Prompts: Rock band AU/ China Town AU
Type of media: One Shot, maybe making something out of it later
"Thank you, Yokohama! Good night!"
While the crowd was still cheering, the lights went out for a moment, allowing Chuuya to go backstage without being the focus for once. Immediately, he was handed a bottle of water, which he, still panting and not able to stop grinning, took a huge sip from.
"Chuuya-san! That was incredible!", he heard Higuchi, a woman from the management staff, call out to him. He turned in the direction he thought her to be and gave her a grin. "Thanks, Higuchi," he tried to reply with a hoarse voice.
"Chuuya!" Tachihara's voice, on the other hand, wasn't hoarse yet, which honestly impressed the other redhead, since both of them had been singing for three whole hours now. "Do you have time now? We need to talk about the next song and-"
"Not now," Chuuya coughed, pointing at his throat.
"Oh, I see," the younger male nodded. "So, tomorrow? At the usual place, around twelve?"
The redhead nodded, then went to the direction of his cabin. He couldn't get back to his apartment tonight- he couldn't most nights after live concerts because of too many fans swarming around, so he had a cabin right here which he had prepared in advance. The people here knew him, so they always let him stay the night.
On his way, he passed the Akutagawa siblings- Ryuunosuke, the older sibling, who was generally referred to by his last name, and Gin, the only female member of the group. They both weren't really talkative, so they just gave him a nod. He did the same.
As soon as he reached his room, he let himself fall onto the couch. He was exhausted, this had been a rather long day. The longest in a while. He didn't even want to drink some of his beloved wine anymore. Only sleep... he felt like he hadn't slept for ages.
He couldn't even change his clothes before he fell into a deep slumber.
Chuuya woke up when the sunlight already fell through the window. Groaning, he sat up, checking his phone. 10:38. He had two messages and five missed calls.
The messages were from Higuchi- "Chuuya-san, what to do about the meet and greet you all wanted to do" and Tachihara- "If you got too drunk yesterday to remember now, today at twelve at the usual place" . The calls were all from the same unknown number. Probably a fan. He shouldn't call back.
He lifted himself up. He felt like shit. Still in his stage outfit, still with the bit of make-up he had worn yesterday evening. And even though he hadn't even seen a single bottle of wine yesterday, he felt like he had drunken his whole bar empty.
The male sighed while walking towards his backpack. He had a few shirts he could wear stored in there and there was a little bath where he could shower right next to this room. He would even have a bit of time to get home.
As soon as he got out of the building, he put on the hood. His signature hat was in the backpack. The risk of being recognised through it was too big. Making his way downtown, he passed a shopping district.
I need to get some food later, he thought. His fridge was almost empty, if he remembered correctly.
Chuuya got to a small apartment complex, climbing the stairs and nodding at the passing people- an old lady, a young man with his son in his arms, Dazai, the landlord's daughter-
He turned around with wide eyes, but the man was already gone.
Was that... Had that really been Dazai?
...No, it must've been his imagination. He had moved since four years ago, multiple times, to keep his location a secret.
With that thought in mind, he opened his apartment door, placing his backpack inside and stepping in.
He immediately noticed the white card on the floor, on it a handwriting he would recognise anywhere.
That man... it had really been Dazai.
It wasn't shock that filled his body. It wasn't sadness or happiness that he was back, that he actually contacted him.
It was pure, all-consuming rage.
Not even looking at the card, he ripped it to pieces.
"Chuuya!", Tachihara greeted as soon as the older male walked into their usual café, Minato Coffee. "I got you coffee. Black, two sugar."
"Thanks," Chuuya muttered, sitting down.
The other ginger furrowed his brows. "Is... something wrong?"
"No," the male heard himself say. "I'm just a bit tired, that's all. Thanks for the coffee."
They sat down for a while, talking about the show the night before and discussing their next song. Tachihara also asked for a bit of advice from Chuuya- girl advice, as the boy said it (though the older redhead already knew who exactly Tachihara wanted to impress- it was pretty easy to see that he had a thing for a certain Akutagawa). The lead singer of the Black Lizard was, after all, notorious for being a womanizer.
After almost an hour, however, things took a different turn.
"So, Chuuya..." The redhead looked up. Tachihara suddenly looked even more uncomfortable than before when he had asked about girls.
"To be honest with you, we had a rock-paper-scissors match with the management team to determine who has to tell you and I lost... so..."
The young man turned his gaze away.
Chuuya leaned back. "Come on, tell me. It can't be that bad."
Tachihara didn't look any calmer.
"Our sales are declining-"
"And?", the redhead asked, lifting an eyebrow. "We just have to write better music, that's-"
"-so we want to collab with a more popular artist."
The male didn't get what was so horrible about that. There were tons of artists more popular than them. Why would Hirotsu's team do a rock-paper-scissors tournament just to determine who would-
Tachihara still looked away, muttering "I'm sorry" to the other musician.
"I won't collab with Dazai," Chuuya said coldly.
"Chuuya, I get it, he hurt you before-"
"I. Won't. Collab. With. Dazai."
This time, his voice was even colder. More forceful. Almost deadly.
He leaned over the table, forcing Tachihara to look at him. The poor boy was trembling as Chuuya's murderous gaze struck him. "If I should hear that you are planning these things behind my back one more time," he whispered, "I will leave this band. You still need a lead singer, don't you?"
With these words, he slammed some money on the table and stormed out of the door.
A/N: Man, this took longer than I expected. I started around 6 in the afternoon and I kinda failed the challenge in my timezone an hour ago, but don't tell anyone.
Anyways, an AU! I love AUs! Anyone know that Dazatsu Hogwarts AU by @looking-for-stray-dogs here on Tumblr? I love that one. It is really, really good.
I chose Rock band because I remembered that Chuuya's Japanese voice actor did the first and the third OP and is the lead singer of a band. That's also why he is the protag of this AU.
Little extra: the name I chose for the café, Minato Coffee, has a meaning: haven coffee, or, port coffee. I think everyone knows why I chose that meaning.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!
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