75. Hung-over
320 Words
The day was absolutely excruciating, starting from the moment Satsuki rushed back into her hotel room, meeting a confused and slightly hung-over Himeko who immediately asked where she had been all night. Kouji was also still in the room, sitting on the edge of Himeko's bed and being way too cheery and healthy for someone who had stayed up most of the night drinking.
Satsuki blushed deep red and stopped digging through her toilet bag for the pain killer.
She didn't reply to the question at all, prompting Kouji to grin widely and wiggle his eyebrows suggestively to Himeko behind Satsuki, who had determinedly turned her back to the two.
Himeko shrugged, not entirely convinced that Satsuki would have done anything perverted – the young woman did have this sense of innocence to her after all.
After the painkiller, she did feel slightly better – at least her hands were no longer shaking, the throbbing of her head was decidedly duller and her stomach no longer felt like a stormy ocean.
Emotionally, however, she was still a mess.
She was reading through today's script, while the make-up artist clicked her tongue in annoyance and wondered how best to cover the pale cast of Satsuki's skin and the dark circles under her eyes.
Well, at least she was lucky enough that today she would be shooting scenes with the Inutachi and a few with 'Kouga'. She wouldn't have to be on camera with him today, for which she was very relieved.
Even after she had outwardly completed her transformation into 'Kagome', it was very difficult for her to wipe out the traces of Satsuki. She was so upset that it was almost impossible to ignore the strong panic that was whirling in her mind.
It took all the concentration she had to act out 'Kagome'.
But she did, in the end.
No matter how messed up Satsuki was, she was still a professional.