Between us
Should I go into the building? Risa hesitated as stood at the foot of TBS building, with her right hand clenching tightly onto her Iphone. Ai-chan told me that she wants me to be here. . .But haven't I too told her that I won't be able to make it? That aho. . . Mentioning it on her blog is just making me to waver on my decision. . . Risa sighed deeply. But Ai-chan, she has to get use to working alone, isn't she? If I appear before her right now, wouldn't I be spoiling her then? Risa continued silently in her mind. Risa twisted her wrist to a slight angle as she read the time on her watch. Two hours before the live performance. . . she should be in the middle of rehearsal or make up aren't she? Risa noted wordlessly. Will Ai-chan be alright? She must be really nervous right now . . . Risa heaved a deep breath again as she pouted her lips. She took a little step forward before stopping the attempted to enter the building. Probably not . . . Ai-chan must get use to be working alone. . . I can't spoil her . . . With that in mind, Risa took a step backward and turned around. Having her mind determined, Risa began to walk away.
As Risa was on her way to the train station, she took out her white phone from her bag and began to press soothingly on the keypads.
{ Coming Soon!
Ai-chan is going to appear on coming soon today . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . .
I'll will be watching Ai-chan on Television as well!
Do your best ne-
I love Youーー！]
And when she was done with her intended blog post, she pressed the 'send' button on her mobile phone and snap it close before sneaking it back into her bag. "Ganbatte ne, Ai-chan!" Risa muttered under breath softly.
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What should I do~~~ Ai thought nervously in her mind as she sat at the waiting area. Ai would divert her attention to her dressing room door from time to time, checking if there's any visitor for her. Hmmm will Gaki-san appear? Hmmm will any of the members appear? Ai wondered in her mind. Just at this moment, her Iphone vibrated, causing the dressing table to vibrate slightly as well. Ai picked up the smart phone from its position and held it before her face.
{ Ai-chan! Ganbatte ne! Aika will be rooting for you!! -Aika.}
A little smile crept across Ai's face. Aika. . . it has been ages ever since I last saw that girl . . .Is she recovering well? She must be feeling really bad about the double injury she got on her ankle. Ai thought. The nervousness she felt moments ago was slightly gone.
{Arigatou, Aika! I will drop by to your house tomorrow after my morning studio live recording? I miss Aika's presence around. - Ai}
As Ai sent out the mail, she sighed deeply. I wish Aika can return to the stage soon. . . Aika must be really sad about it. . .
{Really??!! I will wait for you! Aika too missed Ai-chan's presence as well! I have seen the concerts DVD given by manager. Ai-chan is really cool! -Aika }
Just as Ai were about to reply Aika's message, the soft knock on the dressing room door stopped her. Gaki-san? That was the first person that had came into Ai's mind about the person on the other side of the door.
"Come in." Ai called out softly.
"Takahashi, it's time for you to go into studio for standby."
Ah . . .It's just Manager-san. . . Ai thought dejectedly in her mind. She pulled herself up and forced her a slight smile on her face, masking away the slight disappointment she felt within herself. "Hai, wakarimashita!" Ai responded immediately.
{I will talk to Aika tomorrow again. I need to go into the studio now. -Ai}
With that, Ai handed her phone over to her manager for safekeeping before following behind him, where the manager led Ai into the waiting area of the studio.
How ?? The nervousness she felt previously set in once again, in a stronger intensity this time round. Ai placed her palm on her thigh, rubbing away the sweat that were form on her jeans. What should I do~~~ What if I can't think of what to answer the questions Nakai-san is going to ask me? What if I stumbled on my words as usual? What if I messed up with the lyrics of the song? I haven't sang the song once in the right lyrics. I had always have the first and second chorus mixed up. What should I do~~~ Ai thought repeatedly in her mind. And when she looked up, it was then she realised that the red 'On Air' sign was lit on. It has started. . .How?
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The first thing Risa did the moment she stood out of the bathroom was to glance at the antique clock that was hung at the corner of the living room. Ah. . . 20 more minutes till the start of the live recording. Risa noted mentally in her mind. With the towel draped over her wet hair, Risa went into her room to retrieve her Iphone and returned back to the living room.
