"Why don't you head inside the changing room as well?"
"I just realized I would look dumb with this awful dress..."
...
"I wanna see you... in that outfit... please..."
"...Well, if senpai insists, I guess I HAVE to wear it now.~"
That's how the conversation went as Nagatoro heads into the changing room and seals the curtain tight. She places the sundress that was on the hangar on a seat near her along with the lovely hat, the tote bag, and sandals that Y/n picked out for her. She looks at the mirror that revealed her in her all black outfit and slowly starts to strip down.
Her jacket unzipped, her shorts falls to the ground, and her hat flies next to her sunny outfit, she grabs the dress and slides in.
Her petite body fits in perfectly as she sees her skinny arms and legs hanging out freely. She could see the tan lines on her shoulders, the swimsuit was the cause of this as she puts on her sandals.
Once more, she looks at herself in the mirror. The bright dress made her blush lightly. It looked great on her, she starts to smile as she goes for her hat on the chair.
As she does, a pair of small tickets falls to the ground. It catches her attention as she puts on the hat and picks up her prizes. She gazes at the paper as she remembered their interaction from outside.
"Senpai..." she says, gripping the tickets a bit tighter.
"...Why did you have to busy on that exact day?"
...
"Come on, Hayachii! We're going to lose them!" A girl calls to the tanned kouhai as she turns to the two girls wielding their cameras and waved them away. "I-I'll catch up soon!" She yells at the redheads as they shrug and head off to find Y/n and Sakura.
Nagatoro turns back at the fountain she stood next to and grips the coin tightly, she take one last look at the boy who walked next to her best friend and turns pink.
Then she closes her eyes and tosses the quarter inside the pool of water, hearing a small droplet sound and stays silent for awhile.
She huffs a breath out and makes her wish. "I wish... I wish I could go on a date... with senpai..." she says as she opens her eyes and stares at the water the stoned sculpture provided.
She shakes her head off, assuming that it was a dumb and selfish wish she made and that it might not come true, she sprints to the two girls and follows behind and watch the "date" unfold.
...
"Looks like they're heading into one of the musical stores now!" Gamo observed as Yoshi runs with Gamo.
They have seen how the "date" went from Y/n and Sakura talking and drinking inside a coffee cafe to Y/n winning a cute plushie in an arcade as they haven't been able to find the stalker yet.
With the date continuing on as usual, Sakura and her "date" was seen heading inside a music store. Gamo and Yoshi watched the two roam around inside from the window as Nagatoro explores elsewhere that was near.
Her amber-maroon eyes gazes everywhere, she was getting a bit bored from this unnecessary drama and act when she sees a sign.
A sign that points into another nearby music shop that lured Nagatoro in.
Sing for a chance to win two tickets to Scourge's next concert!
To her, it felt sketchy. But at the same time her gut was leading the way as she walks across to the building and heads in where she sees the calm atmosphere of instruments lining up and dark colored walls to make this shop modern.
What catches her eyes quickly was a television and a console that was by the front desk, next to them was a man with a stubbled beard and long dreads as he sees her and waved. "Hello there! My name is Abel! Are you ready to sing for some prizes?"
This doesn't feel sketchy...
"Y-Yeah..." she obliged as Abel smiles and hands her a microphone. "I can guess which prize you're trying to strive for."
She looks back up at the man after receiving her mic. "The tickets?"
Abel nods and starts to punch in a few things on the console and tries to make small talk to pass the time. "Who's the lucky guy?"
She flinches at the two words, a mild blush promptly appears on her cheeks as her eyes adverted away. "M... My friend..."
"Ooh! Lucky him!"
Then they make it to the song selection screen filled with the latest and modern songs provided. "Well in order to win our top prize, you just have to score a ninety-five or better! I'll let you choose the song and we'll see how well you sang!" He says, tossing the remote to her and sits back on a chair, watching her scroll through the songs gradually.
While Nagatoro shoot through the playlist, a small thought pops up in her mind. "What was the highest score that anyone made?"
Abel looks at her and then up at the ceiling, figuring out who had the highest score. "We had around twenty people come in... I think there was a guy with blue dreads and face tattoos... Yeah, he scored the most out of everyone with a score of ninety."
Her eyes widens at the answer. It felt easy to gain a number like that but she felt it might be a bit more harder than she thinks.
She breathes in a breath as her eyes lands on a song that she might like and presses the green button on the remote.
The screen grows black and shows some color again, the instrumental plays in the television as she was ready to sing.
Love You Like a Love Song - Selena Gomez
Verse 1
It's been said and done
Every beautiful thought's been already sung
And I guess right now, here's another one
So your melody will play on and on, with the best of 'em
You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible
A centerfold miracle, lyrical
You saved my life again
And I want you to know, baby
Chorus
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (oh)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (oh
I, I love you like a love song, baby (oh)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (oh)
And I keep hitting repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
Verse 2
Constantly, boy you played through my mind like a symphony
There's no way to describe what you do to me
You just do to me, what you do
And it feels like I've been rescued
I've been set free, I am hypnotized by your destiny
You are magical, lyrical, beautiful
You are, and I want you to know, baby
Chorus
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (oh)
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you, I love you, like a love song)
And I keep hitting repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
Bridge
No one compares
You stand alone, to every record I own
Music to my heart that's what you are
A song that goes on and on
Chorus
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you, I love you)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (like a love song, like a love song)
And I keep hitting repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you, love song, baby)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you, love song, baby)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (I love you, I love you)
Like a love song
After the ending, the results were in.
