The next time they met happened weeks later.

Till that day Tia saw Aiba only through TV in Mago Mago Arashi or Arashi no Shukudai-kun, like normal fans do.

-          Tia-chan!

-          Hai! – She answered Tanaka-san.

-          Made up room 2 for a group of five! Hayaku! They’ll be here in maximum 20 minutes.

-          Hai!

Her other job was in a family restaurant. It was quite big but friendly, nice and had really good food.

-          I just wanna know why didn’t she tell it earlier? – She asked aloud as she placed everything in the room. It always needed almost fifteen minutes to get ready. – Yosh! – I guess I just made it in time… - she was pretty proud to herself and wanted to leave when the door suddenly slid open and the five guests stand there.

-          Yuuki-chan?

Tia quickly faced to the door when she heard the familiar husky voice and almost fainted ‘cause the one who called her was none other then Aiba Masaki and the other guests was of course the other members of Arashi.

-          Aiba-san… - she whispered, then quickly grabbed herself and put on her role. – Konbanwa! Tia desu, I’ll be your waitress tonight – she said with a slight bowed. – Please, take a seat, I’ll come back in a moment to take your orders, you find the menu on the table. Please, enjoy your time here and feel free to call me if you need anything!

With this Tia let the five idols to sit down then stepped out of the room and quickly slid the door closed. She took a deep breath.

“It sure will be a long night…”

This thought repeated in her mind as she went to the kitchen.

Meanwhile in the private room:

-          Do you know her, Aiba-chan? – Jun asked rising an eyebrow.

-          You can say that… I met her a few weeks ago – Aiba said with a bright smile.

At this Jun and Nino started to scatter questions at him. Riida observed them but it was sure that he didn’t have the slightest idea what they are talking about. After a few minutes he took one of the menus and tried to read the kanjis to decide what to eat. Sho only smiled. He knew already every detail about Aiba’s date (“Deto janai, Sho-chan!”) and it was pretty surprising to meet Aiba’s girl here. Anyway, Sho was happy to see her.

As the door silently slid open the idols inside shut up and stared at the coming girl or in Nino’s case: grinned.

-          Sumimasen! – Tia smiled at them brightly as an answer to the glances.

In the awkward silence Tia started to fill the glasses with beer, still smiling.

-          So what do we eat? – asked Ohno out of a blue, breaking the tense in the room with it and they start to discuss the food they wanted to eat.

When Tia finished her task, she wanted to leave but Aiba suddenly grabbed her wrist softly.

-          Yuuki-chan? Daijoubuka? I thought you work at the Day Care Center… - he asked whispering.

-          Nai, nai! Daijoubu desu! – she nodded with a smile but blushed a bit at the unexpected body-contact.  – I work at both places: here and the Care Center – she explained.

-          Soudesuka? – Aiba unwillingly let free the girl.

-          All right! We decided! – Nino chirped in.

-          Hai! – Tia answered and quickly pulled out a pen and a block from her apron’s pocket to write down their orders.

Sho’s glance jumped from Aiba to the girl, then back at his friend again. He was the only one who noticed the short dialogue between them but he didn’t plan to mention it to the others. The newscaster thought this girl should suits Masaki. They seemed pretty similar to him.

When Tia left to bring their food Aiba stared at the door with a dreamy smile and didn’t notice that his bandmates were watching him grinning. Several minutes passed like this but Aiba looked like to continue this till she’s coming back. So the other members started to chatting about nothing and everything to pass the time till their food arrives.

-          Anosa… Yuuki-chan… desuka? – Nino asked suddenly when Tia was about to leave, after she served their dinner. Now, she turned back to them.

-          Hai, you can call me that if you want – she said smiling and nodded.

Aiba pouted at this but it went unnoticed by everybody because the guys were focused their attention at the girl and she was looking at them.

-          Are you a fangirl of Arashi? – Nino asked with a grin.

