Chapter 3:

Right out of the Hibernation Den!

Heart Strings of the Vampire King!


Chisaka Kutsuki

Class continues to simply be the most boring in the whole world. I couldn’t take it. Normally, staying in my ‘hibernation den’ as my mom would call it, would satisfy me. By that, I mean living an incredibly normal life: taking notes in class, sitting by my spot by the normal tree to eat lunch in peace, without crowds surrounding me, then going home, doing homework, listening to my rock music, and reading manga until night time; repeat. I normally liked that kind of life, it was comforting.

Since the school trip, however, I’ve been dissatisfied by the simplicity of my routine. It wasn’t exciting anymore, it was irritating. I wanted to meet Ryota Mochizuki. I wanted to prove myself right, that soul ties were wrong. I knew there was only way to one-hundred percent prove my theory, and it started with my own stupid soul tie.

The problem: he’s a literal famous star! How the hell can my basic routine of life intertwine with his unbasic life to meet him?

I stretch my fingers and let out a long sigh. After flipping through the Cosmic Famous Stars Magazine to find ways to meet him, I was beat on the ‘how’. I’d thought of things like getting an interview with him, going to a fan signing event, getting VIP tickets to see him, going undercover as a stage helper, talking to someone he knew; none of which was actually achievable or realistic to do by my standards. I facepalm myself onto the desk.

“You alright?” Takumi questions me, standing beside my desk. He’d talked to me a few times after the trip, but the briefest of conversations, just enough to actually acknowledge my existence.

“I’m good, just trying to think of a solution…” I tap my foot on the floor after sitting up straight.

“A solution to what?”

“So guess what? I got in!” I pause and listen in on Gina’s conversation next to me, ever since the trip, nothing happened, I was invisible to her again. This was Gina though, it wasn’t surprising. “They emailed me last night- and it said that I would be doing the makeup of a few really famous celebrities. Isn’t that so cool?!”

Famous celebrities… Ryota Mochizuki. Maybe he would be there—solution!

“Never mind, I think I found it! Thanks anyways though, Takumi.”

“No problem.” he makes a side smile, probably completely confused, but I had other more important things to attend to now. I take a deep breath in and prepare to leave my peaceful introverted self behind.

“GINA!” I slam my hand on her desk, her face dropped in disbelief. Some of her girl friends who were talking to her wrinkle their faces at me.

“Wh-What’s up, Chisaka?” she seems annoyed but her words were nice—currently.

“Could you take me with you to the photoshoot set?” I fiddle my hands behind my back. She blinks at me a few times, then makes a bunch of confusing facial expressions before the calm in her settles.

“Why should I bring you to the set?” Right- why should she bring me to the set? I wasn’t her friend, after all. I think of all the possibilities in two seconds.

“Be-cause… Because I’ve always wanted to do makeup professionally one day, and this could be a chance to meet people in the field. And I’ve secretly looked up to you for a long time, your work in fashion and makeup is totally amazing!” Haha—what a lie. She didn’t have to know that though. “I could see it all up close, instead of just online and in photos.”

Gina goes quiet for a few moments before going into a fit of laughter, “I didn’t know you were such a big fan of mine, Chisaka. Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” She hushes her laughs and a friendlier smile appears on her face, “A fan—did you hear that? I have a fan- of my own!”

I stare, slightly weirded out by her rather nice reaction, she actually took such terrible bait, it was a lie on the spot.

“Well, if my one-and-only fan wants to come see my incredible work, done before their eyes, I don’t see any problems!” She gave into it… I wanted to laugh, but I couldn’t. “Not without a price of course,” she frowns. I knew it was a too-good-to-be-true response. The fact that she thinks I’m her fan is already hard to believe.

“What kind of price?”

“Record and take pictures of me to put on your makeup blog! I know you must have one if you plan to be a makeup artist, right? It could be like a promotion for me.”

My face goes pale and white like a ghost. What the hell did I dig myself into? I didn’t do things like posting on a blog, and honestly could care less about superficial things like social media, makeup, beauty, or fashion. Not to mention that I had no kind of experience or expertise whatsoever in these kinds of things. Makeup was foreign to me, as was the world of beauty.

“Sure, of course I will!” I fake a smile, trying not to grit my teeth. This was all part of the plan to meet The Vampire King. I had to make this work. I would prove I was right.

Besides, how hard could it be to make a fake blog in the first place? 

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