Chapter 3

Yay! This is now the third chapter of Japan's Next Top Model! Prepare for some unexpected twists and turns! I love you, Manabishi, and Minty Flake too (though you probably don't love me yet…hahaha…so nasty!)! Love Kazu-chan forever!!!

"Jubei…" Kazuki stared surprised at his protector.

"Kazuki…" Jubei said quietly. "H-how do you feel about me?"

Kazuki's pair of lovely eyes welled up with tears. "I HATE YOU!" He sobbed and used his thin hands to hit Jubei.

"K-Kazuki…I'm-I'm sorry!" Jubei apologized, alarmed.

"I hate the fact that I love you so much, that I can give the whole world just to be with you! I hate you, Jubei! You always make me so happy I could cry!"

"Kazuki…I love you!" Jubei exclaimed joyfully. "You got me there! I thought you really hate me."

"That won't happen," Kazuki beamed, but a worried look replaced the smile quickly. "How do we tell Toshiki?"

Jubei's smile faded as the obvious problem sank in to him. He turned his head away, not knowing how to break it to his respected ally. Kazuki sensed his love's worry; he wrapped his arms around Jubei's neck and smiled. "Let's forget that for now, shall we?" He flashed an alluring smile. Jubei, though unable to see his love's gentle smile, beamed in amusement, and put his arms around Kazuki's waist. Jubei neared his angled masculine face to Kazuki's soft and feminine one, reaching for his rosebud lips. Kazuki closed his gleaming pair of chocolate eyes as Jubei came nearer and nearer…

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Kazuki's heart jumped in surprise. Jubei was annoyed that the beautiful moment was ruined. "Whose phone is that?" Kazuki asked, still surprised.

"Who's there?" Jubei called fiercely. A head of spiky blonde hair made its way out behind the tall post a meter or two away from where Kazuki and Jubei were standing.

"Kakei," Toshiki appeared right before them. Kazuki stared at him, mouth open.

"T-Toshiki," Kazuki stammered, not knowing what to say. Toshiki cut in. "I know this would happen sooner or later. You don't need me here, I guess." He turned to walk away, his eyes blank.

"Uryu," Jubei grabbed his wrist. "Kazuki treasures you just as well as he treasures me. Quit acting like a child."

"BUT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT HE VALUES YOU MORE THAN HE EVER DID ME, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN, KAKEI? STOP MAKING A FOOL OF ME! I KNOW THAT HE ONLY WATCHES YOU FROM THE VERY START! STOP THIS CHARADE!" Toshiki stormed. His blue eyes flamed up with hurt and anger. Whatever he proves, that Kakei will always be better than him. He shot Kazuki a look of sadness and deep hurt. "I'm leaving. Excuse me."

"T-Toshiki, please listen to me," Kazuki pleaded, already in the verge of tears. "I-I love Jubei…but I value you as well-"

Toshiki was unable to hold the hurt inside of him. Kazuki loves Jubei. He said so himself. It came right out of those rosebud lips. It came from Kazuki, princess of the stars, great upon the earth.

"Stop this…"

"Toshiki…"

"Stop this…"

"Listen to him, Uryu!"

"STOP THIS NOW! QUIT ASSURING ME THAT YOU CARE! I MAY HAVE GONE CRAZY FOR ALWAYS HOPING YOU'D CARE THE WAY I DO, BUT I' M NOT BLIND! I'M NOT BLIND! STOP MAKING ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL, BETTER YET, STOP MAKING ME FEEL LIKE A FOOL! IF YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY, THEN DON'T LOOK AT ME AT ALL!" He took a deep breath, shocked at what he did. He turned to see Kazuki seated on the floor, crying silently. Jubei walked toward Toshiki, strong fist ready to give him a punch. Kazuki held the clenched fist, and stood up from the floor.

"Toshiki," Kazuki said in tears. "I may not look at you the way I do Jubei…"

The words pierced the Hell's Knight like sharp knives. In no time at all, his eyes began to form beads of tears. "Stop it."

"…but don't ever feel that I never looked at you, because I always did, and I always will."

Toshiki turned away and left. The skies seemed to fall on his shoulders. Kazuki could not stop the tears falling from his eyes. He cried himself to sleep that night.

(-------------------------Next day, at Honky Tonk----------------------------------)

"KAZUKI FUCHOIN!" Kazuki was awakened by Florencias' high pitched voice. "I told you to have a hot oil treatment! What happened to your eyes? Oh, we'll need a lot of cucumbers for that! Did you practice walking with stilettos?"

"I'm sorry, Florencias-san," Kazuki apologized with a great deal of embarrassment. "I had a lot to do last night."

"I don't care whatever it is you need to take care of! Do your job properly!"

"I apologize, Florencias-san, this won't happen again."

"It really won't!" Florencias said strictly. She took something out of her handbag. "By the way, your breasts are painfully small. Practice wearing prosthetics and bra." She handed the prosthetics to a wide-eyed Kazuki.

"We're going to Ferragamo's …I'll buy stilettos for you. After that, we go to Chanel or Louis Vuitton or Giorgio Armani…you'll need dresses and couture for various occasions and press conferences. Next, we go to the hospital to have your ears pierced…wait, that won't heal in a while…we just buy you clip-on earrings from Fred Leighton. You'll also need two-piece bikinis…make over sessions from L'Oreal or Christian Dior to know which hues would suit you…I'll give you modeling lessons…you'll have a practice pictorial so that when you're at the search, you won't be such an ignorant…and you'll also be having dance lessons for tours and formal occasions. Do you understand?"

Kazuki stared wide-eyed at Florencias. What's couture? Who is Ferragamo? Why should he wear earrings? Well, at least he knew what stilettos are, he thought to himself.

Florencias drove the black limousine until they reached their first destination: Ferragamo Tokyo branch.

"Here we are," Florencias told him. "Learn to walk with those beautiful shoes you'll see inside."

Kazuki's jaw dropped at the countless pair of shoes he saw inside. The shoes were all very sparkly and glittery; obviously made for rich and famous people. He took one pair from a nearby shelf; his eyes nearly popped out off their sockets as he read the price. Florencias saw him holding the shoes. "You fancy those?"

"No," Kazuki shook his head. "They're way too glamorous."

"Glamorous you'll be, darling," and asked Kazuki to try about a dozen pair of shoes which she laid down in front of him. Kazuki was dumbfounded.

In the end, Florencias bought him fifteen pairs of shoes. Kazuki was very tired.

"Now, practice walking with this one," she said as she lifted a pair with three-inch heels. Kazuki dreaded the shoes.

He walked awkwardly and almost tripped with every step he took.

"Walk properly! Straighten your body!" Florencias yelled angrily.

Kazuki did his very best to walk properly, but as luck would have it, his ankle twisted. He fell on a blonde man who just entered the store.

"T-Toshiki!"