“Okay Mika you are free to go,” the director called. I had just finished a drama that was going to air soon. There has been lots of expectations for the drama so I’ve been working pretty hard. I still go to school like a normal kid I only missed school when my schedule got intense.

 

“Thank you! Great work everyone!” I chanted as I left the studio with my manager. I was happy to head back home. I was especially happy because I would be going to school tomorrow. Normally kids aren’t excited to go to school, but there was a reason that I was excited to go. I was going to see Daiki Arioka, my crush. Although he never looks at me, it was nice to see him.

 

Yah Raina? Are you up?

 

I texted my best friend, Raina. She has been my friend since we were younger. When I became an actress she supported me all the way. She was the only friend I had that didn’t abuse me for status. I knew for sure she was my friend for me.

 

Yeah, I’m studying for a test. I’m thinking about

Going to bed soon. How was filming?

 

I grinned. I was surprised that she was awake. I really did want to talk to her, but I just wanted to know if anything new happened today at school, specifically anything about Daiki.

 

It was good. I’m going to school tomorrow.

Anything I missed?

 

I closed my phone and watched the sights pass by. I was excited to go to school. I know I should be more concerned about my schooling but I can’t help but be excited because of him.

 

Nothing new. Lots of studying to be done.

Oh and rumor is going around that you and

Yamada are dating. You would tell me if you

Were right?

 

I was a little shocked. It was true that I did spend more time with Yamada than anyone else, but that was just because I worked with Yamada constantly. We didn’t have any other relationship with each other aside from being friends.

 

Of course I’m not dating him! We

Are just friends. I guess the press is

Getting ideas to sell papers.

 

I sighed and closed my phone. I wondered what Daiki thought about all of this? I pushed my thoughts aside and as soon as I got home I decided to get ready for school. There was no use staying up all night wondering what Daiki was thinking. Plus I was already pretty exhausted from the shoot so it wasn’t too hard to drift in to sleep.

 

Hopefully tomorrow will be a good day.

 

[The Next Day]

 

I walked towards school on my own. I always liked walking up and down Tokyo like I was a normal person. I didn’t get to do that frequently when I had to be “actor” me.

 

“Yah Mika!” I turned and saw my friend Raina. It had been forever since I had seen her. We ran towards each other and hugged each other.

 

“Raina how have you been?” I asked her. She shrugged.

 

“Okay, I was studying like crazy last night because I’ve been procrastinating.” She told me. I laughed. Raina was smart when she wanted to be.

 

“So are you excited to see ‘you-know-who’?” Raina asked. I felt the heat rise on my cheeks. I playfully elbowed her.

 

“Yah, I don’t go to school just to see him,” I proclaimed. She smirked at me all knowingly.

 

“Whatever you say, lets go to school,” Raina suggested leading the way towards school.

 

[At School]

 

I sat down at my desk. As soon as I got situated he came walking in. He had a huge smile on his face. His uniform fit him like a glove. Was it me or was he glowing? He sat down at his seat, which was right in front of me.

 

He didn’t even turn to greet me. I sighed in defeat. I liked the fact that Daiki wasn’t fake with me, but sometimes I wish I could get just a little of his attention.

 

Suddenly he turned around to face me.

 

“Hey you’re friends with Raina right?” He asked me. I nodded timidly. “Well one of my friends had her notes, so could you give them to her for me?” He asked. I merely nodded again and took the spiral out of his hands. He immediately turned around and went back towards getting ready for school.

 

Ugh Daiki can’t we even have a conversation.

 

I stared at his back the whole class and when it was time for lunch I moped out of the classroom. I quickly met up with my friend Raina.

“Hey here are some notes Daiki wanted me to give you,” I said dejectedly towards Raina. A frown immediately appeared on her face.

 

“You didn’t get to talk to him did you?” She said. I sighed and nodded.

 

“He barely even glanced at me. I mean it’s nice that he doesn’t look at me like this big shot but it would be nice if he would just look at me.” I told her. She nodded.

 

“Well maybe there will be some other way for you two to get to know each other.” Raina suggested. I sighed and shrugged.

 

“Maybe it’s not meant to be,” I answered her, still a little upset about the whole Daiki situation.

 

“Umm… look I need to head out to the library. I have a project with the new foreign exchange student. We can go out some other time okay?” She told me. I nodded understanding. I decided to take a walk around the campus. I really didn’t know what to think about the Daiki situation. Should I move on or should I keep trying. I continued to walk until I ran in to another familiar face.

