ACHOO! Hello everyone, I have managed to catch a cold which is half the reason I haven't updated. Another was because I was busy finishing the anime Kamisama Hajimemashita, which is pretty good by the way. Either way here is the rest of the story =)
Kyoko's POV
"I can't even bring someone a bottle of water." She overheard Uru-chan murmur herself.
Suddenly Kyoko started to think back to the day when she was Bo the chicken and how she got fired. "I know the feeling." Kyoko-san said making her jump.
"Wait, what?"
"The feeling of failure, I know that feeling very well." She said and smiled. Wait, these two things are completely different. Arrrgh why did I have to go and open my big mouth for? Now she is looking at me with a confused expression. Wait no stop and think, what would Tsuruga-san do!? "I am a waitress too."
GREAT!? Now she really looks confused!
"Ha…Has a customer called you an eyesore too?"
"No," she said rather to quickly, CRAP I should have said yes. The feeling she had reminded her of the day she smacked Moko-chan in the face and gave her a wonderful speech, to then fall short of ideas as to what to do in the audition for the soda commercial. Worst part was, this time she could'nt recall any advice from Tsuruga-san that could help her. Obviously feeling a little awkward from the silence Uru started to walk away.
Ahh come on Kyoko, think of something that would make her happy. Something that would…
*"Our business depends on customers who think: "I'm glad I came here" and "I'd love to come again."…And if you want them to love it then you must never forget the love we feel towards our customers." Kyoko said out loud, reciting the words from a distant memory. Uru walk up to her again, this time more intrigued than before. "That's what I was told while I was training to become a waitress that our job is to obtain the love from our customers" actually it was back at the hotel but what difference does it make "that no matter how sick or sad we are, we must always place a smile in front of the customer."
Uru nodded in confirmation.
"Do you have that love for the customers?"
She nodded her head so violently that Kyoko had to take a step back.
"Do you truly wish to make the customers happy?"
She started to pout, shiver and jump. A little to loud she exclaimed "I do, I do! That's why I applied there! Because I wanted to help put a smile on every.." she started to calm down "everyone's face."
They both looked around and realized that they were being too loud. So Kyoko made sure she didn't have any work and both of them went to her dressing room to finish the conversation.
"You're so lucky." Kyoko said closing the door and sitting down on the chair Tsuruga-san had sat on. "I was once like that, I had this great desire to be loved. But one day that feeling vanished and I asked myself if I have ever truly treated a customer with love or was I just faking my way through the job. Once I realized that I felt like a failure."
Uru gasped in surprise.
"But what do I do now? How do I get over this feeling?"
"As one wise man once told me "If you can't get over one lost job you'll never make it in show biz"^ or in your case "If you can't get over one unhappy customer you'll…you know." It sounded a bit harsh to say you'll never succeed as a waitress. Wow I am just sitting here quoting a bunch of people. "So take advantage of that precious emotion and give it your all."
"Who told you that?"
Kyoko jumped in her seat, because the one that asked that was not Uru.
"Tsuruga-san," she turned toward the door. "What a surprise I didn't hear you."
"Sorry to startle you." He said kindly.
"Well I well take my leave." Uru said standing.
"No!" Kyoko accidently screamed "Um we were not done…."
"It's ok, I feel better!" Uru said with a humongous smile on her face. It was so bright that it was fierce competition with Tsuruga-san's heavenly smile. "You are right, I can't let one failure keep me down. I have to keep smiling and show the customers how much I love them." She continued to walk toward the door.
"Yup" Kyoko confirmed with a smile. "Ahh I should go to."
Tsuruga-san moved and both girls made it out of the room. All three of them started to walk back to the studio.
Innocently Uru asked "So who told you that?"
Kyoko's face froze. Why did she have to say that line? Out of all the people I could have quoted I had to say that one line that Tsuruga-san told BO the chicken.
"Bo the chicken" she whispered looking down. Tsuruga-san please don't ask anything. I cant lie to your face. Wait couldn't I have avoided this by naming someone else? Baka!
"You know Bo?" Tsuruga-san asked as Kyoko continued to look down to the floor.
At that Kyoko looked up and was able to look them both in the face and say "My face is not shown on or anything but I help with the show." Because technically, she wasn't lying.
"Oh like behind the scenes, with the crew members?" Uru asked.
"Yeah." Many times they had her help the crew members, so again she wasn't lieing.
"Um" Uru started shyly while looking at Tsuruga-san.
"Yes?" he asked with a soft smile that made the girl blush.
"Do you know him too?" She asked excited.
"Yes, actually where friends."
"Really?" Excited "What is he/she like? Is he/she as funny as they are on the show?" she realized she was asking to much, so she calmed down. With big curious eyes she asked "Is it a male or a female?"
"I cant answer that." He answered with a chuckle.
Female, a 17 year old female girl. And no I am not as funny as I am on the show. Actually I don't find myself to be funny at all.
"Oh that's true," she said looking a little disappointed "if you tell me that would be ruining the surprise."
No he cant tell you, because he doesn't know.
By this time they were already at the door. She was about to open the door when Tsuruga-san asked a question.
"Do you believe in fairies?"
"Um I know I don't look like it but I am a high school student."
"I know, Im sorry I know it was a strange…" I highly doubt you did. I wasn't even sure if she was. Wait a minute hes laughing at me isn't he? She started to remember and old conversation.
"Fairies are real!" Kyoko stated.
Uru and Tsuruga-san both tried to hold back their laughter.
"Im serious!"
"I'm" few chuckles slip out "I am sure you are." Tsuruga-san said.
Kyoko opened the door feeling a bit offended and walked out leaving them both behind. She skipped over to Maria-chan and Sakura.
"Is Onee-chan ok?" Sakura-chan asked. Just then she caught her and Tsuruga-san entering laughing.
"Yeah, she is fine." Kyoko said turning her back to them. Their smiles were too bright, everyone that saw it was left speechless by it. She even saw some people blushing.
Maria-chan looked at them a little jealous.
"Come on girls, let's go over your lines, ok?"
"Ok" they said in union.
Soon enough Tsuruga-san joined in and replaced Kyoko since he was the one that would be in the scene with them and she had to go and practice. Today she was going to learn the first steps to the dance and she was not that excited. Something told her that she was going to end up running to Tsuruga-san for help. When she turned to them one last time and saw Yoshiro was with them. Oh yeah isn't he usually more attached to Tsuruga-san?
So what do you think? By the way for reference:
*Chapter 5, when she is told why she got eliminated at the auditions and she starts to remember the words of Sho's mother.
^Chapter 23, when Bo meets Ren obviously LOL
I am crappy when it comes to giving advice which is a major reason as to why I took quotes from the manga. If I could I too would quote Ren.
