I know very little about make-up, so if it sounds like I'm making half the stuff up, it's probably because I am.
***
Aoyagi never meant to find out Koga's secret. It was accident, really. He couldn't help that his little sister had been obsessed with those new Youtube stars. He just never imagined that he would hear his friend's voice coming through the speakers of her tablet.
"Today's look is inspired by Elsa from Frozen." Aoyagi paused at that voice, he could hardly believe his ears. He knocks on the door to his sister's room, and walks in when she hollers an affirmative. He sits silently beside her, idly running his hands through her hair, pulling it into a casual braid.
Koga's voice is narrating the way to choose eye shadow from a palette of blues to give the look the proper “frosted” look, and also pulls out a brush to apply silver glitter to "tie the entire look together."
Aoyagi is, rightfully, befuddled.
Later, he manages to ask his sister who the man on the screen his. She replies with a screeching, "Only the best beauty guru ever," with all the confidence of a twelve-year old girl who has spent way too many hours watching strangers apply make-up. "KimiMakeUp is a genius in character-themed make-up, and his winged eyeliner is to die for!"
Aoyagi texts Teshima the link to KimiMakeUp's channel after dinner. They spend the rest of the night digging themselves deeper and deeper into what seems to be Koga Kimitaka's beauty channel. They're surprised to find that he's popular, very popular, with just over one million subscribers. Aoyagi doesn't really understand make-up, but even he can tell that Koga's good, maybe even great, in the way he so fluidly moves the eyeliner to create perfect wings.
It's mesmerizing to watch.
Aoyagi and Teshima meet on their way to school the next day, bags under their eyes from one too many KimiMakeUp videos. He was half-tempted to try the "Magical Eye Bag Eraser" tutorial he saw on Koga's channel the night before, but he thought it might be too weird to both find your friends beauty channel and start trying out tutorials in the same day.
When they get to the clubroom that afternoon, both Teshima and him look at each other. A silent understanding passed through their eyes.
You can't watch five hours of your friend's secret beauty channel without telling him.
Teshima sends the other members out on a "fun" ride, although knowing Imaizumi and Naruko, it’ll turn out to be an all-out race to the finish. At least they had Onoda to keep an eye out on them, and Sugimoto to keep track of the first years.
They end up standing awkwardly by Koga, who's repairing the wheel on his bicycle. Aoyagi struggles to remember that this, their talented bike mechanic, was also currently his little sister's favorite beauty guru.
"Just let me finish tightening this gear and we can go out and ride. You need all the practice you can get for Inter-high."
Aoyagi looks to Teshima. He's always been the better of the two of them at talking when words don't come easy to Aoyagi. This though, seems to have even Teshima stumped.
"Did you guys need something?" Koga asks, turning a curious look on the duo.
Teshima finally finds the words, all of them tumbling out at once, "We found your beauty channel and watched some of the videos. We're very sorry for snooping." Teshima bows in apology and Aoyagi hurries to follow suite.
Koga let's out a deep belly laugh. "You don't have to feel sorry. I would have told you if you had asked."
Aoyagi let's out an amused huff of air, while Teshima screeches, "Why would we ask? Oh, yes... 'Hey Koga, do you have any hobbies other than fixing bikes, like running a beauty channel with over one million subscribers?' Why would we ever assume something like that? How could we even think that it was a possibility?"
"Well, now you know and I know you know. Is there anything else you need?" Koga levels them with a serious look, before the three of them burst out laughing.
"Let's just catch-up to those idiots before they overwork themselves."
Fill: Team Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi, G
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Word Count: 688
I know very little about make-up, so if it sounds like I'm making half the stuff up, it's probably because I am.
***
Aoyagi never meant to find out Koga's secret. It was accident, really. He couldn't help that his little sister had been obsessed with those new Youtube stars. He just never imagined that he would hear his friend's voice coming through the speakers of her tablet.
"Today's look is inspired by Elsa from Frozen." Aoyagi paused at that voice, he could hardly believe his ears. He knocks on the door to his sister's room, and walks in when she hollers an affirmative. He sits silently beside her, idly running his hands through her hair, pulling it into a casual braid.
Koga's voice is narrating the way to choose eye shadow from a palette of blues to give the look the proper “frosted” look, and also pulls out a brush to apply silver glitter to "tie the entire look together."
Aoyagi is, rightfully, befuddled.
Later, he manages to ask his sister who the man on the screen his. She replies with a screeching, "Only the best beauty guru ever," with all the confidence of a twelve-year old girl who has spent way too many hours watching strangers apply make-up. "KimiMakeUp is a genius in character-themed make-up, and his winged eyeliner is to die for!"
Aoyagi texts Teshima the link to KimiMakeUp's channel after dinner. They spend the rest of the night digging themselves deeper and deeper into what seems to be Koga Kimitaka's beauty channel. They're surprised to find that he's popular, very popular, with just over one million subscribers. Aoyagi doesn't really understand make-up, but even he can tell that Koga's good, maybe even great, in the way he so fluidly moves the eyeliner to create perfect wings.
It's mesmerizing to watch.
Aoyagi and Teshima meet on their way to school the next day, bags under their eyes from one too many KimiMakeUp videos. He was half-tempted to try the "Magical Eye Bag Eraser" tutorial he saw on Koga's channel the night before, but he thought it might be too weird to both find your friends beauty channel and start trying out tutorials in the same day.
When they get to the clubroom that afternoon, both Teshima and him look at each other. A silent understanding passed through their eyes.
You can't watch five hours of your friend's secret beauty channel without telling him.
Teshima sends the other members out on a "fun" ride, although knowing Imaizumi and Naruko, it’ll turn out to be an all-out race to the finish. At least they had Onoda to keep an eye out on them, and Sugimoto to keep track of the first years.
They end up standing awkwardly by Koga, who's repairing the wheel on his bicycle. Aoyagi struggles to remember that this, their talented bike mechanic, was also currently his little sister's favorite beauty guru.
"Just let me finish tightening this gear and we can go out and ride. You need all the practice you can get for Inter-high."
Aoyagi looks to Teshima. He's always been the better of the two of them at talking when words don't come easy to Aoyagi. This though, seems to have even Teshima stumped.
"Did you guys need something?" Koga asks, turning a curious look on the duo.
Teshima finally finds the words, all of them tumbling out at once, "We found your beauty channel and watched some of the videos. We're very sorry for snooping." Teshima bows in apology and Aoyagi hurries to follow suite.
Koga let's out a deep belly laugh. "You don't have to feel sorry. I would have told you if you had asked."
Aoyagi let's out an amused huff of air, while Teshima screeches, "Why would we ask? Oh, yes... 'Hey Koga, do you have any hobbies other than fixing bikes, like running a beauty channel with over one million subscribers?' Why would we ever assume something like that? How could we even think that it was a possibility?"
"Well, now you know and I know you know. Is there anything else you need?" Koga levels them with a serious look, before the three of them burst out laughing.
"Let's just catch-up to those idiots before they overwork themselves."