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Raiya made up for most of his faults through hard work and dedication to his job. The earliest memory he could recall was from when he was around the tender age of four, at a small photography studio in Shinjuku with his family. There had been a chubby oba-san who had a daughter that also worked as a model like his big sister, and had thrown a fit at him for pointing at the six year old girl - slightly chubby like her mother - and exclaimed that 'that onee-chan is bad'. It had ended up with the little boy adorning girls clothes that were a few sizes too big for him, because the spiteful woman wanted to see him do any better, and because the hag was so notorious for her behaviour that the staff had long since given into all her demands. Though young, he'd understood enough to know that all he had to do was mimic the photographer when prompted without being distracted (like chubby rina-chan), and keep up his smile. The conclusion that day could be summed up with a word: contracted. About ten years and maybe a little more social etiquette later, he hadn't lost that drive for perfection. He kept a routine to wake up early for self practice at least three times a week in the fifth room of the second floor at the dance studios. It was his own little time to work through the more difficult tricks in their dance routines, and to work on his little improvised moves for the live performances. He couldn't pull off the whole 'running your thumb across your lips' move yet - he was too boyish in the face still, and after 15 minutes of practising that particular move when he'd first arrived that morning, he'd given up the hope of perfecting the move before he turned nineteen. It was a schedule he followed whenever they weren't on tour or too busy with promotions - wake up at six, in the dance studio by seven, 15 minutes of improvised fan service moves, two hours of solid dance rehearsals, and finally followed up by a pocari sweat break by the window. That particular day was slightly different. With the night before being one where the members of the group had stayed up to play their new wii-u, Raiya was rather tired. He'd taken a nap after his little practice session - though it was an unintentional one - the white t-shirt riding up his stomach from where he was sprawled out in the middle of the room in slumber. The little leader slept peacefully, the sound of the practice room's door opening unheard over dreams about the stage.

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Dancing had never been Kentaro's strong suit.

He was quite confident in his singing, and in his old school girls had often said he was quite attractive, but despite the fact that he could be very athletic when he felt like it, Kentaro wasn't much of a dancer. Naturally, he liked to take an opportunity to just practice a bit when he wasn't involved in household chores or some other part-time job to rake in cash.

He didn't expect anyone to be in the studio when he entered; he rarely did, and because of this, he was often startled. He certainly didn't expect anyone to be asleep on the floor of said studio. So you can imagine the one-eyed idol's surprise when that was exactly what he found, and the fact that it was the leader of SUPER✩RANGERS, no less.

I can't practice with Raiya-san on the floor, Kentaro realized in his mind. Still, he didn't really want to wake the younger idol; he looked peaceful, asleep on the dance studio floor.

So Kentaro sat. He sat on the floor beside his leader and poked the other boy's arm gently.

"Raiya-san," Kentaro whispered. "Raiya-san, I'd like to try practicing a bit. I-I'd appreciate it if you woke up, or at least rolled to a corner..."

[Sakura Hitori]

@raiya , @kentaronakamura

The big star had made his appearance.

Bursting through the dance studio's entrance, the silver locked wore a wide grin, one that immediately faded when he noticed his two band mates on the floor. The first was the sleeping young tawny, a talented child prodigy who just so happened to be Sakura's group leader. The second, a seemingly soft spoken azure haired male who was the same rank as he. Kentaro, the blue haired boy, was sat beside the leader trying to wake him up. The whitenette sighed, resting his gym bag on the wall beside the entrance. "So you guys are here, eh?" he said dully, running a hand through his hair, "I was hoping to rehearse alone for once..."

He approached the two looming over them, his arms crossed and his scarlet orbs indifferent. "Even this little booger is here..." he mumbled as he gave Raiya a little nudge with his foot.

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Kentaro jumped slightly and glanced upwards at the sound of another male voice. Once again, he had neglected to remember the fact that this was a rather public dance studio, and other idols or dancers could enter at any time.

When Kentaro noticed it was another member of SUPER✩RANGERS, he smiled slightly. Maybe his fellow idol would know what to do to wake their leader. "Ah, Sakura-kun...I came in earlier thinking the same thing, but Raiya-san was already here on the floor asleep. I'll feel bad if I wake him, but..." He paused. "I'm sorry, if you want I can try to drag him out of the way for you. You were probably looking forward to being alone and we've ruined that. Um..."

