Let Me be His Replacement

Working with you [2]

Ichigo's POV

"What are you doing here?" my heart started pounding and my face felt hot, I gulped
"N-Nao..?" I barely said, Maruno-san looked at the both of us and smiled
"Ah, so you two know each other? That's great then!" he said with a big smile, me and Naoto looked at him with a questioned look
"Isn't it obvious? You guys are working together!" he exclaimed, Maruno-san then turned to the other staff in the room
"The stars of the show are here! We'll start the meeting in 5 minutes!" he announced and the staff nodded or replied 'Okay!' or 'Yes!'

Maruno-san turned back to us and smiled
"Well you two talk, I'll set up a few stuff" he said as we walked to the other side of the room.
"Ichigo" Naoto called, my heart pounded more and my face turned more red. I panicked for a bit but calmed myself down
"Uh.. hi.." I shyly said, I looked behind him expecting to see his bandmates
"Where are your bandmates?" I asked
"I'm the only one who got the offer. They're having a break somewhere in this building" Naoto replied as he crossed his arms,
"I see.." there was silence between us as we both looked at our feet. 'This is awkward!' I thought
"Hoshimiya-san, Nao-san, please come over!" Maruno-san called, we both nodded and headed to our designated seats. I sighed as I sat down, I looked to my left to see Naoto. My face turned red as I looked away,

Third Person's POV

"Okay okay! Let's start the meeting for this Job collaboration!" Maruno said as he clapped his hands to catch everyones attention. The projector flashed words at the screen
"I call this the Sweet Coffee Jelly!" Maruno exclaimed
"Basically this is a commercial. You two will be promoting this dessert. And here's the storyline!"

-The Storyline-

The girl runs under the heavy rain with tears flowing down her cheeks. Memories flash across her mind of her happy moments with her boyfriend but then she saw him with another girl. She clench her fists as she continues to run. The rain started pouring harder so she decided to take a detour. She entered a lovely cafe, clearly wet from the rain. One of the waiters approached her with a towel, she hesitantly accepted the towel and wipes herself dry. The waiter lead her to a table for her to sit and left. She thought of what she saw, it hurt her. Tears started to flow down again, until a plate of coffee jelly along with a latte was placed in front of her. She looked up to see the same waiter who gave her the towel,
"I hope you cheer up upon eating this" he said as he gave her a gentle smile, the girl returned the smile. She took the spoon and scooped a spoonful of coffee jelly and ate it. She smiled upon tasting it, she then proceeded to drinking the latte, she sipped a bit of the latte and smiled again.
"The latte goes well with the coffee jelly" she commented, she then turned to the waiter
"Thank you!"

-End of Storyline-

"And that's it! Any suggestions?" Maruno asked as he finished the storyline. Naoto raised his hand
"Yes Nao-san?"
"Instead of making the girl and waiter strangers, why not make them friends?" Naoto suggested, Maruno then pointed at him
"A great suggestion!" he beamed as he wrote at a whiteboard whike the other staff whisper agreements. He then smiled again
"Anything else?" then an idea popped at Ichigo's head

"If they're gonna be friends then they should make the coffee art the face of the girl!" Ichigo suggested, the others stared at her including Naoto. Ichigo laughed nervously, a bit embarrassed from the stares.
"That's a great idea Hoshimiya-san!" Maruno beamed as he wrote on the whiteboard again.
"And instead of him cheating on her the reason should be break up! Like it's not working anymore or something like that" Maruno then looked at Ichigo
"Why?" Ichigo smiled nervously
"Because the cheating part hurts a lot..?" the staff giggled at Ichigo's attitude
"If that's how you want it then okay, we'll go with that. You're the lead girl after all" Maruno stated as he continues to write down in the whiteboard. Naoto smiles as he stares at Ichigo,

"I knew you two were perfect for the job!" Maruno said as he smiles. Soon the smile fades as he put his chin on his hand
"Something's not right though.." soon after he smiles
"Welp! It'll come to me soon! Shooting day will be in 3 days!" he said as he dismissed the meeting.