"Risa, you are not sleeping yet? it's going to be midnight soon. Don't you have a morning schedule for tomorrow?" Risa's Mama asked curiously from the kitchen when she saw Risa settled down on the couch, turning on the television using the remote control placed on the coffee table not far away from the couch.
"Uh uh." Risa mumbled as she shook her head. "Ai-chan's appearing on a live midnight show today. I want to watch it. " Risa replied as she switched the television to the right channel.
"Ai-chan?" Risa's mama repeated as she came out of the kitchen and sat beside Risa. "She's appearing alone?"
"Mmm." Risa nodded her head. Risa glanced the time on her phone. Ten more minutes. . . Risa noted silently. "Ai-chan's going to sing her graduation song today on Coming Soon. . . "
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"Takahashi, relax!"
"Hai!" The response came in a higher tone. Though her manager had been asking her to relax and not to be so nervous for the past ten minutes, Ai could not help but to stiff up her body to a greater extent.
"3 minutes till stand by in studio!" The producer came into the waiting room and informed Ai.
"Ha-i . . . "
"Takahashi, you have a mail for you." Ai's manager stood by Ai's side and slide the phone before Ai.
"Eh. But I'm going into the studio soon. . . " Ai trailed off.
"It's alright. . . . Just read it speedily will do." Ai's manager assured while placing the phone into Ai's palm.
{Ai-chan, Ganbatte ne! I will watch you from my television at home! Gomen ne, for that I can't be at the studio with you.
Ai-chan is going to be fine! Because you are you! Daijoubu! Don't worry too much or be too nervous!
Like Ai-chan you had said yourself, this is your first solo live recording and last solo live broadcasting as member of Morning Musume.
So, enjoy it with a smile! Make it a memorable memory! Even though none of us are at the same location at where you are,
We all will support you deep from our heart. I want to see Ai-chan to sing the song with a smile.
I love you! Ganbatte ne! --- Ri }
Ai felt her eyes wet from the message, blurring her vision of the phone screen.
"Why are you crying?" Came the question from Ai's manager.
Ai giggled lightly at the posted question while wiping away the lone tear that had tracked down her cheeks.. If Gaki-san is here, she would have asked the same question to me as well . . .
"It's going to be the real performance soon, you won't want to smug your make up before recording, don't you?" The manager continued as he passed a piece of tissue paper over to Ai.
Ai nodded her head in acknowledgement. "Wakarimashita."
{Arigatou. . . -Ai }
"Takahashi-san, please come into the studio now for standby!"
"Hai!"
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"Ah! Ai-chan!" Risa's Mama exclaimed as she saw the camera focusing on Ai. "Ai-chan's getting pettier as the days go by, don't she?" Risa's Mama continued while having her eyes fixed on the television.
"Mmm." Risa whined softly in agreement with her eyes, too, never leaving the wide screen of the television. A mischievous smile crept across Risa's face as she watched her precious douki on air, squirming in nervousness before Nakai Masahiro. Maa, Ai-chan, you are way too nervous! Relax! Relax! Risa urged gently in her mind.
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"Jaa, Takahashi-san, please go over to that side for standby of the live recording of your solo song."
"Hai." Ai beamed. Yes! I did not stumble! Interview is over. . . Ai thought elatedly in her mind as she stepped down the step and brushed through the set to where the microphone stand stood. She shifted the microphone to her desirable position, with increased breathing as her heart beat in excitement and nervousness.
"Takahashi Ai's Jishin o motte, Yume o motte, Tobidatsu kara. Douzo!"
Ai rested her palm lightly on the microphone as she allow herself to immerse into the set she stood in the middle of. These are just like the miniatures of the ones we played with on our first appearance on Utaban . . . My first and last . . . This is really the last. . . Ai reminisced sadly in her mind. She bit her lower lips, enduring the tears that were threatening her within herself.
Like Ai-chan you had said yourself, this is your first solo live recording and last solo live broadcasting as member of Morning Musume. So, enjoy it with a smile! Make it a memorable memory! I want to see Ai-chan to sing the song with a smile. Risa's voice had just rang in Ai's mind like an recording machine, repeating the words Risa expressed through the short mail Ai received minutes before. Gaki-san is right. . . I should enjoy this performance right to the highest peak. . . I can't cry. . . Because this isn't an end, it's just a new start. . . Ai encouraged herself in her mind. Just the thought came in mind, she flashed her front teeth, stretching the little sadness into a wide smile as she began to pace in the rhythm of the beat.
