Dream Star

When Akari and Izumi left her for a bit to go and talk to some people they knew . Lila took a short break and leaned against one of the shop building walls .

"What are you doing here?"

Lila"s eyes widened when she saw who it was . Maroon colored hair and those mesmerizing eyes, "Haruka!"

"Thought that was you, I heard you"re having problems . But I didn"t think you"d come all the way out here . "

Soft laughter pa.s.sed her lips, "I was just thinking, it would be nice if I b.u.mped into you . "

"Hn, I see," he cupped her cheeks, "You"re sweating all over, do you need my help?"

Lila"s eyes widened at his words . She immediately understood what he meant . If Haruka gives the order or asks, then they will do as he says without questioning . In the past, it was the same for her too . But now things have changed . Now when people see her, they take on two stances — first, the cold and distance att.i.tude with a hint of mockery . Second, the hesitant wait and see att.i.tude .

She shook her head, "It"s okay, I"ll find something . "

It isn"t impossible . There are more hesitant individuals in this area . If she shows her sincerity, then it should be okay . Well, Izumi said he had a place in mind . If that failed, then she will resort to her other plan .

"You"re always trying to remain strong and do things yourself, how stupid . "

Ah? Why did he insult her? Lila"s cheeks puffed into a pout, and Haruka squeezes them .

"Such an idiot," Haruka repeated .

He keeps insulting her! If he has nothing better to say, then why did he come over .

"But that"s one of the traits I love about you . How your hard-working and never back down despite the situation not looking good . "

Her eyes widened at his words, Lila felt her heartbeat speed up rapidly . Her cheeks grew hotter and hotter, a bright shade of red . "Haruka said, I love," Lila repeated . While she is happy about the compliments too . Hearing the words, "I love," made her feel nervous .

Haruka bends down and kisses her, "Don"t look at me like that, you"ll make me want you . "

"Haruka, I have to get back," she stammered . Lila knew she had to get away from him now . She saw it briefly when they kissed, that look in his eyes . Eyes filled with desire and pa.s.sion for her .

Lila turned to leave quickly, but Haruka grabbed hold of her hand .

"Sit down . Your leg is bleeding . "

"O—h," Lila looked down at her legs . Sure enough, she saw blood on her leg . While she felt a sudden pain earlier, Lila didn"t pay any attention to it ad continued with the task at hand . Her sweat fell, so she went around like this and n.o.body said anything?

She must really be hated by everyone now . Lila thought she understood the consequences of leaving the town, but she didn"t expect it to be like this . Aren"t the consequences far too severe? Sure she left, but it"s not like she abandoned music . Maybe because of the timing? Lila had only just become the number one idol, only a month had pa.s.sed before she left . Did everybody hate her because they thought she abandoned her work?

But then that would have been clarified when she revealed her ident.i.ty as Kiku Ari .

No matter how much Lila thought about it, she couldn"t understand why the backlash was this strong .

"Lila, let"s find somewhere to sit down . "

"Ah, there"s a quiet area over there," Lila pointed to the right . Haruka nodded and took her hand, Lila"s gaze softened . No matter how much people hate her, though . She will always have Haruka .

. .

Right past the shops, on the east side, was a small clearing area surrounded by wildlife . While there are benches near the shops themselves, most people come here to rest and eat lunch . Sure enough, they weren"t the only ones here . There was another couple eating lunch, and a mother and child .

Lila patiently sat down and waited until Haruka"s guard came back with the supplies . Her gaze flickered onto the handsome man beside her, who was smoking . Why hasn"t he let go of her other hand yet? While Haruka was smoking using one hand, he held her hand in the other .

Why does she feel so nervous? "So stupid," Lila thought .

"Haruka, what kind of business did you have here?" Lila was curious . This was actually a pretty well off area in the city . It wasn"t a wealthy area, but the shops here aren"t mediocre ones either . It"s a beautiful area and differs from the places Haruka normally goes to . So Lila was surprised to see him here .

"Hmmm, I was meeting a girl . "

Lila shot him a harsh glare, which caused Haruka to laugh . That"s not funny at all! He can"t joke about that stuff .

Haruka"s lips curve to a smile, "For your upcoming modeling job . "

Lila deeply sighed, "Stop saying that as a joke . I get worried you know," even if it was only for a moment . She felt the pain in her heart . Her thoughts broke off when Haruka"s arms circles around her waist and drew her close . The moment she was in his arms, her earlier exhaustion seemed like a lie . She wanted Haruka to hold her .

"I don"t accept bribes," Lila trailed off, "But, hugging is nice, so I"ll let you off this time around . "

Haruka hummed in reply . "He"s a moron, and they are both acting like a stupid couple," Lila thought . But, whenever they are together, she feels warmth and kindness that she does not see in other people .

After a few minutes, Haruka let her go and stood up, "Wait here, I"ll get the stuff . "

"Okay . "

She wanted to hug more, but her leg hurt, so she allowed him to leave .

