2 hours later It surprised Ameno when he saw Little Lila, but it indeed motivated him to try harder. The entire morning Ameno was slightly distracted, so when he saw Lila here, it encouraged him to work harder. He was taking a quick break and exited the practice rooms. Ameno had just strolled around for ten minutes when he saw it.
That"s Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka isn"t it and the woman with him is.. Ameno recalled Lila"s expression from earlier and the reporters he has heard lately. So that"s the girl, the one causing Little Lila pain and grief recently. The reason why she is making that lonely expression these days.
Ameno strolled over, and Haruka notices him. The man nodded, "Tachibana, you had work here?"
"For a drama, want to watch?"
Haruka sighed, "Like I have the free time to do something like that. Can"t you see I"m working?"
Ameno was half tempted to laugh; this girl is his work? If he was a host, then fair enough, but he is only her manager. Karas.h.i.+ma doesn"t have to go this far. A girl like this is causing Lila so much pain.
"Little Lila is here too."
"Lila?"
Ameno smiled, "Want to come?"
"Let"s take a detour, Aizawa," Haruka turned to the girl beside him.
.....
"Haruka!"
"Why did you sneak off? You have work elsewhere today."
"What are you talking about?" Lila looked confused.
"c.r.a.p, that"s Aizawas schedule. Sorry, mixed up."
"You left me by myself and went with her?"
Mei giggled, "Don"t be so silly, Lilsan, I"m his priority right now as a new artist."
Haruka shot Aizawa Mei a glare before turning to Lila. "Mmm, sorry, won"t happen again. You know I"d rather stick like glue to you."
"Okay, I understand. Your warm Haruka. I want to keep hugging."
...
After Ameno sent the two away, he turned to the woman named Aizawa Mei.
"Now that they are gone, why don"t we have a little chat?"
"What do you want?" the woman"s expression was deadly and cold.
"Miss Aizawa Mei, I think you need a reality check."
"Huh?"
Ameno didn"t waste any time; a menacing aura surrounded him. Aizawa Mei must have caught on since she slowly backed away from him. When the girl had no place left to go, he slammed his fist against the wall. Gaze cold, and yet the smile on his face had yet to leave.
"Now Miss Aizawa Mei, I hear you"ve bothered our little Princess lately."
"Your all overreacting, you know?" Mei sighed, "Haruka is my manager; it"s only natural that we get to spend this much time together."
"Oh? Then maybe you ought to quit calling him over for something other than work," Ameno already did his investigation. The moment he heard the news from Ameno Mikami about what happened in London. However, Ameno kept the investigation and his findings, low key. Many people are targetting Lila right now. But now that he knows that this Aizawa Mei is the cause of Lila"s pain, "You do realize that he isn"t your boyfriend, right? What your doing is latching on to him when he isn"t yours."
"I can"t stop my feelings, and so what if I am? Haruka still comes over to see me. He"s doing it of his own free will."
Ameno wanted to laugh at that comment. Is this girl stupid? She probably doesn"t know anything about it, does she?
"What"s so funny?"
Even though Ameno didn"t laugh, his lips had curved to a smile, "You"ll figure it out in due time. But I"ll give you a hint, Haruka is not coming to see you of his own free will. There"s a certain somebody"s orders he can"t disobey."
Mei"s face turned pale. "She must have thought of someone," Ameno thought. He was honestly intrigued, how much did this woman know? Was she utterly oblivious to everything? From the way she is talking though, this girl is very naive. She genuinely believes Karas.h.i.+ma likes her.
"Now then, I don"t care whether you like him or not. In fact, I may even encourage you to woo him, seduce him or whatever," Ameno"s smile was dangerous, "After all, all I care for is Little Lila"s happiness. Lately, she"s troubled a lot by things regarding Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka, and that doesn"t sit well with me at all. But still, you seducing him is the problem here."
If it weren"t for this woman causing a divide in Lila"s relations.h.i.+p with Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka, then she wouldn"t make that face even though Little Lila can"t return his feelings, even though she turned him down before. It still didn"t change anything for him. For him, she"s still the most important. He will do whatever he can to protect her smile, even if it means brutally taking down those who hurt her.
