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Multiversal: The Shop Chapter 86: Truth
🕑 Added 2023-11-18 17:52:10 +0000 UTC-3rd Pov-
Today was quite the same as the other days of practice, nothing out of norm, except maybe for one thing, is that the diligent and talented Hoshino Ai is checking out her phone!
And it wasn't even break time yet!
So naturally, the members of B-Komachi got curious, because their most hard working member and its lead was slacking off, and that's simply out of character for her!
Take it from someone who worked for years with her, to see her lazing and like this nothing sort of miracle.
“Say, what do you think she's doing on that phone?” Memei asked the rest of the B-Komachi curiously.
“I don't know, I never saw Ai-san slack off like this…I wonder what it could be!” Ari asked, a bit concerned.
“Ho..ho..! I know what this is all about!” Akane suddenly declared.
Then all eyes were in her, and curiously one of them asked. “Tell us!”
With a smirk she then pointed at Ai, who was unaware of this, and said. “There's only one thing that could make her do something like this! It's obviously a man! It means that Ai has a boyfriend!”
The B-Komachi exclaimed in different ways, but most of them were excited. As girls they like to gossip, whether this is true or not, the possibility of their lead being in a relationship with a guy makes them really excited because it breaks the sense of normalcy of this place.
But before they could get any further with their conversation, suddenly a voice interrupted them.
“What nonsense are you speaking, there's no way she would have a boyfriend, there's no way the president would allow his golden goose to have a scandal later on, think about. Maybe it's just her finally being bored and wanting to try slacking off for the first time, you don't have to make such a big deal about trivial things.” The voice finished.
And the B-Komachi group stared at the person who was responsible for saying those words.
This person was Nino, a person who is also part of B-Komachi, however unlike other members who is at the very least friendly or neutral toward Ai.
Nino hates Ai very much, it wasn't a secret to the group that she hated her, even though the target isn't aware of such hate.
Her reason for this hate runs deeper than anyone aside from her, it wasn't like she always hated Ai, at first she tried to befriend her, but was completely ignored.
And that was the time, her dislike turned into hate started.
Nino dislikes Ai, because it was obvious that the president, the company itself favors her, unlike any of them, which were pretty replaceable.
It was as if she's the protagonist and they were just side-characters.
She also felt inferior to Ai’s talent, which was true even though she tried denying it.
Anyway, she hates Ai, because she's always in the spotlight, as it was always her that was being remembered, her that was popular, yet she never seemed to care about any of it, like she's from a completely different world from them.
“Nino isn't that a bit…” Memei wasn't sure what to say.
“I mean, it could probably be true you know..” Akane defended her ‘theory’, to which Nino scoffed and replied.
“And then what? Gossips about it? Then President Saitou finds out about it and takes it as some sort of ‘bullying’? You do know what happened to the other members who tried to ruin her reputation right? Gone, fired by President Saitou, and probably wandering somewhere jobless.” Nino said bitterly and made the rest of the B-Komachi dawn by the reality of their situation.
Most of them don't really have an alternative way of earning money, as this job was the only thing that kept them out of the streets or being homeless.
At least half of them were financially unstable, that's why they need this job, even though they've experienced unsavory things as idols.
Silence dominated for an entire minute, until they heard a commotion outside the building.
Usually they wouldn't pay any attention towards that kind of thing, since it's quite a common occurrence in this company, since lately they've been popular thanks to Ai, and some of those times outside the building news caster from different TV channels would ask questions about Ai and the company, but never toward the backup idols like them as they were never really the main focus.
Curious, the girls looked outside and saw a purple Lamborghini. Nino hates the color, but was interested in who owned such an expensive car.
A second later, she receives her answer. As the person went out, it's like someone took her breath away, her cheeks flared up, as she saw the man who came out of the Lamborghini.
And gods, he's so handsome, it was obvious from his face structure, height and hair color that he's a foreigner, possibly a british.
Nino never really believed in love at first sight, but right now, she might as well believe in it, because she was instantly captivated by the man’s appearance.
It wasn't just her, most of the B-Komachi were feeling the same, as it was very rare to find a hottie of this caliber.
Then he takes out children..?
Wait, those children look familiar, and after revealing themselves fully to the B-Komachi, they realize who these children were.
‘Isn’t these children the President’s?’ They all thought similarly.
As this wasn't really the first time, they saw these children coming in this place, but they didn't linger for more than a few minutes in the practice hall and that's why they never really get to know the children or have a single conversation with them in fact.
While it wasn't really confirmed whether these children are really the President's, it wouldn't make sense for them not to be his, especially since no children are allowed in this place.
So it is most likely their president's children.
After taking out the children, the handsome foreigner takes out a banquet of flowers, making the girls question who these flowers are for.
And soon enough they got their answer, as the man ignored them and went directly to Ai, who didn't realize he was there. “Psst, hey Ai, guess who's here?”
Hearing his voice made Ai snap out of it and finally saw him, making her eyes widened and exclaimed. “A-alex?! W-what are you doing here- wait, the kids are here too?!”
Everyone could see Ai's panicked expression, it was hard not to, when it felt genuine that she's really panicking and not just an act.
“Haha, about yes I bought, them.” He smiles at her, but that answer only made her panic even more.
“But-”
“No, you don't have to be afraid. You don't have to hide it anymore, you will be safe, this company will not fall, and there will be no scandal. I'm here to protect you, do you understand?” His voice was firm, and filled with reassurance that even the audience could trust his words.
Ai hesitates, but ultimately she chooses to believe him. “A-alright…but if this somehow goes wrong, you will be taking responsibility!”
To everyone from B-Komachi, Ai acting felt different somehow, it didn't feel fake, but instead it felt genuine.
The man smirked. “You don't need to tell me that, in fact I'm already taking responsibility, for now take this.”
He gave Ai, the banquet of flowers in her hands, making Ai genuinely smile for the first time in the eyes of the B-Komachi.
Nino didn't understand what's happening, nor her co-idols, but she was burned by curiosity and couldn't take it anymore and directly confront the foreigner for answers because if she doesn't receive one, she might not get any sleep for days to come.
“Excuse me, sir, may I ask what's your relationship with Ai…?” Nino asked.
The man smiles, before staring at Ai, who seemed to look resigned and smiles back, now his attention was back to her and answered her question. “My relationship with her is that she's the mother of my children.”
As if her brain circuited at that answer, she couldn't say anything for a while, but after digesting that piece of information, she shouted.
“W-WHAAAAAAAAT?!”
Like a domino, after her shout the rest who also listened and finished digesting the information they heard, also shouted.
“EHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Shouts were heard across the place, making it very noisy, then Saitou arrived from his appearance, anyone could tell he went there as soon as he could.
He was confused as to why his ‘talents’ were screaming as if they saw something terrifying, but when he saw the twins and Alexander, piece by piece. He understood what happened.
“You bastard…you really went and did it!”
“Oh, hi Saitou-san, do you mind if we talk privately for a bit? I have a business proposal to make.” He smiles at the end of it.
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A/N: What a mess, but that's exactly why I like this, it's a chaos! The truth is revealed.
Here's the chapter. I wasn't really going to finish writing this today, but I couldn't sleep so here you go.
