The Star & The Songbird (Kiro x OC)

Chapter Two

During the team's breaktime Constance pulled Anna, Kiki, and Willow into the conference room rather forcefully. The events that had just happened hours ago were still fresh in her mind.

"What was that!?" She practically yells at them, while Willow and Kiki were slightly startled by the sudden outburst, Anna was rather unfazed. She sat on one of the meeting chairs while Willow leaned on top of the glass conference table and Kiki just stood in the same spot swaying with her hands behind her back.

"Well that was us saving you and Kiro from immense tragedy." Willow said in a cool tone

"Y'all seriously didn't have to do that." Constance groaned "You're putting too much weight on everyone, boldly saying that they could just 'pitch in'! They have families to go home to!"

"Okay Con, just breathe for a sec." Willow said "Anna wasn't lying when she said everyone in the company group chat voted to pitch in and work a little overtime. You should go see it for yourself." Full of disbelief, Constance pulls out her phone and reads the long thread of notifications from their SMS group chat.

Apparently others were already suggesting about this before Kiki created a poll for the group members to vote. The poll was swept with the majority voting "YES!!" and only about 11% voted "No, but I hope Connie says yez."

"Now do you believe in us?" Kiki asks, leaving Constance to surrender almost immediately.

"Alright, but don't force them to work overtime if they don't want to." She says "I'll just supervise the making of the documents, you guys should update me on anything that happens in the company while I'm away." Constance lets out a defeated and rather distressed sigh before sitting on the nearest chair while her thoughts continue to create new ways to worry.

"And what about Victor? Even if he is easily persuaded, what the hell am I going to tell him?"

"Just be honest. Seriously. You've done enough for this company, we're a total hit already! I think it's about time that you give yourself a break for once."

"But..." Constance thinks "He might say something like 'just because you're a hit doesn't mean you should let loose' I'm telling you the guy can be a total prick sometimes."

"You should talk terms." Anna suggested "Mention that you'll do some work while you're away!"

Constance shrugs, it wasn't that much of a ridiculous idea.

After having a mental debate as to whether or not she was going to talk to Victor about her leave of absence, an idea sprung into her mind. As if it were a breakthrough, she immediately bolted upward from her seat. "Yes!" she shouted, unaware of how loud it was at first or the fact that she even said it out loud.

"You got an idea already?"

"Yes I do! I know he'll like it very much! Or... I hope he will." Constance takes a deep breath before calmly moving towards the door.

"I'm going to arrange for an appointment tomorrow!" Constance says before exiting the conference room, leaving the three to wonder what plans she had in mind.

Even as the next day started, her three close co-workers hadn't deciphered her plan until lunchtime came about and she stormed into the office rather excitedly. A huge dumb grin was plastered onto her face ever since she left Victor's office.

"So... what did the big boss man say?" Willow said, never pulling away from her phone.

"I can go! I can go!" Constance cheered while jumping up and down "I'm going! I'm going! This is going to be so much fun!"

"Okay calm down, by the way, you never told us what your plans were." Anna stated so Constance took a deep breath and finally explained to her friends what went down.

"I told Victor that I'm taking up the offer Kiro was giving me since there are a lot of celebrities that I can talk into guest starring on our show when they visit the country!" Constance explained "I also said that I'd be spending a specific, but reasonable amount of time working during the vacation, and since you guys are pitching in some work time for me, we've settled for at least 3 hours a day!" Kiki, who was also very happy for Constance, fist pumped the air as she listened to the whole tale.

"Good job Con! That's actually a really good plan! The actors ought to invite more viewers to watch our show!" Constance violently nods her head in agreement "Exactly!"

"I should text Kiro and tell him the good news!" She says excitedly. The girls chatter in unison as a response, encouraging her to go on with her intentions. Not wanting to be bothered any further, Constance walks away from the trio and taps away on her phone.

"All set! Victor allowed me to go with you to the premiere! GAHHHH I'M SO EXCITED!"

A few seconds after sending the text message, she immediately gets a call from the one and only Kiro.

"He never misses a trick." She says to herself before answering. "Hi Kiro! How are you?"

"I'm fine! I just got your message, I seriously can't believe what's happening! I promise that it'll be the greatest time you'll ever have in your life!" Constance still feels the warmth of his smile even if it comes from a great distance.

"It still means that I have to work a little during our time in California though... my boss told me that I'll have to do three hours of work at least everyday when possible, so I guess there's not much rest to the vacation. I'm still glad that I get to send it with a friend like you." Constance feels as if Kiro was going to say something, but he quickly shakes it off.

"Anytime." He simply replies.

"I hope you take care, Kiro!" She beams before Kiro says a farewell once again.

As Kiro hangs up the phone, he is somewhat distraught from the harmless words that Constance had spoken. His thoughts stirred with worry

'Would this plan just fall into shambles?'

'Am I just digging myself deeper into the grave?'

He could only hope that he could charm the girl he loves without using any of his luck, for all he wanted was to experience the real love that blossoms from the heart. And... just maybe, he hoped to experience it with her.