2/Rude Fangirl

The sun appears outside the huge window from Rindou's room. There, he wakes up lazily.

His blurry vision slowly goes to a clear one (though his eyes doesn't really have the best vision). He gets up and looks out the window.

Seconds from gazing upon the peaceful scenery outside the window, Rindou lets out a loud scream and tumbles on the floor.

"Wh-What are you doing here?! How did you get into this property?!" Rindou said with a shaky voice as he points at something.

He blames his eyesight for not noticing quickly the same exact woman from before now crouching down by his window outside.

The woman waves her hand at the startled Rindou. Ran came rushing in to see what's with all the noise coming from his younger brother's room.

"Rindou! What's going on?!" Ran said, panicking and confused.

"Outside! There was a woman hiding!" Rindou responded, pointing to the direction where he saw the woman.

Ran went near it and scanned the area. He didn't find any person there.

"There's no one here, Rin." he said, going back to Rindou who's still down on the floor.

"What? No.. I saw her with my own eyes!" Rindou insisted with what he witnessed.

"Maybe you just mistook that woman. Here, wear your glasses." Ran said, handing his younger brother his glasses.

"That can't be! The woman I saw was the same woman from yesterday." Rindou said, his eyebrows furrowed.

"What are you trying to say?" the older Haitani asked.

"I'm saying that she's stalking me or.. something like that." Rindou replied.

"Mhm. You're just paranoid, Rin. Don't mind it too much. Now, let's go eat." Ran responded, leaving the younger Haitani alone in his room.

'Am I really imagining things? Have I gone crazy or am I just tired?' Rindou questioned himself as he looks again at the window.

He proceeds to get ready for the day, not letting that 'imagination' distract his mind.

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After a wonderful breakfast prepared by the one and only Ran Haitani, they decided to go out and visit places they used to go before they got so caught up with work.

Reaching their first destination, a local coffee shop, the Haitani brothers sat outside where there are vacant tables to enjoy the cool breeze.

"It's peaceful today, isn't it?" Ran spoke in a calming voice then took a sip of his coffee afterwards.

"It is the weekends. I'm pretty sure the manager won't disturb us for a while." Rindou replied.

While they were enjoying their time drinking hot coffees and chatting, the both of them were stopped by the flash of a camera right in their faces.

They both turn their heads to where the flash came from and saw a woman took a picture of them without their consent.

Rindou slowly put down his coffee on the table and stood up to walk near the woman.

"Hmm?" he hummed a question as he examined the woman's appearance.

"I knew it. It's you from yesterday and also from this morning." Rindou said, starting to get bothered.

Ran who's still calmly sitting by their table, asked, "Is this the fan you were talking about?"

"Yeah. I can't believe she followed us all the way here. Ugh, seriously do you mind?!" the younger Haitani raised his voice at the 'fangirl'.

"Uhm.. I apologize. I just wanted to see you, Rindou, up close." the woman said.

"Well, I don't want to see you. That's that." Rindou responded.

"Rin, calm down. We should treat our fans with respect and care." Ran stood up as he spoke.

"Respect?! This woman took photos of us out of nowhere!" Rindou starts to shout.

"I'm sorry about this, young lady. You should leave before my brother gets out of control." Ran said as he motions the woman to leave.

"I'm completely fine. Don't worry about me. The name's Y/n by the way. Nice to meet you, Haitani brothers." you said, handing out your hand for them to shake.

"And you have the guts to introduce yourself as if nothing from the past happened! Wow!" Rindou said, still angered by this ridiculous act of yours.

"Ms. Y/n, it's not the best time right now to interact with us, especially my brother here so would you please just leave? Thank you." Ran spoke nicely, staying calm and professional with the situation.

"Aww alright then. May we exchange numbers so we could contact each other?" you asked with a big grin on your face, expecting them to actually say yes.

"No! Get out of here!" Rindou shouted, full of anger.

"Rindou!" Ran now raised his voice, holding back his younger brother by the shoulder.

Ran faced you with a smiling expression and said, "I'm sorry but now is not the time for all this. We will just leave. Please don't follow us. See you some other time, Ms. Y/n."

You didn't have a choice but to just leave them alone. Causing a trouble in first time meeting your idol. Well, it's not really the first time but it's the official interaction between you and your big-time crush, Rindou Haitani.

"Have you calmed down now, Rin?" Ran asked.

"I guess. Ugh. That just ruined my mood. I hope to never see her again." Rindou replied.

"Wanna go somewhere relaxing then?" the older Haitani asked with a smirk showing clearly on his face.

"Just take me away from here already." he answered.

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Ran brought his younger brother to Bonten's HQ after having lunch.

Sanzu told them before that they are always welcome inside since they became past members under the same leader known as Mikey.

"Yo, jellyfish! Came here to chat?" Sanzu greeted them with an unusual grin.

"What's up with your mood lately? How are you always happy?" Rindou wondered.

"He's probably seeing someone right now." Kokonoi who just went out of a room holding a stack of papers, gave an opinion.

"Or maybe I just took a lot of these..?" Sanzu said, showing a small bottle containing lots of pills.

"Hm. Is seeing a woman make you happy, Koko?" Rindou asked.

"Why are you asking me? Go ask your brother." Kokonoi replied, busy with the papers he's handling.

Rindou looked at his brother, expecting a response from him but Ran actually looked like he's thinking of it deeply.

"Well, it depends on you. Are you seeing someone right now, Rin?" Ran responded, curious.

"No. That reminds me of the woman from a while ago. Ugh, just remembering her makes me irritated." Rindou answered.

"I remember when we were still young, all you could think about is fighting and making chaos everywhere. Haha! In the end, you're the one who gets beaten up without me by your side." the older Haitani laughed at the memories he had remembered.

Rindou's face turned a bit red from embarrassment and said, "Stop it, Ran. Now's not the time to reminisce things.."

"Aww, how cute! The floating jellyfish actually feels shy about those." Sanzu said, clapping in amusement at seeing Rindou's expression.

Rindou punched Sanzu's shoulder making the pink haired man drop his happy mood.

"How is this place relaxing when this dimwit is here??" Rindou questioned his brother.

"Just enjoy your time here, Rin. It's not like we get to be with these kinds of people all the time." Ran replied.

Rindou has completely lost to his brother's response and just went with it. They spent the whole afternoon inside the HQ until the sun set.

End of Chapter 2 ✍️