Recruitment Drive! Photography! [Open]

[Daichi Miura]

Upon his arrival at the Academy, Daichi's next stop after unpacking from his dorms was straight to the club rooms to check out the various extra curricular activities the school had to offer. Upon finding photography, he was ecstatic.

The third-year immediately signed up on the very first day of school, having made friends with the senior in-charge and the remaining few school-mates who were already in the club. After sitting down with them for his first meeting on Day 3, Daichi was told that the club was actually on the verge of shutting down due to a lack of members and activity, especially since the in-charge was graduating this year and there were unfortunately no successors to take over.

It was shocking. After constant persuasion over the week, Daichi managed to convince the president of the photography club to allow him to start up a recruitment drive, having mustered the remaining handful of members to go out and give out flyers for the event.

And thus, the recruitment drive has commenced.



The club room was open to public and Daichi stood by the entrance to welcome potential members, whilst the handful of others venture all around the campus trying to promote their club.

[Akiya]

Today was a nice day, it was bright, sunny, not too cold for it being winter (most likely because Spring was just a couple of weeks away), and actually Akiya had been comfortable enough to just wear a white T-Shirt and jeans with his usual sneakers.



Today he was in the mood for taking pictures of the places around him. He was too absorbed into this that he didn't notice one of the students watching him. The student told him that he had observed him taking the pictures and that he seemed like he would enjoy the photography club while handing him a flier. He was told that if he wanted to, he could go and look around the club room.

Akiya thanked him, and even though he wasn't sure if he would have time for an after school activity, he should at least look around.

That's how he came to the club room, to be pleasantly surprised that Daichi was at the entrance of the room he was going to be looking at.

"Hey," he said with a ready smile.

[Daichi Miura]

Daichi perked up immediately after hearing that familiar voice, a wide smile upon his tanned features and he clapped a friendly hand on Akiya's shoulder.

"Good morning! I didn't see you at the pantry earlier! What brings you here?"

After all the club rooms were quite a distance away from everything else in the building.



Daichi was dressed smartly today, in a sienna jacket over a tonal crimson vest and loose black slacks, a very oshare getup that also allowed easy movement and protection from the cold weather and rain outside. His curls were still damp from the shower in the morning and the young man looked fresh and happy.

"Since you're here, wanna come in and take a look? I'm having a recruitment drive right now. The photography club's in a sorry state. Think any of your friends are interested in DSLR cameras?"

Apparently Daichi hasn't had the chance to check out the bulletin board reply.

[Akiya]

Akiya chuckled. "I came here because I AM interested in joining, but I'm not sure since there will be a lot of things taking up my mind," Akiya decided to step into the club room anyway and take a look around, "I don't know if Kai-kun or Uruha would be interested, they always seem to be busy," he looked over at his friend and began looking in awe at everything in the room.

"I would hate to see this club disappear," Akiya said while gently touching some of the equipment, "Do you think the funds are lacking too?" Akiya asked, after all, in order to keep a club alive, funds and members needed to be present.

[Daichi Miura]

"Oh! Honto?"

Daichi looked delighted at that, then turned downcast again upon hearing Akiya's question.

"Well...yes, the funds are lacking, but I think we need to work at it one step at a time."

He perked up again quickly, taking hold of Akiya's elbow.

"Come on! Let me show you all the cool stuff!!"

(*O*)/

[Akiya]

Akiya chuckled and let Daichi show him around. "Actually, even though I'm not a member, I already have an idea for a fundraiser that the club could make..." He wanted to give this idea to Daichi, just in case he ended up not joining because of scheduling conflicts, but he really wanted to be in a club with his friend.

[Daichi Miura]

"We've got three monopods, five tripods, this adjustable shooting table and a whole cupboard full of backdrops! There's a couple umbrellas and reflectors over there...actually, I think there's a lack of funds because our seniors splurged everything on good equipment...."

Sigh.

"Bad accounting and financial planning. What we need is a treasurer too."

He toyed with the lid of a large dessicator that held several expensive Canon filters and lenses.

"What on earth...there's even a dark room at the back with all the chemicals! So much stuff but no one to use them. What a waste."

Daichi looked up at Akiya then, perking up at the idea of an idea.

"Shoot!"

Pun completely intended.

