Chacha (Ito Marika), a girl whose motto is "to live without worrying about what others think." She sees herself as a stray cat who pursued employment and love on her terms. Chacha meets Raku (Nakagawa Taishi), a chef with psychopathic tendencies, on the rooftop one day and is drawn to him, even though Raku and her hobbies are diametrically opposed, they surprisingly get along. Raku has a secret obsession on a foreigner lady who lives with her unemployed boyfrien Mamoru (Shiono Akihisa) in his neighbourhood. One day Mamoru goes missing.
"𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭."
-𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞
During the 1950s while a teenager in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee appeared in a few films and studied martial arts, boxing, and dance at his parents behest in order to prevent him from street fighting, an activity which had occasionally gotten him into trouble. Bruce's father, Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Cantonese opera singer, and the arts and culture were as important in the Lee household as self-discipline and striving to do your best. After winning a Hong Kong boxing tournament in 1958, Bruce went on to win Hong Kong's Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship with his younger brother, Robert Lee, as his partner. Born in San Francisco in 1940, Bruce returned to the city in 1959 after graduating from high school in Hong Kong, moving to Seattle soon after where he worked as a waiter at a Chinese restaurant and taught cha-cha lessons in Seattle's Chinatown to earn extra money. He continued to dance and give lessons while studying drama and philosophy at the University of Washington between 1960 and 1964. Bruce loved dancing and the self-expression it provided, and he incorporated the artistry of dance into his unique style of martial arts, choreographing his moves and moving with a finesse previously unseen before, all of which catapulted him to become the legendary star that he remains today. For the rest of his all-too-brief life, he carried a card-sized guide in his wallet with 108 different cha-cha steps and worked on developing new dance moves which he jotted down in a notebook that he entitled "Cha-Cha Fancy Steps."
The composite photo features Bruce dancing the cha-cha in 1958, and the gifs of Bruce dancing are from the Chinese films Too Late for Divorce (1956), Darling Girl (1957), and a candid clip shot during a break in production on the set of his final movie Enter the Dragon in 1973.
Dancing With Visions - Keep Them Close - Lyney - Cha-Cha
Author Notes: First time writing Lyney as a main character! The performance in this fic was inspired by Janette & Brandon’s Cha-Cha to “Hush Hush; Hush Hush” by The Pussycat Dolls from So You Think You Can Dance Season 5. This chapter was also written while I listened to “Hush Hush; Hush Hush” by The Pussycat Dolls. Just like the rest of this series, reader is female. I hope you enjoy.
If you would like to read more of this series, the fics can be found here: Dancing with Visions Masterlist
Type: Female reader/ fluff/ sfw/ mild flirtation
Word count: 1491
There were times I wondered why I let Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet pull me into their shenanigans. Such as right now.
I’d found myself taking dance lessons with Lyney, of all people, because the siblings ‘Father’ had proposed that they learn more dancing styles for the sake of taking on missions that involved ballroom scenes of elite and mingling with the most influential people in society.
Lynette was dancing with Freminet, and they had learned the foxtrot. An elegant dance that they performed beautifully. But their pairing as dancers left Lyney partnerless, and for unknown reasons he’d decided that I would be his best option.
And Lyney, being Lyney, of course had to choose one of the most playful dances in the name of keeping the vibrant persona he’d built up for himself as a magician. Which meant that, since I’d agreed for reasons that even I didn’t understand, we’d learned the cha-cha. A flirtatious dance that required carefully learned hip movement and fast footwork filled with short steps.
I applauded politely as Lynette and Freminet finished their dance, showing Arlecchino what they’d learned as she nodded with a smile that spoke of subtle pride before she looked towards me and Lyney.
My eyes stayed on her as Lyney led me to the dance floor, passing by his siblings before we came to a stop and he circled around to face me. A smile playing on his face. “Come on, no time for distractions, Y/n.”
My gaze snapped over to him, my eyes widening slightly as my stare left the Harbinger and landed on Lyney, who was smiling at me smugly now, “You’ve got a magician in front of you; if you look away, you might miss the best part.”
I felt my eyebrows arch at his words, and he laughed, but then I knew exactly what he was doing. He was doing his best to distract me and force me to relax so that I wouldn’t slip up while we performed.
He knew I was still nervous around Arlecchino, and he was doing his best to compensate for it.
I rolled my shoulders slightly, watching as Lyney leaned around me, his eyes still alight as if nothing were wrong and he were utterly confident as he nodded to his sister to start the music.
And as soon as the beat hit, we were in motion with me whirling away from him and prancing across the floor. My feet hitting the ground in time to the drum as I held out my arms and sashayed away from Lyney, who followed close behind me in a sort of chase of a dance.
