Dream Star

Ryunosuke chuckled, before he replied. "More like, I gave you a push right?"

"That"s true. I thought it was strange you were asking me such questions. But at the same time, I already knew. The fact that I couldn"t answer, even though I"m normally so blunt and honest meant something was already changing."

"You didn"t want to accept that change. But if you didn"t, you would have broken down even further."

"Yes, I"m glad you told me much sooner," Lila mumbled. Even though he was blunt about it if he didn"t say she would still remain oblivious to it.

"Is it, still the same now?"
he asked.

"Probably."

Even though she got closer with senpai when Haruka left since he even joined DEVIl. But, even then..the feelings she has for Haruka aren"t simple at all. "And things are progressing well over there?" he asked.

"I wonder, it feels like I"m getting too distracted with Haruka when there are other things I should be doing."

"Well, now that can"t be helped."

"It can"t?"

"In the first place, your main reason for coming there was because of him."

"Was I that transparent?" she wondered.

Ryunosuke mumbled something, but she clearly heard him. So that"s how things are. He spoke up, and replied, "Yes. For now, don"t mind it too much. After today"s conference, you won"t be able to ignore other things and solely focus on Karas.h.i.+ma."

"Is everyone.." Lila trailed of, understanding where he was coming from.

"Us aside. The members of the G.o.ddess4 and G.o.d5 have been ready for a while now."

"I know. I keep up to date. Everyone"s doing so well, their amazing."

In contrast, she hasn"t been able to show anything.

"Your husband says though, that he likes it when you do everything at your own adorable pace. Since it means you"ll be cuter on stage."

Lila had already lost her composure at the word "husband." But hearing Kiryu"s compliments she found her whole face had turned red and she was exploding. She heard laughter at the other end.

"Haha. Well, this is good to hear."

"Wah, it"s not funny."

"Must be why he was so happy when he returned from seeing you."

"Kiryu was happy?" Lila asked.

"Yeah, he was in a pretty good mood but annoying Takano a lot since he kept talking about how cute you are and how he wanted to kidnap you for real..."

Come to think of it, he really didn"t want to let her go... Then again, it was the same for her. "Whether it"s Kiryu or the other prince, your still ..."

"That"s true. I won"t be able to hold myself back. That"s why it"s probably best if I don"t meet with prince number 2 now."

"..You know, I don"t think it"s wrong for you to rely on Oujiro."

"But.." Lila protested.

"Your Darling said it too. He trusts Oujiro to look after you and be your support since he isn"t always in the best state to do so."

"That"s so selfish."

"That may be so. But, there"s no doubt that he really cares about you."

"...Say Ryunosuke, I..it"s not like I never liked senpai."

"Yeah."

"But, I never thought to ask him out. Why do you think that was?"

"...why?"

"Because I understood something."

"And that is?"

"I liked senpai. But the feelings I had for Kiryu were a lot stronger. I tried not to compare them. But, even I could see that if I was put in a situation where it involved saving one person. I"d save Kiryu only. When I realised that I understood, my feelings for senpai only belonged to the first layer. It was a silly crush, I was attracted to him and he treated me kindly. But it could never be any more than that."

"That"s true. Anyone could see it. However, you never let it go any further. It could have easily advanced to something, but you would never let it. Why?"

"Because I listened to my heart."

"Your heart?" Ryunosuke repeated.

"It told me, who I had to be with. Who I wanted it to be. Perhaps I willed it that way. But, Kiryu was always going to be more important to me than senpai."

"I wonder if you two rehea.r.s.ed this." he murmured.

"Eh?" Lila said, confused.

"Well, I was just talking to him the other day. And he said something along the same lines. That he could never even see another woman because of the same reasoning. Well, he did add some extras like, "in the first place Lila"s so cute and adorable. Why would I even register anyone else in my eyes?""

Her cheeks flushed red. Uwaah...

"I used to think that the relations.h.i.+p you had with Austin Kiryu was very bad."

"Eh?"

"Well, for one it always felt like you were more attached to him than him. But it wasn"t like that. I"m actually starting to think your both equally obsessed with each other."

"Obsessed!" Lila exclaimed happily.

"...You sound way too happy about that."

"Ah-huh, say is Kiryu okay?"

"He sings every day saying he"s going to give you a thousand love songs upon your return.."

Lila laughed softly, "Aha, he"s being silly."

"But, "I"m worried about Karas.h.i.+ma. She actually liked him differently than Ichinose. What do I do if I were to lose her? But I can"t complain..it"s all up to her.."

Kiryu"s very foolish.

Normally one wouldn"t be so lenient and yet...

"I love you but I won"t overly interfere with your life." They respected and understood each other... That"s the kind of relations.h.i.+p they have. Even though he gets jealous easily. He still respected every decision she makes in her life, even those regarding the guys in her life. On that department, he should say more and yet he never says a word. She wondered why he does that. Is there a particular reason for it?

Either way.

"Please tell him not to worry. I love him so much, why would that suddenly change?"

"I"ll pa.s.s it on. The emperor is getting angry, so it"s time to go."

"Ah-huh, thank you for checking up on me."

Hearing the end call after a final goodbye, she exhaled deeply. She wanted to ask..something else. If things have progressed between Rosalichan and Kiryu. Or maybe that a.s.sistant girl? She really has been very worried about it. But at the same time, her thoughts have been swaying.

"I need you.."

Haruka...

. ...

She really doesn"t understand anymore.