"So I hear from the others."
"Yeah, and I heard too that he's been snooping around here as of late. He went on about wanting to see and all that."
Wait, wait, wait, is that guy around?
She turned to him then. A weak smile appeared on her face.
"Honestly, on that matter, I don't know what to do. It seems like he heard about my upcoming life and will be coming to see it as well. I have avoided it this entire ti, but it's not like I can do it forever. In the first place, avoiding isn't sothing you can do for a long ti. Especially in a small city like this." Sumire trailed off as she turned back to look at the river.
But he still had a good view of her face from where he stood. An indescribable look on her face once again yet seed to fit at the right mont.
"Will you try to escape?"
Sumire chuckles lightly. "If only I could."
"It's simple, you know? You can just not show up tomorrow and hide away sowhere. Take the train to another city for the day and then co back when he is gone."
What was he even suggesting? Such an illogical and reckless plan is not like him at all.
It sounds like he is making a foolish excuse again. When he is with this girl, all his logic and calm composure imdiately vanish.
What does she an by that?
'I understand.'
What does she expect him to say to that? What is that she wants? Nurous questions flashed through his head.
"Yeah, I could do that. But you know sothing like that isn't going to work."
His thoughts broke off when she suddenly got off the wall and hugged him. His eyes widened. "Ah, I shouldn't be doing this. You're a big shot idol; after all, you will get caught."
Jun tightens his grip around her. "I....I don't...care about that."
"I see, as expected, Jun-kun you're still this way after all. But that's fine, that's alright. So let answer your question, you know that even if I do want to run away. Because I am so stubborn, I won't do sothing like that. Since I am stubborn, I can't do it. After all, I already made my mind up a long ti to enter a concour again and give it a second chance. Back then, I received g a lot of help from you; you supported a lot then. Sure Nao, Masato was entering then too. However, I felt like I received the most support from you."
Her voice is like a gentle whisper, sothing similar to a symphony of colors. He didn't need to have color synesthesia to see it.
Sumire pulls away from him then. "Besides, didn't I just say it? A transient escape is not sothing that will last long."
….
It was quite late when they returned since they took several detours because Sumire-san kept rushing off. After the al, it did not take long before it was dark. Sumire insisted on him staying the night since the mansion is on the other side of town.
"Sorry about this, there aren't any rooms except the one Sumire stays in with ," Yuhi said as he rearranged the couch to make it comfortable.
"I do not mind," Jun interjected. "Was there sothing else?"
He finds it hard to believe that Terashima stayed behind just to rearrange the couch.
Yuhi awkwardly hands him a few discs. "This?"
"Just so old stuff I recorded before but did not release. Sumire seems to be having a hard ti with your song. I figured if you worked together, it would be easier for you."
Jun paused when he accepted the stuff. "Terashima, do you like her that much?"
"I love her more than anybody in this world. I will give her the world if she asks for it."
There it is, no hesitation. Jun wondered how this person could say such things with such confidence. After all, everybody knows what Sumire-san's current state is with romance.
Before he could say anymore, a sleepy looking Sumire appeared in the door way.
"Yuhi?"
"Hey, there, love."
Sumire groggily made her way over and wrapped her arms around Yuhi. "I'm tired; let's go to sleep."
"Mm, but you didn't have to wait."
"I can't sleep without you."
Yuhi laughed and picked her up. "Stubborn girl. Goodnight, Kira."
Despite her sleepy state, Sumire turned to him and pointed to sothing on the side table. "Drafts. Goodnight, Jun-kun." With those words said, the couple quickly left the room.
Jun stood up and walked over to the side table, and picked up the score sheets. Drafts? The music was practically glowing, that girl and her amazing ability.
An idol, huh? From the very beginning, he did not want to beco an idol. But his younger brother wanted to, and Jun worried. He was worried that his brother could not handle the harshness of the entertainnt industry. So he beca one first, and indeed it was a good thing.
Everything seed to flow very smoothly until it was ti for his brother to debut. Was it because he guided him wrong? But Jun recalled how much his brother hesitated.
"What if I ss up? What if I don't debut at all. I will have to redo everything from the start or even give up."
On the day of his younger brothers enrolling into Moonlight academy, they had such a conversation at the gate. At that ti, Jun did his best to encourage him, and he reluctantly agreed, but perhaps he should have said more things.
Even now, he could rember it clearly, seeing his brother from the rooftop and Kou trying to stop him. In the next second, his brother fell from the roof. Thankfully, a bush cushioned his landing, but even then, he has not woken up since that day.
Later on, during the police investigation, it turned out there was a large number of drugs and alcohol in his room, including a rope large enough to hang at the window on his desk.
His brother's room scread suicide all over, so nobody blad Kou, who had been with him. But Jun understood how much the man blad himself after all the two were lovers. They were both n, but sothing like that did not bother him. His brother Junie was happy with Kou.
He was happy watching over the two people who ant so much to him. But after that day, everything changed. He and Kou are still in the sa group, but his friend no longer smiled as he did before. A fake smile and laughter just to keep up with appearance's sake. The second nobody is looking; his gaze would look hollow and dead.
But since they t Ibuki Sumire, a bit of light has returned to his friends' eyes.
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