Chapter Three

Starlight Love: Otome Game

Story One: Inuyasha's Story


It had been three days since my Dinner with Inuyasha. I felt a little bad not bringing up Kikyou-san to him, but there will be more opportunities to speak with him. The few days since I've spoken to him he would send me texts every once in a while to see how I was doing. It wasn't like old times yet, but I was happy to have him in my life again, I felt happy with him being there.

Today I woke up to his text message but it was different than usual. "Good morning, Kagome. I hoped you slept well. I finished the song, meet me at noon in the studio?" I read his message out loud and responded to it right away. I told him I would definitely meet him there and I got up to start my morning routine. It was getting close to two weeks of me starting my career. We haven't had a meeting on my 'image' yet, if i was going to go with the Idol route, the more traditional serious singer route, a cutesy one, or even a sexy image. It would all depend on my first single.

I couldn't wait to hear what Inuyasha had come up with. I was full of excitement and joy. He said he would make it an easy song since it was my first time singing professionally. I showered and cooked myself breakfast. I had a little bit of time until I had to meet Inuyasha so I decided to practice some warm-ups that he had taught me during my vocal lesson. I practiced a few times every day. I want to improve quickly so I can succeed.


I went to the studio and was greeted with Inuyasha's smug face. As soon as he saw me he got up and started placing papers on the table for me to look at, "Go ahead and sit." I could hear the excitement in his voice too.

"I hope you like it." He said excitedly and walked over to the sound system in the room. I looked at the sheet he placed in front of me. Typed out neatly were the lyrics to my first song. He hit play and a metronome start playing, keeping a slow steady beat. After a few moments I heard Inuyasha's voice, smoothly and gently singing a slow song. I listened and read the lyrics on the page.

He got the lyrics perfect. The song was about a girl that had her heart broken and is learning to love life, love friends, and learning to fall in love again. I couldn't hold in my emotion as one line got to me. His voice beautifully sang the lyric, 'Because there are sunny days, there are also rainy days.' His voice was amazing, I couldn't help but start crying. I continued to listen as the tears ran down my cheeks. The song built up to the end, it ended with him singing a high note that melted my heart. The lyric was 'Because I treasure this life, I want to find someone to treasure it with me.' My eyes were burning as the song stopped.

Even without music playing, it was absolutely beautiful.

"So, What did you thi-" Inuyasha stopped speaking when he noticed that I was crying, he immediately got out of his chair and rushed to my side. He looked at me with worried eyes. "What's wrong?" I could hear his voice was full of worry and I could see it all on his face. "Did I do something wrong?" I shook my head.

"No… It's just… It's such a beautiful song, Inuyasha." I choked on my words as tears ran down my face. I was so happy that this song would be mine and I would get to sing it for everyone. "I just hope I can do well enough for it."

His looked was gentle, he then gently started rubbing my back. His hand was so warm this was how he comforted me as a kid. It took me back to then and It helped. After a few moments of him rubbing my back I stopped crying. "Thank you Inuyasha," I choked the words out. He nodded and went back to his seat.

"I am going to give you a copy of this demo and a copy of the lyrics, I want you to practice on your own and when you feel comfortable enough we can do a few test recordings, and I can help you with anything that you need." I nodded and wiped away the rest of the tears that trickled down my cheeks. "I already sent a copy of this to the musical arrangers at our main office and they are starting work on the music for it." I nodded again and tried to thank him but my words weren't coming out, I had a lump in my throat.

"That reminds me." He paused for a moment. "You do know that we are doing a photoshoot together tomorrow right?" I looked at him puzzled. I hadn't heard of that. "You don't know?" he asked again. "Well, Otou-san was supposed to tell you. Since there are only a few weeks left until your first song is complete and it would only take at most three weeks to complete the duet track, we are announcing the release in YOUNGHART magazine. The release date is set for a month and a half from now. We are going to announcing it in that magazine since it a topseller and I will be posing on the cover with you." I was surprised. I was going to be doing yet another photoshoot but this time with Inuyasha? I nodded.

"It will give you a lot of attention and since you need to sell a lot to continue working here, I think it would be a good idea for us to do this together." I agreed completely with him. "And can you meet me in my room tonight? I want to start working on our duet tonight so we can get some sample lyrics started." Meeting in his room? That made me a little nervous but I told him I would.


