Song of Memories– Chapter 10: The Preparation
All of them headed to the dressing room and opened their closets. Their clothes were replaced by new ones that are appropriate for the theme and were also their favorites. Fine was the first one to finish choosing clothes.
"Rein, Altezza! I would be going now! I will just take a shower. Ja~ne!"Fine went to her room and took a shower.
Altezza was the second one to finish picking her clothes.
"Rein! Choose faster! I will be heading to my room now. See yah!"Altezza left Rein alone in the dressing room because she also needs to prepare herself.
Rein was still choosing until she saw clothes that are girly but simple. She immediately closed her closet and went to her room then took a bath. After they took a shower, they wore their clothes that they have chosen a while ago.
Fine came out wearing a white mini-short with pink belt decorated with hearts, a sleeveless white top with collar and has few pink designs, a glimmering pink blazer and a pair of white rubber shoes with light shades of pink. She put her hair intwin ponytails tied with a pink heart pony and is fully curled.
Rein wore a light blue t-shirt with black gloves, shorts with black stockings and light blue doll shoes. Her hair is in high single ponytail tied with blue checkered handkerchief.
Altezzawears an apple green top with long bell sleeve, pants with yellow belt and yellow closed shoes. Her curly hair is down and an apple green band is attached on top of her head.
After all of them were completely prepared, they all went to the make-up section. Altezza and Rein quickly sat on their own dresser and began to put cosmetics on their faces while Fine just look into the mirror. Rein and Altezza noticed this and started a conversation.
"Ne, Fine. Why don't you apply make-up?"Rein asked.
"Because I hate them! And don't even dare to apply make-up on my face or else you're dead!"
"Ki ni shinaide, I don't like to apply cosmetics on your face. But, how about putting powder, perfume and lotion? They are just mild and you need them. Powder to conceal dirt on your face, perfume makes you smell wonderful and lotion makes your skin fair and smooth."
"Yeah! Just try those three. They are the most important cosmetics but mild for young skin."Altezza butted in.
"Alright, alright. I will just apply little amount of it but you owe me again 1 piece of cake."Fine surrendered.
"Okay!"
Fine grabbed her powder and sprinkled a little amount of it to her hand and rubbed it to her face in equal proportion. Afterwards, she took out a red box decorated with ribbons from the drawer and opened it. It was covered with dried rose petals but underneath the petals, there lies a pink bottle with perfume inside it. When Fine sprayed it to her neck and clothes, a sweet scent of wild roses filled the room.
"Mmmm… Sweet…"
"Ne Fine, where did you get that perfume? It smells great!"Altezza asked.
"Yeah! Tell us, tell us!"Rein said excitingly.
"Well… This perfume came from my mother. She made it herself. She gave this to me when I was 8 years old. I treasured it so much that I didn't even use it even once. I really like to try it but I thought that it might be all used up so I asked my mother if she could teach me how to make one and she agreed to it. She told me that I could make one even out of other fragrant flowers but roses are still the best. Also, the technique of making it is kept a secret so I will keep it as a secret too unless, I will have a female child. The technique was only known by our generations and no one else. Even their friends don't know it so I won't tell you."
"Oh… I see…"Rein said in a sad tone.
"Fine, does it last long?"Altezza asked curiously.
"Yes! The scent will last long but if you will wash the part where you sprayed the perfume, the scent will disappear."
"Then, if you don't want to tell us the secret on how to make it, would you at least make us one?"Rein asked.
"Yeah! That's a great idea! So Fine, will you agree?"
"Well, I suppose… Alright, but roses, sweet pea, jasmine, white flower, cherry blossoms, moonflower, magnolia, lilac, freesia, violet, gardenia and flowers that are colored pink, white and red are forbidden."
"But why is it forbidden?"Altezza asked.
"It is against the rule. Only our generations can use those kinds of flowers."
"Oh, I see… But it's a relief that my favorite flower is not included."Altezza said in relief.
"Yeah, me too…"Rein sighed.
"So, what kind of flower do you like to be made as a perfume?"
"Mine would be Hyacinth!"Rein said.
"Plum blossoms would be mine!"Altezza raised her hand in the air.
"Alright! In order to make one, you will need to pick at least 10 pieces of the flowers you liked but the more the merrier. Give it to me tomorrow but for now, we need to go to the park where the concert will be held or else we will be late."
"How about the lotion?"Rein asked worriedly.
"I wouldn't need it for I always apply at night."
"But I thought you don't apply anything in your skin?"Altezza asked.
"My mother told me to do this since I was a kid. But only powder, perfume and lotion are the cosmetics allowed. Now let's get going!"
They lost track of the time because of chatting. The time is now 10:00 am and they still have 15 minutes left before the concert. They immediately went to the basement of the building to ride in the service van but Altezza forgot to wear jewelry so she ran to her dresser and choose an accessory. She can't find a good one but she lacks time to choose but she remembered the Legendary Lovers Cupid gem necklace that she made earlier. She grabbed it and wore it immediately. She ran down to the basement and rode the service van.
"Good thing you just made it in time!"Rein high-fived with her.
"Yeah! You made it at 10:05 am! But 10 minutes to go and the concert will start! We better hurry!"Fine said panicking.
Altezza is still catching her breath even she is sitting already. The driver suddenly spoke and instructed them what to do.
"Please fasten your seatbelts. We are going to speed up."
Everyone fasten their seatbelts and the van speed up. They reached the Happy Park at exactly 10:15 am. The three immediately went to the backstage of the Happy Park Stadium and waited for the speaker to introduce them.
Breathe in, breathe out… Don't inhale, inhale! Or else your face will become violet. Nah, they don't need that.