Upside Down [Marius Yo Fanfiction]

It's "Sou" On!

"Erika! Wake up! You're late!"

"Uff...okaayyy..." I roll onto my stomach and bury my face into my pillow.

"Get up! You're going to keep them waiting when they get here!" My mom throws a pillow at me. Hard.

My ring's not even purple, jeez. I bolt out of my bed. "Fine! I'm up!"

Today I--or, Sexy Zone and I--have an especially interesting appointment. Since news has been spreading like wildfire about Marius and I, I've already reached a million followers on Instagram. So Seventeen magazine, one of the most popular teen magazines in Japan, sent our "manager" (Kento) a request to have me in their next issue's cover photoshoot. Of course, Sexy Zone will have an interview beforehand, but they wanted a special coverage of Marius and I.

The twist is, they want Marius to be in my photoshoot with me. In a couple's photoshoot. It's unheard of for celebrities to be in couple-y photoshoots, let alone Johnny's.

I hate the idea of having my face blown up huge on a magazine cover, really.

But we took up on it in the end (to my dismay), and got Johnny-san's permission to go with it. Sometimes I have no idea what goes through Johnny's head.

It's winter already--several months since I first met Marius at his concert--and snow is covering the grounds of Tokyo. Summer felt like it was just a couple months ago. I throw on a decent-looking white t-shirt, jeans, a thick parka, and some old combat boots, and head out of the hotel building. I instinctively catch the shape of the giant black SUV, which honks at me a few angry times.

"Yeah, yeah, good morning to you too, Kento," I mutter as the door slides open.

"Hurry your butt up, cause Kento's gonna kill you if we're late!" Sou whispers.

"Sorry guys!"

I search the car for Marius, but he's sitting in the back seat already with a very proud-looking Sou. Sou glares at me, and I to him.

"Hey, I wanted to sit next to Marius!"

"Whoops, I was here first!"

"I'm his soulmate!"

"I've known him for longer!"

"I--"

"I don't care where you sit, just sit down, gosh!" Kento exclaims. "Do you both want to die?!"

"No.." Sou and I mutter.

"Then stop acting like wannabe Juniors!"

I finally sit down next to Fuma, since Shori's taking up the whole front row as he sleeps. I turn around to stick my tongue out at Sou, and catch him returning it to me.

"Ugh, he's my soulmate, for crying out loud. He should at least make Sou move so I can sit next to him."

"It's okay, Erika, we'll get back at Marius," Fuma whispers.

"How?"

"Oh, you'll see. We can plan it on the drive back." I can't help but get excited when Fuma gives me a mischievous wink.

When we get to the photo shooting, we have two minutes left to spare. The six of us are immediately greeted by a mob of makeup artists and designers, and I'm taken into a separate dressing room.