Sexfriends

Chapter 9

Two weeks have passed. Everyone's been busy getting ready for Repaymentfes, especially the second years that have been working really hard in order to send their seniors off properly. The overall atmosphere has been tensed and stressful in every single unit, even more in Undead as Rei and Kaoru haven't exchanged a single word nor a single glance these past two weeks. Plus, everything's been a mess and nothing seems ready at all. The members have become tired, their synchronization's been off and nothing can be fixed. They've reached a dead end.
At least, Kaoru's been attending every practice...which is probably the only good point...though neither Koga or Adonis knows which is worse between their senior skipping all the time or him bringing this bad atmosphere to practice... Even though he's been talking to them quite normally,. So normally it's become scary...because he has literally ignored Rei's existence, when they're both supposed to graduate.

Koga's been really annoyed by all this for many reasons. First, he hasn't seen any results in all their hard work and he's had the feeling Undead have been practicing for nothing, which has led to him blaming everything on his "lousy senpais." Second, Rei's been as annoying as ever and it really isn't the best timing at all.

"Bastard, doing whatever ya damn please! What the hell are ya thinking? I can't take it anymore! I'll beat ya to death~!"

"Calm down, doggie~ If you snap too much at anyone without a care, you will be sent to the animal shelter, won't you? It would be best to calm down. Here, I'll give you some delicious, cheap sweets... ♪" He smiles and pats the younger one's head.

"Grr I'll kill you!!"

Kaoru's crouching against the wall texting someone while Adonis is stretching next to him. He hasn't paid attention to anything going on and only wants to get over with this boring practice. He's also noticed that they haven't been progressing at all and he still wonders why he keeps coming, knowing that they won't get any better. He probably doesn't want to break his promise to Kanata and tells himself that it's the end of the year so he'd better do things well, for once. Lately, he's lost motivation and hopes for pretty much everything and life's never seemed so boring to him. Not like he misses anything, he just wants to graduate even though he still has no idea about what to do next. At this point, he'd rather follow his father's will than coming up with something himself. His old man was right after all, he's always been just a frivolous brat who has no idea where he's going, doing whatever he pleases, whenever he pleases.
After replying to his text, he lifts his head to see Adonis still focused on his stretching. It's funny how their relationship has grown, as Kaoru's always thought he used to live in the jungle, back in his home country. He realizes how dumb he was at that time and is relieved to see that he's matured a bit, since then.

"Adonis-kun, why did you think of becoming an idol?" He asks out of the blue.

The younger boy stops moving and looks at Kaoru. He doesn't answer and seems to be thinking about what to say.

"Aaah, it's not like I'm saying you lack the skill to be an idol, okay? It's because you're a pretty unusual type of guy~ If you just want to play music, there's plenty of other options to choose from...so...I was just wondering, you know." He runs a hand in his hair.

"I see, Hakaze-senpai. Umm, do I absolutely have to say the reason why...?"

Kaoru waves, "aah, nah nah, it's just a question born out of mere curiosity or idle chatter. If you don't want to speak then it's fine by me~"

"Alright. What about you, Hakaze-senpai? Why did you want to become an idol?"

"Me? Well, I'm working as an idol so I can be popular."

"That is very much like you, Hakaze-senpai."

Is it really? Kaoru wonders. He doesn't even know if he still has enough motivation to pursue as an idol. He smiles, before getting up to stretch as well.