Are you sure that's her?" Kallistos is wide-eyed while pointing at the petite girl who slaps the six footer man facing her.
"Of course! Just look at that silky black hair and those fierce dark orbs!" Jericho defined her to his team.
"Oh gosh, she really fits our theme!" The director burst out and immediately approached the commotion.
"Hey director, wait!" Liezl ran after him and soon Kallistos and the others followed, as they got near they heard the reason why Juri was angry.
"It is part of the concept, so why did you get so angry?" The other girl is arguing with Juri, but she does not back down.
"I have attended other shootings before from this department but it was the first time I ever experienced this rudeness."
"What rude? You just have to follow our instructions since we hired you for this job!" The man who still has the reddish mark of the laps is clearly angry with her too.
"A job you say? How can you call this shit a job? Is harassing the person right just because you hired her?"
"What harassment?" The girl widens her eyes and looks at the man, his eyes shook and paused thinking carefully of the words he will say.
"Ah, that B-rank director did it again." Liezl whispered.
"What do you mean?" Kallistos asked her and was curious.
"There's a rumor that he has a habit of laying a hand on his artists and even models."
"Isn't it ridiculous? What if they have consent? There's no rule that says you cannot do so with your artist, they are all adults."
"Well, the thing is, that other girl is his fiancé and he's been jerking off with other girls behind her." Kallistos clenched his fist and looked at the girl who was fighting the couple.
"I don't want to talk, just don't turn a blind eye and see the truth yourself. I'm done here." She just turned around, but the guy she slapped cannot accept being humiliated and the eyes that are judging him, Juri has revealed his hidden intentions and given doubt to his fiancé. He reached out trying to grab her hair when a hand wrung his arm and he cried in pain.
"Ah! Let go! Let go!"
"Babe!"
"W-what the!? Kallistos when did you get there!?" Liezl and the rest of the team went up ahead, Juri turned her head and saw another figure. She was mesmerized by how shiny the man was.
"I don't think this arm is an honest one, it is clear that it will lay a hand on the lady." Though smiling, his eyes were threatening him.
"K-Kallistos?" The woman recognized him, then he pulled her fiancé away.
"I'll talk to him, we're sorry to have caused you trouble." She quickly bowed and insisted on the other guy.
"What babe? He's the one who hurt me!?" Irritated he showed his true temper to the people around them, that he paused and thought he just made a mistake.
"That… I'm sorry, then I shall go now." He immediately grabbed the wrist of his girl tightly so that she winced at the act.
"I think I am not the person you need to apologize to here." Kallistos, who did not let go, gestured to Juri who was just watching them from the side. The guy clicked his tongue and looked sharply at Juri.
"I apologize, to compensate you I will still give you the salary for the sho--" he was cut off when Juri talked back.
"I don't need your money."
"This girl really!" He is losing his patience, he has never been defy before so it irritates him, being a part of the higher rank student made him prideful himself, thus confrontation from a nobody like Juri greatly humiliates him.
"Respect." They all went silent.
"Just respect other people and don't do this again." Then her eyes glanced at the wrist of the girl which he tightly held, slowly he noticed and let go of his fiance. It was clear that there is a reddish mark, that is when he got enough of it then left them.
"Miss Juri… I … Thank you and sorry about him…" With a nod she accepted the apology and the girl followed the track of the other guy. Juri was left in silence, her eyes are void of emotion, no one can say what runs around her mind as she sees the couple earlier.
Disappointment?
"It was a good thing that he did not grab you." A sweet and gentle voice spoke that tickled her ears, as she looked at the man in front of her she gasped to see how handsome he is up close.
"Wow, you look like a real life prince." She blurted out that Kallistos widened his eyes, he did not expect to hear it personally that he looks like one.
Interesting.
Showing his bright smile and those white teeth, he replied back, "Thank you!" and he coughed a little, feeling embarrassed with her compliment.
"Miss Juri! Since you quitted your job, would you mind working with us then?" Liezl bumps Kallistos out of the way, she grabs both of Juri's hands, not letting her go.
"Yes, that's right! Miss Juri, we want to recruit you too!" The other onlookers also realized their intention.
"No way, we approached her first!" Jericho, who came to back up Liezl, told off the other students.
"Miss Juri, you will accept right?"
"Ah that… I think because of earlier, I might not …" Her words were interrupted as Ellenor got into the scene.
"We promise you to experience professional treatment! By the way, I am Ellenor Florakis, one of the top actors in the theater department, and this…" He grabs Kallistos, to introduce.
"I am Kallistos Sangue, also one of the top students." In this time that they both have the same intention the two have a good chemistry.
"That's right, our production and staff are very friendly and we won't let you experience bad treatment." The director then spoke with his words.
"Wait…" The team is a bit pushover that Juri has no room to reject, in the end with Liezl's guidance she went straight ahead to the studio.
The theme is the same with the first team she works with, it's just they will have to conceptualize a better style so the shootings will be unique. Juri didn't find any of them awkward as they are all so friendly to her. What more, she keeps glancing at the person who jumped in to save her earlier.
Kallistos Sangue.
He is handsome and kind. He is attentive to his team and not a snob. From time to time he will check on the staff including her. She came to know that Ellenor and Kallistos are rivals in the theater department, however ended up in one production due to the paper draw. If the other is a prince like , Ellenor is someone who is like a boy-next-door type of a guy. Whichever, Juri is more attracted to the likes of Kallistos.
The shoot ended earlier than expected since they got what they wanted for the concept.
"That was quick, are you sure you're fine with the result?" Juri, who is surprised, watches together with the staff.
"Yes we're good to go, you are a natural Miss Juri, I have never shot this smooth before." The director complimented.
"Then who wants to have barbeque for tonight's dinner?" Jericho asked the staff.
"Is that on you?" Liezl asked.
"Of course it's on the director!" They all laughed when the director suddenly turned pale.
"It's fine, it'll be on me, let's go." Kallistos suddenly offered that brightened the whole production.
"That's right since it's the first time we work together, join us Miss Juri!" Liezl told her, she is a bit pushy but in a friendly manner that it is not awkward.
"Are you sure?" It was rare to be with people with a light atmosphere, the team has good coordination and everyone expresses themselves freely. She likes the environment, also, there is something that pulls her as well. She glances at the man who is conversing with the other staff, then their eyes meet.
"Okay I'll join too."