You & I

Ch. 16

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Lucy Heartfilia

"Her." Minerva seethed, seeing the blonde greet everyone, happily and merrily. As soon as the strawberry-blonde's chocolate eyes landed on the couple--she just smiled, but not as happy as the one she showed to the group.

"Lucy!" A dirty-blonde man yelled, coming out of the tech room. His dark eyes shimmered with happiness. 

"Hibiki!" Lucy walked over to the man, hugging him.

Sting gritted his teeth.

"What are you doing here?" Lucy broke from the hug, looking up at the man. He smiled, his arm around her shoulders, clutching her tightly. 

"I work here. Tech group," He grinned. "So? How was the meet-and-greet, oh great, mysterious Lumen Histoire?" He praised her, comically. Lucy giggled.

"You never told me!" 

"Yeah, well. Surprise, surprise."

"Ahem," The director cleared his throat, everyone except for Sting and Minerva was smiling. Smiling at the two--they looked cute. Especially the shimmer of happiness in their eyes. "Sorry, to break the cute moment--but I'm afraid we'll have to start on the work. 
Miss Histoire--"

"Please, call me Lucy," The platinum-blonde said gently. Sting just watched, his hand wrapped around Minerva's hips, gripping it harder and harder as a second passes, seeing Hibiki still holding onto Lucy. Minerva looked up at Sting--she bit her lip. It wasn't oblivious to her what Sting's actions meant--but Sting didn't.

"Well, Lucy, we've developed our scenes, and are nearly finished. We would love if you could see what we have so far, and critic them." 

"That's what I came for, let's begin?" 

Everyone sat in a dark room, chairs were lined up and everyone was watching a projection of the movie scenes they've created so far. Lucy sat at the back beside Hibiki. Sting and Minerva sat near the corner. Sting kept looking at Lucy, catching her smile at scenes, as her eyes were glued on the screen--sometimes looking up at Hibiki and smiling. 

Sting balled his fists, feeling a burning sensation. Hibiki caught Sting's stares at Lucy. The blonde actor glared at him, his eyes turning into slits. Hibiki just smirked back, continuing to watch with Lucy, his arm wrapped around her shoulder. 

After Satsujin was challenged to a duel, the tape stopped rolling. The director stood up. "Well, that's what we got so far. How was it, Lucy?"

"It was magnificent. Everything is good as it is. Perfect. Shall we get started on the other scenes?" Lucy stood up, Hibiki next. Sting kept his eyes on them. "I would love to see the costumes as well."

"Of course. So, please let me introduce our actors and actresses first," The director walked alongside Hibiki and Lucy. "This is Elfman, he came from the Fairy Tail company, he's one of our special appearances. He's the man who throws Satsujin out.

"This is Kevin, he's the emperor that wants to behead Satsujin," The director went on and on, Lucy smiled and said hi to them. "Last but not least: Our main actor and actress." 

Lucy looked at Minerva and Sting, the raven-hair sent an awful stare back--reminding Lucy about the bathroom scene. Sting and Lucy locked eyes, Lucy's chocolate eyes flared up with irritation, anger, and. . . sadness? The man stared at her, his eyes also flared up with anger and confusion. Confusion mostly. Lucy's eyes trailed to Minerva's waist--seeing Sting's hand wrapped tightly around her waist. Minerva smirked, seeing Lucy look like she was jealous. But Lucy just shrugged it off--clearly not affected, but Minerva and Sting thought otherwise.

"Shall we get started on the movie making, then?" Lucy smiled at the director. 

"The costumes are magnificent! You really feel like you're in the Old Fiore Era." She stared at Kevin's costume, an old,  rich kimono. Red flowers and strong animals and such were embroidered onto it. Also a black hat, sat atop of his head. 

"Thank you, Lucy. We couldn't have done it without Em, she's our wonderful costume designer." The director told her. "She's the best in our agency!"

"Wonderful work, Miss Em." Lucy smiled.

"Thank you, Miss Lucy." The lady replied back. 

As Lucy walked around the set, looking at everyone's costumes and what they were doing. Lucy spotted Sting and Minerva again. In their costumes. Minerva was in in a purple yukata, there were pink and blue flowers on it. Just as it was described in the book--soft fabric made of silk. Her hair were tied in two buns, each at the side of her head. 
 Sting had a black yukata, a real-like sword in his right hand, as his other hand was hidden inside the clothing. They were listening to Ryan. (I'm very sure that's his name, if I remember correctly)

"Hey, Lucy." Hibiki came from behind and wrapped his arm around her neck. "You ready to critic and watch my amazing animation skills? Eh?" Lucy giggled, holding onto the hand that was wrapped around her neck, her other hand was on his back. 

"I'm really excited. This is the first time my book got made into a movie."

"'Cause this is the first time you let your book become a movie." Hibiki stated. Lucy laughed, the back of her hand suppressing her laughter. Sting spotted them. Ignoring Ryan's talking--he glared at the two. 

She really is a bitch. Sting clenched his teeth. Slut.

"Okay, everybody! Let's start!" 

Lucy sat there, the script in hand.  She observed quietly--watching Minerva wrap her hands around Sting from behind. She narrowed her eyes at the two. She got up, motioning the director to stop the scene. So, he did. Lucy got up.

"There's a problem, Ms. Orlando," Lucy smiled at her. "I need you to feel and show more emotion. You and Mr. Eucliffe are a couple, right? Then, I want to show more love for him. Same to you, Mr. Eucliffe." Lucy advised them. Ryan nodded his head in agreement as Minerva stepped forward. 

"If I may ask, Miss Heartfilia," The raven-hair said in a rude tone. "How would you know about these things? You are an author, aren't you?" 

"I am an author, Ms. Orlando. However, I had a boyfriend who pursued his acting. He would show me his scripts and tell me how acting was really supposed to be. The feel. But, now--I don't think I see the same flare of determination and effort as I saw six years ago that my boyfriend had. That's how I know about acting" Her gaze trailed to Sting. 

"Oh, your boyfriend must be a very talented actor. What happened to him? Maybe he can come in and help us as well." The director said, a hand cupping his chin. 

"Ahh. . yes. I wish as well, however. .we broke up," but he's here. She stopped herself from saying so. 

"Oh. . I'm terribly sorry. ." The director apologized. 

"Oh, please, no. It's fine. Anyways, shall we start the scene again?" Lucy clasped her hands together. 

Sting narrowed his eyes at her. Fully knowing that she was talking about him. Is she comparing my old self to myself now? How dare she say  that I have lost my determination and effort? I put so much effort in my acting. I didn't lose my "flare". Sting argued in his head. 

The director sat in his chair, as Lucy did the same. Eyeing carefully their actions.

"Ready, and action!"  

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