[multi-chap] You think You know Me - Ch.1
TITLE: You think You know Me
AUTHOR: Saana-chan (meXD)
PAIRING: Sakuraiba (main) others too
SPECIAL STARRING: Tackey
RATING: my usual PG - NC-17 but safe for now
GENRE: humor, angst, fluff, romance
SUMMARY: Sho thought being an idol’s manager can’t be that hard. All you have to do is arranging schedules and keep everything in order. That was till he was assigned to be the manager of one Aiba Masaki…
DISC.: last time I checked I was just a poor fangirl while Sho and Aiba belonged to each other XD
NOTE: changed the ages, in this Tackey, Ohno and Jun are older than the others…
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
Prologue
Chapter 1: In which the journey of two starts
Hearing the knock Aiba lowered the manga he was reading and above it he peeked at the opening door.
“Aiba-kun, I want to introduce you to your new manager. This is Sakurai Sho-san” Tackey gestured to the other man who stood a step behind him.
“Sakurai desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu” he stepped forward quickly and bowed.
Aiba eyed him from head to toe but his face was unreadable.
“I don’t like him. Find someone else, Tackey!” he ordered and turned back to read his manga.
“That won’t work, Aiba-kun. Johnny-san chose Sakurai-kun personally to be your manager” the company owner’s personal assistant said.
Aiba dropped his book at this and stared at Tackey offended. But when it turned out it won’t change a thing he huffed and picked up the book to continue reading as a silent protestation.
Seeing this Tackey nodded to Sho and walked out. Sho looked at the young idol who kept ignoring him before ran after Tackey.
“Tackey-san!” he said almost panicked and grabbed the older man’s elbow. “What should I do with him now?”
“Well, maybe you can start with getting to know each other… Oh, I almost forget it, here’s his schedule for this week. I’ll mail you his other planned things…” Tackey gave a folder to Sho then nodded and left Sho alone again.
“Mou! What should I do now?” Sho groaned and ruffled his hair in despair and looked into the folder. Then yielding to his fate he walked back to the dressing room to his client…
“Anou…” Sho started and played with the folder in his hand.
“What do you want?” Aiba barked at him damping his manga on the table and looked at the new-comer manager annoyed.
“Anou… I…” Sho stuttered then quickly opened the folder to see what the young idol should do by this time. “Anou… your dance practice…” he said mumbled.
“What about that?” Aiba asked impatiently.
“It’s about to start…” Sho said looking up.
Aiba’s hand which was about to pick back up his book stilled midway as the idol looked at Sho.
“You think I don’t know that? Huh…” Aiba huffed and got up from his seat and strolled to the door. “Out of my way, wiseass!” he pushed Sho out of his way and walked out.
The manager not knowing what else he should do, he followed Aiba to the practice room at the end of the hallway…
"You’re late, Aiba-chan!” the guy - probably the dance instructor, Sho guessed - in the room said.
“Gomen, Oh-chan, but some incapable idiot held me up…” Aiba said with a grin and bounced to the other man.
The man called Oh-chan now looked at Sho with faint traces of curiosity on his round face. Sho bowed shortly and tried to smile at him reassuring.
“Doumo! I’m Sakurai… I’ll be Aiba-san’s manager from now on. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!” he said as an explanation.
“Ah, doumo! Ohno desu…” the other guy grinned at him.
“Oi! Oh-chan, can we start already?” Aiba complained.
“Sure” Ohno turned back to him nodding. “We’ll start with… ‘Yokaze’, ‘kay?”
“Roger!” Aiba nodded grinning.
Sho was kind of surprised that Aiba acted totally differently now. From his former attitude, Sho’d never guess that he can act like this too. Let alone when he started dancing… Music started and Aiba started the choreography swaying his hips but after a few beat he stopped suddenly.
“What’s wrong, Aiba-chan?” Ohno asked worried and stepped away from the stereo closer to the idol.
“Oh-chan! Tell him to go away!” Aiba said crossing his arms over his chest acting as a spoiled brat.
“Him?” Ohno asked confused the slowly turned to Sho.
The manager and the dance instructor stared at each other both seemed to be confused though Aiba must address it to Sho since only the three of them were there. Then Ohno shuffled to Sho’s side.
“Gomen, Sakurai-san but if you don’t mind… probably… that’d be better if…” he said whispering and it was obvious that he felt guilty in Aiba’s place for his behavior.
Sho shook his head lightly and smiled at the dancer understanding.
“It’s okay, Ohno-san. Probably I should do my own job instead of gaping into thin air…” Sho laughed nervously. “Then if you excuse me…” he added with a small bow and left the room.
