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Here's chapter 2, not as sad as first one, but chapter 3 will probably be
Sorry for the mistakes. (and the beginning of this chapter is weird, I had no idea
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Chapter 2The next day, the AKB members were working for another episode of AKBingo. After the recording, some of them had to go to a photo studio for their next photobook. Like it wasn’t enough, they all had a meeting with Akimoto at the end of the day.
Takamina was still sad about yesterday, but at least, she was smiling. She knew she couldn’t think about it all the time. Sometimes, she just had to work without thinking about something else. And today, she had to win this episode. It was Shoujiki Shougi, also called the “everyone, let’s humiliate Takamina” show. The three members of No Sleeves were participating. It was Takamina VS Miichan while Haruna was the commentator.
Every member was impatient about it. In fact, they were waiting for Miichan’s questions to Takamina. Some members even asked her to ask this or that question. They wanted to know how Takamina felt about Maeda’s graduation. Even after one year, they still wanted to know more. Unfortunately, Miichan didn’t listen to them except for one question. She was going to ask it only at the end.
The Bad Boys began to introduce the game. When they were done, it was Takamina’s turn to begin. She wanted to win, so she chose carefully her question. The camera zoomed on her face as she said:
“Number 7”
“Hey what is this question?!” Sata said with a fake angry voice.
“I think BAD BOYS are the worse actors ever.” Takamina said.
Miichan laughed a little as she denied it. It was a lie.
“Why did you ask this question?” Miichan asked.
“Well, everybody thinks that, so I thought you would too.”
“What’s that mean?!” The two boys said as everyone began to laugh. “Next question, hurry! Hey, you, stop laughing!”
Miichan thought a little and said:
“Number 2.”
“Isn’t it a little exaggerated?” Haruna asked as Miichan began to ask her question.
“Because it is pink, my room is the 8th wonder of the world.”
With her serious face, Takamina slowly said no. She really hoped it would work because if the others members knew it was… “BIP”. Damn.
“What?!” Everybody said with a surprised voice.
“We all know Takamina like pink, but it’s still surprising to hear it from a boyish like her. We never thought her room was so important to her.” Haruna explain.
“It’s not that!”
“I know” Yuko said with a pervert smile. “It’s probably because something happened in her room!”
“What could it be?” Everybody said as they tried to find out, without even looking at Takamina.
“It’s not that!” Takamina repeated.
Takamina was blushing. It wasn’t that! She really liked pink! Especially since Acchan had told her it looked great on her, but it was a detail… and a secret. A secret that the others didn’t need to know.
“All right, it’s Takamina’s turn again!” Haruna said, knowing how her friend was shy about it. But she still found it funny to know it was true. Really, it was surprising how cute she could be.
“Hey, I’m the one who’s supposed to say this.” Sata said.
Takamina ignored him and chose another question. She was definitely going to take revenge someday. Until now, she didn’t want to hurt Yuko, but since she had said something so… pervert, she didn’t care. And Miichan would probably lie about it.
“I want to take Yuko’s place as MC during AKBingo.”
Haruna blinked at Takamina. It wasn’t the best moment to ask this question. She knew Yuko thought about her graduation. She didn’t want her to feel apart. Miichan had to say the truth. But it turned out to be a lie.
“What? Why?” Yuko asked, pretending to look sad.
“It’s not that I think Yuko does a bad job. It’s just really funny to do the MC. I think I can help these two bad actors to look better.” Miichan explained.
Sata and Kiyoto were about to say something, but, as usual, nobody listened to them. Yuko seemed to understand what Miichan meant, to Haruna’s relief. Haruna didn’t want Yuko to think she didn’t have a place with them.
“Yeah, so it’s 2-1 for Takamina! Next question is…” Sata said.
“In fact, I think my solo is the best song of A6.”
Takamina tried to do her best again, but the lie detector beat her.
“Eh?” Haruna said.
She had participated in A6, even if it had been a long time.
“Give her a chance!” Tomochin said. “It was her first solo…”
“Thanks Tomochin.” Takamina said, trying to not be pretentious. She was glad Tomochin supported her. Her happiness ended as soon as it has appeared.
“She will soon realize that her first solo was not the only song of A6.” Tomochin smirked.
“Shut up!” Takamina said as she tried to “hide” herself on the floor.
“Soon?” Miichan asked. “It’s been more than a year!”
The Bad Boys said it was her turn.
“What kind of question is it?” Haruna asked as Takamina was saying the number.
“I like to dress as a man.”
Miichan looked surprise as she answered no. It was true.
