...Afterwards...
Disclaimer: I do not have any reason of belief to own Sailor Moon or Fushigi Yuugi
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Thank you goes out to:
Myst Lady
Like Cats
Sailor Tsunami
Mars Child
Koyuki
For reviewing and I hope you all will stick around.
3
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They say each human on their pinky toe they have an invisible red string tied there.
So they say that the two people who love each other that red string is tied to each other.
Maybe that's the reason.
Even if I want to escape from you
Even if you shout and cry its not true
Even if the red string tied to my toe gets tangled up
Once again
I start my way towards you...
Perhaps...
My red string is tied to yours...
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"All right people! Mysterious are going to start their come back in less then a week! We've got to get everything ready for them! Everything is ready except for the accessories, outfits, and their makeup style."
There was a meeting going on with the stylists who were assigned to style Mysterious. They were planning their come back this week or so. The office was pretty large and most of the stylists were taking notes and writing down stuff.
"Rei did you talk to Mysterious about their accessory styles?" asked the older stylist who checking out her notebook.
"Yes." Replied Rei as she took out her agenda and opened it taking out a couple of signed papers.
"We agreed that we'll stay simple with the accessories. Not much but a simple rings and necklaces. Also for necklaces we agreed that we won't be using those huge symbolic ones but the old fashion but elegant style necklaces. " The other stylists nodded that it was a nice idea. A lot of celebrities lost their sense of style when they went with wearing accessories that had a huge piece of jewel, the way professionals saw it those made the people wearing them look shallow.
Rei took a few more pieces of paper these ones had drawings of small jewels with different kinds of accessories.
"This is the kind of designs I had in mind. All the members agreed to it so I'll going out to buy a few materials to make them."
All the other stylists nodded in agreement while some of them took notes to what the 19 years old girl said.
Rei walked out of the office starting down the hallway to make her trip to the special shop that offered her great deals of materials. She knew that she had to do a great job on her assignment. Her pride was on the line on this job and their was no way she was going to get criticized for the accessory designs she made for Mysterious. She was determined to make the accessories that the Mysterious members were wearing to make it the most wanted accessories in the media and the entertainment business. Their accessories were going to be a one of a kind...made by herself...Rei Hino.
"Where're you going?"
Rei groaned as she heard the very familiar voice of the person who liked to torture her. She honestly thought that in their past lives they must have had some sort of a evil connection together. Tauski Kou that person and Rei Hino.
"I'm going to do my job." Said Rei her face set expressionless after all this guy was a celebrity what would the media write if they caught one of the stylist having a fit because of him.
"So you're finally taking a step as Mysterious's stylist? Congratulations!!"
"Thank you for congratulating me but I have no time stay here and chit chat with you Mister Tasuki Kou. So may I leave your presence?" As usual Rei's tone remained sharp and professional to Tasuki.
Tasuki Kou found out that he formed some sort of a weird habit now a days. When we would just sit still he found himself hearing Rei's sharp words. Her expression and tone whenever she refuses to lose a fight. He found himself chuckling at it even without her presence. Plus...the more he laughed the more he missed her presence. So he would always throw a joke at her whenever he saw her.
"What if I say no!!"
At Tasuki's 'just joking' look Rei bowed her head down and muttered to herself.
"He always wants everything to go his way."
"Hey!! What are you muttering to yourself? Like some crazy person..."
At the word of 'crazy person' Rei snapped her head back glaring hard Tasuki who looked relaxed and smiling like a fool.
"What is your business if I go crazy?" she snapped at him but she had no idea how much enjoyment she was giving Tasuki.
"Of course I have business in it! If our stylist goes crazy what will happen to our fashion sense!" Tasuki replied to her with a bright smile and Rei hated that smile more then the beginning. She started to mutter to herself again.
"Honestly I hate everything about him from one to ten. Hate it for real."
Tasuki continued to watch Rei mutter to herself and amusement was written all over his face.
"What are you saying to yourself now? Are you really crazy?"
Tasuki looked at Rei suspiciously and started to poke Rei's forehead with his index finger as if she was really crazy. Rei waved his hand away and looked at him with her mouth opened with shock.
"Why are you going around poking my forehead?!"
Tasuki looked at her his eyes opened wide as if she didn't already know.
"To see if you were really crazy."
"When a person goes crazy you don't go and poke them in the head!!!" Rei clutched her hands into a fist not believing she was having this conversation with him
"Well...I just the that maybe your temperature rose and that you lost it for a moment."
As always Tasuki refused let alone lose a few words. Rei let out a frustrated sigh wishing that she could just break his nose that was stuck so high above the clouds with his confidence. She shook her head at Tasuki and walked passed him after taking a peek at her watch.
"Yo! Rei Hino!!" cried Tasuki as if he'd known Rei all his life like some sort of a buddy.
"What! What do you want with a crazy woman?"
"You're going to buy materials to make the accessories right? Let's go together."
Without even waiting to hear what Rei had to said about he just grabbed her hand and walked out of the huge building.
"Why should I go with you?"
"I said I'll take you and you have so much to say about it. Honestly."
They got to the parking lot and Rei was still arguing that she could walk their by herself.
"Walk? How would you able to walk carrying all those materials? Do you think your superwoman or something?"
Rei just couldn't believe that she was going to be stuck with this for two hours if she went with him.
"I don't care. With you around I probably wouldn't be able to take of my work properly."
"Really? Fine, but you know Rei Hino, when an older brother says something the younger sister should listen."
"Older brother! You wish! How are you treat someone like an older brother when they don't act like an older brother."
"Same goes for me as well. I'm not treating you like a younger sister because you aren't acting like a proper younger sister. You and I are so similar."
