chapter 9
the golden bell starts ringing, chapter 9
“That’s really sweet” the reporter says, writing things down in her notebook. “But should I really write that scene as detailed as you just told me?” she asks grinning.
“Oh…uhm…no please shorten it…to like…a sentence” I stutter feeling like blushing, I was clearly in sunk in memories telling her that scene.
“Alright, then I just write something like ‘You wanted to talk to Kamenashi, but you two ended up having sex but talked out after it’, yes?” she asks, but doesn’t really want an answer to that question.
“Uhm yes” I nod anyways, this situation is so embarrassing.
“So, how does the story go on” she is curious again.
“Are your ready so far? Then I’ll continue now!”
“The next day was the big day. The day KAT-TUN would decide if I can stay in the group or not. The members were sitting with our managers in one of the conference rooms of the hotel. Johnny-san wasn’t physically there but they hold a video conference with him. I wasn’t allowed to be with them for that conference so I waited in the hotel bar, sipping nervous on my cup of black coffee.
It took longer than I expected it to take. They were already sitting for about 2 hours in that room now, and I had my 5th cup of coffee already. Not that coffee was a good help for calming me down, but nothing could help in that moment anyways.
The moment I wanted to order my 6th cup of coffee, the 5 of them came in. I looked at them with big curious but also nervous eyes. When they all began to smile brightly I felt big relief. Kame came the few steps over to me and hugged me tightly.
He whispered to me “You can really thank us! Well, Koki wasn’t that much of help, but you know what I mean.”
I simply nodded.
The others came over after Kame had let go of me, and gave me a short hug too. But then Nakamaru said “You have to go upstairs to the conference room now, they want to tell you everything in official manners, too.”
“Alright, see you later then” I said on the way to the elevator.
In front of the door I knocked on it and waited for a reply before stepping in.
I sat down on the chair the managers told me to. On the big screen the video conference to Johnny-san was still online.
“Welcome Akanishi-kun, let me tell you a summary of the things we discussed about the last 2 hours” he began.
“We decided that you’re allowed to come back to the group, after the 6 months of ‘study’ are over. Means, you’re allowed to come back in about 2 months. Back in Tokyo we will held a press conference, and prepare you to join the KAT-TUN concerts as soon as possible. Same with the TV Show they get. The album they recorded will be released as planned, with no new songs including you. In the next weeks we decide the new single, since it’s going to be the theme song to Tanaka-kuns new Drama. But we will re-record it a bit after you came back, and will release it as the first single of this year.
Understood so far?“
I nodded.
„We will talk about the issues between you and Kamenashi-kun when you’re back. It’s better to discuss that from face to face instead of that video conference thing. “ he added.
I nodded again.
“Then I’ve told you everything you need to know at the moment. Go back downstairs, the photoshoots will start soon. Dismissed” he ordered and I did as he told me to.
Back downstairs the others were already changed to the photoshoot clothes. The stylist took me with her to the dressing room and gave me the chosen clothes. After, the visagist made me look a bit fresher than I looked. Thanks god there are visagists and make-up artists. Well, at least when you have to take professional photos or have public appearances.”
“Otherwise you don’t wear make-up or something to keep your teint fresh?” the reporter interupts me, of course she is interested in make-up things, she’s a woman after all.
“Not really, I’m rather lazy in that kind of stuff. That’s why I usually wear hats and sunglasses. Or wore, here at home I don’t need to look good for anyone anyways” I smile sadly.
“Don’t you feel lonely? All alone on an island?” she asks, probably it was easy to see from the smile I just had made.
“I am lonely. Very lonely. I’m used to have always someone around me. I never was alone for a long time. So being all by myself is very lonely, but it can’t be helped” I sigh.
“Well, you didn’t have to leave Tokyo, have you?”
“No, of course not, but I think it was better to be far away from all the stuff I’m used to. And I wouldn’t have been able to walk around freely, since paparazzi and fans are everywhere” I tell her.
“Anyways, please continue” she says.
“The photoshoot was nice, though I had a separate shoot from the other 5. They wanted to make it like we didn’t meet in the 6 months I was in the US. After the shoot was over we had some free time, could go shopping or back to sleep or eat something. We all decided to go out for lunch and walked around until we found a decent place for lunch. The food was good and not expensive for the amout of food we got. Hours seemed to pass while we were eating and talking. I felt so good to be with the guys again. It’s not that we made that kind of stuff often in Japan, but when we went out for dinner, it was always fun. Well, except the one time I and Kame got caught. The reason for me being in the US.
After lunch was done and we talked enough we walked back to the hotel. Back in the hotel the others had an interview and I got more free time. I went to the photographer who took the photos earlier that day. We picked the best photos which should be printed as new shop photos and had a nice small talk.
Since I got so much free time, I went to my room to take a nap. There was nothing better to do anyways. I don’t know how much time passed while I was napping, but I was woken up by knocking on my door. So I got up still half asleep and opened the door.
“Yo Akanishi, we’re going to have dinner now, wanna join us or stay in dreamland?” Ueda offered grinning.
“I’m coming” I said taking my door card and went downstairs with him.
Ueda, imitating Kame on the day before said “Look what I’ve found” pointing at me.
“Oh sleepyhead is under the living people again” Koki joked.
Kame just smiled at me. I sat down next to him.
The evening was nice. We talked again and had good food again, too.
We went to our room quite early since our flights were taking off around 11 a.m.
I just laid down on my bed when someone knocked on my door.
So I went up again to open the door.
“Hey” he smiled lovable.
“Hi” I smiled back.
“Mind it when I stay over for the night?” he asked.
“No, not at all, why should I mind” I pulled him in my room right into my arms.
