Chapter 1. Club Hikari
"So, how's the newbie treating you?"
Palm trees, crystal clear waters, and a huge Caribbean styled cabana. I savored my last moments in this hellish place.
"Want to switch?" I asked sarcastically, fanning myself with the clipboard for the staging for tonight's party. Dressed in a simple white t-shirt and black leggings I stood next to my Manager, Rin, who seemed unfazed by the heat of the stupidly bright sun. Being apart of the event's team, the two of us oversaw the set-up, break-down, and everything else to make sure these rich bastards have the time of their lives! Or so our flyer says.
Rin laughed and shook her head and I couldn't help but smile a bit. "you're leaving us to go to some fancy-smacy school, the least you can do is train your replacement." Motioning for one of the movers to bring over a case of beer. "Aw, you know you could never replace me." I paused to check off the floral arrangements when the last of our blue hydrangea arrived. Really, who thought hydrangeas and red roses would look good together on the beach?
"Well she's no you, that's for sure."
"How did she even get hired?" I felt exhausted just thinking about the ditzy blonde.
Big boobs seemed to be her only qualifying attribute. "Kino knocked over a trey of champagne flutes, couldn't balance a trey to save her life, and when I put her behind the bar-guess what happened?"
She arched a brow knowingly, "She fucked the bartender."
"She fucked the bartender." I repeated. Honestly, how did this girl even get a job at Club Hikari? We were an 'Ultra-Lux' rated hotel with a pretty extensive background check. Kami, even for her she needed to have five letters of recommendations before being hired as a busser three years ago!?
Sweat was seeping from my hair follicles. Making my naturally light silver locks look darker in coloring. "Ugh, why is today the hottest day of the year! This is cruel and unusual punishment. I'm going to complain to management!" Jokingly of course, seeing as Rin was management. "Yes, Yes. Submit your complaint to the designated fireplace and get moving Yuki. Your real shifts going to start soon." Oh yey. Who wouldn't love to prance around in a golden bikini and serve lecherous old men? I sighed, throwing a hand in the air letting her know that I was going back to the hotel. At least the tips were usually good.
Event planning assistant by day and 'Glam-girl' by night. Two jobs at the same company, many people would consider that luck! Well, those who weren't a 16-year-old, posing as a 18-year-old girl to save money for a tuition that amounted to a down payment for a small house.
Pulling out my fake ID -Thank you photoshop-as I neared the sliding doors. I scanned it and walked into the main lobby. Due to security, the company had special permission from the government to allow the government issued ID system to work in replacement for company ones. Oh the power of money.
"Ah, this feels so good!" AC, my old friend. How I missed you.
"MOMOKA! Hurry up! Guest are coming soon!" The only person who called me by my last name was Lobby Manager Frank. A large round balding man with way too much to compensate for if his new BMW outside anything had to note down. "I know I know! Why do you think I'm in here!" Really man, the sun wasn't even completely setting yet and he goes and acts like it's the end of the world.
I rolled my green eyes. Tankfully, whoever these Uchiha people were booked out the whole hotel- meaning that no guest where here to witness Frank's outbursts. And did he take advantage of that. Turning to the maintenance guy who was passing by, "You Dunderhead! The elevator in Purple room is still out! Do you expect our guest to crawl up the stairs?!" No one even goes in there.
"We are working on it now-"
"Well work FASTER."
I took my chance and booked it out of there. The poor guy was my sacrificial lamb today. Sorry bud.
Rounding the hall I didn't notice when I accidently hit a wall. Wait… there wasn't a wall-
"How Troublesome.." On the floor was one of the hottest guys I've ever seen. And working in my industry, I've seen many celebrities. Dressed in simple grey shorts and a forest green t-shirt I wonder if he was a guest or new employee. How unfair would life be to throw me a hot stranger on my last day of work! Typical!
And here I was basically drooling while this dark-haired stranger was glaring at me. "Oh Kami! I'm so sorry!" Rushing to stand back up in order to help him. Holding my hand out, he rolled his eyes and got up slowly himself. "Watch where you're going."
Ok, less hot. "Watch were I'm going? Why don't you watch where you're going!" Folding my arms over my chest. I need to assert dominance.
