Upside Down
Chapter Four: First Day at Work
September 18
I was awakened by the sound of my phone ringing. Who. On. Earth. Would. Be. That. Crazy. To. Call. Me. At. 5. A.M. In. The. Morning. I answered reluctantly, and the answer to my question was given. It was of course, no other than Kyshima-san. Our conversation went like this:
"Moshi Moshi, Yoshi-kun! I hope I didn't call you at a bad time?" Myuki said cheerfully.
"Kyshima-san, how did you get my phone number…" I said, panicking.
"Don't you remember? You put it down when you filled out my application. Anyways, I'm calling to tell you to be at the Rêve, at 5:30 sharp! Ok, see you then!" Myuki rambled on, and hung up.
End conversation.
What. Just. Happened. Then I remembered that I was her model, and quickly got changed and dressed, while bearing in mind that she was still crazy.
I arrived at 5:29 and made my way inside. Kyshima-san was tapping her foot impatiently.
"You're late…" she said. I looked at her in disbelief.
"What…it says 5:29 on my watch…" I protested.
"It says 5:30 and 5 seconds on mine…but never mind that, let's go." Myuki stated, dragging me into her car.
"So why do I have to wake up so early anyways?" I asked.
"Well, I'm a very busy person, and I know that you don't have a match today. Plus, I've scheduled other photo shoots for today, after yours. Which includes Akari as well, and she's coming with Shindo-kun, because I asked for his help in the shoot. I'm pretty sure you don't want them to see you…" Myuki explained.
Then, she stopped the car. We were at a park with a beautiful lake and lots of maple trees. I merely gaped at the scenery. The sun had barely went up, so the lake glimmered like sparkly diamonds and sapphires. She turned to stare at my expression.
"Now you see why I had you wake up this morning, eh?" Myuki said, smiling.
Then she proceeded on to set up her equipment. Then she pushed some clothes to me, and motioned him to change at the park's restroom. She looked very satisfied with the result. I was wearing a light green t-shirt with a dark green jacket and beige pants.
"You look like you were made for modeling, Yoshi-kun. But there's just something missing…" she commented, and then her eyes lit up.
"I know! I forgot to give you make-up!" she cried, eyes shining.
"Whoa! I don't recall make-up being part of our deal!" I cried, alarmed.
"But it's in the contract you signed." Myuki said innocently.
"No, it isn't…" I started to say, but then she showed me the contract that I signed. I scanned the page, but I couldn't find anything. Myuki sighed loudly, and pointed near the bottom, where it said, that she was able to use make up on me. Stupid fine print.
"Whatever, I'm not wearing makeup." I decided.
"Too bad, you signed it legally." she replied. I think she took a kick out of doing this.
"So?" I said, trying to make a point. She sighed again.
"So…you have to wear the makeup. Don't worry it will be our little secret. I know it hurts your man pride if you wore makeup, but sadly enough, you have to." she finished. I didn't think of it that way, now that she mentioned it, it did hurt my man pride. Just think of what the guys at the Go Institute would say if they ever saw me wearing makeup. I'll never make it out alive.
"Now hold still…it doesn't bite or sting…" she said, holding a brush to my face. Immediately, I started coughing in reaction to the dust.
"Hey! I said hold still!" Myuki cried.
"I can't take it! I think I'm allergic to it!" I cried out, panicking. Myuki stopped and looked at my face.
"No, you're not, otherwise, you'd break out in a rash by now. You're probably not used to the powdery smell. Anyways, I'm done now." Myuki stated. I stopped coughing.
"Already? Don't you need to add mascara or eye shadow or whatever?" I asked, shocked. Her face broke into an amused smile.
"Now where would a Go player like you know about that stuff. Besides, those are for girls not guys. All I needed to do was to touch up your face to look more…alive." she explained.
"So what now, you're saying my face looks dead?" I retorted.
"I didn't mean it that way…" she began.
"Sure you didn't…" I scoffed.
"Seriously though, it is nearly 6:00 in the morning, and it looks as if you didn't get enough sleep anyways." she said.
"I would have had more sleep if someone didn't wake me up so early…" I muttered under my breath.
"Whatever. Now, just stand there and relax. Don't look at the camera, pretend I'm not here…" she instructed. I did that easily enough. She took some clicks and gave me more clothes. We repeated this process until she checked her watch.
"Oh my, well we're a bit over time, but the results were worth it. You can go now, Yoshi-kun." Myuki dismissed.
By this time, I felt drained, and left rather hurriedly to flag a bus down back to the Rêve, where my car was. Then I drove over to the Institute, to watch some games hopefully. It was spooky…when I went inside, people were giving me weird looks and avoided looking at me when I said hello. Is something wrong with my hello, or is there something I'm not getting?
Anyways, I met Shindo, who invited me over to the Autumn Festival. I agreed and he was about to leave, but he stopped.
"Is that make-up you're wearing, Waya?" he asked.
Oh, dear, god. What did Kyshima-san put on my face? She said it wasn't noticeable! Man…if even Shindo could tell, then it's really obvious I'm wearing makeup. Of course, I denied it, but once he was out of sight, I quickly rubbed the gritty stuff off my face. Stupid make-up.
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've had an ample amount of homework...but thanks for reading Upside Down. Please review down there! It'll only take a couple minutes of your precious life...I swear.