Our 365 Days Together

Chapter 6

March 20, Monday morning at a quarter past 7:15 AM. 

A black SUV car was driving fast making people hear the sound "ZOOM!" on the road. Sapphire and Raphael were riding Raphael's car. Raphael was skillfully driving on the front seat while Sapphire was sitting beside him on the front passenger seat. His sapphire-colored eyes looking outside at the window beside him, his hand on his chin. He looked handsome in his gray turtle neck sweater and his black skinny jeans. The weather was cold and he took time choosing an outfit that matches with the weather.

"Alright, we're almost there. Remember to behave and not cause trouble. Just call me if you need something there." Raphael reminded him for about the tenth time when they were in the car. "Jeez, chill mama bear. Do you think that I'm a child? I'm already a 21 year old grown-up person. And why should I call you if I need something, huh? I can do it myself." Sapphire said the last sentence very slowly to emphasize that sentence. Raphael raised his eyebrow and said "Uh-huh, and I remember you saying that exact same sentence before and remember what happened just an hour after that? Do you remember?" Sapphire's body stiffen showing that Raphael was right.

Seeing that Sapphire didn't talk back anymore Raphael smiled and said "Now, we're at the entrance of the mall and there are already cars parked already. Remember to follow my instructions and don't go wandering around later, okay?" "Yeah, yeah understood mama bear." Sapphire replied back then he started wearing his backpack. Raphael then stopped the car on a vacant spot and felt proud of himself.

The both of them got their bags and got out of the car. The mall was 41 feet high and had 400,000 square feet. It was very famous in their country and thousands of people go there everyday. The mall was closed for two days for the show. There were some staff telling the invited people directions, some giving food, some answering questions and some preparing their equipments for the show later.

All the people were in the first floor and the invited people were led into a store to wait for the show to start. A staff saw Sapphire and Raphael coming towards the mall and immediately went towards them. "Good morning Mr. Sapphire and Mr. Raphael. The show will start in forty minutes. While waiting, please stay in that ****** **** store over there and chat with the other contestants." The woman said while pointing to a store and showing a bright smile. 

The two of them nodded and went towards the store where the man pointed at. 

Once they were walking towards it they heard the woman quickly take out a phone from her pocket and started live recording in an app. She whispered "Hey guys! It's Honey, Honey, Honey your one and only honey! I just met the actor Sapphire and his manager Raphael!" She read a comment and immediately said "No guys, this is literally legit! Here look I'm gonna zoom in on them!" She said while trying to not make it obvious that she was recording.

Sapphire rolled his eyes and said "Told you we should've had come later when it's almost 8 o'clock. Her acting is so awful. It feels like she's just purposely doing that to mock us." Raphael ignored his first sentence and said "Don't mind her. She's just one of those people that has nothing better to do." Sapphire made a "tsk" sound and continued to walk.

When they got to the entrance of the store Sapphire quickly looked at the whole place and quietly sighed in relief when he didn't see Harry. But then he saw Mia and Rosa sitting on a seafoam colored sofa and talking together while their manager sitting to a chair near to them. "Huh? Why's Mia here? She wasn't chosen for the show?" Sapphire whispered to Raphael. Raphael also didn't know why she was here. "No idea. Let's just wait for people to explain later." Raphael whispered back. Sapphire nodded and went inside the store.

The store was a big shoe store so there were lots of chairs and mirrors there. Sapphire chose a maroon colored wing chair that was far from Mia and Rosa and sat there calmly. Raphael followed him and sat on an egg chair beside Sapphire. When the two women saw them come they narrowed their eyes and stared at them. The two men also stared back at them. They stared at each other for a while then the two women continued to talk to each other but in a lower voice.

Apart from the six of them there was also the actor Ash and his manager. He was just smiling while standing and looking at the men's shoes happily as if the atmosphere didn't just get weird. The eight of them just waited and at 7:45 AM most of the the contestants and their manager were in the store sitting, talking to each other and of course two specific people were staring at each other coldly. 

Ash and his manager were sitting on a couch. Celeste also was sitting with her manager on a couch. Brielle, Roxy and their manager were sitting with each other on a big couch. Aiden and his twin Hayden sitting on two club chair beside each other while their managers on a sofa near them. Mia, Rosa, Sapphire and their manager were still sitting on the same spot as before. Anthony and Bella sitting on two chesterfield chairs beside each other.

Now only Harry was missing and people still haven't explained why Mia was there.

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