Aiba smirked satisfied when the door closed behind him…
Sho spent the rest of the day with memorizing his client’s schedule for the near future and finding as much indo about Aiba as he could. He wasn’t really into the idol-industry - of course he knew what idols do but never felt the urge to keep up with what’s happening with and around them. Therefore he didn’t know what Aiba did so far during his career but he was but was surprised how many fans he had or how popular his works were.
“I really knew nothing about him, nee…” he sighed and leant back in his chair starching his arms above his head.
The next minute the door opened and Tackey popped his head in.
“Oh, Sakurai-kun! You’re still here? I was wondering why the lights are still on…” the older man said walking in.
“Yeah… I wanted to catch up on Aiba-san’s works… He really is amazing!” Sho answered. “But… can I speak honestly, Tackey-san?” he asked nervously.
“Sure, what is it?” Tackey asked encouraging and sat next to Sho at the big, round meeting table.
“I… I don’t think I’m capable for this job… I know nothing about the entertainment industry and Aiba-san obviously hates me…” Sho ranted hurriedly.
Tackey hummed understanding.
“Don’t worry, Sakurai-kun, you don’t have to do it all alone. About Aiba-san… he always gives a hard time to every new staff member who gets into his crew but it will pass… And actually… it doesn’t really matter whether you’re into the entertainment industry or not. Your most important job is to keep an eye on Aiba-kun as a… guardian…” Tackey said.
“Guardian? I don’t think a grown up adult needs a guardian, let alone Aiba-san… He looks like to be someone who knows very well what he wants...” Sho laughed thinking Tackey was just joking.
“He isn’t” the older man interrupted his laughter.
“What?” Sho asked frowning.
“Aiba-kun. He’s not an adult yet, not till next year” Tackey said seriously. “Still he had some serious scandals what just got worse during the past six months and Johnny-san had t consider cutting ties with him. That would be a great loss since he has such a talent. That’s why he hired you…”
“Me? But what can I do?” Sho asked incredulous.
“You’re close to his age therefore you might affect him better with your mature, deliberate personality so he’ll stop with his childish rebellion. We’re counting on you, Sakurai-kun…” Tackey said at the end patting Sho’s shoulder before left.
The young manager sighed deeply.
“Wonder if this plan had even a chance at all…” he mumbled…
A/N: yay for chap1!^-^ just you to know, chaps will be longer as time passes so don't worry if you find this one too short;)
AUTHOR: Saana-chan (meXD)
PAIRING: Sakuraiba (main) others too
SPECIAL STARRING: Tackey
RATING: my usual PG - NC-17 but safe for now
GENRE: humor, angst, fluff, romance
SUMMARY: Sho thought being an idol’s manager can’t be that hard. All you have to do is arranging schedules and keep everything in order. That was till he was assigned to be the manager of one Aiba Masaki…
DISC.: last time I checked I was just a poor fangirl while Sho and Aiba belonged to each other XD
NOTE: changed the ages, in this Tackey, Ohno and Jun are older than the others…
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
Prologue
Chapter 1: In which the journey of two starts
Hearing the knock Aiba lowered the manga he was reading and above it he peeked at the opening door.
“Aiba-kun, I want to introduce you to your new manager. This is Sakurai Sho-san” Tackey gestured to the other man who stood a step behind him.
“Sakurai desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu” he stepped forward quickly and bowed.
Aiba eyed him from head to toe but his face was unreadable.
“I don’t like him. Find someone else, Tackey!” he ordered and turned back to read his manga.
“That won’t work, Aiba-kun. Johnny-san chose Sakurai-kun personally to be your manager” the company owner’s personal assistant said.
Aiba dropped his book at this and stared at Tackey offended. But when it turned out it won’t change a thing he huffed and picked up the book to continue reading as a silent protestation.
Seeing this Tackey nodded to Sho and walked out. Sho looked at the young idol who kept ignoring him before ran after Tackey.
“Tackey-san!” he said almost panicked and grabbed the older man’s elbow. “What should I do with him now?”
“Well, maybe you can start with getting to know each other… Oh, I almost forget it, here’s his schedule for this week. I’ll mail you his other planned things…” Tackey gave a folder to Sho then nodded and left Sho alone again.
“Mou! What should I do now?” Sho groaned and ruffled his hair in despair and looked into the folder. Then yielding to his fate he walked back to the dressing room to his client…
“Anou…” Sho started and played with the folder in his hand.
“What do you want?” Aiba barked at him damping his manga on the table and looked at the new-comer manager annoyed.
“Anou… I…” Sho stuttered then quickly opened the folder to see what the young idol should do by this time. “Anou… your dance practice…” he said mumbled.
