As much as I agreed with Mami the day before, I felt a bit worried. What if they say I can't see Haruka anymore? We could go back to sending each other letters, but it won't be the same now that we actually spent time together and got to know each other. Her smiling face made me feel relaxed and at times when I knew she was feeling sad or lonely I would want to see her and personally turn her sad face into a smiling one- the one which had tranquillity written all over it- and these events only made it worse.
At first it was just an innocent date to the park (if you could call it that). We were acquaintances. I never would have thought that two people could become so close in such a short period of time.
I took the bus to Tokyo, even though my house isn't that far away. I wanted to be sure I wasn't late for the interview. As I was walking to Haruka's agency someone tapped my shoulder. It was Kaoru, an Idol from our agency.
"Are you going to 765Pro?" He asked. I nodded "Good. I have a job with one of their Idols now so I thought I'd go and introduce myself before we get there"
"Careful, you might end up in the magazines like I did." It was so unlike Kaoru to talk much. "You seem to be looking forward to meeting this girl" I teased.
"Well I heard some rumours about her which I can sort of relate to" Kaoru was smiling. "You don't seem to be looking forward to seeing that girl"
"I would much rather see her when we're not going to an interview to save our carriers"
As we got to 765Pro, a girl with long blue hair walked out and put her hat on. Kaoru called her "Kisaragi" by her last name, as she called him "Sakuraba" by his. After exchanging a smile they both left for their job, something about a sports appearance. I walked up the stairs to the main office where Haruka was talking to some other girls. They waved to her and left. She walked to me and took me to another room where the reporter was waiting.
"Well now. Don't hold back you two, I'm not being paid to worsen your condition" He joked as we sat down in front of him. "Let's start with some questions shall we? How long have you two been going out?"
"We aren't!" We responded simultaneously. We exchanged glances, but quickly looked away.
I sat back in my seat "We simply felt the need to let off some steam. You know? Get a load off our shoulders" I peered over to Haruka. She was looking down at her legs deep in thought. "Though I admit, I could've chosen a less public pla..."
"It was my fault" Haruka interrupted. She looked up in a smile, one of her now-I-did-it smiles. "You know me. I'm so clumsy I can't chew gum and walk straight. My laces must have come undone and I fell" She scratched the back of her head and forces a little laugh.
"You don't have to blame yourself. The park was a public place" I said.
"But it was fun" She whispered "The truth is we didn't get to talk, all we did was build a stupid snowman, and I ruined it"
"You two seem to be a bit frustrated" The reporter said "Why don't I give you some time to think about it?" He stood up and walked out of the room.
"Haruka, Why did you say that?"
"Because it's better off that way! I'm already known for being clumsy!"
"Don't be an idiot" I put my hands on her shoulders "What if they blame it on you? What if you don't get any more jobs because of this?"
"Why are you being so protective of me?"
"Because I had fun too that day!"
After a while the reporter came back in and asked us a few more questions. We agreed to most of them, but that one question we didn't agree on- whose fault was it? In the end we decided it didn't matter, and focussed on the more important things like getting our jobs straight again.