CHAPTER TWO

"Aren't you... the girl who was kneeling outside LME a few days ago?" Mizuki asked rather straightforwardly.

Kyoko started and glanced around nervously before pulling her into the room and quickly shutting the door. "SHHHHH! I don't really want anyone to know, so please don't tell!"

"Oh okay..." She replied blankly.

"C-can I trust you? I really want a friend to talk, but BECAUSE OF THAT DAMN SHO- I mean, can I tell you my lifestory?" Kyoko blinked, eyes wide and sparkling.

The other girl had no idea what she was going on about, but nodded.

"And can we be... f-friends?"

Mizuki nodded again. She didn't understand anything about friendship, but thought this might be a good place to learn. They plopped down onto the soft mattress and the orange-haired girl rubbed her hands, getting read to tell the story.

"Alrighty! Now, I was born in Kyoto, and I lived with Sho Fuwa from a young age. My parents... well... let's not get into that." She looked down awkwardly.

"Sho Fuwa? Who?"

"His real name is Shotaro but he hated it. And Sho Fuwa is that rising star who sings really-" She slapped her own mouth, agitated at what she was about to say. "SINGS REALLY BADLY. Anyway, continuing on, his father was the owner of a famous inn in Kyoto, and his family wanted his to take over the inn, but he wanted to be a star. He asked me to come with him to Tokyo, and I, being the stupid person I was back then, agreed.

I worked my butt off for him, and couldn't even go to school. BUT THAT DAMN SHO THREW ME AWAY LIKE A USED TISSUE AFTER HE GOT FAMOUS! He is such a mean, stupid, annoying, vain guy!"

The black-haired girl blinked again. She didn't really get the fuss, being unable to feel anything.

"Now I'm trying to get into showbiz so I can get revenge on Shotaro. LME is the best agency, which is why I chose it, and there's an audition happening in two days."

"Well... I guess I don't mind telling you all about me too, since we're supposed to be friends and everything.

I don't remember anything before I was 14 years old. The scientists told me my parents sold me to them because they were too poor, and I mostly grew up around the lab. When I was 14, they injected me with this stuff to turn me into a robot. I lived like that for 2 years, until the lab went up in flames and everyone died except for me. Now I'm not a robot anymore but I don't have memories or emotions, which apparently I could get back if I learn. I don't really have anything to do with my life right now."

Mizuki kept and blank face on while she was speaking, but Kyoko's expressions went from shock, to fear, to anger, back to fear again, and ended in sadness.

"I'm sorry... Hey! I know! You said you didn't have anything to do with your life right now, right? You could join me in showbiz! When you act things out, you could gradually get most of your emotions back! And I won't be lonely."

"Sure." The thing about not having any emotion is that she basically agrees to whatever the other person says...


It was two days later, and the audition was in full swing. Somehow, both Mizuki and Kyoko have managed to pass the first audition, and were waiting for the second round to start.

"I-I'm so nervous! What if I don't get in?" Kyoko stuttered, wiggling around.

Mizuki stared straight ahead, not really bothering to answer her question. A few deep breaths and more silence later, they filed onstage in a neat row, and sat down on the chairs provided. The first in the row was handed a mobile phone, and all the others waited as she responded to it, then it got passed on, and so on. When Kyoko's turn came, she managed to completely grab everyone's attention, but unfortunately her last few words left the most very disappointed. Plus she broke the phone.

"H-here." The orange-haired girl said, still shaking a bit from anger, as she gave a new phone to Mizuki, who was the last person in the line. "Good luck."

She gave a nod, then held the phone up to her ears. "I was a fool. I tried dating other girls after you, but nothing worked out. They all said they couldn't date someone as wilful, selfish and overconfident as me. Then I finally realised how much you truly cared for me. You were the only one for me right from the start. I know I'm being selfish. I'm sorry. But... can we make a fresh start?"

"Sure." She only uttered one word, but her voice was so cold everyone had the shivers. "Whatever." It was like an icy wind swept through the room. "I honestly don't care."

"WHYYY?!" Kyoko wailed as she stared at the list of people who passed. "WHYYYYY?!"

The other girl shrugged, not really caring much anyway. "I never really wanted to be an actor anyway."

"But..." Her eyes shined. "You could've tried acting, then gotten your emotions back, right?"

"Whatever."

She grabbed her bag and started to walk out, Kyoko closely following. They were both silent for a while, until a pencil fell from her pocket and she bent down to grab it lightning fast, out of reflex. Mizuki's head crashed into a person who was in front of her.

Slowly, she straightened, a hand rubbing her head where a bruise was starting to form. "Is this what pain feels like?" She murmured to herself. "It's not very nice."

"H-huh?! Tsuruga Ren!" Kyoko yelled from behind her.

The black-haired girl lifted her head to see this ridiculously tall, brunette dude in front of her, who was smiling rather creepily. "Honestly, I considered myself tall."

"That's your first remark towards me?" The dude said, smiling even more creepily.

"And?" Mizuki deadpanned.

He sighed. "I'm Tsuruga Ren."

"So I noticed." She said, pointedly staring at a small nametag pinned to his shirt. "Kojima Mizuki. And please excuse us because we're late for Darumaya's and we have no time to be sprouting nonsense with you."

With that, she firmly got hold of Kyoko (who was fiercely glaring at Ren - my guess is that she's mad because his prediction that she wouldn't pass was right) and strode off.


Character Profile (I have no idea why I'm doing this but you know, just to let you get to know Mizuki better):

Name: Kojima Mizuki

Age: 16

Birthday: 11th November (but she doesn't know her birthday yet)

Height: 174cm

Hair Colour/Length: Chest length black hair

Eye Colour: Originally brown, but now violet (after getting injected with the experimental liquid, that was the side effect)

Original Personality: You'll find out, lol

Yeah okay that's all for now. I'm kinda upset over family issues at the mo, so short update for today.