Erika Ikuta stood at the entrance, listening to the actors on the stage acting, and it was her turn soon. She cheered up secretly, forgetting her emotional unhappiness, and concentrated on it.
This stage play is very important to her. A world-famous stage play like "Les Misérables" is what Erika Ikuta has always wanted. She still prefers stage plays and musicals to TV series or movies.
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The curtain opened, and Erika Ikuta appeared on the stage wearing the unique makeup of the character. She already had a lot of experience in stage plays, and she was not nervous at all for a big occasion like the Imperial Theater. She just followed the plot of the stage play.
After adjusting her condition, her lines were very stable. In the past few days, there was no interference from "someone" and she didn't even need to use her mobile phone. She had been practicing.
Erika Ikuta sang another piece of music with her own unique singing voice. There were fans who came to see her in the audience, and their eyes were filled with satisfaction.
When the scene ended, the audience applauded, and Erika Ikuta retreated behind the scenes, suddenly thinking of Nishino Kazuki.
Nishino Kazuki promised that he would come to see her premiere of "Les Misérables", but today there is no news at all. It seems that he really forgot about it, which is really callous.
Erika Ikuta was a little sad, but she still managed to keep her spirits up. At least she still looked like Mai. She is here, Erika Ikuta thought.
After the "Les Misérables" stage play ended, Erika Ikuta and the main actors took the stage to take a curtain call. The lights on the stage came on. When Erika Ikuta walked up and bowed and raised her head, she looked towards the relationship seats.
She vaguely saw Shiraishi Mai, wearing a long white dress, sitting there, as if she was still applauding, and there was a woman beside her, not the person Ikuta Erika had in mind.
Erika Ikuta sighed and put aside her last thoughts. The producers and the leading actors all expressed their gratitude to the audience, and she was no exception. After she finished speaking, the applause in the audience did not stop and started ringing again.
Nishino Kazuki had been sitting on the relationship seat. He saw Erika Ikuta looking around, his eyes scanning the relationship seat, and finally gave up.
Erika Ikuta happened to be standing on the other side of the stage facing Nishino Kazuki. The two were not facing each other, but at the farthest diagonal distance. It was difficult for her to accurately find Nishino Kazuki on the stage.
I don't know why, but Nishino Kazuki felt a little happy when he saw her like this. Maybe it was because Erika Ikuta's attitude and behavior showed that the previous anger was really just pure anger.
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After the premiere, Erika Ikuta returned backstage, where the stylist changed her look, removed the Western-style makeup, and then put on makeup again herself.
"Ikuta, remember to come with us for the celebration party in the evening." The producer's assistant is an older sister who is nearly forty years old. Erika Ikuta will usually come to her when she has something to do.
"No, I have something to do later." Erika Ikuta had previously refused the request for a celebration party. She was not interested in it, and Mai Shiraishi also invited her to have dinner with her.
After finishing her look, Erika Ikuta was about to leave. In the evening, the main creators of the stage play went to have a celebration banquet. The stage play will be performed again in two days.
"Erika, you performed very well today." Mai Shiraishi looked at Ikuta Erika's somewhat depressed face and praised her.
"It's okay." Erika Ikuta was not very happy.
She planted a small sapling of hope in her heart, and thought about it every day to see if it would have a chance to grow up. When the final results came, the sapling was broken and pulled up. This feeling of self-expectation and disappointment was not good.
"What's wrong, are you a little tired?" Shiraishi Mai secretly laughed in her heart. She knew why her best friend was like this, but she still resisted saying anything about Nishino Kazuki.
"Well, a little bit." Erika Ikuta actually complained a little about Mai Shiraishi. She had said at the beginning that if Nishino Kazuki really didn't want to find her, then she would ask Mai Shiraishi to mention it, but there really was no news.
"Okay, I'll just go home and cook for you."
Erika Ikuta suddenly felt that Mai Shiraishi had become particularly reliable again. She held Shiraishi's arm tightly and clung to her side.
