Dream Star

"H—Haruka, what are you doing?"

"Hara.s.sing you."

"Don"t say it so bluntly," Lila exclaimed. What is with him? Is he bothered by the fact that she met with senpai? It"s not like she hid it from him, Lila sent him a message saying that the two of them met up earlier.

Haruka"s lips graze against her ear, "Eep."

"Couch? We have a few minutes."

"No," Lila said.

"What do you mean, no?"

"Today, I have practice; you can"t act unreasonably this time, Haruka."

"Why can"t I?"

Why is he doing this now, is it possible that he was jealous? It can"t be. To her surprise, he suddenly lets go of her, "Tell me something, you"re okay with me leaving?"

"I"m not, but honestly, what can I do? I have to sort out Kiryu"s scandal when I come back, and you"re still signed to that company," Lila said the last line with a deep sigh. While Soichiro managed to strike a deal with those people, it"s only temporary, the moment they return to j.a.pan it becomes invalid, "I"m more worried about the fact that we have to return to being enemies."

Haruka"s lips curve to a smile, "Well, it would be interesting to see you point your sword at me."

"This isn"t funny," she"s honestly been stressed about it the last few days.

"Sit closer to me, Lila."

Lila made her way over and sat down on the couch. The second she does so, Lila felt Haruka reach out and tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"I was reading Pope. Have you heard of him?"

Lila shook her head as she leaned into his shoulder as he continued reading the book from earlier. When she arrived a few minutes ago, it surprised her to see Haruka so engrossed in his reading. Lila had been watching him for a good few minutes before he realized she was there. Haruka must have realized that she may fall asleep not because the book is boring, but because of fatigue. Indeed, the moment Haruka started reading, Lila yawned. Her thoughts broke off when she felt his free hand tracing her knees. The contact made her s.h.i.+ver, a reaction that pleased Haruka.

"You too, touch me," Haruka muttered.

Uh? T—touch him? Where?

For some reason, her heart jumped.

Lila kept her head down and refused to do so, as she focused on the pounding sound of her heart. Recently this happened a lot, her heart beating much faster than it should.

Haruka stopped reading, lets the book slide to the floor as his hand moves to cover hers. "Have you had much to drink?" he asks.

"Barely anything." She lied, but Lila is sure her flushed face was enough for him to know that she was lying.

"Liar," he murmurs as he brought his lips towards her ear, " You drink a lot when you"re stressed,"

"I was only entertaining them. It was for work."

"You could refuse, gee what are they doing getting you drunk during the middle of the day? Wait, let me get some water,"

Lila nodded and watched as Haruka left the couch. Honestly, Haruka was on point with his a.s.sessment. While she mainly drank to "entertain" and go along with the flow. Artists do this all the time, even those who don"t drink. Especially when an important figure appears, but personally? Lila didn"t see the need to do something so stupid. Why risk getting drunk and pa.s.sing out for a mere stranger?

The main issue was her stress. The reason why she ended up drinking more than the obliged and polite amount was because she was stressed out. While the conversation with Haruka regarding that matter ended just like that, Lila felt like something was amiss. "Is that all?" "Was that really a proper conversation?" Lila knew the answer to those questions. It wasn"t a proper talk. Maybe she was just making a big deal out of it, but isn"t it normal to be suspicious? Her boyfriend going on a trip with his company aside, females who have had s.e.xual relations with him in the past are coming along too.

Her face felt hot, Lila held herself back from collapsing this whole time. But she felt faint, and her body was burning up. Haruka quickly returned with a gla.s.s of water and brought it to her lips, "Can you drink?"

Lila shook her head.

"Give it to me, Haruka, mouth."

Haruka"s gaze softened, "Yeah," Lila watched as he drank the water and

..

"So, you don"t have to be so uneasy. I won"t be spending that much time with Sophia, or Linda for that matter," Haruka explained. After she drank water, Lila laid in Haruka"s arms as he continued to caress her hair.

Lila looked at him with puffed cheeks, "Why didn"t you tell me that sooner?!!"

Haruka"s sweat fell, "Well, you seemed content with my original answer," he paused, "But well I guess I shouldn"t have a.s.sumed that. My bad, I"m worried too, you know? You"ll be going to Universal Star Town and meeting Austin Kiryu without me."

"Haruka, you can"t come with me?"

"At most I"ll be able to drop you off and stay for a day," Haruka drawled, "However, any longer is impossible."

"I don"t want to be apart from you, Haruka."

