Yoshi 16
Yossi joins Makoto who is sitting alone at one corner.
“Ogawa-bond, need your help.” Yossi whispers.
Makoto looks around the spacious recording room, nobody is paying attention to them.
“It’s ok, they’re listening to the demo tape on their MD, We can talk softly. I wanna know what they say about Rikachan and me.”
“Look ahead please.” Makoto jabs Yossi. “Your body language is telling the whole world we’re talking secrets.
In not a very smart move, Yossi holds up her lyrics and hides behind it. “So, you know anything?”
Makoto: “Of course I know something, we all know. It’s an open secret.”
“uh-huh…”
Makoto: “We know Rikachan and you are a couple, but recently you guys had a tiff over Fujimoto-san but had since patched up.”
“chotto matte yo, how did Miki come into the picture?”
Makoto: “You said you like Fujimoto-san on haromoni, didn’t you? That makes Ishikawa-san jealous, so you two hadn’t been talking since that day’s studio recording. However, while at backstage, our knight in shining armor seized the opportunity and apologized to her princess when she’s at her most vulnerable. And so, they live happily ever after.”
Yossi shakes her head, the gossips sound too ridiculous and she knows Makoto is jeering when she said “they live happily ever after.”
“Makochan.” Yossi finally says “I’m telling you once and for all, Rikachan and me, we are just friends and colleagues. Full Stop.”
Makoto: “She likes you.”
“No, she doesn’t.”
Makoto: “And you like her.”
Yossi looks at Rika sitting across the room, with eyes closed and trying her best to get song’s rhythm into her head. “I like her as a friend, but I’m NOT in love with her, there’s a difference.”
“Like develops into Love.” Makoto says matter of factly.
Yossi rolls up her eyes, she knows further talks with Makoto will be fruitless. “Anyway you just help me brainwash them, alright!”