The two took a taxi, and after getting in the car, Erika Ikuta leaned on Shiraishi Mai's shoulder and rubbed the latter's fingertips affectionately.
Neither party spoke. Erika Ikuta seemed to be thinking about something, while Mai Shiraishi turned around and looked at her without saying a word.
In this way, the two of them arrived at Mai Shiraishi's apartment, which was not the same place as last year.
Last month, Mai Shiraishi moved from the not very expensive single apartment for women to a better place. The location here is better, the security is better, and it is more suitable for celebrities to live.
Erika Ikuta had been here once before, and that time she also ate Shiraishi Mai's food. She liked the taste and wanted to learn how to make it herself, but unfortunately she failed at the first step.
Shiraishi Mai opened the door with a smile and walked into the house.
Erika Ikuta followed in.
Then the two of them saw a pair of black leather shoes at the entrance.
Erika Ikuta looked at Mai Shiraishi.
There was a vague guess in her heart, and her psychological instinct wanted her to ask, but for the sake of face, Erika Ikuta said to Mai Shiraishi: "He's here. He probably wants to surprise you. I even quarreled with him. I
Got to go."
The words he said were extremely blunt, and he was betraying his own body and saying things he didn't want to say.
"You are wrong." Shiraishi Mai smiled, then pushed her, "He wants to surprise you."
Erika Ikuta was shocked, and then she was pulled in by Mai Shiraishi without even changing her slippers.
She saw Nishino Kazuki, wearing a crisp suit and holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand, standing not far from her. The light was dim, reflecting his profile.
Still the same as before, seems to be thinner. Erika Ikuta thought.
"Erihana, congratulations on your successful debut of the stage play!" Nishino Kazuki came over holding flowers.
Erika Ikuta felt a little strange, the two of them had not been together for so many days, and now it seemed that there was a distance between them.
"W-Teacher Kazuki." Erika Ikuta responded, "Is this prepared for me?"
"right."
Why don't you refuse? Erika Ikuta suddenly thought, and then immediately threw it away.
Erika Ikuta lowered her head and realized in an instant: "Then you came to my performance?!"
Nishino Kazuki walked over, handed the flower to her, and then gently stroked her cheek with his hand: "Of course, I promised my Erika, how could I break the promise."
The sapling in Erika Ikuta's heart seemed to be alive again, but when she glanced at Mai Shiraishi standing behind her, her smile seemed a little relieved, and Ikuta was a little confused.
"I'm sorry, I didn't consider your feelings before." Nishino Kazuki continued.
"No, it's all over." Erika Ikuta turned into a smile and held the bouquet without letting go.
Nishino Kazuki felt that she seemed to have really changed a bit. She didn't talk so little before.
Maybe they have grown up too? They will grow up even if they are separated.
"Have you two finished talking? I'm already hungry." Mai Shiraishi stepped forward and said to Nishino Kazuki, "It's time for you to cook."
Nishino Kazuki felt that Shiraishi Mai must be a little jealous. She didn't see it on her face and maybe she was already a little sour in her heart.
Today’s dinner was cooked by Kazuki Nishino alone, so he came out in a hurry after watching the show.
I also practiced a lot of cooking the day before.
"Okay, go right away."
Erika Ikuta looked at Mai Shiraishi, who said: "Kazuki will be cooking today, you can ask him to do whatever you want as an apology to you."
"But -" Shiraishi Mai patted Erika Ikuta's head, "Although you accept his words, don't make the decision to forgive so quickly. We have to do something else before we eat the food."
"What to do?" Nishino Kazuki was a little confused.
"Of course the two of us are sitting here and listening to you tell us about Houli-chan~" Mai Shiraishi smiled broadly, "I have been waiting for this moment for a long time."
"..."
Ikuta Eri placed the pear flower on the table, picked off a page of petals, and crushed them.