Dream Star

Her thoughts broke off when she caught a glimpse of somebody else entering the bathroom. Ah, it"s Sophisan.

The blonde hair woman"s lips curve to a smile, "Haruka treasures you this much huh, he didn"t touch you. Scarlett was livid; it was hilarious," Sophia giggled.

She said nothing, but Lila raised her eyebrows. So her decision was correct in the end.

"But, I think I ought to warn you. Haruka won"t be able to stay away from Aizawa Mei. Whether or not he accepts her as his talent, they will see each other frequently."

"Didn"t you tell me before that you were on n.o.body"s side?"

Sophia nodded, "That"s right, I"m on n.o.body"s side. However," she trailed off, "I do think this little game that"s being played is rather interesting."

"It"s not funny; you guys can"t keep forcing women on Haruka left and right. Why don"t you take into consideration his feelings for once?"

"But we are, we picked a girl that"s to his liking this time."

"A girl awfully similar to her," Lila thought. They, they are doing it on purpose, aren"t they? After observing her this entire time, they must have figured it out by now. Her hanyou state is triggered by her emotions. Now that she thought about it, for Haruka"s company to have such knowledge, perhaps they are connected with the church of survivors that Kiryu mentioned to her before they broke up?

"I"m afraid that"s futile, what Haruka likes isn"t my personality alone. But me. It does you no good to get someone similar or a copycat," Lila said, "Is that the best they can do?" Though Aizawa Mei"s presence caught her off guard and made her feel uncomfortable. Lila knew, how deep Haruka"s feelings for her were. If he were going to fall in love with somebody else, he would have done so by now.

Sophia, however, didn"t seem phased, "Interesting theory of yours. But I think you"re underestimating Aizawa Mei a little. Indeed she does resemble you, and that"s why the Boss chose her for this plan. But at the same time, she is different from you. That girl"s living circ.u.mstances, her childhood relates more to Haruka. She can understand him far better than you can, and what"s more, she doesn"t have anybody. She"s never had anybody close to her, let alone have another lover. The things Haruka is insecure with when it comes to you, it won"t happen with her."

Lila didn"t know what to say to that, "Indeed, that may be the case," she didn"t research Aizawa Mei properly. But she knew Sophia wasn"t lying. A person who can understand Haruka whole heartily, a girl like that may be better for him and yet, she shook her head. The one Haruka wants to be with right now is her, and her alone.

A pair of arms wrapped around her, ah, it"s Haruka. He took one long look at Sophia before a deep sigh pa.s.sed his lips, "Can"t you just leave us two alone? It"s getting annoying."

Sophia laughed, "Do you really think you two can be together forever? Don"t make me laugh; you can"t escape Haruka even if I"m not the one to bring you down. Many others wish to see you fall into h.e.l.l once again."

"I don"t know about those many others, but if you harm my wife or go near her again there will be h.e.l.l to pay," Haruka wore a composed smile on his face, but the aura around him was dangerous. Sophia, however, was not phased.

This was one of the things that always bothered her about Sophia.

"Teras.h.i.+ma Lila, just a prediction. I"ll give it a month max before your everyday life with Haruka falls apart because of Aizawa Mei. She isn"t as talented as you, but she has talent, and the company will most likely pair her with Haruka. They already have loads of plans to make them a couple," Sophia smiled, "Let"s see how you can handle it."

With those words said Sophia left the toilets, leaving her alone with Haruka. Lila realized this immediately, and she moved away from his hold, "Time to exit too," Lila thought. What Sophia said regarding Aizawa Mei didn"t surprise her, nor did she care for it too much. Did these people think it would be that easy for them to manipulate the media? In Universal Star town? Her hometown? This is her turf; she won"t allow them to do as they please.

Her thoughts broke off when she felt Haruka"s hand on hers, "N--not now," she said calmly.

"Mmm, I just want to hold your hand. No good?"

"I like it."

His lips curve to a smile, and his gaze softened, "You believe me? That I won"t fall for anyone but you?"

"It"s more like, I think I can predict the future now," Lila nodded to herself, "I can predict our future," this whole time her future with Haruka has been very vague. Unlike when she dated Kiryu, Lila couldn"t picture their future together. Bit by bit, however, that started to change, she started to see something different.

"Our future, it sounds nice and like a dream. Do you really want to be with me?"

He"s repeating stupid things, Lila turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck as she murmured in his ear, "I do, only you, I only want to be with you," she said softly.

Haruka responded by gently placing a kiss on her forehead, "I"m acting like an idiot again; I know we just spoke about this earlier."

"It"s okay, Haruka; I think I get it."

"You do?"

Lila nodded, "I feel like, I"ve been off balance. Lots of things have happened between us. I"ve fallen in love and had my heart broken to a re-proclamation of love. But I still don"t really know how to be in a relations.h.i.+p. I kind of understand that it"s not about depending on someone else," Lila trailed off. The love she had with Kiryu was like that, she depended on him too much, and even though he was in pain. Kiryu always focused on helping her. However, with Haruka, it"s different, "I"m sure you will be able to teach me properly even though we"re both clumsy."

Haruka"s eyes widened at her words before he deeply sighed, "What an idiot."

Lila laughed, "I guess I thought too hard and crossed the limit of my head of what I could think about, and it threw me off balance."

"Yeah, you and your 3-second memory."

She stepped on his foot then, "Gee...listen to me, will you?" Her gaze softened when she saw the way Haruka looked at her, "That"s why it might actually be a good opportunity for us to be apart once in a while. So that I can take some time to think," Haruka inched closer and pulled her into a hug, "About myself, you, back then.."

"Don"t think too hard."

She wants to be with him all the time, but that"s impossible. For some reason they are fated to be apart from each other, "I want to be with you more, but once in a while will you let me be with the others?" as long as she sticks to Haruka. Lila knew that nothing would change. She wouldn"t be able to patch things up with Kasumi and everybody else.

More importantly, "I need to sort things out with Kiryu," Lila murmured. Though the two of them already had several talks, she understood full well that things aren"t that simple.

Haruka seemed disturbed by that thought since he held her tighter, "Haruka, I..."

"Don"t mention him," it was just three words, but Lila understood. It seems like she is pus.h.i.+ng her request a bit, so much for that try. But Lila understood while Haruka is willing to listen to her now. There are certain things he still can"t accept.

Lila stood on her tiptoes and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I want to kiss and do things with you," she wants to feel his warmth and make sure that he is right here. Whenever she mentions Kiryu, even if it"s just a little sentence just like now. A dark cloud seems to form on his face.

Haruka, however, pulled her away, "Not now Lila."

Eh? Why is he turning her away? Haruka deeply sighed, "We should just leave this place. I don"t know what I was thinking bringing you here."

"So we can go on our date now?"

Haruka laughed, "You really won"t let that go," he smiled and gently kissed her lips, "Yeah, let"s go on our date, Lila."