Chapter 194: Sakurajima Apricot Gives Fans the Middle Finger

Since they were eating at Aoi’s house, Sakurajima took Hetty home first to bring Nia over, confident that she would be just as happy to hear Natsuki’s brother return.

Aoi Natsuki just came home first into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and looked at the ingredients, things are a little low, but at this point if you go out to the grocery store, you basically can not buy fresh vegetables, which …… he cupped his chin and thought.

“Why don’t we all order Sukiyaki back for dinner tonight?” Long Sakura suggested as she stood back.

“Hmm, sounds good.” Aoi Natsuki nodded, Sukiyaki was actually Japanese hot pot, the flavors would be a bit more on the sweet side, mostly almost beef pots, so the price point was such that ordinary people would only eat it once in a while.

“I’ll just call it online then.” Dragon Sakura pulled out her cell phone.

“Okay, then I’ll transfer the money to you when the time comes.”

“Uh-huh.” Ryuusakura dialed the phone and walked out of the kitchen.

Aoi Natsuki noticed at that moment that January wasn’t home and a thin layer of dust had accumulated on the floor of the house as well as on the tabletop, he poked his head into the living room and saw Lina stepping on the dirty living room floor without her slippers again, he immediately walked over to her with quick steps and exclaimed, “Lina! Shoes, shoes!”

Lina looked down at the sound of it, then realized and turned to return to the carpet.

“Wait.” Natsuki Aoi called out to her, then pulled a wet paper towel from the coffee table before picking up Rina and carrying her to the couch, lifting one of her small feet, the top of which was covered in dust, so there was no choice but to wipe both of them for her.

“Just while we’re at it, let’s both sanitize the area, the cartoons will come later.”

“Mmm.” Lina’s eyes gazed at her clean little feet, and wiggled twice, followed by a tight nod.

With that, the big one and the little one started to get hygienic.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done any hygiene, and it’s a pretty new feeling.

Until a few girls came back, the house was quite clean, just the room temperature is still a little hot, then Aoi Natsuki cleaned Yoshizou’s paws, put it into the house, closed the doors and windows, turned on the cold air conditioning, summer should be a good few days of air conditioning well.

“Good cold fast ……” Nia blinked her thin pure white eyelashes, her voice sounded a lot more bottomed out than before, Aoi Natsuki handed over tissues to everyone and finally walked in front of Nia, the big summer even if it was just a walk on the road, it could be hot to the point of sweating, the Nia is also a head of sweat, he carefully wiped her forehead, and Nia did not say a word, just eyes staring at Natsuki in front of him, his left hand slightly pinched the corner of his coat.

Long Sakura ordered sukiyaki also sent out to the home, at this time a variety of dishes taken out, support the pot, this kind of are borrowed pots, after eating, you can then make an appointment with the store to return the pot, the dining room, the table pots into the sauce, in accordance with the order of the ingredients, Hetty went to the kitchen to get the bowl, to everyone to play a raw egg, beef dipped in raw egg that flavor is a masterpiece.

Everyone was busy, very lively, this atmosphere really, Aoi Natsuki did not hate it, even deep inside there was a little like.

The room quickly filled with cold air, all the people in the body of the summer air dissipated, this feeling is great, in the summer air conditioning, eating hot pot, is the same as in the winter with the heater on, do not cover the blanket is the same comfort.

Soon a group of people on the table, lifting the lid of the pot for a moment, the steaming heat swarmed out, the aroma was overflowing, Aoi at home is not going to eat sukiyaki, so Lina smelled this aroma instantly craved, Aoi Natsuki passed her up raw eggs, telling her that they were for dipping, and then followed by a piece of beef for her.

Lina coated the beef in the egg mixture according to the model, and when it was brought into her mouth, the whole person was so happy that she flew away, and the air around her seemed to blossom into small flowers.

Natsuki Aoi smiled slightly and followed along with the dinner, Apricot Sakurajima volunteering to take the seat to his right, she would always sit in the closest one to Aoi.

