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After thinking about it a little more, I remembered who Aoi Hoshino was. She was the actress I had only filmed two scenes with. 'She's that actress who's really bad at acting. At least she's very pretty. But why does she want my contact information?'
I sent Rina a message asking if she knew what Aoi Hoshino wanted to talk about.
From what I researched, Aoi Hoshino is 19 years old. She can't possibly be trying to get close to me with ulterior motives, right? After some time, Rina replied, saying that Aoi wanted to talk about a song.
'A song?'
Then I remembered that I had "promised" to write a song for Aoi. Now that she knows I'm the author Aoi Haruki, she's definitely interested in my talent. But honestly, I have absolutely no experience with something like that.
I wrote things in my previous life, even without having talent for it, but music…?
I can just copy songs from my old world, right?
'YOASOBI… Yorushika, LiSA… I can copy songs from famous singers from my old world.' I clearly remembered Aoi Hoshino's face and started thinking about a song that would suit her perfectly.
After failing to decide, I quickly searched YouTube to see if I could find any of her songs.
"Oh?" I was surprised when I saw that her music videos on YouTube had over 20 million views. There was even one with 100 million views. "Damn, she's more popular than I thought."
That's why so many people started commenting on my Instagram after Aoi posted a picture with me on her own Instagram. 'Her fans are crazy.'
I played some of her songs, and the melodies were very energetic. You could say she had an "idol" aura around her; she sang J-pop. After listening to a few songs, I even recognized some of them.
"She really is very talented."
Should I give her the song "Idol" by the duo YOASOBI? Her voice is similar to the vocalist's. I think her name is Ikuta?
Then I sent Rina a message.
[You can give her my number.]
[Don't forget, Kyo, getting too close to someone as popular as her is dangerous. Especially at your age.]
[Have you gone crazy? If I got involved with her, she'd be arrested. *Laughing puppy emoji*]
[Fine, I'll give her your number.]
[Alright.]
A few minutes later, Aoi sent me a message. It was a picture of her making a peace sign with her hand. She wasn't wearing makeup and seemed to be in her room. 'Even without makeup, she's very beautiful.'
[You didn't forget the promise you made, did you?]
[I don't remember making that promise.]
[Well… It wasn't exactly a promise, but you said you'd write a song for me. Oh, and I had no idea you were such a popular author. I've never read anything you wrote, but my brother is a huge fan of yours. When he found out we were friends, he started begging me for an autograph.]
Friends? Well…
[Well, I can give him an autograph later.]
[Why don't we meet tomorrow? You can autograph something for me, and we can talk about the song.]
Meet with her? In a public place?
[Don't worry, I know a very discreet place ^^]
Reading her message made me start thinking the wrong things. I let out a sigh to calm myself down before replying.
[I'm fine with that. But we need to be careful, I don't want rumors spreading around.]
[Rumors? Kyo, you're way too young! I would never be interested in you. People know I'm not a criminal. HAAHAHAHHAHA]
Reading that message only made everything more suspicious.
[Talk to Rina about it. She'll put it in my schedule.] I sent to Aoi.
[You want me to talk to your manager??? I went through the trouble of coming to talk to you directly!]
[I'm going to the market now, we'll talk later.]
[Wait!!!! *Angry dog emoji*]
I stopped replying to her and left my room.
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When the next day arrived, I went to school with Daiki and my bodyguard as usual. As soon as I got out of the car at the school entrance, a small group of people approached me.
They were all young teenagers.
"It really is the author Aoi Haruki!"
"Please autograph this for me!"
Every day it's the same thing. Thankfully, it's only a few people.
After my bodyguard escorted me to the gate, I met up with Miu, who had been waiting for me. She's been waiting for me every day.
"Good morning, Miu."
"Good morning, Kyo. Did you sleep well last night?" she asked.
"Hm? Not at all. I spent the night writing the final volume of Tensura, and after that I couldn't sleep because I had a really bad headache."
"Are you feeling any better now?" Miu asked, visibly worried.
"I still have a bit of a headache, but it's fine." I smiled at her.
"You should go home, the principal will understand. You don't have to come to school every day!"
"It's fine. I'll sleep a little during class and I'll be okay. See you at lunch, Miu."
"See you later."
Our eyes met, and she was clearly worried.
Does my expression look that bad?
I sat down at my desk, and Mirai, who was beside me, spoke to me.
"Are you okay? You look a little pale."
"I just didn't sleep properly last night." I let out a long yawn.
"You can sleep. I'll take notes for you."
"Thanks, Mirai." I smiled at her, and my body started feeling weaker and weaker.
'Is everything really okay?' Considering the illness I had during childhood, I started getting a little worried. That headache I felt last night wasn't normal.
My eyelids grew heavier, and the voices around me became muffled.
I felt my stomach twist before suddenly turning cold.
A few seconds later, I ended up "falling asleep."
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Next Chapters: Chapter 86 - Encounter with the "entity" / Chapter 87 - Two new works? / Chapter 88 - "Date" with Aoi Hoshino. / Chapter 89 - Music.
