Ryouta: Where are you going? It's almost dinner time...
Lino: Aoi said she is nearby and wants to see me. I'll be back.
Ryouta: Don't be too late!
(As soon as I walk out to the street, I see Aoi waiting and looking rather brave.)
Aoi: You're here. I was just passing by and thought about you. Do you remember the party I told you about?
(Aoi invited me to go to a party where people from the entertainment industry were to gather. She told me I must come because it would be good for me to network with these people.)
Aoi: I figured you might dress like a student to the party. Here. A present.
(She presented several shopping bags to me.)
Aoi: I picked out a few clothes and accessories. You must come dressed up. And at least put some lipstick on!! See you later then.
(She left me the shopping bag, said what she wanted to say to me and left. Clothes... Well... There'll be lots of people.)
Lino: *Just got back to the office*
(Someone stands in front of the management company.)
Man: ......
(That guy again. Even at a glance, there's something peculiar about this person and it's bothering me.)
Lino: Excuse me.
Man: .....Oh, excuse me. Then, next time.
*Flip* (the sound of a cellphone folding)
(He was probably calling someone.)
Man: Anything wrong?
(He looks down with a cold hard stare. The more I meet him, the more he gives me creeps.)
Lino: I seem to see you a lot this days. Did you move to the neighborhood??
Man: .....I don't live around here.
Lino: Oh, then... You have some business here.
Man: .....Well. Is is really business...? May be or may be not?
(He does not looked surprised at all but he looks serious. I concluded that he's someone I could never figure out.)
Man: .....Well, I'll wait and see for now.
Lino: Excuse me?
Man: You need to be satisfied with what you know, Miss. We'll meet up soon.
(...What kind of person is he? When I went home, Ryouta was angry and rolling around on the floor with his cellphone in his hand.)
Ryouta: Ugh~! He is soooooo annoying!!! I should have changed my number! I should have signed up for a free phone and gotten a new number!
Lino: What are you doing?
Ryouta: He is calling me again and again... So annoying! He is the one one who makes my already miserable life even more miserable. His only joy is to make me suffer.
Lino: Who is it?
Ryouta: Who else can it be? He is.... Er....
(Suddenly, hesitate to answer.)
Ryouta: Someone I hate... I don't want to talk about him anymore.
(He somehow, looks as if his anger is deeply rooted in him. It seems as if he will shoot through the roof if I ask him more questions.)
Ryouta: What's that, you're holding?
Lino: Clothes. Aoi bought them for me to wear to the party.
Ryouta: The party that all the showbiz people are invited to? Hm... No matter how well you dress up, you wouldn't fit in that party. It's like putting lipstick on a pig.
(.....................)
*After a while*
*Click*
Ryouta: Finally, ready for the party? Don't try too hard... There isn't much you can..........Wow.....
(Ryouta turns around smiling, and then his smile freezes.)
Lino: Why? Akward? Or course, I don't look good in this... This would look really good on people like Aoi...
Ryouta: No, it's not that...
Lino: ?
Ryouta: I guess lipstick did some magic on the pig after all. People say fine clothes make fine women, and they were right.
Lino: What are you saying? I'll go. Don't wait for me because I'll be really late or just go to Aoi's place.
Ryouta: Planning to party till dawn? Just a sec, there is a price tag still attached on your...
Lino: Huh?
(Ryouta reaches out and tries to remove the price tag from the clothes. But our feet got tangled because we are about faced simultaneously.)
Ryouta: Ugh~
Lino: Yikes!
*CRASH!!!*
Ryouta: Are you okay? Did you get hurt?
Lino: Ugh... I am not hurt much...
(...Seems not hurt but this position is somewhat...)
Lino: !!!!!!!
Ryouta: Yikes!
Ryouta got up surprised.
Ryouta: I swear it was an accident. My feet got tangled up...
Lino: Did I say something? I'm leaving...
Ryouta: Don't stay out too late!!
(Ryouta ran outside and yelled loudly.)
Ryouta: And call me when you leave the party for home! I will wait for you at the bus stop later! It's dangerous for a girl to walk alone in this neighborhood, so don't get the wrong idea.
Lino: Even if you beg me to 'get the wrong idea', I won't!
Ryouta: And watch out for those players at the party!
(.........Something is not right...)
BINABASA MO ANG
"I'm looking forward to be working with you, manager."
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