Dream Star

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When Lila thinks about the talk, she had with Haruka earlier; a deep sigh escaped her lips . It didn"t look like he understood . That was a problem .

"I thought you"d call me Yori . "

"Are you busy?" Yori asked as she came inside and sat down .

"No, I"m just reading through a script . I"ve memorized it already though," for the past few minutes she"s merely been flicking through the pages lost in thought .

"I see .   . " Yori trails off, "Not that it"s my business . But shouldn"t you speak with them about it? I"m sure they"re shocked to be betrayed . "

So she"s starting with that topic, "I saw one not too long ago, and he was distraught, but he also suspected it already and even went through the trouble of apologizing . As for Ameno-senpai, he has his hands full with the case . There"s also what happened with senpai," Lila trails of, "Those two probably took action right away and are busy commanding the front lines . "

"The fact that you predicted everything dead-on is kinda scary . Even though it"s not surprising . "

She chuckles lightly at that before going on to saying, "Those guys don"t need me to console them anymore . "

" .   . Isn"t that a bit too cold?"

"That"s true . But those seven in particular always understood it . Exactly what I want to do . Although the aims I"ve had since the beginning has changed slightly, the conclusion and end won"t change . The fact that eventually, we would all go our separate ways, it was something that was bound to happen . "

Hearing Yori sighed, Lila chuckles again, "Not satisfied with that answer, I see?"

"Of course not . Well, I"ve always understood that your relations.h.i.+p with them guys was unique . You"ve all been weird from the beginning if I put it that way my dissatisfaction can go away . "

"Ah, that"s a nice solution . "

Yori took a deep breath before she said, "Would it damage your relations.h.i.+p if you were to rely on Kiryu more like you did before?"
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"What brought this up all of a sudden?"

"It"s not sudden . It"s something I"ve always wanted to ask, at that time . When his powers first manifested . I was there, and I witnessed it with my own two eyes . During that time, his memories spilled out, and I saw what he had been thinking about is who"s path your connected to strongest . I know you don"t want to hear this now, but I"m sure you understand . The one your thread is strongest with is not Kiryu, not the person you fell in love with four times, it"s . . . . "

To hear this from Yori of all people is strange . But it just goes to show that her friend has been thinking about it carefully . "It"s true that I don"t want to hear it because my feelings tend to sway quite a bit when it comes to him . However, it"s not like I"ve never acknowledged it," she mumbled . The truth was something she already longed accepted . She didn"t understand it, why tears constantly fell from her eyes whenever she looked up at the sky, whenever she saw the rain; why did it feel as though her emotions had been disturbed? Such strange feelings of longing .

Lila continues, "It"s because I acknowledged it . That cutting our threads didn"t have the effect that it should have . I acknowledged it that there was someone who would still make my heart sway . You don"t have to worry Yori . I understand it very well how important he is to me . How even more than Kiryu and senpai, he is "special . "

Yori sighed, "This is definitely the guilt route trap in the game . I wonder when I fell into such a trap . "

Lila laughed at her friend"s reaction, "Aha, make sure you can get back up . "

"Yeah . But really my bad, I didn"t intend to pressure you or anything . "

"No, I understand why you said it, you were only concerned about me . "

"Only you can say something that embarra.s.sing . Lila, you know I said it because I felt like I owed Ichinose . "

"Eh, that"s really suspicious . Did he do something to you? Ah, I"m saying this because he has past offenses . "

Lila rolled her eyes when she saw Yori"s expression . "I"m not really kidding about that . But sorry, I know you were serious . You"re talking about when he chased after you when you disappeared after our compet.i.tion, right? What did he tell you?"

"You know the fact that you already knew suddenly makes this topic mundane . "

"Then should we change the topic .   . Oh, shall we change it to you and Soichiro?" Lila joked .

Yori immediately panicked and almost dropped the drink in her hands . "Gah, why on earth would you do that?"

"My personality is supposedly horrible . "

"You never change . "

"So do you . "

"After hearing those words from Ichinose . I sorta understand why you feel so conflicted just to toss him aside . The words he said to me were rather surprising . "You don"t need to measure yourself against Lila, do the same things as her, or worry about winning or losing . More importantly, it"s none sense thinking you"ll never beat her . You simply need to s.h.i.+ne in a way that only you can . Compete by doing things your own way, that"s what it means to be true rivals ""

At that comment her eyes went wide, he really is so very foolish, isn"t he? But the fact that he"s able to say such things now, she cannot be anything more than relieved . Like this, she can really see how much senpai had grown . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .

Yori continued, "And after that, I realized, that the entire time you"ve been doing the same . Whether it"s towards me or the others . You"ve just been trying to s.h.i.+ne in your very own light . "

"I wouldn"t put my case in such a grand manner since I can"t deny measuring myself against others due to my compet.i.tive nature . But you"re not wrong, when you say I"m trying to s.h.i.+ne in my very own light . "

That light that belongs only to her . She wonders when she will be able to find it .

