Moshi mo : Chapter 3
Yuto just swore that Takasugi was a Ryosuke-alike. Hair colour, personality, and even height. Their built was also similar. For some reasons, the two new recruits managed to make JUMP warm up to them. Even Inoo was chatting with Takasugi and Sugihara.
Amazing.
“So, can we call you Taka-chan and Kira-chan?” Ryutaro suddenly asked, and everyone looked at the youngest member of JUMP. The intensity of the stare grew and Ryutaro just stuttered.
“Well, since JUMP calls me Ryu too, so that’s why it’s Taka-chan. It doesn’t matter since Takaki is called Takaki or Yuyan. And …” A hand was placed on Ryutaro’s head and looking up, he saw Riko smiling at him.
“It’s find yo, Ryu-chan.” Aiko who was at the back nodded too and Ryutaro found that he’ll definitely make good friends with these two juniors.
The door was flung open, revealing Shintaro. “Ahh! The newcomers!” A bright smile was plastered on his lips, as he ran in front of Riko and Aiko. “Morimoto Shintaro. It’s nice to meet both of you!”
Both of them nodded a little, before introducing themselves. “Takasugi Ryuu. This is Sugihara Akira. It’s nice to meet you too.” Shintaro then turned to face JUMP before announcing.
“The party is starting! Come with me.” With a grin, Shintaro ran out. The rest of JUMP followed the younger boy. Ryutaro was pushing Riko, and Keito just smiled at Aiko nervously.
“PARTY TIME!” Party poppers were popped, and both girls were surprised at who was there. Although not the whole Jimusho was here, Aiko was starting to get hyper. It was expected, since THE Tegoshi Yuya was there.
Let’s just say Sugihara Aiko was a major NEWS fan, and was flailing at the side. Riko just shook her head, and began to push Aiko towards NEWS. “Eto …” Riko spoke up first, and she managed to catch the six members’ attention. Giving her biggest smile Riko bowed a little and pushed Aiko towards them.
“She’s Sugihara Akira, and I’m Takasugi Ryuu. We’ll do our best as new juniors and we hope that you’ll coach us through our time here.” Koyama gave them a huge smile, before pulling both girls into a big hug. “Welcome to JE! If any of you have problems, just approach us!” Riko was now holding onto Aiko’s hand, and her grip tightened. She was a huge Koyama fan too.
The next thing that happened almost made Aiko faint.
Tegoshi’s face was on eye level to Aiko, looking closely at her. A blush had crept up her face, and Tegoshi just smiled. “I like this junior. Can I adopt you as my brother?” That had earned him a whack from Masuda, but Aiko just nodded. “H-Hai!”
A soft smile appeared on Tegoshi’s lips. “Then, call me onii-chan next time you see me alright, Akira?” Aiko was just thankful that Riko’s grip on her hand was tight, if not she would have just went to kiss the floor.
At the side, Koyama pouted. “Tego-nyan got a brother just like this?” This gaze fell on Riko, and a smirk appeared. “Ryuu-chan! I’ll adopt you as my son! Call me mama! Shige is the papa, quick!” At the side, Shige just did a face-palm on himself.
He didn’t expect Riko to immediately shout ‘KOYAMAMA!’ and run to hug his boyfriend. Koyama and Riko turned to look at Shige with an evil smile, and they ran full speed at Shige. “SHIGE PAPA!”
The three of them just fell to the floor, and everyone in the room just laughed.
At a corner, Daiki was in Inoo’s arms as they saw Takasugi and Koyama attacking Shige. “What do you think of Takasugi?” The question was directed at Inoo, and Daiki saw his boyfriend smiling. “He’s interesting. But somehow, don’t you feel that there’s something wrong?” Daiki just nodded. “I thought so too.”
“Takasugi, you remind me too much of Ryo-chan.” A smirk was now on Yuto’s face, and he felt his boyfriend hit him on the head. “Ehh? How come?” Riko was now sitting opposite the YamaJima pair, and inwardly she did a happy dance for YamaJima.
It was then, Yuto stated that Ryosuke’s Scrap teacher role was ‘Takasugi’ and there was ‘Amakusa Ryuu’ too. He had also started rambling on the hair colour, built and height of Ryosuke and Riko. “Maybe we’re long lost twins.” Ryosuke smirked and did a high five with Riko.
