Kotone Ryokucha
Kotone was strolling down the hall, quite leisurely, until Koucha Ishikawa suddenly appeared, surprising her with his perfectly toned voice of the high-class Ishikawa family.
"Aren't you quite the optimist, Ryokucha?" Kotone straightened immediately, her cheeks having a light pink tint from surprise, and the fact that she's not used to men since she barely interacts with them.
"Good evening, Ishikawa-san. Or should I just call you Kou since we'll be allies?" she said with her Ryokucha mask on, like always. She looked around once again while Koucha slid into his car, mumbling something too quiet to be heard, and then she quietly strode up to him, leaning over slightly so no one could hear.
"You didn't happen to hear me earlier, did you? If you did, keep it a secret. Well, it's not as if you, an Ishikawa will actually listen to a Ryokucha. If you do happen to let my secret out, be prepared to be my enemy on the field too. Later, Kou-cha-san." she shut the car door, at first having a little difficulty reaching the high door, then shutting it and walking over to her car, instead of boarding the back seat, she snatched the keys from the chauffeur, and slid into the driver's seat before giving a devious smile. She started the Benz and rolled down all windows.
"Tell the elders that I said thanks for the car!" she grinned, locking the car with her manicured french nails.
"But Ryokucha-dono! You don't have your license yet!" the man had a flustered expression on his face. Just as Koto planned. She flashed her license, brand new, and then drove off to the five star restaurant that the party was being held at. Her phone rang in the passenger seat, and no surprise, it was none other than C.C. Lemon-tan. She reluctantly picked up the call, connecting the phone to the car, putting the idol on speaker with the windows down.
"Good evening, C.C. Lemon, what is your reason of calling right now?" she once again had her Ryokucha mask on, and then made a quick swerve right before missing the exit.
"Good evening Koto-chan~! Are you excited for the Beverage Wars, Miss Ryokucha?" the idol sounded the same, even over the phone, annoying and loud, but Koto knew that phone calls like these could possibly be tapped, so she kept from hanging up suddenly.
"Yes, very, but aren't you being a bit friendly today?" she calmly answered, seeing through the idol's plot.
"Ah, you got me! I just wanted to know all the juicy details between you, Subarashi Habuti, and Akio Shinsei! I heard from all the gossip that you three all used to be quite close! And Shinsei's got his eye on you!" the idol chirped.
"Ah, that's in the past, so why search into the past and not look into the present and future?" Koto remarked, wondering in her head why and what exactly all this Coke and Green Tea gossip was about and how they came to this rumor exactly, all Kotone could remember that happened was playing switch-up with Rose and just playing children's games in the Nomi forest, away from all the elders.
"Then, what is the relationship between you three exactly as of the moment?" Agh, this woman...! Remind me to pull a prank on her at the party later.
"Well, let's see... I'd rather be a woman of elegance and mystery, so if you would want to know, ask the elders themselves. See you at the party." she hung up before the idol could respond and then turned on some K-Pop.
"Oppa Gangnam Style~ Humans make some really good music! I need to go to the human world one day.. One day.. Then maybe I can meet Super Junior? I'll just switch to Japanese for now... Ah-ha, Luka's new song, Reon!" she turned up the music, not caring that the windows were open. She let the wind loosen the tight curls into soft waves and sang along, some drivers staring at her shocked, but probably brushing her off as Rose probably.
"Ikisaki wa soko ni atte
Shiawase wa koko ni atte
Kawariyuku hibi ni naita aa
Moshimo kono te de boku ga
Tsutsumikomeru no naraba
Arienai genjitsu o norotte
Negau..!" she sang with her real voice, as the Koto hidden under her mask, and even though she never practiced singing any western songs like these, she liked it. Kotone quickly rolled up the windows and disconnected her iPhone from the car as she drove into the restaurant valet lane. Stepping out of her car with her dark satin heels after driving felt quite weird, but it felt somewhat nice to not have a person follow her around everywhere.
She walked into the lobby of the hotel that the restaurant was at and looked around. Polished mahogany wood floors complimented her heels and the beige walls and dim lighting felt luxurious, breathtaking chandeliers hung with their stained glass shards to decorate the chandeliers. Not a lot of people had seemed to there yet, surprisingly, and she briskly hurried over to the elevators. The minute she pressed the calling button, an elevator opened up, as if saying to the other one that followed, "I was here first!" Kotone hurried into the elevator, making sure that no one was going to enter, and then as soon as the doors slid shut, she clicked the 38th floor, the highest floor. The elevator made it infamous ding and carried on with gliding on upstairs. Koto was somewhat perky and then once the number 37 flashed on the screen, she hopped in the air as the elevator stopped, floating in midair for a moment since inertia allowed her to. She grinned and carried on with overlooking the city of Inryo, Nomimono.
"I wish I could live here.. Goddamn elders and their whole Eastern culture obsession! I wish I could be like the others and eat things like Pocky and Peppero and Cheetos! All I eat is variations of green tea flavored mochi and daifuku.. And ever so rarely, green tea ice-cream...!" she paused, shivering slightly and then feeling a little light-headed.
"Where's a dry sauna when you need one.." She staggered over to the elevator and went down to the lobby, going to the front desk and wearing her Ryokucha mask once again.
"Good evening, could you please show me where I can rest? It's a bit too chilly for me..." she swayed, then leaned onto the desk. The trauma from her sister's death began to make weak, and then she snapped out fo the trance, standing up straight again.
"Sorry, I was just feeling a bit anemic, all the excitement for the Beverage Wars, you know." she pushed a lock of hair back and smiled. Koto, stop reminding yourself of it! Get over it or you'll never win!
(For some reason, the links aren't working so the first song is Gangnam Style by PSY, and the second is Reon by Yuyoppe sung by Megurine Luka.)