Tia was surprised by the question. She looked at them as she waits someone to tell her it’s just a joke she doesn’t need to answer it. But they all looked serious though they were all smiling. So Tia shrugged.

-          I guess… Back at home they sure call me one but I think my fanning is nothing compare to your fans’ here in Japan or anywhere in Asia… - she said at least with a smile.

-          And who is your favorite from us? – Nino asked because he’s a spoiled brat and like this he had to ask it. But in his thoughts he added: “If you say my Oh-chan, I’ll kill you!”

Tia laughed at this question. The whole situation started to seem more than unreal. Here she is, in the same room with one of Japan’s most famous jpop band, ARASHI and they just ask her who is her favorite of them…

The five idols waited in silent to Tia’s answer.

-          It’s hard to choose from you. I like all of you but for different reasons. So… I guess I can’t answer for it… - she said finally smiling.

-          Usotski! It can’t be true! – Nino protested and everybody stared at him wide eyes. – You just told this because you don’t want to hurt those whom you don’t choose – he said pouting.

-          It’s okay, you can tell us your favorite. We won’t feel bad… - Sho said with a reassuring smile.

The other members nodded.

-          Well… in that case… - Tia started. It was way too embarrassing to admit it to do it without blushing. – Aiba-san – she rushed through with a shy smile and her face was colored in pink.

At this Aiba almost choked on the beer what he was drinking. Sho laughed at him and patted his back.

-          Aww… Too bad for us, I guess… - Jun said but didn’t look like being in too much shock at the news and went back to his dinner.

Nino simply grinned widely. He was happy that this girl won’t compete with him for his Oh-chan’s love. He held Riida’s hand under the table but the older singer was too busy with his ramen to notice it.

-          Eto… I have to go back to work now… If you need anything, just call me – with this, Tia hurriedly left the room.

-          Wa… wait… - Aiba coughed with some difficulty but the door was already closed. – Sho-chan! Did she… did she say…? – he stuttered looking at his best friend with puppy eyes.

-          Hai, Masaki. She just said she likes you – the rapper said softly laughing.

Tia was honestly relieved when her hours were over finally. She quickly changed and rushed out off the restaurant’s back door.

-          Yuuki-chan!

She stopped at the name and turned back to face the caller.

-          Sakurai-san! Konbanwa! I thought Arashi-san left at least an hour ago… What can I help you? – She asked with a smile.

The newscaster stepped away from the wall and walked to the girl’s side.

-          Do you go to the train station?... I’ll walk you there then – he added when the girl nodded.

-          Arigatou, Sakurai-san – she bowed slightly.

They walked silently towards the station. Tia stole a few glances to the idol beside her. She got too much company from idols recently and she couldn’t use to it. She couldn’t use to it especially when she didn’t know the reason of this honor. Because she was sure that it’s not only that Sho is the gentleman he is and like this he couldn’t let a girl walk home alone in the dark.

-          What you said earlier… in the restaurant… Did you really mean it? – Sho asked suddenly.

-          What do you mean? – Tia asked back confused.

-          That you like Masaki… - Sho said in a very serious tone.

-          I don’t know… I think I meant it… I mean… I’m a fan of him, that’s sure. But fanning and love are quite different things. Dakara… watashi no kokoro wa dokidokishta when I met him first… And today as well… - she said blushing and hoped the idol didn’t notice it in the darkness.

-          Souka...

To the rest of the walk they were silent, deep in their own thoughts. They arrived at the train station but neither of them spoke up for a few more minutes.

-          About Masaki… – Sho broke the silence. – Yoroshiku… He might look happy-go-lucky though he’s very sensitive and he always bottle up a lot of things inside what hurts him ‘cause he doesn’t want to bother others with it… You should remember it. Don’t hurt him!

-          Un – Tia nodded shocked.

Did SAKURAI SHO just courage her to start a relationship with AIBA MASAKI?

-          I think it’s my train… If you need any help… just call me – Sho gave his card to her then took the train.

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