[Chapter 1]

=Ionia Records Tower=

As soon as the pop star set foot on the smalls stage, the fans went wild with cheering and squealing. They were extremely excited to see their beloved idol after waiting in line for many hours. Donning an adorable baby-blue one piece dress, Ahri graced her fans with a sweet and loving smile and waved to them. She took a seat in a chair placed behind a desk where she would be signing all those T-shirts and photos that her fans would present to her.

After Ahri was seated comfortably the signing session began, one by one her fans walked onto the stage and handed Ahri the merchandise that they desired Ahri to sign on. As I watched from the very back of the line, I began to tremble even more than before. I nervously fidgeted with my jacket's collar, earning the attention of my best friend. "Miya, stop worrying. It's going to be fine, just relax." she said calmly. After hearing that, I had calmed down a little but none the less I was still a nervous wreck.

The line moved along faster than I had expected, soon it was almost my turn to get on the stage and be up and front with Ahri. As I was about to turn tails and run, my arm was grabbed tightly and I was tugged forcefully up the stage. Before I knew it I was standing in front of Ahri with my Saki right beside me. I completely froze, right there and then, I just stood there staring at the gorgeous beauty in front of me. A red hue started to show on my cheeks, and soon I was blushing bright red.

Saki nudged my arm and I snapped out of my frozen state, to find Ahri looking at me with a confused and worried expression. I was so embarrassed and hid my face behind the gift once I realized what had happened, I wanted to hide myself so badly or leave the venue as soon as possible since its where thousands of people were most likely staring at me. Now Ahri is gonna think that I'm some weird girl and just having her think of me like that made me want to curl into a ball and cry.

As I lifted my face from the behind the sketches, I noticed that Saki had left the stage and was waiting for me below. I panicked immediately, and turned to face Ahri to find her smiling sweetly at me. Being the immensely shy me didn't help me at the time where I was panicking like a little child. I extended the gift with my arms, "T-this is f-f-for you." As soon as I finished the sentence I ran off the stage and grabbed Saki by her arm and ran out of the venue.

Once we had left the vicinity of the pop star, "What!? Why?!" Saki shouted as she pulled her hand free from my grip and glared at me. "What do you mean why?!" I retorted. "You ran, from her!" she screamed in my face whilst grabbing me by my jacket collar. Angrily I said, "What am I supposed to do?! I was afraid!" After being locked in an intense staring contest for what seemed to be an eternity, Saki finally released her tight grip from me. "Let's get out of here." was all she said to me as she turned her back and started walking.

I followed suit, knowing that we were gonna be heading to the cafe we always spent the majority of our time at. I had a feeling that it was gonna be a long, silent and uneasy journey to the cafe for the talk we were gonna be having there.

Moments before, Ahri sat there with a dumbfounded expression whilst staring at the gift a female fan had shoved into her grasp. After spacing out for a moment, she set aside the gift tied with a red ribbon on the empty seat beside her and continued the signing session. In her mind, Ahri was thinking to herself just how adorable of an expression that girl had as she stood in front of her. She looked forward to the end of the signing session, where she can open the gift that the girl had given to her backstage.

Hours later, Ahri returned back stage after the signing session had ended. She received many gifts ranging from plush toys, fan letters, flowers, chocolates and a variety of nick-knacks from her adoring fans. But there was one particular gift that constantly flooded her thoughts and demanded her attention. It was a stack of thick art paper held together with only a red ribbon. Ahri had never received a gift quite like it and was curious about it. She sat down at the dresser with the gift in hand and placed it upon the table.

After staring at it for a few minutes, Ahri decided to untie the ribbon with a gentle tug on one of its ends. The ribbon loosened up and became undone, then placed to the left of the stack of art paper. Well manicured hands caressed the smooth surface of the paper, enjoying the texture that the paper provided. Ahri lifted the first piece of blank paper and turned it around to make sure there was nothing besides "To: Ahri" on it before placing it together with the red ribbon. As her gaze returned to the stack of art paper, she was flabbergasted at the elegant and detailed artwork presented right in front of her. It was her first time receiving such quality drawings from her fans, it was different in many ways than the rest of the bunch.

Soft hands picked up the piece of art to be brought closer to her admiring eyes. The drawing was of her during an interview session where she was requested by the interviewer to answer questions about herself. Every little detail was spot on and the delicate linings were perfect, Ahri was amazed that a fan had put in so much effort to draw her so beautifully. So caught up in admiring and appreciating the first piece of artwork, Ahri had forgotten about the rest of the stack. Upon realizing it, she carefully put the drawing down to her right of the stack and found piece after piece of gorgeous and mesmerizing artwork. All being the tiny moments that most fans would not realize. The drawings were of Ahri talking, singing, smiling, day dreaming and so much more tiny actions.

Ahri took notice of how the drawings weren't like the rest she received, which were depicting her as a sexy vixen instead they captured her as she was enjoying herself with whatever she was doing at the given moment. After many minutes of looking through the drawings, her eyes was set onto a baby blue colored envelop which laid sitting on the rest of the drawings beneath it. She thought that it was a fan letter from the girl that gave her this wonderful gift. Eagerly she picked the envelop up and opened it with a letter opener. Ahri carefully unfolded the paper that was put within the envelop fearing that she would tear it by accident. Slowly, she started to read the letter...

Dear Ahri,

The day we met was when you stole my heart.
My heart skips a beat every time I lay eyes on you.
I have fallen in love with the person I saw before me.
But I wish to know more about you and fall even deeper in love.
I know that love isn't easy and that love takes time and work.
Would you allow me to spend time together with you to earn your love and trust? I would gladly do so for you.

It will be hard to trust a stranger with your heart and soul since we were never friends. We are just a fan and a celebrity, but I want to be your best friend and learn more about you, to understand you.
Maybe you do not have time for a relationship or that you are not allowed to, but I confess my love to you. I want you to know I am patient and I will wait for you. And hope that you will accept my love.

My friends told me that I am foolish to fall in love with you, and if you feel the same as them, I will understand. The fact remains that I have fallen for you and that will never change, I won't allow it to happen.
I want you to know that I would take this chance of telling you, my feelings than let them remain unknown in my heart.

I am being serious when I say "I love you" and I just need you to say "yes" and give me a chance to make you happy.

I love you dearly, Ahri.

Ahri was in absolute shock, she had many love letters from her fans but never one with this much heart and thought put into it. She found the confession of the writer to be very sweet, touching, adorable and loving. In her mind, Ahri was thinking that she wanted and needed to meet the girl that gave her this letter, but she also did not have a clue as of how to find the girl. With the extreme want to meet this person, Ahri got changed into her civilian clothes swiftly and left the dressing room in a rush.

As she exited the dressing room, she saw her manager talking to the staff and went to inform Sarah that she was leaving and that the fan's presents should be taken to her house. Once Sarah gave her a nod, she quickly picked up her pace and left the building, she hoped that the girl she was looking for was still hanging around the area.