The Story We Realize With You

She's Mine

"Alright, that does it for stage rehearsal! Great work! Everyone, do your best for this next show!"

"Thank you very much!"

The girls left the stage, and Leo and I quickly followed them backstage.

"Whew, I'm exhausted!"

"We're gonna break ten times as much sweat tomorrow, Aikyan!" Ainya squealed. "Let's give it our best! Right, Arisha? Hm?" I noticed Arisa nodding over to me, and I followed her into the dressing room. She closed the door behind her.

"So... what did you need?"

She sat at the table in the room, and motioned for me to come sit beside her. She rested her chin on her hands.

"So, Kurisu-chan, you're, apparently, my biggest fan, right?" I blushed.

"Well, I would say I'm one of your biggest fans. Being your biggest fan would mean I owned all the gravure magazines that you've been in, but, I don't, unfortunately." She smiled softly. "Not a single one," I mumbled. She giggled.

"As I said, it's good to know that I'm admired by someone so..." She stopped herself, before moistening her lips. "Kurisu-chan, have I ever told you how cute you are?"

"Eh? N-No, not... not really." She pursed her lips.

"Mind if I see your glasses?" She asked, pointing to my specs.

"Eh—? Ah, sure, I guess..." I slip my glasses off, and hand them to her. She takes a good look at them.

"This pair is pretty cute."

"... Thanks."

"Have you ever thought about wearing contacts?"

"Mmm... no, it's never come to mind." She chuckled.

"Well, I think you'd look beautiful with contacts." She winked. "It'd be nice to show off those pretty brown eyes of yours." I narrowed my eyes.

"O-kaay..."

"Oh, I have an idea."

"What is it?"

"I have a gravure photoshoot coming up." She offered a smile. "Would you be interested in coming along?" My eyes widened. "You'd get to see some stuff behind-the-scenes, see how it all works." Before I could protest, she put her hand up. "I'll talk to my manager, the photographers, see what they say."

"... I wouldn't wanna intrude or anything..."

"Not at all!" She insisted, waving her hand. "I figured you'd probably wanna spend a day with me. I mean... just me, Komiya Arisa. Not as Dia." I smiled softly. "What d'you say?"

"It sounds nice."

Just then, there was a knock at the door, before it flew open, revealing an angry Leo.

"Can you stop stealing my girlfriend, Arisa?"

"Don't seem to remember you putting a leash on her," she spat. I furrowed my brow and glanced between the two of them. "It's just a little girls talk, that's all." Leo rolled his eyes, and went over to me, taking my hand, pulling me from the chair.

"C'mon," he grumbled.

"Think about what I said, okay?" Arisa-san said nonchalantly. As I paced out of the room, I turned my head to her.

"... Okay," I said quietly.

"Dinner's ready when the two of you are," Rachel said from outside our bedroom door.

"Give us a second, Rachel!" I called out. When I heard footsteps moving away from the door, I turned my attention to my boyfriend. "Mind explaining what that attitude was toward Arisa-san?" He laughed.