Spring seemed to come earlier this year than other years. All along the streets, many cherry trees had begun to show their first flower buds. In that warm atmosphere, in a corner of the practice room, Michieda Shunsuke was cautiously stirring a cup of strong black coffee. There would be three days before the premiere of "Romeo and Juliette" was officially opened at the biggest theater of Tokyo. As one of the main actors, Michieda was reviewing his most critical scenes for the last time. He was intently ruminating on the scenario while his small nose sometimes sniffed up the aroma of coffee. Passing this July, Michieda would be nineteen years old. Still a child. So... To become more mature, the boy imitated his seniors drinking this drink, although it seemed a bit bitter than his normal taste.

- Michieda-kun, we've just fixed up your costume. You should try it on!

- Oh yes, I'm coming.

Passing through other actors, Michieda strode toward the outfit team. His physique has grown taller and taller in the past two years, and his face has become more mature, but his inherent clumsy nature has somehow remained the same. Very magical indeed. Last Tuesday, when rehearsing at the theater, Michieda had carelessly ripped off the white shirt he was wearing. So now, when trying another again, he couldn't help feeling a little cautious. That uneasiness was so obvious that the person in charge - Mizuki laughed so much:

- Don't worry, Michieda-kun. The last one didn't fit your measurements; I've changed into a larger size. Take it easy.

With a slight nod of gratitude to the female beta, Michieda lowered his head and buttoned the pearl-encrusted buttons on his shirt. Beautiful boy combined with a white shirt; two elements put together can defeat any girls. Covering her rosy cheeks, Mizuki hurriedly pulled out her phone and suggested:

- Michieda-kun, can I take a photo with you?

- Oh yes!

Satisfying the fans was one of the first courses Michieda was required to attend since Naniwa Danshi was created, so he calmly accepted her request.

- Thank you Michieda-kun, I will send it to you later.

Carefully checking the two photos in her phone, Mizuki showed a bright smile as she took the outfit back from the opposite person.

Ting ting! The familiar bell rang. It was nine o'clock in the evening, Michieda Shunsuke had just left the theater after a long busy day. Handy stuffing the thermos bottle into the backpack, he turned on his phone although he was pretty sure it was Mizuki. Michieda had always kept a habit of replying to messages as soon as possible, he didn't want to make others to wait. But to his great surprise, instead of Mizuki, which caught his eyes was a familiar name: Koji-kun. Wasn't he busy with Snow Man's tour lately? Because of that reason, for a long time, Michieda did not dare to contact him, for fear of disturbing his rest. And now, what was it? Hesitantly standing still, the boy clicked the notification.

"It's been a long time since I sent you a message, my little kid! Missing me? I had a feel of dying missing you! There's still a month to the end of my tour, I'll miss you for another month. Sounds bad! When will you come to see me hah? By the way, would Micchi mind if Meguro Ren from my group wanted to have your contact?"

Reading each line, Michieda subconsciously curled his mouth. A small dimple immediately appeared right on the left cheek, showing that its owner was extremely happy. Koji-kun's tone didn't change at all, he could easily imagine his big brother's pompous expression as he typed these words. Ah! The last line of the message made Michieda to look back several times. What? Meguro sempai asked for his phone number? Carefully recalling every memory, he was certain that the two of them had nothing related to other than being in the same company. So why? Maybe Meguro saw some photos that Michieda just took for a magazine recently, and then he thought of getting acquainted? It wasn't too complacent for Michieda to consider his appearance like that. In his personal view, his appearance is just so so. But from childhood to adulthood, the boy has received a lot of attention thanks to this appearance, he can't help feeling suspicious. Thinking for a moment, Michieda quickly replied.

"Koji-kun! I've missed you too!!! Hope your tour all goes well, I and Naniwa Danshi's members will try to come to cheer for you as soon as possible! And even if I can't see your performance in person, I'm sure Koji-kun will make it such a fantastic thing, won't you? As for your question, if Meguro sempai needs to contact me, I'd be happy to."

Stuffing his phone back into his pocket, the boy carefully packed his backpack and slowly walked towards the nearby station. It was late, he had to go home soon.

