Requested by AnimeOnStory

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"Matsuri event?" I asked my bestfriend who invited me once she entered my room. "why? It's my precious vacation though" I reasoned out, lying on my bed, busy reading a fashion magazine I saw in the living room. I am studying in Tokyo, and for summer vacation I went back to my hometown to relax.

"Why? Well, I know that its your precious vacation, but come on! Its been a while since you return here! We haven't seen each other for I couldn't remember how many months. Let's go and have fun. Don't you feel stress in your school? You are in an idol school, so at least go out sometimes and expand your horizon. You need to have a social life here in your hometown. Also, don't you miss me?!" She started nagging, but that made me realized that she was indeed right.

I am not really a shy person, Just, I only knew few people here in my hometown and I am socially awkward person.

However, I entered an idol school because my father told me to do so. I didn't have any problem with that, but he told me to enter there without any expectation that I would be an idol.

"I understand, I'll go" I complied that made her cheered, confusing me though because she was unexpectedly happy

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I wore my favorite yukata as I walked down the busy road towards the matsuri event, my bestfriend was very persistent for me to wear a yukata.

Anyways, there were lots of people walking towards the matsuri event. And they were all in group, wearing colorful and traditional yukatas. The guys were wearing casual clothing, but still presentable in the eyes.

I stood near the bridge as I waited for my bestfriend. I watched people passed by, couples giggling at each other, holding each other. Group of friends laughing, complimenting each other's yukata. But honestly, the surrounding was really loud.

"Ah! Its Souma-kun!" I turned to a group of girls standing near where I was standing. Their cheeks that had make-up became redder as they squealed with each other.

"He is here! He is really so handsome!" They giggled. I looked towards the direction where they were looking at, and there were guys walking in a group, and they were approaching where I was standing.

Which one is that Souma-kun that is making these girls go wild?

The group of guys stopped just next to where I was standing, as if I wasn't there. I felt awkward all of a sudden since the girls were all looking at our direction.

"Are we still waiting for someone?" I heard one of them asked

"We just need to wait for (bestfriend's name) and her friends to arrive"

I coughed hearing my bestfriend's name, and gazed away when they looked at me. I felt sweat since two from their group approached me.

"Hi, are you alone?" They asked and their tone suddenly changed; they were obviously flirting. "Do you want to hang out with us?"

"Guys stop it."

When he said that, I knew my heart skip a bit. I never heard such very comforting voice

"Souma, don't break the fun." The two guys who approached me laughed. Ah, so he was that Souma. He had a very unique face compare to others, and indeed the most distinguishable guy among them. No doubt why girls fawn over him. You would be easily caught by his handsome feature.

"You guys really don't change at all. But leave her now. She looks in trouble" the guy named Souma sighed as he bowed down towards me "I apologize for them"

I slightly bowed down and I had a mixed emotions; if I would be afraid, nervous, mad, or happy.

"Sorry for the wait!" We all turned to that voice and it was my bestfriend, who was with three more girls wearing a very fancy yukata.

"You are late!" The guys complained but I could see their eyes glimmering as they looked at them. However, the eyes of the girls were fixated to a certain someone.

"There were lots of people in the train. Ah!" She waved at me and I looked at her in displeasure "(F/N) don't look at me like that!" She whined and giggled "you really are so cute in Yukata."

"What is the meaning of this?" I asked in annoying voice

"My friend invited me, and so he invited his friends, I invited my friends. Ah but we are all acquaintances" she linked her arms and presented me to her friends "this is my bestfriend (L/N) (F/N). Make sure to be good with her or I'll punch you if you don't"

Once she said that I could see the two guys who flirted with me flinched as if they got scared

"Ah, don't worry." I told her "we unknowingly became acquaintance before you arrived" I smiled towards the two guys and asked for confirmation "right?"

"Ah... yeah.."

"Anyways, we should all get going" someone told us and we all complied. The guys immediately approached the other girls and yes they started flirting with them, but these girls tried to catch the attention of that Souma.

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I just followed them around, going here and there, buying this and that. However, I was surprised that the guy named Souma was indeed famous. Guys and girls kept on calling his name. The vendors from each stands were also calling him, asking about his father.

I excused myself from them since they still wanted to continue walking around. Good thing I found a bench where not much of people; basically a bench at the very end of site. Also because I felt a tingling on my feet, I excused myself from them.

Time was ticking and the number of people kept on increasing. I was curious to what time the fireworks display would start.

"Tired?" I turned around and I was surprised seeing the guy named Souma "can I sit here?"

"Ah, yes. There's no one sitting there" I answered and he sat down as he thanked me. I felt awkward all of a sudden. It was then he handed two bandaids to me

"I could see bruise on the heels of your feet. You are not used in wearing those thing?"

