《WHO SHE WAS》 Landing (Prolouge) I walked out the airport as I placed my glasses on my face, the sun was shinning bright and the heat of mid august didn''t really surprise me, afterall here is where I was born, the country I had called my home for many years. I sighed feeling a bit nostalgic until a thought crossed my mind that soured my mood and caused the smile on my face to vanish, I shook my head and looked around for a taxi before heading to the closest one, putting a smile on my face I looked at the driver who seemed to blush just from the sight of me, I wandered how old he was because of how simple it was for me to read him. It was pathetic but I kept a smile on my face none the less and asked him for help with my luggage and like a whipped beast he was happy to help, I sat in the car and waited on him to finish packing everything away and then get in before giving him directions and we were off. I pulled my phone from my purse and crossed my legs I could clearly see him watching me with those dirty eyes as he thought he was being slick, I really hoped he didn''t have a wife or daughters because it would just be sick, I looked from him and dialed the number for my new land lord and by the second wring it was picked up and a baritone voice came through my speaker. "Hello, this is Mr.Watanabe and who do I have he pleasure of speaking with today?" I put a smile in my voice as I answered "Hi Mr. Watanabe, this is Nami Ishikawa, I had called about the condo on the top floor that you said was still available." It was as if just the sound of my voice had made this man happy "Oh miss Ishikawa it is good to hear from you again, does this mean you''ll be moving in?" I found myself rolling my eyes but held it from my voice "no I''ll just be over there to take a look at it and then if everything is as you said I would be happy to move in right away."Stolen novel; please report. "Oh of course, of course well whenever you''re ready feel free to drop by." I felt a wicked smile carve on my face "Oh that''s great to hear, because I just pulled up in front." There was silence on the other side of the line and I had to force myself to hold back my laugh "Oh well... come right up and I''ll be waiting outside the condo for you." "Okay thank you." I waited for him to hang up before going in my purse and pulling out my mirror, I looked really good but my lips seemed a bit dry, so I put on some lip gloss and asked the driver to wait for a few inute and he would be paid for it and once again he was happy to oblige. I picked up my purse and got out the car looking up at the building that could be described as a sky scraper, I found myself hoping that the inside looked just as beautiful as the outside, I sighed and adjusted my skirt before heading inside the building, the lobby could only be described as sleek, I felt as if I had just walked into a casual law firm and found myself smiling brighter, it took about a minute for me to reach the top floor and just as he said he would be Mr. Watanabe was waiting outside one of the two condo''s that was said to be on this floor. The man was stout, descring him in one word, he was obviously wearing a rug on his head and he was half my size, of course with him being older than me, I spoke to him with the right honorifics, soon we had made it through the condo, it had three bedrooms each having access to the balcony, two bathrooms one was for the master bedroom and the other was for guest, it had a large living room a spacious kitchen and so many storage area''s and of course it was fully furnished, by the time the tour had ended I had signed a contract and told Mr. Watanabe that the payment would be in his account by the end of tomorrow. With the help of the taxi driver and a young man who I had promised to , I was able to move my luggage into the condoin no time and before I knew it I was soaking in a tub after confirming the payment for the condo over the phone with a banker. "This is so much better and this time it will definitely be worth it." Lady in Charge I gasped for air and found myself jumping out of bed and landing on the floor with a hard thud, I quickly looked around and when I remembered where I was I released a sigh, and dropped back on the floor, my eyes drifted to the ceiling and I decided to just lay there for the next few minutes. When I felt my heart stop racing and my breathing return to normal I got up and headed straight for the shower, not having to strip anything off because I slept naked for the most part, I switched the tap so the shower released steaming hot water on to my skin, soothing away the goosebumps, I made sure to scrub my hair that was hanging below my hips, I would need to cut it soon but I would let it be for now. I finished showering and got out going to the mirror, frowning when I saw my face, I wasn''t ugly I was sure of it, but I hated the way I looked without makeup, it bared too many memories, many of them I hated with all of me, I quickly turned away from the mirror and made my way to my room, going to my vanity and opening my makeup kit, it was a professional kit that makeup artist used and held every possible option for me to use, so I began my daily routine of covering up my face and changing it to the way I wanted it to be, by the time I was finished I just felt so much relief. I moved on to doing my hair, I took my time to gel it and then brush it pulling the blonde locks up into a high one, I looked like a model and with that, I pulled on my underwear and bra, followed by my stockings and finally my garter belt, when I was finished I moved to my walk in closet and flicked through