I swear if one of you kill me I won't even complain. I'm not even going to begin to explain what I have been doing for the past month.
I still don't own anything
Where is it. I can't find it. Corn is gone, where could I have put it. I had it in my pocket when I got into that car and now it is gone. Where could it have gone. I hear my alarm buzz in the other room and realize if I don't leave soon I'll be late. But Corn... maybe it fell out in the car. I'll ask Tsuruga Ren whenever he stops into the store next. I hope it doesn't take too long. It feels wrong not to have Corn.
All day. The one time I am hoping to run into him and he disappears. Not a sigh of him at all. I toy idly with the card in my pocket perhaps I could call this number. Perhaps. It would be such an inconvenience to him though he is probably busy.
I spot a pay phone, and feel the change in my pockets it should be enough. I'm off from Darumaya today so I should be able to go to wherever he is and retrieve my precious treasure.
I step into the booth and hesitate as I lay my hand on the phone. It should be fine, hopefully he will have seen it. I dial the number.
It rings once. Twice. Three times. And the answering voice is new to me. He sounds polite and adult as he asks me who I am and what I need. Oh, I haven't said anything yet. "Sorry, my name is Mogami Kyoko, I was given this number last night and told to call if I needed anything. Is Tsuruga Ren-sama available? I think I left something of mine in his vehicle last night and would like to retrieve it."
The silence stretches, or it would if it weren't for the weird squeaking sound going through the line. Is there something wrong with with the line? "Hello?"
The sound stops, and the man returns "Oh, Ren is on set right now, but we should be finishing up for the day at seven. Would you like to meet us here then?" I agree and get the information regarding where they are. And seeing as it is about 5:30 and it will take at least an hour to walk I decide to just go ahead and get moving.
I finally reach the building at 6:41. Now I just need to get to the proper area, I glance at the larger men standing in front of door and some hallways, maybe it would be better to wait in the lobby. I turn around and position myself in near the entry. Hopefully they come out this way.
No, a celebrity of his caliber wouldn't use the front door they would go out a back entrance or side door to avoid unnecessary press and rabid fans. There is absolutely no reason he would leave through the front. Maybe I should wait near the elevators, he has to move to the ground floor at some point. I move to re-position myself accordingly when I happen to see the time. 7:05. I need to figure out where I can find him. Maybe his manager forgot to tell him, and they left already. Corn. What if I never see Corn again. My eyes start to sting. I don't even care too much, I lost the only thing I have to remember him. A precious treasure from a precious friend, and I'm the ingrate who lost it. "How could I lose him?"
Ren Tsuruga
So she called, that didn't take very long. Maybe it isn't her and it is just some random fan. No. Yashiro said she had left something in my car. She must be talking about that stone. Of course she would notice that immediately, and of course I would leave it on the damned coffee table.
We finish filming and I look around. No sign of her. Maybe one of the nearby hallways. No such luck. She must have gotten scared, she probably hasn't been anywhere like this before. I step into the elevator and head to the ground floor. The elevator doors open, and there is still no sign of her.
Yashiro is idly chatting and speculating from behind me as I walk towards the lobby. He appears to think this must be some secret girlfriend or something, and it seems a waste of time to explain I really just gave her a lift to her apartment.
She is crying. She is looking down and her bangs hide it almost entirely but I know she is crying. Why the hell is she crying. "Mogami?" I try to keep the panic out of my voice. I reach out to lift her chin so her eyes will meet mine. Before I can touch her, her head jerks up and her eyes... It has to be her, no one else could have the same eyes.
"Are you ok?" I try to cover my joy at knowing it is her, she wouldn't be able to understand. And, perhaps, I'm also not ready to explain. She wipes her eyes with the back of her hands and dips into a sudden bow. By the time she finishes apologizing and stand back up, her face is brilliant and shining if I hadn't seen her before I would have never realized she had been crying at all. After her assurances that she is in fact fine, I begin to steer her towards my car. I open the door for her and once we are situated she begins the real reason for her call.
Kyoko Mogami
"You didn't happen to find a small purple gem in your car did you?" I bow again "I know it's and intrusion on your night but it was a precious gift and I know I had it before I ran into you yesterday, and I was just hoping that maybe you had seen it." I'm chattering away without letting him get I word in. I close my mouth with and audible snap so he can hopefully answer me.
I watch as he runs his long fingers through his brown hair, and he sighs. With that sigh I feel like my hope deflates too. He must think this is such a waste of time. The he glances in the rear view mirror at me and smiles. "I noticed it when I got out of the car last night, I took it inside with me." He glances pointedly at his manger who looks chagrined. "But someone called me in a fit this morning, and in the chaos I neglected to grab it."
"Oh... well I can get it back whenever I see you next. It will be okay" I try not so sound sad at putting off reuniting with Corn.
"Actually I have an overseas shoot that will take my out of Japan for a few weeks." Naturally, it will be a few weeks before I get Corn. "If you have a little bit of time we can run to my apartment and then I can drop you off at home." As happy as I am about this, I can't help but question why is manager is squealing.
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