Even though nothing had changed. Lila exhaled deeply, this can"t go on any longer. She understands that full well. Then again, it won"t be much longer. In a few days, she would leave here. In a few days, she and Kiryu… Lila shook her head, there"s no use thinking about it now. There"s still time. While she was slightly late, not too much time had pa.s.sed. When she eventually arrived at the meeting spot though, Lila noticed girls surrounded Kiryu"s door. She frowned slightly, are they bothering him?
"Ah, Selisama is really here!"
Selichan is?
Throb
Throb.
"I"m so jealous!"
"They say the two are dating now."
"Huh? For real? What about?.."
"Don"t mention that name, why would he wait around for a girl who abandoned him?"
"Speaking of looks though. Who do you think is prettier between Kiku Ari and Selisama?"
"Isn"t it obvious? It"s Selisama."
"Right? Selisama has a better personality too."
"She and Kiryu-sama are a perfect match."
A perfect match, to others she"s the woman who abandoned Kiryu. Yes, she supposed that"s accurate; she left Kiryu. That"s why... Despite the crowd though, Kiryu noticed her right away. Their gaze met. He can"t do anything. Right now she is Kiku Ari. She ought to leave before she makes trouble for him.
However, the moment she turned away. Kiryu walked over to her. Everyone watched the scene dumbfounded.
He doesn"t hesitate and picked her up, the moment Kiryu lifted her off the ground. Her eyes widened. Ah. He noticed her.
"This girl, she"s mine. Get out of the way."
The crowd stunned and curious remained that way, but immediately dispersed seeing her Kiryu glare darkened. Once they left, Kiryu turned to her and asked with a gentle tone.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes,"
" She"s mine. "
To think just two simple words like that will make her feel relieved. It must have been her imagination, Kiryu is just Kiryu.
Kiryu and herself -there"s no such distance. He will always be the Kiryu she knows, and the things she doesn"t know about him. She will learn it. Thank goodness. Lila hugged him tighter.
Kiryu gently caressed her hair, "Don"t worry my Lila."
"Ah-huh..."
She"s worried though, the comment about her leaving him aside. They even used her present ident.i.ty as a comparison.
"Kiryu, was that okay?"
"Ritsuko will erase their memories, so there"s no need to worry."
"Okay.." Lila stopped realizing something.
"Oh, I"m sorry for intruding.." Lila paused, it was brief. But she glimpsed at the girls" expression. Hate and jealousy. Ah, it"s like what Rosalichan said. This girl has feelings for Kiryu.
"Intruding? You should be the one giving lessons, not me..." Kiryu paused, "Are your hands fine?"
"Ah yes, lately I"ve been playing again. So it should be fine."
"Then, show her for a while."
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Selia stood in the sidelines and watched the girl play the piano. A beautiful melody filled the room.
Why? Why is this girl so good?
How come someone like her, someone who is stringing along two guys. Can sing and compose such beautiful music? It"s so unfair. Seeing Kiryu"s gentle gaze as he watched the girl, Selia understood that she lost.
"You can"t beat her right now.."
As she recalled Rosalisan"s words, Selia clenched her fist.
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He wanted to use the chance for the two to get along with each other. But Selia swiftly left after Lila"s performance. At first, he thought he was over-thinking things. However, now he"s confirmed it. Selia really doesn"t like Lila. That gives him even more of a reason for her to stop being his a.s.sistant. He feels bad for her, and he wants to keep the promise he made Nikki. But his little wife"s words are the law, and he knows full well that Lila isn"t comfortable with Selia and now he has learned that Selia dislikes Lila. He will not risk Lila safety any longer.
"Um, my Kiryu. You haven"t stopped staring at me for two hours now..."
He chuckled, "Well, I was thinking how this a good scene for a drawing.."
Lila laughed, cheeks slightly red, " Um, you"ll add to your collection?"
"Yeah."
Kiryu pulled out his sketchpad from his bag. Though he intended to focus on practicing for his upcoming show. He decided that if he found the time, he would do a drawing. It"s been a long time since he last did so. "Stay still for a while"
"Okay ~!" Lila cheerfully exclaimed.
His gaze softened seeing the girls cheerful and bright smile as he brought his pencil to the paper and drew. It really has been a long time since he"s been able to relax for so long. Though things were tense for a while when she first came here. It"s calmed down now, he"s glad that the girl"s training camp had a slight extension too. That"s definitely Mamoru-san"s doing. In between the girls" lessons, he"s been training the two.
.
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Hearing the song that left the girl"s lips, he paused, "You really don"t get embarra.s.sed do you?"
"Why would I? It"s one of the many songs we wrote together.."
Well, he gets that. But she should really hold back those "I love him" vibes whenever she"s singing. He"s not saying this because he"s ashamed or anything. In fact, he wants her to keep singing this way. However, if the media catches on. She won"t be able to complete her journey properly.
"Don"t worry my Kiryu, I"ll be okay."
"Yeah."
"I only sing these songs when I have a hard time breathing."
"... when you"re upset?" Kiryu asked.
"It"s more like when I"m deep in thought. Tell me Kiryu, doesn"t Selichan like you?"
".. Yeah."
Though he had been thinking about it for a while now, he only confirmed it after seeing her hostility towards Lila earlier. It was the first time Selia showed such open hostility.
"Sorry," Kiryu apologized.
He didn"t know exactly what he was apologizing for. But it felt like he wronged her.
Lila shook her head, " I can"t stop people from falling for you. In the past, it was like that, and even now it"s still the same. But I want you to remember Kiryu, no matter how many people love you. I"ll always love you the most."
"How will you prove that?"
Lila"s calm demeanor vanished and her whole face turned bright red. It always surprised him how easily she would get embarra.s.sed in front of him.
Kiryu smiled and walked over, and hugged the girl from the back, as he murmured softly against her ear, "Will you sing for me again?"
"Yes..."
He laced their hands together, and sighed, "This is the hand, I don"t want to let go of. Ever since I held your hand that day, I never wanted to let it go." Even though they didn"t date until last year even though a lot of stuff happened in middle school. Kiryu was always certain of one thing, Lila never once let go of his hand. She would always choose him over everyone else.
"I will let go of this soon."
"Kiryu..."
"And, I want you to be happy. I want you to show him the light and also experience a different happiness than you would with me. Can you promise me that Lila?"
At that comment she spun around, tears falling rapidly from her eyes as she buried her face in his chest, "Why do you always have to ruin the moment?! Stop bringing this up, it"s banned until the last day."
Kiryu laughed at the girls" reaction, "Well, I figured I"d say my part on this bit by bit."
"Dummy, just tell me in one go. My Kiryu, I love you..."
"Yeah."
"So don"t let go of my hand."
"That"s impossible already."
"Stupid."
Kiryu silently agreed with her, he really is stupid...