“What about that?” Aiba asked impatiently.
“It’s about to start…” Sho said looking up.
Aiba’s hand which was about to pick back up his book stilled midway as the idol looked at Sho.
“You think I don’t know that? Huh…” Aiba huffed and got up from his seat and strolled to the door. “Out of my way, wiseass!” he pushed Sho out of his way and walked out.
The manager not knowing what else he should do, he followed Aiba to the practice room at the end of the hallway…
"You’re late, Aiba-chan!” the guy - probably the dance instructor, Sho guessed - in the room said.
“Gomen, Oh-chan, but some incapable idiot held me up…” Aiba said with a grin and bounced to the other man.
The man called Oh-chan now looked at Sho with faint traces of curiosity on his round face. Sho bowed shortly and tried to smile at him reassuring.
“Doumo! I’m Sakurai… I’ll be Aiba-san’s manager from now on. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!” he said as an explanation.
“Ah, doumo! Ohno desu…” the other guy grinned at him.
“Oi! Oh-chan, can we start already?” Aiba complained.
“Sure” Ohno turned back to him nodding. “We’ll start with… ‘Yokaze’, ‘kay?”
“Roger!” Aiba nodded grinning.
Sho was kind of surprised that Aiba acted totally differently now. From his former attitude, Sho’d never guess that he can act like this too. Let alone when he started dancing… Music started and Aiba started the choreography swaying his hips but after a few beat he stopped suddenly.
“What’s wrong, Aiba-chan?” Ohno asked worried and stepped away from the stereo closer to the idol.
“Oh-chan! Tell him to go away!” Aiba said crossing his arms over his chest acting as a spoiled brat.
“Him?” Ohno asked confused the slowly turned to Sho.
The manager and the dance instructor stared at each other both seemed to be confused though Aiba must address it to Sho since only the three of them were there. Then Ohno shuffled to Sho’s side.
“Gomen, Sakurai-san but if you don’t mind… probably… that’d be better if…” he said whispering and it was obvious that he felt guilty in Aiba’s place for his behavior.
Sho shook his head lightly and smiled at the dancer understanding.
“It’s okay, Ohno-san. Probably I should do my own job instead of gaping into thin air…” Sho laughed nervously. “Then if you excuse me…” he added with a small bow and left the room.
Aiba smirked satisfied when the door closed behind him…
Sho spent the rest of the day with memorizing his client’s schedule for the near future and finding as much indo about Aiba as he could. He wasn’t really into the idol-industry - of course he knew what idols do but never felt the urge to keep up with what’s happening with and around them. Therefore he didn’t know what Aiba did so far during his career but he was but was surprised how many fans he had or how popular his works were.
“I really knew nothing about him, nee…” he sighed and leant back in his chair starching his arms above his head.
The next minute the door opened and Tackey popped his head in.
“Oh, Sakurai-kun! You’re still here? I was wondering why the lights are still on…” the older man said walking in.
“Yeah… I wanted to catch up on Aiba-san’s works… He really is amazing!” Sho answered. “But… can I speak honestly, Tackey-san?” he asked nervously.
“Sure, what is it?” Tackey asked encouraging and sat next to Sho at the big, round meeting table.
“I… I don’t think I’m capable for this job… I know nothing about the entertainment industry and Aiba-san obviously hates me…” Sho ranted hurriedly.
Tackey hummed understanding.
“Don’t worry, Sakurai-kun, you don’t have to do it all alone. About Aiba-san… he always gives a hard time to every new staff member who gets into his crew but it will pass… And actually… it doesn’t really matter whether you’re into the entertainment industry or not. Your most important job is to keep an eye on Aiba-kun as a… guardian…” Tackey said.
“Guardian? I don’t think a grown up adult needs a guardian, let alone Aiba-san… He looks like to be someone who knows very well what he wants...” Sho laughed thinking Tackey was just joking.
“He isn’t” the older man interrupted his laughter.
“What?” Sho asked frowning.
“Aiba-kun. He’s not an adult yet, not till next year” Tackey said seriously. “Still he had some serious scandals what just got worse during the past six months and Johnny-san had t consider cutting ties with him. That would be a great loss since he has such a talent. That’s why he hired you…”
“Me? But what can I do?” Sho asked incredulous.
“You’re close to his age therefore you might affect him better with your mature, deliberate personality so he’ll stop with his childish rebellion. We’re counting on you, Sakurai-kun…” Tackey said at the end patting Sho’s shoulder before left.
The young manager sighed deeply.
“Wonder if this plan had even a chance at all…” he mumbled…
A/N: yay for chap1!^-^ just you to know, chaps will be longer as time passes so don't worry if you find this one too short;)