Red Yarn (Oshi No Ko > Aqua X Kana)

Dinner Event

Ruby, Mem, Miyako and Gotanda had already arrived at the restaurant they had reserved this morning. Ordering some menus and waiting for their artists to come, who else if not Hoshino Aqua. 

At another table has gathered a new idol group from Strawberry Production, Jellyally, which consists of five beautiful and cute young women.

Aqua came in a casual dress. Milk brown long sleeve t-shirt, jeans trousers and coat in dark brown. And do not forget the mask and hat for safe travel without the interference of fans.

"Oni-chan!" exclaimed Ruby when she saw Aqua standing at the side of the table.

"Aqua-tan!" Mem came calling Aqua in disbelief.

"You're dyeing your hair?" miyako asked in shock to see Aqua coming in with black hair color.

Aqua sat down next to Ruby and smiled as she nodded her head slowly. "Yes, because the blonde hair in the village looks so strange."

Mem and Ruby looked at each other. Their feeling was that there was something strange about Aqua other than her hair. Aqua looked happier and warmer unlike the past few years. The way Aqua looked at him also changed, he seemed more confident and not intimidating.

"What are you doing there? Looks like the village you're staying in helps you a lot." Gotanda is now commenting.

Aqua fell silent, thinking for a moment. What answer he had to give, while he could not tell Kana was still alive and living in the village.

"Funny. There the inhabitants are very friendly and make it comfortable." Aqua answered at last. "Yes, even if you have to enter the cow, chicken, goat and horse stables, it's all new."

Ruby saw Aqua's behavior who continued to smile thinly, it seemed that Aqua really liked her trip to the village.

"Did you get a girlfriend there?" ask Ruby full of probing. He didn't usually look at Aqua with a smile that kept clinging to her cold face. Plus, Aqua's black hair made her blue eyes look brighter.

"Daughter?" Aqua chuckled softly, looking into Ruby's pink eyes. "It should be, but it won't."

Mem stood up to Aqua, staring at Aqua in disbelief. "Who taught you to talk like that? You're not like the usual Aqua!"

"How come, I'm just doing the role I got in the drama I'm playing tomorrow." Aqua replied without looking at Mem.

"But, it's weird that you're acting like this in your ordinary life" Mem commented and sat back in his chair. 

'"Yes, all right." Aqua changed her position, she sat down with her hands holding the menu book. Looking for food that he ordered. 

Miyako ordered some menus to the waiter. Aqua listened more to Ruby and Mem telling her that they would be holding a concert for the new group. She became the new idol group manager at the request of Miyako who could not handle many jobs at Strawberry Production.

Director Gotanda will be making a new film. Where she will return will bring Aqua, Himekawa, Ruby, Akane, Frill and some other actresses. Films with action genre. Actually Aqua has got the offer, but he has not agreed with Miyako. 

Mem stared at Aqua many times during the meal. Even though he said acting for the next drama, but Aqua's personality almost changed a lot. He smiles more often to respond to something. He could even laugh softly at Director Gotanda. Although he had not been as cold as three years ago, but still this change was quite different from usual.

"Aqua-tan's chat. Now you're the one who told me when you left yesterday." Mem finally asked Aqua to tell him a story.

Aqua threw her gaze elsewhere. "What do you want to hear?" ask Aqua.

"Anything, like there you have a friend your age or whatever it is."

Aqua plays the finger-lipped cup. The other hand held up his chin and smiled. "Some one was a year older than me and the other one was five years younger than me. There's a father of two of my friends too." Aqua observed the contents in the glass. "Warm family. It's nice to eat together at one table with them."

Ruby watched Aqua who kept smiling. "They must be good people, right?"

"Home's noisy. Brother sister who never got along, even though they love each other." Aqua recalled the last moment when Karma and Kana were fighting each other. "And that's so funny." Aqua smiled broadly at her glass containing coffee.

"You seem to have changed a lot coming home from there." Gotanda finally commented.