my things, it took a bit of time, but I finally decided on black work suit and a white blouse, along with black stilettos, it didn''t take me long to get dressed, get my purse and head out the door, I didn''t stop to eat because for more than a year I hadn''t been eating breakfast and I found that if I did I would throw up. I hailed a taxi and about fifteen minutes later I was pulling up in front of what would be my new work place, it was a talent agency that was recommended to me when I told my old co-workers I was moving here, I even had a few recommendations sent here along with my information from the old company I was working with, so I wouldn''t have to start from road manager again, but I guess I would have to get involved in an event that things don''t work out too well, I walked in the building and could feel people staring at me as I made my way to the elevator, I hoped it didn''t have people but if it did it wasn''t a lot. The elevator took it''s dear time to get to me and when it reached I had to wait for people to clear it before getting, I looked at my watch and saw that I was still going to be at my destination early so it didn''t really bother me, I looked up when I heard someone ask for me to hole the elevator, it was a young guy, he looked disheveled and I really didn''t want to stop it but in this country you never know who''s in charge so I did it none the less, he came on and smiled at me giving his thanks in which I replied with a simple nod, the elevator finally closed and we were heading up, I waited to see if he would get off but it turns out he was going to the same floor as me. I got off the elevator and glanced back to see him walking off behind me, he no longer looked disheveled he looked as if he had just walked through a machine that fixed his hair and neatened his clothes, leaving him looking like a proper business man, I was impressed but of course I didn''t show it, just turned my head forward and went to the woman that was sitting at a desk outside the huge office space, I smiled at her when she looked up from her computer screen to me. Her lips curved into a heart warming smile "Hello there, welcome to the Nariagari Talent agency and who might you be." "Hi, I''m Nami Ishikawa, I have an interview with a Mr. Takahiro Yoshida, for the opening of the manager." Her face seemed to brighten "Oh of course, right this way." she said as she got up and lead me into the huge office space that had an unbelievable amount of desk and different office equipment, with people who seemed really busy, some typing away on their computer''s, some doing work with their co workers but most of them were on the phone, some talking in hushed voices and other''s yelling like it was the last time they would use their voice, it made me smile as I remembered my work place in Korea it was exactly the same so I wouldn''t have much adjustments to do. We reached a office and the woman knocked on it, she received the go ahead to enter and we made our way inside, I saw about six people in the office talking, one woman was on a phone as she typed away on her laptop at a fast pace, when I got in the woman introduced me to everyone and the office went quiet, except for the woman who continued to talk on the phone, I greeted everyone respectively and was surprised when a man moved from behind his desk to come shake my hand, what surprised me was the fact that it was the same man from the elevator, it seemed I made the right choice after all.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. "Hi I''m Mr. Takahiro Yoshida, and these are my collegues Ms. Yang, she''s the one on the phone, Ms. Akiyama, Mr Oshiro, Mr Sato and finally Mr. Maeda." I bowed to each one of them before returning my gaze to Mr Yoshida "I''m glad I was finally able to meet you in person, you look just like the picture they sent so it''s a relief, as for the interview, it''s not necessary, I already spoke to your last employer, your old coworkers and a few of the idols that you looked after and I have to say that your work is very impressive, especially with what you were able to do for them and all I needed to do was meet you and you made a marvelous first impression, including the work with the elevator, so all I need to confirm now is that you''re ready for work, so are you?" I found myself smiling brightly as I answered "Yes sir." He smiled and nodded "Okay, well follow me, the rest of you remain here and continue your work." "Yes sir." they all replied at the same time before returning to their work. I swiftly followed Mr. Yoshida as he lead me through the office and back onto the elevator, he pressed a button and it went to the floor below the one we were on, we got off and I followed him down a hall to the last door on the left that had conference room written on a plack that was on the door, he opened it and allowed me to go in first before following, I looked straight ahead at the young girl that was sitting at the desk next to a man and woman who seemed to be her parents. "Mr and Mrs. Kita, Maemi, thank you for waiting, hope I didn''t keep you too long." "Oh of course not." the father replied and looked to me "is this her?" Mr. Yoshida smiled "yes this is the young woman I was telling you about, Ms. Nami Ishikawa, the one we agreed would be your daughter''s new manager." I greeted them and they smiled returning the gesture, before Mr. Yoshida went up to the little girl and took her hand "Maemi, this is Ms. Ishikawa, your new manager do you like her?" I watched as the girl got up from the chair she was in and made her way to me, she looked me up and down and moved around