“So… have you told Rio-chan about your legendary kissing scene?”, Kei tried to mock the sulking boy further before feeling a slight nudge from Kim who was walking just beside him. Kim and Kei dropped by Ryosuke’s filming set just to check up on the latter and yes, to also take the opportunity to troll the younger one. They know that this is the day when his 'kissing scene' will be aired on TV. 

Hearing Kei’s question, Ryosuke just gave off a pleading look, almost enough to make Kim and Kei feel sympathy for the boy. 

“Not yet. I made her promise not to watch it without me”, he started and felt another sigh escape him. See, a week ago, Ryosuke was forced to do a kissing scene in his new drama, Semi Otoko. His manager initially didn’t inform him about this and was put on the spot when they suddenly asked him to kiss his co-drama star, Haruka Kinami, “I can’t seem to find the right time to tell her. I can’t bear hurting Rio. Just thinking about her expression makes me wanna pull my hair out. She’s been so supportive of me this entire time and I hate to disappoint her”.

“Knowing Rio, I’m sure she’ll be more upset that you didn’t tell her. Imagine the look on her face when she sees your kissing scene without knowing that you have one! It’ll be worth video taping. I’m sure to be there with my phone when she watches it”, Kim mocked, as if enjoying her cousin’s torture. 

“Kim-chan, are you a sadist? You seem to enjoy someone else’s misery”

“All I’m saying is… you should tell her before she sees the episode if you don’t want to be single after today. Besides, when Kei had his kissing scene with Mizuki-san on Peach Girl, I was angry at him for 5 years!”, Kim explained but soon received a very peculiar look from her boyfriend. 

“You were angry at me for 5 years? Peach Girl was released 2 years ago”, Kei questioned. 

“Yeah, you have 3 more years”

“EHHHH??!!”

“You wanna make it 4??”, Kim glared at the boy, making Kei retreat and shift Ryosuke's body between himself and the girl he loves. 

Terrified by his girlfriend’s actions, Kei whispered near Ryosuke’s ear: “Your cousin sure is scary. You better talk to Rio-chan before she turns into a devil like Kim”. Ryosuke chuckled after seeing the couple banter like usual. However, at the back of his mind, he knows that they’re right. He needs to tell Rio about it, and it has to be today. 

—

Meanwhile at the Jimusho, Rio skipped towards JUMP’s dressing room, holding a plastic bag full of strawberry treats for her beloved boyfriend. She came today with Amu, Yuki and Hokuto. It’s been awhile since they visited the Jimusho and to celebrate Ryosuke’s new drama, it seems like the perfect opportunity to hang out again. 

Amu reached the dressing room first and involuntarily clicked the door open to find familiar friendly faces greeting herself, Rio, Yuki and Hokuto. Amu didn’t even reach the middle of the room yet but Daiki was quick enough to pull her for an embrace.

“Mou, it’s too early to flaunt your relationship to single people like us”, Hikaru greeted and soon earned chuckles from the people around. 

“We bought some ice cream and popcorn for everyone!” Yuki greeted back and soon made herself comfortable on the dressing room’s sofa. 

“Is Ryo-chan not here yet? It’s his last day of shooting today so I want to surprise him”, Rio placed the bag of treats on the table and soon joined the rest hanging out on the nearby sofas. 

“He’s not back yet. I think Kei is with him. What if we watch his drama while we’re waiting so we can catch up before the last episode?”, Yuya suggested and soon all the members agreed and hurdled in front of the TV screen. All, except for Daiki who felt uneasy about the idea. Out of all JUMP, himself and Kei are the only ones who knows about the kissing scene. Daiki knows for a fact that Ryosuke still hasn’t told Rio about it and being a good friend, he’s duty bound to keep his best friend out of trouble. 

“Uhmm… I-I don’t think that’s a good idea”, Daiki panicked and literally threw himself in front of the TV set to stop his mates from watching the drama. “W-We should really wait for Yama-chan to come back ne? It’ll be fun if we watch it together”, he tried to stall to at least delay Rio from watching the said scene. 

“I want to watch it as well, Dai-chan. I missed a couple of episodes. Can we please watch it?”, Amu pleaded, her voice ever so soft that Daiki couldn’t dare resist. Amu has always been Daiki’s weakness. He can never say ‘no’!

“H-Hai…”, Daiki gulped after watching Yuki press the 'play' button which played the beginning part of the drama. The boy then felt the urge to call Ryosuke. 

—

Daiki quickly dialled his best friend’s number on his mobile and frantically waited for him to answer. It was lucky that just after four rings, the boy picked up the call, “Moshi moshi, Yama-chan?”, he whispered, making sure that none from the rest can hear, “Where are you?! YOU.NEED.TO.GET.BACK.HERE.QUICKLY.”