Life Will Change Book 2

Chapter 9: Alice's Confession

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~Normal POV

7/30 - Sunday

The next day, Akira woke up first. He smiled warmly at the image of his beautiful girlfriend curled up under his arm. Ann had her hair out of her usual pigtails, and it flowed down her back in lovely platinum waves. He almost didn't want to wake her, she looked so peaceful. But sadly, everyone would be arriving eventually to watch for Alice's change of heart, so he couldn't let her sleep in. He listened intently for any sound of movement downstairs, just in case Sojiro was there already. When he heard nothing, he gently shook Ann awake. She grumbled and rolled over, deliberately ignoring him.

"Ann, you gotta get up..." Akira whispered.

"No, I don't..."

"You're really that tired still?"

"And whose fault is that," Ann mumbled.

Akira blushed. She had a point there. He sighed, and figured she'd get up soon enough if he was already up. He carefully climbed out of bed and went to get dressed. He could go pick Morgana up from Futaba's, but she was likely to bring him along when she arrived anyway.

"You've been working out again?" Akira looked back at Ann who was now sitting up in bed and staring at him with a sleepy smile.

"Maybe a bit," Akira answered, putting his shirt on. "I thought you wanted to sleep in."

"I couldn't get back to sleep, and then you got out of bed, so now I'm not all comfy anymore," Ann whined. "Can you get my bag for me?"

He handed her her overnight bag and went to check his phone messages while she got dressed. "Futaba says Alice is going to do a last minute interview on the chat show later today."

Ann looked surprised. "They're letting her back on there even after what happened? Weird..."

"Very, but the good news is that it sounds like she has something important to say."

Ann went to put her hair back up again. "Damn, this might be the fastest change of heart we've ever seen."

Akira was about to agree before Sophia chimed from his phone with a bright, "Good morning! Did you both sleep well?"

"You could say that." Akira said, smirking, earning him an embarrassed glare from Ann.

~...

It wasn't until around noon that Alice's interview took place. Given what happened last time, the station wisely chose to let a veteran female host the interview alone to avoid any further issues. The gang watched the interview downstairs in LeBlanc while Sojiro was running errands.

"And now for the hottest meet and greet... Alice Hiiragi has returned as our special guest. Miss Alice, thank you so much for coming on today, despite the last visit's conclusion. From what I hear, there's something you wish to share?"

"Yes, I need to confess something. The incident that occurred with the previous hosts... that was all my fault. I forced him to proclaim his love for me during a live broadcast. When I heard he was engaged to his co-host, I just wanted to ruin their relationship... And they're not the only ones... Anytime I see a happy woman, I just get so jealous... I do whatever it takes to ruin their lives. All of my past managers tried so hard to stop me. But I'd lash out at them too, and... and I'd assault them until they backed down... The only reason I've changed managers is because my last one had a breakdown... Everything I've said here is the truth. I'm sure all of it is easy enough to prove now... I've lied and I've hurt so many people... And I'm just so sorry for it all!"