Tasuki smiled with victory as Rei got in the car muttering to herself. Tasuki followed and started the engine taking the road.
"You better stop muttering to yourself before I stop the car and grab my fan and tell them you and I are going out."
Rei gave a sarcastic laugh and smirked to him as if like a challenge.
"Let's you try."
Tasuki shrugging started to turn the car to stop where a bunch of teenage girls were.
"What are you crazy!!" she yelled grabbing Tasuki's steering wheel and steered the car away from the girls.
"You're the one who challenged me."
Rei shook her head not believing this guy sitting next to her.
"Do you really want a scandal that badly?"
Tasuki tilted his head one side as if saying maybe and replied,
"If there's a scandal I wouldn't be the one struggling with it, it'll be you. So little lady watch what you say next time because I could grab someone and say I'm dating our new stylist."
The car ride was only silent once in awhile which didn't last more then 40 seconds because Tasuki was keep on teasing and joking with Rei which probably gave her a huge headache. It took Rei half an hour to decide on the materials she wanted and an extra half an hour to keep Tasuki waiting in the car. After getting her materials Tasuki rove them to the mall to stall some time they had left.
Tasuki walked into an accessory selling store and started to look around by himself while Rei was looking at some on the designs they had. Their designs were simple kinds that teenage and preteens would have.
"Excuse me Miss." Tasuki called to the assistant working at the counter. The teenage girl who had a lot of piercing walked over to Tasuki trying to not look nervous. Obviously she was a fan of him.
"This ring. How much is it?" He asked pointing to the silver ring with a small gem in the middle.
"$35 dollars."
"I'll take it. Can you wrap it?" He asked and the assistant nodded hastily.
"Here you go sir." She said handing him the navy blue cover box.
Tasuki smiled at the assistant and she went bright red. Rei walked over to him and they walked out of the shop.
"What did you buy?" she asked with curiosity.
"My girlfriend's present." He replied putting the box in his jacket pocket. Rei's eyes went huge as if not believing what she just heard.
"Girlfriend? You know if you look around there's a lot of people who look like their your fans. Looks like I found a weakness in you then. If I go to those people and say that you have a girlfriend I bet there'll be a huge chaos." Said Rei smirking with confidence and Tasuki returned that smirk.
"Go ahead. While your telling those people I'll just go to those kids and say that you're my girlfriend." With that Tasuki started to walk away from Rei knowing that he won another round of their not counted matches.
Rei stood there not believing the fact this guy beat her so many times. She was so angry for keeping getting fooled by him. In her heart she screamed out 'stupid moron!' of course she couldn't do that out loud. Especially in public. In the front page of a newspaper in huge letters it'll say,
'MYSTERIOUS MEMBER TASUKI CALLED AS A STUPID MORON BY THEIR STYLIST IN PUBLIC!!!'
She had to let it pass for now. She started to run to catch up with Tasuki who was probably so proud of himself.
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A daring fate.
A daring smile.
A daring action.
A daring thought.
And a daring heart.
When I'm with him I become daring.
He was a daring presence to me.
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"TAMAHOME SOU!! YOU COME BACK HERE AND STAND STILL!!" yelled Serena her face all red and the five out of three members of Mysterious were cracking up. Serena held the measuring tape hard glaring at Tamahome not believing what was happening. She was here for only four-five days and this was what she was getting. She remembered the first day she met Tamahome which wasn't a long time ago. He agreed that he'll out in anyways possible to make her stay easy, but here he was causing her work to be very difficult. She was wondering if this guy had a very short remembrance.
"Come on Serena! Lighten up! Aren't I better then Amiboshi? I mean he cracked up as soon as the measuring tape touched him saying that it tickles!" he argued trying to seem as if he was doing her a favour. Serena shook her head she didn't know she matured this much. Then again if you work with children you have no choice but to mature as quickly as possible.
'I bet Ami and Rei have more luck going on then me.'
"Stop giving the girl a hard time and get yourself measured." Said Chichiri smiling at his friend while enjoying the show the two were performing.
"Yeah, unless your afraid that your head and your stomach's getting fat." Commented Nakago with a smirk on his face. Tamahome faked a horror face and placed a hand on his forehead as if he was going to faint.
"How could you say such a thing! After all I'm not the conceited guy that got told by stylist for not introducing himself!" Tamahome yelled back and he smirked with victory when he saw Nakago's face go red with either anger or embarrassment.
"Hey! I remember the last time I introduced myself I got told by saying my name when the whole country knows it, that by introducing myself I was showing confidence of the King of England. I have no idea what they meant but after that I decided I wouldn't introduce myself again." Defended Nakago as everyone else rolled their eyes as if telling the blond hair boy that they'll believe the fact that he's the King of England before his excuse.
"Go and get measured Tamahome! Show Nakago that you're not getting fat." Said Amiboshi showing encouragement but there was slight teasing behind it. Tamahome tossed his head up high and stood in front of Serena, his arms out stretched.
Serena gave a smile and started to measure his arms, legs, neck length, shoulder length, the circumference of his head, and his waist.
"Waist 55cm!" she yelled out to Amiboshi who took the favour of writing down his measurements. As soon as Serena yelled the measurement out the whole group burst out laughing.
"Tamahome you're getting chubby!!" yelled out Amiboshi holding his stomach from falling off the couch.
"Last year he was 35cm! I wonder what happened that he started to get bigger!!" cried out Nakago walked up to Tamahome who was standing still obviously not pleased. Nakago started to poke Tamahome's stomach and shook his index finger at Tamahome.