"Ah... yeah... Thank you for these" I said but struggled in putting them. This yukata was on the way. I heard this Souma chuckled and to my surprised he knelt down in front of me and he was the one who put the bandaids. "T-thank you"

He looked at me and I could see a very gentle smile from his face "no problem."

He again sat next to me and I was taken aback on this situation

"Uhm.. eeto..."

"Ah, Saito Souma. Nice to meet you, (L/N)-san"

"Ah... Yes, nice to meet yoh Saito-san"

"Ah you can call Souma. Here, I prefer to be called by my first name"

"Then call me by my first name too. I feel bad that I will call your name... so to be fair..." I told him and again with that gentle smile. But wait! Wasn't that just too outrageous?! Telling a person I just met to call me by my first name?! "uhm... is it okay for you to be here?" I asked curiously to lessen this awkward ambiance covering us

"Hmmmm? Is it bad for me to be here?"

"Not really but you are very famous that people call you here and there" I responded and slightly turned to his direction "your friends, aren't they looking for you?"

"I told them I want to rest. How about (F/N)? You've been here for quite time already"

"I particularly don't know anyone there so its fine. My bestfriend invited me here without saying that there will be others too" I complained to him "she knows that I am socially awkward and yet she still brought me here. Even forcing me to wear something I don't usually wear. Its my vacation today and I-" yes, I literally stopped, realizing why I was complaining to this guy. I cleared my throat and just gazed away in embarrassment "I apologize... I am ranting things"

"Its fine. I will listen to your rants. I am here to talk to you anyways"

"Me? Why?" I asked curiously

"I actually want to thank you for covering up my friends a while ago." I tilted my head in confusion, asking him to elaborate what he meant "people here respect your bestfriend. We know her every since middle school, and she is very straightforward to her words. But, I am really surprise that she will bring her bestfriend. She always mention of this bestfriend that she is very proud of."

"Ah that... don't mind about that. Also, I am surprise about my bestfriend. I don't know that at all" I chuckled and I looked down. "I met her through our parents. Since, I am socially awkward, I entered private school until high school then moved to Tokyo to enter a certain school." I answered and sighed "I might end up on ranting again. Ah, by the way, you are Saito... are you related to that baseball player...?"

"Yeah, my father. That is why people know me, they actually know my father. I am particularly not famous"

"You are pretty famous. Even I don't know you, just hearing the others call you, they are calling you, not your father" I assured him and made a thumbs up

"Then there's a progress for me since I want people to acknowledge me as me, not my father" I looked at him in surprise. To hear someone to say those words; other than me.

"U-uhm-" however before I responded the fireworks lit up, shifting both our gazes to the sky. I was lost in words and felt extra special in this moment.

"Its beautiful, isn't it?" I turned to him and he was smiling gently while watching the fireworks display.

"Yes, it is" I smiled to myself and also gazed back to the sky.

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"Ah! There they are!" We both looked up front and my bestfriend with the others were approaching "Souma, what are you doing with my bestfriend?!"

"We're just talking" I answered in his place "are you done going around?"

"Yeah, we're planning to eat"

"Eat again?" Souma asked them then stood up "didn't you eat enough already?"

They started walking ahead of me, and I stayed at the back. My bestfriend was asking me if Souma didn't say anything weird, and I assured her that we were just talking.

After that small talk with Souma, I never had a chance to talk to him again since girls flocked around him.

~skip~skip~skip~

I returned to Tokyo and immediately prepared for the AniFest that always held in my school.

"(F/N)!" I flinched as I turned around and one of my classmates, Nagisa, excitedly approached me but since I was busy tuning the guitars, she calmed herself first

"Then, what's up?" I started while strumming the guitar I was tuning

"This year, they invited seiyuu for animefest"

"They do that every year" I reminded her but she shook her head

"This year it is different!" She excitedly grabbed my hand and then faced me "not M's, or any idol female seiyuu group, but male seiyuu! Those who voiced in shoujo anime, those otome games, those-"

"I get it! I get it!" I stopped her since she was really excited about it "though I have no idea who are you talking about"

She grinned at me as she put her eyeglass and showed a paper on my face "then let me tell you the names of my husbands!"

"No, even though you say their names, I have no idea who-"

"Ah, but there are also female seiyuu. But I will not mention them"

"Why?"

"Even I say their names you don't even know them" she responded and I was lost in words. Can she hear what is she saying? I sighed and she started saying names I didn't know.

She always wanted to be a seiyuu, but seemed like she couldn't enter a seiyuu school, so she entered this idol school instead. She said that if she would be given an opportunity to be a seiyuu, she will surely grab that opportunity.