me before stopping when she was facing me again "you''re really pretty, I like you." everyone else seemed to release a sigh of relief making me wonder just what type of person she was. After an hour of discussion''s all revolving around Maemi and what we''re going to be doing from now on, everyone seemed to be okay with the decisions made so we all went about our own way, Maemi went home with her parents for the day and I was told we would be starting from tomorrow so I would have time to prepare everything. I followed Mr. Yoshida back to his office and he sat behind his desk and started typing out some information, I just stood there and waited on him to say something but I soon realized that he most likely forgot I was here, I decided to say something but was stopped by Mrs, Yang who waved her hand for me to follow her when we left the office she finally spoke "its best not speak to him when he gets like that, he''s bound to throw a book at you." I nodded and she looked forward "Okay so I''ll give you a tour of the place and I want you to memories everything because starting tomorrow we have several new artist coming in and I am going to be busy, your life at this company is decided upon how well you know your surroundings, let''s go." I nodded and followed her as she practically ran around the building going from floor to floor, showing me various rooms and telling me different routes I could use to get to each one of them, and after she was done, she handed me a list "this a list of people I want you to meet today, in order to make preparations for tomorrow and it all has to be done today otherwise you''re going to throw tomorrow''s schedule off and that would just piss everybody off, especially me, but anyways that''s all you need from me so I suggest you be on your way." I nodded and watched as she walked away most likely heading back to her office, I took a look at the list and rose my brow this isn''t even half the amount of people I had to meet on my first day working at the agency in Korea, I shook my head and begun meeting the different, it didn''t take me long to clear out the people that were in the building, now I had to head over to some fashion agency to decide on a hair stylist, a make up artist and a designer for Maemi, so I hailed a cab and gave them the directions in no time I was meeting withe designers and looking at the pieces they had made to show what type of work they did and soon I found myself reminding them that their designing for a fourteen year old. It took everything n me not to hit them, instead I turned and walked over to the hairstylist they showed me what the could do an by the end of I ended up choosing a scrawny bow with glasses, the women looked offended but I didn''t care, they were showing hairstyles that a more mature idol would use as far as I was concerned Maemi was still a child and it was my job to protect her innocence. When I was finished I moved on to choosing a makeup artist but once again it was just too much, it seemed that I would need to search some where else but in the mean time I helped the young man, who I found out name was Akira Ito, to get his stuff together and headed out, the last stop was to the dealer, the arrangements had already been made and all I had to do was pick up the vehicle, but when I saw it my mood soured, four people wouldn''t be able to move around in this comfortably, Maemi wouldn''t be able to change at will in it, so I went around the store until I was able to find the right one and made a deal with the person to make an exchange and I would pay the difference, he quickly agreed and soon I was parking it in the garage for the agency. I verified everything with Mrs.Yang and was told to head home, the first thing I did when I reached was to fill my tub with warm water, strip off my clothes and sink into the tub until the water was just below my eyes, this was probably the last soak I would be able to enjoy for a while so I intended to enjoy it. Day One I walked in to the agency just as the sun began to rise, I had awoken long before dawn and found myself just lazing around for a few hours before preparing, as usual my face was perfectly done, my hair was done neatly in it''s high one and today I was wearing in a red pencil dress with a white blazer and white and black wedge, the lobby was empty, but I was easily able to gain access to the building because of an ID I was provided with before I went home. I got on the elevator and waited for it to reach the top floor of the building, I got off and made my way into the office, the place was empty except for a few workers that were scattered about attending to their work, I finally made it to the office and knocked on the door, only entering when I was given the go ahead, I was surprised to see that only Mr. Yoshida sat in his office behind his desk, a stack of papers a large jug that most likely had coffee and his computer in front of him that he furiously typed away on, I greeted him as usual but only received a grumble and a gesture for me to sit in return. I sat down and crossed my legs, I pulled out my phone and decided to go through the list of to-do''s I had made the night before, I had no idea how long we had been sitting their each getting on with their respective job''s before their was a knock on the door and the other five people entered, they seemed surprised to see me but greeted me good morning anyway, I returned the gesture and watched as everyone settled down to start their work, I waited a bit more before Mr. Yoshida got up and gestured for me to follow him, I got up grabbing my bag and did as I was asked, we