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“Chikara, come on!”
“I'm tired of you.”
Ennoshita rolled his eyes and turned around, since he hadn’t been waiting for all those months only for Tanaka to appear without even holding an excuse that was credible, since the same hadn’t even counted with one that would show him that at least he had thought about him for that.
Tanaka let out an exasperated sigh, and in any case followed with haste the one in whose shoulder he rested one of his hands to stop him and then place himself in front of him, managing to be the target of the severe look the black-haired one gave him.
“Please, listen to me.” He urged.
"No, you listen to me," Ennoshita determined, taking Tanaka’s hand off him after moving his shoulder to make him understand that he didn’t want him to touch him. “I spent countless days waiting for a message from you and too many nights wondering what I did wrong for you to not want to talk to me. But it’s okay, I understand. We only had something during summer and you didn’t want anything else. But you should have told me." Tanaka opened his mouth to interrupt him but Ennoshita kept talking because he had too many emotions to suppress them all. “Now it's summer again but it won’t be the same as last year. This time I will only focus on my music and you on your own, apparently that’s what you have been looking for all these months.”
Ennoshita rolled his eyes again, and after speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward for Tanaka to not think of following him, since what he least wanted was continue seeing the one who had responded him with less frequency as well as with less words with the passing of days.
He had believed that because the previous year they had been together throughout their stay during the camp, they would make the feelings between them last longer than the duration of the summer, but he had become confused and it had become clear to him that unlike him, Tanaka had only thought of him as someone to be with during summer camp instead of the rest of the year as well. And although he had enjoyed his time with him, he hadn’t liked the last few months when his messages hadn’t been responded as well as his unanswered calls, so he decided that that summer he would only focus on him and his music, since anyway he was there for that reason.
Tanaka chased him with his eyes, and his shoulders looked tired.
It had been enough to be with him for a minute to know that he had been wrong.
He hadn’t begun to ignore his calls and messages because he didn’t feel anything for Ennoshita and wasn’t interested, since he had shown the opposite during the previous camp, but because he hadn’t thought that a summer love would slowly transform into something more serious, and although he was known for being a great dancer who moved with grace but also with skill, he was also known because he wasn’t good with compromises, and he didn’t want Ennoshita to get away from him because of that, so he chose to make him stay away from him by starting to do it himself.
But once they had met face to face again, he had regretted it.
It was true that he was afraid of commitment, but he was also afraid of losing that black-haired boy for whom he had developed emotions that he still felt even if he had stopped responding to his calls as well as his messages. But apparently he had accomplished his objective, since he seemed to have managed to get Ennoshita away from him in his own way.
However, his attention was taken away from him when he suddenly felt that someone threw himself on his back strong enough to make him fall on the grass.
“Ryuu!” Nishinoya hugged him completely happy after being able to see him again, and although he was saddened by his discussion and the decisions he made regarding Ennoshita, Tanaka laughed totally amused when he heard and sighted his best friend, whom he didn’t hesitate to surround with his arms as well.
"That's new," He pointed to his only blond lock after separating from him, both sitting on the grass.
“Have you seen it? I look great!” Nishinoya stated trying to see his own blond lock, “Have you seen the other camp?” He asked him, suddenly shaking Tanaka by the shoulders. “We have company this year!”
Tanaka watched him completely confused.
“What are you talking about?”
As far as he could remember, Camp Rock had always been the only camp in the area.
“Haven’t you seen the signs during the way? There’s another camp on the other side of the lake!”
Tanaka realized that he had been too focused on Ennoshita to realize that another camp had opened on the other side of the lake, although at that moment, even though he placed his eyes there, he couldn’t see anything through the set of trees that intercepted his eyesight, and he shrugged, but suddenly both his attention and his best friend's were placed on the stage.
That day was the first of all the time they would spent there during the summer, since last year, every summer they were in Camp Rock, a place where they played instruments and danced while they composed songs to sing around the various bonfires they did at night, as well as to get to know each other and develop as better people while discovering what kind of music was to their liking. The camp counted with several cabins in which they slept as well as a main dining room and several more spaces where they took classes of dance or composition, or of some instrument in case they played it. They could also perform various activities as well as some water sports as they were in front of the lake, and always before the last day of the camp, there was a final concert where several of the campers were presented as both solo and in groups, and one was chosen so that they could fulfill their dreams by recording a song, having been Iwaizumi the winner of the previous year, who had also had the opportunity to include a song with the band composed by Ukai Keishi’s nephew, together with his two band members.
The place also had a wooden stage outside, to which both Tanaka and Nishinoya and the others present approached as soon as they saw that the duo that everyone knew very well, began to sing as a welcome for the new people that would accompanied them, although both friends realized that they turned out to be less than those who were accustomed. Tanaka glanced sideways at Ennoshita, but then returned his focus to the stage.
Inuoka played the drums and Lev the guitar as well as Daichi, while Bokuto and Kuroo were the ones who seemed to be enjoying the presentation after moving on one side singing, pronouncing words quickly since rap was the specialty of both and for the same reason they had stood out during the previous year, even if at that time they didn’t hesitate to laugh among themselves before bowing for Iwaizumi to take the stage, him taking over the song and making everyone applaud with more enthusiasm, as he was reminding them of the reason why he had won the previous year in the final concert.
