Beautiful Affection

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 7

Every day, Tokiya would learn something new given his tendency to read books or random articles on the internet and today...

It was no different except the fact that he learned from his own experience.

He concluded that not all reunion with a long-lost friend would be dramatic or full of tears. In his case, it was impossible to achieve since he had a nosy but very caring manager. The next 30 minutes were spent with a long lecture from Himura who revolved around his safety as a popular celebrity.

"Luckily Haruka, your own friend was the one who found you. What happened if your crazy fans ended up found you and started doing anything indecent to you!?"

But I hit him, Himura-san. That didn't make me any safer to him, Haruka thought.

Himura also reminisced about a 'pleasant' memory in Osaka whereby a fan pulled his artist into her hotel room when he almost passed out from working before being rescued by a staff.

"Seriously, taking care of this guy is way harder than taking care of my son. At least, my son doesn't get abducted so far, unlike him," Himura's dramatic whine gained giggles from Eichii and Haruka.

While Tokiya was given an earful about his recklessness, Masato still stared at his twin like watching television.

Or to be exact, he did feel like watching television since all this time, he only saw Tokiya via the medium. Unlike his teammates who always visited and took care of him, Tokiya was like an overseas celebrity that he would never get a chance to meet.

The only thing that bothered him the most was Tokiya's lack of response. Masato smiled at him as soon as their eyes locked but the idol quickly avoided him, settling himself on a red sofa at the middle of the room before getting lectures from his manager.

Is it me or... he doesn't like me to be here?

Tokiya's handphone vibrated out of the blue, which he desperately hoped for it to happen just for the sake of escaping Himura's lecture bubble but...

"Hello, president."

"Hello, Mr. Ichinose. Is Mr. Hijirikawa with you?" His not-so-beloved president, Saotome called and usually, it did not give him any better news.

"Yes, he is. Why?"

Nobody realized that Haruka and Himura were smiling at each other, silently celebrating the victory that was just around the corner.

"Well, that's good then. Please make sure that he's ready to attend the same interview with you," Saotome said, nonchalantly.

"Attending what!?" The usually polite Tokiya screamed at the president's ear, sending the others slightly flinched at his high pitch.

Being instantly aware that he just temporarily ruined their hearings, he softly apologized before standing up, moving away from them in order to talk privately with Saotome.

"He's attending what?" Tokiya repeated.

"I am telling you that your twin is also attending the interview," apparently, Saotome was too happy with the twins' instant interview to care about his hearing welfare.

"He's supposed to be on hiatus, Mr. President. Plus, he lost his memory. What do you expect from him?" Tokiya argued.

"Well, that's why I am telling you this instead of his wife. I am expecting you to guide him. Do whatever you want but make sure he'll not mess up the interview. I count on you, Tokiya."