𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡'𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬! ━━━━ mao isara (on hold)

63. grouping (akatsuki+madamao)

ᡣ𐭩 . no au | neutral

"What are you guys doing?" Mao peeked himself half through the doorway of one of the few abandoned classrooms and noticed the members of the AKATSUKI unit surrounding a singular table.

"We're coming up with another song and trying something new, except this song we have needs two extra unit members." Keito planned out loud towards Mao whilst tapping the pen he held in his left hand against the paper on a black clipboard he held in his other hand.

Mao steps inside the room and walks over to the three unit members and peers over Keito with the best of his abilities to look down at the clipboard. He hums in thought for a quick moment. "Why not ask Itsuki and Kagehira from Valkyrie?"

A sigh came from in front of Mao, the one causing the noise was Souma. "We've already tried, but Itsuki said the two of them have made plans for their own music already."

"What about 2wink then?" Mao tilts his head to the side in question.

"Same with them. The twins are flying overseas to perform some of their songs."

Mao then slumps his shoulders, "then I'm unsure how to help with that. I'm sorry."

"Don't apologise, Isara. We'll take any help we can get." Keito smiled faintly at the smaller teenager.

"There is one person we could ask actually," Kuro remembers as he glances towards his fellow AKATSUKI members, then to Mao, "and maybe..."

...

Mao felt like an ant surrounded by cats due to standing in the middle of the AKATSUKI members and Madara, wearing a uniform he wouldn't quite expect himself to wear, but yet here he was.

The large dome that the song was going to be performed in was extremely hot. He had barely done anything since arriving, and he's already producing sweat.

"Here you go," Mao notices a bottle of water coming into his peripheral vision. Looking up from the bottle, he sees Madara smiling towards him.

"Thank you." He takes the cold liquid and takes a few gulps whilst Madara nods towards Mao pleased for the gratitude he was given.

"We'll be joining the other three in a second. Are you prepared?"

Mao screws the bottle closed with the lid as tight as possible, "yeah!" A look of determination washes itself into his kelly greens as he places the bottle down and heads towards the steps leading up the stage, Madara following him in trail.

The AKATSUKI unit were just finishing up with one of their other songs. Faintly, he could hear Keito then talking about the new music he, Kuro, and Souma had planned.

Mao decided to take that as his queue to run up onto the stage as soon as the music began faintly playing. The lights on the stage changed gradient as a smoke screen appeared from the bottom whilst Mao, Keito, Kuro, Souma, and Madara got themselves ready in position.

Creating a song with the AKATSUKI unit and Madara was unexpected, but Mao would admit, he had fun on stage with all four of them.

The song's theme was different from what he was used to, but he hoped in silence that he could join these four once again in the future.

A few minutes pass after the song ends. The heat from the lights made his sweat drench his entire being. The performance made him breathless as he stood surrounded by Madara and AKATSUKI.

Cheers coming from the crowd was as loud as ever, causing his heart to beat with pride at the sensation of it all.

Mao lets a smile slip onto his features as the four other male students praise him and one another, feeling various arms wrap around his figure as though he was all of their small teddy bear.