“Why did you ask it?” Miichan asked to Takamina.
“You’re always looking at men’s clothes. And since Mendol is done, you talk about it a lot. Even if it’s been like… more than five years.”
“Kuu was a great character, but it doesn’t mean I want to dress as a man!” Miichan answered. “And we’re all women, it’s normal I want to see something different, you know?”
“Takamina got the wrong question. Miichan should have asked her this question.” Haruna said.
“I don’t like to dress like a man!” Takamina said.
“Well, you probably like it more than Miichan does!” Haruna replied. “Ok, the game will be over if Miichan has it.”
Miichan thought about it. She didn’t want the game to finish, but she wanted to win. So she chose the question she wanted to ask from the beginning.
“Even if it’s been a long time, I am still mad when I think about Miichan and Acchan “wedding”.”
Takamina froze as she heard Acchan’s name.
“No.” She said with a little voice.
Everybody waited. Takamina didn’t even know herself if she was lying or not. “BIP”. Well, she guessed she was.
“Really?” Haruna asked.
She had heard about it lots of time, but she would never have thought Takamina would still be mad about it. It was just for fun. Miichan was one of Acchan’s good friends and she wanted to know what Takamina’s reaction would be. So she just tried it… But she had never thought the captain would get so mad about it! And even now, it’s been more than three years!
“Well, no… Not really.” Takamina started to say.
“Not really? What kind of answer is it?” Miichan said.
“Well, no! I don’t care!”
“Did I tell you the lie detector was right at…”Haruna began.
“I know! 99.9%!” Takamina replied. She didn’t like this situation. Now, she was sure everybody would have weird ideas about her! The machine wasn’t supposed to make a sound! She wasn’t mad about it!
“You must miss her a lot now then!” Tomochin said.
“I’m not asking you if you miss Tomomi when she’s not here, so don’t ask about me!”
“Don’t be so cold!” Miichan said. “And it’s not the same situation, Acchan is-”
“Whatever, I’m not mad at you, you know…”
Miichan had doubts about it since Takamina had interrupted her without apology.
“Ok girls, we’re not here to talk about your relationship in AKB48, even if I’m sure lots of fans would love it. So Miichan is the winner of today’s game!” Sata said.
***
“So you’re still mad?” Miichan asked as they were eating.
She wanted to talk only with Takamina since she knew her friend must really miss Acchan a lot, but Haruna had insisted to be with them. And Yuko had insisted to be with Haruna, so they were a group of four instead of a duo.
“I’m not.” Takamina said as she ate her bento.
It was true. She wasn’t. Or at least, she thought she wasn’t. She knew there was nothing to be upset about since Acchan had left the group and that it had only been for kidding. But since the lie detector said it was true… She didn’t know how to take it. She couldn’t be upset about something so old, could she? Even if she could, what would that mean? Nothing. She like both Acchan and Miichan and it was stupid from her to think about it.
“You’re sure?” Haruna asked as she tried to protect herself from Yuko.
“Of course.” Takamina sighed.
“Really?” Miichan asked again.
“Yes.”
“Are you sure you’re not?” Haruna asked.
“Stop it guys!” Takamina mumbled.
She just wanted to eat in peace, couldn’t it be possible please?!
“You know, the lie detector is right at 99.9%, so stop denying it.”
“For the first time of my life, I agree with Yuko.” Haruna said.
“Really? Can I hug you as a reward?” Yuko asked with puppy eyes.
As Haruna tried to protect herself for the second time, Miichan stared at Takamina. The captain was eating really fast, as she wanted to finish as fast as possible. Miichan didn’t know if it was true, but she thought her friend must want to leave them now for eating so fast. She was right. Takamina hated being in this kind of situation and wanted to leave them. But she was too polite, so she wanted to finish her meal so she could find a better reason to leave.
“You know, it’s okay to miss Acchan.” Miichan said.
“I know. Everybody miss her anyway.” Takamina answered without even looking at her friend.
Miichan sighed. It wasn’t what she meant. She knew Takahashi had always been with Acchan. Her sudden leaving must had been a big shock. And she knew Takahashi was probably sadder than she looked. She didn’t really know what she could do for it. At the beginning, she thought Takamina would get better, but she hadn’t. There was still some moments were she was laughing with the others like before, but it wasn’t like when she was with Acchan. It was different. Even the way she laughed was different now.
“You know-”Miichan began.
“I know.” Takahashi replied.
Haruna and Yuko stopped their “game”. They knew that Takahashi didn’t want to talk about it just by the way she had answered. They decided to leave it like this. If she didn’t want to talk, they couldn’t force her. It was her problem, and if she didn’t want help to pass through it, they couldn’t do anything more for her than support her in their head.
