Chapter Text
The spotlights flashed on, illuminating the stage. At the center stood Kakeru in his Holly Trip costume. He smiled as he brought his microphone near his lips.
"Welcome, everyone," Kakeru announced while grandly gesticulating upwards, "to our first episode of 'Holly Questions'!"
With a resounding finger snap, the backdrop came to life. Colorful comets swam across the screen to spell the words 'Holly Questions'. The final comet popped like a firework. The sound effect was provided by a pair of party poppers, courtesy of Kira and Shun behind Kakeru. Shortly afterwards, Makki and Tommy entered the stage with a barstool and a box, respectively.
[KYAAAAAAA!]
[(((o(*°▽°*)o)))]
[Shunshun! I love you!]
[i wanna fit kira in my pocket like he fits behind kakeru]
[That was a finger-CRUNCH, not a finger-snap.]
Kira tossed aside his empty popper and procured a microphone out of (seemingly) thin air. "Everyone! Thank you for sending in questions!"
"And thank you in advance for sending me the most," said Shun, blowing a kiss at the audience. He had also tossed aside his popper's shell, but made it obvious his microphone was clipped to the back of his waistband when he brought it out.
[i kissed the screen www]
[(⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄)]
[i hope my question got thru (*_ _)人]
[can't we just send questions on the livestream tho]
[Makki do u like stuffed bell peppers wwww]
Makki placed the barstool in front of Kakeru, and then Tommy sat the box on top of it. Each side of the box was a different color; red, green, blue, yellow, and pink. Red was the top side's color, and it had a fist-sized hole in the middle. Kira and Shun stepped further away from Kakeru, so Makki and Tommy did not eclipse them.
Tommy pumped his fist in the air. "All set!" he exclaimed before realizing his microphone was in his raised hand. He giggled bashfully as he hastily switched fists. "Ready to start!" He looked at the other idols. "Can I start?"
"Ehh? I wanted go first!" said Makki in a whiny tone. "Can't we decide by, like, seeing who raises their hand the fastest?"
"Then Tommy should start first," said Kira, pointing at Tommy's raised fist.
"But he raised his hand before anyone said to," said Shun, "so technically, he's disqualified."
"What?! No! Don't disqualify me!" Tommy pleaded.
[wwwww]
[poor tommy www]
[Don't disqualify Tommy! (m;_ _)m]
[Let Tommy be first please!]
[please×
Kakeru chuckled. "The audience has spoken," he said, patting (pouty) Makki's shoulder. "Go on, Tommy. Take the first slip."
"Yay!" Tommy cheered and plunged his free hand into the box's hole. The box shook as he dug around. When his hand resurfaced, there was a piece of paper between his fingers. He cleared his throat before reading out loud. "Dear Shun-Shun!" A pause to glance, with everyone, at Shun, who was smirking, and then it was back to the question. "Tommy and Kira are very adorable. Between the two of them, who would you date?"
Shun's smirk twitched and his eyes widened a little. "Come again?" he squeaked.
A sly grin spread across Kira's face. "Who would you date between me and Tommy?" he paraphrased. "Because we're both so adorable!" He turned to the audience. "Right, everyone?"
[omg yes]
[the cutest boys]
[absolutely!]
[cutie-patooties!]
Kira faced his workmates again. "Well, Shun? What's your answer?"
"Um, gimme a sec." Shun plucked the paper out of Tommy's hand. "Let me have a look at that."
"Why?" asked Makki, innocently. "I think Tommy read it pretty clearly."
"Just wanna make sure it really says that," said Shun.
Tommy nodded. "It really does!"
Shun's pupils moved from one side to the other. "Mm, yeah, unfortunately."
"Whaddaya mean 'unfortunately'? I know lots of people would think Tommy and Kira are great choices!" said Makki while gesturing at the audience.
[YES!!!]
[I wanna go play pachinko with Tommy!]
[I'd take Kira to a Build-A-Bear shop!]
"Let's say one day, Shun, you..." Kakeru paused, gaze going askance as he contemplated his next words, which tumbled out of his mouth half-confidently, half-falteringly. "You wake up with a revelation."
"A revelation?!" Shun repeated incredulously.
[A revelation www]
[a rEVeLaTIon????]
[wwwwwwwww]
"Yeah, and suddenly, Tommy and Kira seem like great dating choices," Kakeru spoke quickly, before the awkwardness caught up. "Who do you pick?"
"Hmm..." Shun hummed contemplatively as he scoped out his options.
Tommy was beaming at him, whereas Kira had his fists raised to coyly frame the bottom half of his face. The latter was fluttering his eyelashes, too. Uh-oh. The former noticed him staring and looked behind, and—oh, no—now he was also coyly framing his face while fluttering his eyelashes.
"Aren't we both adawable?" said Tommy.
Shun sighed and ruffled Tommy's hair. "Yeah. That's totally why I'm having trouble deciding."
"Then, why don't Tommy and Kira make an appeal?" Makki suggested. "C'mon. What would Shun-Shun get out of dating you? Kira, you first."