“Sakurajima, I just remembered, counting the days, your ban is almost lifted.” Hetty said suddenly.

“Six months, well, time flies.”

“This time …… you still need to be careful with your words, the situation like last time is better not to happen la, that is, you, in other people’s hands, may have been forced to quit the group.” Hetty sighed.

“LUCKY……” Sakurajima mumbled casually, it was clear she wasn’t taking that in, and yeah, if she did then she wouldn’t be Sakurajima Apricot.

“I didn’t expect the idol circle to be quite strict, but it’s forbidden to fall in love, when I see two artists in other circles fall in love, they tend to be much more envious, only the idol circle is different.” Aoi Natsuki said.

“Well …… that’s the industry after all.” Hetty didn’t want to reveal too much, and had to smile awkwardly.

“More rules, less money, that’s pretty much the current state of the idol circle.” Sakurajima Apricot took a sip of tea and said calmly.

“So Hetty why were you even an idol in the first place?” Dragon Sakura asked.

Regarding this, Natsuki Aoi was aware that it was because of her father, but had never properly heard Hetty say anything about it, and had almost always heard about it from Nia.

Hetty stopped her food-pinching movements, thought for a moment, and laughed in agreement, “In the beginning it was because of some force majeure factors, I guess, but then it was actually because of a senior who told me before graduation that an idol is one who gives others hopes and dreams, and that you may not be able to avoid some of the darker sides behind the scenes, but most of them are bright, and the one who is presented in front of the viewers will definitely be a perfect version of you, and I’ve been holding on to that and doing my job as an idol as well as I can.”

“Wow, then you are really quite focused, with this attitude of yours, when the idol retires in the future, in other industries, I believe that you can also be like a fish in water.” Long Sakura’s heart was appreciating this kind of hardworking person.

For her dedication, Aoi Natsuki and Sakurajima are also in the eyes, the stage of the bright and shiny, under the stage may be countless sweat hundreds of thousands of hours.

“It’s not easy na.” Sakurajima apricot then gave Hetty a piece of beef.

“Thanks.”

“So how old did that senior of yours who taught you graduate? Never been in love?”

“Watanabe-senpai, …… I think he’s 26? It’s true that there have been no rumors of a boyfriend in the 14 years he’s been an idol, so he’s a perfect idol.”

“Fourteen years! That’s awesome.” Natsuki Aoi marveled.

“I don’t suppose you have a favorite boy right now then Hetty?” Dragon Sakura asked suddenly.

Hetty’s hand holding the chopsticks shook, “That, that’s for sure! My dream is also to become a perfect idol, falling in love, how can I ……”

“Sister, are you telling the truth?” Nia raised her head and looked at her sister without any expression of dullness.

Hetty’s face tightened, then she solemnly fixed her gaze on Nia, “Of course it’s true!”

“Why get so serious with a kid, eat eat eat.” Aoi Natsuki intends to skip this topic, then mentioned about Nia’s schooling, and the subsequent topic always becomes serious, Hetty asks every detail when mentioning Nia, so many questions Aoi didn’t think of, so she had to let Lina write it out a little bit on the writing board to do the explanation.

Hetty was still a little worried, but when she saw Lena writing on her writing pad that she was having a great time living on campus, she was finally relieved and planned to take a day to talk to the admissions teacher about enrollment.

The two little ones were thrilled to hear that they could go to the same elementary school as each other, and a rare surprise appeared on Nia’s dull face as she held hands with Lina and hugged them, and as Hetty looked at them, a spoiled smile slowly spread across her face.

……

The idle summer vacation was expected to pass just like that, but unexpectedly just one day in August, an internet news caught the attention of Aoi Natsuki who was having lunch.

“The father of a famous top idol owes millions of dollars? Now he’s run away and has become a scapegoat!”

This piece of news was directly topped the top three search hits, Aoi Natsuki didn’t care about this kind of entertainment news itself, but when he saw that the accompanying picture was Hetty’s picture, he realized with a jolt.

