Chapter 25
"We'll miss you and you better remember that!" Hisako said through the microphone.
Yuna smiled and shook her head a bit, taking a step forward.
"That's true. Just remember that we'll be here when you need us, so give us a call anytime. Now have a good trip, if you haven't left yet that is, haha," Yuna said, earning cheers and giggles from the crowd.
"Looks like she's finished for the day," Tasuku said, slowly gliding closer to the stage with caution.
'Hm?' Yuna said, feeling aware of Tasuku's presence.
The young idol looked up above the crowd and spotted the Buddy Police Officer waving at her unnoticeably. 'Oh great, he's here now..' she thought, sighing to herself.
'Damn, I feel like an idiot right now,' Tasuku muttered.
"What was that?" Jack asked, not paying any attention to his buddy.
"Nothing. Nothing at all," Tasuku told his dragon.
"If you say so.."
Yuna left the stage with the other band members and stretched her tired arms. "Nnnngg…! Ha.. Good job, everyone and thank you for joining me today!" the girl praised.
The members of the Buddyfight Stripe gave her a huge grin and bowed.
"No, thank YOU for allowing US to join you!" Hisako said.
Yuna gave a blank stare for a few seconds and then broke into a grin.
"It's my pleasure," she replied back formally. "Tomorrow will be the start of our collaboration, so please get ready!"
The band members then left one by one as the crowded area began to clear out slowly. Yuna decided to check her phone again, seeing another text from Stella.
'Anyone recognized you today?' she messaged.
Yuna blinked at the phone several times and then remembered about the photos Stella sent.
'Oh, no, not yet. Hopefully no one will find out…' she texted back.
Yuna then silently thought to herself for a little bit and finally decided to ask a question she's been hoping to ask a few people about.
'Hey, Stella? I know this is somewhat completely random, but what would you do if your best friend asked you out and you have no idea how to answer him? You like that person back just as much and at the same time you don't want to ruin the connection between the two of you….' Yuna sent to the older girl.
The girl sighed and waited for her managers to finish up their business, thinking about going to see Noboru off to his flight.
"Guys, I'm going to the airport for a little while, okay? I'll head back to the studio right after," she told the small group after thinking for a minute.
"Alright, just be careful," Akira told her.
Yuna checked her phone once again and read Stella's text before she answered Akira.
'Well, that type of stuff never occurred to or around me…. But if it did…. Well, actually, it sure did happen around me, but if it was me, I would need to believe whether I can trust him and know that he won't do anything FOOLISH. Depends on how well I know that person and what I feel towards them. ..Is this about Tasuku? Don't worry too much about him! He's a sweetie!' Stella replied.
'She seems happy about something…' the girl thought awkwardly.
'That's not it! When did I say that it was about him anyways?' Yuna punched into her phone irritatedly.
"I will. Don't worry."
The girl slipped out of the back stage with her miniature buddy and began to head to the airport, being stopped by Tasuku once she took a step outside.
"Aren't you suppose to be at work right now..?" Yuna said, putting pressure on her right leg and bending her left.
"It's my break right now and they haven't called me over for anything," Tasuku answered, picking her up and heading to the airport.
"You know, you can be a real creep sometimes…" Yuna said, burying her face into his chest.
"You're blushing, aren't you?" Tasuku said smirking.
"Shut up.." she said, voice muffled by the officer's clothes.
"Nice performance today. I only heard the piano pieces you played though.. Why don't you sing something for me right now?" Tasuku requested.
Yuna shook her head and sucked in a deep breath. "Noo… I'm tired.." she muttered, releasing the air she just took in. Jack and Psy flew side by side with their buddies and kept quiet the entire flight.
"Aww, please?" he begged.
Yuna felt like punching the boy, but held back her violent intentions.
"…. Ugh, fine.. Only once, I'm really sleepy and tired right now…. nagareteyuku hitogomi no naka ushiro sugata zutto miteita unmei no itazura de deaeta kiseki wo dakishimete kuzutsuite mo ii setsunakute mo ii ima dake shinjite mogaite egaiteyuku koi monogatari mienai asu tsuzurinagara kodoku ni tatasumu toki soba ni itai no mayowanai you ni mimi ni nokoru anata no koe wo mabuta tojite omoidashiteru modokashisa ni tsukarete dareka wo kizutsukeru no naraba yasashii egao mo mune utsu kotoba mo wasuretai keredo mogaite egaiteyuku koi monogatari hajimarazu ni owaru no nara kokoro ni kagi wo kakeru kanawanu koi ga mezamenai you ni omoi wo tsutaeraretara hoka ni wa nanimo iranai kodomo mitai ni sunao ni naku watashi wo anata no te de mezamesasete mogaite egaiteyuku koi monogatari mou ichido koe wo kikitai todokanu hodo ni tooku hanareteitemo mayowanai you ni mienai asu tsuzurinagara kodoku ni tatasumu toki soba ni itai no futari itsuka sunao no mama deaeta nara tsuyoku dakishimete…"
Yuna let out a yawn after singing for the boy and closed her tired eyes.
"… You're so adorable today…" the words slipped out of Tasuku's lips out of nowhere.
The boy mentally shot himself dead after he accidently allowed his thought slip out.