“Yeah, that’s it!” After letting everyone finished having fun with the song, they all placed their attention on the director of the camp, ”Iwaizumi Hajime has returned!" Ukai exclaimed giving the teenager next to him a squeeze on his shoulder before Iwaizumi was free to high-five with Bokuto and Kuroo. “Welcome to the soul and heart of rock and roll!” The adult continued to say, observing the adolescent audience in front of him before the vice-director of the camp took the stage at his side to wave to the others present. “Be rockers, dancers, or play any instrument, Camp Rock is the camp for you.”
Everyone cheered cheerfully except for Tsukishima, whom Yamaguchi nudged for him to start doing it even if it was in a deplorable way.
“Now, you may have noticed there are not as many people as last year, but don’t worry,” Ukai assured them at the same time they all turned their heads when they heard the sound of a horn being touched by whoever was driving the car that had just arrived, capturing everyone’s attention. “Rockers, my nephew and his two best friends, better known as Connect 3.”
The two front doors of the car were opened as well as one of the back ones, and although the three that made up the band were present because Futakuchi, who had honked after being the one who drove, rested his arms on the roof of the car and Kyoutani remained seated, Terushima let out a scream when he tried to get off the car, only managing to fall, making everyone laugh and Ukai hit himself in the forehead.
"You shouldn’t have tied his shoes together," Kyoutani said, only casting a sidelong glance at the one who had done everything but a triumphal entry.
"He says he can make everything look cool," Futakuchi managed to articulate between laughs because he had been the one to cause the other to fall down after tying his shoelaces together.
"They'll be with us all summer," Ukai said.
Kyoutani got out of the car as a decent person while Futakuchi walked through the front of the car at the same time that Terushima managed to untangle his laces to get up and smile as if nothing had happened.
“All summer?” Iwaizumi asked the adult, because in the end he knew the three teenagers one year younger than him after having recorded a song with them after winning the final concert of the previous year.
Ukai nodded.
“The official reason is because they miss their uncle, of course.”
Terushima turned out to be his only real nephew, but the others had become closer to him, so it was common for him to refer to the three as part of his family. Everyone turned their eyes to the three that turned out to be the best known since they were a famous band after all.
“Everyone’s staring. React or say hello," Kyoutani whispered to Terushima.
Although he was famous, he was the least of the three who enjoyed being one.
He was grateful that his band was known and that many people heard him sing as well as play the guitar along with his two best friends, but even though he was accustomed to get on stage to sing in front of large crowds, when he was without his guitar or in front of a microphone to sing, he didn’t enjoy the attention.
"Hi, I'm Terushima Yuuji, he’s Kyoutani Kentarou, and he Futakuchi Kenji," Said the one who introduced himself first and then pointed to his friends. “I know it will be difficult but treat us like any other camper," He added proudly, and Kyoutani rolled his eyes as Futakuchi chuckled. “Wow, I guess it's not that difficult," Terushima added as the others turned to see the two adults instead of continuing with their interest in them.
"As I was saying," Ukai continued after not being impressed with his nephew’s words, “This year we are less, courtesy of our friends on the other side of the lake. Camp Star. And not so conveniently led by whoever wants to destroy me, and he's still angry since with my band we didn’t make a record with him, Washijo Tanji.”
“Washijo Tanji!?” All of them rested their attention on Bokuto when he shouted. “The person who owns Star Records is on the other side of the lake?!”
“Yes, thanks for showing your concern Bokuto.” The mentioned one held his most innocent smile when he heard the adult. “Now, it will take a little effort but I am sure that we can all coexist peacefully in the lake.”
As soon as Ukai finished speaking, everyone focused on the last place he had mentioned since they saw and heard two motorboats move in the waters to then hear something similar to shots.
“Ah! We are under attack!” Bokuto didn’t hesitate to bend over to transform himself into a ball.
And Hinata did the same.
However, unlike them, everyone rested their eyes in the sky when they realized that what had sounded like shots had been nothing but cannons firing what turned out to be small baskets with thin silver and purple parachutes.
"It's full of marshmallows," Kuroo said holding one.
"This one has chocolates," Takeda added with another one in his hands.
"Cookies." Goshiki smiled.
Iwaizumi took the silver card he sighted in Kuroo's basket.
“Camp Rock is invited to an opening night bonfire.”
Suddenly everyone began to clap enthusiastically and shout for joy.
“No, no, no. Absolutely not." Ukai denied at all costs.
“Bonfire! Bonfire! Bonfire!”
“This is a trap, I'm sure of that,” He expressed addressing the other who seemed to be the only one to hear him as all the teenagers present continued to scream with joy, totally excited to start the summer in that way.
“Let's go, Keishin. It will be fun. You said it yourself, we must coexist," Takeda said taking another bite of his chocolate before smiling amused.
Ukai held a grimace, and besides him, Iwaizumi seemed to be the only one without being completely entertained with the idea of already having plans for that night.