Previously when he heard about this matter, he took the initiative to avoid it, thinking that it was someone else’s private matter, or do not pry into it, but never thought that it would be over ten million dollars, wow, that’s not a small amount of money na.

Aoi Natsuki then opened the news and took a cursory look, and found that it was not 10 million, but 30 million! Basically are gambling gambling loss, gambling harm ah, always feel that their next hand can flip, but in fact a lot of gambling is not probability, but other people well-designed scam waiting for you to jump, this news also tells some Hetty’s things, but this kind of news Aoi Natsuki are half-believe, surely there is exaggerated part of the understanding of the news or to have their own subjective judgment, can not be believed in its entirety.

Natsuki Aoi turned to visit Hetty’s Twitter, and as expected, it was directly attacked by fans.

Overwhelming tirades, water army and black powder crazy paste copy bad comments, obviously this matter is Hetty’s father’s fault, but the bad influence still all fall on Hetty’s body, open the first few of the comments, those yin and yang words make Aoi Natsuki, who has always been characterized by an open-minded character, feel a ball of fire in the stomach.

The idol world is quite a strange environment, and Sakurajima wasn’t really wrong when he said there’s a lot going on and a lot of money.

The news was released at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and as of yet there has been no response from Hetty herself.

Well …… Aoi Natsuki looked at the screen and fell into deep thought, wanting to be busy to be able to do something, but as a commoner and not helpful, his eyes looked out the window, should he make a trip to Hetty’s house to see how things are …… The distance between the two homes is only a few hundred meters, she will be At home? Or is she already urgently trying to find a way to public relations? He had no way of knowing.

Another two hours passed, and he noticed that the comments under the official number had almost doubled, but what was striking was that there would still be a group of reasonable fans trying to refute it, and the whole comment section was a mess, and he only looked at it twice before closing it.

“Ai.” Aoi Natsuki let out a sigh, and it was at that moment that a knock sounded outside the house.

Aoi Natsuki stood up, close to the balcony, looked at the iron doorway, and realized it was a girl with a lace cap on her head, the distance was too far away, it was a little hard to see what she looked like, he then returned to the corridor, opened the entrance door, and came all the way to the iron doorway, when he opened the doorway, he was shocked, “Sakurajima?!”

“Yo.” Sakurajima Apricot extended her right index finger and circled it in the air.

Today she is wearing a very special dress, a gothic loli dress, the whole dress is made up of complicated designs as well as black fabric, black lace, and a silk neckband at the neck, this, this, this ……

Aoi Natsuki was too surprised to speak.

Sakurajima’s thighs were straight and white, and she wore a pair of strappy heels that showed off her feet in a sexy yet mysterious way.

“You, what kind of outfit are you in?”

“Is there a problem?” Sakurajima Apricot looked down at her entire body, impassive.

“Of course I have, do you think you’re cosplaying?” Aoi Natsuki didn’t even have the eyes to see, even though it’s true that dressing up has a different charm, it’s too weird to dress up like this in everyday life, right?

“Oh, you didn’t know? I need to cover a shift at the akb mini-theater tonight, supposedly it’s a script and I’m going to play one of the characters, and this is what it’ll look like with makeup on, how about that?” Sakurajima Apricot’s slender fingers pinched the flared cuffs and displayed them in front of Aoi, circling around the spot.

The hem of the skirt undulates from centrifugal force and looks kinda like that.

“So it is.” Is akb small theater that’s not unusual, itself akb’s hit clothing is very group characteristics, take a closer look, this a gothic dress, in the design is also very akb’s style, makeup Sakurajima almost do not need to make up, only need to slightly embellish the color of the air with lipstick can be.

“So you came to my house for something?”

“Well, I’d like to invite you over to see the little theater tonight.”

“Tonight? But I don’t suppose you can book tickets at this time?”

“Never mind, I have them here.” Sakurajima conjured up two tickets from somewhere and handed them to Aoi.

“Is there something wrong with inviting me to a small theater all of a sudden?” Natsuki Aoi asked curiously as she took the tickets.