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Ganbare, Ai-chan! Risa urged mentally. A small smile escaped from her lips as she saw the perfect smile shinning on Ai face. That's right! However, the smile did not last. It had slowly faded of Risa's face. Eventually, the smile was replaced by trails of tears running down her cheeks. That's right, Ai-chan. . . It's not the end, it's a new start. . .
At the final line of the song, Risa wiped away the leftover tears with the back of her hand. Ai-chan had done your best, overcoming your nervousness and uncertainties about standing alone on that stage. . . I will do my best as well, Ai-chan!
Risa picked up the phone that was lying by her side and typed swiftly on the touch screen keypads.
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{Ai-chan, It was prefect! Yokatta ne! -Ri }
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This is what is between us. . . The unbreakable bond that holds us tightly together. . .
At times where we are troubled. . . .She's always there, no matter how far she is. . . .
And this is what is . . . Between Us . . .
- - Ai/Ri
Happy Birthday to Aichan! hehehe
@ Bamtai : HEHE, it's alright!! hehehe I'm always busy as well. .so i understand how is it like. . . hehe Eh . . . .I will do my best to! Thankies ne! hehehe
@ lil_hamz : it's indeed long. . but it makes it special :) Hopefully I will have the time to. . . I have been getting real busy lately. . . But I do still want to write as well. heheh. . .I'm looking forward to YOUR stories as well ^.- heheheh Jiayous!!
A FLUFF FIC for AiGaki Violence fan :) HEHEHEHE, as inspired from reports from fans, newspaper article on a science based show Gakisan had recorded a week ago (?).
SLEEPOVER
Ai was removing the makeup of her face when her Iphone, placed on the top of the dressing table, vibrated. Who? Ai wondered in her mind as she picked up her phone with her free hand.
{Ne, Ai-chan! You are getting a day off from the musical on the day after tomorrow, aren't you? -- Ri}
Eh, Gaki-san? Ai was slightly surprised at the sudden message from Risa.
{I am. What's up? -- Ai}
{Me too! Let's hang out together ! It's been ages ever since I had spoke to you. Tomorrow after musical ends and dinner? After that a sleepover at your house and a shopping trip in shibuya the following day? -- Ri}
Ai was even surprised at the sudden invitation that she had saw, especially the invitation to a shopping trip by Risa. Though surprised, Ai had accepted the invitation immediately, greatly to the fact that she would never reject a shopping invitation, especially when she was in the mood to do so.
{I like it! Where? -- Ai}
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"The rehearsal for this stage play was so fun and interesting! Though it was tough, to the fact that I'm always towered by the tall guys everyday - "
"Me too!" Before Risa could finish her sentence, Ai had interrupted her completely, completely oblivious about the pout that had formed on her late dinner partner across the table. "The guys in my musical are too towering over me. The female actress as well. I felt so midget throughout the whole production till now. It's so different as compared to when I'm still in musume, with Gaki-san and Reina who are of the same height as me. Sayashi and Suzuki too."Ai ended as she placed a piece of rice cake into her mouth and started munching on it.
"Mou Ai-chan" Risa pouted as Ai looked up from her plate to Risa.
"Gomen! I cut your words" Ai apologised, and signed a silent sorry to Risa.
"As I was saying, the rehearsals were tough, not just only to the fact that I was always towered by the co actors, also to the fact that there are so much action! Do you know that . . . " Risa picked up her unfinished sentence and continued, with Ai, listening while eating, nodding her head occasionally to show that she was paying attention to the younger girl.
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"Gaki-san you can go into the shower first, I will take the later one." Ai informed as she placed her backpack at the dining table after switching on the lights at the hallway, with Risa following closely behind. Risa came forward beside Ai and rested her belongings on the same table.