"Flattery won't work on me if that's what you're trying to do," Yuna answered back, lifting her head up a bit to see his face.
"I think I noticed…" he replied awkwardly, earning soft snickers from the two dragons.
The boy pouted and then landed in front of the building letting Yuna back onto her feet. "I'll wait outside and take you back," he said, sitting down with his legs crossed and resting his arms on them.
"Alright then…" Yuna said, walking in and glancing at the waiting officer again.
Tasuku waved his gloved hand at her softly, telling her to go on in and quit worrying about him, the people around him stopped in their tracks and looked at him with admiration and curiosity. Yuna turned around and went inside the building to find the others that got there first to say good bye to their friend. As Yuna strolled into the building awkwardly, the people there began to whisper to each other about her and smiled at the singer.
"Oh, there's Yuna-senpai!" Hanako exclaimed, running over to Yuna.
Hanako's tiny body slammed in Yuna's lower half of her body, causing her to take a small step back as she giggled a little.
"Hello, Hanako! Did he leave yet?" Yuna asked, walking back to the group with Hanako carried in her arms.
"Not yet, but Gao and the others are going to start texting him soon! Gao said he thinks Noboru is going to delete people off his contact list since he doesn't want to remember about anything here and sulk about it…" the little girl told Yuna.
"That actually does sound just like him, really."
The girl was then greeted by the others once she reached the window they were standing by, beginning to send text messages to the tiger lover.
"So, are you literally going to sit here until she gets out?" Psy asked.
"Yep."
People began to throw confused looks at the three, wondering why the prodigy was just sitting in the middle of nowhere in front of an airport with two dragons by his side and doing nothing.
"It looks like he's serious…." Psy said to Jack.
Jack nodded and rested on the ground as they patiently waited for the girl's return.
"He's not going to budge or move an inch away from this area.." Jack muttered. "So let's bear with it."
'You better not delete our numbers! -Gao'
'Keep our numbers so that you'll remember us! -Kuguru'
'I'm sorry I called you kitten shirt all this time! -Hanako'
The texts continued to flow through Noboru's phone as he waited on the escalator behind his parents. Noboru, read the texts over and over again and began to sniffle a little, giving up on deleting them all. Gao and the others began to wave at the leaving boy behind the window they stood at, catching his attention after a little while. Noboru's eyes widened a bit, his cheeks flushed with tears pricking at the corner of his eye.
"Don't you dare forget us, you got that?!" Gao exclaimed, waving both his arms.
Noboru began to choke on his words, his throat not allowing anything to escape or enter smoothly.
"I promise you that I won't forget my time here!" he suddenly croaked back, waving at the group wih a smile on his face.
Yuna smiled and sent one more text message to the younger boy, snapping her phone cover shut after doing so. Noboru's phone vibrated in his hand, causing the boy to break his focus from the group.
'You were like a younger brother to me, a second family along with the others in the group, always eating my desserts whenever you felt like it. Just remember that I will always be here no matter what, okay, Noboru? I'll miss you! P.S. I think Psy took this when we were both out cold…'
A picture was attached to the text Yuna had just sent him. Noboru opened and viewed the photo of both himself and Yuna sleeping together with Abend's tail curled around them and wing's shading them, Yuna hugging Noboru like how a protective and caring older sibling would hug his or her younger family member. The boy's lower lip began to tremble as he continued to study the message and the picture. Noboru looked up over to the window to see Yuna giving a small smile, waving at him for a little longer and left the area. 'Thank you' was the last thing to be seen leaving her lips before she turned around and walked away.
"Let's head back to the studio now. I need to change out of this outfit…." Yuna mumbled as she passed by Tasuku.
"That's fine with me, would you like to come to work with me for the rest of the day?" he asked her.
Yuna nodded at his question as he picked her up again and flew off to the studio.
"I'm back and I need to change immediately," Yuna called once she entered the studio.
"Welcome back! Thank you for your hard work today!" everyone said in sync.
Yuna smiled and bowed to everyone. "And thank you for your great work as well!" she answered back, walking into the changing room.
"She's such a sweet girl! How did you even manage to get a girl, like her, to work here? Of all the places she could've worked at, it's here!" Saki suddenly exclaimed.
"It sounds like you're insulting us all, Saki," Eiji answered dully.
"Well, it's not a bad thing, you see, but despite how small our group is and stuff like that, she must be working really hard to keep this reputation going up!" she replied back.
"I somehow feel offended.." Daisuke suddenly muttered.
"Me too.." Akira agreed with his twin.
"Tomorrow, the same band from today is coming over for that duet I arranged, is that fine?" Yuna asked, stepping out of the changing room.
"It's fine with me if it's fine with you," Daisuke answered.
Akira nodded in agreement and looked over to everyone else.
"Just as long it's good, I guess," Emiko suddenly answered hesitantly.
"What's that suppose to mean..?" Yuna asked as she walked over to Fumi.
"I don't think she really likes the idea of collaboration with a small unknown band.." Fumi told the girl as she removed the makeup.
"… Hmm.." the girl hummed.
"It won't hurt to try, right?" Hanae asked.
Emiko sighed and nodded. "I guess so.."
"Anyways, I'll be taking my leave now. Thank you, guys!"
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