Fuwa Sho's jaw dropped open, watching the replay interview of Kyoko and Ren during the Dark Moon cast party. He slowly turned into a namahage as the video goes on, how Kyoko smiled at the camera, how she blushed when the reporter praised her portrayal as Mio, and on how... how the actor beside her gazed at her as if she's the only woman in the world.
Don't tell me... this guy... towards Kyoko...
Sho sprinted from his seat. He needed to talk to her immediately! He won't let that platform wearing actor steal her from him... anyone but her.
"Where do you think you were going, Sho?" His manager asked, grabbing his arm. "You have a guesting in TBM, I won't let you cancel it."
Sho clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Fine. I just need to call Pochi." Sho took his phone and dialed Mimori's number.
"Pochi." He said when he heard the other line accepted the call.
"Sho-chhaaan! You called Mimori!" Her squealed echoed from the other line.
"Yes, yes. I have a favor to ask for you."
"I will do anything for my Sho-chan!"
"Inform me whenever Kyoko is present in school." He ordered.
"EH?! Why would Sho-chan still concern his self towards that girl?!" She whined. "No way! No way! No way!"
"Pochi, I will give you a hot and passionate kiss," Sho swore he heard her swoon.
"Mimori will do it Sho-chan! You can count on it!"
Sho didn't even give a word of thanks and dropped the call.
Sho felt uncomfortable under LME's Kanzaki Mako's stare, he was studying him thru his gazes, while the hairstylists blow-drying their hair.
"You want something from me?" Sho asked finally.
Mako blinked. "I was wondering... if your hair is natural blond?"
It was Sho's turned to blink. What kind of question is that? He wondered. "No, I dyed it. What about you?" He asked back. "Are you wearing contacts or it's naturally blue?"
"Oh, it's natural." He smiled at him. "By the way Sho-kun, I've been meaning to ask you... why did you gradually change your genre halfway?"
"What?" The blond man asked in confusion.
"I mean, you started as a pop-country singer, but after a year so, you changed into pop-rock."
"Because Country is the least listened genre."
"Hmm... that's right." Mako glanced at him thru the mirror. "But you know, when you switched your genre, it was like... a different person."
"Of course, with different genre and style, you can really see the changes."
"No, I'm not talking about you, as a singer, but rather, your songs... it was like... it was written by a different person."
Shoko's heart thumped. Sho laughed. "You're imagining things Kanzaki-san, whether it's pop, rock, or country, the composer is still the same, and it's me."
"But your rock songs that Bridge Rock covered as a country hit the charts."
"They got lucky," Sho smirked.
"Really? Is that so?" Mako giggled. He stood up when the stylist was done with his hair and glared at Sho. "I thought because they sang the original song."
Sho whipped his head towards him when he felt chills throughout his body. Mako smiled brightly at him.
"I guess... There still lots of people who love country music, right?" He grinned at him. "Well, I'll be heading first to the backstage~ see ya~"
Sho narrowed his at him.
"What are you doing here, Vie Ghoul?"
"What do you mean by that?!"
"Fuwa Sho is plagiarist?!"
"No way!"
Reino immediately bombarded with questions. "You will reach the same conclusion when you know Kyoko's past."
"H-How can you address her name with such intimacy! Immediately dropping the honorific!" Hikaru protested with a blushing face.
Kiyora and Dasuku grinned at the blushing boy. "You llllliiiiike her!" They teased.
Hikaru blushed harder. "Wha –! How could –! There's no way –!"
"Wow... he can't even finish his sentences." Miroku chuckled.
"Seriously Reino, how did you come up with that conclusion?" Kanzaki Mako asked their leader, ignoring the noises when Vie Ghoul members started to teased Hikaru.
Reino sighed and dropped the bombed. "Bridge Rock's 'Muse'... is our 'Muse' as well."
Everyone in the room fell silent. You could even hear a pin drop before their exploded reactions.
"WHAT?!"
Their loud voices caught the attention of several employees and bypassers.
"Know her past, and you will know everything about her and Fuwa Sho." With that, Reino, together with his bandmates left the room.
The LME talents shared a look.
"Kyoko-chan... is Vie Ghoul's composer?" Yuusei whispered in disbelief.
"Is that the reason why Vie Ghoul was so cool about being in the place?" Shinichi seconded.
"Kyoko-chan's past... not it made me curious..." Hikaru mumbled.
Mako put a hand on his chin, thinking deeply. "Well, Kyoko-san mentioned that she was a live singer before..." He mumbled. "But she didn't mention about having a connection with Fuwa Sho..."
They jumped when Mako's alarm gone off. It was a reminder alarm for his talk show guesting in the building.
"I gotta go! We better keep these things as a secret to ourselves, or Kyoko-san will get mad at us." He said seriously.
"Roger!"
The three Bridge Rock members saluted at the leaving fellow LME talent.
"'Let Her Go' and 'Beautiful in White' are two emotionally contrasting songs, and you released them as 'Fuji Shouta' and as 'Kanzaki Mako' respectively. Can we already assume that you are now in a romantic relationship with someone? Thus, the song 'Beautiful in White' after being brokenhearted in 'Let her Go'?" The audience squealed quite loudly. Mako chuckled, subtly clearing his throat before answering.
"No, no. I'm not in a relationship at the moment." The boy smirked. "Actually, 'Beautiful in White' started as a Love Me mission from Takarada-sachou. When I started in LME, he gave me a mission to write an original song for a wedding."
"Oh, is that by any chance Utada Mimi's wedding?"
