interstellar5555 | Is Friday Surviving?

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Is Friday Surviving?

Who: Surviving Friday and Whoever wants to deal with their brand of crazy
What: Various Things
When: After the South Vista Music Fest and on.
Where: Virgo Property and Various Vista City locations.
Warnings: Ryouta really loves basketball.

There's a sign that was put all over Vrigo HQ. It's made in Photoshop and is Very Simple (Kise has no artistic talent whatsoever). Blue, with a picture of a basketball imprinted with the Virgo Unicorn in the center, white lettering above the basketball reads; "VIRGO ENTERTAINMENT CHARITY BASKETBALL EVENT". Under the ball states that it's company wide event, and everyone's invited to apply, and you're interested please contact Ryouta Kise at either his e-mail at R.Kise@virgoentertainment.vgo or to call him at 1-555-877-6487. More details to come.

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Honestly, Sora doesn't pay that much attention to the clubs or the nightlife of the city. Usually Pride HQ has enough partying for him already, when and if he wants it. But it's nice that Ryouta's invited him to a club, especially for karaoke, 'cause that's something he hasn't done in quite a while. And it's always fun. So is Ryouta.

He arrives in casual clothes of course, dark jeans and a soft white zip-up hoodie with a t-shirt bearing the Nintendo star underneath. It's very easy to spot his friend after he walks in, since Ryouta's pretty tall. Although now he's sitting down, which gives Sora an idea.

With a grin on his face, he moves over to Ryouta as quietly as he can, though most of the crowd is making noise to cover his footsteps anyway. And when he gets directly behind the blond, he reaches around to cover the other's eyes. "Guess who!"

...Which is silly, since Ryouta invited him. But it's Sora, so silliness is to be expected.

You don't have to see his face to know that Ryouta starts smiling the moment Sora covers his eyes.

"Hmm..." Because he's just as able be silly as Sora. "Is it Luce?" But before Sora can answer he surges to his feet. "Nope! It's Soracchi!"

He envelopes Sora in a bear hug, beaming broadly. "Sit! I'm trying to figure out what songs to sing!"

He can't help but laugh and when Ryouta hugs him, he returns the hug happily. Maybe it's just his height or something, but Sora thinks Ryouta gives pretty awesome hugs.

With one leg tucked under him, Sora sits on a nearby chair, grinning. "So is this another competition or are we gonna get to sing some songs together too?"

He's hoping they can at least do one or two duets just because they're fun, but his mind helpfully reminds him that mostly competition could mean another reward kiss if it came to that. Which is both a scary and exciting thought and causes a light blush, even if he's still smiling.

On one hand, at least he'd be sort of prepared for the kiss this time, which meant he'd be able to gauge better whether he liked it or not. On the other hand, he's not sure whether he's ready for that answer or even which he's hoping for. What happens if he likes it? What happens if he doesn't? Ugh, too confusing, focus on the karaoke, Sora!

"We could do both," Ryouta said flipping through the song book. "I love singing duets. I really hate the fact I'm not even backing vocals in my band." He lets out a sigh. Ah, well. That was something else entirely.

"You want to do a duet first? And then have a couple songs each?" He smiles at Sora, a little flirty. "Since I chose the prize last time, why don't you pick?"

Well, Sora could understand that. He'd probably be a little bummed if he didn't get to sing in his band, either. Singing was fun. And singing with other people was the most fun, so he's glad about Ryouta's answer.

"Yeah! That sounds good." And... a prize. Right. He gets to pick. Okay then. "Uhm... I..." He laughs, it sounds a little awkward. But then he gets an idea and lights back up. "Oh, I know! Whoever wins has to tell a secret to the other that they haven't told anyone else."

The smile falters as he realizes. "...But I don't know if I really have one to tell, so... Maybe instead, if you win, you can..." He pauses, knowing what he wants to say, but it's... embarrassing. Whatever, here we go. "You can have the prize you got last time? Except, you know, with me participating too... this time..." Trailing off, he rubs the back of his neck, shyly.

Oh. Oh! Ryouta blushes a bit, thankfully it's hard to tell in this light. Did that mean... Well, only one way to find out.

"Sounds good to me," Ryouta said cheerfully.

He flips to the duet section of the book. "You got anything in mind for the duet? Like something from Disney? They have a lot of fun duets!"

While he paged through the book he thought about Sora's prize. A secret? Did he have any? He liked to think of himself as an open book. He's sure he could come up with something.

Sora's also avoiding looking directly at Ryouta for a few minutes, so he doesn't catch the blush. He finally looks again as his friend begins speaking, and lights up at the mention of Disney. Ah, yes. His weakness.