He realized that Riko’s hand was much smaller and slimmer than his, and he frowned.
Chinen moved across the room, and sat beside Sugihara. “How’s the party so far?” A grin was on his lips when Aiko turned around. She just nodded and smiled. “Everyone’s friendly, and I think Ryuu over there is going a little crazy over there.”
Pointing across, Chinen’s eyes landed on Ryutaro and Riko having a heated talk. Keito was beside Ryutaro, massaging his temple.
“I must ask Keito how their conversation is going later.” Aiko just laughed out loud, and looked at Chinen. “Trust me, you wouldn’t want to know. Ryuu is known to be the most random talker ever.” When Chinen pointed out that Ryutaro was also one random brat, they just erupted into fits of giggle.
Hikaru smirked at Yabu’s disapproving look, as he brought the microphone closer to his mouth. “Alright, since everyone’s here, why don’t Takasugi and Sugihara perform for us a little?” Cheers were heard, and everyone started to clear the center of the room.
Yabu made a mental note to punish Hikaru soon.
Plugging the speaker to her iPod again, Riko chose another song to dance. Not Shinku, nor Your Seed. Everyone was shocked that they even have the instrumental version of that song.
It was JUMP’s Time.
Of course, the steps were changed in some parts, and acrobats were included. This time round, Riko had lifted Aiko up, throwing her into the air. Midair, Aiko flipped, and landed perfectly on the floor, before dancing again.
Soon the song ended, and the next song also came as a surprise. It was NEWS’s Snow Express.
Although the steps were similar, for some reason, they felt sorrow in their each and every movement. Turning and twisting, both girls managed to bring out the meaning of the song with their actions and voices.
When it had ended, everyone in the room was stunned. The door opened, and revealed a smiling Johnny. “You-tachi. Now you know why I scouted these two kids.” He came over and placed his hands over Riko and Aiko’s shoulder.
“It’s good, Johnny-san. I think they have the potential to debut soon. They are already better than most of the juniors.” YamaPi spoke up, and Ryo was beside him, nodding. “Scratch that, Pi. They are way better than you when you’re at their age.” Ryo just had a whack on his forehead, and Johnny nodded at Ryo’s statement.
“Indeed. It would be a waste if I just let them go.”
Riko was now fiddling with her fingers. Aiko knew that the younger girl wasn’t used to people praising her. Well, she knew very well that Riko was worth praising. That girl had even sacrificed her sleeping time to do the chorography of their dances.
It had suddenly popped into his mind, and Takaki spoke up. “Ne, why do you have the instrumental version of Shinku and Time? They weren’t released at all.” All eyes were now on the two new juniors, and Riko just gave a nervous laughter.
“Ryuu made them himself.” Riko had almost promptly strangled Aiko. All eyes were now on Riko and she just tried to make herself smaller.
“It’s his interest, so he started to mess with a program, and well he started to make instrumental versions of songs. He had listened to your first album for at least a thousand times to make that instrumental version out.” Aiko smirked as she saw Riko squirming at her position.
Waving her hands, Riko started to stammer. “N-no! Akira helped to! Since it’s his major in University! It wouldn’t have been an accurate instrumental version without him!”
Yabu smiled at the two boys in the center of the room. “Both of you are great. So what are your majors in University?”
“Akira is majoring in Animation, so all these sound effects and stuffs were included too.” Smiling Riko gave Aiko thumbs-up, and she blushed.
Shaking her head, Aiko pointed at Riko. “Ryuu is better! He’s majoring in Literature!” At that point of time, the stares from their seniors were intense, and they just wanted to crawl into a hole and rot there.
Feeling the tensed atmosphere, Johnny broke the silence. “Alright, now everyone, go home and rest up. There’s practice tomorrow. JUMP, Akira and Ryuu would be joining. Your chorographer would be changing some steps to add both of them in.”
With that, everyone was dismissed.
As they were walking home, Aiko sighed in relief. “It’s scary! And the bandage is getting really irritating now.” Riko laughed slightly before she nodded.
“It’s hard to breath. Let’s just get home, faster.”