This is surprising. In the past, whenever Yumeko volunteered to do anything for them. Haruka would immediately refuse. Sure, a lot has changed since that time frame. But Haruka is usually the most concerned about Yumeko"s safety. Unlike the rest of them, Yumeko is normal. She has nothing to do with the hanyou society. While she does have that special ability, she is still an average person. Lila thought for a bit before she realized something."Her brother must have approved." The two did have that talk not too long ago. Whenever the two met up, Lila knew they discussed Yumeko.
Lila took a bite of the chips in front of her, and her eyes brightened. There was something tasty about these chips.
Haruka chuckled, "Like it, wife?"
"Very! This place must be new. I don"t remember seeing it before."
"Mm, well, it isn"t. It was here before. But you don"t usually walk back this way, so of course, you wouldn"t see it."
Now that she thought about it, Haruka even knew her schedule from back then. She wondered how long her husband watched her before they got together. From what she heard, Kiryu frequently contacted and came to see him.
"There is something I"m concerned about," Yumeko suddenly brought up. "You know for a while when you came to Light Town Lilchan, you had so many people attacking you?"
"Yes?"
"Back then, you defeated them all with no problem. Since then, how many times have you encountered a similar situation?"
Lila thought back to the last time. "During the time I was in London?" She did secretly get into some fights for awhile. But that calmed down after a few days of settling into London.
"You see, Lilchan, I didn"t say this then because I wasn"t sure. But I saw someone there. Someone was watching the entire thing."
…...
Lila suggested that Haruka brings Yumeko home. He only asked Myou to fetch his bike and not the car, so they obviously couldn"t all leave together. So she told them to go ahead. However, after waiting for a few minutes, Lila suddenly felt very lonely.
The quietness of the place didn"t help her, either. A deep sigh pa.s.sed her lips, "Why does she keep acting this way lately?" Even though everybody is here for her. She still feels alone. Lila felt this was getting out of hand, so she tried counseling a few times. But it only left her feeling more confused, so she stopped. The counselor told her then that it was normal for her to feel this way.
"Your emotions are just more sensitive than others; that doesn"t mean your strange."
Doesn"t it?
But Lila felt very weird. How can she feel so alone when there are so many people standing by her side? Haruka is putting in so much effort for her, too; she can"t let him find out. Lila doesn"t want him to think that he"s worthless, to think that he can"t even do this much for her.
Her thoughts broke of when someone waves a music player in front of her face. Lila immediately recognized the person. It"s Koutkun!
"Ah! Kouta."
"Instead of pulling such a glum face. Listen to this and cheer up."
Lila looked at him, puzzled.
Kouta puts the other earphone in her ear. Oh! This is her father"s old song as a solo artist. Her gaze landed on the screen. It"s so strange seeing her father as a teen; she"s so used to his appearance now. Despite not seeing him so often. Her eyes widened as she continuer watching.
W--wow. .this singing technique consumes so much stamina and the length of this concert --7 hours?!! There are breaks in between. But even so, singing this many songs. Let"s take a look at the MV, she quickly flicks through the screen and clicks on one of the videos.
There is no equipment used. Did he use a green screen? Let"s search it up—Lila types in " Teras.h.i.+ma Yuhi, deep-snow echoes MV shooting. " Let"s see now. ..K island. Wah, its a snow shoot? There are no computerized after effects. He didn"t even use a stunt double. This is the first time she knew her father had this level of ability. For references, she would always look at old footage of Ren-sans performances.
Then again, it was normal.
"Your fathers truly the best singer out there. Your mother would come close second, but even then, she could not achieve a complete perfect singing voice."
Indeed, although Mother"s singing is nice, watching this, she can see how talented her father was. "Wah, I didn"t know father was genius. He"s really amazing."
"How on earth did you just figure this out now..." Kouta shook his head.
Lila looked away with a guilty expression. Indeed how come she didn"t know? All that stuff indeed happened between her parents. But even then, "she feels bad about this." Maybe when she returns to the hospital, she ought to watch more of her father"s concert.
"Anyhow, I heard he is finally looking for another apprentice. He is holding auditions this weekend." Kouta explained.
That"s right. Those who achieved kami idol status in their careers eventually pa.s.s on their teachings. While Kiryu is technically her father"s disciple already, those who achieve such status would want to pa.s.s their teachings to at least another person.
But auditions..so that"s why he hasn"t been at home. He must be busy making preparations. If he was fooling around, she prepared to scold him for leaving poor mother alone. But it appears as though that"s not the case here.
"Are you partic.i.p.ating too?"
"No, I already have someone guiding me even though he"s busy. However, I heard that G.o.d5"s Iwa Eijiro interested in taking it."
"Eijiro is?"
"That shouldn"t be surprising. He always felt awkward around his family, so he"s never relied on his father to help him. It"s quite amazing how far he"s come in the music industry without any prior guidance and just self-learning."
"Oh, that"s. . ."
"Similiar to her. n.o.body has ever taught her before. "
Sure, as a child, when Ren-san was still around, she would listen to him play. But she"s never been formally taught. After the incident, she was mainly left by herself. "Eijiro is entering again." Even though he lost to Kiryu last year, it seems like he still wants to insist.
"Rather than focus on Iwa, your husband is entering too," Kouta said, pulling up a list of partic.i.p.ants.
"Wahhh-- Haruka is? Really?"
Kouta nodded and pointed to the list on his phone. Indeed Lila could clearly see her husband"s name on the list.
"If he truly wants to return to this industry, then working on himself helps. Karas.h.i.+ma"s vocals and his style resemble your fathers. So he is the only person who would be able to become his tutor."
Haruka"s vocals and styles resemble fathers. Come to think of it; Mother said that too. But if her Haruka is partic.i.p.ating in the auditions this weekend. It must mean he"s been overworking himself. If he"s this busy, then --she recalled the date they went on yesterday. She shouldn"t have bothered him with that date.
"What"s wrong? I thought that would cheer you up, but was it no good?"
"No, it helped. I"m relieved. But I was just thinking. .. Even though Haruka has a lot of work to do, he still made some time for me. Aren"t I troubling him because I always show these signs that I want to be with him more?"
Kouta knocks her head lightly, " And is that a problem? He"s your boyfriend --no, he"s your husband. He"s the person who loves you the most, next to your parents. So you can act selfish and spoiled around him without worry. "
She can act selfish, and it"s okay? "your my treasure Lila.." For some reason, Kiryus words echoed in her head then. But she immediately shook it of.
"By the way, Koutkun, why did you come here?" Lila asked.
Lila heard that the rest of RAY came here to Light Town to help with the Dream Stars tournament. But Lila thought that would mean they would be busy every day.