. . . .

Lila is glad that she didn"t have to wait for Haruka for a long time . Whenever it came to Haruka, leaving even for a few seconds, she would become paranoid . So when he returned in less than three minutes, while it still worried her . It was better than the usual — a small white box in hand, which Haruka placed on the ground .

Haruka bent down and opened the small box and took out some antiseptic and a cotton bud on a stick .

"You need to be more careful, you"re a girl remember and a star . Injuries like this can easily scar . "

A girl and a star, huh?

"You"re not saying that because you"re worried about me?" Lila asked .

"Of course I"m worried, you"re always getting hurt . Well," Haruka trailed off and looked at the wound, "I guess this time around you got hurt for a good reason . This is how dedicated you are with your work, huh?"

"Aren"t you like that too?"

Haruka always looks so exhausted every single day . He"s working more than her .

"Only because it concerns you . I lack the effort and motivation otherwise . "

Stupid, Haruka always directs the topic back to her . He doesn"t like talking about himself . That"s why she has to learn things based on observation, by reading his facial expression . Lila knew whenever he is hurt, upset, angry, or sad based on his actions and expressions . Though, there are some things actions and expressions can"t convey . Her gaze flickered onto Haruka, who had turned quiet, he was silently taking care of her wound .

Sometimes Lila wondered about this relations.h.i.+p . How far is she willing to take things? She loves Haruka and wants to marry him . Haruka even told her before that he wants children, and lately, he keeps hinting at it a lot . However, Lila wondered if somebody like her deserved to be with Haruka?

Don"t get her wrong, she will not listen to Sophia and other people"s words . No matter what they say about her not deserving to be with Haruka . Lila knew that those people don"t have Haruka"s best interests in mind, they only care about themselves .

This issue is more of a personal problem that cropped up because of her insecurity . She loves Haruka but can two people in love really stay together? Her Mother and father"s love story was perfect like it was right out of a fairytale . But, even their perfect love story encountered so many problems and led to them separating for so long . Unlike her parents, Lila isn"t sure that she would be able to cope with

"So, I have to ask," Haruka suddenly brought up, "Why do you keep hiding your text messages with Austin Kiryu? I know you"ve been messaging him . "

"S—sorry," Lila quickly apologized, "It"s not like I wanted to hide it," but when Lila thought of the contents of the messages . She thought it would be better to hide it . The things Kiryu talked about there were confidential information, while he asked about her health and they made some light talk . Most of those messages are what he"s been up to with HYOU4 .

Quite some time had pa.s.sed since she last heard about HYOU4 . After what happened in April, others seldom see the group around . At least the front tier members, the regular guards still patrol around the city . When Lila thought about the context of the message, it gave her a headache . What"s happening to this city?

Are things really falling apart because of that man named Zane?

"Well," Haruka nodded, "I"m not as mad as I thought . After that whole video thing at the park, I realized that I ought to be more open-minded when it concerns you and Austin Kiryu . You love me so much and return home with me every day without fail . You fall asleep in my arms and wake up in my arms too . We see each other constantly even with our busy schedules, you"ve given me so much love . So, why do I have to doubt you?"

Lila"s eyes widened at his words, why is he so stupid? He keeps saying things that make her feel like crying . As Lila thought this, Haruka continued .

"While I don"t suspect you or anything anymore . I am still uneasy, so I"d like it if we"re more honest when it came to who we are meeting or messaging . "

"Then, can I look at your phone?"

"Don"t you all the time?"

"The other one," Lila said, her voice sharp . It was only recently when she found out about the other phone . She overheard Aizawa Mei talking about the company policy stuff, "They contact us more on the phone they give us . "

"Alright," Haruka agreed . With his free hand, Haruka took his phone out of his pocket and gave it to her .

"So stupid," Lila thought . Why isn"t he hesitating? Surely there is sensitive information there too? But what if he"s messaging other girls all the time? Lila only brought up to let Haruka know that she knew already . However, Lila didn"t think he would give her the phone to look at . Now that he has, she felt terrible .

"I"m sorry, I didn"t mean to . . . "

Haruka smiled, "It"s fine . You"re jealous side is cute . "

Lila sighed, "It"s not just jealousy, I"m just unsure and uncertain," when it came to Haruka . When it came to anything about him, Lila knew that she was no longer her carefree self . She wound end up getting stressed and worked up because she wanted answers . This man is very bad with words, and it"s uncomfortable for him to talk about himself . That"s why Lila never asks, even when she is curious .

"Yeah, I understand that too . Like I said before, most of the things your thinking, I"ve already had them before . "

"I"m sorry, I keep causing problems . "

"Mmm, but so do I . I"m by your side because I love you, I take careless actions because I love you . That"s not the only reason, I"m doing these things because I genuinely want to . Even if you didn"t have feelings for me, even if you weren"t my girlfriend, it would not have made much difference . "