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|| ONE YEAR LATER ||

"Thank you for coming, Revance and Miss Nishihara."

Revance and I, excluding Kyohei for the reason that his wife's due date is almost coming up, were invited to perform on a Broadway musical in New York. It was a tremendous opportunity, and everybody was excited about it.

"It was a big opportunity for us, Mister Davis." I spoke up.

"Could you wait here for a while? The other lead star, Lysander, hasn't arrived yet."

"It's fine."

We all sat at the chairs, re-reading our lines, rehearsing it to ourselves. It was quiet for a moment, when Iori suddenly spoke up saying he couldn't believe that the "daydream queen" got the lead role in a play. I frowned at him, and gave him a sharp glare. Kota even agreed, followed by Takashi and Nagito. The only one who didn't was Ryo. I pouted, what do they even think of me?

"What are you trying to prove here?"

"Nothing really. We just can't believe it." I crossed my arms then rolled my eyes at them.

"Whatever."

"Well, you were good at writing and came from a family full of talented musicians. Now, you happen to also have a talent on acting?! It was just surprising for a girl like you to be so talented." Iori narrowed his eyes at me.

I shrugged it off with a laugh, after I commented that they're just jealous.

Four months ago, my manager suggested me to audition in a play for greater publicity. It was so ironic, because often times I'm the one managing the auditions, but now, I was the one going on auditions. And after the first try, I quickly got the lead role. And apparently, the play was such a good one that I got an offer to become a lead role in a Broadway musical together with Revance and other actors.

Clicking my tongue, I stood up to head out to buy a coffee at a shop across the street. "I'm just gonna buy coffee. Do you guys want some?" I offered and they all gave me a no.

Well, okay. Whatever. I just thought, so I turned around to leave, only to bump into someone, spilling hot coffee all over me.

"Oh, bloody hell. I'm so so sorry." The guy panics when he saw my stained coat. "Oh god, damn, I'm really sorry."

The guys quickly came over us asking me if I was okay or if anything hurts or if I burned my arm. "It's fine." I reacted, shaking my head, shaking them off me, shaking off my embarrassment. And I'm definitely blushing right now.

I looked up, and met his eyes for the first time. And I was bewildered with its color – emerald green. But he quickly looked away in embarrassment, and I saw his cheeks started staining red. He lightly scratched the back of his neck, looking at anything – anyone, just not me. "Oh, wow. Uhm. You're the lead actress right?" He asked.

"Uhm, yeah." I gave out a soft reply, clicking my tongue.

"This is so embarrassing," he muttered in his posh accent. "Uh, I'm Lysander Hale, the other lead. God, this is the worst first impression ever."

I gave out a soft chuckle at his cuteness. "No, not really."

"I'll replace the coat, I promise. But, for now... shall I treat you a coffee to make up for it?" He finally looked at me once again. And I swear I'm attracted to his eyes.

"Sound like a good idea." And I smiled.

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