"Izumi!!! Where are you?! I need you for pictures stat!!!" Renge yelled through her megaphone. I sighed and came out of my spot under the tree in the shade into the blistering sunlight. Why was this happening anyways?
"Move!" a voice called as I jumped to the side, as a couple camera men lugged the lights past me. Renge had flied a film crew from LA to put together a movie. I guessed from the back of their shirts that they were from Universal.
I had gotten to see more of the sets in Universal when me and my family decided to vacation there this summer, especially with my mom helping design a couple of the costumes, more specifically the dresses.
I snapped out of my daydream, as I ducked from a swinging wire. I continued walking along, taking all the equipment in. I don't know how the idea of a darker side, got translated into a full scripted film, but I ignored that and just followed Renge's orders. If I didn't, I would be in huge trouble.
"Izumi! Stand over here! I need some good pictures of Tamaki and the twins!" Renge shrieked and I sighed. I went over to a spot, out of the camera's view and got my lens into focus.
"Alright!! Action!!!!" the director's voice commanded, and the camera started rolling. I continued to take pictures, trying desperately not to scream back at Renge.
Eventually we were rolling for Honey and Haruhi's scene, since it hadn't been done. As the twins and Tamaki sat down at the side, near where I was standing, Haruhi and Honey started acting.
As soon as Honey had done his lines, there was supposed to be a dramatic pause…..well, there WAS, until the silence was broken by Honey breaking down completely and he cried "Haruchan I'm sorry please forgive me I can't do this anymore!"
"CUT! Cut, cut, CUT!!!" Renge screamed as Honey continued to cry into Haruhi's shoulder. "You guys are supposed to follow the script!" she yelled pacing back to the director and ordered "Cameraman stop rolling!" "Yes boss." he said giving a thumbs up to confirm the camera had stopped filming.
Renge went over to the director to see the film that was acquired as I went over to the twins and Kyoya. Haruhi then came over, a towel around her neck to dry herself off a bit.
Tamaki then came running over and said "Hey Izumi! Did you see my scene?" I turned around and smiled replying "Yeah actually I did! You got into your character pretty well! I'm surprised you could act that well!"
Tamaki grabbed a towel and began to dry himself off and replied "Yeah, I guess I'm finding a different side to myself…..and I think I might actually wanna explore it even more…."
"Well Tamaki…..I think you're fine just the way you are. You don't need a dark side to be a better person." I said as Tamaki looked up and blushed a little. "Thanks…." he replied grinning and I then heard Renge call "Izumi!!!"
"I'm coming!!!" I yelled back as I followed her voice to find her behind all the set, and with two guys from the school. They were tall, and they had hard, stone cold faces, with cold eyed glares too.
"Umm, Renge….." I started reaching forward to grab her hand before she cut me off saying "These two lovely gentlemen have agreed to take part in our movie!" "What movie?" one of the guys asked as another said, his expression full of shock, "Who ever said about a movie?"
"They'll be playing the thugs, that will end up fighting the rest of the host club!" she said triumphantly. Seriously? Gosh she has quite the imagination! "Haruhi!! I need you back here!" Renge called sweetly as Haruhi came around and her face paled at the sight of the thugs.
"Uhh Renge….I don't know if that's a good idea….." Haruhi stuttered out as Renge started to tug on one of the guy's arms and said "Now I need you to come this way…."
"Hey what do you think you're doing! You can't push me around like that!" the guy yelled pushing Renge to the wall. "Renge!" Haruhi and I cried as Haruhi got in-between Renge and the stone wall, with some equipment and tools.
Just as Renge opened her eyes, she looked back to see Haruhi on the ground holding her chest. "Haruhi! Are you alright?" she quickly asked, coming down to her height.
She didn't know about Haruhi and the fact of her being a girl, which in my opinion, was a good thing. I wasn't going to let a secret like that get to a girl like Renge.
I turned around to the guy that pushed Renge, as I sassily pointed my finger at him and spat "Listen if you're gonna start pushing people around, you're gonna have me to answer to!" He then replied angrily "Yeah right you little punk!" "Don't you go messin' with me!" I shouted back as I went forward and punched him square in the face.
He fell back, but the other guy came forward and said "So is that how you play little girlie? See how you like this!" and I felt a stabbing feeling in my gut. He had given me a full-blown punch to my stomach and I fell back, clutching it.
Tamaki came around and said "What happened? I heard someth-" he stopped when he saw me trying not to cry. I felt my eyes starting to blur, and water up. Oh, I sure hoped I wasn't crying!
He suddenly went from shock to fury, as he grabbed the guy who punched me by his shirt collar, and pushed him against the wall.
"So which one of you punks was responsible for this?" he asked angrily, as the other one replied "Wait Suou it's not what you think!" He looked up as the guy continued "That girl with the ribbon was giving us a hard time. The other girl was just trying to protect her!"
"They're telling the truth senpai." Haruhi answered as I nodded painfully. "I did punch one of them, but I wasn't expecting a punch back." I said as he came over to me.
He held my face gently and whispered "Izumi…..where does it hurt?" I bit my lip and put my head down. "Listen….I'm gonna be alright." I replied nodding looking up at him. A tear started rolling down my cheek and Tamaki gently wiped it away.
