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Onstage With My Idol: A Nurseshipping Oneshot

Here’s the last piece of fic I’m writing for @yu-ri-oh‘s YGO Femslash Week. The prompt for Day 7 (aka AU Day #2) was “idol”.

The songs Mai sings in the fic are “Doll” by Scandal (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2j1yx9) and “Hitohira no Hanabira” by Stereopony (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYV-XJdzupY). And the request Mai makes during the second song is inspired by an actual thing that happened at the last concert I went to lol

Shizuka sat in the front row seat her brother had spent weeks gambling to get her tickets to as a birthday present. She was so excited, but also nervous. She was finally going to see The Harpies live!

They were her favorite band. She had a poster of the lead singer, Kujaku Mai, on her wall in her bedroom at home. She would never admit it to anyone, but sometimes she would talk to the poster when she was feeling discouraged. She would tell Paper Mai about her worries for her brother’s safety, as he was living across town with her father, or her fears about her rapidly worsening eyesight. She would imagine Mai telling her reassuring things in that warm, sultry tone of voice she always used in interviews. Now, she was finally going to meet real Mai. Her heart was pounding.

Suddenly, the lights went up, and the drummer, a girl with short, spiky, blue hair, took the stage. The fans squealed as the guitarist, a girl with long, pink hair, joined her. Next was the bassist, whose orange bangs fell into her face as she raised her instrument proudly, ready to play. The crowd’s cries turned into a deafening roar as, finally, the one they’d all been waiting for, Mai herself, appeared.

“Aaaaaah!” Shizuka screamed right along with them, unable to contain her emotions. She almost forgot about the single rose she’d purchased from a street vendor on her way to the show. With a determined expression, she threw it onto the stage. She expected that it would probably simply fall at Mai’s feet. If Mai glanced at her for a second because of it, that would be enough for her.

Instead, Shizuka’s jaw dropped as Mai caught the rose in one manicured hand.

“Thanks, sweetheart!” Mai winked directly at Shizuka, and threw her a saucy grin, as well, before she shouted to the crowd, “Good evening, Domino City! I hope you’re having a great time tonight! We are…..THE HARPIES!”

Shizuka almost fainted from sheer fangirl joy. She tried not to fall back into her seat as Mai began to sing:

Koisuru otome wa utsukushii to iu shoumei dekinai genjitsu

Akogare idaiteru bakari atashi kirei ni kazarareta doll

Shizuka loved this song, “Doll,” more than anything. When the stress of family fights and doctor appointments stretched her nearly to her breaking point, dancing around her room to this song always made her feel a little better. When Mai sang it, she sounded so fearless. That was the kind of woman Shizuka wanted to be.

When the song reached its chorus, Shizuka screamed the words she knew by heart along with all the other fans: “ATASHI MOTTO! ASONDE MOTTO! AISARETAI WAAAAA…..”

Shizuka found herself dancing in her seat, really getting down and not caring what anyone else thought. It was a complete 180 from her normal, insecure, quiet self. That was simply the effect The Harpies had on her.

“Alright!” Mai announced. “During this next song, I want somebody in the front row to do a stagedive – otherwise, I’ll have to do it myself!”

Stagedive? Shizuka thought nervously. Who would have the nerve to do that? It would have to be somebody in the front row, right? Nobody else is close enough to jump on the stage long enough to jump off it…..

Whoever did it, Shizuka realized, would remember this night for the rest of their life.

But, it can’t be me, right? she thought uncertainly. She looked at the other people in the crowd, waiting for somebody to take action as Mai began the next song on The Harpies’ setlist:

Hitohira no hanabira ga yureteiru

boku no tonari de ima

She thought some brave soul would do it during the opening lines, but, instead, the stage remained undived as Mai continued to sing:

machigatta koi datta

sonna koto omoitaku wa nai

Would Mai, in fact, have to do the dive herself? Was there really nobody brave enough?

Well, you’re not brave enough, either, Shizuka reminded herself. No! she decided. The Harpies always gave her the courage to do things she would normally be too chicken to. Why should tonight be any different? Shizuka wanted, more than anything, to make her idol look her way again.

And so, she jumped headlong towards the stage. She nearly crashed into the bassist, but, instead, she turned around so she was facing the crowd. The other fans in the front row held their arms out expectantly, waiting to catch her.

It’s not like I’m going to the hit the floor of the venue, she realized. There’s nothing to be afraid of! She jumped.

She landed on a sea of hands, which grazed her as they pushed her towards the back of the room. Being carried on a wave of Harpies fans was a surreal, and kind of badass, experience. It was definitely once in a lifetime. Shizuka’s heart pounded as the crowd slowly began passing her back towards the front of the venue.

Do they set me down now? she wondered. Do I just sit back in my seat?

Instead, her heart thought it would burst when Mai grabbed her by the arm and lifted her small body onto the stage.

Mai looped an arm around Shizuka’s shoulder, and the physical contact burned like sweet fire, setting Shizuka’s heart aflame.

“How about a hand for this brave girl right here?” Mai shouted into the mic with a grin.

The crowd cheered.

“What’s your name, girl?” Mai asked.

Shizuka was so stunned that the Kujaku Mai was right in front of her, talking to her that, for a few moments, she was speechless.

“Sh-Shizuka,” she managed finally. “My name is Shizuka.”

“How about a round of applause for Shizuka-chan?” Mai cried to the crowd.

“SHIZUKA!” the crowd chanted. “SHIZUKA! SHIZUKA!”

I’m at a Harpies concert, and Mai-sama is touching me, and the crowd is cheering for me, a nobody little girl who goes to Domino Junior High, Shizuka processed. It didn’t feel real. It felt like a dream.

“That was a kickass stage dive, Shizuka-san,” Mai grinned. “I’ll see you after the show, I hope.”

A minute later, Shizuka was back in her seat somehow. She didn’t remember how she’d gotten there. She was floating, euphoric. All her dreams were coming true. How could she wake up and go to class tomorrow, like a normal world still existed?

She continued to feel dizzy with happiness as The Harpies resumed their song:

Teeburu no mukou kurai kao shiteru

kiridasu kotoba ni obietenda

ittai itsu kara bokura

konna kimochi ni

kizukanai furitsuzuketetanda?

As she came down from the high of the moment, Shizuka realized something, in the same way that her brother, watching Yugi, had realized he wanted to become a champion duelist: Someday, I want to be a rock idol, like Mai-sama.

Normally, she wouldn’t be confident that she could do it. But, a dozen things she never thought would be possible had just happened tonight. What did she have to lose?

#yugioh #nurseshipping #ygofemslash2017 #mai kujaku #shizuka kawai #idol au

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