"Also about Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka he really is the unexpected love rival that appears towards the end of the story, and yet somehow stands a better chance than all the others . "

"Yori that"s . . "

"I know it"s difficult to talk about Karas.h.i.+ma, unlike the others . Back then, you really regret hurting him so much . When your feelings swayed towards Ichinose then especially . I remember it quite clearly since you increased your missions and often went off on your own . Lila, you know I never once saw your actions towards these guys as being selfish . Even if it is like that to others, it"s important that you realize that they will never blame you for it . So, I don"t want you blaming yourself anymore . "

At that sentence, Lila knows right away the reason why Yori came here . Sure it was to discuss work details . But it"s clear as day that she only mentioned those things as a base, to express her concern . Yori really does things in such a roundabout way . But then again, aren"t they all like that? Clumsy with words, expressing their feelings in a way that makes no sense at all .

"If I sing Kiryu"s song, I wonder if it will be able to reach people properly," Lila mumbled .

"Eh?" Yori looked at her with wide eyes . "Kiryu wrote you a song?"

"Yeah, it"s a new one . I"ve been spending some time with him lately . We sorta found ourselves writing melodies for each other . "

"What"s with that, "sorta wrote melodies . " you know some people find it difficult composing anything at all," Yori exclaimed .

"Ah uh, sorry?"

Yori sighs, "You really are so carefree and laid back . "

"According to Arata, I still lack professional awareness," Lila sighed when she recalled his lecture .

"I will have to agree with that . "

"Eh, how mean?"

At that comment, Yori chuckles softly, "If he wrote you a song, wouldn"t it be better if you sing it? Since it"s you, I"m sure you wrote the lyrics already . "

"But, to sing it with everyone else seems kinda horrible . "

It wouldn"t be right on Arata who went through all the trouble of getting them a slot on this program . But even more than that, Haruka"s feelings; she doesn"t want to hurt him any more than she already has been doing .

"Lila, I said it just now . Your actions are not selfish . We"re only 17, we still have another 50 years to live or so . There"s still plenty of time for us to meet many more people . We still have many more encounters . The mistakes that we made in our youth and the mistakes we make now when we"re a young adult . In the next 10-20 years, we will look back on them and be glad it happened because that future won"t come about unless we have the past . Even if you hurt people, - in the future you"ll be glad that you met them . Lila, sing, and hold nothing back anymore . Let everyone hear your feelings . "

. . .

Y Stage

She can see it quite; clearly, the front portion are their fans . Almost everyone else in the back are just here out of curiosity . Of course, it"s only normal, after all to these people they are merely some group . She will change that . Not just Haruka, she will make sure that everyone from here onwards does not disappear from her . She will make sure they don"t leave .

Ah, this again .

She can"t hear anything but her own heartbeat .

But right now, she is all alone; she is performing on this stage alone . She does not have to hold back her feelings because she"s afraid of hurting Haruka . She doesn"t have to hold anything back . She can break free of it, that cage . Oh, she can see it again, that beautiful light in the darkness of the night . She can hear it so very clearly, your voice, her most precious person .

This is definitely, music that exists just for her . She is not going to a miss a single note . She will breathe them all in and shout . That"s right, only Kiryu"s songs let her breath . Her feelings for Kiryu, even more, when she"s standing on stage alone .

An image of blood appeared on her hands, she halts . Ah .   . no the sound is fading again .

Hold on; she isn"t done playing yet, just a little more . There"s just a little more . Oh, melody C  .   . has the same notes as that song from 7 years ago . Kiryu that"s right . She had forgotten this feeling; she can still do this . She can still fly . So look, right here . Look right here .

. . . .

- Backstage-

"So it really is different when you sing Austin Kiryu"s songs . I figured that out before, but really this drastic change is amazing . "

"Is it that different?" Lila questioned .

Arata exhales deeply, "The fact that you didn"t realize it yourself is amazing too . To include this song in our singles, I was hesitant since Austin Kiryu wrote the melody . However, if it"s going to receive this many ratings, to not release it in a CD would be a waste . Lila, there"s one condition . We will release a fourth single when we come back . You must release this song with "The town where stars fall . ""

"I understand . "

"You"re not going to say anything like I don"t want to hurt Haruka anymore?"

Lila her head, "I won"t say that anymore . " she trails off, "Although I still don"t want to hurt him . Something is different now . I want them to understand it one day, even if it hurts them . That"s why I will keep on singing this song Kiryu wrote for me . "

She will keep on singing this song until her feelings are properly conveyed .

"As long as it sells, I won"t have a problem with it . "

"I know . "

She also wants Arata to understand . It"s true that right now, she is choosing her dreams over love . But if there"s a way to mix the two together, then she wants to be able to try it . To convey the extent of her dreams and the deep feelings, she has for that person