"It's a nice day, Melissa." Lord Akagi said to her star spirit while sipping a cup of coffee, sitting near the window. It was a peaceful morning after that crazy night when Akagi revealed his identity. It was the first time he was wearing a sweatshirt and not a suit.
OH! Pardon me, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Vierne Obolensky, the lady of the Obolensky earl family and the only survivor of the red carpet tragedy. Currently, I'm in SHOCK.
Why you ask?
Well, how else will you react if the celebrity which you've always admired comes to your house personally, spends a night at your house, and is drinking his morning coffee in front of you? I wasn't able to sleep last night because of the fact that I and the great lord Akagi were under the same roof!!!! Ah!!!!!! I lack sleep, and I'm happy, the mixture of these emotions is not very good. My face is indescribable.
"Excuse me" said Akagi.
"Y-YES!" I said.
"Are you alright? You look sick, your face is pale."
"Ah! Y-Yes! I'm totally fine!"
Wait...was he worried about me? Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!! He is so kind!
"Uh...C-Can you gimme your auto-autograph??"
"Ah, fine, I don't mind"
"T-Thank You!!!!" he's not at all arrogant! Just as I imagined...
HE'S THE BEST!!!! AND ABOVE THAT HE'S REALLY GOOD LOOKING, HE HAS STRAIGHT HAIR! UNLIKE SOMEONE WITH CURLY HAIR...uh...just thinking of him makes me irritated.
"Can you sign this book's cover"
"'What If Life's A Dream?' Oh! This is the first book of my debut. I thought they stopped printing it 4 years ago, you still have it?"
"Y-Yes! I'm a huge fan! I've read your every work. I REALLY REALLY LIKE YOU!"
"Hmm...is that so? It's awesome, then...
please continue supporting me". He said while blushing.
OMG!!!!!!!! HE'S SOOOOOO CUUTEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Why are not all authors like this? All the others authors picture I've seen are usually fat and not cute at all. Plus they are old, wait....
"Uh…Mr.Scheczalier"
"What?"
"I read that you're just 20 years old, is that true?"
"Yes, I'm 20. By the way, how old are you?
"Yes! I'm 17 years old."
"Why are you so stiff?"
"N-No.."
"Well, so you are a high school student?"
"Huh? No, I don't go to school"
"What? Why?"
"I… my sila doesn't allow me."
"What is your sila?"
"I can break anything I touch. With right hand it's matter and with left, it's memories"
"Wow! That's some powerful sila"
"What's your sila sir?"
"Mine? Mine is-"
"Hey! Give that back to me!" I heard that irritating voice again, it was Lict. He barged into the room with Melissa.
"Litty Litty! Here get it" Melissa said while holding a chocolate cake.
"Don't call me that! And give that back, I need it for dessert." Lict said.
"Oh! Litty Litty, you don't get angry easily, right? I'm just checking your patience."
"I think I've lost it, now, give that back to me" Lict snatched it from Melissa but she was pulling it too.
"Stop both of you, if you keep pulling it like that it will-"
I was late, and the cake literally tore from the between and both of them landed on the floor with their clothes covered with cake.
"See, I told you" I said.
"But it was his/her mistake" both of them said together.
"Doesn't matter, both of you, apologize!" I said.
"...I'm sorry" they said together in a rather monotonous tone.
"Good, now shake hands and become buddies again."
Both of them looked resistant to this proposal, but then I saw Melissa's hand moving towards Lict, as if she wanted to shake hands with Lict, so Lict also moved his hand but Melissa's hand went elsewhere.
She grabbed Lict by his d**k!!!!!!!!!!!!
"W O W! You're even bigger than Lord Akagi!" she said with a surprised expression. Is that all she was surprised of? I mean, seriously?!
Lict turned beet red and pushing her away , he said "W-W-What are you doing!!!!!!!"
Huh! Good for you, you were the one who molested ME on our first MEET! So this is your KARMA!
Then a punch landed on her head by lord Akagi and knocked her out.
"What are you saying, idiot." he said, he was still as cool as a cucumber. "Sorry, she has a few screws loose, so please forgive her."
Which kind of loose screw?! This is way too weird to even accept!
"Y....es.... does she always say stuff like that?" I said
"Yes, I'm pretty used to it." he said.
How can you ever get used to something like this?! This is even more weird!