No way was I letting another newbie walk around all entitled and shit. Kino was bad enough.
The spiky haired man arched a brow. "Did you just yell at me?"
"Yeah are you deft or just stupid." Good one Yuki! Rin would be so proud.
The hot stranger just smirked at me. Tucking his hands in his pocket. "I thought this place was supposed to be nice. How did they let some dirty homeless chick in here?"
I gasped! "What!?" he did and up and down. Pervert!
Following his eyes, I couldn't help but let out a moan. Fuck. My once white shirt was stained with swat marks and a few streaks of black from helping some of the movers set up tables. Not to mention that I probably smell horrible.
6 hours in the sun was just apart of the glamorous life of events.
"I'm sure they give out free bars of soaps at the shelters."
"You little jerk I'm not homeless!"
He walked past me and I winced. Preparing myself for whatever he was going to do, "And I'm anything but little." He whispered into my ears.
I turned around as he had turned the corner and left on the path I came from.
What. The. Fuck.
And here I was going to let him know that the hotel was booked for a private party. But screw Mr. Hot Jerk! Let Frank catch him for all I care.
And with that I quickly jogged to the changing rooms. I needed a shower, badly.
I'm not sure how much more embarrassment I can take today!
-3 hours later-
Very rarely do we get new outfits as a Glam-Girl. Our usual ensemble was a golden bikini with a sheer white sarong skirt that was tied to our left hip. Because a transparent skirt was supposed to keep us modest. This time though, we got a dark blue bikini set with a red sarong skirt with little red and white fans printed on them. Heck we even got cute little wooden sandals! Good by sandy feet!
"How are we supposed to get tips with this!?" the other girls have arrived and the first thing they do is complain when they spotted the new outfits in their lockers.
I rolled my eyes, applying a final layer of lip gloss onto my pink lips. "I think they're very classy. At least we didn't have 'Hikari' stamped on our asses." This was a good parting outfit.
Mimi, the head Glam-Girl sneered at me. "Well of course you would think so, Tiny, but the rest of us real woman actually have something to show off." I snorted, using the quick dry nail lacquer to make sure my nude polish looks clean.
Aside from Rin, Mimi was the only one who knew my real age after snooping in my locker and finding my real ID. And to my surprise, her only having two working braincells, she had decided not to rat me out thinking that I was no competition for her. After all, who would want a 16-year-old who was still developing vs a full-fledged 18year old.
I didn't bother to argue with that. In her opinion she got less competition and I got to keep my job. A win-win. But she did start giving me dumb nicknames like tiny, chibi, and anything else related to small. Those poor cells were working on overdrive.
"Whatever Mimi, I'll se you out there." Giving myself one final look, I darted out the door. Getting ready with her and ten other girls was a nightmare. With only three mirrors those narcissistic bitches verbally abuse each other until they got their turn. I on the other hand was smart enough to realize this on my second day there and found a nice little bathroom within the purple room.
This section of the hotel was rarely used by staff nor hotel guest, so it made the perfect little powder room for myself to finish up whatever I still needed to do. Sure, it was unisex, but boy was it roomie!
Standing in front of the mirror I began to braid the right side of my silver hair before pinning it back. Combing my hands through the loose ends I couldn't help but give myself a few minutes of admiration.
Despite everything Mimi said I knew I was pretty. With shiny straight waste length hair and bright green eyes. the only blemish I had was a beauty dot right by my right eye. But I feel like it gave me character.
Luckily for me, Hikari also had a DIY Makeup policy- thank goodness management was mostly males- and they let us handle our 'beauty-needs' as we saw fit. Myself being more on the savings side, didn't spend much on makeup. Just eyeliner and tinted lip gloss. I was pretty enough, and I wasn't searching for a new boyfriend unlike the harpies I worked with. My body was good too, over the summer my breast seemed to grow a bit- to my dismay, bras were expensive! - and I was now a proud C-cup. Paired that up with all the running around and lifting I did with Rin and the results were a slim body with generous amounts of curves. If it weren't for my slightly rounded cheeks, I would have no problems with passing off as 18.
Looking down at my watch I faked my best smile, it was 6PM.
Show time.
Chapter 2 will be coming out by May 8th! May the 4th be with you!