 

“Oh hello there Yoshida-san,” Yamada greeted. I smiled at him.

 

“Hi there Yamada-san, How is school going?” I asked him. He shrugged.

 

“Well aside from all the strange rumors it’s okay.” He answered me. I sighed and nodded. Soon we were both engaged in conversation. “So why do you look down today?” he wondered. I frowned.

 

“There is this boy that I like, but he’s just a regular guy y’know. He won’t even look in my direction.” I told him. ‘Ahh…’ he mouthed.

 

“Well I guess I’ve been through that situation before. There’s no real solution though. I mean honestly you just have to get him to notice you.” Yamada told me. I nodded.

 

“Well thanks for telling me. I think I should head to class,” I told him, remembering that lunch was almost over and it was almost time for class again.

“Same, good luck Yoshida-san!” He waved. I waved back.

 

“Thank you Yamada-san!” I said, walking away.

 

So how will I ever be able to get Daiki’s attention.

 

I couldn’t think of a solution. I didn’t even notice that my teacher was assigning partners for a new project.

 

“Arioka and Yoshida you will be a group. You need to find a way to describe to the class the different elements of the DNA and explain what DNA stands for,” She assigned. I was shocked but happy at the same time. Yes, it was more school work, but this time Daiki had to pay attention to me.

 

Daiki turned around and looked at me.

 

“I guess you’re my partner.” He stated. I nodded.

 

“When should we start?” I asked. He shrugged.

 

“You have a more hectic schedule. You tell me when we can do it and I’ll adjust.” Daiki told me. His tone wasn’t a cold one but he did seem a bit irritated.

 

“Look if you don’t want to do the project with me I get it,” I told him. He shook his head, all irritated.

 

“Honestly, I don’t want to do the project with you. Celebrities aren’t my type of people to hang around. However, because I was assigned to you I will work with you.” Daiki stated bluntly. He had no idea what affect his words had on me. I frowned but nodded.

 

“Well thanks for at least trying to be my partner. I also appreciate that you aren’t trying to be my friend because of my status. Still you’re the hypocrite because you know nothing about me and you’ve already rejected me. Whatever the case is let’s just try to get along.” I told him. When I was hurt I always had to at least get my point across. Even if the other person wouldn’t see it my way, I had to make my ideas known. He nodded.

 

“Just tell me when.” He said.

 

“Today afterschool, we should start. We can go study at my house. I have a shoot tomorrow morning so we need to get this done in very consistent intervals.” I informed him. He agreed and we continued to pay attention in class.

 

I couldn’t help but feel rejected by him. At the same time I couldn’t help but feel happy because this time around we had to interact with one another. To sum it all up it was a bitter sweet feeling.

 

[That Afternoon]

 

We walked to my house in silence.

 

“This is your house?!” Daiki exclaimed. I nodded. I didn’t live in a mansion. My house was just like everyone else’s.

 

“Yes, just because I’m a celebrity doesn’t mean that I live in a mansion you know.” I commented. We walked in to my house and I could tell that Daiki was still in shock. “Are you surprised that the inside of my house isn’t mansion like?” I commented. He didn’t say anything he merely nodded. We walked in to my living room and then sat down to do work. We got to studying and in the middle Daiki suddenly stopped.

 

“Something wrong?” I asked him. He shook his head.

 

“You’re just different than what I expected.” He told me. I shot him a smile.

 

“You didn’t take the chance to get to know me.” I stated. I got up and headed towards the kitchen. Naturally Daiki followed me.

 

“What are you doing?” He asked. I took out a bowl of grapes.

 

“Getting a snack,” I told him. I heard him chuckle. I looked at him questionably.

 

“Y’know something… maybe you’re not like every other celebrity.” He told me. I couldn’t help but feel happy towards his comment.

 

“Well thanks I think,” I answered naturally.

That was how it started, my relationship with Daiki I mean. Once he even came to walk me to school. We spend 2 weeks on the project and I was kind of sad that it was going to be over soon. I liked having Daiki around. I wondered if he felt the same or if he was happy that it was going to be over.

 

How are things going between you two?

 

Raina texted me the night before the project was due.

 

Pretty nice. I think we are hitting it off okay.