got into the elevator and headed to the third floor, which I knew held the cafeteria and lounge area''s for the staff. We walked to the kitchen and I watched as he moved around swiftly, most likely making a sandwich for himself, I followed him the the balcony when he was done and sat in a chair opposite him, quietly waiting for him to finish eat what looked like his breakfast, I felt a bit sick but didn''t let it show, when he was finished he quickly drank down the juice he had poured for himself, when he was finished I watched as he moved the dishes to the side and place a laptop on the desk that I didn''t even notice. His eyes moved around the screen and then he looked up at me "Okay, so sorry about the wait it''s just that I''ve been here for two days without fail and just needed something to eat quickly." I said it was okay and he nodded "okay so the reason we''re here is because I got a call from a few of the places I had said you needed to visit yesterday, especially the fashion agency, who said that you didn''t choose a designer, neither a make up artist but when you chose the Hairstylist it was one of the new person''s who barely had any experience." he glanced at his screen before looking back at me "Of course I cleared up the misunderstanding but I want to hear from you why you made the decisions you did, after all I need to make a record." I nodded and quickly explained to him that the reason I didn''t choose the styles was because the styles were a bit too mature for Maemi and the cost to make them would just be expensive and so I decided they wouldn''t be wort the money we would be paying them and the same went for the makeup artist, their style of doing it was just too much for a fourteen year old girl and it would take up too much time, he nodded and typed everything I had said into his laptop. "Okay so that''s all understandable, but what about the van, I heard you paid from your own money to get a different and newer model, so why was that." Once again I took my time and explained to him why I made the decision''s I did, he nodded along while typing at an amazing pace "Okay well that explain''s everything and since I was able to clear that up, there''s no big deal, I''ll see about getting you a list of suitable people for the makeup artist and designer, but anyway now that that''s out of the way, I decided that I would assign a road manager to help you out, because from what I can see things are going to get hectic." I nodded and he glanced at his watch "okay their supposed to be here by now, so lets go." I got up and followed him back to the floor with the conference room and he lead me back to the same one we had used before, he opened the door and allowed me to go in first as he told me to have a seat, I sat down and crossed my legs, when I looked up was the first time I noticed the five people standing across from me. I glanced all of them over it was about three women and two men, I felt disgusted, I definitely had no interest in working with a man, the first and last time I did, it was a complete disaster that nearly cost my Idol everything, it took me a while to get him off my team and then had to work hard to get my Idol back on track and now she''s leading a three man group and running for an award.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. When it came to this kind of work I''d say that the women would be more suitable because the minute they saw the cute little child in front of them brimming with all these hopes and dreams, they immediately want to protect them it''s like a motherly switch flips in them and I admire that, but all the same when it happens with the men it''s just a few and I''d rather not take a chance like that again, but then I let my eyes flit across the women and felt disappointed at the ways they were dressed, bland and no enthusiasm, they''ll be working with a fourteen year old child and with the way they are acting I''m sure it would just turn the girl into a monster. My eyes went over to the woman in the corner and I arched my brow, she looked like a child and even though she didn''t know what the outcome would be she had a bright smile on her face, I looked over the way she was dressed and I was really impressed with how she came dressed to an interview, her short hair was pulled into two with colorful clips, she had on a hot pink shirt and a frilly black skirt that had a bright yellow bow on it, her tights were pink and from what I could see she was wearing sneakers that had heels in them, and of course she had a crazy amount of accessories on her hand, she was dressed a bit strange but that might be what we needed to make Maemi''s long hours on the road easy for her. I looked over at Mr. Yoshida when he called my name and told me that these were the candidates for the road manager and then pushed a stack of five files over to me, saying to go through each and then pick the person I wanted, I nodded and pulled up the first file, quickly flitting through it, this person wasn''t going anywhere near Maemi, I tossed the file to the side and picked up another one, as I looked through all I could think was that the person was a lazy troublemaker and that they were just trying to push him on me to see if I could changes his ways, I huffed and tossed the file on top of the other one. I picked up the next one and started going through it, this person had experience enough to be working as a manager for her own Idol group, so why in the world was she pushing for a road manger opening, then I read a report on her and felt like hitting her and burning her file in front of her face, but I simply decided