Angel of HEAVENS (Uta no Prince Sama)

Chapter Forty-eight

"Yamato,you were two second faster and Shion, you fell behind during the end," Eiichi pointed out everyone's mistakes. "Let's try again from the start."

The leader as well as the others went back to their position and faced the mirrored walls. The music started and everybody started to move in perfect sync.

"Alright, take five!" Eiichi ordered once the music was over. The others nodded and did their own business. Shion and Nagi collapsed on the floor side by side, Kira and Eiji hydrated themselves, Van leaned against the wall and took out his phone while Yamato did his usual push ups.

"Here you go." Catarina passed Eiichi his towel.

"Thanks," he replied before taking it and wiping his face. He took the water bottle she offered and sipped from it.

"What did you think?" Eiichi asked her.

"As always, it was perfect." The blonde smiled. He smiled at her answer, "Good."

"How long are you going to practice?"

"Another hour."

She let out 'ooh' of understanding. After the five minutes break was over, HEAVENS went back to practice like Eiichi had said and Catarina sat back to watch them. Looking at them hard at work was her inspiration.

An hour later,

"Alright. This concludes today's rehearsal." Eiichi clapped his together once.

"Amakusa is tired and sleepy." The albino boy leaned on Nagi. "Nagi, carry me."

"Shion! I'm tired too!" Nagi protested.

"I'll take you Shion." Yamato easily lifted him.

"Everyone will go straight to sleep. We have an early morning tomorrow. Make sure to take a good rest," the leader ordered.

"Yes!"

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Catarina leaned against the board of Eiichi's bed and grinned at what she was listening to on her laptop. It had been a while since she had watched this.

Eiichi came from his bathroom while rubbing his hair with the towel. He went straight for the bed and flopped down beside her. He closed his eyes and laid there on his stomach.

Catarina stared at him for some seconds after pausing the music she was listening to. With an index finger, she poked his cheek.

"Hmm?"Eiichi opened one eye to look at her.

"Nothing. Just checking whether you're alive or not," she replied nonchalantly.

"Alive..."

"Barely," she added with a stern look. "You returned from your work in London just this morning. Then you went straight to work. And if a whole day packed schedule wasn't enough, you extended your rehearsal time by an hour."

He opened both eyes. "HEAVENS has a concert in two weeks. We need to be perfect."

"I know." She sighed. "But you're just putting too much load on yourself."

"Don't speak as if you never do the same," Eiichi said with a scoff.

"At the very least, I get time to rest!" She pointed out. "You need to take care of yourself."

"Yeah,I know..." He closed his eyes again.

Exasperatedly shaking her head, Catarina closed her laptop and took the towel that was on his shoulders. She got up and placed it in its right place. She nudged the brunette.