The television was calculating up the perfection of the voice and song based on what it have heard until a large number pops up on the screen.
Abel nearly falls from his seat as he sees the number on the screen. "Damn, 96?!" He yells as he looks at the girl in which he changed his expression into a smile. He has to admit, she sang pretty well. "That was some nice singing! What's your name?" He says as he pulls out a pair of tickets from the basket near him.
"N-Nagatoro..."
He freezes in place. The name he least expected to hear right now. "Nagatoro?"
Then he remembers the conversation him and Y/n had earlier this year.
...
"You were supposed to tell me why you're day went well now! Tell me, what's got you in a giddily mood?" Abel asks the boy on the couch, Y/n had a small blush on his face as he finally musters his confidence up and says it.
"There's... There's this girl..." he nearly trails away, he was wiggling a bit in his seat but he continues on. "There's this girl I have a huge crush on... And she said that she likes my music a lot..."
Abel's eyes widens. "She knows you're Scourge?!"
Then it was Y/n's turn to flinch back and shakes his head furiously. "N-No! Not as Scourge!" He stutters as he takes another breath in to sooth himself. "I... I've been playing songs for her as my less popular self..." his smile grows on him as he slowly start to think about her.
His agent was all ears for him, he made sure that he was getting all the details Y/n was spewing out as he grabs his chest and flies his back on the back rest. "It made me feel... sentimental when I heard that she liked my music better than anyone in the school..." he adds on.
It was obvious to Abel that Y/n has a humongous crush, perhaps he might be in love for all he knows. But it was great to see that the boy was in a smiley mood, he chuckles and proceeds on with the topic. "Well, what's her name?"
"Her name is Hayase Nagatoro... I call her Nagatoro... And she is one of the most beautiful girls I ever laid my eyes on!" He starts to giggle, he was having his own moment to himself, fanboying over his kouhai as he continues on.
"She is so pretty! The way her amber-maroon eyes shines from any light source they were exposed to, the black strands of hair and the way it flows majestically with her, her tanned skin to match the athletic body of her's... There is so much things I could go on about her!"
His face was growing red, he was definitely in love with Nagatoro as he feels his heart melt inside his body.
Abel starts to smile more, Y/n was slowly starting to drift off to sleep the more he thought about her.
And soon enough, he was knocked out on the couch, the smile still plastered between his cheeks as the thought of her still swirled around his head.
Being the caring agent Abel is, he grabs a blanket from inside a closet near the room, he unfolds it and covers Y/n up.
Even if Y/n was a famous and secretive artist...
He's still a kid... He's going through many phases in his life and this is one that he should cherish the most... The feeling of love...
Abel thought as he slides a pillow under Y/n's head and smiles more. He then turns his focus to the production team as he saw that they had just finished up with the small details of the song and was ready to send it out to the world.
...
"Is something wrong?" Someone made him break away his thoughts as he realized that Abel has been standing still for quite awhile. "Oh, n-no! I was just thinking to myself..." he tries to make an excuse as he hands Nagatoro the prizes she won.
"Anyways, congratulations..." he smiles brightly. "Thank you..." Nagatoro says as she grabs the small tickets from Abel and bows before she heads on out to find her friends.
"I hope you have fun at the concert!"
"I will!"
And with that, their interaction ends for now as Nagatoro finds out that the couple had finally walked out of the music room while her friends continues to follow them. She sprints to her friends as Abel was trying to process the thoughts he was having.
I think that really was Y/n's crush... She seems nice...
He then pulls out a few VIP tickets from his back pocket, he takes a look outside at the girl one last time and glances back down at the tickets.
...
Nagatoro remembers the rest of her memory clearly.
Her and her friends followed Y/n and Sakura towards the park where Sakura confessed her feelings to Y/n. It angered Nagatoro a lot so she defused the problem quickly when she found Sakura's stalker lurking in the bushes nearby.
It all flashed by quick as it lead up to her trying to ask Y/n out on a date. A concert to watch Scourge live.
Her heart ached when he had shut her down without even asking him if he was free for next month.
She tosses the tickets back down on the seat where she takes one final glance in the mirror, a few tears were ready to stream down her brown face.
Fwoosh!
"Hey, Hayachii! Your boyfriend is getting worried sick out here!" Someone scares her as she jumps and turns to see Gamo, quickly rubbing her watery eyes away.
"G-Gamo-chan?! Get out of here!" She demands to her, they spat each other for a minute as Gamo persists on.
With a final huff of a breath, Nagatoro gives in. "Okay! Okay... I'll come out then..." she says hesitatingly as Gamo smiles and walks out of the changing room.
She takes one final look at the tickets resting near her before she faces towards the exit of the curtains. "Ladies and gentle-virgin... I give you Hayachii!"
Fwoosh...