to throw the file with a little more force than the other''s, nearly sending it off the table only to have it stopped by Mr. Yoshida who gave me a strange look. I ignored it and moved o to the other file, this one also had experience, Ms Amano, from what I could see she would be perfect but with her history she would be more suited to work with an older group, I found myself pulling out a pen and writing int the information before closing it and placing it down gently on the table, they all seemed a bit surprised but I said nothing and just moved on to the other file, not paying attention to the fact that Mr. Yoshida had picked up the file and was looking through it,. I smiled at the picture that was in this file, Aya Adachi, she was half Japanese half Dutch, moved to Japan about two years ago for studies, from what I could see she just finished school and was looking for a job, so she lacked experience, but she was eighteen and had already gotten herself a license, the recommendations from her school were a big help, one of the teacher''s saying "she was a bit wacky but when it came down to it a hard worker" and that was exactly what I needed to hear, so I happily closed the file and handed it to Mr. Yoshida who quickly flitted through it and then stood up as he closed the file. I followed his actions "Okay everyone it seems Ms. Ishikawa has made her decision, so everyone except for Ms. Adachi and Ms Amano, return to your work locations." I watched at their faces and felt relived I hadn''t chosen them, they weren''t mature, we waited on them to leave before Mr. Yoshida spoke again "Ms. Amano I need you to take your file and head to the second floor and look for a Mr Richard, just give it to him and he''ll understand." she thanked him and then headed out the room "As for you Ms Adachi follow us." I could she her practically skipping as she followed us and felt extremely happy with my choice. We went back to the office with Mr. Yoshida and waited for some information to be finalized before we headed out, as we made our way down to the garage I called Akira and told him I would be heading over let him get himself ready, then I called Maemi''s parents and asked them to get her ready, I pulled out the keys and Aya moved to collect them but I pulled away and she gave me a questioning look. "It''s okay, I''ll do the driving today, you just watch at the way I drive so it would be easier for you, okay?" she smiled at me and said yes before getting in the van, it wasn''t long before we were pulling out and heading over to Akira''s home, after talking yesterday we agreed that being on a first name basis was easier for us, so he called me Nami. It didn''t take long for me to pull up in front of his house hoking the horn, I watched as he came out a door from the second floor, bound down the steps and ran over to the van jumping in the back when he realized Aya had already taken up the front passenger seat, they both looked at each other and then at me "Akira meet Aya, she''ll be the road manager, basically my assistant, Aya this is Akira he''s Maemi''s hairstylist, the two of you get along or I''ll throw you both in front of a moving truck, I''m not too good with patience." They both looked at me bewildered and I arched my brow making them nod, which gave me sweet satisfaction as I headed off to Maemi''s house. Day Two I pulled up in front of Maemi''s house and instead of blowing I got up and headed into her yard, going up the three steps to her front door and knocking on it, it took a minute before the door was roughly pulled open and in front of me stood a very excited Maemi, I could see she had rushed to get ready but in a really fun way, her long hazel hair was pulled up in a messy bun adored with clips and beads, she had on a multicolored t shirt that had a strange design on it, she was wearing shorts that looked as if paint had been splashed on it, under that was stripped thights and then she had on mismatched knee lenght socks, and inally the converes that she was wearing had multicolored laces, the bag she had alos looked like if it had been splashed with paint and covered with stars, hanging from the bag was a lot of beads and knick knacks that knocked together as she made her way down the steps and skipped to the car. I looked back to her mother who gave me a smile "Sorry about how she is, I told her you were coming and she said she wanted to pick her clothes out and the next thing I knew she was running out the house and into the van." I shook my head and told her it was okay and she seemed relived "okay well thank yuou and please take good care of her she is the only daughter I have out of my four children, so if anything happens to her I''ll be coming for blood." I assured her I understood and then headed back to the van, when I got in they were laughing and getting to know each other so I drove off. I pulled out my phone and unlocked it handing it over to Aya "the schedule should be opened there I just need you to tell me what the first thing is, so we can get this day started." Aya told me the first thing was shopping for make up supplies, I nodded and thanked her collecting back my phone, I quickly moved around it and pulled out a bookmark, handing her back the phone "what is the name of the first store there?" she told me the name and I told her to type the address in the GPS before collecting my phone and dropping it in my bag. It didn''t take us long to pull up in front of the store as precausion I had Maemi wear a pink mask with a bunny nose on it , which she happily went along when she saw the design, we all got out and loked the van and I