"Keiko get up this instant, you terrible lazy child it's a wonder that you get anything done...", Keiko's mother went on and on like this. It was four in the morning and she had Keiko up till midnight the night before, but this was how it always went for Keiko her mother said jump, and she asked how high. She rolled out of her bed still in the clothes she had on the night before, "You have a photo shoot this morning, then you've been invited on a trip with a bunch of celebrities. I can't believe it maybe we can get you into some movies, wouldn't that be wonderful", said Keiko's mother with a dreamy look in her eyes. She had always lived vicariously through her daughter, "Yes mam", was all Keiko could sleepily manage to say as her mother practically shoved her in the shower clothes and all. After the ice cold shower Keiko came out shivering like a frightened Chihuahua. Her mother threw an outfit at her a light blue plaid sundress, Keiko began to dress, she was beginning to enjoy the thought of being away from her mother for awhile. The chauffeur pulled up as Keiko's mother stood behind her combing the knots out of her hair, the maid would pack for her while at the photo shoot. The photo shoot was as usual Keiko trying her best to not show everything and the photographer and her mother only wanting her to flaunt more. Little did Keiko know that her mother was hoping she would learn something from the celebrities, to not be so uptight and naive. As she finished up the shoot as some half naked, video game character, her mother through a meal shake at her and the rushed on their way to the airport. "Now remember to make friends and maybe we can get you into some exclusive things", that was all Keiko's mother ever thought about was how they looked to to the paparazzi and to become more famous. The chauffeur opened her door and carried her baggage for her, Keiko's mother babbling the whole way about how she should act around the celebrities. When she stepped into the door of the private she noticed there was already someone there, she thought she had seen him before but wasn't really sure, turning she waved a sleepy goodbye to her mother and finally sat down in one of the seats. She looked over at the guy, she knew she had seen him on TV and in the tabloids. She sighed and put her earbuds in her ears listening to the latest J-pop sensation.
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Hibiki watched the terribly annoying woman that had dropped her daughter off drive away, he didn't know how the girl could stand that woman he had heard her stupid chatter all the way from his car. "Hibiki are you in there?", asked Colette his manager he turned and smiled, "Yes", she gave him an annoyed look, "Okay then what did I say", she asked. Hibiki looked at his laptop, "That your going to ship me off to some stupid island till everyone gets over the fact that I didn't go to my mother's funeral. Frankly Colette, I don't care what they think and their stupid to judge me on that fact, they would have swamped me there if I had gone", he said still not looking at her directly. Colette shook her head she knew why he hadn't gone but the paparazzi was having a field day with it, if he had gone they would have made a stink how he had disturbed his mother's funeral with his "celebrity" status. He was damned if he damned if he didn't, he never caught a break and his "I don't give a shit" attitude made it even worse. As he walked up the steps to the plane she wondered if this would do him any good, to realize that the world was not as stupid as he thought it was. Hibiki stepped into the cabin of the plane he saw that one guy with the purple hair, and the girl with the banshee for a mother, "This is going to be a long flight", he said as he sat down.