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Chapter 5: He Likes to Tear (k)

"Well, that should be about right."

After about two hours, Kitagawa Rumi looked at the finished product in front of her with satisfaction, nodded, waved her hand neatly, and made her own judgment.

After all, when it comes to cooking skills, Kurokawa Akane's level is even higher than hers, plus there's Kana Arima who is equally smart and quick to learn. Although it's called "teaching", in fact, Kitagawa Rumi spends most of her time just teaching the two of them some issues that should be paid attention to during live broadcasts and some other little tricks when facing real-time cameras. As for the cooking part, it can only be said that Kurokawa Akane's final product is much better than her previous ones.

During these two hours of working together, Kitagawa Rumi also discovered that the two people in front of her really had an inexplicable sense of complementarity. For example, Kurokawa Akane is quite good at cooking, but because it was her first time facing a real-time camera like a live broadcast, she inevitably felt a little unnatural and awkward. Although Arima Kana was only involved in some minor work in cooking, her many years of acting career allowed her to be at ease in front of the camera and the audience, as natural as breathing, and she even took the initiative to propose several small interactions of her own design that might be popular with the audience.

"Akaine and Kana, take a break first. We'll practice again later."

Kitagawa Rumi smiled and untied her apron, then spoke apologetically:

"I practice dancing at this time every day."

"Well, we were the ones who came to disturb Ruby today. Ruby should just follow her own schedule. Kana and I are also ready to take a break."

Kurokawa Akane knew this habit of Kitagawa Rumi, and he pulled Arima Kana's sleeve slightly. The two of them went to the living room together, each got a glass of water from the water dispenser, and then sat on the sofa, watching Kitagawa Rumi go into the bedroom to change clothes.

Seeing that Arima Kana was quite silent, Kurokawa Akane thought that she was a little upset because Kitagawa Rumi left them alone, so she immediately explained for her bestie:

"Ruby has always had the habit of practicing dance. Before I met her, she started learning dance when she was about three or four years old. She is also the dancer in ACE. In the past two years, she has basically practiced dance at this time. It seems that it is because around four o'clock in the afternoon, the human body temperature will reach the highest, the muscles will become active, the heartbeat and blood pressure will be more stable, the body's functions will be better, and the risk of injury will be greatly reduced."

As she spoke, she pointed to a small area specially opened up on the other side of the living room, where a series of dance practice facilities such as dance poles, dance mirrors, and dance mats were placed:

"The company also has a dedicated dance studio, but Ruby is used to practicing dance every day, so it's convenient for her to practice while resting at home. She also bought these when she was renovating the house."

Arima Kana was originally still thinking about the matter between Kitagawa Rumi and Kitagawa Ryo, but was interrupted by Kurokawa Akane's "misunderstanding". She simply suppressed her thoughts temporarily and casually agreed:

"No wonder Ruby has such a great figure."

Although actors will always pay attention to their physical training, they basically just need to maintain a well-proportioned body. More often it is to cultivate the spirit that comes naturally from the inside out, such as the requirements for specific postures such as sitting, standing, walking, and running.

"really."

Kurokawa Akane nodded in agreement. After all, she had slept with Kitagawa Rumi many times in the past two years and was quite familiar with the appearance of her best friend.

In a sense, Kitagawa Rumi has truly grown from a reserve beautiful girl idol to a truly active and super popular beautiful girl idol. When she and Kitagawa Ryo accidentally appeared in the same frame during a live broadcast, some people couldn't help but complain that the two of them really looked like real siblings in terms of appearance.

After the two chatted for a while, Kitagawa Rumi, who had changed into tight sports bra and slim yoga pants, came out of the bedroom again. Her long golden hair had been tied into a fixed bun, revealing her white and slender neck, and her whole temperament became more refreshed.

Compared to the young Akane Kurokawa who is just beginning to show her buds, and Kana Arima who is still almost tube-shaped and childish, Rumi Kitagawa who will be 17 years old next year has basically completely developed her figure and size. She has been practicing dance for many years, and her curves from chest to waist and hips are well-proportioned. The curvature and proportion between her thighs and calves are also almost perfect, and she looks even tighter and rounder in the slim yoga pants.

After stretching her body slightly, Kitagawa Rumi skillfully began to do some warm-up movements with the help of the dance pole, stretching her legs and raising her hips, and doing two horizontal and vertical splits. Then she took the elastic band on the rack on the side and tied it around her lower thigh near the knee, and practiced side walking.