"What more can you expect from the star of lust?" he said while lighting a cig, "Oh yeah! you said I'm not allowed to smoke, didn't you?"
"T-That... doesn't matter.... now..." I said, embarrassed by my foolish words back then. Curse me sharp tongue!
"Hmmm...why?"
"Because, I really look upto you"
"Me? Why?"
"Because....you're the person who changed my life"
"Fuuuuu..." he looked at the ceiling as he was blowing his cigarette.
There was an awkward silence. Now, even Lict and Melissa were gone and all could hear was the clock and his breath. I was so nervous, I thought my heart was about to explode. I was trying to divert my attention by looking at every corner of the room. It was really clean, there was not a single cobweb seen, everything was kept nicely. Lict must have cleaned everything. That idiot, he doesn't need to clean everything. He makes food, prepares the bath and waters the plants, that is more than enough. No-wait idiot! Why are you thinking about this stuff right now when your dream celeb is right beside you!
"Hey" Lord Akagi finally broke the silence.
"Yes, what is it Lord Akagi?" I answered.
"What's with this 'Lord'? Simply call me 'Akagi'" he said.
"But that would be kinda...."
"It's okay, by the way tell me Vierne"
"Y-Yes!"
"Why did you become a Demigod?"
"Eh?"
"You must have a reason for it, right?"
"..…why are you doing it?"
Akagi looked at me with a dead expression in his eyes and then he turned his back towards me.
"I....want to bring my parents back to life.... Do you know? A gatekeeper has the powers of resurrection."
"Your parents?"
"They passed away when I was 10....Uncle has been taking care of me since then."
"I heard they were caught up in an accident-"
"It was not an accident dammit!" Akagi yelled "They were murdered...I was right there...That day, was my 10th birthday, when mom, dad and I were planning to eat out. They were both researchers but even then, they decided to spend some time with me on my 10th birthday, I....forced them to buy me a gift... but....as we went towards the car, the car suddenly exploded and my mother shielded me. I looked up when I had calmed down....her dead eyes were still looking at me with her pretty smile, she was not breathing and slowly her arms around me lost their grip and she landed on the ground with blood all on her back. I started panicking and looked for my father, his body...was completely shredded! Do you have any idea how much horrified I was! I wasn't able to sleep for nights, I used to dream that scene again and again. It became worse day by day, I even started visiting a psychiatrist, but it just didn't work!"
"....So" His voice looked much calmer now" to distract myself...I started writing and unexpectedly it became a best seller and this way my hobby became my profession"
His back was still turned towards me so I wasn't able to look at his face but from his voice I could tell that he was...just like me. All alone, silently ailing for help from far away.
Akagi ...what expression are you making?
Looking at you feels like I'm looking into a mirror, the only difference is that you overcame something so horrible at such a young age but I'm still suffering till day.
"Sorry, I yelled. Please excuse me" Akagi said.
"N-No...You must ....be very sad...after losing two most important people of your life in one day" It hurts, what am I saying.
"It was sad when I was young and this accident had recently happened, but now..."
"now?"
"I...really don't feel anything, I hate this! I hate the feeling when you really don't have any emotion. You feel so empty, you're not happy, you're not sad. You're nothing. Even when I won the national book award, I really didn't feel anything or rather I didn't know what to feel. It's like when your mind is spinning but you can't feel anything."
Ahh….it hurts. He really is like another version of myself.
"Now, enough about me, tell me why did you become a Demigod?"
"I?"
Good question, I wish I knew.
"I...want to....protect"
"What?"
"I want to protect Lict! I want him to stay with him, I don't want him to go back. I have given him the name of a person so I want him to live like a person."
"I see..."
"...I....want to....ask you something"
"Hmm, what?"
"I know it's weird to ask you but , Lict kind of looks like my father, except that father didn't have side curls like him, why is that so?"
"Oh! You don't know? He's made from your imagination."
"What does that mean?"
"Basically you're the one who designed him, he was made like that by your memories. Stars usually take the forms which their master can trust."
"So, if I want I can change how he looks?"
"Too late for that, you could only do that when you made a contract."
"What..? Then, who does Melissa look like?"
"Huh?"
"You said stars take form of people we could trust. Then, who does Melissa-"
"Let's not go there!"
"Ah...I'm sorry."
But, now I'm curious. Who does Melissa look like? His mother, no, if it was so, he would have told me, then....who?
-To be continued