Set L-2 seemed simple. There was one set, but quite a few pieces of furniture off to the side. The background was a soft color with white lace drapes hanging down, the furniture elegant. Unlike set 3-A, there was a changing area.
Nico and Nozomi had gotten there earlier than expected, watching as Chiduko and Jennifer finished up with the morning shoot. They were both quite busty, Nozomi the same way, leaving Nico feeling... flat.
After Chiduko and Jennifer left, Nozomi and Nico realized that they were the only two assigned to the afternoon lingerie shoot that day. Nico looked at Nozomi curiously, Nozomi glancing back stone-faced. They both headed over to the changing area, finding samples of lingerie there.
"Hey, Nozomi," Nico whispered, "are there usually only two models doing lingerie shoots?"
"Hm... it depends. Sometimes there's a lot of models, but sometimes it's just two."
"How are we chosen for shoots?"
"Them."
"You mean... the CEOs? Do they really control that much?"
"They have the power to make decisions, you know."
"Yazawa! Tojo! Let's get a move on!"
The two of them came out quickly, Nico shocked at what they were wearing. Nico was given a bra and panty set colored like strawberry milk, a soft white shimmer appearing due to the silk fabric. It was fringed with white frills and white lace, the same frills at the tops of her opaque white knee socks. Nozomi, on the other hand, was given something far less pure looking. A lavender bra held up her large chest, covered in a layer of floral black lace, a black garter belt over her lavender panties, which held up a pair of fishnet stockings with dark purple bows. The image of the two was quite contrasting.
When Nico started heading towards the set, Nozomi grabbed her wrist, gently pulling her to a makeup and hair station, where two people waited. They took out Nico's pigtails, brushing her hair out and putting it up into nicer pigtails with white satin bows, giving her soft blush, light pink lip gloss, and light pink eyeshadow, making her look innocent and youthful. Nozomi's low pigtails were also taken out, but not put back in, and she was given light mauve lipstick and smoky eyeshadow.
The contrast of the two was clearly purposeful.
They were finally allowed to get on set, where it was explained that they would be doing shoots of a few sets of lingerie each, individual shots, and that Nico was the young sweetheart and Nozomi the dark seductress.
And so, they posed. At first, they posed laying on the couch that was set up, then a few shots of Nico in Nozomi's lap. That's when Nozomi noticed the strawberries packed in one of the photographers lunch.
"Could I perhaps have a few of those strawberries?" Nozomi asked.
"Eh? The strawberries in my lunch?"
"Yes. May I?"
An assistant grabbed the container of strawberries, opening it and letting Nozomi choose one. She chose a plump one, got comfortable, and held the strawberry up to Nico.
"Say 'ahhh'~" But don't eat the strawberry, Nicocchi.
Nico bit down on the tip of the strawberry, aiming an innocent look at the camera. Many shots were taken with the strawberries, even one of the pair feeding each other.
"Amazing!"
"Perfect!"
"Beautiful!"
The photographers sang plenty of praise, soon ending the group shoot for those sets of lingerie. The assistants moved the furniture off the set, asking Nozomi to climb down. Next, they took shots of Nico with the lace curtains wrapped around her body, sitting on her knees with a Rilakkuma plushie, laying on top of comfy blankets while she clutched a pillow, and with Nico hoisting a silver hand mirror up as she played with her hair.
Then, they moved to the second set, which they'd brought in during the first group shoot, they did Nozomi's individual shots. This set was much darker, with a medium gray background, dark purple velvet drapes, and dried rose petals everywhere. They did one of the harder shots first; a sky shot that featured Nozomi laying down among the rose petals. Then the did shots of her in the W sitting position, with Nozomi leaning forward, her breasts emphasized as she leaned on her arms. Finally, they ended the session with Nozomi laying on her stomach, reading Bram Stoker's Dracula.
"Mirror shots next!"
"Set change!"
Nico and Nozomi quickly ran over to the changing area to change. Nico ended up in something more revealing than she would've liked, wearing a pink bra that was almost white with a white bow and pink jewel in the center, paired with a white lace thong and sheer white thigh highs with lace at the top.
"H-Hey, Nozomi, what magazine will this end up in?"
"One of the lingerie magazines Promise publishes, most likely the one for adult women. They do one for teenage girls, too, but this stuff is a little too mature for that. It could also end up in Promise Magazine."
"They publish their own magazine as well?"
"Yep. It features the best models and photos from each month's publications and shoots. Since Promise does all of the photography and publication, they just ask for permission from the clothing designers."
"Not the models?"
"Everyone signs a release form with their yearly contract, so no. It's a huge honor to be put into Promise Magazine. Ah! We should get going."
They both came out of the changing area, going over to hair and makeup to have everything touched up. Nico finally got a good look at what Nozomi was wearing, which was a black lace pair of cheeky panties and a sheer black babydoll with a very revealing black leather bustier, but nothing on her legs.