"Hai! Arigatou, Ai-chan!" Risa chipped as she ruffled her hand through her belongings, retrieving her set of night change and headed towards the bathroom in a way as if that was her own apartment. After Ai watched Risa entering the bathroom, she headed towards her storeroom, with the details from the short newspaper article she had read a couple of weeks ago.
When Risa had finished with her shower and had gotten out into the living room, her belongings was already transported into Ai's room, where the two would spend their night together. When she entered the room, she was surprised to the see the spare Mickey mattress, already made up in place beside the bed space.
"Eh? What's this for?" Risa asked innocently as she ran her towel through her dripping wet hair.
"Eh? I'm sleeping on that tonight?" Ai replied with her famous childish smile, causing Risa to look queerly at Ai.
"Eh? We always sleep together on the same bed, don't we?" Risa asked again.
But before Risa could get her answer for her question, Ai had already gotten out of her room with her towels and change of clothing and into the bathroom.
"Eh? Ai-chan?" Risa walked out of the room as she called out, only to have her voice echoed down the empty hallway. Could it be that. . . impossible right? It hasn't been broadcasted, doesn't it? Maa, and it's only limited to Yokohama broadcast. . . .Ai-chan might not had the ability to watch it, don't she? Risa analysed in her mind. She hung her wet towel across her neck and bent down, as she began to fold the Mickey mattress up and moved it across the hall and back to its original place in the storeroom.
When Risa returned back to Ai's room, she settled herself before the dressing dress where she took her set of cleansing cream and moisturiser out of her handbag. Just as she had expected, Ai had took her usual speed of spending at least half an hour in bathing, even with the fact that she had a visitor over with her at her house. By the time Risa was done with her face, Ai was still barely done in her washing up. So Risa took her tattered looking script of her current stage play out of the same bag and walked towards Ai's bed, where she began settle herself comfortably on the bed and began to read through it once again.
"Eh? Where's the mattress?" That was the sentence that had brought Risa back to the current time from the Edo period as written in her script.
"I kept it." Risa replied casually as she climbed off the bed and return the script back to her bag.
"Why?" Ai asked as dried her hair with her own towel.
"There's no need for it, isn't that so?" Risa replied as she climbed back onto the bed. "Let's sleep together!" Risa patted the empty space beside her. "Just like what we always do." Risa ended with a smile.
"Eh. . . But . . . "
"But what?"
"You said that . . . ." Ai trailed off.
"You've read?" Risa tilted her head slightly.
"A little. . . " Ai answered. "Why didn't you tell me that I had smacked you in your sleep?" Ai asked as she gotten herself nearer to Risa.
"It's alright! It's not that you had did that on purpose." Risa ensured with a smile as she looked up to the shorter girl who was towering her in her standing position.
"Really?" Ai asked again.
"For sure." Risa reassured.
Ai climbed onto the bed and into the empty space beside Risa. "Since when did that happen? I really can't remember. . . " Ai went all over again.
"When . . . " Risa touched her chin and she willed herself to remember when did such events had started to happen. "Around 4 years ago? I remember Ai-chan was still gentle in her sleep during the Hawaii fan club tour in 2007 . . . " Risa trailed off into silence. "But . . . After Ai-chan had gotten the role of the leader, the first autumn tour. . . Ai-chan you had started to edge me in my sleep na. . . "
"For such a long time?" Ai was surprised.
"I guess so . . . " Risa replied ambiguously. "I heard on that TV host that stress and psychological state of a person will reflect one's action in their sleep. . . hmmm. I guess that it should be the stress and pressure of being the leader had led to that 'violence' in your sleep?" Risa suggested. "That's what they told me . . . hmmm. .. " Risa continued. "Now that Ai-chan had graduated right? Your source of stress and pressure is gone right? So wouldn't that mean that Ai-chan will return back to your original self like in the past?" Risa finished.
"That sounds scientific, doesn’t it? Hmmm. . . sounds feasible too as well. . . " Ai resolved the information given by Risa as she pulled her blanket up to her chest. "Eh. . . doesn't that means that now that you are the leader now, you are going to hit me in your sleep?" Ai scoot a few centimetres away from Risa and looked at her with her wide open eyes.
"IYA!" Risa replied in a raised tone. "There's no way I am going to do such thing. "
"Really?" Ai snickered playfully.
