She"s no match for this person. He may be clumsy and make a lot of mistakes. But once in a while when he gets very serious, things end up this way. Her gaze softened as she tiptoed and lightly kissed his lips again. "Mmmhh.."
Lila laughed softly when Haruka impatiently ran his hand through her skirt, "Um, dummy. I need to go now."
"d.a.m.n. Can"t I get one last feel?"
She rolled her eyes at that comment, "This is hardly the time to be inappropriate Mr judge."
"But this partic.i.p.ant is seducing me."
Who is seducing who here? How shameless. But, it"s true that she would like to continue this. Lila thought for a moment since they dated. She seldom took the initiative.
At least whenever she did, Haruka always took advantage of the moment. That"s why maybe she should do as he says and seduces him. Honestly, when she was still dating Kiryu. She never once took the initiative with anything. Sure she acted jealous and expressed that openly with acts of affection at times. However, it was nothing too serious.
Lila pressed her lips against his, a light kiss? A pa.s.sionate one? She isn"t sure. But if one were to ask, she could sum it up as a kiss she would only give this person.
"Ari.."
Lila smiled, "Okay, I"ll leave now." Lila proceeds to turn and leave when she felt him hug her from the back, "Haruka, you"re making things awfully difficult for me."
"Says the one who just seduced me."
"Is that a problem?" Lila challenged. For some reason today she felt quite brave.
Haruka"s lips curve to a smile, "It"s not a problem darling, but you ought to work on your seducing skills a bit more."
Eh?
Lila doesn"t get a chance to same anymore when she found that Haruka had lifted her off the ground.
"Delay the opening."
"But, sir," the man protested.
Haruka however glared at him, "Do it."
The staff member who called her overlooked at Haruka frightened as he scurried away. Lila rolled his eyes; this guy is completely unreasonable. Maybe she shouldn"t have seduced him?
…....
It didn"t take long before Haruka brought her to one of the rooms on that floor.
Realizing it was his dressing room, Lila sighed deeply. He did this on purpose. Haruka always planned ahead for these situations. Haruka placed her down on a comfortable looking couch, as he loosened his tie and tossed it to the ground. He brought his lips to her ear, and Lila shuddered.
Whenever Haruka remotely gets close, she always feels her body grow incredibly hot. This time around was no exception either.
"Haruka."
"Since you seduced me successfully, I have to reward you."
Her cheeks burned at his words, why does he have to sound so seductive for?
"Ari, you"re so hot. This outfit is very tempting."
Lila frowned slightly, "Wait. This is my performance clothes so.."
"Nm," he bites her ear, "That"s why I"m taking it off instead of savoring each layer."
The way his lips sensually bit her ear and neck made her body grow increasingly hot.
"You really are stupid ngh.."
"But I"m being seduced; what do you expect me to do?"
Haruka looked at her with an expression that blamed her, and his tone too. Lila rolled her eyes, why is she dating this moron again? He"s so shameless. Her gaze softened however when she felt Haruka tremble. He"s worried about her. Haruka always masked his fear with acts of l.u.s.t and pa.s.sion. It seems like no matter how much time pa.s.ses, no matter how close they get with each other that"s the one thing that won"t change. He"s such an idiot. But she loves him so much.
It"s not like this situation is particularly unpleasant for her either. Being held by the person you love is truly a beautiful thing. Even in this type of situation, she wrapped her arms around Haruka"s neck.
"Are you stupid?" Haruka mumbled.
Light laughter pa.s.sed her lips, "What do you think Haruka?"
"I think so at times."
"Mm, maybe. But I have these moments where I want to hold you tight and not let you go. Is that wrong of me?"
"I never said that."
...…
When Haruka eventually let her go, two hours had pa.s.sed. They delayed the opening by two hours. A deep sigh pa.s.sed, that stupid idiot. Most of the contestants had no clue why there was a delay. But there were those in the area who oversaw and heard. Lila murmured, "Idiot."
It"s hard to lie low whenever she meets with Haruka when they are at work. He already publicized their relations.h.i.+p and all that, so people knew about their relations.h.i.+p. It shouldn"t surprise them. However, many disapprove of it. It"s not like she can"t understand where they are coming from. A manager and their talent dating, no. A judge and a partic.i.p.ant. A deep sigh pa.s.sed her lips, that stupid barrier will get in the way unless she gets kicked out of the tournament.
"Wow, there"s a lot more people this time," Lila peeked through the curtain. Her eyes widened as she saw the size of the crowd.
"Apparently there are more than 50,000 people out there," Kotori said.
"50,000?!!"
Jae-hee rolled her eyes at this comment, "The person who"s performed on a larger stage, please be quiet."
Lila laughed, "But it"s been a while for me, so I"m a bit nervous."
It"s true she performed on a much larger stage before. But it was back in her hometown. No matter what the situation was before, she felt at ease performing no matter where she was. Though Lila had to admit, part of the reason why she felt so at ease than was because of Kiryu. The safety and comfort of her hometown was the other reason.
After the events of the preliminary second round, they swapped the events for the third and second round. So instead of another group tournament, it was an individual solo round. The voting for this round was completely different than the last round. There are the judge"s scores, but there are also the audience votes.
The numbers anybody can give will vary, and the max is 10,000, but there"s a chance of bonus points. Unlike the audition and first round, however. It"s hardly likely for anybody to obtain bonus points in this round, so n.o.body is counting on it.
Hardly likely? Lila"s lips curve to a smile, that"s going to change. While she"s always been more of the "I"ll simply enjoy myself on stage" type. Since she arrived here, Lila realized it was okay to start aiming higher. She"s never entered a tournament as compet.i.tive as this one before. To become a brighter idol, to s.h.i.+ne even more. Lila knew she has to keep on marching ahead.