[Akiya]

Akiya chuckled. He would never get tired of being around Daichi, "Well, I was thinking that the photography club could offer photo shoots for the students at a price. You know, since one day we're going to have to model for magazines and get pictures taken everywhere, it would be a good experience for the students here to get a head start and beat the nervousness for the camera. It would also go well on the student's resume or when applying for a position in a band, they usually look at how well you can model and carry on the image of the band, am I making sense?" Akiya asked sort of nervously. He usually just ran with the ideas that came to his mind.

[Daichi Miura]

GASP!

Daichi slapped both palms to his cheeks with a look of pure surprise.

"AKIYA!"

He nearly screamed, then those warm hands slapped down on the other's shoulders, giving said shoulders a good hearty shake.

"AH! KI! YA! YOU ARE AMAZING!"

HUG!

Daichi LIFTED Akiya off the floor. Damned, he was surprisingly strong!!

[Akiya]

Akiya looked at Daichi and surprise and then he was being hugged, and then lifted! He laughed when Daichi did so. He didn't know the other could be so strong as to lift him up. "Daichi! Daichi!" Akiya said between breath as he tried to stop laughing, but it couldn't be helped. Just the thought of someone walking in on this scene was making him laugh even harder.

Akiya put his hands on Daichi's shoulder while still laughing. "Daichi, put me down, before we fall and break something," he chuckled, but he was being serious.

[Daichi Miura]

"Hahahaha!"

All right, all right. He released the other with another laugh, feeling Akiya's idea inspire him so much that he was practically ITCHING to do something right now! Daichi started pacing excitedly around the studio, accidentally knocking into props and tripods but he didn't care. He was too busy formulating a task plan to get everything into shape.

"Okay, okay, first we need some advertisements, we can use the bulletin. I'll get Shota to update the club blog. Then we need some clothes. We need a wardrobe! Okay I think I can get someone else to handle that...teachers...Do we need a teacher-in-charge?"

[Akiya]

"I think we do, plus we need to get permission from the school first," Akiya said while looking at his friend pace back and forth. He was glad he had let Daichi know of the idea he had come up with as soon as he stepped into the room.

"As for wardrobe, I could ask my mom to make some clothes, or bring the spare ones that she has, she makes yukata's as a hobby," he said with a shrug, "and kimonos, and well, anything you could think of," Akiya said with a chuckle remembering how he had been a model for all of her creations at some point.

[Daichi Miura]

"Who can we get to be in charge though? Kre-san seems so busy...he's the best but I'm a little afraid to ask him."

Daichi stopped in his pacing to sigh heavily, folding both arms across his chest and pursing his lips.

"Your mum makes clothes? That's so wonderful! Uwah! Yukatas! Summer's coming soon! Can she make me one? I'll chip in for the effort and the materials!"

\(*O*)/

Daichi never had a yukata before!

[Akiya]

Akiya hummed while thinking, "How about Kaoru-sensei? or Inaba-sensei? or Kozi-sensei?" He suggested, although he wasn't that familiar with any of the other teachers.

"Sure, my mom would love to have another model to make clothes for," he looked at Daichi's body and gave an approving nod, "you have a nice body, my mom will be delighted," he chuckled while still looking over at his friend, "be prepared though, once she makes one set of clothes for you, she will continue to make them, so you will be forever doomed to be her model, trust me, I know," he chuckled.

[Daichi Miura]

Daichi looked pleasantly surprised.

"Your mother's so nice."

His mother....she was a slave-driver at best, pushing him everyday to study, work, practice...everything and anything until Daichi was the best at what he did. In a nutshell, she was the overachiever mum. The tiger mum. He loved her all the same though.

"I'm...afraid of Inaba-sensei."

Daichi admitted after a while. After all that man was a rock and roll legend with his handprints on the Hollywood Rock Walk of fame. Everyone practically kissed the ground he walked on.

"I don't dare to look at him in the eye. Ah...Kaoru-sensei...."

That one just looked like a yakuza!

"I'm afraid of Kaoru-sensei too. Have you seen him angry before? He nearly threw a chair at Aki!!"

AKI. THE, AKI!!

"....Kozi-sensei..."

Daichi sat down then on a chair lying around in the studio, crossing a leg over the other and looking rather thoughtful.

"Kozi-sensei seems quite...creepy...I don't know. Sometimes I don't understand what he's trying to say....! And he wears sunglasses indoors like Kaoru-sensei! That's so weird! Are they albinos or something?"

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