"You should really watch your figure my friend." And Tamahome slapped Nakago's finger away and crossed his arms.
"Shut up Nakago! There's nothing wrong with gaining weight."
Serena shook her head and said,
"It would be nothing for other people but celebrity has to watch their figure. The media makes a big fuss out of little things. I mean tomorrow morning in the front page saying, 'MYSTERIOUS'S LEADER TAMAHOME SOU TURNING INTO A HUMAN PIG!!' That wouldn't be really pleasant."
Chirchiri shook his head with a bright smile on his face looking sympathetically at the dark greenish colour haired boy.
"Its no wonder you gained weight. I mean you eat two pounds of chocolate everyday and the only exercise you do is probably running from fans."
Serena watched happily as the group members teased each other about how they should watch their 'girlish figures'. Of course it was Tamahome who said that remark to Nakago which made the blond hair boy attack the dark greenish haired boy to the couch. Their friendship was so nice to look at. While looking at them her eyes remained glued to only one person. Tamahome Sou. She didn't know what it was but she felt something about him pulling her towards him.
"Hey don't you need to measure Tasuki?" asked Tamahome since Tasuki was the only one who was missing. Serena shook her head and replied,
"No. He came by in the morning and said to take his measures ahead of time because he had to go somewhere." They all missed the slight darken face of Nakago's face for a moment as if he wasn't pleased about something.
The group slowly moved out to either go practice more or to go and eat lunch. Only Amiboshi and Tamahome remained and Tamahome left to the hallway to go to the soda machine. Amiboshi hesitantly approached Serena and cleared his throat.
"What is it Amiboshi?" she asked looking at the sandy blond hair boy who looked as if something was on his mind.
"Did you ever talk to Chichiri alone? I mean did you get acquainted with him?"
Serena looked at the 19 years old boy in slight confusion but nodded her head.
"Yes I did. I got acquainted with him yesterday." She wanted to ask why but felt that Amiboshi was sensible enough to ask with a reason.
"What do you think of him?"
Serena was caught off by guard. Did he think that she was the type to judge people as nasty people? Or like in romance novels she read did he want to pair her up with Chichiri. Serena decided to not jump into conclusions after all jumping into conclusions got her into a lot of troubles before.
"He's very bright and cheerful, a nice kind and a very wonderful person to be around. Then again I think you all are." She said hoping she gave the right reply. Amiboshi's face slightly scrunched up as if he was confused with something.
"Do you happen to know if Rei got acquainted with Chichiri?"
"I'm not sure but probably."
"All right. Thank you Serena. Bye."
She watched at the boy walked out scratching his head. She was curious to know what he was thinking about but knew it wasn't any of her business. Suddenly a bag of potato chips appeared in front of her face.
"Want some?" asked Tamahome a mouth of chips but not spiting any out of his mouth. Serena took a handful and slightly glared at Tamahome.
"Reduce eating junk food." She watched Tamahome just smile in reply and couldn't help but secretly wish that he wasn't a celebrity but an ordinary man.
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I wanted to be pretty.
I wanted to be lovely.
I wanted to receive interest.
That...
Was what I wanted to be for him.
I wanted to be loved.
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Out of the three Ami was the one who didn't talk a lot.
Strong willed that she gets into a lot of fights with boys and more over comfortable to be with was Rei. Bright and loves to be surrounded by people was Serena. Ami was nothing like any of them. Whenever someone said something funny Ami instead of laughing she only gave a small smile. She would try to avoid talking unless it was something important. Sometimes Ami would wonder, how was she able to befriend people like Rei and Serena.
While everyone else was taking a break Ami was drawing something focusing her mind on it. Ami loved to draw people. Whenever she drew the face of the person she didn't like she would look at their face she see all their good features that she would normally miss. That was why she found it hard to dislike other people. Even still there were people she couldn't go near.
She looked at the portrait she drew. Chirchiri Ri. Whenever Ami drew a person she needed that person to be with her so she could examine their features, but she was able to draw Chichiri without him with her. After all even if she did ask Chichiri or if he was just standing nearby she doubt she would be able to draw him. There were two reasons why she wouldn't be able to draw near Chichiri's presence. One...her mind seemed to stop working and she would go blank around him. Second...whenever she entered a room that Chichiri was in or if Chichiri came into a room where she was present he would leave.
Ami saw the way Chichiri was around other people. Cheerful and bright. Like the image she saw of him on television but strangely around her he would be silent and cold. She didn't understand why he was like that with her. She didn't remember doing anything to offend him so why did it seem like he didn't like her. As Ami continued to ponder her thought in the lounge she didn't notice someone coming in.
"What are you doing here all alone?" asked a smooth gentle male voice. Ami looked up and saw Amiboshi looking down at her smiling warmly.
"Nothing much."
Amiboshi took a seat next to her and peeked at the drawing she drew.
"That's really nice." He commented taking the portrait off her hands and taking a better look at it.
"He's not smiling. His eyes don't have that shine as many people see in his eyes. Instead pain is written all over his eyes, some invisible pain that no one could see except those who understand him. The scar seems very symbolic. This is a very different portrait of Chichiri. I mean we get fan arts from fans and when I look at Chichiri he's always smiling. This is the first picture where he's different."
Ami blushing and feeling self conscious about her drawing of Chichiri she grabbed it from Amiboshi.
"I'm sorry. But I didn't exactly planned on letting you see that picture. More honest, no one was suppose to see it."
Amiboshi's smile slightly weakened feeling guilty about just taking the picture off her hands.
"I'm sorry." He offered his apologies to the blue haired girl who was tracing the picture with her fingers. Just like how she did when he first saw her. Tracing Chichiri's picture.
