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Chapter 3
Miki couldn't help but giggle at the shocked faces before her. She climbed off the desk and walked around the couch, puffing from her cigarette with elegance, her eyes suddenly cold and unsympathetic.
"Don't stare at me like that. Yossie probably won't be happy with the cast change I made, so she will want to watch you two interact on camera. Right away. If things don't work out as I thought they would, then.. You probably know what's going to happen."
Ai looked to her side worriedly. A thoughtful and still frowning bean was staring down to the floor and tapping her shoes in annoyance, probably wondering if there was a way to stop this charade. There's no way I'm going to give up on this role so easily. She promised me!
The director straightened her shoulders to stand before them. Irritation was taking over her too, as she had more important things to do than hold a ridiculous speech.
"There are two dressing rooms for the protagonists in the far back of the studio. From today onwards the one on the right will be Aichan's, filled with lolita short dresses and other hot outfits like that, while the one on the left will obviously be Gakisan's, cause it has a shitload of badass outfits, matching her character in the movie. Mitsui will help you dress up, and then you'll go to the make-up artist. Do not get up from that chair till she makes you pretty cutiepies."
"And then?"
"Well nothing much,..." Miki leaned down over Risa and took some strands of hair in her hand "...You'll have your hair cut while Aichan will be studying her script with me"
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The center of attention moved to the back of the room, where the door had been slammed open by this beautiful woman, interrupting Kamei from her indications babble. Her high heels clacked loudly as she walked straight over to the scenarist with a mesmerizing sway of hips, gently sliding one script out of her arms.
"Sorry I'm late. Now when do I start?"
Kamei was lost in her intense stare for a second. "I-In an instant miss, please take a seat."
Sayumi took notice of the intruder peeking at her turtle a few times, and wished deep inside that someone would spread mean comments about her just like they did with Ai Takahashi, but it was more than obvious that no one would dare.
"Ok, is everyone ready?"
The mass of anxious yet-to-be-discovered talents nodded in unison, except for the 'late lady' that replied with a sly grin instead, immediately catching Kamei's attention.
Fed up with all those cheap ways of flirting, Sayumi decided to take action.
"Hold on. Eri, ... I mean Kamei-san. You shouldn't have let her in if she was already late." Reina raised one eyebrow as the bunny faced her with her arms on her hips offensively "Who are you and how dare you show up like this?"
The answer came on a slightly louder tone : "Tanaka Reina. But who are you to tell the lovely scenarist right here what to do?" she scoffed, not ashamed to show her amusement.
"Well maybe you knew if you would have arrived a bit earlier? I'm not introducing myself again just for you."
"Huh? I didn't even ask you to do it. I don't care." Her smile was as carefree as it can get, but her eyes sharper than a hawk's that misses nothing.
The bunny stepped closer with her cheeks blazing red from anger. "Get out."
"Make me." Reina shot up from her chair to everyone's surprise, and tilted her head upwards to show her confidence.
"Wow, calm down." Eri shouted, quickly breaking in between them to draw them back from the brink of something dangerous "Sayu, please let us start already. If we don't finish this, Miki will eat us alive, and we don't want that, do we?"
The bunny obeyed and went back to her chair pouting, her ego being stomped on by Reina's victorious smile.
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"So what are going to do is show Yossie two scenes: one in which the main character, aka you, is being aroused on some back alley by two drunktards, and one near the middle, where she and her lover, aka Gakisan, are having sex on the bed. Is it okay with you?"
Ai stiffened and gripped harder on the chair at Miki's straightforwardness. Though she considered that it wouldn't be proper for her to make problems in the first day of work, this was her only chance to tell Miki about how uncomfortable she is feeling at the thought of it.
"Don't worry, it won't get too far, and besides... You were looking with a certain interest at Niigaki back there."
Her eyes snapped wider as she looked at her director through the mirror. As much as she wanted to deny it, she couldn't say a word because just then, Sayumi was working on the gloss, the last touch of her makeup.
Miki laughed it off and walked to Ai's side to see her better. "Now that we've gotten you dressed up and ready, just read the script and wait for Gaki here. I need to check the audition list Kame did, so ... see you in 10 minutes. By the way- God you look so hot in those jeans"
Ai's cheeks flushed as Miki stepped out the door, humming something and playing with her hair.
"You'll get used to her" Sayumi backed away from Ai's face to look down at her masterpiece "I'm done, you can get up now."
The older pushed the chair away and checked herself in the mirror, a suggestive grimace quickly replacing the half smile she had earlier. Those jeans were indeed short, but it flattered her legs very well, and her red strapless top barely reached till her bellybutton.
"Don't you like the outfit? Mittsi did a good job choosing them." Sayu added, wiping her hands with a towel.
"I look ridiculous. It does look like what a strip club singer would wear though, but... I'm not used to them."
"Oh but you will." she meticulously arranged the brushes and little bottles together in a corner, then turned around "Knowing Mikitty, she'll turn her own movie plot into a mild porn. Oh, if Yoshizawa-san allows her, that is."
A brief smile crept Ai's lips again as she opened the script to memorize the scenario. Miki was indeed a fascinating woman...
She turned a swift glance back at the bunny, long dozed off in her own dreamland. "Is something wrong? You look lost in thoughts."
"Nothing much. Just that someone pissed the hell out of me in the audition room. But just wait and see what I have in store for her." Before she could reply or ask for more details, Ai's jaw dropped when Gaki entered the room skipping and smiling from ear to ear.
"Gakisan! Looking good~" Sayu exclaimed.
"Feeling good! Actually this was a great idea. I love my new hair!"
"Glad to hear that." Sayu sighed sadly. "Now please excuse me, Imma leave you two alone to practice." and she was right out the door, leaving the two in an awkward silence.
Unaware of why her movie co-star had just had a split personality change, Ai's one and only concern was how to get closer to the bean and improve their relationship, that didn't start too nicely.
... For the sake of the movie, of course.
"It really suits you." she took some more steps hesitantly to look at it, and Gaki found herself in front of two beautiful dark eyes she hasn't gotten the chance to observe better. "Very stylish~ Now I wish I would get a haircut too." Ai added tactfully, her eyes suddenly cautious.
Gaki smiled back, then quickly looked down to leaf through her script. "Shall we start?"
"Oh, uh... yeah."
"It says two gorillas will push you in the wall ... oh that sounds painful. Then they rip that shirt off you ... Actually it's not much to rip out of it anyway- Then I come with a gun... cool, I like to play the hero-" Ai laughed quietly and followed the lines along with Risa's soothing voice "and after I make them run away ..."
"We hug. This is all? it shouldn't be too hard. Right?"
Gaki shook her head "There's a note: tight and touching. AND probably Miki is waiting to attack us with lots of indications and other stuff. That woman can ramble about a hug all day. You do have some head pills right? Just in case."
Ai felt a strange, warm squirm inside her chest as their giggles filled the room, up until Gaki flipped the page. "The characters share a kiss as the ... huh?"