In fact, Takamina had hoped this AKBingo recording would help her to forget a little Acchan… But it didn’t happen exactly like she had wanted to. She had thought a lot about Acchan instead of forgetting her.
***
“Are you still talking to Acchan?” Miichan asked to Takamina.
They were going to a photo studio to take pictures for the promotion of their new photobook. The captain really didn’t want to talk about her pretend sadness about everything that concerned Acchan, but answered to her friend with a normal voice:
“Yes. Sometimes we talk together at phone… But we are really busy so it’s hard.”
“So you want to see her more?” Miichan insisted.
“What are you talking about? Of course, we all miss having time for ourselves, right? Not just me and Acchan.”
“Yeah… I was talking… in general.”
Takamina knew she could often look sad about it, but it wasn’t a big deal. She didn’t want her friends to care about it. There were more important problems in the world than her friendship with Acchan… Yuko and Haruna stared at her a little, making her wanting to walk faster. In fact, they were almost there so she decided to take the lead and walked 3 meters in front of them. The situation was becoming… awkward.
They arrived to the studio. They were only four because they had missed the first photoshoot. They had to do it now while every other member had already done it. They couldn’t be there the first time because they were working for another show. There were others artists in the studio, busied with their own work so they didn’t care about them.
The subject this time was… Animal world. They had to dress like some random animals for a magazine. They only had to be cute for the fans, as usual. Miichan had to dress like a penguin. The fans had loved how she was playing with a mascot penguin during a PON episode so it was a blue one.
Haruna and Yuko had to wear the same outfits. They were lovebird. Of course, it was only fan service, but Yuko really liked this idea. And she really loved to play lovebird with Haruna. Haruna was trying to avoid her, but this time, it didn’t really work. So Haruna had a “lover” for today. She enjoyed it, but would rather die than admit it.
As for Takamina, she had to wear a wolf outfit. Not an old one, a puppy one. Staff wanted her to wear an adult one to show the fans she was the “leader” of the crew, but they thought the fans would liked to see her in a cute outfit, so they decided to change. The girls had not enjoyed the idea of animals at the beginning, but when they had seen how cute the outfits were, they just decided to play the game.
The photoshoot went well… only for Miichan. She had played her role perfectly. She was cute and was playing with a false cute fish. She was making cute faces and did her best to enjoy it.
When it came to Haruna’s and Yuko’s turn… It had not been exactly the same. Most of the pictures showed Yuko trying to kiss Haruna in order to “make it more realistic”. Of course, Haruna had tried to stop her… And all the pictures messed up. Yuko was hiding Haruna on the first one. Haruna was hiding Yuko on the second one. They were fighting in the third one. We didn’t see Haruna enough in the fourth… Finally, after a long time, Yuko decided to cooperate and took the pictures in a “normal” way. Right after it ended, she started again, making Haruna afraid of her. It was really funny to watch, especially when Yuko finally reached Haruna’s arm and didn’t let her go while Haruna was laughing and screaming with her.
Takamina’s turn went well too. They had nothing bad to say about it, she was cute and she was probably the one who did it the faster. Honestly, she was glad it went so fast. She was afraid she may not be cute enough, and she didn’t want to wear this wolf outfit for a long time.
They were about to take out their outfits in another room when the photograph called Takamina back.
“What’s wrong?” She asked while she was trying to take out the wolf ears she had on her head.
“We have to take the picture again. I don’t know what happened but they aren’t clear on the computer.”
Takamina almost fainted. She had to take them again?! Meant more wolf outfits and more cute faces?! Damn, she definitely hated this studio even if it wasn’t the first time she came here. Right, it was her job, but to dress like an animal wasn’t her dream. Yuko and Miichan decided to wait for her, while Haruna had to leave for another shooting, much to Yuko’s disappointment.
It took twenty others minutes for the staff to rearrange everything. Takamina could finally take her pictures. While she was taking the pictures, the next artist had arrived to the studio. The artist wasn’t really happy to see the studio was late. They were others places in the studio where they could take the pictures, but somehow the artist wanted it to be at this place.
The woman decided to go see who was making her wasting her time when she had another TV show in almost two hours. She was really surprise to see it was some AKB48 girls.
“Hello!” She said to Yuko and Miichan.
The two members turned around, jumped and hugged her.
“Hey! What are you doing here! Long time no see!” Yuko said with a huge smile.
“I’d never thought we’d see you there!” Miichan added.