The dangerous look in his eyes increased, and he extended his free hand towards the girl"s neck.
"Wh-," Mei was clearly startled, "What do you think you"re doing?"
"Is it not obvious? I"m going to choke you."
Ameno didn"t waste any time and tightened his grip around the girl"s neck. He didn"t waste any time. Why does he have to? It would be nice if he could kill this girl on the spot, but giving her a little scare is more than enough.
"Aizawa Mei-san, since you caused Little Lila to have such an expression. You must be punished, but relax, I won"t kill you," the girl"s face was slowly losing color. Naturally, it wouldn"t take long before he would succeed in killing her. His strength far differs from the average person, after all. So Ameno loosened it slightly, "Killing you right away would be far too boring. I"ll let you live awhile longer. But remember, if I see her suffer any more than this. I"ll go after you."
"W--why? That girl, you two.."
"Please don"t come up with something strange," Ameno knew what she wanted to say, "I"m merely doing this due to our friends.h.i.+p. I guess that word is foreign for somebody like you though."
"Don"t hurt me, please.."
Ameno"s lips curve to a smile, as he loosened his grip, "Then, don"t bother her."
After a few minutes, he finally gets a response, Mei meekly nodded, and he let"s go. Right at that moment, Lila entered the room, her eyes bright.
"Ameno-senpai! Guess what Haruka said?"
"Oh? What could it be, your so cheerful now."
"Aha," Lila laughed, "You see..."
"Oi, don"t tell him," Haruka quickly covered the girl"s mouth.
"Now, now, Karas.h.i.+ma. Don"t hide these fun things away from big brother."
"Who on earth is that?" Haruka sighed, the man turned to Lila and gently kissed her lips, "My wife, control yourself, and I"ll give you what you want later."
Lila"s cheeks colored, "Okay, I understand."
"Hmmm," Ameno thought as he observed the two. It does seem like Karas.h.i.+ma knows what he is doing when it comes to her. It still made him feel a bit uneasy, though.
All of a sudden Aizawa stood up, and she immediately rushed off.
To his surprise, Karas.h.i.+ma immediately headed towards the door, "I"ll go after her, I"ll come back Lila. Stay here."
"Wrong move," Ameno watched as Lila"s gaze darkened.
"Going to use that?" Ameno asked once Karas.h.i.+ma was gone.
Lila deeply sighed, "I"ll have to, huh? I guess it was about time. It seems like these people won"t learn their lesson unless I make a direct move."
Ameno whistled, how frightening.
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- Car parking lot -
"Mei," he changed his tone, "Hey, what are you," Haruka paused when he saw the girls tears." ...why are you crying?"
"You"re so cruel to me Haruka. Everybody thinks I"m bullying your girlfriend, that"s why they say such cruel this GS whenever they see me. Don"t you know? After what happened the other day, people I pa.s.s by on the streets would look at me with disgust. I didn"t even know that my live would destroy their event or the boss plans. But people still blamed me for it."
Haruka deeply sighed, "Right, I"m sorry you had to go through that," he apologized, "But the entertainment industry is cruel. If your too soft-hearted people will use and toss you around like a toy."
"Wahhh, I just want to sing what"s wrong with that?"
"There"s nothing wrong," Haruka agreed. After all, Lila is the same. But even that innocent Lila had no choice but to strengthen herself, she doesn"t want to be at the mercy of those who dislike her due to her voice, and social status, "Im sorry you had to go through this."
Mei said nothing, but she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. Haruka sighed as he gently caressed her hair, just until she calms down. After a few minutes though somebody familiar approached them.
"Austin Kiryu."
Kiryu"s gaze darkened when he saw the girl in his arms and Haruka pushes Mei away, "Not what you think."
"Is Lila here?"
"What do you need her for?"
"My parents asked me to give her something."
Why did he personally have to come all the way out here for? Also, why is the Austin family still treating Lila like their daughter in law? It"s annoying.