Chapter 10 - Golden Girl Once Again
"To hate something that you used to love is such a painful feeling" - Ciel Phantomhive
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Italics = flashback
Nearly a week had passed since the unfortunate incident. The event caused everyone to feel uneasy for many reasons. Ittoki leaned on his balcony railing, remembering the episode. He couldn't shake it off his mind. That devastating look Haruka had and that horrid sapphire blue of Haruka's so called sister's eyes as she looked to Haruka in desperation and guilt. Ever since the development, Haruka had been so quiet, especially since she had purposely enveloped herself in her work.
It was obvious to everyone, that Haruka was deeply hurt, by Saotome actions and Tsukiko's secrecy. And with the recent advertisements on social media and T.V's of the great idol Runaway returning to her career, were more than Haruka could take so she locked herself in her room. Not even Tomochika could get her to smile anymore.
Everyone was worried about her. Ittoki looked to the night sky, recalling the gloomy affair.
Haruka's devastated eyes were no longer the colour of green and yellow, as they quickly dulled in colour and went glassy with tears. Tsukiko continued to look forward and refused to look at the shattered look of her sister's face. She knew that if she looked back, her own heart would break out of guilt alone.
"Die?!" Haruka yelled out, the desperation of the situation was sinking further into her mind.
"Well, we can't have a dead idol on my hands, can we?" Saotome chuckled jokingly, still smirking with a sick glint in his eyes.
"Stop joking around Saotome! What kind of contract is that?! Till she dies?! What the hell!" Masato yelled, it was a surprise when he yelled out. But everyone ignored his out of character moment and continued the issue at hand.
"You children don't understand, she has everything to be the best idol in the world! Imagine the life she is going to live! The fame! The fortune!" Saotome started twirling and blushing, the images of such a life were consuming his childish mind. This made everyone in the room more pissed than before.
"She's sick! She shouldn't be returning to a career that could kill her! Don't you understand the risk?!" Haruka frustration was getting the best of her, she was standing and her hands were going white with the force of her clenching her fist.
"Oh well. She will have to deal with it when the time comes." Saotome smiled sweetly at them, titling his head trying to add to his innocence. Haruka eyes widened and her mouth gaped at that, did he not care at all?! If she sings as much as she used to she could trigger a relapse of the cancer cells! Her sister was at the hands of Satan itself!
"We have to get going now. We have her second debut concert to plan!" Saotome's evil smirk graced itself onto his face. He turned and placed his hand on the small part of Tsukiko's back, making sure she followed along with him.
Ittoki sighed to himself. The concert was tonight, he had seen the advertisements and promos for it for the last four days. It was strange looking at the adverts because Tsukiko's face was never on them. Ittoki sighed, it must be Saotome's way of drawing in the crowd. He had heard that the concert was sold out within a day though and that there was going to be a live coverage of the event on the T.V.
He looked up to the night sky once again, it was going to start within an hour.
Haruka was holding two white slips in her hands, they were VIP tickets to Tsukiko's concert tonight.
She stared at them, emotions swimming in her eyes. She received the tickets this morning, they were on the ground in front of her door, she didn't know who delivered them but she was confused.
She knew that Saotome would never let her see Tsukiko so he was out.
She didn't know anyone involved in the concert besides...Tsukiko...
Did Tsukiko send her the tickets? Why? She didn't seem interested to defend herself when she last saw them! Haruka shook her head violently, she wouldn't believe her sister would send her tickets after what happened!
She unexpectedly heard a knock at her door. Standing, she went to open her door, the knocking got more sporadic and impatient as she walked to the door. Slightly irritated by this person's impatience nature, she opened the door with an annoyed look. Unsurprisingly it was Ittoki, he had been quite persistent in trying to make her happy lately.
'Haruka-chan! We have to watch the concert together!' Ittoki smiled happily, hoping she would say yes. Haruka was a little surprised at the request she brought her hand to her face and looked blankly at the tickets again. Ittoki looked to the slips in her hands and noticed that they were in fact tickets to the concert that was going to start soon. Ittoki's smile got wider if possible and he happily stated.
'Haruka-chan! This is great! Your sister wants you to see her perform! We can go together if you like?' He hoped Haruka wasn't against this idea, otherwise he wasn't sure how he was going to get her to see her sister.
'I don't think it's a good idea...' Haruka spoke uncertainly, she didn't know why, but she felt like something bad was going to happen and that just made her not want to go. She assumed it was the sadness over the event earlier this week but she could be wrong.
'Why not?! There is no reason for you not to go! Sure you had a fight, but as a sibling, a sister! You have to go! No matter what! Because that is what siblings do! They are there for each other no matter what!' Ittoki was near yelling at this point. Even though he had no siblings, his friends at the orphanage was the closest thing he had and he would never betray them. So for Haruka to be acting this way to her blood sibling was making Ittoki frustrated even furious.
'I-Ittoki-kun...' Haruka was stunned at his outburst, she couldn't say anything. She was just so surprised by his words.