"I do like Disney a lot. Though I think most of those are like... love songs?" The question mark at the end can definitely be heard in his voice. Because he's not really opposed to singing a love song with... anyone, really, it's just a song. But it would be better if Ryouta was okay with that. "But that's fine with me."

"Hmm, now that you mention it, yeah, they do. But they're fun! Hmm."

He flips through the book. "'Love is an Open Door', 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight?' oh! How about 'Whole New World'?" He looks up Sora, beaming. "That's actually a favorite of mine. I can sing either part."

"That's one of my favorites too," he admits, grinning back as Ryouta beams at him. "Would you be cool with me singing Aladdin's part, then?"

"Yeah, go for it!" Ryouta said as he began to fill out the little ticket to give to the karaoke DJ and setting aside.

"I think I know what I'll sing for my first song." He grabbed another ticket and began to write on it.

Sora stands up from the table and rocks on his feet, hands in his pockets. "You wanna go first since you won last time? Or didya want to start off with the duet?"

"Duet first," Kise said after a moment. "It'll get us both warmed up."

He took his tickets in hand. "I'll go ahead and give these to the DJ. You want me to grab you anything to drink?"

"Yeah! Good idea. And just water's fine." That's usually what he went for during singing or dancing practice, anyway.

While he's waiting for Ryouta to return, he takes out his phone and takes a picture of the tall teen from where he's standing. He's not entirely sure why. Just to keep the memory maybe?

Ryouta shows up beaming a few moments later and hands Sora a glass of water. He has water too. He knows he can't drink too much tonight. Mostly because he wants to impress Sora.

"Here you go!" he chirped and sat back down. "Did you pick out a song?"

"Yep!" He waves his ticket in his hand with a grin, takes a long swig of the water from his glass, then hurries to go turn his song choice in, yelling behind him. "Thanks for the water!"

"No problem!" Ryouta called after him and began to flip through the book again. He saw a few duets that looked fun, and chose a few more songs that he felt suited his voice while he waited for Sora.

The DJ said it would be maybe five minutes before she called them up. So he used this time to mentally prepar himself. This was a performance after all, even if not an official one. He needed to be at his best for the crowd.

... And maybe he wanted to show off for Sora.

Once Sora returns, he nudges Ryouta's arm gently with his own, looking excited. "You ready?"

"Yup!"

Soon their names were called and Ryouta all but bounced on his way to the stage. He grinned at Sora, then at the audience and waited for the music to start. Sora was doing Aladdin's part so he'd sing first.

Sora heads up to the stage just as excited, even giving his karaoke mic a little twirl by the cord before the music actually starts. He returns Ryouta's grin.

He settles in a little before he begins, taking in a breath. Finally:

"I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did,"
this last part sung in his friend's direction rather than the audience, then he decides that it works better like that and mostly looks to Ryouta as he sings, occasionally gesturing or facing the audience when it fits.
"You last let your heart decide?

"I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride

"A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us "No"
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming"

Now it's Ryouta's turn. He wonders if the audience is surprised that he's singing the Princess's part.

He does feel his heart flutter a bit when Sora sings at him, and he's going to ignore that. At least for now.

"A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here, it's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you"

He pauses as Sora sings the little aside before continuing with his verse.

"Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feelings
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world"

He looks towards Sora for most of the song as well, but turns to the audience near the end, as if experiencing a whole new world with Sora.

Grinning broadly, Sora raises his hand to give Ryouta a high-five when they're finished, both as a congrats on a job well done and to pass the next song onto him. "Alright, your turn!"

Then he'll take his place in the audience.

With a grin waited for his song to start. Once the guitar started he raised the mike to his face and begins to sing

Once done he gives the mike to the next singer and heads over to Sora. "You're after this dude," he told Sora and sat. "What did you think?"

Sora tries to keep his voice down during the other guy's performance, but he still gives Ryouta a friendly nudge and a smile. He leans over to actually talk to him. "You were great! You should do like, singles of your own sometimes or something."

"I'm actually working on that," Ryouta said grinning. "As a side thing."

He returns the nudge. "I mean, it's not like I'll be with Surviving Friday forever. I've got ambitions."

Instantly Sora is beaming at hearing that. "Really? Maybe one day we'll both be big enough where we can like, do something together officially without our labels getting in the way."

Then he's considering all of what Ryouta has said, and realizing for the first time that he'll probably only be able to stay with Flashstep for a few years. He doesn't usually think too much into the future, but that definitely makes him feel sort of sad, and his expression falls.

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