Chapter 24 (Aia's P.O.V)

I woke up the next morning and I don't know why I'm still sleeping in his room and I especially don't know why I'm still staying in this house. Maybe I should just get my own place after all I can't stay in this place forever especially when every inch of it reminds me of him. I went to go wash my face and brush my teeth and changed into a white dress and slipped my shoes on and grabbed my purse. Riku left me his keys so I drove to ShinHigh Writing Industries and went to my office. I focused on trying to write my new novel, but I couldn't get any ideas so I just sat there thinking. My thoughts were disturbed by my door opening.

"Aia!! It's so good to see you!" Cherry ran and hugged me.

"It's good to see you too, but what are you doing here?." I asked while hugging her.

"Well I was thinking that we could hangout until the premiere tonight unless your busy." She said letting me go.

"No I'm not busy at all Cherry." I smiled.

"Awesome! Let's go!" She said running out of the room. I followed her and closed my door.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"To the outlet mall for shopping spree!" She happily shouted.

"Sounds like fun!" I smiled.

We got on the elevator and back to the lobby and went outside. We walked our way through thr bust streets and sidewalks and made our way to the outlet mall. Cherry was so hyper, excited, and upbeat that she took me everywhere in the outlet mall. We went in and out of so many stores I could barely remember which ones we already went into.

"Aia! This dress would look great for the premiere tonight!" She shouted from the other side of the store. I walked my way over to where she was and saw the dress. It was a ball gown sweetheart sequin royal blue satin evening dress.

"It's beautiful Cherry." I said looking at the dress.

"Why don't you buy it and wear it to the premiere tonight?" Cherry asked me.

"I already bought a dress." I said still looking at the dress.

"Well it's never a bad thing to buy another one in case you change your mind." Cherry smiled.

"Yeah, you're right Cherry. Thank you." I smiled and hugged her.

"You're welcome Aia." She smiled and hugged me back. We went to the register and bought the dress and went to geet some ice cream from across the road.

"I heard Riku and Sun Hee went to New Zealand to film a new drama." Cherry said before ordering her orange sherbert ice cream.

"Yeah, he is." I said and ordered my vanilla bean ice cream. We both got our ice cream and went to go sit down.

"Is he gonna come to night?" She asked eating her ice cream.

"No, he's not. He said that they were gonna be there for a month or so." I said looking down and eating my ice cram.

"Hey, it's okay. He'll come back." Cherry said.

"Thank you Cherry." I smiled. After we got done with our ice cream, we left and went back to ShinHigh.

"Thank you for today Cherry, I had a lot of fun." I smiled.

"You're welcome Aia. We should do this again some day." Cherry smiled and hugged me. I hugged her back and she left. I went inside the building and saw Himari with a small group of girls.

"Himari, what's up with all of this?" I asked walking towards her.

"Oh! Aia there you are! These girls are your makeup crew from now on." She said walking towards me.

"Why do I need a makeup crew?" I asked quietly to her.

"Because ever since your novel was published worldwide, your novel has been selling out like crazy! And many movie and drama producers has already set up meetings to talk with you about your other novels. You're gonna be appearing on T.V, walking down red carpets and everything!" Himari explained with hand motions.

"Whoa, my career is really taking off isn't it?" I asked.

"Yes, yes it is." She smiled.

"Well shall I meet the girls then?" I asked.

"Of course!" Himari said and brought me over to introduce myself to them.

"Hi I'm Aina, it's great to meet you!" One of the girls smiled. She had black hair in a a pixie cut hairstyle and she dresses really neat with skirts.

"Miss Aia, I'm Chiasa." Another girl said waving. She had wasit-length white hair that was wavy and her style with leggings and blouses were absolutely wonderful.

"Hello, I'm Eri, it's so nice to finally meet you." She smiled and I could tell she was a fan. She has short shoulder-length straight blonde hair and she dressed a bit too professional, but it was a nice touch, I'll admit.

"And I'm Haya! It'a an honor." She said with admiration and she had straight long brown hair that reached the middle of her back and she too had great sense of style. She wore trendy clothes like instagram influencers.

"Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you all and it's an honor for you guys to do my hair and makeup." I smiled and shook each of their hands.

"They will always be there with you in sets of anything movie and filming and awards and carpet walks with you to touch up your makeup when needed." Himari smiled and showed them more of the building.

I went to Riku's car and put my bags down in the passenger seat and drove home. I got home and saw Mrs. Yua inside. I don't know why she's here. It's her day off not to mention her vacation too. I parked the car and grabbed my bags and headed inside.

"Mrs. Yua, what are you doing here?" I asked closing the door.

"I just came to make sure everything was okay." She smiled.

"Everything is okay Mrs. Yua. Now go back home and enjoy your vacation." I smiled and walked her out.

After she left I went upstairs to my room and put my things away. I quickly showered and wrapped my towel around me and dried my hair with the blow dryer. I was putting on lotion just until I heard my doorbell ring. I stopped everything I was doing and went to go open the door and saw Hiamri and Aina and them.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked.

"Aina and them came to do your hair and makeup silly." Himari said.

"That's right, please come in." I said and opened the door wider for them.

"Now let's get down to business." Aina said as she followed my upstairs with the other girls.

I sat down and let them work their magic on my face and hair. I could smell a lot of hair spray and felt a few pins in my hair. My face felt a bit heavy but at the same time it didn't feel heavy. They also helped me with my royal blue dress that Cherry found for me and they also helped picked out shoes to match my dress too.

"And we are done." Eri said with a smile. I went to go look in the mirror and oh my gosh. I looked amazing and my hair was so pretty and this makeup was so well done.

"Thank you guys so much!" I smiled and hugged them. They helped me go down the stairs and Himari saw me and it looked like she was about to cry.

"You're so beautiful!" She smiled.

"Thank you." I smiled back.

Himari opened the door for us and we all got into the limo that Himari came in. The driver drove us to the premiere and yes the makeup girls did have time to get ready and also came with us to the premiere. A few minutes later, we made it to the premiere and a man standing outside of the car opened the door for us. There were so many reporters and paparazzis. There were so many flashes I couldn't even keep up with them.

"Miss Aia, how does it feel to make it big from the writing industry?" A reporter asked me.

"It feels amazing and full of success." I smiled. I kept smiling for pictures while Himari led the way. I then saw Cherry and the other guys.

"Hey Aia!" Cherry shouted waving at me to come oevr to them. I notified Himari where I was going and she went back to talking to Director Reo.

"You look great." Arata smiled.

"Thank you, You look great too." I smiled back.

"I love the dress!" Aki smiled.

"Thanks, Cherry helped me." I smiled at Cherry.

The cast and I stood in a group and made our way into the building and from that moment on it felt like the best time of my life and yeah I do miss Riku and wished he was here standing with me and sharing this moment with me, but I know that he has things to do. I tried not to think about him because it will just make me sad and I can't afford to be sad and cry especially when Aina and the girls worked so hard to do my makeup and make it look perfect as well with my hair, so I stood up straight, walked with full confidence, and smiled.