had Maemi hold my hand as to not loose her, when we entered the store there was a lot of people some stopping to stare at us, Istarted to wonder if the mask wasn''t enough until Irealised most of the people were men "pathetic." I mumbled making Maemi giggle. We walked in the store that had some poster on the front about the natural look, it only took me five minutes to go through the store and asses the make up it simply wasn''t made well, it would most like damage Maemi''s skin if I put it on her, We walked out and went to the store next to it and it was the same mess, we went throu several more stpres before we decided to just go to the top floor, it would be more expensive but I would rather spend a lot of money and get quality stuff, than spend less money and end up damaging Maemi''s future. We came off the elevator when it reached the top floor and as I suspected the stores were much better and had a lot of good brands that would do wonders for Maemi, so we spent the next half an hour buying all types of make up, make up tools and one larhge kit to put all of it in, with the help of the store workers I was able to set it up properly and gave them thanks with both money and words, I left Akira and Aya to carry it to the car before we moved on to the next store that was avbout a block down, we needed to get the necessary hair stuff and Ileft that up to Akira and Maemi. Then finally we moved on to getting the clothes for her and to say she enjoyed it would be an understatement by time we were done we had way more clothes than I was looking to get, I said nothing and just let her do as she pleased, when we were finished we went back to the agency, getting on the elevator with the things, Maemi and Aya were fetching asmuch clothes as they could, Akira had the hairsupplies and some clothes, while I carried the makeup set and everything else that the rest couldn''t handle, we went up to the forth floor where Maemi''s dressing room and our working space would be. We put everything down and I was about to take off my heels so I ould get to work on setting the place up when Maemi asked for us to eat something, it was after two in the afternoon and I hadn''t even noticed everyone was hungry, I pulled out my phone and handed it to Maemi "order from where ever you want and order whatever you guys want and I''ll foot the bill, oh see if you could get me something too." Maemi brightened up and ran off to drop down in a chair where she proceded to make the call, I shook my head. I told the other two to help set up the place in the mean time, I got a broom and other cleaning supplies and went through the place quickly, I was half way through the working space when I heard my phone ring and Maemi answered before jumping up and running to me, she told m the person was here with the order, and I just handed her my purse and sent the three of them to get the stuff, I got back to cleaning, and by the time they returned the place was smelling of disinfecant. I watched them place the food on he table and wandered if we were feeding ten people and found myself sighing, I went over and sat next to them, so we could all eat, they talked to one another and what they did about their families and with every word that came out their mouths I felt happy to be left out of the equation, I didn''t need to talk about that kind of stuff, all I did was work at this point and when it came to my family, there were some things that I wished to keep buried because as far as I was concerned I no longer had a family. I finished eating and wentback to work setting up Maemi''s dressing room first and then I saw saome boxes in the corner that had working supplies for the rest of us and I quickly opened it and set everything up, by the time it was five everything was in it''s place and it was time to take Maemi and the rest home because from tomorrow the real work would start and everyone need to be fully rested, before we left I made sure to put the left overs into the fridge because there was a lot. It didn''t take me long to get everyone home and then make it back to moy condo, I decided to park the car in my buildin''s garage, so in the morning instead of heading to the office to pick it up I could just go ahead and pick everyone up and then get on our way, I got to my room and stripped down to my underwear, pulled out my phone and checked my planning list, after I picked them up I just needed to go to the agency get supplies and then get Maemi to her first rehersal, when I was satisfied with the list I made I took a quck shower and jumped in my bed falling to sleep immediately. --- I woke the same way I always had since two years ago, gasping for air and checking my surroundings to make sure I had awaken in the same place I had went to sleep, I could feel the sweat run down my skin as I shivered from time to time, my hair was soaked from the roots down and my bed was damp, I looked at my clock to see that I had woken an half an hour before my alarm was set to go off, so I took my time to get up and when I did I decided I would soak until my alram went off, so soon I found myself sinking in to hot water with a sigh. My eyes were closed and I was just sitting there calmly, my heart had slowed to it''s right pace, my breathing regulated and then the sound of my alarm went off and I quickly got out of the tub, moving to the shower to scrubmy skin and washmy hair, soon I was out and stood in front of the mirror as I blow dried my hair while running the brush through it, I didn''t look at my face, just made sure my hair was perfect when I pulled it up in a high one and then moved to the vanity to