"Well who knew that a tough cookie like you would be able to cry." Tamaki said lightly as I smiled and replied "And who knew a person like you could act?" He nodded and said "Well, c'mon then." and he helped me up.
He then opened his arms and then asked "Want a hug?" I smiled and didn't bother giving him the answer, and went into his arms, as his arms went around my shoulders. It felt so comforting, I wondered if it was all a dream.
"That-that…..did you get that on film Mr. Camera-Man!?" Renge said as she turned around to the director as he nodded and said "Of course boss." "That was amazing! Even though it could use some tweaks the scene was perfect! All it needs is a wonderful narrative commentary by my sweet Kyoya!" Renge said while fangirling.
But just as Renge finished her sentence there was a crash of glass, as we all turned around to see Kyoya holding a rock, with the rock jammed in the lens of the video camera.
"No! The recorder!" the director yelled as Kyoya took the rock out and continued to hold it in his hand. "But Kyoya…..why? Is something wrong?" Renge quietly asked as Kyoya continued "I'm sorry but I can't have any record of violence with any one of our club members." There was that rule? Hm. Unwritten rule. "I think you've caused another trouble around here Renge, please stop being such a pest." Kyoya said sternly.
There was a silence. "A pest…?" Renge whispered as her eyes watered up and she screamed back, tears threatening to roll down her cheeks. "You're supposed to pat me on the head and tell me not to worry! You're supposed to be kind and caring! What changed Kyoya!? Why are you acting like this?!"
"Renge…..that's not the real Kyoya…." Tamaki said as Renge choked on her sob as she went down onto her knees, as the tears started rolling down her cheeks. I bit my lip.
I'm not gonna lie, Renge was annoying and slightly stupid at times, but I realized that she had feelings too, and that she was just as human as I was. I then went down to her height and began to comfort her.
"Renge…." I said quietly as Renge looked up as she wiped a tear. I continued "Not every guy is going to be prince charming. You think you knew Kyoya….but you really didn't. You didn't know him enough to fall in love with him. Falling in love is a completely different story." "How would you know?" Tamaki asked quickly as I snapped back "Because I have!" Tamaki backed up at that response as I continued.
Renge sniffled as I then slowly said "I guess what I'm trying to say….is that you can't judge someone by what they are on the outside. Just because he looks like someone from the movies, doesn't mean he's going to act like that. Guys can be real jerks, and they can do a lot of things, but know this one thing Renge." I said as she nodded, telling me to continue.
"One day, you're going to find someone. Someone who is going to be perfect for you. You're going to fall in love with that person, and he'll sweep you off you're feet."
"I know….what it's like to feel in love, and to get your heart broken into pieces…..but trust me. You'll move on with your life and you'll get to meet another guy who will mend that heart of yours all up. In the end, you will meet your soulmate." I dreamily said looking off to the distance, as she wiped her eyes again.
"Thanks Izumi…." she whispered as I helped her up on her feet. "No problem" I replied as we walked off the movie set. Rule to add, "People may be stupid and annoying but they can be sweet person, you just gotta dig deep!"
A couple days later we had greeted the guests and some of them came over and said "You guys were amazing in the movie!" "Oh I absolutely loved the lonely prince!" "And that scene in the rain with Tamaki…."
I was surprised. "Kyoya…..you broke the camera right?" I asked as Kyoya continued scribbling something on his clipboard. "Yes, but all the film from that was still intact. We used that film to create the movie." We all looked at each other as he continued "In fact, the dvd's sold quite well. We're making a huge profit from the sales."
"Just wait till the picture books come round!" I mumbled as I went through the pictures I took of the boys behind the scenes. "Hello boys" a voice in a sing-song way chirped as we all looked up to see Renge.
"Renge? We thought you flew back to Paris!" Tamaki said as Renge giggled and shook her head. "Nope. I thought of something Haruhi said to me afterwards, about not judging people and stereotyping them."
I raised my eyebrow. Where was this going…..cause I had a bad feeling about it. Renge then said "Since Haruhi also said about getting to know people better so I was wondering….." Oh this is gonna be good….. "Haruhi can you come over to my place sometime?"
Haruhi's face turned into shock, and she started turning beet red. "Wha- what are you saying?" she asked as Renge dragged her out of the room and babbling "Come on you come over right now Haruhi! We can go do something! Oh I know! Let's go play some board games….do you like Monopoly? Oh wait! You could also do some baking with me….."
"What are you trying to do Renge?" Tamaki asked hastily as the twins replied "You know, you did say it would be good for Haruhi to have a feminine influence on her, like a girl friend." "Well yeah but not an ACTUAL GIRLFRIEND!!" Tamaki answered angrily as Renge got Haruhi out of the room.
"Sooo Tamaki…..can I be the feminine influence now on Haruhi?" I asked politely while I put my arm around his shoulder. He stuttered "But-bu I-I….." "Alright then! That'll be a yes!" I said cheerily as I winked to the others and Tamaki when he finally regained himself.
I then flipped to the next picture in my camera and saw the picture taken of me and Tamaki hugging it out, as well as some other ones. I smiled to myself and put my camera in my bag.
Looks like Renge's reign for queen bee was smashed! I thought that to myself as I went off. New rule, if a plan that was going to go against you backfires, use it to your advantage!
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