As if she felt that the atmosphere in the living room was a little silent, Kitagawa Rumi took the initiative to point at the elastic band and casually found a topic to talk about:

"This elastic band is very suitable for muscle training. If Kana and Xiaoqian are interested, you can take one home and try it. I have been using it to train my buttocks and legs recently, and the effect is quite good."

Because they are all girls, Kitagawa Rumi also has a sharing mentality. She practiced and explained openly:

"For me, I have been doing four exercises during this period: sidewalks, squats, jumping jacks and hip abductions with elastic bands."

“…It can be seen that it is indeed very effective.”

“The feedback is quite obvious.”

Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane looked at each other, then nodded in affirmation.

All they can say is that they finally fully understood why the Kitagawa family had a house rule that forbade walking around the house in underwear. After all, if they put themselves in the perspective of love, Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana didn't think they would let their husbands, who had no blood relationship with them and were so charming and lovely, show up at home dressed like that.

At least in terms of physical condition, she can no longer be considered a child.

After practicing dancing in front of the dance mirror to the music for almost an hour, Kitagawa Rumi took a shower and soon walked out of the bathroom with her hair slightly wet and steaming.

"If it's inconvenient for Ruby to be alone, let me blow dry Ruby's hair."

At this time, Kurokawa Akane had already picked up the hair dryer and spoke with a smile. When she occasionally stayed at the Kitagawa family before, she and Kitagawa Rumi would often blow dry each other's hair, so she was quite familiar with it.

"Okay, thank you Xiao Qian for your help."

Kitagawa Rumi was not polite, she sat comfortably on the sofa like a cat, squinting her eyes, and said with some envy:

"Every time I think about growing my hair shorter like Xiaoqian and Kana, it will definitely be more convenient than it is now."

Arima Kana has had short hair since she was a child. Although she has kept her hair long for a short period of time because of playing roles with long hair, most of the time she uses hair extensions or wigs. After hearing what Kitagawa Rumi said, she pouted at Kurokawa Akane:

"Ruby wants to keep it short, but Akane is planning on keeping it long."

Kurokawa Akane's hair length was not much different from hers before, but in recent times she seems to have intentionally grown her hair long. Although it is still not as long as Kitagawa Rumi's, who has been growing her hair long for almost a decade, it is now long enough to reach her shoulders.

"Yeah."

After hearing Magana's words, Kitagawa Rumi turned back in surprise to confirm, and only then did she realize that her friend Kurokawa Akane's hair was indeed much longer than before:

"If you want to grow your hair long, you can come to me and ask for tips on hair care. I have a lot of experience in these areas. My brother has said that my hair is very nice to touch."

Speaking of this, Kitagawa Rumi also raised her chin slightly, looking somewhat proud.

"Well, I'll be sure to ask Ruby for advice then."

Kurokawa Akane responded with a smile while stroking his friend's silky hair and casually said:

"Does Ryo-senpai often blow dry Ruby's hair when you're at home?"

"If we meet by chance, then yes, but sometimes I even use my hair dryer to blow dry Hotaru's hair after she takes a bath. I think that's a bit too much."

Although she said this, it seemed that she was recalling some scenes from the past. Kitagawa Rumi tilted her head slightly and supported her cheek. She stretched out her right hand and unconsciously played with the strands of hair that fell beside her cheek, her fingers circling around the ends of her hair.

"But it hasn't happened since we moved out. My brother is such a jerk. He always comes over during the day when I'm not at home. He even comes over after dinner to take a walk with me. I go to his place more often than he comes to mine. Sometimes when I miss Ying, I'll go over to see her and touch her."

But immediately, Kitagawa Rumi pouted a little dissatisfied, complained a little, and lowered her head in a gloomy manner:

"Although I can understand that he is indeed very busy recently, and he also has to deal with the pressure from Johnny's Office..."

"Ok?"

Hearing Kitagawa Rumi talking about Johnny's Office, Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana were both stunned. The former paused for a moment, and the latter spoke without hesitation:

"What's wrong? Ryo-senpai and Johnnys."

At this time, Kitagawa Rumi realized that she had only told Samejima Abiko and MEM-chu about this matter, and subconsciously ignored the younger Kurokawa Akane and never told the other party about this matter.

But since she had said it unintentionally, Kitagawa Rumi simply didn't bother to hide it anymore. She told everyone that Kitagawa Ryo did not go to the set of "Tomorrow, Mom and Dad Are Away" that day but went to the Johnny's office for negotiations, and his strange performance when he came back, as well as what she had inquired and speculated about afterwards.

"Is there such a thing?"

For Akane Kurokawa, who has been well protected by his family since childhood and has only worked for the LALALAI Theater Company and Kitagawa Ryo's personal agency since his debut, this is even more real and directly physically malicious than those comments on the Internet.

