[Yuna, the future Pop-Star, has joined your Talent Squad. Get closer to her to improve her talents and aptitudes. You can see her current aptitudes by thinking of the word 'Status.']
[You can only have two other people in your Talent Squad as of now. Increase your popularity to increase the size of your Talent Squad]
[Current Popularity: 0]
His eyes winced as he looked at the number zero. However, he knew that it was right. He was a nobody. He had always been a nobody, and he needed to make that change as fast as possible.
Darius didn't waste any time as he was actually quite curious as to what her current abilities looked like.
'Status.'
[Yuna Kim]
[Age: 18]
[Talent: SSS-Rank]
[Class: Singer]
[Vocals: 10]
[Pitch: 7]
[Rhythm: 5]
[Charm: 29]
Skills: None
He barely managed to read all of her stats as she kept pulling onto him to walk faster. Still, he noticed that her actual skills for singing weren't too great from the looks of it. The one thing that made her a lot better was her charm, which was higher than all of her stats combined. Darius also couldn't help but think that it was a fair assessment. Her current singing skills were certainly lacking compared to her body.
Thinking of her body, Darius's eyes drifted toward the lower half of her body as she was practically running in front of him. Her ass, which was practically out because of her mini-skirt, made it hard to concentrate as he started feeling his lower half getting harder and harder.
'Fuck, focus. You need to make sure that the same thing as last time doesn't happen.'
Slapping his own face, Darius looked away from her body as he knew what would happen if he continued…he shook his head. He didn't even want to think about it.
Soon, they reached the car, a black van typically used by groups. This time, it was just for the two of them.
She sat right next to him in the front seat and kept touching and caressing his arm over and over again, playing with him. In the past, her playfulness had worked on him as he had gotten tricked by her to initiate a move on her, which ruined his career. However, this time around, he would stay focused on his task. Not giving her the slightest amount of attention was the best way to get closer to her.
It sounds like the opposite of what one should do, but it was true. The more you ignored her, the more she would try to grasp your attention.
"Uh…so where is your home?" Darius asked, not even mentioning her constant touching.
She laughed. "My home? Ah. That was only an excuse to leave that annoying guy behind. Don't you want to spend time with me? We can go anywhere you want. It doesn't matter where."
Darius clicked his tongue out of annoyance. He could still remember his flushed face the last time she had said those words. He remembered asking her if she wanted to go to a hotel with him. Oh, how stupid he had been…
Staying focused on his task, Darius ignored her tricks. "I'm sorry, I was asked to take you home. Could you tell me the address?"
She frowned cutely. "You don't want to spend time with me? Tsk…and here I was hoping to spend the day with you." She looked down and played with her fingers a bit. "You know…you look cute."
This time, Darius raised an eyebrow. He couldn't tell if she was actually being serious or not. She had never called him cute in the past. However, she had just told him that. Maybe it was a trick…still, Darius started hesitating, unsure if it might be a side-effect of her joining his Talent Squad.
-Beep!
[When a person joins the Talent Squad, they have a slightly more favorable attitude toward you. Since this is your first recruit, getting closer to her has been made easier.]
Darius's eyes widened as the feminine voice uttered those words in his mind. Made easier? Just who was the one talking in his mind? Still, this meant that she might not be joking…was Yuna actually asking him to spend the day with him? Was she actually thinking that he was cute?
"Are you serious?" Darius slowly frowned. "You think I look cute?"
As far as he could remember, his appearance had been subpar in the past. No girls had came up to him asking for his number, or even tried to flirt with him. So, for someone as beautiful as her to do it, there had to be something here. The skill might be extremely powerful, but there had to be a limit, right?
Wanting to get a quick look at himself, Darius looked into the car's mirror at his face, and…it wasn't anything like before.
His skin was perfect. He had no face fat. Thinking about that, he looked down and saw that his body was ripped, which was impossible since he had never once gone to the gym to train. The only thing that had stayed the same was the color of his eyes and hair, which were red and black. It seemed that voice or whoever it was had changed his entire body.
Still, with this physical change, Yuna might actually be telling the truth. She might actually want to get closer to him.
Darius glanced at her, and her face had turned bright red. "Y-Yes, I think you're cute…"
A smile appeared on Darius's face. The arrogant Yuna Kim was currently blushing while talking to him. Who could've thought?
"So, do you still want to drive me home?" She asked, shyly looking at Darius.
Right as he was about to answer, a distinct noise echoed inside his mind.
-Beep!
[First Quest: Make Yuna fire Colin within the day.]
[Rewards: +5 Popularity, Skill: Finger of Pleasure, and ???]
[Failure: Death]
With a look of confusion at the rewards thrown at him, and at the failure...the words came out of his mouth on its own.
"No. Let's go somewhere else, just the two of us," Darius said as he had no idea how any of this was even possible.
Just who was giving him all those rewards and quests?