"Yes." Mako nodded. "Anyway, I've been struggling at first because I can't get the right... 'feeling' for the song, since I still have an emotional hangover from 'Let Her Go', and my debut depended on it."
"Wow... I can imagine the pressure." The host mumbled sympathetically.
"Right?" He concurred. "After finishing the song for like... more than a month, another problem lies on the recording."
"I don't see any problem regarding your vocals." The host raised an eyebrow.
"Unfortunately, the problem didn't lie on my vocals, but rather, here." He pointed at his chest. "My first three recordings were all massive failures." He chuckled. "My songs as 'Kazanki Mako' don't have a heart."
"I beg to differ Kanzaki-san, 'Let Her Go' was an example. You put your heart and soul to it."
"That was 'Fuji Shouta's' song." He stated seriously. "But as 'Kanzaki Mako' even that song will sound dull and empty."
"I see…" The host stage whisper. "So, someone reached your heart?" She teased.
Mako slightly blushed, running his hand thru his hair. "Well, she helped me open my eyes," He smiled "she let me see the things that I ignore before. I was rushing in my career and failed to see the simplest things."
"Oh? Is she... perhaps your potential girlfriend?" The host raised her eyebrow when he suddenly laughed.
"She's... a good friend... and I want to remain it that way." He answered carefully.
Sho narrowed his eyes at the man. When he mentioned the words 'Love Me' he was so sure who the girl he was referring to, and it's no doubt his Kyoko! He clenched his fist that was hidden from the camera.
How dare her to get cozy with another man! With another singer!
Suddenly, his words from the waiting room came back to his mind. He widened his eyes, watching the fellow singer smiling, as he answered the host's questions carefully.
She didn't tell him… did she?
I need to talk to her, as soon as possible! I will remind her of her rightful place, that's beneath me!
Sho gritted his teeth, getting impatient for the interview that took so long.
Koga Hiromune sighed, bored at the ladies on the video, they all auditioned to be his partner on a certain perfume commercial. "Boring. Boring. Boring." He stated on each and every one of them.
His manager and the director sighed. They are indeed boring.
"I want something new! A new face!" The actor whined. "These actresses are overused!"
"You are right, but where will we find this 'seductress' of yours?" His manager, Ikeda Tetsurou, asked.
Koga was thinking when he heard the staff gossiping.
"Natsu is so beautiful! To think that she's the same actress who played Mio in Dark Moon and the angel on Fuwa Sho's PV."
"Indeed. She's the kind of actress who can do both roles."
"Have you seen her interview during the Dark Moon cast off party? She's like a princess!"
"Who are they talking about?" Koga asked his manager curiously.
"Oh, you mean Kyoko-chan? She's a newbie who starred in Fuwa Sho's Promotional Video, and the one who played Mio in Dark Moon." Tetsu informed his charge.
"Really? I haven't seen it." He took his tablet from his bag and went to Akatoki Entertainment website, he browsed the name of their singers and clicked Fuwa Sho, there are several PVs on the list, but he immediately saw the specific video. It has more views than his other PVs. Koga got curious because most of the reviews he read were talking about the angel who turned into a demon, the actor gaped as he saw the two angels playing, but his focus was on the other one, he never saw the actress before.
His hands were trembling in excitement and shivered from her glare at the end.
"Hiro, are you alright?" The director, Director Shingai, asked worriedly.
"I found her..." He whispered. "I found my seductress..."
"Who?" His manager asked in confusion. Koga handed him the tablet, where the video was replayed from the start.
"You mean Kyoko-chan?" Tetsu asked in clarification.
"Yes!" He exclaimed cheerfully. "I want you to contact her agency, and negotiate with them, ASAP."
"Okay." Tetsu stopped on his tracks "What's her agency again?"
Koga looked at his manager and shrugged. "I don't know, I never heard of her before. Why don't you call Director Ogata then?
"Ah, right." Tetsu excused his self to phoned Director Ogata.
Koga got curious about the girl, so he watched the replay episodes of Dark Moon. He was impressed at her portrayal of such complicated role. Who would've thought that Mio and the sweet angel on the PV were played by the same person? The roles were completely opposite. And during the cast party, she was mind-blowing.
"Oh... I never heard of her before." Director Shingai stated, watching the video over his shoulders. "A newbie?"
"It seems so," Koga stated. "But she doesn't look like a newbie at all."
"Interesting." The Director mumbled excitedly. "To make Ren act seriously with her..." He commented as he watched the interactions between Mio and Katsuki, and as a director who already worked with the actor several times, he can see that he took her acting seriously. "I can't wait to work with her." He said, grinning.
"Me too." Koga agreed. After he watched a couple of episodes, he exited the window and opened a new tab on his browser. He researched for Dark Moon's casts and crew. He clicked Kyoko's name and looked at her profile. His eyes widened when he saw that they have something in common.
"EEEEEEHHHH?!" He exclaimed. "She's from LME?! And Mei-chan's model too?! But why I haven't seen her before?!"
"She is?!" Director Shingai asked in surprised, Mei-chan chose her contracted models carefully. If she caught the enigmatic designer's attention, then it means she's not just some newbie!
"This is getting interesting..." Koga muttered, chuckling in glee. "And look how Tsuruga-kun glanced at her." He referred to the Dark Moon cast party interview.
Director Shingai warily glanced at him. "Oi, oi, what are you planning now?"
Koga grinned at him.
"Nothing~ but isn't it nice to see the pacifist Tsuruga Ren lose his cool and get jealous?"
The director facepalmed.
"Good luck to that!"
[A/N]
My Ghost Hunt story has a foreshadowing events for this story~