After closing the door, we went to bed. Lying on the bed Kame snuggled closer to me and began to talk.
“I’m scared”
“Of what?” I asked.
“What will happen when you’re back to Japan” he almost whispered.
“Oh that, yes, me too” I admitted.
“It can’t be something good Johnny-san wants to talk about with us” he declaired.
I just nodded.
“When are you coming back?” he wanted to know.
“Don’t know yet, probably mid-April” I honestly answered.
“How should I survive another 2 months without my boyfriend” he sighed.
I chuckled.
“But don’t do stupid things in those 2 months” he warned me with strict voice.
I gulped “I won’t, promise.”
“Good night” he said looking up at me, like waiting for something.
“Good night” I replied, and gave him the good night kiss he was waiting for.
The next morning we were woken up at around 7 a.m. After a short shower and packing the stuff we had with us, we drove to the airport.
We all took the same flight to LA. I’d stay there while the others just had to transfer. But they had around 3 hours until their flight to Tokyo would depart.
Kame dragged me into the Starbucks, asking me what I can suggest to drink.
“Iced Americano” he grinned.
So he went to the counter to order 2 of this drink one for each of us. His cute English made me grin.
I could have ordered it, but he insisted to order them by himself.
I stayed with them, until they had to pass the security gates.
Told them all my best for the next 2 months and they wished me the best for the time being in LA too.
Before going to the security gate, Kame came over a last time and hugged me.
“I will miss you so much, I love you so much” he whispered.
„Same here, will miss you too. And I love you too, you can’t imagine how much“ I whispered back.
Then they went through the security gate and I went ‘home’.”
“Was it sad to tell them goodbye” the reported asked suddenly.
“Ah, no, at that time it was okay to tell them goodbye. We had a great time in New York together and would see each other soon again” I answered.
“Ah okay, then please continue”
“The 2 months passed by pretty quickly. Nothing particular happened. I studied, went out to club with my American friends, chilled out at home, phoned alot with Kame. Thats mostly all that happened in those 2 months. I still got mails from Anonymous with pictures of Kame with Koizumi-san, on those pictures they seemed to be really close. Too close for my taste. But in those moments I always thought of Kames words “It’s just something I have to do for Johnny-san” and that calmed me down a bit. But I couldn’t wait to be back home again.
Then the day had come. I was sitting in the plane back home to Tokyo.
Pi came to pick me up and I told him to drop me off at Kame’s place.
He grinned “You need to get laid, huh?”
“I’m sorry that I missed my boyfriend” I snapped at him, but he still grinned.
After dropping me off I went up with the elevator and ringed the bell in front of the entrance to Kame’s apartment.
I could hear him through the door asking with the intercom who there is.
I knocked on the door to show him the person was already in front of his apartment.
He slowly opened the door, but when he saw me the bright smile I love so much was there again.
Pulling me into his apartment, closing the door behind me, we were already busy kissing and undressing.
We spent the night together, but I couldn’t stay over. I called a taxi and had to drive home.
Next day would be the big “welcome back” press conference and I had to go to the hairdresser before.
So when I arrived at home I called my mom and told her that her beloved son is back home. And she ordered me to come over for dinner soon.
I laughed and told her that I’d try to arrange it.
About the press conference the next day isn’t much to tell. Half of what we said there were lies, but we were already used to tell so many lies to our fans and the reporters anyways.”
“But you’re not lying to me right now, right?“ the reporter had to make sure.
I laugh “What would the point of telling you my story then?”
She smiles “True. So then.“
„Then the next day we took off to Sendai. KAT-TUN would have the concert, but I would appear in the encore. I was so nervous. I was sitting backstage in the dressing room watching the concert over the backstage screen. When they had their solos Kame came to me and gave me a short kiss.
2 hours later my big time had come.
Encore. Encore. Encore.
I was standing there ready to head to the stage with them.
The audience was shouting.
Encore. Encore. Encore.
Then we went on stage. Finally as 6 again.
And the hall was going crazy. Not only because I was with them, no, also because Kame had swung his arm around my shoulder to keep me close. I went a few steps closer to the audience and told them “I’m home”. The response of thousands of voices was “Welcome home.”
I got teary eyes, but then went back to the others. My overpossessive boyfriend swung his arm around my shoulder again and we all talked a bit before singing Real Face.
The concert was from all concerts I had the most touching one. It just felt good to be with them on stage again.
After we came back from Sendai, I and Kame had an appointment with Johnny-san.
We were still waiting in front of his office to be called in.
I took Kames hand and pressed it. Simply looking at him and smiled.
When we were called in, I let go of his hand.
“Sit down please” Johnny-san ordered.
So we did as ordered.
„I told you when you were in New York this talk would come“ he began.
We nodded.
„It won’t be long. There is just one thing you will do from now on.“ he continued.
“Except from work, you won’t hang out together anymore, you avoid to talk at work, in interviews and TV appearances too” he said but it seemed like he wasn’t finished yet.
Kame and I were silent and waited for him to finish his sentence.
„You two officially hate each other now.“ he finished and we looked shocked at him.
“But…we can’t do that, we can’t play like we hate each other“ I complained.
“That was no request Akanishi. It was an order. You two officially hate each other now, the press and the tabloids are already informed about that” he declaired strictly.
“And you don’t want to say something to it?” I asked Kame a bit disappoined.
Kame shook his head “If Johnny-san wants us to do that, we have to do that. It’s probably for the better.”
Of course he would say something like that. And that was the beginning of our end."
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I finished this chapter faster than expected, and it got longer than I thought :D
But now for chapter 10, I really don't know if I will be able to finish it this week or next, or the week after!
And thanks for the comments :D