do my make up, I was soon in my underwear and stockings and pulling out clothes, I chose a pair of black working pants, a white blouse and a black blazer with black wedged heels. I made sure to grab all my things before heading out of my condo and getting into the Van, I pulled out of the garage and didn''t feel bothered by the fact that the sun hadn''t risen as yet, I was too accustomed to this type of work for it to affect me, it didn''t take long for me to get to Aya because she had been living in an apartment only a few buildings away from mine, I watched as she lazily made her way to the van and climb in the front seat. I arched my brow at her condition, she had on a pink blouce with a pencil skirt and pink heels, the problem wasn''t what she was wearing it was just the way she looked, her hair was pulled up in what looked like an attempt at a pony tail and her makeup was just a bitter sight, I couldn''t let Maemi see her like this, so I told her to get out the car and picked up my stuff going around to her side, I quickly adjusted her clothes, loosed out her hair, brushed it quickly and pulled it into a high one, it wasn''t as long as mine but she would still be able to pull off the style, I took a rag and quickly wiped her face off before giving her simple make up, by the time I was finished she looked like a proper working woman and with that we were off to pick up Akira.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. I pulled up in front of Maemi''s house and instead of blowing I got up and headed into her yard, going up the three steps to her front door and knocking on it, it took a minute before the door was roughly pulled open and in front of me stood a very excited Maemi, I could see she had rushed to get ready but in a really fun way, her long hazel hair was pulled up in a messy bun adored with clips and beads, she had on a multicolored t shirt that had a strange design on it, she was wearing shorts that looked as if paint had been splashed on it, under that was stripped tights and then she had on mismatched knee length socks, and finally the converse that she was wearing had multicolored laces, the bag she had also looked like if it had been splashed with paint and covered with stars, hanging from the bag was a lot of beads and nick knacks that knocked together as she made her way down the steps and skipped to the car. I looked back to her mother who gave me a smile "Sorry about how she is, I told her you were coming and she said she wanted to pick her clothes out and the next thing I knew she was running out the house and into the van." I shook my head and told her it was okay and she seemed relived "okay well thank you and please take good care of her she is the only daughter I have out of my four children, so if anything happens to her I''ll be coming for blood." I assured her I understood and then headed back to the van, when I got in they were laughing and getting to know each other so I drove off. I pulled out my phone and unlocked it handing it over to Aya "the schedule should be opened there I just need you to tell me what the first thing is, so we can get this day started." Aya told me the first thing was shopping for make up supplies, I nodded and thanked her collecting back my phone, I quickly moved around it and pulled out a bookmark, handing her back the phone "what is the name of the first store there?" she told me the name and I told her to type the address in the GPS before collecting my phone and dropping it in my bag. It didn''t take us long to pull up in front of the store as precaution I had Maemi wear a pink mask with a bunny nose on it , which she happily went along when she saw the design, we all got out and looked the van and I had Maemi hold my hand as to not loose her, when we entered the store there was a lot of people some stopping to stare at us, I started to wonder if the mask wasn''t enough until I realized most of the people were men "pathetic." I mumbled making Maemi giggle. We walked in the store that had some poster on the front about the natural look, it only took me five minutes to go through the store and asses the make up it simply wasn''t made well, it would most like damage Maemi''s skin if I put it on her, We walked out and went to the store next to it and it was the same mess, we went through several more stores before we decided to just go to the top floor, it would be more expensive but I would rather spend a lot of money and get quality stuff, than spend less money and end up damaging Maemi''s future. We came off the elevator when it reached the top floor and as I suspected the stores were much better and had a lot of good brands that would do wonders for Maemi, so we spent the next half an hour buying all types of make up, make up tools and one large kit to put all of it in, with the help of the store workers I was able to set it up properly and gave them thanks with both money and words, I left Akira and Aya to carry it to the car before we moved on to the next store that was about a block down, we needed to get the necessary hair stuff and I left that up to Akira and Maemi. Then finally we moved on to getting the clothes for her and to say she enjoyed it would be an understatement by time we were done we had way more clothes than I was looking to get, I said nothing and just let her do as she pleased, when we were finished we went back to the agency, getting on the elevator with the things, Maemi and Aya were fetching as much clothes as they could, Akira had the hair supplies and some clothes, while I carried the makeup set and everything else that the rest couldn''t handle, we went