The Night passed, Morning came
Ai woke up, she sat and stretches her arms, high. She then stood up and went to the bathroom to wash her face.
AFTER WASHING
Ai checks herself in the mirror and pats her cheeks and puts on a determined smile.
She then took her toobrush and starts brushing.
AFTER BRUSHING
Ai checks her teeth, checking the whiteness, she smiles at the results, delighted.
She walks out of the bathroom and walks towards her charged phone. She tries opening it, but it seems like it won't, she was sure it should be full charged this moment after 10 hours.
Ai wears her disguise. Her hat and shades and a jacket, she then leaves her room and saw Aqua an Ruby, already awake too, she smiles and grabbed them.
"Good morning, Aqua, Ruby!"
Ruby snuggles on her mother.
"Oh, you're such a sweety, Ruby"
Ai then dressed them up in their clothes and left with them and rode a taxi.
After they reached their destination, Ai entered the mall and went into a smartphone store.
Ai romes around the store, looking for a new phone.
"Hmph... What should I pick?"
Her eyes were eventually caught by one of the newest models of a smartphone.
"Oh."
AFTER PAYMENT AND GOING BACK HOME
Ai puts on her contacts that she remember.
While checking the new set-up of her phone she remembers Akira, but she really forgot his number
(Ai's thought 💬)
"Oh, Akira-San? Well... I forgot his number... Well, we barely know each other... but maybe we'll meet again someday soon."
Ai gives of a warm smile on her phone.
4 YEARS PASSED
It was Ai's 20th birthday, while she was scrolling on her phone, a knock on the door appeared.
Ai muttered,
"Could it be the president and co.?"
She told Aqua and Ruby to stay inside and went into the hallway, she opened the door slightly.
She saw a person in the door , holding a bouquet of white flowers.
Suddenly, her memories flashed before her eyes.
When she got back into the present world, she was already stabbed. She stepped back and clutches her abdominal aotra, intensely bleeding.
The Man shouts, releasing his grudge.
"Bwahaha, Does that hurt? Huh?? Well, I hurt more! It was hell!
You're an Idol! How dare you have kids...!? You- you sold out your fans you whore...!
You disrespected your fans.
I bet you were always mocking us behind our backs! YOU LIAR!! YOU WERE ALL "LOVE,LOVE,LOVE" ALL OVER THE PLACE, REELING US IN! IT WAS ALL A DAMN PACK OF LIES!!"
Ai considers her words before speaking, she knows she's exposed now, if this person continues, her secret could be sold.
"I've always been irresponsible.
As people go, I'm hopeless. I don't really get what it means to love somebody, so...instead...I've always told pretty lies that will make people happy.
Someday... I hoped the lies would become true.
I do my best.
I worked hard.
I lied with everything I had.
To me, lies are love. In my own way... I thought I was showing my love. I don't know if I managed to love you and the others... But when I sang those love songs... I was thinking what I had to.
I was hoping... That someday I really would.
Ai forces a smile and offers her hand
"Even now... I'd like to love you."
The Man was in shock and steps back.
"Liar... Like you even remember me. You just want me to let you go."
Ai smiles
"You're Ryosuke-kun aren't you? You came to lots of our meet and greets."
Ryosuke was in silence.
"Huh? Am I wrong?"
Ai tilts her head and scratched
"Sorry, I'm really bad with names. The star sand you gave me as a souvenir made me happy. It's still on display on my living room."
Ryosuke was on a deeper shock, looking at the star sand souvenir.
"WHAT THE HELL...? THIS ISN'T... THAT'S NOT WHAT I--"
Ryosuke dropped his knife and ran off the door, screaming in horror.
Aqua shouts
"Ai!!! I... I called an ambulance."
Ai stares at the open door.
"Boy, did I mess up? That's what door chains are for, huh? They didn't teach that in the children's home."
Aqua shouts angrily with a hint of concern "DON'T TALK!"
Aqua looks at her wound
"The abdominal aorta? Damn it....!"
Ai smiles and grabs Aqua's head
"I'm sorry. I'm pretty sure... they can't fix this."