That was one of Kentaro's main personality flaws; he was still horrible at actually properly communicating with other people. Had the way he'd phrased this sentence made it seem like he thought his groupmate was physically incapable of moving the sleeping blonde? Had he made it seem like he thought of Sakura as a loner? In reality, the azure-eyed idol didn't think either of those things. The fact that Kentaro rarely socially interacted with the other members of his group certainly didn't help. He sighed, annoyed at himself.

"Sorry. If you would rather I just left, that's understandable too, I guess..."

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The soft click of the door opening stirred him from his sleep, but tired as he was, he continued to lay on the floor motionless with his eyes shut. Footsteps sounded to get closer to where he was sprawled out, and the poke to his arm confirmed that there was indeed someone who had decided to join him.  "Raiya-san, I'd like to try practicing a bit. I-I'd appreciate it if you woke up, or at least rolled to a corner..." He recognized the voice as the voice of his groupmate, Kenchi-nii, the kind of awkward shy one. Still pretending to be asleep, Raiya made no move to get up or roll aside. Maybe if he faked slumber long enough, the other boy would try somewhere else. This was his time to practice! How dare others intrude into his room. Out of all the other rooms in the building, was this really the only option the other boy had?  The door opened again, this time with a 'bang!' and still feigning sleep, the tired boy growled mentally. There he was, trying to sleep, and yet it seemed that the world around him would just not shut up. Kenchi's rambling was bad enough, but it was the foot against his side that got to him the most.  "You're both so loud! Kenchi-nii you talk too much! Sakura-nii don't kick me!" He whined angrily, eyes snapping open and turning to wrap his arms around the offending leg and biting down hard, Mollified by dealing the punishment, he rolled onto his stomach with a pout, spreading his arms out to hug the ground, kicking his legs back high. "I was here first so it's my room."

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Kentaro jumped again, this time with an added yelp, as the supposedly-sleeping Raiya was suddenly...not sleeping. Kentaro waited until his group leader had finished reprimanding him, then made a sort of squeaking noise when said group leader suddenly bit Sakura's leg.

"I-I'm sorry, Raiya-san...!" he gasped, scooting away slightly. "I didn't realize I was being so loud..." There was a slight pause before Kentaro suddenly started to laugh lightly. "Although, it is a little funny. We all came in here wanting to practice alone and now look what happened. ...I'll just shut up and leave now."

Slowly, Kentaro stood, bowed slightly, and headed for the door. He thought it might be a good idea to hover around in case of another case of moderate domestic violence, but since he had been scolded, decided to stand just outside the doorframe and wait.

[Sakura Hitori]

@raiya , @kentaronakamura

The fair haired wrinkled his nose as the corner of his lips lowered into a frown. Kentaro's useless worries, Raiya's constant whining; the nonsense his fellow group-mates were spouting went through one ear and came out the other and it just. wouldn't. stop.

Until Kentaro announced his departure.
"Finally..." Sakura sighed with a mumble. Now all he had to do was wait for Raiya to leave then he could finally practice alone; practice his super-amazing-totally-better-than-the-others' dance routine that he had some say in choreographing. He could imagine it now, performing in front of all his fans, singing and dancing and being the total ladykiller he is. As he rehearsed the moves in his daydream, he realized something crucial...

He didn't know the formation.

The most important part of the dance routine and he couldn't remember what it was...! He glanced at Raiya who was on his stomach like the little weirdo he was. And then he looked over at Kentaro who was leaving like a spineless loser. Man, did Sakura really have to rehearse with these two? He would rather have Tsubaki here, heck, even the manager.

With a sigh, the idol sat on the floor and began to stretch his legs. "Well, we're all here anyway, might as well rehearse together...." He said in a bit of an angry mumble.

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"Oh?" With a plop close to where he lay, Raiya popped his head up from his faux tantrum with a knowing little grin. Rolling onto his side, he looked over at Sakura, bright eyes and glaring grin. It was a rare event in which the older boy would just suck it up without a fight. So rare, in fact, that something just had to be up. There was no way that he would just yield to practising with his bandmates (even if it was Raiya's room, clearly) under normal circumstances. "Don't remember what to do?" Raiya asked with an ill-intended laugh, sitting up readily and waving Kentaro over to come sit with the two on the floor. Of course, the blonde boy had no intention of actually staying around to practice - he'd paid his dues in full, and wanted tanuki udon for and early lunch - but there was always room in his busy schedule for messing with his dear group members. He scooted over to sit by the mirror, facing the other two. "I'll tell you guys whacha doin' wrong. Gogo, practice."

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