"For real!" Risa humped.
"Really? I'm asking right from the bottom of my heart. Is there anything in work there's bothering you? Or stress? The kids, are they bothering you?" Ai changed her tone and began to concern about her beloved fellow same generation.
"For real! Hmmm. Not really? I haven't been working much together with them lately. And I haven't saw most of them for days. " Risa pouted. "But, I don't think there's much to worry about. Because Ai-chan is always by my side. That's why there's nothing to worry." Risa finished with a smile and turned around, only to find the girl beside her already sound asleep. Maa. . . I guess Ai-chan must be really tired from the musical. . . Risa smiled lovingly at the sleeping girl. "Oyasumi." Risa whispered softly to the sleeping girl. With that, Risa slipped down into the pillow and snuggled slightly closer to Ai. Though she kept her eyes closed, she was still not able to fall asleep.
That was only until the familiar pair of hands wrapped around her waist. "Why are you still not asleep?" came the muffled voice of Ai and the conversation had stopped there. Ai had fallen asleep again once again. A wide smile ran across Risa's face at the pair of warm arms around her waist. I guess I should be safe for now . . .
In the middle of the night a silent thud echoed in the small room, with a silent hiss by the taller yet younger girl. Is Ai-chan still stressed about anything? I should have kept the mattress as where it is in the first place. AHH...
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"What happen to you today, Gaki-san? It's so unlike of you to be lagging behind me. You are the one who are always rushing me to walk faster. . . " Ai turned around and asked.
"Yah. . . I'm alright. . . "Risa tried to reassured with a plastered smile on her face. And when Ai and turned around again, Risa began rubbed against her back where she was attacked the night before.
"Are you sure?" Ai turned back abruptly, only to catch Risa pulling her hand away from her back.
"I'm sure!"
Ai walked back to Risa and tried to pull Risa's jumper up to check the back Risa had been rubbing throughout the shopping trip.
"Not here, Ai-chan, we are on the streets!!" Risa refuted as she tried to pull her jumper down.
"Let me see!"
"Not here, people are watching!"
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"It looked so bruised. . . . " Ai trailed off slightly. "That's why I said I should have slept on that mattress last night."
Risa shook her head stubbornly. "Is something bothering you?" Risa asked again as she pulled her jumper down.
"Not really?"
"But?"
"I guess. . . I had really took in that habit then." Ai smiled sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her head. "I guess you won't mind it right?" Ai ended off with a giggle and she stepped out of the toilet cubicle, leaving Risa stunned and shocked alone in the same toilet cubicle.
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Thanks Tchips and rndmnwierd for the comments. Hope you all will like this fic as well. . .so :)
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Mission Advisor : FAILED
"Niigaki-san, your phone is ringing!" Aika shouted to Risa who was standing at the other corner of the rehearsal room, teaching Haruna one of the dance steps the choreographer had just taught them. Haruna was unable to catch up with the progress of the lesson, thus, Risa had chose to stay back and help the younger girl. The teenager was so lost like a little lamb, making Risa to panic like the ants on the hot pot-time is running short. They are juest barely two weeks away from the start of the spring tour and they had only mastered half of the setlist.
"Coming !" Risa responded to Aika as she looked up towards the latter's direction. Aika was holding Risa's iPhone high up in the air, signaling to her the unheard phone call as reminded by Aika. "You should leave now too as well. It's getting late. You have school tomorrow too, don't you?" Risa turned to Haruna and asked hurriedly. "Be sure that you look through the tapes tonight and try practicing them when you are back home. If there's something that you still don't understand, you can call me tonight." Risa debriefed quickly. "Ja, mata ashita!" Risa waved a light goodbye to the younger girl. After watching Haruna leaving the rehearsal studio, Risa rushed towards where Aika was standing immediately.
"Thanks, Mitsui!" Risa thanked as she took over the phone from Aika.
"You're welcome, Niigaki-san. I will make my move too. . . I have an appointment with my occupational therapist." Aika bided with a smile. "Mata ashita ne?" With that, Aika waved a good and began to walk slowly towards the studio door.
"Mata ashita ne, Aika." Risa bided good too. Without looking at the caller ID of her phone, Risa slide the phone and answered the call.
