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Chapter Two – Your Choice

The wig is a little bit longer than I would have wanted and I feel as if I should complain to the company website that this is…different. As I put it on, noticing the way that the silver undertones compliment the jet black strands that make up the majority of the wig. I look around before picking up the wig cap to get all strands of blond away from my face and slip it on. The wig definitely needs to be cut, some jagged cuts preferred because I don't like the way it flows past my shoulders.

I sigh as I grab a globe and put it on there. I might be one of those rare people who actually owns a globe this day but it gives me an opportunity to cut this wig. I pull out a couple of the other items in the box including a set of fake eyelashes that these visual kei singers will occasionally use. I'll keep these as a backup because mascara might do better.

I pull out the different clothes and gravitate towards an expensive hooded leather jacket. There's also a pair of dark gray jeans that are almost black. The leather boots are also exciting, actually those might be the most exciting part of this box and I'm more than excited to wear them. Fortunately, Kyoko has gone to meet with the director and producer about her part in her international work. I have time to figure out who MAZE is.

I grab the pair of scissors and make some light cuts, I can always make them more defined later. I then pick up the clothes, maybe I should add some color as well, make it different from Cain Heel and not steer towards him. I need to figure out the differences. As I move towards the bedroom, I get changed and fold up the clothes for Kuon Hizuri and change into MAZE's gear.

As I get the clothes on and then put the wig on, I can feel it coming together. Next is the makeup. Kyoko would never believe that I would willingly use makeup or even put it on and she's going to be even harder to fool than the president. If Boss finds out when I'm auditioning he might fail me because it would seem nepotistic to pass me.

I need to figure out who MAZE is but seeing myself standing as him, I'm starting to figure out my background. This is going to be a fun ride and hopefully I won't just go down in flames although I never had a history of arsony before, maybe MAZE does.

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Kuon has always been so supportive of my career. There are a lot of people who would get nervous about their significant other being away from them for work but Kuon trusts me, he's excited for me, he's excited for my career. Yes, every step that I've made as an actress seems to be just another step that he has made before, but that only helps him guide me. He still lets me make my own decisions even if they are different than what he would have done. I'm really lucky that my sempai is my husband.

I have really tried to use the tips that I've received from other female models in how I've dressed and presented myself. Kuon spoils me when it comes to makeup. He knows that I love it and in fact, because of how much I love it, I made it one of the rules in our relationship that he is not allowed to just buy me jewelry or makeup if I'm upset with him. Things I love can not be used as bribes.

There's only been a few times when I've been truly upset with him though and he's done more than enough to cover himself and have me still be madly in love with him. I pause as I enter the building and see people notice me and point me out. I should be thinking about my job and not about my husband. Well, he's a bit part of showbusiness so how could I not think of him.

After navigating my way through the building, I get to the office where the director said he would be meeting me. I need to remember that English might be preferred in this situation. Every time I think about English, I think about Kuon practicing with me. Who knew that his Californian accent was so sexy? Well, he doesn't seem to think so but it's so…exotic, like him. I wouldn't have thought that Ren Tsuruga would actually be a playboy blond, an emerald-eyed sweet talker, a king of the night in the bathroom who can use both his voice and his touch to make me tingle.

Okay, stop thinking about Kuon, you're better than that, Kyoko. You'll be able to go home and be in his arms. Concentrate on this meeting, Kyoko.

I knock on the door and the director opens it for me so I drop into a deep bow having seen him. "Williams-san," I say as I lift my head and see his kind face, if they stood side by side, Kuon would even look more Japanese than this guy. Okay, maybe slight comparisons to Kuon are okay if it doesn't take me off target and the aim is to impress the director.

"Hizuri-san," he smiles to me in Japanese, "I've been wanting to meet with you. I've been a fan of your work for a while. I think that you made a stunning Mio in Dark Moon but it was your Momiji in Lotus in the Mud that really made me keep an eye on you in that case."

