Mayonaka Soñodora Meets Cinema Bizarre

5. Opening Act

Pic: Fuji

Opening Act

Another week had passed before "Take Me Away" blared from my phone again. Fuji, Bachiko, Ai and I were sitting in the room, but Cho was out in the hall, getting sodas for all of us. I grabbed for the phone so quickly I knocked it off the table and onto the floor. I finally managed to answer just as Cho entered the room.

"'Ello?" I asked breathlessly.

"Are you ok Saya? You sound a little out of breath," he asked.

"I kinda...fell over," I explained simply.

DJ Rob laughed heartily for a while. I waited for him to calm down. "Anyway, I was calling to say I got you a spot as the opening act for the 7:30 concert at The Market tomorrow," he told me.

"Sweet! Who are we opening for?" I asked.

"I don't know," DJ Rob said, "they didn't say."

"Oh...ok," I replied.

"See you tomorrow night. Get to The Market at 6 cuz you're on at 7." He hung up then.

"We've got plans for tomorrow!" I chirped, taking a bottle of Sunkist from Cho.

"What are they?" Fuji asked.

"We're the opening act for the 7:30 show at The Market," I told them.

"Who's playing?" Bachiko asked.

"He couldn't find out," I replied.

"What time?" Cho asked.

"We're on at 7, but we have to be there at 6," I answered again.

"Sweet," Ai said.

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At exactly 6 the next night, Bachiko pulled open the back door of The Market. Ai walked in first and we went straight to the room where we weed supposed to wait before going on stage. Cho opened the door and stopped dead. Trying to see what was wrong, The rest of us crowded around. When we saw what she was staring at, we all paused too. DJ Rob was inside the room with five familiar androgynous guys--Cinema Bizarre.

"Stalker faggots," Bachiko grumbled, loud enough for everyone to hear her.

DJ Rob and Cinema Bizarre all blinked.

"Stalker faggots? What's she talking about?" asked Shin in his deep voice with it's soft German accent.

"Nothing!" Ai squeaked, slapping her hand over Bachiko's mouth a little harder than necessary.

"Ow!" Bachiko whined, pulling away. Cinema Bizarre continued to stare at us.

"Anyway, you guys, this is Mayonaka Soñodora. Girls, this is Cinema Bizarre," DJ Rob announced.

"We know," Cho told him, "Kiro, Strify, Romeo, Yu, and Shin." She pointed to each as she named him.

"Well, have fun," DJ Rob said, shrugging, as he left the room, pushed us in, and shut the door.

"Hi...I'm Ai," Ai said after a minute.

"I'm Cho."

"I'm Fuji."

"I'm Saya, and this is Bachiko." I introduced Bachiko because at that point she was pouting about being in the same room as Cinema Bizarre.

"Nice names," Strify commented.

"How do you guys know about us?" Romeo asked.

"You guys pretty much inspired us...well, most of us," Ai explained. Bachiko and Fuji nodded, indicating which of us Cinema Bizarre hadn't had an effect on.