'Haruka-chan lets go together, it not for me or your sister, but for yourself.' Ittoki smiled softly and stretched his arm to her, and as it seemed an open palm was all she needed. She grasped his hand and they smiled at each other. Haruka closed and locked her door, tickets in hand and ready to go. Until she turned to find all of her friends waiting.
Masato, Natsuki, Tokiya, Ren, Shō and Tomochika. All of them were smiling at her.
(AN: I know this is a bit lazy, but let's just say she developed friendships with them over that week, sorry guys)
She smiled genuinely for the first since the incident. Tears gathered in her eyes as she looked at each of their faces. Words she had almost forgot stirred within her mind as she looked at their smiling faces.
'...find support and love within those who accepts you, ignore the rumours and defend yourself against others.'
I guess you were right Nee-chan. Haruka thought lovingly
'Thank you everyone! Now let's get to that concert!' Haruka happily announced.
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Tsukiko looked out at the stage, she stood on the left wing waiting for the show to start. She hadn't seen Haruka at all, and it weighed her mind down heavily.
Her grandmother placed her hand on her shoulder, her aged face held such a sweet smile for Tsukiko.
'All will be well dear, I bet she is just a bit late.' Her Grandmother's eyes held more hope than she had ever had in her life. Tsukiko just smiled at her Grandmother's words and hugged her. The embrace was extremely loving and she missed these sort of moments. Her Grandmother had been the only one to know about her cancer and the support she got from her made each day just that little bit bearable. Unexpectedly she heard the booming voice of Saotome, as it echoed within the arena. She knew she was going to have to get up on the stage any minute now.
She heard her idol name and she knew that the time was here. She had to get on that stage and start doing the one thing she loved again. And instead of the fear she had felt throughout the week at the fear of relapse, she felt at peace and truly happy. A single tear found its way down her cheek as the passion of her dream started flowing through her veins once again. She walked onto that stage and the cheers had enveloped her being immediately. She was brought back to that day she sung here debut.
She remembered, standing on the stage, hearing hundreds, thousands even millions scream her name as she silently waited for the start of the harmony at her first debut.
That feeling of accepting the warmth of crowds captures her entire body. Being on stage was magic. Feeling the energy of everybody who's out there. And suddenly she heard that rhythmic sound, her song begun.
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Haruka was in awe. She had arrived too late to wish her sister luck, but that didn't stop them from watching the show. And it was spectacular. Her angelic voice hasn't changed.
'If I told you this was only gonna hurt
If I warned you that the fire's gonna burn
Would you walk in? Would you let me do it first?
Do it all in the name of love'
Haruka knew that this song had its ties to the original debut song, but she couldn't help but want to cry at the familiarity of the song.
'Would you let me lead you even when you're blind?
In the darkness, in the middle of the night
In the silence, when there's no one by your side
Would you call in the name of love?'
She knew that her songs were written straight from her heart and she knew that truly her sister was the best idol because of it.
The lights started to dim and she was suddenly saw Tsukiko walking up a spiral staircase that surrounded a podium, she walked up the stairs as she sung.
'In the name of love, name of love
In the name of love, name of love"
The beat was coming and she could see Tsukiko at the top and the beat bashed its way through the stadium as Tsukiko raised her fist.
'In the name of
Love
In the name, name
Love
In the name, name
Love'
She saw her sister jump off the podium giving Haruka a heart attack till she saw her being carried by a by a metal swing of sorts, back down to the main stage. She started singing the next verse. But Haruka noticed something off about Tsukiko's performing.
'If I told you we could bathe in all the lights
Would you rise up, come and meet me in the sky?
Would you trust me when you're jumping from the heights?
Would you fall in the name of love?
When there's madness, when there's poison in your head
When the sadness leaves you broken in your bed
I will hold you in the depths of your despair
And it's all in the name of love'
She sung with a hint of sadness bringing true emotion live to the stage, it was a breathtaking performance but yet sweat formed on Tsukiko's forehead. Her chest tightened again as she reached the longer notes, it was starting to get more painful. She could push through this she knew she could.
'In the name of love, name of love
In the name of love, name of love
In the name of'
Haruka's heart stopped almost in time to the beat drop she didn't expect what happened next. So many things rushed through her mind as she saw the event in front her happen in slow motion.
Tsukiko had collapsed on stage.
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Ahhhhhhh I'm such a terrible person! I haven't updated in so long! I feel so bad so forgive me! But I do have a plan for the next chapter so the next chapter should be out after my exams so in about four weeks. I will try to continue updating but with my transition into year eleven and doing university level courses it's gonna be more difficult than before. The reason I haven't updated in a while was because I had a major case of writer's block. I did not know how to even begin the next chapter but finally I planned out the plot for the next three chapters so that should stop me from having writers block. Also I'm writing this on my iPad now because it's too troublesome to write it on my parent's PC and my laptop is unrepairable (I spilt water on it xD) but thankfully I'm getting a MacBook at Christmas so until then I will be writing via iPad so forgive me for any mistakes.
The song I used for the debut this time is 'In The Name Of Love' by Martin Garrix. Which funnily enough I was listening to while writing this. Remember only constructive criticism and positive reviews!
Love you cookies!