"It's very common, but because it's Johnny's, no one has really exposed it. This kind of situation in the industry... If I wasn't so young before, I wouldn't have suspected that my mother contacted some director in order to make me famous."

Compared to the extremely shocked Kurokawa Akane, Arima Kana, who has been in the entertainment industry for so long, was not much surprised, but her delicate face became a little colder:

"If Ryo-senpai wasn't already famous at that time, and if he wasn't a trainee in the agency whose career was decided by Kitagawa, maybe—"

"Yeah, so I'd rather rely on my own efforts to get on the Tokyo Dome than have my brother get involved with Johnny's Office again. It would be best if all these scumbags were put in jail."

Kitagawa Rumi nodded and pursed her lips hard:

"So I can understand why my brother hasn't come to see me much recently. Besides, he's been busy with his new drama and this matter recently. Every time I see him, he looks very tired and stressed."

"Sister Ai seemed to have said something similar to Ruby before. I remember it was on the set that day?"

Kurokawa Akane reached out and stroked Kitagawa Rumi's hair and said something uncertainly.

"Well, at that time, I also said that I hope to find some practical ways to help Liang Senior relieve stress and relax. I think I also mentioned what Liang Senior likes the most."

Compared to Kurokawa Akane, whose memory is a little vague, Arima Kana remembers it more clearly, and she still often feels bothered by the second half of the sentence that Kitagawa Ai didn't say at that time. What exactly does Kitagawa Ryo like, an object or a method?

"I see. No wonder a wedding dress arrived at home two days later. It turned out that Ai and my sister had prepared it long ago."

Kitagawa Rumi raised her head slightly and murmured in a daze. Perhaps it was because she moved out and lived alone for a while, the familiar way of addressing someone had regressed. She hurriedly changed it after saying the other person's name.

"Wedding dress? So Senior Liang likes this? But I seem to have read in a book that facing the increasingly familiar life pattern after marriage, this sense of surprise and freshness can effectively maintain the relationship between husband and wife."

Kurokawa Akane nodded thoughtfully, but immediately spoke with some doubt:

"But the wedding dress you wore when you got married should still be there, right? Sister Ai hasn't had any children since her marriage, and her figure hasn't changed, so it shouldn't be too old for her to wear, right?"

"…I'm a little embarrassed, but including the new one, both of these wedding dresses have probably been turned into pieces and ended up in the recycling yard."

Kitagawa Rumi twitched her lips, and thought of the scraps of yarn she saw in the large garbage bag that foreshadowed fierceness and madness:

"My brother probably prefers the tearing method."

However, it seemed that she felt that it was not good to say so, so Kitagawa Rumi simply ended the topic and touched her hair:

"The hair is almost dry now—let's hurry up and practice again, since we've wasted so much time."

Kitagawa Rumi said this, and Arimakana and Kurokawa Akane nodded. The three of them tied their aprons again and entered the kitchen again.

When the second practice was still going smoothly halfway, Arima Kana suddenly spoke a little embarrassedly:

"Excuse me, can I use the bathroom at Ruby's house?"

"Well, it's okay."

After getting the other party's permission, Arima Kana quickened her pace a little and walked straight out of the kitchen with a slightly anxious attitude.

She had noticed just now that Kitagawa Rumi did not close the bedroom door after changing her clothes. The door was ajar, leaving a narrow gap.

On the way to the bathroom passing by there, Arimakana glanced in there casually and saw a small part of the arrangement of the beds inside.

It was almost exactly the same thing she had seen in the third-floor bedroom of the Kitagawa family.

Sure enough, just like what they saw at Miyazaki's place four years ago, Kitagawa Rumi had more than just familial thoughts towards Ryo-senpai.

At that time, she could only express this passionate feeling by kissing.

But now——

Arima Kana couldn't help but think of the image of Kitagawa Rumi practicing dance, which she had just seen.

There is so much more she can do.

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After finishing a whole afternoon of live broadcast practice, when Arimagana returned home, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening.

It was a very productive day.

Arimaka sat alone on the sofa in the living room, slowly closing his eyes and thinking.

Not only did he confirm Kitagawa Rumi's almost obvious thoughts as expected, but he also obtained unexpected valuable information.

Thinking of this, Arimakana stood up and walked into her room, and took out a piece of clothing that had been hanging in the closet for regular maintenance.

It was a flower girl dress that was similar in style to a wedding dress, but with less decoration.

As if possessed by some mysterious force, Arima Kana tried to put it on again.

