’s dressing room?” Yana asked, grinning.
“What makes you think that I want to have sex?” Jun pretends to be innocent as he opens the door and they went inside.
“Okay, so why are we here? Are we playing Wii?” Yana picks up the Wii remote on the couch and turns on the TV. She started playing Mario Kart by herself.
Jun sat beside her, pulls her closer as start kissing her neck. “I miss you so much, you know.”
Yana tilts her head to face him and her eyes instantly met his. “Don’t be so cheesy, Jun.” she leaned forward and their lips met. It was very gentle, relishing every move that their lips explore.
Yana misses this, she misses him, she misses everything about him but she was too chickened out to admit it.
Suddenly, the gentle kiss turned into a rougher one. Jun pushed her down the couch and he was now on top of her. She removed his shirt and started tracing a finger from his chest down to his belly button. Jun pushed his mouth hard on hers as their tongue played with each other, his right hand reaching under her shirt.
She was hot, really hot after his hand explores inside her shirt and slowly tilted her body to remove her top. He kissed her by the neck until his lips slowly move down her chest. She cradled his head around her arms as she kisses him under his ear.
A quick click of the door startled them as Sakurai Sho appeared.
“OH MY GOSH!!” Yana jumped and is quick to cover herself with Jun’s clothes.
Sho quickly turned his back and covered his eyes as soon as he saw a topless Jun and Yana in her bra.
“Okay, I am so sorry. I was just getting my phone to check my messages but it can wait, really. I’ll go now, you guys can continue. I am so sorry, Matsujun, Yana-chan.” His hand was on his eyes the entire time as he said that and he quickly closes the door.
Yana is flabbergasted as her hand is covering her mouth. Jun is lips are pressed together, it was embarrassing, especially that it was Sho who caught them.
“I think this can wait until tonight.” Yana gave him his shirt as she puts on hers. “My house?” she stood up and fixed herself in front of the mirror.
Jun nodded, he still can’t believe this. He can’t show his face to Sho now.
Yana sat beside him, puts an arm around his shoulder and started smiling. “There’s always a first time for everything. Congratulations to us for getting busted by Sakurai Sho.” She said it so lightheartedly, like it didn’t bother her at all.
They both started laughing, as if this embarrassment can be erased by simply laughing it off. When they both slowed down, Jun slowly reached in to kiss her.
“I’m sorry about that. I didn’t lock the freaking door.” Jun apologized, their foreheads are touching each other.
“Lesson learned. Always lock the doors.” Yana smiled and somehow, after seeing her being all cool about it, he felt a bit okay about this incident.
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Jun and Yana went back to the catering room and they went straight to the buffet table not bothering to look around for Sho. They searched for an empty table but to no avail, all tables were occupied and the only empty seat is on the table where the four members of Arashi are seated.
“I guess we have no choice.” Yana chuckled as they started walking towards the table.
They can’t ignore Sho’s prying eyes as soon as they sat on the table but Sho is kind enough to keep mum about it.
“Where did you guys went?” Nino asked, smirking.
“We smoke.” Jun answered nonchalantly.
Yana met Sho’s gaze again and they started communicating using their eyes.
“Oh.” Nino nods his head up and down. Of course they didn’t smoke, he thought.
“So, is your drama filming over now?” Sho quickly shifts the topic.
“Yeah. Finally. I’m gonna get rid Yanyan already.” Nino answered.
“Shut up.” Yana uttered under her breath.
“Jun-kun’s drama will be next and it’s with T-san.” Nino informed them as if he wasn’t reiterating that fact since he learned that Jun will co-star with Takeuchi Yuko. “I was thinking we should have exchanged dramas. Since I would die to co-star with T-san and I’m sure you would love to be with Yana every single day for three months.”
“But you can’t turn back time, Nino. Stop dreaming.” Yana shuts him off.
“What will you be doing next, Yana-chan? After the drama?” Aiba asked.
“An album release and a live. No tour this time due to doctor’s orders but my agency is pushing for a 2 day Tokyo Dome live by October.”
“Really?” Jun asked, he never heard of this plan before.
Yana nodded. “Eri-chan told me last week.” She smiled, it was one of those pure happiness smiles she has and Jun was happy to see it again.
“Your first time at Tokyo Dome.” Jun smiled and she nodded, smiling.
She wanted to jump to him and hug him just because he remembers that and she can see how happy he is for her but again, she is too afraid to show her affections for him, especially in front of his closest friends.
“Oohh, Omedetou, Yana-chan!” Aiba excitedly congratulates her followed by Sho and Ohno.
“Make sure to give us tickets, Yanyan. First day, okay? So we can see you bawling your eyes out at how grateful you are for standing at Tokyo Dome’s stage.” Nino teased her but behind those silly comments and banters she can see through his eyes that he is also happy for her.
They continued chatting and laughing, in that short time, Nino manages to bully Aiba, Ohno, Sho and Yana with his witty remarks and comebacks but Yana noticed that he barely try to bully Jun, even before when they were filming the drama together, Nino would backstab the other members by telling her embarrassing stories about them but none of it were about Jun and it intrigues her. She made a mental note to ask Jun that question later at home.
She realized another thing tonight, she has developed this good friendship with Arashi now. Not just with Nino and with Jun but with all five of them. She noticed that they treat her differently tonight, like she’s already one of them, like they were telling her that ‘Hey, Yana, we like you for our Jun, you are very much welcome to join our friendship.’ but not through their words but through their actions and she liked it that way, because it felt more sincere. She wanted to thank them for that, because now, she found a new group of friends who support her and it was a wonderful feeling.