"Risa-chan?" Came the familiar slightly childish accented voice then sent a wave of chilling sensation down her back.
"Eh?"
"What took you so long to answer my phone call, Risa-chan?" The voice continued.
"Ai-chan?" Risa raised a tone in surprise.
"Who else do you have in mind then, Risa-chan?" Ai blabbered with her relaxed voice.
"No one? And Ai-chan, don't call me Risa-chan? How many times have I told you, Risa or Gaki-san. Stop calling me Risa-chan . .. It makes me feel so much like a little kid." Risa pouted across the line as she sat down cross-legged on the polished ground of the rehearsal studio.
"But it has been Risa-chan since we first met, why can't I continue calling you that?" Ai argued on the other end.
"But it too has always been Gaki-san as well. . ." Risa proposed her argument.
"But - " Ai tried to refute, but was interrupted by Risa once again.
"Ne, Ai-chan, you called me just to argue with me how to address me in a proper way?" Risa raised, hoping that would bring Ai back to her main reason for calling. She wiped away a lone sweat away from her temple,
"Nah. . . " Ai shook her head on her side as she answered. "Are you getting a off day tomorrow?" Ai went straight into her point.
"Yeah?" Risa answered casually as she reached for her bag for her towel.
"Let's go shopping together!" Ai's excited voice came echoing loudly into Risa's ears , causing Risa to pull the phone slightly away from her ears.
"Eh?" Risa was surprised again. "Me shopping?" Risa repeated.
"Be my advisor for the day." Ai continued. "I want to control my spendings but I'm afraid that I won't be able to have that self-control to do so...." Ai added on quickly in her proposal.
"But I've promise my mama that I will spend my day off together with her tomorrow..." Risa explained worriedly.
Silence persisted for a moment in the mist of the phone conversation. Ai was whacking her mind up for a good solution about the situation Risa had just informed her. "Ah!" Ai cried out suddenly, catching Risa off guarded, causing her to almost drop her phone onto the ground.
"You scared me, Ai-chan!" Risa pouted to the person at the other end.
"My mama is with me in Tokyo right now. . . You can asked your mama if she wants to join my mama for afternoon tea tomorrow? And you can accompany me to shopping !" Ai suggested.
"I - I will ask my mama about it. . . " Risa nodded her head while saying.
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Back at Risa's house, Risa had been pacing around her room, thinking about how she should phrase the suggestion made by Ai. "Yosh! I will just have to do it." Risa urged herself as she stood behind her room door. She placed her palm on the doorknob. Just when she was about to turn it, a knock sounded from the other side and the door swung inward open, just missing Risa's forehead by a millimetre.
"Risa, I heard from Takahashi-san that Ai-chan had asked you out to shopping as an advisor. You don't have to worry too much about Mama. Mama will be going out with Takahashi-san for afternoon tea as well. Be sure that you ensure that Ai-chan don't overbuy this time round again. . . " Risa-mama starting nagging the moment she saw Risa at the door.
"Takahashi-san has been complaining about Ai-chan's spending habits again. Be sure that you help Takahashi-san to control Ai-chan this time round." Risa-mama continued.
"Ha-i" Risa answered in rather shock and reluctance. She knew deep inside that it was no simple task to ensure that Ai don't overbuy.
"Take an early rest tonight then." Risa-mama finished. "Oyasumi."
"Oyasumi. . ." Risa trailed off into silence as the door went click. Just then, her phone vibrated, signalling to her a new incoming message.
{Gaki-san, My mama told me that she had asked your Mama out. . . Yatta! That means that you will be going out with me to shop tomorrow! - Ai }
{Yupps . . .So. . .where shall we meet tomorrow? - Risa }
{1 at Shibuya. - Ai }
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Where's Ai-chan? Risa thought silently in her mind as she kept her eyes wondering around the department store where the two were shopping at. Risa was engrossed in looking at a set of dress that she had lost Ai the next moment she turned her head. With the dress the only item in her shopping basket, Risa had been searching for Ai for the past 5 minutes around the department store and it was all futile.
Just then, right before her eyes, a familiar figure, with a overflowing shopping basket, past by her and went straight to the next nearest rack. "Ai-chan?" Risa raised a tone slightly loudly as she chased after the figure.