"That's okay." Ami traced around Chichiri's face then around his eyes and then to his scar. She sometimes felt as if she was obsessed with Chichiri. He was the only celebrity she usually paid attention to. She didn't even watch that much television but she never missed a show where Chichiri appeared in.
"Are you upset about it?"
Ami turned to look at Amiboshi, her ocean blue eyes held confusion as if she didn't understand what he meant, and shock as if she got caught for some crime.
"What do you mean?"
Amiboshi just gave her a small understanding smile and Ami waited for the sandy blond haired boy to continue on.
"Upset that Chichiri is different to you. On television and to the public he's known as the most warmhearted member of the group and yet he's cold to you. On television and to the public he's cheerful and always smiling for anyone and yet he didn't give you one single smile. On television and to the public you see him so friendly with everyone and yet he doesn't speak a single word to you. You feel as if you did something wrong to Chichiri because you are the only one he treats differently."
Ami couldn't hide her shock at how much Amiboshi knew. He knew so much she felt her palms go sweaty a sign that a person is nervous. Ami wanted to open her dry lips and deny it. She didn't know why she wanted to deny it but she just did. She wanted to stand up and yell at Amiboshi that he was wrong. But...she couldn't. Two reasons. One, she could never yell at anyone to make herself feel better. Two, she knew it was true. Wasn't that what she was pondering about just before Amiboshi came in.
Amiboshi got up from his seat next to Ami and looked down at her sympathetically.
"Don't worry. Sooner or later he'll be warm to you as well. This is just another side of Chichiri that the media doesn't know about. The side where not even some of the members know about."
With that Amiboshi walked out leaving Ami alone with her thoughts. Only she wasn't alone for a long time. Chichiri walked in to the lounge. He stopped midway when he saw her and she saw that he was wearing a blue contact of his mahogany to match the other eye. She didn't like it. If she couldn't see the original mahogany eyes he started his life with she would prefer the one original eye he started with and the replacement of the other eye.
Ami rose from her seat and looked at Chichiri who was standing near the doorway.
"Hello." Ami managed to say while nodding her head, which seemed to stiff.
Chichiri just looked at her once and walked across the room and entered another room. At his disappearance Ami felt upset at him again. Just a greeting...just one word...that was all he could give...and she could be very happy...
And... Ami blamed herself who seemed so stupid.
Why couldn't she just laugh out loud and shout a greeting? Why was it that whenever she saw him her body would so stiff as metal and wouldn't be able to move? Ami just stood there and continued to blame herself for not being able to be like that.
Suddenly Serena burst through the door as if in a hurry she searched the room for something.
"Hey Ami!" the blonde haired girl shouted and ran to the other door which Chichiri entered awhile ago. As soon as Serena entered the room she heard loud laughter from Serena who shouted something happily and she heard Chichiri's laugh and he said something back to the blonde haired girl. Serena quickly came out of the room holding a piece of paper and waved to Ami before running out of the lounge.
Ami stood there a small smile on her face. What if that was her? What is she was more like Serena? What if she laughed and shouted a greeting to Chichiri? Would he return it back or would he just look at her once and walk away.
Was it fate? Fate that she met him? Or was it an accident? Maybe she wasn't supposed to meet him but she did.
Chichiri watched as Serena ran out looking for a piece of paper where she wrote her ideas on. He smiled at how bright the girl was, she shouted a loud greeting for him as if his hearing was gone and he wouldn't be able to hear if she spoke in a calmer tone. As soon as she left his thought wondered to the other girl...the blue haired girl...Ami Mizuno. Ami Mizuno seemed as if she didn't know how to laugh and wasn't bright. She remained a calmed and expressionless as she threw a greeting at him. He was afraid that if he stood there where she threw the greeting at him he might have yelled out, 'Laugh while you live will you' he quickly left her in the lounge to the room next door. If he did yell that to her it would've been a sight to see.
He continued to lie down on the couch. Strangely he didn't feel like practicing today. Normally he would be chasing after Tamahome and Tasuki to get them to practice but today he didn't feel like it.
He kept on seeing Ami's eyes on his mind. Her eyes were clear to see since what happened two-three days ago when she found her lying on the floor not moving, she mistook him for being dead. He couldn't believe anyone was so innocent enough to believe in something like that.
Her eyes seemed so sad but with depth.looked very clear but couldn't see the ending...her painful teardrops...her painful teardrops she was looking at him with...because he caused her to cry.
He jumped up from the couch and walked out the door and was slightly surprised to see her still standing where she exactly was.
"Is something wrong??"
Ami was surprised to see Chichiri out of the room. She thought that she would have to knock on the door to tell him that she was leaving so he could come out.
"Or is there something..."
"How about smiling a bit?"
"Huh?"
Ami looked at him confused but Chichiri quickly left the lounge as soon as the word left his mouth. He didn't regret it. He just didn't know why he just went up to her suddenly and said that.
'How about smiling a bit?'
Ami still felt as if he was here as his words rang in her ear.
Ami walked to the huge mirror hanging from the wall, and tried smiling...it didn't look natural or fresh.
She never knew she looked so weird smiling.
Ami fell to the floor in front of the mirror.
'How about smiling a bit?'
That was the first time she heard his voice clearly...
And...the first time that he spoke to her first...
That was enough to make her happy and feel good...
On Ami's face a happy smile filled her face.
The mirror reflected Ami's most beautiful image...
She was smiling the loveliest smile...
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AN: Hello hello!! Thank you to all those who reviewed and are reading!! I feel as if I'm placing my ideas very slowly onto the story but I promise you the story will get better as if continues. Adios until I update again!
