UtaPri: Ai x Reader

Ch 7

~*~*Time skip: next month~*~*

I sighed as I dragged myself out of bed. Wait... Where was (bestie name)? And it was kinda bright outside.

"Oookay." I whispered, checking the clock... Which was broken. "Oh, no, no, no, no, no."

I cried as I put on my uniform, brushed my teeth, and just as I opened the door, I was met with a very angry Ringo.

"Ano... Ringo-sensei, am I forgetting something?" I asked.

"Atarimaideshou!" He said, taking my hand and dragging me out of my room.

"Where are we going?!" I cried as he threw me into a random dressing room.

"Look at the calendar," Ringo called, locking the door from the outside... Wait! A lock outside? What the heck?

"Alright," I said, "Where's the calendar?"

I stood on my tiptoes as I glimpsed at the calendar above the mirror.

"Ohhhhh," I said. "Today, Rei-chan, Camus, Ranmaru, Ai-kun, that girl, and I judge the auditions."

Those auditions would be aired live through out the school and the agency, so apparently I had to wear formal attire. I peeked into the abnormally large closet. Thousands upon thousands of pretty dresses were there. Some very revealing, some very modest, and others were in between.

In the end, I picked out a (f/c) hi-low dress, with a braided, light brown leather belt, flats with sparkles in the shape of a heart, and put my hair into a nice (2nd f/c) barrette.

Suddenly the door opened, and Ringo was wearing a very sparkly dress, and was grinning from ear to ear. "Kirei!" The sensei cried, clutching my hand again. "Ikkimassu yo ni!"

And we were off again.

Once we were inside the room, with the usual cliche red curtains, dark, wooden oak stage, and a long table for the judges, where six seats were taken, and two seat weren't. That girl, Hikari, I think, was just as beautiful as the sun rise. Yet, she was a bit dumb, and was staring (and drooling) over Ai and the other boys. Geez, she was just.... ugh!

I took my seat in between Ai and Rei-chan. So, this was the order from left to right, Ryuya, Ringo, Camus, Ranmaru, Hikari, Ai, then, me, and finally, Rei-chan. I grumbled slightly as Hikari whispered something to Ai, and giggled. Ai shot her a quick, fake smile. I felt pressure on my left hand, and looked down. Rei-chan looked at me with sympathetic eyes, and I gave him a thankful smile.

I noticed that Rei-chan thought that formal meant putting on a white tux over a black t-shirt, whit dress pants, and a white fedora with red trim. Camus was dressed like a casual Prince, in his fancy dress pants and button up fashion jacket and cape. Ranmaru dressed in what he said was 'formal' punk clothes.Wearing a leather jacket, white shirt, and black slacks. Ai, was... Was... wow. I couldn't stop glancing (and drooling) at him. He wore a shirt, the same color as my dress, a white fancy jacket with gold buttons, cream pants, and a small necklace that said, 'Love Me Maybe?'

So, like, three hours passed, and about 1/10 of the participants passed, unfortunately, (bestie name) didn't pass. I wasn't really paying attention to anyone else (since I was... distracted), and I only watched (bestie name). I felt so bad for her, but, her song just didn't make it through.

That night, I hugged her as she cried. She vowed that she will support me after I debuted, and will make it into the Master Course by next year. And I knew she would.

After she passed out on her bed, I heard a small knock on my door. Ai, Rei-chan, Camus, and Ranmaru were all there, three out of the four smiling mischievously. "Come on, Shining-san has something to tell us." Rei-chan said.

"Chotto matte," I said, rushing to write a note to (bestie name).

After that, I softly closed the door behind me, and followed the four boys to the principal's office.

He was waiting for us, and just a I closed the door behind us, he yelled, "Allllllriiighhtttt! I waaaannnttt you ffffiiiiivvvveeeee to ddddeeebbbuuuut llliiiiiivvvveee."

"Eh?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!" We all cried.

"Yyyyyeeeeesssssss, tthhhaaaatttt iiiiiisssssss rriiiiggghhhhht. Miss _________ will write the ssssooooonnnnnngggg-"

"Actually, Shining-san, I have a song already finished." I said, pulling out folded pieces of paper from my pocket. "It's a four-ish part song."

Shining smiled. "Aaaaaalllllllrrrrrriiiiiiigggghhhhhhtttttttttt, that iiisssssss goooooooooodddddd, I willll push the ddddeeeeaaadddliiiine to tttoooommmmooorrrrrrooow."

"Eh?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!??!!" We cried again.

"Yyyyoooooouuu bbbbbeeeettteerrrr gggeeeet sttttarttted!" Shining said, shoving us out.

"See where your overachieving-ness got us?" Ranmaru said, rolling his eyes.

"Gomen," I said.

"No use in apologizing now," Camus said. "We have to pull an all nighter."

Rei-chan lead the way to his room.

Ai once again took the papers from my hands, and held out a pen.

"At least let us hear the song out." Ranmaru said, taking the papers from Ai, and handing them back to me.

I shrugged, and poached the song on Ai's piano. (Piano version of Poison Kiss).

Ai smiled, already forming lyrics in his head. Rei-chan and the others also seemed to get an idea of the lyrics.

In about two hours, we had lyrics down, that we agreed on. (Trust me, there was a lot of arguing.)

I looked to the clock- 11:45 p.m.

"It's still pretty early," Ranmaru said. "So, let's play a game."

Rei-chan smiled, a dark, horrible smile. "Yes, let's play seven minutes in heaven, but, let's make it twenty."

"I'll play," Ranmaru and Camus said simultaneously.

"Ma, ii." Ai said, shrugging.

"I guess?" I said.

Rei-chan took out a hat from his closet, and Ai pulled out a few pieces of paper.

We each used a pen name, and put it into the hat. I wrote down (favorite anything), and put it into the hat.

"I'll go first." Camus said, pulling out a piece of paper. "Indifferent." He read.

"That's me." Ranmaru said.

Rei-chan stifled a laugh as the two awkwardly fit into Ai's neat closet.

Rei-chan turned on the timer on his phone.

There was a silent murmur of back and forth conversation behind the closet, and twenty minutes was up.

Ai put their names back into that hat, and Rei-chan chose next. "Smiles... Oh, wait that's me!" He giggled a little, then, picked a name out of the hat again. "Princely."

Camus sighed. "That's me." The two got up, and Ranmaru smirked. "Only twenty minutes," he teased.

Rei-chan shot him a glare, and Camus rolled his eyes. The two fit into Ai's closet, and closed the door behind them. Again, back and forth conversation. Man, boys were boring!

Twenty minutes later, they came out. Rei-chan still glowing, and Camus bored.

"________-chan!" Rei-chan said, as Ai put the names back in. "Your turn."

Again, three of the four boys had devilish smiles on. "Pick."

My eyes widened just a bit. They were planning this all along!

I nervously pick out of the hat, and unfolded the paper. "Artificial Intelligence."

I looked at the boys in the group. I was sure that everyone had a different name, so that left....

"Hmmm... That's something." Ai said, his usual poker face on.

Oh kami-sama, playing seven... er, 20 minutes in heaven with... Ai?!