I hope he thinks so. I hope we can still keep

Talking after this.

 

I texted back to her. I was never good at expressing my feelings to people. I always thought that because of my disability to share my feelings, I was such a great actor.

 

Well great luck on your presentation tomorrow!

I’m rooting for you two!

 

[The next day]

 

I started walking to school and I ran in to Yamada.

 

“Well hello there Yamada-san,” I greeted him. He smiled at me.

 

“Hi Yoshida-san… you seem happy this morning. Could it be that things worked out between you and that boy you told me about?” He asked. I shrugged not knowing how to answer him.

 

“Well Yamada-san… I guess you could say things are working out. We have been talking a lot more and we’ve actually started acting like friends.” I told him. He smiled and gave me a sideways hug.

 

“I’m proud of you Yoshida-san. I knew that this guy wouldn’t be able to resist your charm,” He confessed. I laughed at him and playfully slapped his shoulder.

 

When we got to school we went our separate ways and I could see the student body whispering around us. I decided not to pay attention to them and I went straight to class.

 

As soon as I got to my class I sat down in my desk and I got ready for the presentation. When Daiki came in I greeted him with a smile.

 

“Hey Dai-chan are you ready?” I asked him. He answered me with a short ‘hn’. I was a little taken back by the way he answered me. It seemed to me that he was going back to the way that he had been before. I frowned at the thought of it. I liked the way Daiki and I were the past two weeks. I still wanted him to be that kind hearted guy that I knew he was. “Is there something wrong?” I asked him. He shook his head.

 

“No not really. I went to your house this morning to see if you wanted to walk to school together, but it seems that Yamada beat me to it.” Daiki commented. I was shocked. He saw us?

 

“Oh well I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were going to come by. I was just going to walk to school by myself but I ran in to Yamada-san on the way so we walked to school together. No biggie,” I answered trying to ease his suspicions.

 

“I should’ve believed everyone when they said that you two were dating.” He added. My eyes started to furrow together.

 

“Oh we’re not dating,” I told him. He scoffed and didn’t answer me

 

Oh great… just when I thought everything was going to be perfect.

 

After the presentation I went to my locker. After putting back all my books in my locker, I closed the locker door, and slid down to the ground with my back against the locker.

 

Ugh this is such a bummer.

 

“Are you okay down there?” a familiar voice asked.

 

“Ah, Yamada-san… no things took a sudden turn. The boy doesn’t want to even look at me anymore.” I informed him. He sighed.

 

“Is it my fault?” He asked. I nodded my head slowly.

 

“Yes, but please don’t blame yourself. It’s all these rumors.” I muttered. At times like these I hated being a celebrity. If it wasn’t for this status, I would be talking to Daiki.

 

“It’s Arioka-san isn’t it?” He told me. I looked at him shocked. How did he ever know who I was talking about  this whole time? “Give me a second will you?” He told me. I nodded.

 

The next thing I know two pairs of feet are in front of me. I looked up and I saw Yamada and Daiki in front of me. I stood up suddenly.

 

What the heck is going on here.

 

“Arioka-san, please don’t mistake our relationship with each other. Yoshida-san is just my coworker. Please give her a chance. She really likes you and it would really be a shame if you believe the rumor over the people that are actually involved in the rumor.” Yamada stated and then walked away. He left us alone. I was looking down at my feet. I could feel his eyes bore in to the top of my head.

 

“So you were telling the truth…when were you going to tell me that you liked me?” He asked. I could feel heat rush to my cheeks.

 

“Uhm…well I…” I stuttered. I didn’t even know how to answer him properly. Suddenly I felt him wrap his arms around me and a pair of lips touched my forehead.

 

“When I first saw you I thought you were a stuck up celebrity. When we got paired up for this project I didn’t know what to expect. Then as we got in to the project I found my self more and more attracted to you. You are a talented, beautiful, bright, and honestly girl. I couldn’t help but get in to your charms. Then when I saw you with Yamada this morning, I couldn’t help but feel jealousy. So I’m sorry if I hurt you this morning. I guess I just let my feelings get the best of me. Will you forgive me?” He asked, pulling my chin up to face him. I grinned and nodded.

 

“Of course I forgive you. You’re the only guy I’ve had eyes for. I’m glad that now you have eyes for me to.” I confessed. He kissed my forehead once more and like so we walked to class hand in hand.

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