"Anytime take me there!" exclaim Ruby with great enthusiasm. "I wonder what kind of friend your friend is to make Aqua Hoshino smile all the time."

Aqua lowered her head, staring at the contents of the coffee inside the glass. "Yes, if he allows it."

"So your friend is a girl or a boy?" ask Mem curious. He did not understand why he could read Aqua's expression so easily now. As if he wasn't covering anything up like he used to.

"Male, he's just been accepted into the Tokyo area medical university." Aqua answered quickly.

"Medicine?" tanya Mem could not believe it. "I wonder what your friend is like." 

Aqua recalled that she had never talked to Karma at all. But, he had to hide Kana's identity, so inevitably he sold Karma's name to cover up Kana's identity.

"He's a real bitch." Aqua whispered while remembering Karma first met. "Guman he's smart and hardworking."

"Well, I'm getting curious!" exclaimed Ruby who felt interested in the friend in question Aqua. Given that he really likes Gorou who works as a doctor.

"I think you can get to know him when he goes to Tokyo at the end of this winter" Aqua said.

"Ruby, you didn't mean to tease a younger youth than you, did you?" tanya Mem while looking at Ruby with a seductive look. "A lot of actors are approaching you too, so you have to be careful with the guys!"

"What the hell? I rejected them too. Almost all I refuse, I don't intend to have a relationship like that if I don't like it first." Ruby smiled, her gaze now shifted to Aqua. "But, if that friend could make my brother turn out like this. I think I can like it too." 

Aqua laughed softly. "I'm not sure you'll like him. Because my first meeting with him was so anxious for me to forget."

"Is he not handsome in your opinion?" ruby whispered to Aqua beside her.

"I'm more handsome." Aqua smiled broadly at Ruby. Making Ruby so wrong and immediately divert his face that has been blushing.

*****

Aqua and Ruby had a photo shoot for a fashion magazine. They change their costumes 10 times for winter clothes. Having to do a photo shoot with the famous Ruby Hoshino Twin so forced Aqua to change her hair color with the original color.

The shooting that was done from the afternoon ended at night. Ruby was ready to go home, all her clothes and equipment had been tidied up with her assistant. So does Aqua. They were ready to get into the car back home.

Today Aqua was always smiling to everyone. Yes, although he used to do it often too, but this time it was so sincere and warm. Plus, Aqua always takes her phone with her everywhere. Not as usual who are not too concerned about it.

Arriving at home, Ruby immediately went into her room. So too with Aqua. The whole day was exhausting. After cleaning up, Ruby went to the kitchen to make a warm chocolate, because she still had to read some scripts from the reality show program she attended.

"Snow down there?" aqua's voice rang out on the second floor terrace of Hoshino's house.

Ruby turned her gaze to the balcony of her porch, finding Aqua who was calling with her hands looking up at the sky. Ruby approached Aqua, peering behind the door. He wondered who the friend Aqua meant, was it really a man?

Aqua laughed softly. Ruby is increasingly suspicious if the person being spoken to is not a man but a woman. Ruby tried to hear Aqua's conversation with her friend. He was trying and curious, because several times Aqua laughed softly plus a smile that continued to expand non-stop.

"Yes, let's meet at the end of the season. Just send me my number." Aqua changed her position, sitting on a chair staring at the first night sky in winter. "Ruby wants to meet. But, I'm not sure they'll be familiar."

Ruby was getting curious, she did not understand why her name could be mentioned by Aqua to her friend. Does Aqua's friend know Ruby?

The sound of the pen Ruby was carrying fell, Aqua who was aware of Ruby's presence, started to slow down her voice. He immediately disconnected his phone. Fearing that Ruby was thinking things through, Aqua pretended to check her phone, opened a message and read some passing articles about the entertainment world.

Ruby finally left. He was still very curious about Aqua's friend. Ruby feels Aqua has a boyfriend not just friends. Because according to him, Aqua has always looked happy since she came home yesterday.

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