******

On another side, Mukai Koji was busy playing video games with his big brother - Sakuma Daisuke. After the third time of being a loser, he couldn't help but scream:

- Sakkun is too much ill-natured! You must take care of me, don't you? I'm your little brother!

- Such a nonsense! You're Iwamoto Kojiru not Sakuma Kojike, your brother is over there!

Relaxingly stretching, Sakuma coolly pushed Koji's head that was getting closer to him to another place. In the right corner, Abe Ryohei was focusing on solving a difficult crossword in a magazine without even glancing at this direction. Koji sniffed, immediately crawled into the kitchen to cling to his somehow-related-blood-brother, Iwamoto Hikaru. So, when Meguro Ren poked his head into the living room, he couldn't find the person he was looking for, so he had to poked at Miyadate Ryota sitting nearby:

- Datesama, where was Koji?

- Did you take a look in the kitchen?

Miyadate pointed without moving his eyes out of his book. Through his action, Meguro could faintly read some Hiragana characters, and with those strange Kanji, Meguro gave up with no hesitations.

- Hikun, where did you get this delicious milk tea? The pearl is chewy and crunchy, the taste is greasy and fatty... Oh my god... I must take a photo and show it on Jweb... Phone! Where's my phone!

Meguro luckily avoided a violent collision with Koji when he just walked to the door, he questioned the person standing in front of the kitchen counter:

- Has Koji had a diarrhea? Why does he run so fast?

Shrugging innocently, Hikaru puffed out his chest, showing off the large milk tea pot he was holding in his hand:

- Because of this! Come here Meme, bring the cup tray out there for me. Let me show you guys how far my drink-making skills have come.

At this time, all nine members of Snow Man were gathering in the living room, watching the recent up-and-coming comedy and sipping milk tea. Mukai Koji, after seriously taking a lot of photos, had proudly showed off his amazing drink to his fans on Snow Man's paid website. Exiting the internet interface, just then did he notice that there was an unread message.

- Hey, Meme, he agreed.

Skillful typing a line of words to answer Michieda, Koji reported the result to Meguro Ren sitting next to him. On the other side of him, Raul curiously repeated:

- "He agreed?" Hey, what's up, you two?

The noise was neither large nor small, but enough to attract the attention of others. Watanabe Shota lifted his chin and smiled mischievously:

- Wow wow wow, looks like we're going to have a sister-in-law...

More enthusiastic than that was Sakuma, he directly rushed over:

- Meme right? Where is that person? Alpha or beta? As pretty as Sakumaqueen, right?

- Why don't you think it's me?

As for pinning the feud several minutes ago, Koji pouted his lips in return, and just received a disdainful glance from the pink-haired man:

- Obviously, Meme is more capable than you...

Before two brothers in the group rioted for a few more rounds, Meguro Ren quickly spoke up:

- Well... Haven't told everyone yet? This morning I received an announcement that I will be collaborating with Naniwa Danshi's Michieda Shunsuke on the project named "Kieta Hatsukoi", so I asked Koji for his contact.

- Huh? You are about to film with Micchi?

- What project, Meme?

As expected, his statement shifted Koji and Sakuma's attention immediately. The rest were equally surprised. At the same time, there was only one thought appeared in their minds: What was it?! This combination... How should they comment? So unprecedented! Oh no! Exactly... far more unprecedented! Because both Meguro Ren and Michieda Shunsuke, they didn't seem to have any intersection at all! Here it was: one who was working in a recently rising group at Tokyo's headquarters, another who was still a potential trainee at Osaka's branch, one who stood out with a charming mature image, another who was the representative of youthful innocence... Furthermore, Michieda-kun had accumulated acting experience from many previous roles. Even though they weren't too close to the boy, they could name at least three or four characters he took on. As for Meguro, except for the supporting role in the movie that premiered last year... plus the series in which all members of Snow Man participated, this field was really a completely new playground for him... Facing the abrupt information from Meguro, the atmosphere in the room temporarily turned into silence.

The first to break it was Miyadate. In any case, the king always maintained his calm demeanor:

- Congratulations! I can't wait to see you on TV!

- Thank you Datesama!

Datesama paved the way, the rest rushed to send greetings to Meguro Ren, only Sakuma was shocked:

- Meme! Tell me more details! Which role do you play?

