July 26th, 2035 (Jade manor)When Lila doesn"t see the host Auna during breakfast. She spies a glance at another person seat to find that he wasn"t there too. If that guy is with her, Auna won"t go too crazy. But it is worrying. Kisaragi Auna, a fellow artist in Moonlight entertainment who is also on a mission. The girl"s mission did concern Lila, but right now though she should focus on the task at hand. The job is dealing with this elite tea party. The blue hair girl had constantly been greeting people nonstop since she left the house. But she disliked it, such events are difficult to handle without Soichiro here.
The only good thing about this is that it"s a tea party, you don"t have to wear extravagant clothing. So Lila simply put on her white top with dark blue frill trim along the collar and sleeve cuff. A ruffled white piece of material is sewn to the center of the chest with two b.u.t.tons. At the collar is a dark blue ribbon with turquoise stone on a gold base and a sky blue shard. It is paired with a dark blue skirt.
At the start she was socializing; however, she sighed deeply. Weren"t those people asking rather personal questions? So she found a quiet area and hid. Lila"s thoughts broke off when she heard a deep sigh.
"I don"t like tea parties like this."
Oh, this voice is familiar. When she glanced over, Lila could spot pale blonde hair. "Senpai." It was none other than Ichinose Oujiro; he heard her right away and dropped his cup. She laughed softly at his reaction, how silly.
"Lil-Ari, wait why are you here?" Oujiro asked.
"Someone invited me. But, eh you also?"
Oujiro sighed, "I"m coming in place of my cousin. Ah geez, I don"t like these things. I"m all sweaty from running around and all that talking I had to do."
So basically Ralph-san forced him. It can"t be a coincidence that everyone here knows him, or at least want to contact him. It"s a setup.
"Are you okay? You look worn out." Lila asked concerned.
At that comment, he glanced over at her, "But wait, your hiding also?"
"Uh,.. um.." Seeing him look her up and down. Lila knew she wouldn"t be able to hide it from him.
So she nodded and admitted, "Yeah. I still feel drained from before, and honestly, unless Soichiro is with me, I can"t do these things well."
"Then, since it"s like that shall we sneak off for a bit?" Oujiro asked.
.......
Lakeside
"What a pretty lake. Uwaah, it"s so large." Lila said in amazement. She didn"t notice that there was a large lake past the forest.
Lila slipped her shoes off. She ran inside towards the edge only where the water wasn"t steep and just filled up to her leg. "So cold though."
"It is still cold here. It surprised me to find that the lake wasn"t frozen over." Oujiro commented.
"Well, it"s slightly warmer here than most places."
Seeing Oujiro take a seat and slipping only his feet in the water, Lila ran back over and took a position beside him.
Lila laughed, "Aha, this kinda tickles."
"Congratulations."
"Thank you; I didn"t think I"d be able to sing so well. So when I did…"
Oujiro smiled and extended his hand out to pat her hair, "Well done. I"m sure he would be proud too."
Her gaze softened, "That"s right."
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Phoenix Dome (Random room)
"Sophia, get off me." Haruka murmured.
Haruka had only slept for a few minutes when he felt the woman"s presence in the room. He thought she would leave if she saw he was asleep... But instead, Sophia took advantage of that moment to
Sophia didn"t listen; her arms remained where they were around his neck, "Are you serious? With that woman?"
"Yeah."
Sophia looked amused, "Haruka, she"s completely different from you."
"Just leave.." Haruka murmured. He was completely drained and had no strength to push her away. Sophia took this as an okay sign. She removed his tie and tossed it aside and unb.u.t.toned his s.h.i.+rt.
"You"re wasted on such a young girl. Look how much you"ve grown in our time apart from each other. Do you really want to have such dull s.e.x with her when there are plenty of other beautiful women out there?" Sophia asked.
Haruka lazily replied, "Beautiful girls come and go." But only those with a good personality like Lila stay. Only those with genuine feelings. He wanted to add this but knew Sophia wouldn"t understand. The woman slowly bit his neck and chest.
"But, can she give you what you want?"
What did he want? What would she know about what he wanted?
...
After a short while, Haruka spotted grey hair by the door.
"Need something?" Sophia said.
Jae-hee frowned and pulled Sophia away from him; she harshly glared at the girl, "Leave."
"Touche as usual. But I guess I didn"t leave without anything. Call me if your girlfriend can"t satisfy you Haruka." With those words said Sophia left.
Haruka sighed a breath of relief, "Thanks, I owe you one."
Jae-hee nodded, but she shook her head, "Haruka, you"re supposed to pull her away."
"Huh?"
Jae-hee sighed, and facepalmed, "You"re in a relations.h.i.+p now. I know that all this stuff you"ve done with other girls never meant anything to you. But, if Lila saw that. She would think you were cheating on her." Jae-hee explained.
Haruka recalled the girl"s worried expression at the ball. Come to think of it, Lila didn"t like the idea that he spent so much time close with another woman. For some reason, he a.s.sured her that nothing happened too. Huh, so it"s like that. Haruka nodded.
"Did you need something from me?"
"Yeah, earlier today. I dropped Lila off at the mansion on the outskirts of town. She said it was for a normal elite gathering but.."
Haruka stood up and got his coat, "I"ll go get her. We"re already done here anyway."
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Outskirt of town (Jade Manor)
Haruka arrived there quickly and immediately noticed something. There are loads of that guy"s men in the surroundings. By that guy, he referred to Moonlight entertainments president. Jae-hee didn"t have to worry. He didn"t have to enter the grounds to find her, Haruka saw her by the entrance with Ichinose and walked over. Seeing her hunched up, he realized something was wrong. Sure enough, when he got there, Haruka found his girlfriend drunk.
Haruka shot Ichinose a glare, "Why is she drunk?"
"Don"t blame me; she wanted to blend in with the crowd. So she drank." Oujiro said.
He exhaled deeply, what a careless woman.
"Ari, wake up.."
The girl stirred awake; she looked up, and their eyes met.
"Haruka? Yay! It"s Haruka." Lila flung her arms around his neck, "Haruka, you came for me? I"m happy." The girl"s actions didn"t surprise him. His girlfriend is such a helpless drunk. If he didn"t experience it already, then he would be surprised.
"Yes yes. Hey, how much did you drink?" Haruka asked.
Judging from how red her face was it was a lot.
"A lot!" Lila exclaimed. "But I"m delighted that you"re here, I missed you."
She"s too honest. But, Haruka frowned. "We"re going on ahead, pa.s.s my apologies onto the host."
Oujiro who remained silent this whole time simply nodded. Noticing his gaze, Haruka quickly looked away and carried Lila away in his arms.