Although the clothes were worn three years ago, she hadn't made much progress in terms of height or figure in recent years, yet she managed to fit into them barely enough.

It is indeed very narrow and cramped.

The skirt, which originally went past the knees, could only barely cover half of the thighs. The cuffs of the short-sleeved top were directly squeezed onto the shoulders, exposing all of Oubai's arms.

Arima Kana reached out and gently stroked her waist and abdomen, which were the tightest part, vaguely outlining the shape of her small belly button.

It seems that only a slight force is needed to tear it apart completely.

Chapter 4: No Ties (5k)

The popularity of the second season of "Homeless Children" has not improved even after the sixth episode, and the time-sharing ratings have fallen below 20%. The remaining audience includes the most loyal fans of the series and passers-by who only watch the TV series broadcast in this time period and don't care what is broadcast, and almost only the self-media staff who are waiting for it to be updated and updating the criticism and complaining videos and related reports as soon as possible.

In sharp contrast, the popularity of "Tomorrow, Mom and Dad Are Away" is still rising. After attracting a group of viewers who came from "Homeless" and were interested in social-themed TV dramas from a children's perspective, it has once again reached new highs in terms of TV ratings and discussion on the Internet.

In particular, the acting skills displayed by Akane Kurokawa at the end of the third episode and the fourth episode made the character of "Mailbox" leave a deep impression on the audience, and the discussion and praise about her became more and more heated.

It is better to say that from this moment on, Kurokawa Akane, as the leading actor, has truly lived up to the title of "leading actor" in terms of public attention. Many tabloids and marketing accounts have not hesitated to say that for the sake of traffic, the industry now needs teenage actors like Kurokawa Akane who have systematically studied acting and trained in a theater troupe for two years and are professionally trained. The era of child stars who can become popular just by being cute is over.

There is no doubt that Kitagawa Ryo's previous prediction was correct. Under the deliberate instigation of the media, many fans of Arima Kana actually developed a bad impression towards Kurokawa Akane, whom they didn't know at all. Some even worried that after she became famous, the agency would shift the resources originally given to Arima Kana to her.

When facing their idols, fans are always the best at comforting themselves, speculating on themselves and then breaking down their own defenses. They can easily fall into the collective illusion that their idols are being targeted by everyone, surrounded by malice from the whole world, and that only they, the most loyal fans, are protecting and supporting them.

But at this juncture when the direction of public opinion was somewhat delicate, Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa, who had rarely appeared in front of the media or accepted interviews from reporters since the new drama was aired, unexpectedly accepted exclusive interviews from several major newspapers. At the same time, a promotional video was released or forwarded by a series of accounts including the official account of "Tomorrow", the agency, Kana Arima, Akane Kurokawa and Kitagawa Ryo's personal accounts.

The video, which is composed of real video footage from the past, a series of shots that were reshot later, the memories of specially invited industry insiders including Kitagawa Ryo, Kindaichi Toshiro, and Koreeda Hirokazu, and the exclusive interviews with Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana, has been forwarded and commented on in a rapid manner in seconds, and has become a hot trend of the day within a few minutes.

Frankly speaking, before the official exposure, almost no one would have thought that Kana Arima, who has been active in the industry as a child star since she was three or four years old and is now one of the hottest actors, and Akane Kurokawa, who was almost unknown in the industry before she was ten years old and only became famous in the drama world in the past two years and entered the public eye with the new drama "Tomorrow" this year. These two people who seem to have nothing in common are actually "from the same school", close friends who have studied acting together, competed together and made progress together since childhood.

Combined with the two people's remarks and gestures in the media interview just now in which they affirmed each other and promised to work together in the future, certain public opinions that were already stirring were suppressed in an instant and disappeared without a trace.

After all, for a considerable number of fans, the attitude of the main character will still affect their perspective on things and people. Now they know that Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane, whom they originally planned to attack, are actually good friends for almost ten years. The hostility and ill will that was not very strong to begin with and was simply stirred up by the media also dissipated immediately. Their minds immediately entered the stage where there must be nothing wrong with what the people I promote like and what likes the people I promote.

As for more passers-by who have no stance to begin with, this kind of orthodox friendship drama itself is very popular. In an instant, names such as Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke quickly emerged. For a time, whether it was Kana Arima, who had been working hard in the videos and was called a genius child star after becoming famous and never gave up the pursuit of more exquisite acting skills, or Akane Kurokawa, who was equally indomitable and finally began to shine at this moment after countless defeats to Kana Arima. Both received praise from many audiences, and many people took this as an opportunity to officially become fans of these two people.