"I"ll call you every day,"

But she won"t be satisfied just hearing his voice. Lila flushed red, realizing what she just said. Won"t be satisfied? Then what would satisfy her, just him being beside her? That felt too shallow. Honestly, it was difficult for Lila to remain calm whenever she was around the man named Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka. The two of them dating aside, there is no reason for her to act like a fl.u.s.tered fool the majority of the time. She had her reasons, Haruka practically seduces her every time they are together. He"s very subtle about it too, so she ends up looking like an idiot.

What would satisfy her, feeling his warmth against her own. His lips are attacking her and his hand in hers. Lila hadn"t realized how much she enjoyed the skin-to-skin contact with Haruka before. It"s not a matter of "l.u.s.t" or "pa.s.sion," she genuinely felt happiness whenever he held her in his arms. But she wondered if it was the same for him.

"Haruka, can we get close?"

"Aren"t we already close?"

But she wants to get closer, how does she ask him?

To her surprise Lila suddenly found herself laying flat on the couch with Haruka hovering over her, "What do you want me to do?" her cheeks turned red when she realized he saw through her this whole time. How embarra.s.sing.

"Didn"t you say now wasn"t a good time?" Haruka looked at her, confused, "I"ll respect your wishes."

"Haruka wants me, though."

"Mmm, like always. But aren"t you the same?"

Maybe she was, she didn"t understand it anymore. All Lila knew was as long as she was with this person, then she could reach further than before.

....
- Resort -

When Haruka suggested they take a walk, Lila happily obliged - but then she realized why he said it. He wants to do inappropriate things. But the last place Lila expected him to bring was a resort looking area.

"Relax, I won"t do anything you don"t want. And, besides, it"s not the first time," Haruka said, reading her thoughts as they walked down to the separate cabin areas.

"I--I know, but that"s why..."

"I see."

He let"s go of her and walks over to one of the rooms and slides the door open.

"Come here."

However, Lila remained still. She felt far too embarra.s.sed about this whole situation.

"Lila, come in."

"B—But, um this feels strange..."

"Well, I wanted to make it special."

Lila nodded and entered the chambers; it was a bedroom like she expected. But there was something exotic about it. She shyly stands aside as Haruka closed the door. She examined the room and found below the bed were mini-streams of water. It"ll be like making love in the water and outside. So embarra.s.sing.

Her Haruka has strange fetishes. It"s clear as day what he wants, by taking her here first. Since earlier she sensed it, but despite being prepared, she"s so nervous. Her heart is beating so fast. Lila hears a rustling noise from behind her, and her cheeks reddened. Uwaah. Uwaah... When Haruka hugged her from behind, Lila felt the warmth of his bare skin against hers.

Haruka whispers seductively in her ear, "I want you." causing her whole body to become hot.

He tugs on her clothes, and Lila becomes frantic. Of course, he didn"t take them off just like that. Haruka has always liked to tease her whenever he makes love to her; it"s the one thing that hasn"t changed. Even when they started dating. Rather, it"s gotten a lot worst — his teasing and bullying her. But there"s no doubt that his actions after they started dating, held more gentleness than usual. Gentleness and yet, his pa.s.sion overwhelmed her. Although she knew how much he always desired her, it was obvious from the moment she first drank his blood. But, even so. Even with that knowledge, she doesn"t know how to react.

Once she was only in her undergarments, he picks her up and lays her down on the bed. She smelt the freshness and cleanliness of the sheets and becomes even more embarra.s.sed. He really prepared everything. Is that why she"s embarra.s.sed? She doesn"t understand. Her mind is becoming fuzzy. He"s kissing her with so much pa.s.sion, that she"s never felt before.

"-I love you."

Those were the last words her mind was able to get, as he held her with so much pa.s.sion and love that she"s never seen before.

...
When Lila woke up, she felt the pain all over her body. Ah...

She"s embarra.s.sed after all.

Her body... Lila bent down and took a bit of blood from Haruka before she got up.

She wants to cook for him after all he did for her.

There"s a kitchen, here, right? As Lila slipped on the clothes by her feet, she realizes that Haruka must have known she would wake up before him. He"s too prepared. She wonders when he had time to get this already though. As she thought this, Lila hears the sound of her phone.

Ah? Lila turned to her phone, which she left on the side.

A phone call from her mother?

"h.e.l.lo? Mommy?"

However, there was nothing but silence on the other line. That"s strange, did her mother call her by mistake?