Naoto and Ichigo walked outside together. Naoto looked at Ichigo who was puffing her face in which his cheeks had pink tints finding the Starlight Queen beside him adorable.
"I'm so excited! This is the first time I get to do a commercial with you!" she exclaimed as she looked at Naoto, realizing later how close they were, they looked away with red cheeks.
"Yeah.." Naoto replied, they continued walking in silence.

A janitor who was pushing a large cart filled with trash came, not realizing the sign that stated 'CAUTION: Wet floor' he skipped as he went on and slipped pushing the cart towards Ichigo. As she was about to get hit Naoto held her wrist and pulled her towards him, her face to his chest and his arm wrapped around her shoulder so she wouldn't go off-balance and used his foot to stop the cart. The janitor approached them and bowed,
"I'm sorry! I'm truly sorry!" he apologized
"It's okay, just watch where you're going next time" Naoto said pointing to the sign. Noticing the trash inside, Naoto gave him a small lecture about segregating the trash still holding Ichigo who had a very red face with her heart pounding. Distracted with her own thoughts she didn't even realize thst Naoto's heart was pounding too.

As the janitor left Naoto sighed, Ichigo looked up to him and they made eye contact for a while, then they both turned red and pulled away from each other.
"Th-thanks.. for back there.." Ichigo said not even sure if what she's saying made any sense, Naoto covered his mouth with his hand
"Sure.." then they both walked to the entrance in silence.

The van was already there when they went out, Ichigo turned to Naoto
"I guess I'll see you at the campus" she said, Naoto nodded
"See you Naoto" she said with a smile, Naoto returned the smile and said
"See you Ichigo" with that Ichigo entered the van and left.

Naoto's POV

I turned back to see the rest of the members of More-Than-True
"Oh.. is it what I think it is?" Hiro teased
"Nao, you didn't tell me you were dating Ichigo-chan!" King said as my face turned red
"It's not like that" I scoffed
"Then do you like her?" Hiro asked, I looked away feeling my face burning
"No.."
"That's what you say but your face says otherwise" Shurato stated smirking. I clicked my tongue and walked away
"Nao where're you going?"
"Don't be so cold now Nao!"

Third Person's POV

"Eh? You're gonna be doing a commercial with Suzukawa-sensei? A.k.a Nao of MoTrue?" Aoi asked as Ichigo nodded while hugging her pillow. Aoi squeeled as Ran smiled
"So? You gonna confess?" Ran asked while smirking,
"What? N-no no way!" Ichigo said, she looked at her feet with rosy cheeks
"I wanna tell him on the right time. I should prepare myself to get rejected!" Ichigo stated, then Aoi smirks this time
"And if he accepts?"
"Well.. Well.." Ichigo managed to say before burying her face on the pillow
"I don't know!" Ichigo said in a muffled voice as Aoi squeels while smacking Ran. Ichigo then looked at them
"By the way!"

"Seriously? He did that?" Aoi asked with wide eyes, Ichigo nodded as she blushed
"Awwee.. how does it feel?" Aoi asked,
"It was like a hug.. warm.. and my heart couldn't stop pounding!" Ichigo explained as Aoi and Ran laugh
"The fact that he gave him a lecture though" Ran said referring to the time Naoto lectured the janitor
"Well he's experienced so that's expected" Aoi said making all the girls laugh.
"Aoi, we still need to sleep" Ran reminded
"Eh? It was already this late? It's almost curfew time!" Aoi said as she and Ran stood up. Ichigo walked them to the gate, they turned to her and said
"Good luck in your shooting!"
"We're rooting for you!" Ichigo smiles
"Thanks!"

Yeyy, it's been a while. I got inspired by Saiki with coffee jelly, HAHAHAHAHA. Anyways, I'm excited for next chapter, hehehehehehe. It's gonna be so unexpected that you guys expected it! HAHAHA anyways, I'll be updating soon, don't worry😊 look forward to next chapter!

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