Lets Get It

Suzu shrugged. She would have loved for her mom to be there, but she doubted it would happen. Besides, how was she suppossed to convince the woman to come see the showcase of a club she wasn't suppossed to be in? Yuri would come whether the Host Club was invited or not. After all, Yuri was a fan of Phantom Song. It was the weirdest thing sleeping in their room when her sister's side was covered in posters of a masked Suzu. It was certainly uncomfortable.

"I dunno. Do you know if Finn-senpai will be performing?" She felt her cheeks grow a little red. Thank goodness she was wearing a mask.

Scarlett smiled smugly and put her hands on her hips, "I think you should ask him, you're totally crazy about him." She winked then looked at Suzu and raised an eyebrow. 

Why was she so keen to see Finn? She sounded uncertain... Did she like Finn? Like... like him, like him? How could she? Finn was Finn! Finn was ridiculous and unpredictable and obsessed with chicken nuggets! Maybe Scarlett was just imagining things.

"He's performing." Scarlett folded her arms and gave a little side shrug, "He seems pretty excited. Why wouldn't he be performing though, it's Finn." She tucked her hair behind her ear and sank down into her seat again, bringing her leg up to hug to her chest, "Even if Finn wasn't performing he'd have to come and watch me perform so either way he'd be there." She side eyed Suzu for a minute before looking up at her face on, "How come?" 

"I'm not crazy about him I'm just you know...whatever." She shrugged and folded her arms across her chest then crossed her legs. Okay she really do like him and the only one that knew it was Scarlett plus she was the only on she could trust with something like this.

Mumbling some under her breath she blushed again. "I'll text or something and ask him later."

Deedee raised a brow at the girl. The long pause sorta made her question the girl. Maybe she liked Finn or maybe she was just worry about his wall being.

Perform with you?" She questioned then smiled a bit. "Sure. I don't see why not I'm sure we can find a song or something to do."

As if summoned by the chatter about him, Finn pushed through the auditorium doors and strode inside, beaming as brightly as ever. His bass laid slung over his shoulder. At the sight of Scarlett, Finn's smile pushed even wider, looking almost too broad for his face, but it managed. He hurried down the aisle, up the stage stairs, and over to her.

"Lettie! I was hoping to run into you~!" He peeled his school bag from his side to rifle through it. From it he pulled a package of melon bread. "I got you a present from the konbini. Aren't I the best person you've ever met, or aren't I?" He waggled his eyebrows at her, holding the melon bread out for her to take.

While she did, he shot a glance at Deedee and... Oh! It was his precious little kouhai!

"Hello, Deedee, Phantom! Lettie, you never told me you'd met Phantom." He was a little hurt. He wanted to watch them bond over things - like having such an amazing and pretty person to look up to! 

Oh darn it all, Culinary Club had run late!

It was now that Ethan thanked his lucky stars - joining the track and field club had been a rare spur of the moment choice, a decision to stay in shape more than anything - but he'd gotten pretty good at running as a result. It came in handy when he had to rush off somewhere (or run away in terror from something...) and especially was handy now. He'd promised to visit during Scarlett's performance for the showcase - with Ethan's sharp, observational nature, it meant he was good for spotting flaws in their routines.

Although Ethan doubted that a little bit. He was more than familiar with movements, all things considered, but he wasn't sure if he'd be able to properly communicate that. Still, Scarlett had asked, and Ethan definitely didn't want to disappoint!

"S-sorry I'm late!" came the cry as he skidded to a stop at the doorframe. Ethan smiled a little, pleased he didn't hit anything as he usually did - only to trip a moment later and hit the doorframe anyways. "...ow." he mumbled, rubbing his head, before heading on in. As he got closer, he froze up for a moment - a-ah, there were other people!

Wait.

O-oh. Deedee and Finn. He - he could work with that. He'd visited often enough to be familiar with them. The mask girl though - that was a little nervewracking, he didn't recognize her too well. Had he seen her somewhere before? ...had he met her before and forgotten her?! Oh no. Now this was going to gnaw at him.

He fidgeted as he reached the others, bowing briefly in apology for interrupting. "I-I didn't miss much, d-did I?"

At the sight of Finn, her face broke into a huge smile and when he held out the package of melon bread her smile pushed wider. She took it gingerly, holding onto it tightly as she gently opened the wrapper.

"Thank you Finn~" She looked inside the packet to the other assembled people and frowned, looking at the assembled people and then back at her melon bread. While she was deliberating she looked up at Finn, nodding at mask girl, "I didn't know her before today, we just met really." At mask girl's suggestion of seeing their routine she stopped and fixed mask girl with a stare. 

This had to be pay back for earlier... for trying to figure out who she was. Scarlett was sure that in Finn's eyes she was 5 and if he were to see their routine he'd likely have a lot to say... and insist it didn't happen.

"Ah... Our routine's a secret." She tapped her fingers on the package, "It's a surprise for the showcase."

At the appearance of Ethan, her gaze softened and when he drew near enough she rubbed his head gently. "You didn't miss anything... Did you hurt yourself?"

She resigned herself to sharing and sighed, tearing the melon bread into five equal-ish sized pieces, handing them out to the assorted people without giving them a choice on whether they wanted it.

"Maybe we should just all practice together?" Scarlett shrugged, mostly to herself, "We're all here so it might be just as well." 

Suzu winced as Ethan tripped. She almost jumped to her feet to go help him but he was up and moving shortly after. Suzu twirled a finger through her wig, listened to the others talk. Deedee complimented her dance and she smiled. "Thanks," she said cheerfully. She looked over at Finn as he asked if she was going to perform in the showcase. She nodded enthusiastically, lifting a hand to keep her wig from falling off. Her hair was a dead giveaway. She needed to be more careful.

"I'm planning on it." She motioned to Deedee and Scarlet. "They convinced me to." It was true. She had had reservations about the idea but now, the gears in her head were turning as to which songs she could perform. She had a new one coming out. By the time the showcase rolled around, it'd be circulating. She'd probably be expected to perform it. She also had two that were her favorites. The possibilities were endless....well....not really, she only had one cd out so far.

"What are you planning to perform, Senpai? I'm excited to see it."