Disclaimer: I do not have any reason of belief to own Sailor Moon or Fushigi Yuugi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you goes out to:
Myst Lady
Like Cats
Sailor Tsunami
Mars Child
Koyuki
For reviewing and I hope you all will stick around.
3
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They say each human on their pinky toe they have an invisible red string tied there.
So they say that the two people who love each other that red string is tied to each other.
Maybe that's the reason.
Even if I want to escape from you
Even if you shout and cry its not true
Even if the red string tied to my toe gets tangled up
Once again
I start my way towards you...
Perhaps...
My red string is tied to yours...
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"All right people! Mysterious are going to start their come back in less then a week! We've got to get everything ready for them! Everything is ready except for the accessories, outfits, and their makeup style."
There was a meeting going on with the stylists who were assigned to style Mysterious. They were planning their come back this week or so. The office was pretty large and most of the stylists were taking notes and writing down stuff.
"Rei did you talk to Mysterious about their accessory styles?" asked the older stylist who checking out her notebook.
"Yes." Replied Rei as she took out her agenda and opened it taking out a couple of signed papers.
"We agreed that we'll stay simple with the accessories. Not much but a simple rings and necklaces. Also for necklaces we agreed that we won't be using those huge symbolic ones but the old fashion but elegant style necklaces. " The other stylists nodded that it was a nice idea. A lot of celebrities lost their sense of style when they went with wearing accessories that had a huge piece of jewel, the way professionals saw it those made the people wearing them look shallow.
Rei took a few more pieces of paper these ones had drawings of small jewels with different kinds of accessories.
"This is the kind of designs I had in mind. All the members agreed to it so I'll going out to buy a few materials to make them."
All the other stylists nodded in agreement while some of them took notes to what the 19 years old girl said.
Rei walked out of the office starting down the hallway to make her trip to the special shop that offered her great deals of materials. She knew that she had to do a great job on her assignment. Her pride was on the line on this job and their was no way she was going to get criticized for the accessory designs she made for Mysterious. She was determined to make the accessories that the Mysterious members were wearing to make it the most wanted accessories in the media and the entertainment business. Their accessories were going to be a one of a kind...made by herself...Rei Hino.
"Where're you going?"
Rei groaned as she heard the very familiar voice of the person who liked to torture her. She honestly thought that in their past lives they must have had some sort of a evil connection together. Tauski Kou that person and Rei Hino.
"I'm going to do my job." Said Rei her face set expressionless after all this guy was a celebrity what would the media write if they caught one of the stylist having a fit because of him.
"So you're finally taking a step as Mysterious's stylist? Congratulations!!"
"Thank you for congratulating me but I have no time stay here and chit chat with you Mister Tasuki Kou. So may I leave your presence?" As usual Rei's tone remained sharp and professional to Tasuki.
Tasuki Kou found out that he formed some sort of a weird habit now a days. When we would just sit still he found himself hearing Rei's sharp words. Her expression and tone whenever she refuses to lose a fight. He found himself chuckling at it even without her presence. Plus...the more he laughed the more he missed her presence. So he would always throw a joke at her whenever he saw her.
"What if I say no!!"
At Tasuki's 'just joking' look Rei bowed her head down and muttered to herself.
"He always wants everything to go his way."
"Hey!! What are you muttering to yourself? Like some crazy person..."
At the word of 'crazy person' Rei snapped her head back glaring hard Tasuki who looked relaxed and smiling like a fool.
"What is your business if I go crazy?" she snapped at him but she had no idea how much enjoyment she was giving Tasuki.
"Of course I have business in it! If our stylist goes crazy what will happen to our fashion sense!" Tasuki replied to her with a bright smile and Rei hated that smile more then the beginning. She started to mutter to herself again.
"Honestly I hate everything about him from one to ten. Hate it for real."
Tasuki continued to watch Rei mutter to herself and amusement was written all over his face.
"What are you saying to yourself now? Are you really crazy?"
Tasuki looked at Rei suspiciously and started to poke Rei's forehead with his index finger as if she was really crazy. Rei waved his hand away and looked at him with her mouth opened with shock.
"Why are you going around poking my forehead?!"
Tasuki looked at her his eyes opened wide as if she didn't already know.
"To see if you were really crazy."
"When a person goes crazy you don't go and poke them in the head!!!" Rei clutched her hands into a fist not believing she was having this conversation with him
"Well...I just the that maybe your temperature rose and that you lost it for a moment."
As always Tasuki refused let alone lose a few words. Rei let out a frustrated sigh wishing that she could just break his nose that was stuck so high above the clouds with his confidence. She shook her head at Tasuki and walked passed him after taking a peek at her watch.
"Yo! Rei Hino!!" cried Tasuki as if he'd known Rei all his life like some sort of a buddy.
"What! What do you want with a crazy woman?"
"You're going to buy materials to make the accessories right? Let's go together."
Without even waiting to hear what Rei had to said about he just grabbed her hand and walked out of the huge building.
"Why should I go with you?"
"I said I'll take you and you have so much to say about it. Honestly."
They got to the parking lot and Rei was still arguing that she could walk their by herself.
"Walk? How would you able to walk carrying all those materials? Do you think your superwoman or something?"
Rei just couldn't believe that she was going to be stuck with this for two hours if she went with him.
"I don't care. With you around I probably wouldn't be able to take of my work properly."
"Really? Fine, but you know Rei Hino, when an older brother says something the younger sister should listen."
"Older brother! You wish! How are you treat someone like an older brother when they don't act like an older brother."
"Same goes for me as well. I'm not treating you like a younger sister because you aren't acting like a proper younger sister. You and I are so similar."