“Tonight, Hetty will be on the field, too.”

Natsuki Aoi froze, her eyebrows then tightened, her voice becoming a whisper as she said, “After all this, do we still have to go on?”

“Well, that’s why I’m going to trouble you to be the bodyguard, please~” Sakurajima Apricot leaned forward and put her hands together with her palms together, saying with a teasing face, and with the addition of this gothic dress, the killing power was quite amazing.

“No kidding, at least find some stronger ones, what’s with finding me.” Aoi Natsuki averted her eyes.

Apricot Sakurajima shrinks back and nods lightly, “Fair enough, but it’s still highly recommended.”

“6:50 Well, after eating, it’s about time to rush over, is it Hetty’s old boss that asked her to continue on stage?” Aoi Natsuki asked again.

Sakurajima Apricot’s eyes gazed at Aoi as she slowly said, “I guess it’s her own insistence, it’s not that easy to become the perfect idol.”

Perfect Idol ……

It was a concept that Hetty had brought up at the last dinner, she had set her mind on being the perfect idol and had kept working hard, eventually climbing to second place in the AKB annual general election at the age of seventeen in just over two years was quite incredible, but times and events tended to have their ups and downs, and right now this was clearly something that she was going to have to overcome.

Natsuki Arai looked at the ticket, and after three or four seconds of silence, she nodded, “Well, I understand, I’ll go see it, then you cheer up more tonight too.”

“I know.” Sakurajima immediately squirmed and swayed his body at the sound of Aoi’s cheering, while his thin nails raked across his chest, an itch that made Natsuki Aoi flinch back.

“Hurry back, you should rehearse more before the theater starts, you don’t want to give Hetty a hard time tonight.”

“Eh~ But I only have a total of two lines tonight.”

“You’ll have to practice your two lines a lot and work on your characterization too, so that’s it, I’ll see you tonight.” Aoi Natsuki saw Sakurajima Apricot reluctantly put her hand on the iron door’s frame, then her upper hand wrenched her fingers apart one by one and winked at her.

Sakurajima Apricot looked at him grudgingly, but still nodded her head and extended her left hand, her thumb crossed with her forefinger, and quietly gave him a heart, and when Aoi Natsuki saw it, her cheeks immediately blushed and she pursed her lips, and then closed the iron door.

This guy doesn’t know how to be shy.

……

At five forty in the evening, Aoi Natsuki ate a good dinner with Lina, and then hurriedly left Genkan Gate, Yusuke’s small electric donkey is still mailed at his house, and never came to pick it up, just to avoid the evening rush hour, he put on his mask, and took Lina all the way to Chiyoda Ward to ride.

Thinking back to the last time I came with Hayakawa, the layout of the entrance had barely changed.

The standing sign at the entrance posted the contents of tonight’s show, and it was obvious to Natsuki Aoi that there were more people this time than in the beginning, and it was still predominantly male.

Aoi Natsuki pulled Lina’s hand tightly, waited until fifteen minutes before the opening of the small theater to enter the venue, and found his own seat to take a seat, he had only heard singing with Hayakawa before, but it was the first time he had ever seen acting, and Lina was surprised to see this situation, looking east and west.

Aoi Natsuki ears from time to time can hear someone mention the name of Hetty’s group, Nanjou Nanjou speak non-stop, the atmosphere is also far more rowdy than in the beginning, everyone sits in the position is still bench, this is a tradition that has always been handed down, the intention is to be able to let the idol closer to the fans to interact with the fans, so the first row of the fan seats from the stage is even less than two meters away, he is a little worried about the situation of the past meeting, and then pull Lina He was a little worried about what would happen, so he pulled Lina closer to him and waited for the stage play to begin.

The lights dimmed and the theater officially began as a crowd of fans on stage began to cheer and keep shaking the glow sticks in their hands.

The fans didn’t seem to be as frenzied as Natsuki Aoi thought they would be, instead they really started to watch the show quietly, with the very young graduate students or some of the team members who had plenty of time on their hands coming out.

