Toshiya’s Secret Obsession
By ~ Lizzie~
DISCLAIMER: None o’ the people portrayed here are mine. And that’s that.
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Toshiya was sitting in the corner of the studio after practice one day, with headphones on; jamming to whatever music was playing. The other’s couldn’t hear what he was listening to, and were all speculating.
"I think that he’s listening to us," Shinya said.
"Why do you say that?" Kaoru asked the younger man. Shinya shrugged.
"Dunno… What do you think he’s listening to?" Kaoru shook his head.
"Who knows? Toshiya has a varied taste in music…"
"Hey guys… what if he’s listening to… V6?" Die had a wicked grin on his face as he made the suggestion. The others cringed. Jpop… their mortal enemy…
"Ew, if he were listening to that, I’d have to kill him to put him out of his misery…" Kaoru groaned. Kyo nodded in agreement.
"Maybe its Marilyn Manson," Kyo placed his hands on his hips. Shinya made a face.
"Gross. Toshiya would never listen to that freak!" Kyo made a face back at Shinya
"Oh, how would you know, Shin-chan? Do you hang out with Toshiya more often that we’re aware of?" Die teased. Shinya’s cheeks reddened and he shook his head vehemently.
"No! Die, you pervert, just shut up!"
"Aw, poor Shin-chan’s embarrassed! Isn’t that cute?!" Die was merciless.
"Leave me alone Die!" Shinya slapped Die’s chest hard enough to make him stop laughing… for the moment.
"Hey, stop it you two," Kaoru ordered. Shinya and Die turned to him.
"Gomen, leader-sama," Die apologized, but not seriously.
"Anyway…" Shinya trailed off, looking to Toshiya once again. Toshiya, oblivious to the fact that he was being talked about, had jumped to his feet and was dancing around as far as his headphones would let him get from the source of his music. (It wasn’t a portable CD player…)
"WHAT on Earth is he listening to?" Kaoru looked perplexed.
"Luna Sea?"
"Maybe."
"GLAY?"
"Maybe."
"L’Arc~en~Ciel?"
"Maybe."
"Hamasaki Ayumi?"
"Dear God, I hope not!"
"Michael Jackson?"
"….."
"’N Sync?"
"Are you insane?"
"I’ve got it! It’s Aqua!" Die, Kaoru and Kyo turned and looked at Shinya incredulously.
"That’s it, Shinya’s finally gone insane!" Kyo threw his hands up in the air.
"Shinya…" Kaoru couldn’t bring himself to say anything further.
"Hm. Shinya just told us the name of his favorite band! And let me guess your favorite song of theirs…. It’s BARBIE GIRL, isn’t it?!" Shinya glared at Die, but instead of retaliating, he stomped up to Toshiya, who amazingly didn’t notice his approach.
"There’s only one way to find out…" Shinya stated, and pulled the plug of Toshiya’s headphones out of the player. As it turns out, none of the guesses of the others were correct. Playing for disbelieving ears was the soundtrack of Cats.
"What the…" Kyo’s mouth dropped open. Kaoru raised an eyebrow. Die fell on the floor clutching his abdomen, laughing.
"Toshiya… likes… Broadway… show… tunes!" he managed to gasp out between giggles. The music accompanied his laughter as it changed from Cats to The Phantom of the Opera.
Toshiya, who by then had noticed that the sound of the music was coming from somewhere that was NOT his headphones looked up to see three pairs of incredulous eyes and one incapacitated guitarist.
"Uh… hey guys, what’s up?" Toshiya asked nonchalantly. The others gave no response, save for Die’s giggles that echoed through the room. Toshiya laughed sheepishly, and looked very embarrassed. "Oh my, how did this CD make it into my collection? I thought that I was listening to…"
"Toshiya… don’t bother." Kaoru finally managed to find his voice.
"I’m not going to be able to live this down, am I?" Toshiya sighed.
"NOPE!" Die gleefully called out from the floor.