"Are you okay Aqua? You're not hurt?" Sobs
".... No, I'm not."
Ai hugs him deeper.
"Are they gonna cancel the dome concert...? I feel bad. They'd finalized the movie schedule too. "
"Apologize to the director for me, okay?"
Ruby bangs the door from the other side
"Hey! What's wrong...?"
Tears appeared on Ruby's eyes.
"What's going on over there...?"
Aqua replied
"Stay away Ruby..."
Ruby shouts desperately
"C'mon, Tell me!"
Ai clutches Aqua's head, tears forming in her eyes.
"Ruby, your parents day dance... Was really good.
"I thought... Later on, you just might... Become an Idol too.
Someday, if it all goes well... It would be fun... To do a mother-daughter show wouldn't it?"
Ruby starts crying and broke on her knee's
"And maybe you'll be an actor, Aqua. I wonder what kind of adult's you'll grow into."
"Ohh, your school backpacks... I want to see your grade school entrance ceremony... And visit your class...I want people to say,
"Your mom is so young Ruby!"
I want to stay here with you... And watch you two grow up.
I wasn't a very good mom... But I'm glad I had you.
Ai went silent for a moment.
"Um, what else... Oh... I have to say this."
Ai looks at Ruby in the other side of the frame of the door.
"Ruby. Aqua. I love you.
Ai went silent for a moment again.
"Oh... I finally said it. I'm sorry Ruby, it took me way too long.
Oh thank goodness... Those words weren't definitely a lie..."
Ai's eyes starts to dilate, Aqua shouts
"Ai? Ai! Ai!!"
Ai dies...
HOURS PASSED
Aqua holds his mother's hand as they grow cold. The ambulance, Miyako and Ichigou finally arrived and took Ai's body to try and revive it.
While the ambulance runs, Miyako noticed a black mysterious car, tailing on them from behind.
After arriving in the hospital and trying their best to revive Ai.
AFTER THREE DEFIBRILLATION SHOCH FAILED.
They covered her body in clothe and finally announced Ai's death in public.
30 MINUTES HAD PASSED.
a mysterious tall person asked the counter,
"Hello, I'm the make up artist for Ai's body, can I have her body now?" Smiling.
(Meanwhile, in the present Tokyo, Japan city)
It was a big and foggy day...
Posters of Ai were slowly removed, the news in the big screen announcing Ai's death, it was all... suddenly grey and quite.... Ai's death was truly a great calamity for the entertainment industry.
Meanwhile: on the car.
Ruby spoke.
"Mama said... That maybe I would become an idol."
Aqua didn't look at her but continue looking on his phone, busy.
"It's no use becoming one anyway, right?
If you want to make money, a different job would be quicker and easier, and the fans are always selfish and you'll face a barrage of criticisms if you get a boyfriend."
(Aqua's thoughts 💭)
"Ruby will probably bounce back...
But I... Have died once already anyways."
Aqua's eyes widened as he realizes one small detail.
"Wait... That stalker and the man who killed me are one in the same."
"The culprit was a student without special skills of any kind.
How did he pin down the hospital Ai had been admitted to? Why'd he come to her new residence she'd only just moved to?
I simply can't believe he's be able capable of such detective work.
Aqua went silent for a moment.
"Someone was feeding him information.
As far as I know, it was only the president who knew about her hospital. But would he such a thing to the public face of his agency who he cherished so greatly? It's evident that Ai didn't have any relatives who were around, and it appeared she didn't know their contact details either...
One of her co-workers? No... B-Komachi girls weren't even that close, and I never saw anyone who seemed like a good friend to Ai.
So that only leaves...
Aqua's eyes widened further.
"Our Father."
He then speculates it might be someone in the Entertainment Industry.
"There's a high possibility that the guy is in the same industry. The guy who put Ai through all of that is someone in the Entertainment Industry."
Aqua grins, his eye, burning in desire.
"I can't die yet. Not until I found him and kill him by my own hand!"
THE SCENE CHANGES INTO A LIVE HOSPITAL ROOM
heartbeat sensor, beeping... The scene changes into Ai's face, into her eyes...
then-
Her eyes opened.