I made myself some food for dinner, I decided on fresh made ramen for dinner. I still wasn't use to cooking for just myself since whenever I did cook before, it would always be for Okaa-san and Otou-san too. I smiled as I prepared a second bowl, I figure I should offer it to Inuyasha. I placed the bowls on a tray and left my room. I walked to Inuyasha's door and gently knocked. After a few moments he opened the door.

His face got a big smile on it as soon as his saw the big bowls of ramen I had. I immediately felt nervous.

"I...I had extra and I'm not use to eating alone so I thought I'd bring some in case you haven't eaten yet." He got a smirk on his face and let me in.

"Thanks" I could tell he was happy that I brought him food even though he didn't sound very excited. I let out a small, nervous laugh and set the tray down on his counter. His room had the same setup as mine, except he had it decorated with awards and posters from KOBUSHII, I was envious of all the awards on his wall. As I was looking around he moved the bowls to the table and I sat down to eat with him. He thanked me for the food and complimented me.

"I love a home cooked meal" He smiled. While we were eating we discussed what our duet should be about. In the end we determined it would be about learning about love, sticking with the love theme again. He told he would start some lyrics later that night and I could go over with them when he was free next.

After our meal was finished I stayed and talked. We reminisced more about old times and talked about going to school together when we were young. I was happy to be able to stalk so freely with him. He seemed to have more emotion to his voice and seemed excited whenever we spoke about old times.

I stayed for over an hour while we talked back and foreth. Then he told me he needed to get some more work done and he would see me tomorrow at the photoshoot. When I collected my dishes and tray he saw me out. His smile was gentle and reassuring, I'm glad I had his help all this time. I said goodnight to him and went back to my room.

I practiced my song for a few hours, it was difficult to sing at first and I had trouble getting the same emotion in my voice as Inuyasha had. As I laid down in bed for the night, I was surprised to hear my phone buzz.

I smiled as I read it a message from Inuyasha, "I had a great time talking with you tonight, Kagome. Sleep well." I couldn't get the smile off my face. I don't know why I couldn't stop when it came to him. It confused me. I tossed and turned for a while and then I couldn't take it anymore. I put on headphones and listened to Inuyasha's voice loud in my ears. It soothed me to sleep.


I sat in the green room as the make-up artist finished my make-up. It wasn't as simple this time, it was bold. My eyes were defined with thick, black eyeliner than winged out past my eyes. My eyes were smoky and the make-up artist gave me bold red lips. My hair was pulled to the side and teased. I didn't feel confident standing out this much. When my outfit was brought in I got even more nervous.

I was given black boots that went up to my thighs and small shorts, I felt like I was hanging out of them, the grey fabric had studs and gems on it. They also gave me a stylish white tank top with holes cut out in it and a jean jacket styled to match the shorts. I was nervous when a staff-san lead me to the photo room. When I walked in I said hello to all the staff-san and my eyes were met with the deep golden eyes of Inuyasha. He looked great, we had on the same shade of grey jeans and a white shirt. We looked like a couple trying to match each other. I bowed my head to him when I saw him across the room. He didn't greet me with his normal smirk, he looked very serious I didn't know how to read his facial expression.

The photographer instructed us to stand in front of the camera and told us he wanted an image that would stand out on shelves and draw people to look inside and read our article. He said he wanted it to be shocking. He then instructed Inuyasha to sit on the floor and for me to sit on his facing him. My face turned red… I had to sit on his waist… I've never sat on someone like that before. I stood over Inuyasha with a leg on each side of him. I could feel a blush on my face. He gave me a reassuring look and told me to sit.

I did as he instructed. I could feel his body in between my legs, It was such an intimate position to be in. I was blushing and my whole body was tense. He lifted his torso off the ground and pulled me close to him. "Just try to relax… you look beautiful Kagome." He whispered in my ear. I nodded my head and tried to calm myself… but him saying something like that… he never gave me a compliment like that before... and the look he kept giving me. I didn't know how to read it. I've never seen that look in a man's eyes before.

I stayed with him like that as we finished up the photoshoot. It took about an hour and a half to get all the shots they needed and said they would send us some shots as well as a preview of the magazine when it was completed and it would be out next week.

I wanted to talk to Inuyasha some more but right after we completed our photoshoot he left without saying goodbye. Which was odd. He normally would say goodbye at least. I didn't like parting with him like this.

To be continued...


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