Nice Voices - English Version

Chapter 10 - Shining Star

The next day, Flaminia arrived running in front of the gates of the immense Tokyo Dome, looking at it with a heavy breath that slipped away from her open and smiling mouth.

She could't believe it, she managed to get that free time with little promises and nothing more. She feared that her father would stop her, but in the end he just agreed to let the daughter go out only if she would do exactly what he would might say that late evening.

The young lady clutched the ticket against her chest, looking at the long line waiting for the doors to open and, intimidated, she approached it noting that two signs divided the line in 'Standard' and 'VIP Pass' «Ahhhh I can't wait to get in!» Flaminia could hear some girl moan and an entire group of high-schoolers passed her almost shoving her aside and ignoring her presence «YES! Ruki's voice is pure orgasm!» «orgasm are Uruha's thighs! Don't bullshit me!» «I just care about Reita! That fly-boy's training those arms well, did you see them??».

All those gossips made Flaminia giggle, though with a bit of sadness she admitted that she really would want a friend to speak at that same way, but lining in the VIP section she found out that the waiting was less longer than she feared.

One of the staff's guys took her ticket, ripped part of it and wished her a good evening with a friendly smile that could only bring more happiness in the girl's heart.

Flaminia headed to the front row, searching for the numbered seat that was written on her ticket and she found it left-most side of the stage, where she could see a black-scaled guitar placed by the enormous speakers on the stage.

Some girls next to her cried out pointing at the right side of the stage and moving her head, Flaminia saw a man with a white strip of fabric on his face walk in the darkness of the backstage.

He rose an arm to say hello to the fans before disappearing again «AHHHHHH REITAAAAHH!!» shouted some fangirls in a perfect chorus, hormones going crazy for that man.

In fact, that guy had a nice physical appearance and he seemed to have an handsome face, even though it was masked by his blonde locks and the bandage on the nose «Awwww why isn't starting??» complained someone «it's late? What time is it?» another asked and Flaminia looked down to her cellphone.

Five and fifty-eight, another two minutes and it would be six o'clock...the more the girl watched the seconds pass, the more she felt the adrenaline swelling her veins.

In the end, sall of a sudden, the lights went out creating havoc in the room now full of hardcore fans and while the first light on the stage were lit, Flaminia's eyes looked at the giant screen on the far back of the stage, the band's name flashing in large and blocky letters.

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Aoi was nervously stuck to his test guitar, in the backstage, trying again and again his pieces without stopping, concentrating every cell of his body in reach the perfection.

None of his friends knew of the possible presence of a special person for him in the public, except for Kai, but the leader was far from saying anything to anyone, too focused on the success of the concert.

Reita stood up from the couch in the common room to go take a peek to the fans and, coming back, he had a huge grin on his face «holy fuck it's almost a sold out! There are two empty chairs near the exits, but I think those gals got a cold!» he laughed while stretching his back and Uruha took one of the bottle of white wine sent as gift by the sponsors «Filling Tokyo Dome...shit, we should celebrate! Aoi-san, you brought your lobsters?» asked the colleague guitarist to the man who, hearing his name, lifted his head from his lowered stance, his lips still tight around the cigarette «Uh? Ah, no. I didn't bring it» he said in a serious tone, before returning to a particularly difficult part of his solo, that always gave him problems in the past «...chill as fuck, eh?» whispered Reita ironically, looking at Ruki go sitting on the other couch, in a religious silence and with his legs crossed «you shouldn't fuck around, you know?» the nervous guitarist started to scold them, before hearing Kai call them all.