In terms of acting, Aoi Natsuki felt a little awkward, but there was no excuse, the girls on stage were singing and dancing idols, acting was not a specialty, and looking around at the fans, they were all looking forward to it, and for them to have that level of anticipation would be completely enough.

Rina watched with great interest until a popping sound rang out, Sakurajima Apricot in that gothic outfit slowly walked out from the side, while countless cheers instantly rang out from the stage, the rising and falling sound startled Aoi Natsuki, at this time he felt superficial, the applause given to those girls at the beginning was nothing, once Sakurajima appeared, she became the sole focus.

Sakurajima apricot on the stage facing such a hot atmosphere a face expressionless, but this is precisely in line with her character image, that cold expression straight poked all the audience present xp, not only the boys, there are a lot of girls in the shrill screams, take out their cell phones to take pictures all the time, obviously a villainous character, but actually got the popularity of so many people, it is true that the idol stage drama is really a scene to see the face of the scene.

By the end of what Sakurajima actually said, Aoi Natsuki didn’t even hear it, she only saw her step down from the stage after finishing as if she had accomplished her task, and just like that the performance still mesmerized many people.

Then after Sakurajima stepped down, Hetty was next.

I’m sure there are a lot of people here for Hetty.

Aoi Natsuki gulped, and waited for another five minutes, finally dressed in a white dress, sweet-looking Hetty walked on stage, in the spotlight she was very beautiful, even Aoi Natsuki looked dumbfounded, the whole room was also immediately quiet for two seconds, but then the situation was just as Aoi Natsuki expected, he immediately heard a large number of booing in his ears, one wave after another.

This bad press had affected her quite a bit, and it was surprising that she was willing to continue to go on stage. Aoi Natsuki gazed at Hetty on the stage, as if she hadn’t heard the boos from the stage at all, and continued her performance.

Hetty’s level of performance was far superior to the others in Aoi’s opinion, and even in the midst of a chorus of boos, she continued to perform unaffected.

It was unbelievable to Natsuki Arai, sitting in the audience, that the rest of the actors on stage were so intimidated by the situation that they could only stumble and follow their words, and the sense of vicariousness became extremely poor, and when it came time for Hetty to speak, she was able to pull you back into the play with her superb performance.

The noise around her was so loud that Rina got scared just listening to it, closing her eyes and clinging to Natsuki’s arm.

Seeing that the mocking voice did not affect her, a part of the audience changed their wording and began to yell, “Step down! With the herd mentality, soon the entire audience was unified in shouting, “Get off the stage! Get off the stage!”

The regular, rhythmic sound is like a siren, and each ringing causes no small amount of alarm to the actors on stage.

Natsuki Aoi was silent, his gaze always still on Hetty.

Yes, she still struggles to perform her part well with heart and soul.

Aoi Natsuki noticed that her cheeks were visibly red and there were tendons popping up at her neck. I believe that she must have had a lot of struggles in her heart, but in the end, she still wanted to present her best in front of the audience…is this, the meaning of a perfect idol ……

Hetty played the role of the positive character who mentally enlightened the protagonist at the end, and after saying that, she hurriedly went off the stage, and even cheered underneath when she went off the stage, Aoi Natsuki was so angry that his breath became short, grimacing, and after watching Hetty’s performance, he was admiring her, but he was still exasperated by the trashy fans at the scene, and he directly got up, pulling Lina and preparing to leave the place.

He had just reached the door of the theater when a different kind of gasp came from behind him.

He turned back, surprised to find Sakurajima walked onto the stage at this time, just now her scene Aoi Natsuki have seen, that time she is not all curtain call it, this time how she suddenly came on stage again.

“Awwwwwww!” Rina yelled, pointing at Sakurajima-san on the stage.

The entire focus of the room fell on Sakurajima Apricot alone.

This was followed by another act that was unimaginable to everyone in the room.

Sakurajima Apricot raised the middle finger of her right hand with an indifferent face in front of all of them.