They walked over to the mirror set, which was basically a giant mirror on the ground. Nozomi and Nico carefully walked over and sat down in the middle, posing with Nico's head on Nozomi's shoulder again. The assistants cleaned off the mirror quickly, the photographers taking a few shots, leading the pair to think they didn't really like their chosen pose. During their break, Nico tried to think of a new pose, but was suddenly pushed onto her back by Nozomi, with the aforementioned woman holding her down by the wrists, looming over her.
The camera went wild. Nozomi winked and smirked.
"Set change!" That was quick, do they really like what Nozomi did that much?
They both ran to the changing room again, but Nico stopped. The blonde woman was there again, watching in the darkness.
"Nicocchi, quickly!"
"S-Sorry, Nozomi."
Nico quickly took off the previous set of lingerie, packing it back up in the bag it came in, then dived into the next one. She put on the panties quickly, which had layers of white ruffles, as well as the pink and white striped thigh highs she was given, only to discover something was missing.
"There's no bra?!"
"I've got the same situation, just black ruffled panties and black lace knee socks," Nozomi commented, "Um… just grab the shirt you came in with and hold it over your chest, okay?"
They both hurried over to hair and makeup one last time, the hairdressers pulling Nico's pigtails out and brushing her hair smooth, leaving her hair down, like Nozomi's. They walked over to the set, which was covered in bubbly-looking things, iridescent with rainbows, and had their shirts taken.
Now, with their chests bare, Nozomi was told to lay down, legs flat and parted slightly, her right arm flat, and left arm bent and up to lay on top of her hair. Nico was told to lay down at Nozomi's right, her stomach at Nozomi's side, legs straddling Nozomi's right leg, their breasts slightly pressed together, and Nico's right arm strategically placed to cover Nozomi's nipples, and that both of them look to the camera as innocently as possible. It took some time to get Nico's arm in the right place, but the cameras soon went crazy, taking many pictures of the same pose.
"Aaannnd… done! Great job, ladies!"
The pair of models rushed over to the changing areas again, grabbing their shirts and covering themselves once again. Quickly changing, they both felt exhausted.
"Who knew modeling could be so exhausting?" Nico complained, trying her best to tie the laces on her red Converses.
"Some days are easy, others aren't. You get used to it," Nozomi assured her.
They both came out of the changing area, Nozomi waving to Nico.
"Bye bye, Nicocchi, hopefully we get to work with each other again sometime!"
"See ya, Nozomi, I hope so, too!"
Nozomi skipped out of the room, but Nico stayed for a moment, looking for the blonde woman. She seemed to have disappeared again. Nico gave up, exiting the set as well, walking down the long hallway as she yawned. It seemed that she didn't tie her shoes well enough, tripping over one her shoelaces, only to be quickly caught by the wrist. She looked up.
"Oh my, tired, are we?" the blonde woman asked, smiling, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Yazawa, I am Eli Ayase, one of the CEOs of Promise Publications. You did beautifully in that last shoot."
Nico hopped back onto her feet, gaining her bearings, "Oh, um, thank you, Mrs. Ayase, it's an honor to meet you."
"Miss Ayase, if you insist on formal terms. Marriage would tie me down, too much trouble. It would be my pleasure to invite you to my office, I would love for you to try something on, it just came in. After your last shoot, I think it would be perfect for you."
"Oh, sure." I can't turn something like this down, not from one of the CEOs, I could get fired!
Eli said nothing more, simply walking to an elevator with Nico following behind, her high heels clicking on the floor. Eli pressed the button reading 13, the silence between the two almost unbearable. Once they reached the 13th floor, Nico saw three doors, reading NISHIKINO, SONODA, and AYASE, leading Nico to assume these were each an office for one of the CEOs.
Following Eli, Nico entered the door that read AYASE, finding the office to be quite sleek and modern looking, the floors made of white marble, the walls painted white, and a massive window opposite the door, along with black furniture. Eli brought over something in a dry cleaning bag, then sat down in a chair, crossing one leg over the other.
"Well? Open it."
Nico did as she was told, "A-a dress?"
The dress had two parts; an off-shoulder white main dress, which was long sleeved with a black ribbon in the center, and a red skirt with ruffles at the bottom, a corset-like, black belt holding the two parts together.
"Try it on," Eli urged, still perfectly composed.
"Here?"
"Yes."
Nico did as she was told, afraid of being fired on her first day. She stripped down to her underwear, which was a simple matching set of black panties and a bra, then tried the dress on.
It fit perfectly.
"Mm… It looks perfect on you, Miss Yazawa, I'll certainly take this into consideration. I'll have to speak with Maki and Umi, of course, but it seems we have our two choices for this photo shoot. Thank you for trying it on for me, you may leave now, you must be tired."
"Thank you for the opportunity, Miss Ayase," Nico bowed, then took off the dress and put on her normal clothes.
Eli escorted Nico to the elevator once again, flashing a smile at Nico as the doors shut.
And the CEOs are revealed! I always love the cool girls in Love Live, even in Aqours.
Currently, I am still debating on whether or not to include smut in this story, or put it in a separate story. Any opinion is welcome on that subject.
Thank you for reading Promise.