“I know, I’m really busy but I wanted to take some pictures here. To remind me when I was with the group I guess. It’s been a long time!”
“You’re not going to regret it.” Miichan smirked. “It’s Takamina who’s late. Well, it wasn’t her fault but I like to think it was.”
The woman smiled. Miichan hadn’t changed at all. She was a great (and cruel) friend.
“Takamina? Really?”
“Yeah, wanna see her?” Yuko asked, still smiling. “She’s over there.” She said as she opened a little a big door next to them.
The point of view wasn’t the best in the world, but they could still see Takamina doing her poses. It was really funny and sometimes reminded a little the Heavy Rotation’s PV where she played a cat. But it was different too. Takamina looked way better. And Acchan’s eyes couldn’t move away from her anymore.
***
“Move your head to the right please!”
Takamina did so. She was smiling and trying to be as cute as possible. For about half an hour, they had to take the pictures and to check if everything was fine. It was. Takamina was glad she could finally take out her outfit, even if she began to like it a little. She left the room and joined her friends.
“I’m done. We can leave now, sorry guys.”
“How about waiting a little here?” Miichan suggested.
“No way, I’m tired now! And we still have to meet Akimoto-san with Haruna tonight… She added. “I don’t want to waste my time here…”
“But we met somebody here! She left for her photoshoot but she said she would come back after!”
“If it’s not Nakamori Akina, I don’t care.”
Miichan and Yuko stared at each other.
“But-”
“It is!” Miichan said, interrupting Yuko.
Takamina obviously didn’t believe her friend at all.
“What?” She said.
“What?” Yuko repeated.
“It’s her! Just wait a little!”
They waited, even if Takamina really wanted to leave because she knew it couldn’t be Nakamori Akina. They waited…Again… Again… A door opened. It was a man. Another opened a few minutes later, it was a woman, but they didn’t know her.
“How long are we supposed to wait for someone who’s not coming?!”
Her two friends didn’t answer. They were praying for Acchan to come as soon as possible. They wanted to surprise Takamina, not to make her angry.
“Hey, I’m leaving now.”
The door next to them opened. It was a man. But it was a man Yuko had seen with Acchan earlier. Trying to calm herself, she asked:
“Where is she?”
The man seemed to look at them a second before he said:
“She left. She has an interview.”
Seeing how much Miichan and Yuko were disappointed, he added:
“She just left a minute ago. I think you could still have time to see her if you hurry. She’s probably outside.”
The two girls began to run towards the door while the third one was walking slowly, tired of their game. What was up with them? It was impossible Nakamori was here… Wasn’t it?
“Takamina, why are you still so far! Hurry or we’ll miss her!” Miichan screamed as she was still running.
“Like I care…” Takamina mumbled.
She followed her friends outside. The sun didn’t help her to see clearer. She slow down, but seeing that Yuko was still running with all her might, she tried to hurry a little. As they arrived near the street, they saw a car ready to leave. Someone went inside, but they were too far to see who it was.
“RUN!” Miichan screamed.
“Ehh~?!”
Somehow, that reminded her some crazy episodes of Mendol when she had to run for absolutely nothing. They had almost reached the car when it began to leave.
“Wait a minute!” Yuko screamed too.
The car stopped. The woman went outside, wondering why three random people were running after her. When they arrived near her, Miichan and Yuko stared at her, speechless. Miichan was the first one to react, but it wasn’t what Takamina wanted to hear.
“Sorry, wrong person.” Miichan said as she slowly back up, hoping the woman wasn’t too mad.
Yuko and Takamina bowed. The woman didn’t seem to care a lot and left. Another car arrived near them and stopped while the three were still panting. Miichan and Yuko didn’t even take a look. They were apologizing to Takamina.
“So now, explain yourself.” The small captain said.
“We… kind of… Mixed two people?” Miichan tried.
“Right… Yuko, do you have a better reason?”
“We… we wanted you to see the car! Nice one, isn’t it?”
Takamina didn’t even try to understand her friends. Sometimes, they could be so weird. A door opened from the car that had stopped near them a minute ago.
“Why the hell were you running after a car?”
“Akimoto-san?” Takamina asked, surprised.
The creator of AKB48 was in front of them. He looked at them, amusing. He knew Acchan was at the same studio the same day, but hadn’t planned a meeting. It was funny to see the girls running for nothing. He knew Acchan was already far from here.
“We were looking for you.” He said. “We have to meet sooner finally. I think only Haruna had something to do for now, but I called her and she will join us. Come in.”
Another car followed Akimoto’s. Takamina, Yuko and Miichan went inside.
