Your Song

Chapter Thirty One | Where in the World

"Thank you for coming everyone, and goodnight!"

The curtains were drawn and you let out a satisfied sigh. "Thanks for helping me out." You said to your Shindo, who shrugged. "It's not a problem. We haven't been able to get in contact with your manager in a while."

"Kotaro hasn't said anything to me either. Maybe he's all caught up with the issues with his mom."

Kaya stretched and plopped on her butt on the floor of the stage. "It's been so long since we've danced in front of a crowd. I felt rusty."

"You were fine." Nora held out her hand and pulled Kaya back to her feet. "I thought Yu, Eiji, Hina, and Miya were going to meet us backstage."

"They are." Shindo checked something off of his clipboard. "In any case, we need to track what calls Kotaro is making, so I'll have to get the info from our data manager."

You chuckled and handed Kaya and Nora their water bottles. It had been about four months since Kotaro had gone to Canada to "care for his mother," but none of you had heard from him.

"Sorry, the crowd was kind of shoving us outta the stadium." Yu said upon arriving with the others. "Are you guys tired?"

"Not really." You flashed a smile at Miya and turned to Shindo. "If you learn anything of Kotaro, please tell me. We're meeting at Eiji's place again?"

"You bet."

Yuta linked pinkies with Eiji and leaned over. "Is that okay?" Eiji nodded, pulling out his phone. "My mom wants you guys to visit the restaurant too, so it's good. Is there anything you guys want to pre-order?"

"Why don't we just order our drinks and then everything else when we actually get there?" Shindo said, and everyone nodded. "I'll have iced tea. Hina?"

"Chamomile tea."

"I'll have boba." Nora poked Kaya. "What'll you have?"

"Hm... Boba as well." She grinned and took Nora's arm. "Y/N, we're heading off!" You waved with a grin and Nora was dragged offstage by Kaya. "...Yu, what did you do to Kaya?"

"Kaya's a better flirt than me, you know."

You sighed and glanced at Miya. "I'll just have wate-"

"She'll have F/D." Miya said without looking back at you, his eyes set on his switch. "I'll have  a Cola."

Your face flushed and you cleared your throat. "Has my brother been okay when he's with you guys?" Miya groaned. "Don't even get me started. And then Shadow won't stop talking about the flower store manager and Kaoru and Kojiro are acting like my parents, it's miserable."

"You just need the right crowd." Yu said with a wink.

"Said crowd doesn't seem to be with us if the issue is that he's surrounded by romance." Hina turned to Miya. "Is that the issue?"

"Nah, it's just that everyone in that group are full-fledged adults now. It's kind of awkward since Langa and Reki are planning on moving in together and Kaoru and Kojiro are at the age where my parents got married."

You choked on your water. "Langa and Reki are what?"

"Langa told me not to tell you, but it's kind of inevitable at this point." Miya shrugged. "They mentioned it a few times, but I don't know if they're serious or not."

Hina hummed. "If he didn't wish for her to be informed, I'd have to assume they're being serious."

You took out your phone and opened the group chat you shared with Kaya and Nora. "...They said they'd meet us there in 10."