I spun, feelling my skirt flare out around me reactively as I reached out with one hand, my fingers grazing the palm of Lyney’s waiting hand before he grabbed hold of me.
I continued to dance backwards, away from him, even as he held onto me for a few more steps before I briefly paused in place to step to the side, twisting my body to pose for a fragment of a moment before Lyney was rapidly spinning me.
His hand slipped from mine, and he slid across the floor behind me, and we both proceeded to strike poses to the syncopated beat. First facing away from one another before looking back and leaning towards one another.
Before I could even think about stepping away from him, Lyney had grabbed me by the hand and was whirling me across the floor in front of him, snatching my free hand as soon as it came close.
He tugged me towards him, leaning me backwards so that I was bent back in an arch with his arms supporting me as he slowly moved me in a smooth arch in front of him. Accenting the suddenly slowed beat before he tugged me back up.
I inhaled sharply as he stopped me, mere inches from him, as a grin appeared on his face that perfectly matched his sparkling eyes just before we both straightened and parted. Only staying connected by our arms that were looped over one another’s shoulders as we showed the quick footwork we’d both worked so hard on learning.
I glanced up, briefly noticing the smile curving across the Harbinger’s face before I abandoned Lyney, focusing on my steps as I pranced away from once more. Leaving the magician to follow me with a grin still on his face.
But there was no denying Lyney enjoyed this dance. Not only did it perfectly fit the image he’d built for himself, but it also gave him copious opportunities to flirt as he so loved to do. After all, Lynette had confided in me during one practice session that I was, without a shadow of a doubt, his favorite target for flirting with.
He caught up to me, his hand resting on my shoulder as we paused to briefly make use of the hipwork so integral to the cha cha before I was dancing away. Spinning across the floor as Lyney followed, mirroring my motions perfectly behind me as he stayed close. Almost like he wasn’t about to let me get away.
I continued to turn away from him, though, as the syncopated section of the song returned and we posed to each beat. With him reaching out to grab me each beat and me shifting just barely out of his reach, a smile crossing my face despite my earlier nervousness.
We both spun, and he looked away, holding out one hand for me to take so that he could spin me across the floor in front of him as he dropped to one knee. Stopping me part of the way and forcing me to turn back towards him, my other hand reaching out to cover his hand that gripped mine.
His grin was positively mischievous as he yanked, tugging me forward as I spun at the last second. Landing in a seated position on his bent knee as the song once more slowed. But after only a brief moment, I curled in on myself before standing once more as the beat returned to the music.
His hand continued to grip mine as he also stood, the two of us side by side before I stepped, quickly and carefully, until I was in front of him and he spun me. Letting go of me to step up behind me and grab a hold of my hips as I came to a stop so that we could swing our hips in a circle together.
He reached out, and I took his hand once more, swallowing thickly before he spun me once more. First to one side and then the other before he raised his arm, twirling me rapidly as he walked along behind me.
Smiling like I was his finest magic trick as I continued to spin, the world blurring around me until he stopped me. Dropping once more to one knee and leading me to dance across in front of him.
I ignored him behind me as I sashayed around, though before I finally glanced over just in time for him to meet my gaze as he stood. Once more by my side.
I grinned at him, both of us hip bumping the other before we parted, each making our own rotation around the floor before we crossed in the middle. Facing each other as we kept up our footwork.
He was the one who stepped closer, turning me so that my back was to him once more as he wrapped an arm around me and mimicked my motions behind me.
The song started to slow, and I spun out as Lyney snatched my hand back. Flinging me backwards into a dip before I slid between his legs and on around so I was sitting on the floor just beside him. Looking up at him just as the final beat of the song hit.
We were both panting. Him looking down at me and me up at him as the slow clap started. Causing us both to turn and seeing Arlecchino smiling at us as she stood from her seat.
“Very good. Though I do not know how useful this dance will be in the ballrooms of the elite, it was an excellent performance. You’ve worked very hard, Lyney, and—” She paused, glancing at me with her eyes narrowing in amusement before she continued, “You have found yourself a magnificent partner.”
I blinked in quiet surprise before looking back up at Lyney, who was smiling widely before looking back down at me and holding out his hands. Helping me up with ease before nodding towards his father as he wrapped an arm around me, “Thank you, Father. I know; I’ll keep them close.”
He squeezed my shoulders slightly as he spoke, and I looked over at him, missing the expression on the Harbinger’s face as she spoke, a smile in her voice, “Good.”
still devastated we never got to see cha cha after season 1
i know she wasn’t like, the best, most morally correct person of all time but she was such a fucking badass. she got shit done and she absolutely ate everyone tf up i do not care
yes she is an assassin and she did kinda suck but also she’s absolutely slaying in more ways than one and i think we should’ve let her continue to do so
