The Luster of Stars in Moscow
⁇ 18
"You'd better hug her like that" Rafael instructed Demian. "Cheri, do it like that!"
Demian sighed and returned to the middle.
Rafael went back to his desk. "Remember, Cheri!" He repeated his commands before sitting down. "Like that!"
"I understand" said Cheri.
I don't know why it tasted so good, thought Cheri. I can animate the Beautiful naturally.
Demian lay back down.
Cheri scatted and scooped it up. "I'm back. I miss you!"
Demian extended her hand to Cheri's face.
Cheri hugged her and Demian hugged her back. Just like Rafael did. But Cheri failed to repeat such a scene.
Rafael groaned in annoyance.
Cyzarine chuckled again. "So that was just a coincidence?" jeered. "It turns out this kid is nothing!"
What exactly is going on? Cheri groaned in frustration. I tried acting like that. But when I looked up, all I saw was Demian.
He was completely different from the image of the Ugly One I had in mind!
"You can do better than this, right?" Rafael breaks his desk. "What's going on?"
"I can't do it." Cheri confessed. "Why don't you know if Demian's co-star, the beauty in me doesn't want to come out!"
Demian glared at him.
The whole room held its breath.
Cheri gulped and bowed. "So-sorry," he hissed.
Rafael let out a heavy sigh and moved from his stool. "Rest, today is done!" He announced as he turned around, then hurried to leave the room.
Everyone in the room looked at Cheri with a hostile look.
Why should I say it? Regretfully.
Demian tightened his jaw and turned his back to Cheri, then rushed after Rafael. "The child's teaching is not just acting, but attitude!" the protest was on Rafael.
"Oh, comeon!" sergeant Rafael. "You yourself say a lot about him all the time. Blatantly ridicule him. Is this my fault too?"
"The truth is he can't act!" Demian insists.
Rafael stopped his steps and turned to Demian.
"The boy clearly doesn't understand the situation in this theater!" Demian raised his voice. "If you don't want to teach him, I don't want to play with that kid!"
"You—"
"You're the one who paired up with him!" concluded Demian.
Rafael fell silent.
Demian turned around and left him.
Cyzarine rushed after him.
Rafael glanced at the girl in passing, then noticed the backs of the two after they walked side by side.
"This double cast is useless, right?" Cyzarine.
Demian looked over and squinted his eyes.
"Because of this double cast idea, the scenario has been changed a lot, the scene of the Ugly Bad is reduced, the dialogue of the Beautiful is multiplied and in the end everyone is harmed."
Demian did not answer.
"Listen, Demian!" Cyzarine was poking next to his arm. "You don't have to wait until the first day of the performance to make things clear."
Demian stopped his steps and turned once more to Cyzarine.
The girl brought her mouth closer to Demian's ears. "You can prove right now, in front of everyone, that Cheri Dutchskova is not worthy of pairing with you. "I've had enough myself, right?" He adds.
Demian knitted both of his eyebrows.
Demian bowed and thought hard.
Cyzarine patted her shoulder once more, then passed leaving the man.
In the costume room…
"I didn't mean to say it. Everyone hates me now!" murmured Cheri while wriggling watching Sesha's hand that was struggling to match the dress material she would make for Cheri.
"If you think about it. Rafael is indeed too pampering you," said Sesha as she wrapped the dress material around Cheri's waist. "To prove this costume, he still told me to work on it. Though there is a rule that every female member must make her own costume."
"Sorry," said Cheri with his special childish expression. "I don't know!"
Sesha stripped the material from Cheri's body. "Already," he said. "Wear your clothes again!"
Cheri snatched his sweatshirt from the dresser.
"Listen, Cheri!" Sesha said while folding the materials earlier. "In addition to Rafael and Mikail, Demian was also the leader in this theater. Although Rafael is the director, Demian is more respected because he is older. Mikail was only responsible as the administrative manager, but Demian was in charge of all the members. They were both Rafael's right hand and Rafael's left hand. Without either of them, this theater would falter."
"But, isn't Rafael a genius?" Cheri put both his hands into his sweatshirt arms one by one.
"Genius will only be useful if the problems of relations and financial affairs are in order" Sesha argued. "Especially because Rafael's temperament is also explosive. After all, a drama can't be done alone."
Cheri stunned. Right too, he thought. I have to apologize to Demian! He decided.
At the same time, a young boy suddenly barges into the room, while Cheri is unfinished wearing his sweatshirt.
"Saah! Look at the glue.." The boy hung up his sentence and glared at the b r a that Cheri was wearing.
Kyle? Cheri squealed in surprise and reflexively pelted the boy with whatever was nearby then hurriedly pulled down his sweatshirt. "What are you doing here?"
"Kyle is a new member of the creative team, a line of staff who take care of the stage setting" Sesha explained.
"Huh?" Cheri.
Kyle grinned.
"He's very skilled," praised Sesha.
"Look at this," Kyle said as he patted the door leaf where he was standing.
Cheri frowned.
"That door was broken before" said Sesha. "Kyle just replaced it by utilizing makeshift materials from the warehouse."
Cheri approached Kyle and examined the door closely.
The surface of the door at a glance does look normal, but if you pay close attention, look pieces of wood that are connected and patched here and there. But Kyle arranges it in such a way that each joint is neatly arranged and looks balanced.
Clever too, praised Cheri inwardly.
Kyle came back grinning. "I'm happy to volunteer here" he said enthusiastically.
"That's called addiction, Kyle!" Someone teased him from the front door.
"Well, yeah! Addicted to work that does not make money" others chimed in.
Cheri looked out. Surprised by the noise he had just realized.
Some of the boys were busy across the corridor in front of the costume room.
Just for the sake of a stage show, they all work this facet? thought Cheri.
Kyle laughed grimly while scratching the back of his head that did not feel itchy. "Like it, anyway!"
"A drama cannot be done alone."
Sesha's words flashed in his mind.
I was wrong to say that to Demian, Cheri thought. Just because I have not been able to explore the character of the Beautiful, I think that if not Rafael who plays the role of the Ugly, I can not act. Absolutely amateur!
"Hey! Why are you still daydreaming?" Kyle leaned closer to Cheri's face.
Cheri blinked and gulped.
"I'm here to support you" Kyle whispered with a grin.