Tasuki smiled with victory as Rei got in the car muttering to herself. Tasuki followed and started the engine taking the road.
"You better stop muttering to yourself before I stop the car and grab my fan and tell them you and I are going out."
Rei gave a sarcastic laugh and smirked to him as if like a challenge.
"Let's you try."
Tasuki shrugging started to turn the car to stop where a bunch of teenage girls were.
"What are you crazy!!" she yelled grabbing Tasuki's steering wheel and steered the car away from the girls.
"You're the one who challenged me."
Rei shook her head not believing this guy sitting next to her.
"Do you really want a scandal that badly?"
Tasuki tilted his head one side as if saying maybe and replied,
"If there's a scandal I wouldn't be the one struggling with it, it'll be you. So little lady watch what you say next time because I could grab someone and say I'm dating our new stylist."
The car ride was only silent once in awhile which didn't last more then 40 seconds because Tasuki was keep on teasing and joking with Rei which probably gave her a huge headache. It took Rei half an hour to decide on the materials she wanted and an extra half an hour to keep Tasuki waiting in the car. After getting her materials Tasuki rove them to the mall to stall some time they had left.
Tasuki walked into an accessory selling store and started to look around by himself while Rei was looking at some on the designs they had. Their designs were simple kinds that teenage and preteens would have.
"Excuse me Miss." Tasuki called to the assistant working at the counter. The teenage girl who had a lot of piercing walked over to Tasuki trying to not look nervous. Obviously she was a fan of him.
"This ring. How much is it?" He asked pointing to the silver ring with a small gem in the middle.
"$35 dollars."
"I'll take it. Can you wrap it?" He asked and the assistant nodded hastily.
"Here you go sir." She said handing him the navy blue cover box.
Tasuki smiled at the assistant and she went bright red. Rei walked over to him and they walked out of the shop.
"What did you buy?" she asked with curiosity.
"My girlfriend's present." He replied putting the box in his jacket pocket. Rei's eyes went huge as if not believing what she just heard.
"Girlfriend? You know if you look around there's a lot of people who look like their your fans. Looks like I found a weakness in you then. If I go to those people and say that you have a girlfriend I bet there'll be a huge chaos." Said Rei smirking with confidence and Tasuki returned that smirk.
"Go ahead. While your telling those people I'll just go to those kids and say that you're my girlfriend." With that Tasuki started to walk away from Rei knowing that he won another round of their not counted matches.
Rei stood there not believing the fact this guy beat her so many times. She was so angry for keeping getting fooled by him. In her heart she screamed out 'stupid moron!' of course she couldn't do that out loud. Especially in public. In the front page of a newspaper in huge letters it'll say,
'MYSTERIOUS MEMBER TASUKI CALLED AS A STUPID MORON BY THEIR STYLIST IN PUBLIC!!!'
She had to let it pass for now. She started to run to catch up with Tasuki who was probably so proud of himself.
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A daring fate.
A daring smile.
A daring action.
A daring thought.
And a daring heart.
When I'm with him I become daring.
He was a daring presence to me.
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"TAMAHOME SOU!! YOU COME BACK HERE AND STAND STILL!!" yelled Serena her face all red and the five out of three members of Mysterious were cracking up. Serena held the measuring tape hard glaring at Tamahome not believing what was happening. She was here for only four-five days and this was what she was getting. She remembered the first day she met Tamahome which wasn't a long time ago. He agreed that he'll out in anyways possible to make her stay easy, but here he was causing her work to be very difficult. She was wondering if this guy had a very short remembrance.
"Come on Serena! Lighten up! Aren't I better then Amiboshi? I mean he cracked up as soon as the measuring tape touched him saying that it tickles!" he argued trying to seem as if he was doing her a favour. Serena shook her head she didn't know she matured this much. Then again if you work with children you have no choice but to mature as quickly as possible.
'I bet Ami and Rei have more luck going on then me.'
"Stop giving the girl a hard time and get yourself measured." Said Chichiri smiling at his friend while enjoying the show the two were performing.
"Yeah, unless your afraid that your head and your stomach's getting fat." Commented Nakago with a smirk on his face. Tamahome faked a horror face and placed a hand on his forehead as if he was going to faint.
"How could you say such a thing! After all I'm not the conceited guy that got told by stylist for not introducing himself!" Tamahome yelled back and he smirked with victory when he saw Nakago's face go red with either anger or embarrassment.
"Hey! I remember the last time I introduced myself I got told by saying my name when the whole country knows it, that by introducing myself I was showing confidence of the King of England. I have no idea what they meant but after that I decided I wouldn't introduce myself again." Defended Nakago as everyone else rolled their eyes as if telling the blond hair boy that they'll believe the fact that he's the King of England before his excuse.
"Go and get measured Tamahome! Show Nakago that you're not getting fat." Said Amiboshi showing encouragement but there was slight teasing behind it. Tamahome tossed his head up high and stood in front of Serena, his arms out stretched.
Serena gave a smile and started to measure his arms, legs, neck length, shoulder length, the circumference of his head, and his waist.
"Waist 55cm!" she yelled out to Amiboshi who took the favour of writing down his measurements. As soon as Serena yelled the measurement out the whole group burst out laughing.
"Tamahome you're getting chubby!!" yelled out Amiboshi holding his stomach from falling off the couch.
"Last year he was 35cm! I wonder what happened that he started to get bigger!!" cried out Nakago walked up to Tamahome who was standing still obviously not pleased. Nakago started to poke Tamahome's stomach and shook his index finger at Tamahome.
