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Lila rolled the snow globe back and forth. A globe of a sakura tree resembling the one from that park. Don"t send her a gift. A late one and without any way to contact her too. Your such a selfish man.
But, she can tell he chose this gift with care.
Rather, considering how much it resembled that tree. She won"t be surprised if he got it custom made.
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"Ehhh? Attending a university near me?"
"Yeah. I"m surprised it was approved. Must have taken some convincing."
"I see...so senpai ."
"That doesn"t mean you can lose focus."
"I know."
"Good luck. You"ll need it. Don"t forget what I taught you. But if you run into trouble. Rely on Oujiro, he"s not completely useless."
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Recalling that conversation with Ameno-senpai, a sigh escaped her lips. Rely on him? How can she when he hasn"t come to see her yet? Is she, supposed to make the first move..? She could. She knows which university he"s attending and yet... If she meets senpai now. She knows, she knows she won"t be able to stop herself from breaking down. This entire time, she"s kept it together. However if she meets him, she will most likely fall apart.
She already cried a lot when she saw Kiryu. Let alone meet with senpai... Ahh no good. That"s like admitting she shows more weakness with senpai than Kiryu. Even though it"s not like that. Senpai"s always wished she relied on him more... Another sigh escaped her lips. What is she doing thinking about senpai now?
Right now, there"s something she has to do. Something important. Her gaze landed on Yumeko, who was in the middle of working on decorations. Part of the reason why she came here was due to Yumeko. But she hasn"t exactly had the time to get to know her properly. She"s been so focused on setting in and ..and Haruka. Haruka"s situation is very complicated, it"s hard to mult.i.task. What"s more, Haruka really isn"t fond of Yumeko-chan. Even if she wants to balance it, it would lead to him being upset with her.
A deep sigh escaped her lips, right now it"s no good like this. Forget doing her job, she"s already getting way to invested in this. Even though, there"s something she has to do. She as a goal. To become an international idol, to stand on the same stage as Mommy, Ren-san, Daddy and Kiryu, and the guys in M5. To be able to sing on that larger stage and convey her feelings. Her feelings, as of late. She doesn"t understand her own feelings very well. Maybe she never did. But something is certainly different now.
"Ari-chan, what do you think?"
"Ah, I"m sorry..what?"
The other girls in the group don"t hesitate to show their displeasure and she sweatdropped. Well, it"s true it"s her fault for not listening but..they don"t have to be that hostile.
Yumeko, however, doesn"t mind it and continued explaining, when the sound of her phone broke their conversation.
The girl in gla.s.ses takes the plans from Yumeko and puts it back on the table. Scary...
"Yumeko-chan, I"ll take this call."
"Oh right."
A quiet place... Lila recalled the balcony at the back, connecting the second and third-year buildings... And found herself leaving the cla.s.sroom and heading that way. Eventually, she arrived and was grateful n.o.body was around, and she answered her phone.
"Hows DEVILS singing Cinderella ?"
"Tired."
"Oh, that"s no good. If you"re out of fuel, the King will be angry."
"If your cracking jokes. Things aren"t busy yet?"
"We"ve had so much free time recently, that even our drumist is asking for work."
"Aha."
"Were setting the plan in motion later. Make sure to watch."
"I know."
"Has prince charming number 2 dropped by?"
"No, I received a gift though."
"Oh, the globe?" Ryunosuke said.
"Yes. It really was from him?." Lila asked.
"You should know that better than anyone "
"That"s true...Tell me...Ryunosuke..."
"Hm?"
"Did...senpai...say anything? Before he left..?"
Ryunosuke paused and she heard him take a deep breath before he replied with. "He told me he won"t give up on you."
Ah!
"Frankly speaking, when I heard that. I couldn"t take him seriously. Everyone knows even if you"re away from Austin Kiryu your feelings won"t change just like that."
Her feelings huh? That"s right, no matter what she will always be in love with Kiryu.
"Do you remember when I asked you to choose between Oujiro or Karas.h.i.+ma?"
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"How about this, Oujiro or Karas.h.i.+ma."
Oh...
"This...they aren"t objects.." Lila replied nervously.
She could feel the pounding sound getting louder in her heart. Thump. Thump.
"Before you met Karas.h.i.+ma, you would have chosen Oujiro without question. So that guy has become even more important to you than Oujiro?"
"What exactly do you expect me to say?"
Lila murmured. What is he trying to get at?
"Karas.h.i.+ma became your producer, even though it"s unofficial, he only joined devil staff because of you and he intends to continue doing so. But up until now, the majority of our music and activities is based on Oujiro"s ideas. Oujiro has become a member of our band now too. Then what about Karas.h.i.+ma? "
"Eh?" Lila said, puzzled.
"Do you think that you can still work together with Karas.h.i.+ma and Oujiro? And what if Kiryu begins to dislike the situation? He"s been bearing with it this entire time since he"s been busy with his own work and can"t help you. "
. ...This is so strange.
Ryunosuke asking these questions. But what"s the strange right now, is her inability to answer these questions. Why can"t she say anything?
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