Before he could even see any shape moving on the stage (even though he was practically standing so close to the scene he could touch it with his bare hand), Hiro's ears were filled with a scream like he's never experianced before in his young life - the blood rushed over to his head and the man could feel his limbs getting paralysed for a brief moment, but it all soon let go, all the pressure, heat, lack of space, everything. All that mattered now was that one persona now running down the wooden stage waving at the sea of people gathered especially for this event. Hiro wondered for a brief moment from what kind of placed did all these fans come from, what were their insights on Cade's music, his appearance, on the lyrics, on the basic feelings of the music pieces... No, no, no, he slapped himself mentally and completely lost his mind now, waving and screaming along the crowd welcoming shouts. He was thinking too much instead of simply throwing himself into the embrace of music that now began to fill the air, fillinf it also with the vibrations that sent Hiro the chills down his spine.
It's been a couple of hourse of enjoying himself, watching the subject of his obsessive love, shaking his fists in the air, going with the flow, bouncing, jumping, screaming, yelling. Loosing himself completely. The feeling wasn't able to be described.
Hiro felt his sleeveless white shirt already being stuck to him like glue after so much of, what could be actually called excersising his body. He was all sweaty, but knew he wouldn't have to care; the Japanese generally had this kind of unique to their bodies that their skin remained smooth and smelled as if they had just taken a shower, even if they were right after a thousand kilometers running marathon. Besides Hiro cared about himself almost obsessively, always carrying a pack of these fantastic perfumed tissues to cleanse the skin.
He actually had his pockets now full of them, deciding that if it was ever to happen that his ticket would be the lucky one, he would simply need to use at least two boxed of the tissues to be able to face someone he felt such affection towards. He bet Cade Graves didn't expect a stink approaching him.
Hiro laughed at the very thought and as everything went quiet, the crowd the music and the band, he let out a deep sigh and felt that twitch inside of him. The stress overwhelmed him again and again and the boy felt dizzy. No, not in such a moment!, he mentally cursed and squinted to get a sight of what was going on around.
That one line killed him. Three-three-nine outspoken with that cheerful voice and followed by enormous applause of the public and a farewell bid by the musicians made Hiro literally fall on his knees, onto the ground. The people around him seemed to have not noticed anything, they were still screaming out the band member's names as if they wanted them to come back onto the scene.
Hiro went insane. He simply went insane, felt as if he was out of his body, as if he was standing beside laughing at his own self. What was he supposed to do now? Wait until everyone else leaves? No, of course not! He stood too close to the scene to be now pulled away with the crowd towards the exit.
"I have it!" He used up all of his power to scream out towards one of the men now walking around the scene and checking if there was everything alright. "I have it! Mizushima Hiro, number three three nine!" He started to wave his hand in a mad manner, a bright laugh now escaping his soft lips and echoeing around the scene.
And finally, after a couple of seconds he was noticed by one of the managers. The old looking man slowly approached Hiro and held his hand out, waiting for the boy to give him the ticket that he;s been so dearly hiding in his pocket. The boy reahced to his pants and quickly placed the paper into the man's hand looking over his shoulder just to see... a silver-haired boy being pulled up on the scene by a couple of bodyguards. So was THIS the second winner? For god's sake, he looked as if he was a killing machine, not a usual Cade's fan. Hiro turned pale and looked up at the man above him.
"That's right, three three nine. Welcome to the crew, boy." Hiro could notice a smile spreading across the manager's mouth and he was allowed to climb up the scene. "Now now, you have to quickly follow me to the backstage, Cade and his band are eagerly awaiting you both." The man chuckled, not really understanding Mizushima's obsessive excitement at the very thought of the possibility of shaking his idol's hand.
Hiro quickly nodded and pulled out a box of his tissues, thoroughly cleansing his whole face, the neck, arms and palms. He casted a sideway glance at the second winned and noticed the blonde staring at him with almost an anger. What the...? Hiro quickly turned his head away, putting the tissues back into his pockets and entering the backstage. His head still was quaking, the blood not yet being able to return to its place.