The next week followed the same pace as the one before but I didn't hear anything from the agency. Or the police. Gackto-san was busy but I had plenty of books.
It was Wednesday when they called back and said I should come back for the next round and if I made it for that round they would immediately do the next and final round before choosing trainees.
When the day came Gackto-san made breakfast and gave me a new light blue dress that went to mid-thigh, patterned tights, and nude pumps… I won't lie, I had to do some practice laps so I wouldn't crack my friggin head open… and pulled the top half of my hair back in a matching satin bow and left the bottom have down and wavy.
"I have high expectations for you, good luck Bomb!" Gackto-san beamed when the taxi pulled up, he couldn't go with me but placed a new touch screen phone in my hand. It was fully charged and had some numbers already programed in like pizza places, Gackto of course, and his manager. "Tell me how it turns out." he said looking me in the eyes.
I didn't remember much about the auditions round one or two. The first one was karaoke and the second was an interview asking stupid things like zodiac sign, favorite color, favorite season, and ideal type of partner. I passed them easily enough. But then they sprung a test on us! We were supposed to pick a color that made us feel comfortable and suited our personalities then go find an outfit in that color. I found a flowy black dress with matching shoes. I walked through a hall way to the room we were supposed to go when we changed but when I walked I felt a terrible feeling in my gut as a couple girls walked in front of me. They were two girls I noticed always gave me the stank eye and the one with the biggest nostrils pretended to trip and spilled peroxide on my front and in my hair.
"Oh no!" she said dramatically and they snickered "Sorry! It was an accident!" she said but I don't think it was an accident at all! I think she did it on purpose! I hotly snatched the bottle out of her hand and she flinched. I marched to the bathroom while keeping a straight face.
Inspecting the damage I saw that the front was bleached and ugly. Just then the nail biter walked in and stared at me sympathetically. I asked her where the closes convenient store was and she told me, I walked out and she followed behind "Where are you going?!" she asked.
"To a convenience store!" I said throwing my hands up. "What's your name?" I asked
"Zumichima Kora" she said looking at me sideways.
"Zumi it is. Why're you following me?"
"Because you look like you need help!" she said… cuuuuuuute!
When we got to the store I bought five big bottles of peroxide and some scissors and purchased them and went to the bathroom taking the dress off. Zumi knocked and I let her in and she helped me bleach the dress completely white and I took the thick waist tie off and tied the top of my hair up and looked at where the peroxide had gotten on it and slowly applied the peroxide on, more higher up on the left making it asymmetrical. Then slowly cut it so that it was slanted to the left and the way I put the peroxide in my it cloudy at the top and more solid white at the bottom. It was cute and I had Zumi even it up.
We ran back me in my now white dress with the waist tie in a bow tied around the bottom of my oddly but coolly died hair. Pretty crafty? Who am I?!
We got back to the auditions in enough time to tweak Zumi's outfit, she wore bright green and a skinny black belt around her waist. I braid her hair to the side in a fishtail. It was cute, she has nice hair… they asked us more questions like why we chose those colors.
"I chose bright green because it's lively." Zumi said looking down at her feet… Cute.…
"I chose black but something happened to it but I think white is fitting because I'll always get out of sticky situations unblemished." I said looking the interviewer in the eye and when I was done I sat down. The mean girls looking around uncomfortably. Yeah…take that you fruit flies…. Everything went without a hitch.
Then they gave me a packet of info and a contract to sign to join the agency.
I went home and called Gackto-san to tell him. He was happy and then I got dressed in more comfortable clothes and went to the library. Not much to read anymore, I read everything I was interested in already and not just vampire books.
When Gackto-san got home he complimented my new hair and took me out to eat and some fancy restaurant. The food was weird and there wasn't enough. Needless to say…we stopped at McDonalds…
Five months later~!
"Whatever! See you tomorrow!" I said waving at Zumi
"You better not skip class this time or I won't take it easy on you!!!" she said beaming. We split ways and I went home and changed out of my school uniform.
That's right! You heard me! I'm a student who just left school with a friend. I've been training to join an idol group called Hits&Miss U. Everything is going so right, Zumi's in the group too! My favorite subject is Art and I speak fluent English but that's not much of a shocker. Gackto-san went on tour so it's been lonely but we video chat and sometimes I chat with Ruki from the GazettE but Gackto-san won't give him my number....but he seems nice enough!! I left for McDonalds like everyday after school but also brought my duffle bag because I had practice, and it was intense! We debut in a month!!!
Today was dance practice, the others from the group were already there practicing, Zumi had the day off but she didn't need to practice anyway. I didn't either but I started to love the feeling of being out of breath and pushing myself into that next step and the next and the next.….
My vocal coach said I had natural talent in singing and rapping. My dance instructor told me I was born to dance. The company president, a balding man with keen eyes told me I had charisma and the band would go without a hitch.
I got home to see Gackto-san brought over Ruki for dinner, Ruki smiled and winked a lot and I smiled back but one thought bumped around in my mind.
When Ruki had left Gackt and I crawled in bed. "Gackto-san?"
"Yes"
"I want to have sex with you" I said calmly.
"Why would you bring that up suddenly, Bomb?".
"Well a girl in my class said that everyone has had sex and I asked her what does a man need to have sex with me. She said that you should be happy with him and he should be taller and you should want to hug him a lot. You should think about him a lot too. That's why I want to have sex with you." he stayed quiet for awhile and I wondered if he would answer me.
"If you still feel that way when you graduate then we'll talk" he said calmly and quietly. "But you seem to only want this because that's what others are doing and you should do this for you and the person you love." I suddenly flipped over onto him surprising even myself. Straddling his hips I leaned in so close our chests connected into a fluid line. I was soft and he was a hot feeling that made my knees lean in even closer.
"I'm doing this for me and us. You might see me as a stray cat but I see you as a man. I love you and if we do this you won't leave me!" I said strongly and steadily even though I felt the exact opposite. "I can't lose you, you're all I got! I'm doing this because I want this I can't remember wanting anything more than this. Please don't leave me...." I said as tears fell from my eyes to his cheeks and slid down.
His hands snaked around my waist and he slid me over onto my side. "I won't leave you, I promise. I love you too." he said softly as he held me closer. He started by kissing my cheek sweetly than came closer to my lips where it started to heat up quickly. It went from Spring to Summer to heat then straight into the fire. I ran my fingers in his hair and down his back. With one of my legs still thrown across his waist he ran his hand up and down my thigh each time getting faster and stronger. My heart was beating like crazy.
It felt like I couldn't get close enough to him. It was the single most hottest moments of my life! Slowly we pulled our clothes off and looked. He was lean and strong and his skin was flawless. I looked down at the scars I couldn't remember getting and suddenly felt self conscious and tried to cover them but he firmly moved my hands back so he could kiss them on my legs and stomach and… chest.
Slowly he kissed me and got on top and in one slow sweet motion I went from a girl to a woman and from alone to being in a loving relationship.
