Chapter (3): A date?
Straightening out her clothes, Sora stood facing her boss' door. Taking a deep breath, she was about to knock on the door, when she saw it already being opened.
"Oh! There you are, Sora!" A middle-aged attractive woman, with shoulder length brown hair, exclaimed. One look at her is all it took anyone to immediately know she meant business. Her honey coloured eyes were always on the look-out for details. Nothing could ever escape her. "I was about to come pick you up myself." With that, she pulled Sora inside. How her delicate looking hands could be that strong was beyond Sora.
Once inside the office, Sora noticed that someone was sitting at Nina's desk … And that particular someone was still wearing his sunglasses from before. Why would anyone wear sunglasses inside a building? He was looking straight at Sora. Or, at least, his face was directing Sora. One could never tell with those glasses on.
"Of course, Sora, you know who that is." Nina addressed her. Before Sora even had the chance to reply, Nina went on, "This gentleman here is Yamato Ishida, aka Matt, the Howling Wolves lead singer and guitar player."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Ishida!" Sora addressed him politely as she sat down at Nina's desk as well.
"The pleasure is all mine," Matt said, ending his sentence with one of his charming smiles, "and call me Matt."
Sitting down, Nina seemed to be scanning them for a second or so, before adding, "Sora here is my best designer. Always thinking outside the box! And that's exactly what you want." Turning back to Sora, she went on, "See, Sora! Matt and his band need a wild new look. They have a major concert here featuring many famous singers and well, you know the rest of the story. The problem is, they have no idea whatsoever what exactly they want to wear. That's where you come in. I'm sure if you get to know their band's style more, you'll be able to design something fresh for them."
Great! Another snobby band with shallow members is always something to look forward for. No matter how much she hated doing that, it was part of her job. Since she liked the rest of her job, she could do nothing but flash a polite smile to the client and say, "When would you like to start, Mr. Ishida?"
"Matt!" He said correcting her, "And right now!"
"Great! Sora, take Matt to your office and well, get to work." That been said, Nina started making her phone calls right away. Busy, busy Nina!
"Then, follow me please!" Sora said standing up.
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"So, your concert is in three months." Sora asked trying not to look at Matt straightly. It was official. He crept her out with those sunglasses, "And you band has four members."
Not hearing any response from him, she looked at him slowly only to see him nodding. She went back to looking at her screen only to hear him chuckle.
"Um…Mind if I ask what do you find so funny?"
Pointing at her, he replied, still with a chuckle, "I see you're still worrying like before."
Blushing, she straightened herself before replying, "Well, it's those sunglasses!"
"Oh!" Matt said taking his sunglasses off, "Better?"
'Actually, it's worse', Sora thought inside her head. His eyes! They're so clear! So pure! But, she couldn't ask him to take those off, right? So, she only nodded back.
"How about I take you out to dinner tonight?"
What? She looked at him questioningly, "Sorry?"
"You know! You'll need to know me more. Besides, I have to go now." Matt explained simply, "I have a rehearsal in a while."
"I'm not sure about today. You see, I have a daughter," he was studying her thoroughly, "I'm not sure I'll be able to find a babysitter in such a short notice."
"We can take her with us," he offered smiling, "You know, the earlier you start knowing me and my band, the sooner you'll get ideas for us."
Thinking about it for a moment, she couldn't find anything wrong with that. He seems to be polite. Creepy with those sunglasses, but polite. So, Saya won't be affected negatively by him … "Fine by me."
"Great, can I have your address?" Matt asked, "So, I'll pick you up?"
Scribbling her address and cellphone number on a piece of paper, she handed it to him.
"Great! Tonight at seven, then!" he said, flashing her another smile, before standing up and leaving.
"Why do I feel I'm making a big mistake?" Sora mumbled to herself.
"Because, you're always freaking out like that?" Sora looked up at Mimi who was standing in the door way. Suddenly, Mimi squealed, "Sora has a date with Yamato Ishida!"
"No! No! I don't," Sora hurried to pull Mimi inside her office and close the door before anyone hearing her, but seeing the heads popping out of the offices, she knew the damage was already done, "It's only a business dinner!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Mimi said sarcastically before going back to her excitement, "I'll have to choose a dress for you. You know, first impressions are very important. And your hair, soft twirls will make you look like princesses. Oh! And make up..."
Sora slammed her head, knowing that she was already regretting her approval.
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"It's funny how you're a fashion designer and don't have that much clothes." Mimi said scanning through Sora's closet.
"I don't go out that much." Sora replied absently, while brushing Saya's hair.
"Mommy, is he a nice man?" Saya asked innocently.
"Oh! He's nice alright!" Mimi said from between the dresses, "The Nicest!"
Hearing that, a large smile was drawn on Saya's face before asking, "Can we keep him after this night?" Sora stopped brushing to look at Saya, "You know I need a daddy, right?"
Mimi laughed loudly, "yeah, Sora, didn't you notice you were missing something?"
Sighing, Sora kissed Saya on the forehead before saying, "We'll see about that. Don't say anything about that in front of him, okay?" With a few more brushes and putting her hair in a small ponytail, Sora said, "Here! We're done!"
"Soraaaaaaa!" Mimi called her singing, "What do you think?"
Sora turned around to see Mimi holding a red dress she never bought. It was a low cut, short red dress, "I knew I wouldn't find anything good in your closet, so I bought a couple of dresses for you."
"No!" Sora said examining the dress, "Too revealing for a business meeting."
"It's not a business meeting." Mimi said angrily. Throwing that dress on Sora's bed, she took another shopping bag she had and took out a short black dress. It was a simple boat neck dress. Chic and classy!
"You know what? I actually like it." Sora said earning a wide smile from Mimi.
"What're you waiting for, then?" Mimi handed the dress to Sora and pushed her inside the bathroom, "Try it now!"
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Yeah! It's been a loooooooooooong time, but well, for some reason, I kept on rewriting this chapter a lot. In the end, after finishing it this time, I decided to post it before changing my mind again.
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