"You should really watch your figure my friend." And Tamahome slapped Nakago's finger away and crossed his arms.
"Shut up Nakago! There's nothing wrong with gaining weight."
Serena shook her head and said,
"It would be nothing for other people but celebrity has to watch their figure. The media makes a big fuss out of little things. I mean tomorrow morning in the front page saying, 'MYSTERIOUS'S LEADER TAMAHOME SOU TURNING INTO A HUMAN PIG!!' That wouldn't be really pleasant."
Chirchiri shook his head with a bright smile on his face looking sympathetically at the dark greenish colour haired boy.
"Its no wonder you gained weight. I mean you eat two pounds of chocolate everyday and the only exercise you do is probably running from fans."
Serena watched happily as the group members teased each other about how they should watch their 'girlish figures'. Of course it was Tamahome who said that remark to Nakago which made the blond hair boy attack the dark greenish haired boy to the couch. Their friendship was so nice to look at. While looking at them her eyes remained glued to only one person. Tamahome Sou. She didn't know what it was but she felt something about him pulling her towards him.
"Hey don't you need to measure Tasuki?" asked Tamahome since Tasuki was the only one who was missing. Serena shook her head and replied,
"No. He came by in the morning and said to take his measures ahead of time because he had to go somewhere." They all missed the slight darken face of Nakago's face for a moment as if he wasn't pleased about something.
The group slowly moved out to either go practice more or to go and eat lunch. Only Amiboshi and Tamahome remained and Tamahome left to the hallway to go to the soda machine. Amiboshi hesitantly approached Serena and cleared his throat.
"What is it Amiboshi?" she asked looking at the sandy blond hair boy who looked as if something was on his mind.
"Did you ever talk to Chichiri alone? I mean did you get acquainted with him?"
Serena looked at the 19 years old boy in slight confusion but nodded her head.
"Yes I did. I got acquainted with him yesterday." She wanted to ask why but felt that Amiboshi was sensible enough to ask with a reason.
"What do you think of him?"
Serena was caught off by guard. Did he think that she was the type to judge people as nasty people? Or like in romance novels she read did he want to pair her up with Chichiri. Serena decided to not jump into conclusions after all jumping into conclusions got her into a lot of troubles before.
"He's very bright and cheerful, a nice kind and a very wonderful person to be around. Then again I think you all are." She said hoping she gave the right reply. Amiboshi's face slightly scrunched up as if he was confused with something.
"Do you happen to know if Rei got acquainted with Chichiri?"
"I'm not sure but probably."
"All right. Thank you Serena. Bye."
She watched at the boy walked out scratching his head. She was curious to know what he was thinking about but knew it wasn't any of her business. Suddenly a bag of potato chips appeared in front of her face.
"Want some?" asked Tamahome a mouth of chips but not spiting any out of his mouth. Serena took a handful and slightly glared at Tamahome.
"Reduce eating junk food." She watched Tamahome just smile in reply and couldn't help but secretly wish that he wasn't a celebrity but an ordinary man.
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I wanted to be pretty.
I wanted to be lovely.
I wanted to receive interest.
That...
Was what I wanted to be for him.
I wanted to be loved.
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Out of the three Ami was the one who didn't talk a lot.
Strong willed that she gets into a lot of fights with boys and more over comfortable to be with was Rei. Bright and loves to be surrounded by people was Serena. Ami was nothing like any of them. Whenever someone said something funny Ami instead of laughing she only gave a small smile. She would try to avoid talking unless it was something important. Sometimes Ami would wonder, how was she able to befriend people like Rei and Serena.
While everyone else was taking a break Ami was drawing something focusing her mind on it. Ami loved to draw people. Whenever she drew the face of the person she didn't like she would look at their face she see all their good features that she would normally miss. That was why she found it hard to dislike other people. Even still there were people she couldn't go near.
She looked at the portrait she drew. Chirchiri Ri. Whenever Ami drew a person she needed that person to be with her so she could examine their features, but she was able to draw Chichiri without him with her. After all even if she did ask Chichiri or if he was just standing nearby she doubt she would be able to draw him. There were two reasons why she wouldn't be able to draw near Chichiri's presence. One...her mind seemed to stop working and she would go blank around him. Second...whenever she entered a room that Chichiri was in or if Chichiri came into a room where she was present he would leave.
Ami saw the way Chichiri was around other people. Cheerful and bright. Like the image she saw of him on television but strangely around her he would be silent and cold. She didn't understand why he was like that with her. She didn't remember doing anything to offend him so why did it seem like he didn't like her. As Ami continued to ponder her thought in the lounge she didn't notice someone coming in.
"What are you doing here all alone?" asked a smooth gentle male voice. Ami looked up and saw Amiboshi looking down at her smiling warmly.
"Nothing much."
Amiboshi took a seat next to her and peeked at the drawing she drew.
"That's really nice." He commented taking the portrait off her hands and taking a better look at it.
"He's not smiling. His eyes don't have that shine as many people see in his eyes. Instead pain is written all over his eyes, some invisible pain that no one could see except those who understand him. The scar seems very symbolic. This is a very different portrait of Chichiri. I mean we get fan arts from fans and when I look at Chichiri he's always smiling. This is the first picture where he's different."
Ami blushing and feeling self conscious about her drawing of Chichiri she grabbed it from Amiboshi.
"I'm sorry. But I didn't exactly planned on letting you see that picture. More honest, no one was suppose to see it."
Amiboshi's smile slightly weakened feeling guilty about just taking the picture off her hands.
"I'm sorry." He offered his apologies to the blue haired girl who was tracing the picture with her fingers. Just like how she did when he first saw her. Tracing Chichiri's picture.
