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Today is the first day of high school and the couple is heading to school together, holding hands. "Hey Mafuyu, let's go watch a live show together. Some of my favourite bands are playing today." Yuuki suggested as they walk down the street towards their school. Mafuyu just gave a nod to whatever suggestion his boyfriend had just given. He had started dating Yuuki since middle school and they had known each other since they were kids. "Yuuki! Mafuyu! Hurry!" Kashima shouted from their school gate. Yuuki immediately started running while pulling Mafuyu along with him. The boy stumbles and struggles to keep up. He is happy.
"Ahhh, I'm so excited for the show tonight. The Seasons are playing tonight." Yuuki says with a huge smile on his face as he continues to hold onto Mafuyu's hands. "I know, I am excited as well. The prodigy guitarist is in The Seasons right? Can't believe he is the same age as us." Kashima exudes excitement through his eyes. "Don't get so excited for another guy." Yagi pulls Kashima into a kiss causing the boy to blush. Yuuki started laughing seeing his friends like this. They changed their shoes and made their way to class. Yuuki can't stop smiling while thinking about the live that he is about to watch.
Classes pass quickly and it was break time for the boys. Mafuyu sits with Yuuki and his two friends, Yagi and Kashima, they have lunch together every day. "Later let's head to my house. It is closer to the live venue." Kashima suggests and everyone agrees. "Well, Mafuyu and I will head back home to get our clothes first and we would go to your house after." Yuuki says as he feeds Mafuyu some of his food. "Kashima, feed me like Yuuki does for Mafuyu." Yagi pouts. The boys then burst into laughter, while Kashima feeds Yagi. The boys quickly finish their bento boxes and back to their seats to get ready for the next class.
Mafuyu doesn't know whether it is because he is excited for the live or he is going to spend more time with his boyfriend than usual that the day passes in a blur. He pushes his attention back to the board where the teacher stood. He will finally see the world that his friends constantly submerge themselves in. "Mafuyu?" Yuuki whispers as he notices his boyfriend's weird behaviours. "Mhm?" Mafuyu looks over at Yuuki who has worried eyes. "Something wrong?" Yuuki asks as he takes hold of Mafuyu's hands. Mafuyu gave a slight smile as he shook his head. It seemed to calm Yuuki down slightly, the boy gave the back Mafuyu's hand a kiss.
The four of them continued on with their day and went home to get ready for that night's live performance.
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Uenoyama can't even pay attention during the day. The live performance is in just a few hours and he had just left the school premises. He heads over to the studio he usually went to with his band mates, Akihiko and Haruki. They decided to have one last practice before they would head over to the venue of the performance. "Hey." Uenoyama greets as he pushes open the doors to studio 1. He is shocked when he sees Akihiko and Haruki kissing with Haruki sat on Akihiko's lap. "Oh I'm sorry." Uenoyama apologizes and about to leave but was stopped.
"It's alright, we're done. Let's get on with practice." Haruki says as he removes himself from Akihiko's lap. Uenoyama seem so traumatized after seeing his band mates get that close to each other. He still manages to play perfectly though; a prodigy after all. They played all the songs that they were going to play at least once, so they had a short break before they would head out. "Sorry Uecchi that you had to witness that." Haruki apologizes feeling rather embarrassed being caught in the act. He had gotten together with Akihiko not too long ago. They were scared of letting the younger know because of their 'No dating between members' rule. They decided to bend the rules slightly as long as they played and practice at their usual standards.
"It's fine. Let's head to the venue, Haru-san you're driving right?" Uenoyama asks. Haruki nods and the younger left and walked towards the vending machines. Akihiko walks over with a lit joint in between his lips. He shrugs when he sees Uenoyama so distraught. "Hey babe." Akihiko smirks as he blows the smoke out. Haruki smiles as he lights a cigarette as well. Uenoyama gets his drinks and he sat at the other bench away from the smoking adults.
