"Welcome to SS Cafe!" Natsuki greeted as a group of four girls appeared at the entrance.
"Seriously...meeting that baboon in such a classy cafe is already a disaster. Why would Mei botherto invite us?" Akako complained as she entered the Cafe.
"Mei is our friend, we should accept her kindness. Or would you rather me show you what kindness means?" Yuuka asked with her devious looking smile. Akako went silent.
"I couldn't sense his presence at all. Looks like his mates aren't here either," Tsuruko stated as she checked the whole room.
"But still...we get to drink some tea!" Sai encouraged. "I never drank tea before anyways!"
"Welcome to SS Cafe, ladies. Care to join us for some tea?" Tokiya invited, followed by three other members of Starish. The three other members were Ittoki, Syo and Masato.
"If it's tea in a teacup, sure! I never tasted the bitterness of the tea before!" Sai repeated as she approached to Tokiya. "You seemed so familiar in so many ways..."
"Baka Sai! How dare you treat Ichinose-san like that? He used to be a well known idol!" Yuuka scolded as softly as possible, so that Tokiya couldn't hear a thing.
"Eh??! Ichinose Tokiya? The one from STARISH?! No wonder you looked so familiar!!" Sai bursted, which Yuuka reacted with a deliberate facepalm. Tokiya just chuckled by her reaction.
"Since when you were here? I didn't notice that STARISH members were actually working in a Cafe...?" Akako asked as she approached to Tokiya.
"Well, we were here like few days ago..." Masato began. "I guess we lack of presence..."
"No it's not true! We all here are your fans. We love STARISH!!" Akako implied as sparks are seen in her eyes, showing how much she loves STARISH.
"We are really glad that you like our songs," Ittoki said with his dazzling smile, which Tsuruko couldn't resist.
Suddenly, Mei appeared with a 'You all are already here?'. And ushered her friends to sit down with the four members of STARISH.
Timeskip...
"Regarding the previous visit, I couldn't bring up this topic but today, I will need all your cooperation!" Mei began as galiantly as she could. "Please become idols of Shining agency! One of my friend was scouted there like a few days ago and she needs you guys for you all here are the 'New Sound'."
"Become an idol?!" The group said in unison with their huge eyes, nearly falling out of their sockets(not literary).
"Please help her! She's really desperate for your existence in Shining agency. Even STARISH wishes for that to happen," Mei begged with her hands claspsed against each other like she was praying. The girls went silent, deep in thought.
"I heard you girls have unusual talent. Maybe this is the chance for you to show off your talents!" Syo added, to encourage them.
Sai and Tsuruko exchanged glances at each other, hinting that they might have to take thid chanve to tell their friends about their secret that they had been keeping for years. Ittoki noticed and decided not to pry. Instead...
"Um...minna! We haven't got your orders yet so why not get your orders and think about your decision. I mean...you don't have to do it now!!" Ittoki explained but was quite miserable at it.
"Well, I'd love to! Afterall, my dream is to become a performer in arts~" Yuuka happily obliged as she cheerfully smiled like an angel.
"Really?!? If you really are into it, please tell me as soon as possible!" Mei said while jumping like a crazy woman on the loose as she can't contain her excitement.
"So, when is her debut exactly?" Akako asked.
"Um...about less than two weeks..." Mei replied.
"That's crazy. I mean, becoming idols for some stranger in some foreign agency...come on, get real," Akako scoffed as she crossed her legs.
After all the discussion were over, the girls were reconsidering of what they had been offered as carefully as possible. Mei took this golden opportunity to tell the news to Chiharu.
After work
"Just to ask...don't you think that the recent events required more money than our budget? I mean...the electric bill is increasing and even the provisions for the cafe are dropping," Tokiya asked as he was cleaning the window panes.
"Well...I got my sources, after all, I'm Kei Shintaro~" Kei replied in swag motion.
"Oh, like what?" Syo questioned as he was quite ticked off by Kei's useless answer. Kei just ignored him as he was still calculating thecash they earned.
"Maybe he got his sources from selling piyo merchandises," Natsuki said as he began acting like piyo fanatic. Syo just facepalmed.
"Or maybe through a mafia. No...a black market perhaps," Masato added seriously as he stopped wiping the tables. "You better tell us that you are not involved in a syndicate!"
"Ehhh?! That would be a crime," Ittoki bursted out panickingly.
"What...? Does my brother look like a smuggler or something?" Mei asked with a pout. They all innocently nodded.
"Even if I were to tell you who...you wouldn't even know him," Kei stated as he adjusted his spectacles. "He is the third son of the Otori company..."
"Eiichi Otori???" Starish said in unison.
"...and a member of a host club in Ouran High School," Kei finally completed his sentence. "At least let me finish my sentence..."
"Who's that...?" Starish asked in unison.
"Seriously, do you guys not watch TV? He is very popular, even Mei went head over heels for him," Kei commented with a sigh, making his sister stare(read: glare) at him.
"I guess this fellow might be related to Eiichi...what's his full name? I might know him," Ren asked.
"Kyouya Otori..." Kei answered.
"Ok. Who is that?" Ren asked with his deadpan face on.
"Anyway, he told me that selling pictures of you guys to the customers in a relatively good price will earn alot compared to selling food," Kei explained. "Hence, this will benefit the Cafe and the host club. The two of us were the shareholders of the funds." And smirked in an evil way.
"That's how we survived recently," Kei stated as he can't seem to comprehend the silence. "It's good that I met him in the net!"
"What on earth...?" Syo said.
Suddenly, Kei's smartphone rang. He picked it up and...
"Oh, if it isn't the one and only Kyouya-kun!" Kei began, which everyone responded in almost an instant by giving stares at Kei. "Oh, you need a few dozens of pictures? Both idol groups? Sureee. But you must exchange your members' pictures with mine too!"
"OHOHOH...thank you for giving me such a good opportunity to earn a few bucks more. Well then, have a good day!" Kei ended the call and resume his work.
'He's alot worse than a demon...' was all Syo could think of.
"I bet the readers out there were hating Kei-chin..." Ren began. "It's okay, you don't have to hate him. Just hate me as mush as you ladies want. Instead, I will make you ladies fall for me."
"Jinguji...stop flirting with the readers out there. Didn't Kei told you to not flirt too much?" Masato interrupted. "Forgive me, are you hurt by my words? Please allow me to apologise for this guy's and my sake."
"Everyone out there, are you having fun by reading this story? Be sure to vote, comment and add this to your library~" Ittoki said with his cheerful grin. "Minna daisuki!!!"
"Konnichiwa, everyone! Natsuki here~ even if we were only characters of this fanfiction, I wish to hug everyone out there! Thank you for always supporting us!!" Natsuki said with his closed eye smile while attempting to hug you all.
"Natsuki!!! Stop hugging me for goodness sake," Syo complained as he struggled to free himself. "Uhm...please continue reading this story to follow our adventures of working as a butler. Thank you very much!"
"Thank you for always visiting us in the Cafe. I wish everyone to have a good day and never forget us STARISH!" Tokiya said with a smile.
"WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL CONTINUE READING OUR MINI ADVENTURE!!" STARISH said in unison.
Stay tuned~
I happen to think of Kyouya when hearing the surname 'Otori'. So, there's a mini crossover of OHSHC and Utapri. Hope you all enjoy it even though this is a short chapter.