Shoyo soon found himself back at the bubbly idol's side and gratefully let her lead their conversation.
He began to feel rather shabby the more he looked around; glittering evening dresses and flashy suits adorned everyone else.
The only person who wasn't dressed so was a good looking man who wore an awesome traditional outfit that Shoyo couldn't remember the name of, but wow.
He was so screwed.
He didn't stand a chance.
All conversations ceased abruptly, and he looked up to find Tobio striding into the room behind another tall, light grey haired man. This one was dressed in a light blue fitting suit and walked with a calm, happy attitude very at odds with Tobio's sombre appearance.
Shoyo recognized him as being a very popular TV show host.
"Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. You may remember me from our phone conversations but I am Sugawara Koshi. I am helping to run this show and will be providing commentary to yourselves and the viewers at home. As you may remember, there are no cell phones allowed at the mansion and little contact with the outside world during your stay."
"But in an effort to make things more interactive, along with the live streams on our website, you will be receiving specially profiled phones to use during your stay. I will hand these out shortly, but with these, you will have access to the camera, for selfie purposes obviously, a schedule of events, a forum to talk with each other and make requests of the onsite staff. Most exciting of all is a special closed twitter account."
"This means you can post tweets, have access to see other show participant's tweets and reply, but you cannot view the outside world's tweets. The viewers however can see all of these. This show is all about helping Tobio here to find love but also to make it a fun, interesting interaction for everyone involved, including our wonderful viewers."
"That's all for now. I will make my rounds and hand out the phones over the evening. Otherwise, please take the opportunity to get to know Tobio a little better."
Koshi gave a small bow and left, leaving Tobio to be suddenly swamped. Only a few besides Shoyo remained sitting, one being the good looking man. He caught Shoyo's gaze and walked over to sit next to him.
"I see we are playing at the same strategy," the man had a nice voice. He moved with a graceful elegance that Shoyo found himself a little envious of.
"Ah, I wouldn't say that," Shoyo looked over to the mob of people around Tobio, the blonde haired manager seemed to be leading the fray. "I just prefer my limbs intact, thanks."
"You don't seem like all the others here," the man said before offering a hand. "Haiba Lev. But please, call me Lev."
"Hinata Shoyo," he returned the handshake politely and sat back in the squishy couch.
They chatted quietly for a bit, Shoyo got the feeling he was being weighed up and judged but Lev soon relaxed and that feeling vanished.
It was both a relief and mildly irritating that he had been dismissed once again. Not that he could blame him, to be honest.
The man excused himself after a while and Shoyo found himself sitting between Yachi and a model called Saeko with yet another glass of champagne.
He tried to remember all the names but most of them blurred together. He felt sorry for Tobio having to remember everyone. It's not like the man could get away with forgetting anyone's name.
Placing down his now empty glass on the small coffee table in front of him, Shoyo settled back into a recently vacated cushy arm chair and let all the sounds wash over him.
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Playing Games With The Billionaire (KageHina)
FanfictionShoyo finally decided to reveal that he's gay to steer clear of his sister's playing cupid schemes. He doesn't want to get involved again with anyone at the moment and just plans to live happily and peacefully behind his precious camera. Unbeknowns...