I smile. Two of my early roles and two of my strongest and yet those two roles led to me doing roles that I was excited for, ones of kinder and yet more complicated characters and Kuon always motivated me into doing that. I enter the room before seeing a man sitting in another chair. I don't know who he is and I'm attempting to place which modelling agency he could be with. He looks a couple of years younger than Kuon and his body is a bit more toned but that's because Kuon is an actor first and a model second.

"You're gorgeous," the man says as he picks up a rose from a vase and walks over to me. I pause as he puts it to his nose and then slips it into my hand. I look at it as I remember when I had that Thankful Party with Maria and Ren took that rose out of his coat to give to me at midnight and how that rose had Princess Rosa in it. He was always doing those types of things for me. "I'm so glad to be working with you."

"I'm…uh, yeah," I say as I drop into a bow, "Glad to be working with you as well. I…Are you…I thought that the lead ac-"

"I'm not an actor," the man says as he puts a hand to my shoulder and my eyes widen. His hand does not belong there. Only Kuon can touch me in this kind of way. "I'm the producer."

I take a step back before dropping into a deeper bow, Kuon would scold me if I was unprofessional and I would scold myself for being disrespectful. This is someone who I need to impress and if I don't react to his advances then it's okay. He'll get the picture and move on or…no, no, it would be stupid to think that he's interested in me that way. Only Kuon would -

As I rise I see him right in front of me. He's what you might call a Japanese God, someone who has the charm and gorgeous appearance of a new Ren Tsuruga. No. Not gorgeous. He's not gorgeous. That's a word only reserved for Kuon. Without my foresight, he leans across and kisses me on the cheek and my eyes widen.

"Hi," I say as I take a step backwards not sure what to say. I'm completely off guard and I'm trying to figure out what to tell Kuon. I see him grin and my eyes widen again before I train my face to look normal again. This is just something that some people do. It's what…European..and this role is important to me. Kuon would understand.

"Hi," the producer says as he holds my hand and brings it to his lips, "I'm so honored to be in the presence of such beauty and talent, Kyoko."

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I've always wanted to buy a really nice guitar but it would just be one thing in my collection that would be for show and so I always looked at the aesthetics. I can play somewhat, it's not as if I'm embarking on some insane quest where I don't know how to do anything. When I learned the piano I was inspired by my childhood memories, the songs that my father used to play for my mother and she used to dance or at least sway to. After learning how to play the piano by following music and not just hand movements, I turned my attention to other instruments.

However, if I'm going to be auditioning then I need a guitar that will be able to impress people by looks but also play very well. Maybe I could just buy a few. I see people staring at me wondering who I am and I'm glad that I went out as MAZE to do this. I can work on his backstory, the way he speaks, the way he moves.

"What are you looking for?" I hear somebody ask me and I pause. This voice gives me an unpleasant gnawing at my stomach and makes me feel ill but did he just approach me with neutral emotions, I turn to him, my eyes hidden behind the glasses.

"I have an audition," I tell him. Why is he talking to me? I'm not a fan of his and he's got far too much of an ego to just talk to the little people. Fuwa, what are you doing here? "Aren't you Sho Fuwa?" I ask and he nods.

"I'm picking up something special here but they are making a star like me wait," he says and I sigh, that sounds more like him. He wouldn't want to wait and he's probably talking badly about the people here. It's like when Kyoko told me about that giant umbrella that she had to carry. People really shouldn't look down on others.

'You've got the vibe of a celebrity already," he says and I wonder if he….no, Fuwa would never be nice to me, he's too bitter about our rivalry about Kyoko. I know that he still loves her…right?

"Thanks but still have to pass the audition," I tell him and he sighs before pointing out a guitar that I had been looking at before and then without any malice in his voice picks it up. He walks over to me and hands me the guitar.

"How does that feel?" he asks and I'm in shock. He's actually acting like a decent human being. It's so puzzling to me, "I think that one would work well," he then walks away and I stare at the guitar. It does feel good and as I put my hand over it, it plays well.

No, there's no way that Sho Fuwa is a decent human being.

End of Chapter Two

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