up to the forth floor where Maemi''s dressing room and our working space would be. We put everything down and I was about to take off my heels so I could get to work on setting the place up when Maemi asked for us to eat something, it was after two in the afternoon and I hadn''t even noticed everyone was hungry, I pulled out my phone and handed it to Maemi "order from where ever you want and order whatever you guys want and I''ll foot the bill, oh see if you could get me something too." Maemi brightened up and ran off to drop down in a chair where she proceeded to make the call, I shook my head. I told the other two to help set up the place in the mean time, I got a broom and other cleaning supplies and went through the place quickly, I was half way through the working space when I heard my phone ring and Maemi answered before jumping up and running to me, she told m the person was here with the order, and I just handed her my purse and sent the three of them to get the stuff, I got back to cleaning, and by the time they returned the place was smelling of disinfectant. I watched them place the food on he table and wandered if we were feeding ten people and found myself sighing, I went over and sat next to them, so we could all eat, they talked to one another and what they did about their families and with every word that came out their mouths I felt happy to be left out of the equation, I didn''t need to talk about that kind of stuff, all I did was work at this point and when it came to my family, there were some things that I wished to keep buried because as far as I was concerned I no longer had a family. I finished eating and went back to work setting up Maemi''s dressing room first and then I saw some boxes in the corner that had working supplies for the rest of us and I quickly opened it and set everything up, by the time it was five everything was in it''s place and it was time to take Maemi and the rest home because from tomorrow the real work would start and everyone need to be fully rested, before we left I made sure to put the left overs into the fridge because there was a lot. It didn''t take me long to get everyone home and then make it back to my condo, I decided to park the car in my building''s garage, so in the morning instead of heading to the office to pick it up I could just go ahead and pick everyone up and then get on our way, I got to my room and stripped down to my underwear, pulled out my phone and checked my planning list, after I picked them up I just needed to go to the agency get supplies and then get Maemi to her first rehearsal, when I was satisfied with the list I made I took a quick shower and jumped in my bed falling to sleep immediately. --- I woke the same way I always had since two years ago, gasping for air and checking my surroundings to make sure I had awaken in the same place I had went to sleep, I could feel the sweat run down my skin as I shivered from time to time, my hair was soaked from the roots down and my bed was damp, I looked at my clock to see that I had woken an half an hour before my alarm was set to go off, so I took my time to get up and when I did I decided I would soak until my alarm went off, so soon I found myself sinking in to hot water with a sigh. My eyes were closed and I was just sitting there calmly, my heart had slowed to it''s right pace, my breathing regulated and then the sound of my alarm went off and I quickly got out of the tub, moving to the shower to scrub my skin and wash my hair, soon I was out and stood in front of the mirror as I blow dried my hair while running the brush through it, I didn''t look at my face, just made sure my hair was perfect when I pulled it up in a high one and then moved to the vanity to do my make up, I was soon in my underwear and stockings and pulling out clothes, I chose a pair of black working pants, a white blouse and a black blazer with black wedged heels. I made sure to grab all my things before heading out of my condo and getting into the Van, I pulled out of the garage and didn''t feel bothered by the fact that the sun hadn''t risen as yet, I was too accustomed to this type of work for it to affect me, it didn''t take long for me to get to Aya because she had been living in an apartment only a few buildings away from mine, I watched as she lazily made her way to the van and climb in the front seat. I arched my brow at her condition, she had on a pink blouse with a pencil skirt and pink heels, the problem wasn''t what she was wearing it was just the way she looked, her hair was pulled up in what looked like an attempt at a pony tail and her makeup was just a bitter sight, I couldn''t let Maemi see her like this, so I told her to get out the car and picked up my stuff going around to her side, I quickly adjusted her clothes, loosed out her hair, brushed it quickly and pulled it into a high one, it wasn''t as long as mine but she would still be able to pull off the style, I took a rag and quickly wiped her face off before giving her simple make up, by the time I was finished she looked like a proper working woman and with that we were off to pick up Akira. It took about fifteen minutes to get to him and by then the city had already begun to woke up, I wasn''t really surprised when I saw him waiting outside of his house on me, he was in a pair of loose jeans and a red shirt, his hair was covered by a beanie and he had sneakers on his feet but he still manged to look professional, I let out a sigh of relief, one less person for me to dress, he got in and wished us good morning and I returned the gesture before driving off to pick up our young Idol.