Chapter 89 - Music. - Entertainment Prodigy

Thanks for the power stones! I'll post the bonus chapter later!

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The man in question was huge and taller than me. Considering that I'm already 1.80 meters tall despite being only 13 years old, that's impressive. He's definitely close to two meters tall… or maybe even over two meters.

The man looked at me seriously and said,

"Miss Hoshino is waiting for you. Come with me."

"Excuse me, are you her bodyguard or something? Where are the other customers in this place?"

"The restaurant has been closed. It will be used only by the two of you tonight," the man replied before saying nothing else.

He led me to the back of the restaurant. There were several private rooms there.

It's common for popular and "fancy" restaurants to have rooms like these.

They're usually used for important meetings.

'Is this meeting really that important?'

As soon as we reached the door, the man said,

"Miss Hoshino is waiting inside. The waiter will arrive shortly to take your orders."

"Alright, thank you."

I opened the door and found Aoi Hoshino sitting at the table. It was a table for six people or more. There were leather seats surrounding the table in the center of the room. As soon as she saw me, Aoi gave me a huge smile.

"You actually came! I thought you were going to stand me up again."

"You know very well it wasn't on purpose."

"Don't worry, I read the news. By the way, how are you feeling?" she asked while I closed the door behind me.

"I'm feeling much better now. Before I fainted, I was feeling really awful."

"You don't have some kind of illness or something, do you?" Aoi asked, visibly worried.

I smiled and said,

"What if I do?"

I sat down across from her.

"..."

"I'm fine. It was just exhaustion. I ended up overworking myself too much. Besides, I hadn't been eating properly."

"You don't have a nutritionist?" Aoi asked in shock.

"I don't have anything like that. The only thing I have is an agent who manages my schedule and my driver. I don't like those kinds of things." I laughed.

"Wow, that's surprising. I thought you had a nutritionist, a personal trainer, and things like that. Your appearance is way too good for someone so careless."

"I guess I just have really good genetics."

I drank some of the water that had been poured for me. The water was warm, but I didn't mind.

I kept talking with Aoi Hoshino, and we didn't talk about the song even once. More than anything, she wanted to know about my personal life. She also made sure to tell me a lot about her own life.

When the waiter entered the room to take our order, Aoi Hoshino looked quite disappointed.

Right after taking our order, the waiter looked at me. His hand was trembling slightly.

He was visibly nervous.

"Excuse me," he said.

He looked fairly young.

"Yes?"

"Could you give me an autograph?" the boy asked while looking at me.

However, Aoi Hoshino, who had been distracted looking at her phone, suddenly said,

"Of course, where should I sign?"

She raised her head and gave the boy a beautiful smile.

"That's…" The boy became even more nervous, and I said,

"He's asking me for an autograph. Idiot."

I stuck my tongue out at Aoi, acting genuinely childish, like an actual kid. I think acting like this helps me get a little closer to her.

Her face turned completely red, and she became extremely irritated because I called her an idiot.

When the waiter left the room, she almost punched me.

"It was just a joke. You don't need to get so angry."

"Argh, I'm so embarrassed! I thought he was talking to me! I forgot that you're famous too!"

"You must be used to people asking for your autograph all the time~~ Miss Celebrity."

"Just stop already!"

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After our food arrived, we finally stopped talking about our personal lives and celebrity lives so we could talk about the song I'm going to write for her.

I had already decided—I'm going to give her the song "Idol" by YOASOBI. I don't see any reason not to.

"You've never written a song before?" Aoi Hoshino was surprised when she heard that.

"At that time, I couldn't say that I wrote novels and things like that, so I said I liked writing songs. I don't have experience with something like this."

"You tricked me!"

"Of course not. My talent is real. Even though I've never written a song before, I've been studying it. I'm confident I can compose something you'll like. I practically already have the entire lyrics in my head. It's the perfect song for you."

Seeing how confident I was, Aoi's eyes sparkled.

"You're making me curious! What kind of song are you writing?"

"J-pop. The style you're most familiar with."

"I see." Aoi Hoshino became very excited. "I'm curious about the lyrics. Haven't you written anything yet? Not even a single verse?"

"Not yet."

Aoi Hoshino puffed out her cheeks, visibly disappointed.

"Well, whatever. I'll be able to read the lyrics later."

"By the way, do you have someone who composes songs for you?"

"Hmm, that's a bit difficult to answer. A lot of people have composed songs for me before. Normally, my team and I buy songs. I've composed a few songs myself, but they're just sitting in a drawer. I'm not confident enough to release them." Aoi Hoshino smiled bitterly.

"I'm curious."

"Don't even think about asking me to let you read them! I'd die from embarrassment."

"I won't ask, but if you want to show them to me, I'd gladly evaluate them."

"You don't have any experience, and you want to evaluate songs that I wrote? First release a song together with me, then I'll decide whether I'll let you read them or not. It'll depend on the quality of the song you compose, of course." Aoi Hoshino smiled at me.

"Hmm… What if I compose a song that reaches number one on the charts?"

Aoi Hoshino heard my words and stared at me in shock for a few seconds.

Then, immediately afterward, she burst into laughter.

'Is it really that funny?'

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Chapter 89 - Chapter 89 - Music.