44. Bad day
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There are good days and then there are bad days. That was a universal fact everyone had to acknowledge. Every human – famous or not – would eventually have to suffer through the torture known as the bad day.
This day, to Taiki, was a bad day. First he slept blissfully until he finally startled awake at 8.30. He almost rolled over to wander back into that sweet land of dreams, when he realized that he was supposed to be on the set today and was already thirty minutes late. After going through his morning routines in very rushed and hectic manner, he found out that his motorbike wouldn't start up no matter what he tried. Mumbling curses under his breath he ran to the nearest station, having no other option than to take the train. On his way to work, Taiki finally remembered that they weren't actually in the studio today but shooting on location. They would be out of the city all day.
Taiki was a very urban man, he was none too fond of countryside. Sure the nature might have been nice enough to look at, but that didn't mean he actually wanted to be stuck in the middle of it all.
Finally deciding to hail a cab to take him to the location where they'd be shooting, the trip did not change his bad day at all when the driver got lost twice trying to get to their destination.
When he finally made it, he apologized profusely and was rushed to the make-up. The make-up artists did a phenomenal job, making a record for speed when transforming him from the bleached haired actor into the wolf demon Kouga.
Still, even when he was at work at last, his bad day continued. His very bad morning had stressed him so that it was not nearly as easy to slip into Kouga's character as it usually was for him. It took all his willpower to concentrate, and director Takahashi seemed to be stricter than usually, yelling 'cut' repeatedly without any reservations.
When the day's shooting drew to close, a sigh of relief escaped Taiki's lips. Nothing stopped him now from going home and staying in all evening, hiding from the world on his bad, bad day.
Exhausted, he sat on his chair, hunched and his head low. Then out of nowhere, a pair of soft arms wrapped around his shoulders from behind and a small weight leaned against his back.
"You did well today, Taiki-kun." The encouraging words were spoken gently and softly.
Taiki turned to look at his girlfriend over his shoulder. For the very first time on this bad day, a smile appeared to his lips.
He leaned to bestow a quick kiss to Noriko.
"Thanks, baby."
All of a sudden, the day did not seem quite so bad anymore.