Chapter 17 - Red Lipstick Again
"Demyx will you please not play your sitar in public?" said Xigbar annoyed
"But I'm bored!"
"Quit whinging it's pissin' me off!"
Keiko went into the office with Hiyuki to straighten up her outfit…
"Ugh my ears are wonky…" Keiko said as she peered into the mirror and adjusted her bunny ears, "and my lipstick is fucked as well…" she grabbed her make-up back from the cupboard below the mirror and found her red lipstick, she glided it over her soft lips and puckered as if to give someone a kiss, she then grabbed her clear coconut scented lipgloss and smeared a layer over her now red-stained lips.
Mr. Burton barged into the office with Cani quickly following behind him
"Great… now we have no performer for tonight, do you know how that's gonna make us look?" he roared
"Of course I do you idiot, now just calm down we'll sort it out…"
"Pon pon pon wei pon" Hiyuki mumbled whilst fixing her hair
"Hiyuki… please… be quiet"
"Jeez Mr. Burton… you need to chill"
"How can I chill if our singer bailed and now we have no entertainment for the night?"
"What about that guy playing that instrument?" Cani suggested
"We can't ask that of a guest…"
"Keiko can sing" Hiyuki suggested casually
"Hiyuki!" Keiko said sternly
"How well can you sing" Mr Burton was no intrigued
"I'm…okay?"
"Great get on that stage and sing!"
"What?!"
They all ushered her out the door.
"I'm gonna kill you Hiyuki…"
Before she knew it she'd be pushed into the main area and was heading towards the stage where a microphone stood all on it's own, and Keiko was soon going to join it.
Fuck sake… how embarrassing…
"What's she doing…" Axel asked
"I dunno!" Demyx answered
"Yeah cos that helps you idiot"
I'm gonna die of embarrassment what even is life right now…
All of the guys looked over and so did a couple of other guests. Keiko wasn't really one to get embarrassed, but she'd never sung in front of anyone apart from her friends.
As long as I don't look anyone in the eyes it's all cool…
She stepped onto to the small stage and everyone in the entire bar looked over at her, her throat suddenly felt very dry…
"Umm… hello" she said smiling an awkward smile.
She could see Cani and Mr Burton staring at her from a distance… she could see Hiyuki as well… holding some sort of sign…? It said…
Sing!
"Jeez that really fucking helps Hiyuki…"
She turned the sign over…
Sing Again Again!
"I hate that song…"
The man playing the grand piano on the stage started to play… she had no choice.
"You've gotta a lot of lot of nerve
Coming here, when I'm still with him
And I can't have you, it isn't fair
Born march of '86, my birthday's coming
And if I had one wish
Yeah, you'd be it
When you're 'round
I lose myself inside your mouth
You've got brown eyes
Like no one else
Baby make it to me"
She looked over at the red booth where they were sat, she couldn't help it herself, she felt something naughty and mischievous inside her. She stared into the eyes of the white haired one, captivating him with her sultry stare. She then moved on to look into the eyes, well eye, of the one with the eye patch, she could see the hurt in his face and what he'd been through. They both looked away and looked at each other. Xigbar had flashbacks of his youth… and the girl who he loved… Luxord remembered the woman he lost…
"Fuck me, did you feel that?" Xigbar growled
"Yeah… We need to capture her… and soon" Luxord replied, being careful not to look into her eyes again.
"Again and again
Again, again, again, again
Never stop again and again
Again, again, a-a-again, again
Never stop, oh"
"I'm not looking at her at all, I already know what she's like" Axel said smugly. He took another sip from his drink.
She was really enjoying herself, she was careful not to look in any of theinnocent guests eyes. She grabbed the microphone and sung the chorus again.
"Again and again
Again, again, again, again
Never stop again and again
Again, again, a-a-again, again
Never stop, oh"
She hopped off the stage and walked around the bar, everyone's eyes following her, she approached the red booth whilst she sung. Occasionally grabbing guests hands and singing to them, not looking at them long enough to affect them however.
"He never really saw me
Or waited when we were hooking up
Yeah he'd a never last
Last week when I was sad
You said that you knew
My eyes change from kinda green
To kinda blue... heya"
When you're 'round
I lose myself inside your mouth
You've got brown eyes
Like no one else
Baby make it to me
She reached the red booth and grabbed Axel's hand and lifted him up to dance with her.
"Again and again
Again, again, again, again
Never stop again and again
Again, again, a-a-again, again
Never stop, oh
Again and again
Again, again, again, again
Never stop again and again
Again, again, a-a-again, again
Never stop, oh"
She looked deep into his green eyes, and she recognised him… it was Axel… he noticed by her changed of expression she knew… he was screwed now. She ignored it and carried on singing into the microphone and continued to look at him… just to make sure. She then dropped his hand and walked back to the stage singing…
Hey tell me if I leave him
Baby would you be there
'Cause maybe you could
Be more than that, all the time
The song had finished and everyone applauded her…
"Now you, with the dirty blonde hair… come play that instrument for me" she pointed at Demyx
"Don't you dare get up…" said Axel wearily
"Pfft screw you dude, you just had some sort of duet with her!"
"I didn't even sing you fool…"
Demyx got up with his sitar and headed to the stage.
"Let's sing On Top of the World" she said to him without even asking if he knew it.