"We should really be more careful." Haruki says as he throws his finished joint into the bin. Akihiko looks over at his boyfriend with a raised eyebrow. He could care less if anyone were to catch him in the act with his boyfriend. He has the right to claim his boyfriend. "He will be fine, Haru." Akihiko sighs as he sees the stern look from his boyfriend, "Fine, I'll be more careful next time alright?" Haruki smiles. "Uenoyama, we're leaving!" Haruki shouts and the boy comes over. The three boys head over to Haruki's car and they head over to the venue.
The car ride was completely silent with Uenoyama alone at the back.
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They were soon at the venue which was still only filled with staff and performers of all ages and genres. "Haru, you're finally here. Here is the set list that you have to submit before the performances start." Yatake came over and handed a piece of paper to Haruki. "Ahh Take, thanks for inviting us over to perform." Haruki shows his appreciation for the invite. "No problem, actually I think many people are coming to see you perform anyway. Ok, back to business, you can go to the greenroom and meet at the area backstage for introductions at 5pm and we proceed to rehearsals." Yatake says briefly before he is called away.
"You seemed chummy with him." Akihiko hooks his arm around Haruki as he whispers into his ears. "Akihiko, he is just a friend from school." Haruki protests as they made their way to the greenroom while Uenoyama follows them. Uenoyama sits in the corner changing his guitar strings and cleaning his guitar. "You two can continue if you want." Uenoyama finish tuning his guitar and plugging his headphones in and started playing the songs he is going to play tonight. He is feeling so excited that he is shaking. Their performance is the third one so they have a bit of time to relax before their performance.
He finishes his last practice and makes his way backstage to wait there. He doesn't want to witness the love making of his band mates. He sits on the ground thinking about the amount of confessions he has gotten recently. He finds it annoying and at the same time weird. He never felt any attraction towards the girls and honestly, he treat the guys as his buddies. Will he even feel attracted to anyone at all?
"Alright guys, introduction time!" Yatake stood at the front with his band mates beside him as they start the introductions of the bands playing that day. Uenoyama wasn't really paying attention to the introductions, stuck in his own thoughts. He rejected every single girl who had confessed to him. He was so preoccupied that he didn't even realized they had called his band and was forced into a bowing position by Haruki. "Nice to meet you guys..." Uenoyama stuttered out.
"Ok, that's all for introductions. let's wish the success of this show!" Yatake shouted and the bands all cheered. Rehearsal blurs by and the first group is already up. Uenoyama is chilling near the drink bar with is guitar strapped across his back. He stands there with a drink in his hand. His friends who came were focused on the performance. He takes sips from his cup as he let his eyes roam the room. They don't seem to catch anything, so he stares at his drink.
"Uenoyama Ritsuka?" someone calls out his name making him look up. "Hey, you are?" Uenoyama says with a slight smile on his face. Haruki always tells him to do the fan service. Two boys jumped for joy, one glared at him jealously and one just stared at him with curious eyes. What a variety of responses he is getting. "I'm Yuuki and this is my boyfriend, Mafuyu. I am a huge fan of yours. The three of us are in a band. He is Kashima who is also a huge fan of yours. The jealous looking boy is Yagi, Kashima's boyfriend." The boy with dirty blond hair spoke with so much excitement as he pulled on the orange head. "Thank you for liking my band." Uenoyama downed his drink and threw the cup away. "Well I need to go soon. Stay after the whole show has ended, we could have a chat or something." Uenoyama rushes off backstage. Two of the boys caught his eyes, captured his heart and imprisoned his mind.
"Fuck." Uenoyama cursed as he waits backstage with Haruki and Akihiko who seemed cleaned up. "What's wrong? Did someone catch your eye here?" Akihiko teased as he spins his drum sticks between two fingers. Uenoyama kept quiet. "Hah! I hit it on the nail." Akihiko laughed. The lights at the front dimmed and the screen is drawn, the previous band exits. The three boys enter and started tuning their instruments. The lights turn on and the screen opens. They introduce the song that they are going to play and starts to play, the cycle repeats. The four boys that Uenoyama saw stood right in front of the stage. He can see their eyes twinkling. He feels happy as he plays with much more passion than any other show.
The feeling is magical.