by mid-lunch's fierce bell(note: The Ring is called "Midnight's fierce bell"...sonna, so in Chinese it's only 1 word difference.^^)
"Hyde-san!" hyde is waken up by the intruders of the morning; it's the newly-appointed naggy and noisy manager, with tetsu.
"hyde-san!" Once the manager steps in, he sees hyde curled up in the sofa, "You didn't sleep yesterday night again! how can you ruin your own body like this? already not a very strong person. your body is not just yours, you should take care for your fans. although now something has happened, but your fans still need you, you mustn't collapse in this crucial time......"
"ah, I know" hyde props himself from the sofa with difficulty.
"The problem is not solveable by just one phrase 'I know'! now, you must come around, if you died what will the fans do?"
"Don't worry, isn't he still living?" tetsu hurriedly cuts in to relieve hyde of his trouble.
"techan, you're wrong at this" manager changes his target to do count on tetsu's wrongs, "even though hyde's collapsing is only a theory, hasn't become reality, but you can't wait till he's collapsed to think of a solution."
"yes yes, I know, I'll be careful." tetsu deals with him
helplessly. this manager is famous for his nagging; towards this everyone
are used to it, but still find it unbearable. hyde goes to the kitchen
to make coffee on his own, leaving tetsu in the living room to continue
dealing with the manager.
"Don't think that just because I'm not with you guys in london, you can be reckless, the holiday isn't for you guys to create troubles......" dududu, his handphone sounds just as he is halfway through speaking.
"hello, oh, fine, yes yes, I'll come over right now."
the manager keeps his handphone and yells at hyde who is in the kitchen "hyde, I'm going first, you must rest well!" walking towards the door he tells tetsu who is following behind him, "once you guys go to london you must take good care of him."
"I know" tetsu opens the door to send him out.
tetsu closes the door and leans onto it, sighing, "huu--thank heavens, this world is finally peaceful.
hyde takes his coffee from the kitchen, places it on a serving tray, and half-sarcastically says to tetsu, "you know how to thank, bringing him to my house! just like a fly, no, it's a _herd_ of flies buzzing around me."
"office appointed, there's no choice." tetsu walks towards the front of the sofa and sits beside hyde, taking the coffee from the tray.
"let's not talk about this, what is the matter about going to london?" hyde asks.
tetsu sips a mouthful of coffee, "it's arranged by the office. you know, because of what happened to sakura, all our commercializing acts have been banned, so we have to wait for a while. therefore the office arranges for us to go to london."
"oh yeah, what about sakura?"
"seems like he's still being questioned by the police."
"what are the police asking about? do they ask about where he got the money for buying the drugs?"
"don't know. why?"
"nothing." hyde lowers his head and gazes at the coffee in his hands.
"hyde," tetsu seems to be able to see through his load
of mind, "I'll try my best to let him return."
"un" the corner of hyde's lips forcefully pulls into
a smile, "thank you."
it's almost a week since they went to london. this day, hyde's strolling along Times (thanks to hueni for the correction^^) river, suddenly he recieves tetsu's call, which tells him to go back to the hotel to discuss. hyde tells this hired cab to hurry back to the hotel. even before he reaches the door of tetsu's room, he already hears the loud manager's voice.
"tetsu this fellow is trying to kill me!" hyde grovels in his own heart, but still knocks on the door and walks in despite himself.
"hyde-san, you're back. it's been so long since we've last met, do you miss me?" the manager walks towards hyde with a face full of happiness.
"what are you so happy about? coming from so far away......" before hyde finishes, he gets hugged by the emotional manager. being hugged so roughly, hyde only feels that his own bones are going to shatter.
"you guys are already unbanned," the manager stuffs a piece of scores into hyde's hands while speaking, "next week you can go back to the recording room, even the songs are already chosen, once you've filled in the lyrics we can come out with a CD......"
"then, sakura he......" hyde takes the scores and asks rejoicingly.
"sakura?" the manager's smile freezes, "Sakura he......"
"hyde" tetsu who hasn't been saying anything all along speaks, "we found a drummer to replace sakura, he's called yukihiro, in the past he was......"
"why didn't you tell me earlier!" not even waiting for tetsu to finish, hyde yells at tetsu with a look of being violated on his face.
"hyde-san," the manager comes over to persuade them, "how can you drastically show your temper? this not only is bad for your body, it also affects your image. yukihiro and sakura are both drummers, there's no difference, the only difference is that yukihiro is born by yukihiro's mom, sakura is born by sakura's mom, err--what is the name of yukihiro's mom......"
"shut up!" hyde throws the scores onto the manager.
"hyde-san! how can you anyhow litter? littering will pollute the environment. thankfully this is made by paper, if it's a sturdy thing, it'll be troublesome. what if it hits little children? even if it doesn't hit them, crashing into flowers and grasses is also not good. I'm an old man with not long to live, but little children will......" the manager picks up the scores on the floor as he preaches to hyde in an unending stream.
tetsu stands up from the sofa, pushing the manager out of the door, "you rest in your room first, let me explain to him."
"but hyde-san's feelings now......"
"I know, you return to your room first." tetsu persuades the manager to go away, and turns to face hyde's questioning glare.
"what do you want to say?" hyde asks very nonchalently.
"if you're not confident towards yukihiro, I can guarantee,
he's a very outstanding drummer."
"I'm not suspecting his abilities."
"then what for?"
"you're asking when you _know_ it." hyde yells at tetsu
somewhat impatiently.
"Are you scared that he'll let the cat out of the bag?" tetsu says impulsively, "how can he do such a thing to you, I'll never let him go!"
"tetsu......" hyde gazes at him sadly, "if things can't be solved, I want to leave L'Arc~en~Ciel......"
"Don't joke! for that kind of thing!" tetsu gasps, "hyde, you can't ruin yourself for that bastard!"
"don't say anymore," hyde cuts in, gets up and walks towards the door.
--, only to find that the manager's plump body falls in with the door.
"you~~~ you were outside listening!?" hyde yells angrily.
"er--" the manager stands up awkwardly, with a sincere face, places his hand onto hyde's shoulder, "hyde-san, I know you don't want me to worry, so you didn't tell me the truth. don't worry, no matter what bad news I can withstand it, so tell me all about it."
"you~~~~~~~~~" hyde glares at him angrily before rushing out to the corridor. the manager only looks at tetsu innocently, "what is all this about?"
Looking at the manager, tetsu suddenly sees the light, "want to know the truth? come in, and I'll tell you."
translation by hidoko Matsumoto