***
In the car, Takamina was sleeping while Miichan was trying to send a mail to Acchan as fast as possible. Yuko was just looking outside, hoping Haruna will join them soon. They were probably going to the theatre, but for now, it didn’t matter. Miichan finally got an answer from Acchan.
“Sorry, I had to leave for work.”
“What about Takamina? You haven’t seen her for a long time! Couldn’t you stay a little more?”
“No, I really needed to go.”
“She doesn’t know you were here. We didn’t tell her.”
“Why?”
Miichan didn’t really know what she could answer. She knew Takamina was a little sad about Acchan. She had wanted her to see her so Takamina could be happier… She wanted to help Takamina, as the good friend she had always been.
“She would be sad to know you were already gone.”
She sent it and waited. The answer was long.
“I’m sad I didn’t get the chance to talk to her too. But I am really busy now. Next month would be better. I think I have a little break so it would be great to see everyone! I’m sorry. Maybe I’ll call her later today. I have to close my phone now. My manager is waiting for me. Tell her I miss her! Talk to you later!”
Miichan sent a last mail, hoping she could still reach Acchan.
“I heard you manager was really great. Is it real? Do you have fun?”
Acchan didn’t answer.
The timing was perfect because the car stopped at the same time, waking up Takamina.
“We’re here.” The driver said.
They walked through a door and went inside the building. They went inside and sat. All the AKB48 members were there too.
“Just wait for Haruna while I’m checking something for SKE48.” Akimoto said.
They waited. They talked a little and Miichan finally told Takamina about Acchan. She wasn’t really angry about them.
“You should have told me that before.” She just said.
“She said she missed you.”
“I’ll talk to her later.”
“Why don’t you call her now?” Tomochin asked. She had heard everything.
“Didn’t you hear Miichan? She’s busy now.”
“I’m sure she won’t care to stop working if it’s you!” Tomomi added.
“And what if she had an accident! The last thing you would have thought about her would be something like “I can’t call her because she’s busy.” ” Sasshi said.
“Aren’t you a little extreme?!” Takamina mumbled.
They didn’t say anything more. Takamina wasn’t angry. She was a little disappointed though… She couldn’t believe Acchan was at the same place, the same time. She hated the computer for being so lame. If it hadn’t been so lame, maybe she could had seen Acchan a little instead of taking others pictures.
“Hello!” Haruna said. “Sorry for being late, I came as fast as I could.
“Haruna! We were talking about Acchan.” Miichan said as she began to explain what had happened in the studio.
“Really?” Haruna asked. “I can’t believe you didn’t see her Takamina!”
“Me too.” Takamina sighed.
They talked together about what could have happened if Takamina had seen Acchan. At the beginning, everything was fine. It was something like “Hug and talk together”. And it finished with a exaggerate scenario from Miichan where Acchan and Takamina would run away together in order to keep their friendship alive and so on. But it wasn’t the worst. Sasshi and Mayuyu liked to think Takamina would force Acchan to divorce with Miichan, even though they weren’t really married. And Tomomi added that the two of them would have fled to Hawaii and forget about Japan.
“Our friendship isn’t dead! What are you talking about?” Takamina asked.
“Well, I heard the last time you guys have been together was two month ago!”
Her friends didn’t know anything about the “good night” messages.
“We exchanged messages. It’s not like if we weren’t talking at all.”
“But it’s better to be with her instead of talking to her with a cellphone.” Haruna said.
“Can’t you see the positives points?!”
“But-”
“You know, we talk to each others, we still call each others… She’s still my friend!”
Takamina was right. They were still friends. Friends who didn’t talk a lot to each other, but still friends!!! Miichan’s cellphone rang at the same time Akimoto was coming back with some papers and started to talk.
“I do.”
It was Acchan’s answer. Miichan stared at it a second. She felt that Acchan didn’t tell her everything. But it wasn’t the time for it. She had to listen to Akimoto.
“All right, guys! First, I want to say I’m really proud of you for all the success we have now!”
Everybody smiled.
“I have an important announcement to do about the next concert. You know I told you it was going to be in July last year? Well, this time, your next concert will not be in Japan. For the first time, all the 48 members will move together for a concert in Paris!”
***
“I heard you manager was really great. Is it real? Do you have fun?”
Acchan closed her phone and didn’t answer. She had fun. She liked her manager too. She was a great woman, always ready to help her to become more popular. But this woman… was different from every people she knew before. She had a special aura.
“I do.” She answered.
TBC
Endnote: Forget what I said, I like chapter 3 *.* Haha I'm cruel I know.
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