"And then for the third day, last day of AniFest, this is the 81 Produce parade since they are all from there. Hatano Wataru, Eguchi Takuya, Nishiyama Koutaro, and Saito Souma! Oh gosh, they are all so dreamy!"

"Just now, what did you say?"

"They are all so dreamy"

"Not that... Did you say Saito Souma?!"

"Yeah, why?"

"Do you have a picture of him?!" I asked hastily

"He is my husband of course I have" Nagisa immediately responded and looked at me suspiciously

"How about the others?"

"They are all my husband"

"Who is your ultimate husband?" I asked that made her moved back and looked at me as if she was scared

"You are so mean... why are you being like that?"

"Huh?! What's wrong with you?!"

"Why are you making me choose?! Do I need to choose? Can they all be my husbands?!"

"What's with these conversation?" I sighed "never mind. I'll just search it myself" I shook my head and got my phone, but she handed her phone and showed a picture of Souma, indeed the Souma I met in that Natsu matsuri.

"Why do you need it anyway?"

"Nothing, I just want to confirm if he is the same person I met"

"Then? What's the answer?"

I looked at her seriously, but smiled and just continued tuning the remaining guitars, resulting for her to whine and complain for not responding.

~

And finally, the day of AniFest arrived. This is like a school festival, but its the same as showcasing our talents to guests and visitors. But, reality is harsh...

"And today is the third day" Nagisa shrugged, rolling her eyes in annoyance. We were heading to D building to give the list of the performers today "We poor people cannot showcase our talents because there are 'other idol students' who need to show their talents. Oh wait, those are the people who don't even have talents and just have money and connections."

"Nagisa-chan, lower your voice" our other classmate, Rika, told her, but I could sense that she agreed on what she said

"Then how about me?" I asked in confusion "I have connections, and my father is a famous composer"

"You are being overshadowed by your sister, in which you are far more greater, I know thay grammatically incorrect, but you really are greater than her, I guarantee that since I heard you singing, dancing even using the instruments" Nagisa answered and Rika nodded her head

"Your father just doesn't know your talents because they focus on your older brother and sister. Because you are socially awkward, seemed like your father, well sorry to say this, he doesn't expect anything from you"

"Well, who cares. There will be a time where we will be able to showcase our talents" I responded, but indeed they were right.

We walked down the hallway and it was then one teacher stopped us and he looked so busy, sp busy!

"You guys, since you look like free, go to the East entrance and greet our guests. I have things to do, and so go there and lead them to VIP hall in A building, okay?"

We tried to tell him that we were kind of busy too, but he already left.

"Now what should we do...?" I asked worriedly

"You two go and greet the guests. I'll go to D building instead and explain to them what happened" Rika told us and she insisted.

We apologized and immediately headed to the East entrance and there found a black tinted van, obviously a van for celebrities.

"Nah, don't you think the guests we will greet are my husbands?" Nagisa whispered and I just sighed, but I didn't show her how excited I felt that I would be able to see Souma again.

And as what she predicted, they came out of the van and I could feel my heart beating so fast. Nagisa was trying to resist herself not to show her reaction by pinching me. I was grateful to that since I was able to resist myself too.

"Ahre?" I smiled towards Souma who noticed me "this is surprising"

"This is really" I chuckled as he excitedly approached me

"Are you a student here?"

"Yes, ah" I bowed down towards him and the others who were with him "I am (F/N) and this is Nagisa. We will lead you to the VIP hall in A building." I introduced, emitting our last name. The people who won't perform, basically us helpers,:couldn't give our full name. Basically, talent scouts must get the performer's full name first before us.

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As Nagisa and I were leading the way, I couldn't help but glimpsed towards Souma who were talking with the other seiyuu guests.

"So you knew him even before?" Nagisa whispered to me

"Yeah, I met him once" I nodded

"Neh (F/N), are you going to perform too? Or did you already?" Souma asked out of nowhere

"No, I am only a helper for this year's AniFest" I answered and I was surprised when he walked next to me

"Then it means you really are a student here. I mean, you want to become an idol"

"Of course she is, since this is an idol school Souma-kun" the guy named Hatano responded

"Ah then, how are you related to the composer (L/N)-sensei?" Souma asked curiously, that even the others were surprised hearing that name

"I apologize but I am not allowed to disclose that matter" I put my index finger on top of my lips "well, have fun in our school's AniFest. You can go around after your stage performance"

It was then I was taken aback from his sudden invitation "you right... well then, since we have time after that, I want to go with (F/N). Will you go around with me later?"

~To be Continued~Invited by Saito Souma Part 2~