- One of the two main characters - Ida Kousuke.

- So Micchi'll play Aoki Shota, won't he? - Muttering this, Sakuma's face gradually brightened up like a cotton candy pink hair he had dyed himself. - Wonderful! My favorite manga! I've always wanted to see a live action. There's Micchi as the main actor... It's completely safe... Hahaha... Do your best too, Meme. Ida Kousuke... Hmm... The more you look at you, the more you match Ida...

******

At night, lying in bed, Meguro Ren stared blankly at the name of Michieda Shunsuke in his phone. He had read and re-read these characters dozens of times, hesitating inwardly whether he should immediately send the boy a message or not. It was eleven o'clock, Michieda was probably asleep by now. It must be said that fate is something strange! Both Meguro and Michieda are close to Mukai Koji, he himself has heard Koji mention his little brother's name many times, but never has he intended to deepen their relationship. On Michieda's side, the boy is known as a docile and respectful junior. Meguro don't think he will do anything out of the box, such as actively texting a stranger senior... For a long time, he had this impression of the boy. Partly because of Michieda's reserved expression whenever he appeared to promote dramas, partly because he had heard about an incident. It was at the Music Station 's stage, when four or five juniors surrounded KAT-TUN sempai, one of them was trying to ask Kamenashi Kazuya for a used wallet as a birthday present. Standing in the corner of the room, Sixtones' Matsumura Hokuto poked Michieda Shunsuke's his shoulder:

- You don't join in? Who knows, maybe you'll meet Yamada-kun in the next time?

According to Johnny's tradition, if a junior has a famous senior's used wallet as his birthday present, luck will soon smile on him. Hearing that, Michieda raised his puzzled eyes to look at Hokuto:

- Yes? You mean asking for Yamada-kun's wallet?

- Yeah, it's because of Yamada-kun that you signed up for Johnny, isn't it? I'm sure you will be very happy to receive that gift from him!

- No! - The boy who was as tall as Hokuto's chest firmly shook his head - When I went to see the concert of Hey! Say! Jump, Yamada sempai bought me all his goods, I was so happy! And I definitely won't bother Yamada-kun with my desire to be famous! I will work hard instead!

After that brief conversation, for a long time after that, Meguro was still constantly disturbed by Hokuto about how impressed Hokuto was with the boy. Looks like a piece of Sixtones had really been conquered by Michieda's straightforward personality...

Breaking himself from some wandering thoughts, Meguro resolutely pushed himself to sit up.

"Hello Michieda-kun, I'm Meguro Ren. As you know, I asked your phone number from Koji... About the manga that we'll be acting together, I've read it. Hope Michieda-kun and I cooperate happily."

Seeing the message being sent successfully, Meguro turned off the phone and rested. No matter what happened, he wanted to quickly narrow the distance between himself and Michieda.

The next day, Meguro Ren was always in a state of uneasiness somehow. As the two closest to him, Raul and Koji looked at each other, reading the utmost suspicion in the opposite's eyes. "Even if their next concert's destination is coming up soon, Meme shouldn't be so nervous like that? This is the fourth stop; I haven't even seen him more nervous than he could be three times before."

- Meme, didn't you get enough sleep last night?

- Two more hours and we have to performance, you should rest more if you're tired.

- No... I... - Bewildered by the sudden interest of two other members, Meguro's phone vibrated in his pocket, he quickly got up and went out into the hallway.

"Sorry Meguro-kun if I kept you waiting for so long. I'm grateful that you took the initiative to message me, but about the manga we'll work together?! We are going to cooperate with each other, aren't we?"

Shh! It turned out that the boy had not yet grasped the information. Was I a little hasty? Meguro coughed awkwardly.

"Ah! Never mind. Let's pretend I never ever said anything to you. Ok?"

Quickly the little boy answered.

"Yes, I'll wait for the official announcement from my manager. Anyway, it's an honor for me to work with Meguro-kun. I'm looking forward to!"

Koji's comment was right, Michieda is such a gentle boy. The stone that had weighed heavily on Meguro's heart was lastly lifted out; his handsome face finally showed a first smile of the day.

******Lamviyeu******