Nobuaki Umehara. 27 years old. Among his colleagues, he's known for being a baby face and a gay man. His close friends don't mind his preference but at times, he'd be treated harshly by people in the industry. He's used to them though. He always thought that time is better well spent on people who care for him than waste it on people who dislike him.

"Nobu-kun, what are you spacing out for? We're leaving for the next location", the director said. He's a close friend of Nobuaki and the one who offered him a job into the filming crew.

"I'm sorry, Kusakabe-san. I'm just feeling a bit under the weather today", Nobu apologized and smiled weakly. Even though he said that, the actual reason he was spacing out was that one night with a drunk stranger.

He had a few one night stand before. And definitely the drunken older man was not his first. However, there was something in him that Nobuaki couldn't explain. He was infatuated, addicted. His mind would always wander into remembering that night. The face Eiji made when turned on... the expression he had when his precious spot was hit... his sleeping face... and even the angered face he made the next morning, all of them was mesmerizing.

Eiji was the one that got away. Nobu thought that this was the man. His heart that turned stone cold from betrayal was thawed from the warmth Eiji gave. But there was nothing he could do. While Eiji gave in to his carnal desires that night, he was a straight man. And there was a barrier in his heart that Nobu couldn't get into. Just like how he was before.

"If only I'd meet him once more... I'd be more than happy", Nobu mumbled and sighed deeply. He took his cap and adjusted it over his head before running off into the crew van.

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"You're such a slowpoke Nobu-san. A snail can run faster than you!", Akihiko, his assistant, said. "We can't start filming without the Cinematographer, you know?"

"Akihiko-kun, snails don't run...", Nobu replied, wanting to make fun of his cute junior.

"Then what? They walk? It doesn't really matter if the walk or run or drag their bodies!", Akihiko fumed and kicked his superior in the leg.

"You're getting more and more cheeky lately. You wanted to be punished, don't you!?", Nobu teased and pinched the cheeks of his assistant.

"Eeeek! stop it. Bakaaa!", his assistant retorted which Nobu ignored and even pinched his cheeks harder.

"You guys are so noisy! We're taking a nap here.", Sashihara, another co-worker complained. "By the way Nobu-kun. It seems that the TV commercial job's location was decided just a while ago. We'll go to Sapporo tomorrow!"

"Sapporo? Why so sudden. We're not even finish filming for this job yet.", Nobu complained. It's not uncommon to take a couple of job at a time and leaving the post processing for later. However, they've been overworking for the past few weeks with only a day of break between shoots.  And Sapporo was far away! They still have another client to meet after the TV commercial job too. 

"Well, XX company is really fired up. Fragrance-erasing Spray or something... they're betting big time for that product.", Sashihara replied.

"Fragrance-erasing spray?", Nobu asked. He felt like he heard about it recently. He couldn't point it out but he was sure about it. But because of the nature of his work, he would always hear about new products in the market.

"Are you curious too? Seems like a great item to me. I can meet some girls from the club without my wife smelling their nasty perfumes on my clothes", Sashihara joked.

"Well I thought I heard about it but I can't recall where. I guess I'll find out tomorrow", Nobu replied.

"We've arrived.", the driver announced. The crew which were mostly sleeping were waken up and left for work. For now, Nobu had to focus. It's not like he wasn't used to heartbreaks. he simply had to immerse himself with work and things will surely work out well.

"Okay, guys. People from XX company are coming to discuss things after our shoot. They will probably observe how we work too so don't slack off!", the director yelled.