Ai turned around and looked at Risa for a short moment before turning her attention back to the rack. "Oh, Gaki-san, you are here! I've been looking all over around for you. Where have you gone to?" Ai asked without looking at Risa.
"That's the question I want to ask you, Ai-chan.. . " Risa replied before turning to the basket. "And look, it's less than 5 minutes and you had filled your basket to its brim." Risa continued scolding, remembering the role she had in this shopping trip. "Do you really need this much of clothing? Self-control, Ai-chan, self-control." Risa lectured.
"Eh, a lot of them are not for me." Ai argued back as she turned her eyes onto Risa. "I think you will look good in this." Ai continued as she placed the apparel in front of Risa had glanced her from head to feet.
"Really?" Risa held the hanger from Ai and glanced down her body.
"Really." Ai continued while ruffling the contents of her basket. "This looks nice on you too." Ai said again while holding onto a jumper like shirt. "Let's get to the changing room and change into it to get a better view of it, Gaki-san." Without waiting for a reply from Risa, Ai had already dragged the younger girl towards the changing room and threw her behind the curtains, drew it up properly for her and crossed her arms. "I'll be waiting outside for you." Ai finished. Less than a minute after Ai had said that, she had began to wonder away from the changing room and towards the nearest rack.
"Ai-chan?" Risa called out the moment she got the dress on her body and stood out of the changing room.
Ai turned around upon that call. "Wow, you really look pretty in that. You should get it." Ai praised.
"I should?" Risa troubled.
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It was already late at night when the both mothers had returned home from the day out. On the phone, Risa's mama said, "The trip to Korea back then was really fun. We should go back there again together some days."
"Yes we should." It was about the same time that Ai-mama had stepped into Ai's apartment. "At least we have an accompany when the younger ones went running around on the streets all night." Ai-mama continued.
"That's right! I think this coming summer may be feasi-" Before Risa-mama could finish her sentence, two shouting voices from Risa's room as well as through the phone receiver were heard.
"Mama! Help!"
"Kaa-san! Help!"
"I will talk to you later." Both the mother said at the same time. Without hanging up the phone call, they both went into their daughter's respective room and say their respective daughters standing before the wardrobe, with their hands ran through their hair in frustration.
"Mama / Kaa-san! I can't find ways to fit them into the wardrobe!" Risa/Ai cried out to her mother at the same time.
"Aren't you supposed to be advisor to Ai-chan to prevent her from overbuying? What is up with this whole bag of clothes that you need to put into the wardrobe?" Risa-mama questioned Risa.
"Aren't you supposed to be controlled in your buying today since Risa-chan is with you today? What is up with this whole bag of clothes that you need to put into the wardrobe?" Ai-mama questioned Ai.
"I - " Ai/Risa stuttered, unsure about how should they answer the question raised by their mother.
Shaking their head in unbelievingly, they walked out of their daughter's room and resumed the phone call. "Well, I think the trip can only happen when Ai-chan can properly learn to control her shopping habits. . ." Ai-mama spoke through the phone.
"Same over at this side. Until Risa can learn to not fail the task as an advisor to Ai-chan . . " Risa-mama smiled through.
Mission Advisor : FAILED.
Hihi! New oneshot for Valentine!! Though it doesn't have a valentine feeling in it. Just a cute AiGaki one shot :) heheh
It's based on an unrecited (unreliable) source on 2ch about Gaki's fashion/ clothes, something Risa had mentioned in the new MM application. I personally have not find the particular timing nor read any other report about it, so . . . I'm not sure if that's real and reliable or not. .. But if it's real, it must be really cute to know that Risa always end up with buying lots when shopping with Ai as Ai will always say "You look good in this."
about the Risa-chan vs Gaki-san vs Risa - this arguement was from ANNM, where gakisan mentioned something about wanting aichan to call her by Risa instead of risa-chan when they were young since aichan was older than her. And when the nickname gaki-san came, aichan had thus been calling Risa by Gaki-san, though Aichan will always randomly call Risa by Risa-chan, sometimes just moments before when they were suppose to appear on stage. :) hehehe