Dream Star

Haruka was quick to realize things, especially when it came to her. Everything he does is related to her. His every movement, his every word - everything is a.s.sociated with the woman named Teras.h.i.+ma Lila. Call it an obsession infutation or whatever. But, it didn"t take him long to realize that he simply couldn"t live without her. People would call him stupid or an idiot. They would degrade him and look at him with contempt like Sophia did. But none of that mattered to him.

Lila is his life. The life that he"s ruining. The connection they share is too deep to be understood and translated into mere words.

If she knew that he has yet to throw away those drugs, he wonders what she would say.

The staff greet them like usual. The drummer overreacts, and as for their leader, he merely hands her the disk back and turned to give instructions to the staff to start the recording. He knows that something must have happened between these two in the week or so they became a bad; and yet he does not bother with the minor details knowing what it meant.

Yet that doesn"t stop him from "spying" on the two when they are left alone. He"s not the kind of guy who would resort to spying. But no matter how you look at it, they"ve been acting strangely for a while now.

"Even if I work with Kiryu again, nothing will happen."

"Why?"

At that comment, Haruka watched as Lila takes out a violet shaped box with a golden ribbon. Even from where he was standing, he could not mistaken the heart-shaped pattern. "Please don"t misunderstand me. This is to show my grat.i.tude."

"Grat.i.tude?" Arata trails of and turns away. "I don"t need giri chocolate. All the more, I don"t care for honmei."

"Even if you don"t accept these chocolates, nothing will change."

Seeing the expression in his leaders face change. Haruka isn"t surprised when he turns around and accepts the chocolate. At that time he receives a message on his phone.

From: Sophia

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His gaze dimmed, this woman really doesn"t want to give up.

...

She"s really holding on to him. He doesn"t mind her touching him at all. However, Haruka knows that it won"t lead to anything affectionate; she must be worried about what happened with Arata.

"You"ve been hugging me tightly since earlier, although I don"t mind. Did you do something that makes you feel guilty dear wifey? " The black-haired woman doesn"t respond to that, and he knows that there"s no use in joking around with her. "Are you surprised that Tok.u.mori accepted the chocolates?"

"If you were spying, you could have just shown yourself earlier!" she exclaimed.

"If I did that, I wouldn"t put it past Tok.u.mori to kill me."

The expression on her face clearly read that she didn"t mind that to be the case. "Lila, tell me honestly. I"ll only be able to help you then. What do you intend to do with Tok.u.mori? Even if you two don"t say anything to each other, you"ve always held each other deeply to the point that you could have been lovers. No, you would have been, had the Austin family not offered the engagement between you and Kiryu."

It upset him a bit whenever he thought about it. Even if it wasn"t Austin Kiryu, there was always another a guy in the picture.

"That"s not it at all; it was never like that. Arata has only cared about my singing. I know when to draw a line in a relations.h.i.+p, and those were just chocolates of grat.i.tude," Lila explained.

Her words do seem genuine. However, he laces their hands together. "Why are you shaking?"

"I don"t know."

She cries herself to sleep again, he would have moved her to the bed upstairs. However, when the doors opened, revealing dark hair, he knows it will have to wait.

Haruka proceeded to lecture him for just bursting in when he sees the expression on his face. "Huh? Tok.u.mori is? With the famous Jane Barnes?"

Ryunosuke nodded, "Yeah, it"s a rumor that"s been circling around since we met them on our second day here. However, today I saw them, right after the interview just now. Arata was embracing that woman."

"It"s not unusual; he still has something going on with Jill back in j.a.pan too."

"No, but this is different. Jane Barnes sleeps around with people like toys. Plenty of men from bands have slept with her with the chances of getting their group recognized. I"m sure that guy is doing the same for us. But I hear that Jane Barnes plans to use our upcoming single release as an excuse to dismiss j.a.panese groups."

So, in other words, their performance will be the deciding factor eh? "For us to act as j.a.pan representatives, this is a big deal, isn"t it?"

Haruka nodded, "Yeah."

"Don"t just say "yeah" casually. I"m seriously panicking."

Indeed, it"s unusual to see this person in this condition. Haruka always thought they were similar after all.

"Isn"t it fine? For us to have that responsibility? It just means that woman saw something in our group over the others; otherwise, she would not have proposed such a challenge."

Although it was brief, Haruka caught a glimpse of her when they performed on the day they met. She seemed stunned and surprised when she heard Lila"s singing voice.

Ryunosuke sighs deeply, "Your confidence really is amazing, I may have always envied you because of that."

". . Is this, the real reason why you came here in the middle of the night?"

A chuckle escaped his companion"s lips, "Of course not. I really was genuinely surprised when I heard and saw that sight, so I came here right away."

. . yet there"s definitely something different about Ryunosuke tone than usual.

"What"s on your mind?"

"Since coming here, no even before then, I"ve been thinking for a while now. Unlike you and, not only do I lack confidence and skills. I can"t do anything for Lila." Ryunosuke trails off; his gaze darted towards the girl on the bed. "Since coming here, I"ve been forced to admit it. How much Arata is willing to sacrifice for Lila and Devil; and how much you two are suffering with your relations.h.i.+p, and yet can continue being beside each other."

Suffering? Him and Lila? Haruka didn"t want to think about it that way, but if other people could see it. Why would he deny it? They aren"t suffering, at least not on the surface, anyway. That"s what Haruka always thought. But, it seems like people are starting to notice now.

"Honestly, up until now, I"ve probably underestimated it too much. To what extent Ryunosuke would go for the group and your relations.h.i.+p with her. I thought of them as natural things, and if a problem were to arise, Arata would be able to take care of everything. I didn"t think about the consequences involved."

This guy isn"t the only one, regarding the matter with Tok.u.mori Arata especially. Haruka always thought that he knew to what extreme measures Arata would go for their group and Lila. Last year when he came here to Star Town. Haruka saw it with his own eyes, how Arata treated Lila.

However, since they became a band, Haruka has realized that Arata has taken more and more extreme measures. Even though his companion has a wife who he loves deeply.

"It"s not as though the three of us have been particularly attentive to each other"s feelings,"Haruka sighed at the memory. "In the beginning, I, Tok.u.mori and Lila clashed with our ideals. We couldn"t come to an ideal conclusion. But later on we learned that we did not have to find an ideal ending. Over time, we gradually grew accustomed to each other"s whims and selfishness," Haruka mumbled. It was only for a brief time last year, but he learned about them.

He took a deep breath and continued, "It"s not like we suddenly started to understand each other, we simply got used to it. Because we"re used to it now, we can look past each other"s faults," Haruka said. "At the end, we"re all just going to fall into h.e.l.l together."

"But -- the three of you aren"t bad people at all. I know that very well. You even keep on someone like me in the band after all."

"You shouldn"t use such harsh words on yourself, what will your future girlfriend think?" Haruka joked. He wasn"t the type to joke around.

"It would be nice to get one; then I could be like you two "

"Not like you need one to work. Besides, Tok.u.mori seems to value you."

Ryunosuke"s eyes went wide, "Perhaps that"s the case. Well, I"m sure even you"ve realized it Haruka. Arata"s love for all of us."

"When you put it that way, I get," Haruka trailed off. Strangely enough, he understood it. He"s only been in the group for a short amount of time. But he was starting to understand.

His thoughts broke off when he saw Lila looking over at them with a scowl, "Why are you two having a secret meeting! Ryunosuke, you hypocrite!"

Ryunosuke sighed, "Are you still holding a grudge about that? What secret meeting, geez."

Haruka looked at the two blankly. What are they talking about?