Chapter 91 - Threat. - Entertainment Prodigy

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I ran as fast as I could. This time, I ran even faster than when I chased that journalist last time. I ran at the speed of an athlete, and of course, I managed to catch up to the person taking the pictures.

In the end, there wasn't even anywhere for him to run. He was cornered in an alley.

As soon as I got closer, the moonlight illuminated the man's face.

'I've never seen him before.'

I thought it was that journalist again, but it wasn't. It was a man who looked to be around thirty years old, someone I had never seen before.

Which newspaper does he work for?

"Who do you work for?" I asked while staring seriously at the man.

I need to stay calm. I can't threaten a journalist. I just need to make him delete those photos, and everything will be fine.

If he publishes those pictures, Aoi will be heavily criticized.

Even though I'm not that close to her, I don't want her to go through something like that because of me.

"I'm sorry. I just happened to see the singer Aoi Hoshino and decided to take a few pictures, that's all."

"You know who I am?" I asked.

"I don't."

"You're lying. Were you at my press conference? I think I remember your face."

"No, I wasn't there! My coworker was the one who got selected."

"So you do know who I am."

"..."

"Those photos… please delete all of them. This will cause a huge problem for Miss Aoi."

"I'm not deleting them," the man said.

"What do you want in exchange for deleting those photos? I can pay you."

"First, I want to know what the two of you were doing together."

I noticed that the man had one of his hands inside his pocket.

'Is he recording this?'

"Well, I don't mind. I was having a meeting with Miss Aoi to talk about a song. She hired me to write a song for her."

"..."

"Satisfied? You can stop recording now." I smiled at the man.

He took his hand out of his pocket and then said,

"Alright, I'll publish it anyway. It's a great scoop no matter what. I'm sure my boss will love it."

"Hey, Kyo! What happened!?" Suddenly, Daiki appeared in the alley.

"Ah, I was chasing a rat. This guy was taking pictures of me together with Aoi."

"I see."

"But whatever, I already talked to him."

I turned around to leave. However, I stopped and looked back.

Certain that he was no longer recording, I said,

"If you publish fake news about me and Aoi using those pictures, I'll ruin your life just like I did to that woman."

The man's face turned pale, and I smiled.

With my hands in my pockets, I said,

"Let's go, Daiki."

"Right!"

I returned to the car, and as soon as the car started moving toward my house, Daiki asked,

"How did you notice that someone was watching you?"

"I have very good intuition. My senses are also really sharp."

"Do you think everything will be alright?"

"Hmm?"

"If that man publishes an article saying you're in a relationship with Aoi, she'll definitely receive a lot of criticism. It could affect her career."

Well, she doesn't seem to care much about that since she's visibly interested in me.

I smiled and said,

"It'll be fine. I'm sure that journalist isn't an idiot. He got a pretty good scoop anyway."

The next morning, as soon as I woke up, the news that I, Aoi Haruki, would be writing a song for the singer Aoi Hoshino was spreading all over the internet.

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As soon as I arrived at school, many classmates came to talk to me because of Aoi Hoshino. She has more fans than I expected.

"Hey, hey, what's she like?"

"I didn't know you guys were friends! Could you get an autograph for me?"

"Hey, why don't you ask her to come visit the school? Wouldn't that be fun?"

"Can you give me her number? I want to try talking to her!"

A lot of my classmates were saying unbelievable things.

Do they seriously think I'm going to give them her phone number?

Well, I tried to answer everything calmly, even though I wanted to call them idiots.

At lunchtime, it was the same thing. A lot of people came to talk to me about Aoi Hoshino, so I hurried away and escaped to "hide" in my usual spot.

When I sat down on the bench, I let out a sigh.

'Damn, they're unbearable.'

I thought that while taking a bite of my sandwich.

Some time later, Miu approached the bench carrying her bento.

She sat down beside me and asked,

"Are you alright?"

"No. My classmates are way too annoying. I didn't know Aoi Hoshino was this loved."

"She's pretty popular."

"Why didn't they come talk to me after they found out I filmed with her?"

"Wait, she filmed with you?"

"Hmm?" I looked confused by her question. "She participated in the filming for the series I'm acting in. Didn't she post a picture with me on her Instagram?"

"I don't think anyone knew that. Aoi Hoshino wasn't credited as one of the actresses in the series, right?"

Not believing it, I grabbed my phone to check…

It's true.

I also checked her Instagram, and the picture wasn't there anymore. It was as if it had never existed.

'I'm sure she posted that picture…'

"Are they keeping that information secret so they can release a special trailer or something?"

"Maybe." Miu laughed. "But don't worry, I won't let that information leak."

"I'll trust you."

"But about that article that came out… is it really true? Did you meet up with her last night?"

"Yes, why?"

"It's nothing. I'm just curious. I didn't know you could write songs too."

"Well, this will be my first experience. I'm confident I'll be able to compose something good," I said, feeling very confident.

Miu looked at me and said,

"I'm sure you'll do a great job."

For some reason, I felt warmth in my chest when she smiled at me.

We kept talking for a long time before eventually returning to our respective classrooms.

When classes finally ended, I ran out of school and got into the car as fast as I could.

As soon as I got home, I took a shower and ate something before sitting down in front of my computer.

I opened a text document and started writing the lyrics for the song "Idol."

Of course, that part was very quick.

But composing the beat of the song or producing it…

That would be difficult.

"I need to get the necessary software first. And I guess I'll need a new microphone too, right?"

I think I'll sing the song and create a "demo" to show Aoi.

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Chapter 91 - Chapter 91 - Threat.