"That's okay." Ami traced around Chichiri's face then around his eyes and then to his scar. She sometimes felt as if she was obsessed with Chichiri. He was the only celebrity she usually paid attention to. She didn't even watch that much television but she never missed a show where Chichiri appeared in.
"Are you upset about it?"
Ami turned to look at Amiboshi, her ocean blue eyes held confusion as if she didn't understand what he meant, and shock as if she got caught for some crime.
"What do you mean?"
Amiboshi just gave her a small understanding smile and Ami waited for the sandy blond haired boy to continue on.
"Upset that Chichiri is different to you. On television and to the public he's known as the most warmhearted member of the group and yet he's cold to you. On television and to the public he's cheerful and always smiling for anyone and yet he didn't give you one single smile. On television and to the public you see him so friendly with everyone and yet he doesn't speak a single word to you. You feel as if you did something wrong to Chichiri because you are the only one he treats differently."
Ami couldn't hide her shock at how much Amiboshi knew. He knew so much she felt her palms go sweaty a sign that a person is nervous. Ami wanted to open her dry lips and deny it. She didn't know why she wanted to deny it but she just did. She wanted to stand up and yell at Amiboshi that he was wrong. But...she couldn't. Two reasons. One, she could never yell at anyone to make herself feel better. Two, she knew it was true. Wasn't that what she was pondering about just before Amiboshi came in.
Amiboshi got up from his seat next to Ami and looked down at her sympathetically.
"Don't worry. Sooner or later he'll be warm to you as well. This is just another side of Chichiri that the media doesn't know about. The side where not even some of the members know about."
With that Amiboshi walked out leaving Ami alone with her thoughts. Only she wasn't alone for a long time. Chichiri walked in to the lounge. He stopped midway when he saw her and she saw that he was wearing a blue contact of his mahogany to match the other eye. She didn't like it. If she couldn't see the original mahogany eyes he started his life with she would prefer the one original eye he started with and the replacement of the other eye.
Ami rose from her seat and looked at Chichiri who was standing near the doorway.
"Hello." Ami managed to say while nodding her head, which seemed to stiff.
Chichiri just looked at her once and walked across the room and entered another room. At his disappearance Ami felt upset at him again. Just a greeting...just one word...that was all he could give...and she could be very happy...
And... Ami blamed herself who seemed so stupid.
Why couldn't she just laugh out loud and shout a greeting? Why was it that whenever she saw him her body would so stiff as metal and wouldn't be able to move? Ami just stood there and continued to blame herself for not being able to be like that.
Suddenly Serena burst through the door as if in a hurry she searched the room for something.
"Hey Ami!" the blonde haired girl shouted and ran to the other door which Chichiri entered awhile ago. As soon as Serena entered the room she heard loud laughter from Serena who shouted something happily and she heard Chichiri's laugh and he said something back to the blonde haired girl. Serena quickly came out of the room holding a piece of paper and waved to Ami before running out of the lounge.
Ami stood there a small smile on her face. What if that was her? What is she was more like Serena? What if she laughed and shouted a greeting to Chichiri? Would he return it back or would he just look at her once and walk away.
Was it fate? Fate that she met him? Or was it an accident? Maybe she wasn't supposed to meet him but she did.
Chichiri watched as Serena ran out looking for a piece of paper where she wrote her ideas on. He smiled at how bright the girl was, she shouted a loud greeting for him as if his hearing was gone and he wouldn't be able to hear if she spoke in a calmer tone. As soon as she left his thought wondered to the other girl...the blue haired girl...Ami Mizuno. Ami Mizuno seemed as if she didn't know how to laugh and wasn't bright. She remained a calmed and expressionless as she threw a greeting at him. He was afraid that if he stood there where she threw the greeting at him he might have yelled out, 'Laugh while you live will you' he quickly left her in the lounge to the room next door. If he did yell that to her it would've been a sight to see.
He continued to lie down on the couch. Strangely he didn't feel like practicing today. Normally he would be chasing after Tamahome and Tasuki to get them to practice but today he didn't feel like it.
He kept on seeing Ami's eyes on his mind. Her eyes were clear to see since what happened two-three days ago when she found her lying on the floor not moving, she mistook him for being dead. He couldn't believe anyone was so innocent enough to believe in something like that.
Her eyes seemed so sad but with depth.looked very clear but couldn't see the ending...her painful teardrops...her painful teardrops she was looking at him with...because he caused her to cry.
He jumped up from the couch and walked out the door and was slightly surprised to see her still standing where she exactly was.
"Is something wrong??"
Ami was surprised to see Chichiri out of the room. She thought that she would have to knock on the door to tell him that she was leaving so he could come out.
"Or is there something..."
"How about smiling a bit?"
"Huh?"
Ami looked at him confused but Chichiri quickly left the lounge as soon as the word left his mouth. He didn't regret it. He just didn't know why he just went up to her suddenly and said that.
'How about smiling a bit?'
Ami still felt as if he was here as his words rang in her ear.
Ami walked to the huge mirror hanging from the wall, and tried smiling...it didn't look natural or fresh.
She never knew she looked so weird smiling.
Ami fell to the floor in front of the mirror.
'How about smiling a bit?'
That was the first time she heard his voice clearly...
And...the first time that he spoke to her first...
That was enough to make her happy and feel good...
On Ami's face a happy smile filled her face.
The mirror reflected Ami's most beautiful image...
She was smiling the loveliest smile...
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AN: Hello hello!! Thank you to all those who reviewed and are reading!! I feel as if I'm placing my ideas very slowly onto the story but I promise you the story will get better as if continues. Adios until I update again!