me again, here again... :)

 okay, i realized something while doing this chapter... it's absolutely a bad idea to choose a similar location for two different pairs in one same fic... i had a hard time figuring out how to make this different from the JunxMao beach scene in chapter 8.5...

i guess i should have made 8.5 a trip to Disneyland... but... but... i really, really wanted Jun and Mao's scene to be at the beach, especially since it was Jun's birthday and a trip to such a public place is practically impossible...

and there's no way i could make Maki and Yamapi go to Disneyland specifically because Maki is unable to ride the roller coaster and i wanted their scene to be in Chiba. it has to be in Chiba!

anyway, i hope the two scenes are not too similar (i think so, at least)...

and yeah, before you continue, BE WARNED, i only know 3 things about Chiba:
1. That Aiba is from Chiba,
2. That Aiba loves and is very proud of Chiba,
3. and That you can fish in Chiba (thanks to Ohno) of course
Actually, make that 4 things since i am now aware that Yamapi is also from Chiba... anything else about the place, including topography and the like, i do not know and was unable to make research on so i'm sorry if the scene or the location doesn't sound right...

and so...

TITLE: Baby Steps
CHARACTERS: Arashi members, NewS members, Horikita Maki, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Ikuta Toma, and a whole horde of other Johnny's and female Japanese actresses
PAIRING: Yamashita Tomohisa/Horikita Maki; Matsumoto Jun/Inoue Mao; others
RATINGS: PG
DISCLAIMER: The only thing i own in this story is the plot...

Prologue / Chapter1/ Chapter2/ Chapter3/ Chapter4/ Chapter5/ Chapter6/ Chapter7/ Chapter8/ Chapter8.5/ Chapter9/ Chapter10/ Chapter 11/ Chapter12

Chapter 13

( ...why does that thought make him feel like he know how great it feels to have a full-packed concert at the Kokuritsu Stadium? )

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that's chapter 13! comments/critics are always loved... :)