"Hmm..." Kira folded his arms, making sure to point his microphone to his mouth, and thoughtfully looked upward. "If Shun-Shun chooses Kira," he said in a cutesy tone, "every day..." He smiled at Shun. "We'll eat cherries!"
[CUTE!]
[(つ≧▽≦)つ]
[I wanna eat cherries with Kira!]
"That's it? Just cherries?" Shun deadpanned.
"We already spend so much time together, during practice, on stage, after concerts..." Kira counted on his fingers as he spoke (read: lied through his teeth). "And we text each other a lot during school and at home."
Shun, catching on, included a few lies of his own. "Yeah, and uh, we've also gone shopping together a couple times. And got food together afterwards."
"It kinda sounds like you two are already dating," Makki remarked.
"Right?!" said Kira. "I feel like the only thing I haven't done with Shun is eat cherries."
Shun shrugged. "I don't mind doing that."
"Hmm... Looks like Shun has made his decision," said Kakeru.
"Wait!" Tommy cried, flailing his arm frantically. "I haven't made my appeal yet!"
[www nearly forgot Tommy]
[Don't forget Tommy!]
[Actually, forget Tommy, so I can have him.]
Kakeru chuckled again. "Oh, sorry, Tommy. Please, what is your appeal?"
Tommy laced his fingers around his microphone. "If Shun-Shun chooses Tommy, every day, um..." He blushed faintly. "I'll boost his luck with a kiss!"
Every member of Shounen Hollywood promptly burst into laughter.
[(//◎/་།/◎//)]
[A KISSSSSSSS]
[I WANT]
[KISS ME TOMMY]
[☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆]
"A good-luck kiss? Every day?" Makki wheezed. "Tommy, you carnivore!"
"So, um, which do you prefer, Shun?" Kakeru asked, his voice cracking despite his effort to remain composed. "Tommy's kiss or Kira's cherry? Oh my god," he muttered (and then laughed) into his hand when he realized the implication of that statement.
Shun realized it too, and laughed harder. "That's so—Oh my god, I gotta get a breather!" He walked away from the group.
[so dirty www]
[kiraS cHErrY]
[Kakeru didn't mean it that way! Don't tease him!]
[ofc he meant it like that hes a boy]
[(o_O) HES AN IDOL]
[still a boy wwww]
"No, Shun! Come back!" Tommy called out in a giggly voice.
Kira skipped into the space Shun made. "I'll give you wuv!"
Shun responded with a somewhat apologetic smile. "Honestly, I like you both equally."
"Copout answer~" Makki casually sang.
[copout answer wwww]
[CoPouT aNSweR]
[cOPOuT ANswEr]
[♬♫♪COpoUT aNsWer♪♫♬]
Shun stuck his tongue out at Makki. "It's still an answer!"
"Is it a good answer though?" Kira asked Tommy.
Tommy put a hand on his hip and furrowed his brow. "Hmm, the question asked Shun to choose one of us, so..."
Shun sighed exasperatedly. "Okay, then, decide with Rock-Paper-Scissors. I'll date whoever wins."
"You're making us decide?" said Tommy, gesturing at himself and Kira.
[copout answer×2]
[janken is the solution to everything]
"You're competing for my affection, aren't you?" said Shun. "So Rock-Paper-Scissors it out."
Kira pouted. Nevertheless, he turned to Tommy with his fist up. Tommy responded in kind.
"Rock-Paper-Scissors!" They both threw paper. "Rock-Paper-Scissors!" Now, it was both rock. "Rock-Paper-Scissors!" At last, Kira had scissors and Tommy had paper.
Tommy deflated. "Aww, I lost," he said sadly.
[aww he lost]
[still cute tho]
[Don't mind, Tommy!]
[Your fought hard, Tommy!]
[Date me instead!]
"No!" Kira hugged Tommy. "Take us together!"
"You guys..." Shun's brow twitched, giving his smile a malevolent edge. Then, he sighed, and returned to the group. "You really like messing with me, don't you? Ah, whatever, you win." He pinched Kira's nose between his knuckles and tugged lightly. "All three us will date."
[WOOO THREESOME]
[post pics pls]
[Happy End!]
[(♡˙︶˙♡)]
Kira released Tommy to throw his hands in the air. Tommy did the same. "Yay!" they exclaimed together.
"And that wraps up our episode!" said Kakeru. "Thank you for tuning into our livestream segment—"
"Holly Questions!" stated everyone in Shounen Hollywood.
Tommy waved goodbye with both hands. "Bye-bye!"
"I'll pull out the next question!" Makki promised. "See you in that episode!"
"Goodnight," Shun uttered in English.
Kira winked, and a bit of stardust appeared near his eye. "Sleep tight!"
"Sweet dreams," said Kakeru, casually yet earnestly.
[Goodnight!]
[i hope 4 lots&lots of shoholly dreams]
[Looking for to 2nd ep!]
[luv u!]
[byebye~]
Shounen Hollywood bowed, allowing the audience an unobstructed view of the backdrop. The colorful comets spelled 'THANK YOU!' before the scene cut to black.