~ Love is a thing, well, its kind of like quicksand: The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall. ~

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                The onigiri was still on her hand. She kept looking at it and sighed softly. Memories by memories came into her minds as she kept looking at it. Turning on her right side, the seat was now empty since the person who sat there left her already there, alone. Sadness came over her again as she repeated their meeting just now.

“I don’t know that Toma likes you…”

“Eh??”

“Does it matter, about Toma likes you…?”

“………………………”

“So, it does matter about for you. Why Marina? Why? Is there something between you and Toma?”

                His words were ringing inside her head as she reminisced the moment just now. Looking up on the sky, she just saw a wide blue sky above her. The meeting with her ex lovers just now brought up a painful memory between the two of them.

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                Maki still remembered their first meeting few years back. The two of them started to know between each other since Nobuta Wo Produce.          At first, their relationship was really awkward and Maki felt extremely nervous about him. She did not know why, meeting him in person made her hands damped sweat and her heart went doki doki all the time even though she always saw him on drama or television. Even when the reporter asked her about Yamapi, she hesitated for a while and thought really hard that time. She was afraid that she would slip her tongue and said she really like him because he was cute and how he was different when she saw on television. But, her sanity managed to pull her at the right place and saying him as a brother made her felt very safe about it.

                Thank God to Kazuya Kamenashi who became another co-star in the drama. Without him, Maki did not know how to carry out herself around Yamapi. With Kame around, she managed to act naturally around Yamapi and the nervous lessened. Though they talked less, but she felt comfortably like that. So, she enjoyed during the shooting so much especially when the three of them went for Karaoke together. Going out with the two Johnny’s men was a lucky for her. They were hang out together and played a lot when they finished their shooting. Her relationship with Yamapi became better as the time passed by. He even joked with her, and talked a lot, even without Kame around them.

                But, when the shooting came to the end, their relationship started to end too. Just like how Nobuta separated between Akira in the drama, theirs end too. At first, she thought maybe the two of them could stay in contact again after NWP. But, she was left hopeless. Only Kame contacted her after that. Due to that reason too, rumors started to spread among media about her close relationship, which forced Kame to stop contact from her too. The reason that was given to her was to keep a good image for Kame and preparation for him to debut in the short time. So, again like in the drama, she was left alone without the two guys.

                One day, during spring, she was offered with another drama for her. An adaptation from a popular manga, she was given a role as supporting actress. That time, she skimmed the script, and interested with the story. So, she accepted it without knowing it details on the production team as well as the casts that were going to act with her., she met him once again, when she was riding on the elevator alone when she was on the way to the drama meeting. When they eyes met, she was speechless.

“ Konnichiwa Horikita Maki san,” Yamapi bow to her as they met. Maki blinked a few times and then immediately bow her head too. He gave her a toothy smile which it switched on her heartbeats.

“You look speechless…why is that?” Yamapi asked Maki as he entered the elevator.  Immediately, she closed and blushing madly. They stood next to each other.

Glanced at the man who stood next to her, she peeked on Yamapi’s appearance. He dyed his hair black and it was totally different when she saw him last time. With blonde hair, he looked cute. But, with black hair, he looked extremely gorgeous and stunning. Plus, his body was bigger than before, and she could not remember being intimidated by him when he stood close like this.

“Am I looking that handsome?” Yamapi asked her suddenly made Maki startled from her thought.

“Eh…no...no…” Her cheeks filled with colour and she could feel it became extremely warm with the man’s questions. Touching her cheeks, she peeked once again to the man.

“What are you doing here Yamapi-san?” Maki rounded her eyes when she looked at him. Yamapi turned his body and looked at her quizzically. He raised his eyebrows a little.

“Same with you.” Maki rolled her