Moonlight Flower Festival (Part 2)
"A-A word with me?" Chinatsu stuttered.
"Yes, if you don't mind."
"S-Sure…"
"Please follow me."
Nakao waved her hand, then Chinatsu followed Yuzuki to a private room nearby. What is going on? Why did a world-famous actor want to talk to her in private? He could talk to her anywhere, but why in private?
Yuzuki locked the door and sat on the chair nearby. He prepared another chair for Chinatsu.
"Miss Chinatsu. Please take a seat."
"Yes?" Chinatsu sat on the chair.
"I want to be honest with you."
"What happened here?"
"What is it?"
"It's kinda embarrassing but… I'm a fan."
At that moment she felt like she heard something unbelievable. Did she hear things right? She saw him completely flushed. Is he drunk?
"I'm sorry… But, are you drunk?"
"No, I'm not! I'm completely sober!"
"So, you are telling the truth…"
"Yes!"
"W-Well… it was really unexpected but, anyway, thank you."
"Anyway, that's not exactly what I wanted to talk about. About what happened before. Why did she treat you like that?"
"I have no idea. She just insulted me right away and I really don't know who she is."
Yuzuki took a deep breath, "She's Tachibana Eri. New actress. She's the daughter of Q Department Store CEO, Mr. Tachibana Ryuu."
Now she understands why Tachibana treats her like that. Tachibana felt like everyone was just a lowly human, not like her, and she only bowed to people like Yuzuki, who was on the other level from her.
"But like I told you, just stay away from her. It's better not to get involved with her. Anyway, can I get your number? Maybe one day we can do collaboration or anything?"
"Sure."
Yuzuki gave his phone to Chinatsu and she typed her number. A happy smile appeared on his face.
"Thank you, Miss Chinatsu! We should head back before everyone starts to realize that we're missing."
Yuzuki headed out of the room, followed by Chinatsu 5 minutes later. Chinatsu walked to the place where Nakao was standing but she couldn't find her anywhere. But she saw someone familiar. When she realized who the person was, she immediately took a step backwards in fear.
"O-Olivia!" She gasped. Chinatsu ran at Olivia's figure but when she was right in front of the figure, it disappeared. She looked around and that figure stood right in front of her.
"O-Olivia… What are you doing here?"
She realized something strange about Olivia's figure. It's like a hologram and when she tried to touch her, she couldn't.
At that time, she also realized that everyone in that room froze and time moved extremely slowly. What is happening? Why is Olivia here? Is it really her? Once again, she tried to call her name,
"Olivia."
The figure slowly shook her head, then disappeared. Chinatsu felt like her legs weakened and she almost fell.
"Miss Chinatsu"
Faintly, she heard someone calling for her name. Chinatsu felt her body being carried and everything turned black.
After some time, Chinatsu finally woke up. She found Nakao and Yuzuki looking at her in worry. Seems like they have been waiting for her to wake up.
"Chinatsu!!" Nakao hugged her
"Where am I?"
"You are in the guest room. I saw you walking around, then suddenly you froze and I saw you talking to thin air. Then you fainted."
"Really…?"
So, it's real, the Olivia figure was real and she's not hallucinating. That's what she thought.
"Then I called for help and Mr. Yuzuki—"
"Don't call me Mr. Yuzuki." Yuzuki cut off Nakao's words.
"A-Alright. Then Yuzuki came and carried you to the guest room."
Yuzuki carried me? So, that part was also real, when Chinatsu felt like her body was being carried by someone.
"Do you need to go to the hospital?"
"No, I'm fine." said Chinatsu as she jumped out of bed.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Anyway, let's go back to the party."
They're about to go back to the party when, all of a sudden, someone barged into the room. From his appearance, he seems to be Yuzuki's manager or management.
"Yoshida?"
"Yuzuki! Someone wants to meet you."
"Can't you tell them to meet me tomorrow?"
"No. I think it's an important matter."
"Miss Chinatsu, I need to go first. Enjoy the party. If you need something, don't bother to call me."
Yuzuki then rushed out of the room, leaving Nakao and Chinatsu alone.
"I see…"
"You see what?"
"My friend is now a good friend of a world-famous actor!"
"Really, Nakao?"
"What? I'm just happy for you!"
"Did he ask for your address? Did he ask for your number?"
Chinatsu decided to ignore the question. If she answered, this girl would never stop asking. She decided to head outside the room and went back to the venue.
She caught a glimpse of Yuzuki talking to an old man and behind the old man, she saw Tachibana Eri.
"That must be Mr. Tachibana Ryuu. What's he doing here?"
On the other hand, Yuzuki met Mr. Tachibana Ryuu and his daughter.
"Oh, Yuzuki. What a wonderful event."
"Thank you, sir."
"I want to congratulate you and I need to discuss an important matter."
"Thank you, sir, and may I know what that important matter is?"
"It's about my daughter, Eri."
"The girl who insulted Miss Chinatsu."
"It seems that you haven't met her."
"No, father. I met him before, he is extremely kind and gentle to me."
"Wow, you really are a good liar, Eri."
"I'm glad to hear that. So, Yuzuki, I have an offer for you. I can help your management, or should I say your father's business will become more popular and you will become richer and, in exchange for that, you will marry my daughter."
"If I'm not mistaken, there will be a dance session and I really hope that you will take my daughter to dance with you."
"Mr. Tachibana, I must discuss this matter with my father and, aside, I'm not interested in marrying anyone in the near future."
Mr. Tachibana laughed sarcastically, "I hope you know the consequences of your action, Yuzuki."
Mr. Tachibana and Eri left him as he clenched his fist, "I will never ever marry a person like your daughter, Mr, Tachibana."
The MC stepped on to the stage, "Ladies and Gentlemen, now it's time for the highlight of our event. Our host, Mr. Yuzuki will choose a maiden to dance with him on the dance floor. Now, please, Mr. Yuzuki, pick a maiden in this room."
He looked around and every maiden in the room gave a 'pick me' signal to him but he didn't care about the others. He was looking for a specific person and he found her, standing beside the dessert table.
Yuzuki approached the girl and tapped her shoulder. The girl turned around and he offered his hand,
"Miss, will you dance with me?"