Later on the day (Lila and Haruka"s apartment)In the shower, she repeated that in her mind. Lila"s cheeks reddened, it should be okay, shouldn"t it? She made her way inside the bathroom to spot his clothes inside the basket. Oh, he"s here. She wanted to discuss something about the song. But maybe it would be best if she waited.
As she was debating about it though, his voice echoes through the shower, "Ari?" He must have heard her moving around.
"Oh um, I only got back now. I asked Jae-hee where you were since I wanted your input on the song."
"For your new single?"
"Y—yeah. Um, sorry if this is bad timing. I could wait until you"re finished. " Rather Lila should have just waited outside in the room, what was she thinking charging in here like that?"
"It"s fine. Talk, it"s about the lyrics right? Which part do you need help with?"
"I"m not sure about them."
Even though changing them now would be troublesome for everyone else. Lila wanted to go all out with this new single. A shuffling sound broke her thoughts; her cheeks turned even redder. He must have moved so he could hear her sing. Despite her embarra.s.sment, she took a deep breath and sings. After singing a few verses, she asked, "Well?"
"Those are nice lyrics."
"Really? You"re not just saying that?"
Lila realized that she had turned around to face the shower door. Her face reddened even more than before as she saw a glanced at Haruka"s figure. Thump. Lila quickly turned away.
"I"m not just saying it. What makes you think there"s something wrong with it?"
"I have no confidence. When I"m writing my songs, it doesn"t come as easily as when I"m writing songs for others. It always feels like I"m about to hit a wall, even if I have a good idea, whenever I try to put it down into words or a melody. There"s a pain in my heart, " This isn"t enough. You can still do something better."," Lila explained.
"I see but isn"t that fine? You"ve always been the type of idol that people can"t leave alone, a person people can"t take their eyes off, even from the moment of your debut. Your songs contain many emotions. They contain such honest and straightforward feelings. That pain in your heart whenever your writing now, is because you"re taking it into account. Everyone"s feelings."
Haruka.
"With the way you are now, you"ll be able to write such an amazing song."
Hearing a click, Haruka pulled Lila inside. Lila first reaction was to avert her gaze.
"Don"t look away, rather that"s cute. You"re embarra.s.sed?"
"Haruka is embarra.s.sing."
Despite the steam, and the water from the shower falling on them, she could still see it. The smirk that dawned on her boyfriend"s face, "Yeah, it is, huh? But, it"s nothing you haven"t seen before. " Even if she has seen it, this situation is different. Different from taking a bath together. In this small shower s.p.a.ce, Haruka could see everything. Her clothes.
Haruka gently kisses her forehead, "I"m kidding around. Go back out; could you make me something to eat?"
"Y—yes."
Lila quickly left.
....
Are things going well between them? She isn"t sure anymore. Exactly what does it mean to be in a relations.h.i.+p with someone?
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Avoiding her after what happened, making up excuses saying he was busy. What was he doing? Oujiro sighed. This should be the place. He stood in front of the apartment complex, glancing at the paper in his hands.
When he heard that she chose Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka, it surprised him. Even if the two were getting closer, even if there was something different. Oujiro understood, Lila will always like Kiryu. When Oujiro returned from his trip and heard from Takes.h.i.+ that Lila is dating Karas.h.i.+ma. It confused Oujiro. What is that girl doing? His gaze fell on the apartment complex; she even moved in with Karas.h.i.+ma. Isn"t that too careless of her?
"The only hand, I will hold was yours...
Even if the world is against it.
I"ll only hold your hand.
No matter what changes occur in lives.
Please remember this precious and beautiful feeling.
I love you.
And only you."
Hearing a familiar song, he followed the source and found in the apartments garden area at the back. There Lila was singing.
"We may suffer and go through painful moments.
But please remember, how you first held my hand the night we were four years old.
It was a brief and clumsy meeting.
And as children, perhaps we knew no better.
Perhaps we were misled.
Even then, I want to believe in the feelings that have only grown stronger since that night.
Do you remember the scene from that day that was my beginning?
I"ll live my life, with these beautiful feelings.
No matter how many times I shed tears and give up.
I will believe in the light at the end of the tunnel.
I will hold your hand forever.
And believe in your feelings, my feelings
One day we may separate that thought is so frightening for me.
When I think about it, all I can do is cry.
I won"t say goodbye.
Nor will I say I love you.
But, I will say, I will see you again.
I want to see you again, in that place.
Where everything began." Lila sang.
This song...
Oujiro exhaled deeply, see? He was right. Lila, she"s so stupid. She chose Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka of all people. Choosing Karas.h.i.+ma over Kiryu will only make her situation worse. While Lila and Kiryu-san"s case wasn"t ideal, they were still together. So no matter what they"d find the strength to be with each other. It"s different now though.
Oujiro pulled out his phone and dialed Kiryu-san"s number. He doesn"t say a word when the call connected but raised his phone. Listen to her sing.