The Beat that Reaches the Heart

Chapter 17 - Nova

Flashback 3 years ago
Y/N POV

My old DJ unit was filled with talented individuals, who brought their own special thing to the table. They were indispensable to our rise to fame, all of them I met through some very unlikely encounters that soon proved fruitful.

Hakuro Deisuke: A grey haired boy who takes the mantle as our VJ. With his "artistic" temperament he provides the very best visual effects that bring our performances to life.

Futaba Koichi: A short blonde haired girl whom I met during my time attending a international school. She can be a little direct and fiery, but she puts that fire into her singing which displays her passion.

Sakura Fujimori: A girl with beautiful pink hair and the personality of an angel, she has been my second ever since we started our unit. As our lead singer, her singing voice was described by our fans as god given.

I was only 15 years old, when my DJ unit was an already well-known phenom. We preformed at various stages and festivals gaining recognition as the best DJs under 20 and the "bright" future of the mix music industry. The songs we made sold tons of copies and the concerts we're always sold out of tickets. During that time we loved what we did and everything was right about Nova.

After a music festival in Kyoto

Hakuro: I'm glad we created this unit, we're on top of the world!

Futaba: It feels nice to have bragging rights.

Sakura: What do you think leader?

Y/N: I think with you guys behind me, we can be not only best in Japan, but can go down in music history.

Hakuro: Oh yeah? Then let's get there!

Futaba: We have a concert in America soon, I'm super excited for that!

Sakura: I never been over there before, and I didn't know we had fans overseas.

Y/N: Then let's not disappoint them. Let's get to work everyone.

Nova: Right!

During our rise to the top had its satisfying feeling of accomplishment, however as we grew in popularity we had to follow certain rules and expectations they would be very tiresome in the near future. After a while the others soon developed some odd tendencies that were out of character, especially Futaba who started to become even more standoffish with the talent agency staff.

Don't get me wrong we've always had time for fans, but they enforce to limit fan interactions and not to have any close relationships....I thought we're a DJ unit not a Idol group. It may not seem like a big deal to most, but sometimes we feel like going back to a regular life, a life where it's not controlled by anyone.

Nova's Studio - 10:00am

As I enter our practice studio, I can see my fellow members practicing already.

Sakura: Hello Y/N.

Y/N: Hey guys, what's on the show agenda?

Futaba: We've got a performance in Suidobashi at a huge music festival.

Hakuro: Going to another festival huh? Right after our show last night....

Y/N: Our agency is forcing us to do all these shows...clearly they haven't heard of rest

Hakuro: Still exhausted from last night guys?

Sakura: Futaba-chan seems very irritable right now.

Futaba: It's cause I got no fucking sleep!

Y/N: We should stop it with the late night shows.

Futaba: Or tell our "agent" to give us some rest!