“You look great, Aki, very royal, lots of makeup” Ren tells me before winking. He tells me that every makeup session, so almost every day, as a bit of a joke. The wink says that if he could, he would be saying it in a sarcastic tone, if not for all the makeup artists and other people all around. It's a known fact between everyone around me that I absolutely hate getting my makeup done, and I hate wearing it too. I don’t exactly know why I hate it so much, but I do. So It’s pretty funny whenever Ren comments on it.
Right now I am sitting in a makeup chair getting ready for the broadcast. I need to look extra perfect for the announcement my dad is making, though I need to look perfect for every other broadcast and other public event I do too. The smell of hair spray, makeup and other types of chemicals is way too strong, and it's starting to give me a headache. I sigh as I look at myself in the mirror, half covered in makeup before asking Ren, “Hey Ren, give me some headache medicine, my head is starting to bother me from all the strong smells in here”. He hands it to me with no questions and I immediately dry swallow it.
“Hey Izled come here”, I call out, I may as well get some planning in for my next fundraiser and I need Izled to help take notes. “What do you need Aki?” She asks, “Can you just help me with taking notes on my new fundraiser?” I ask, kinda hesitantly. “Wait, aren't I your guard?” she responds, probably jokingly but honestly I can't tell, I need to get better at that. “Well ummm… I… Errr… you, you don't have too” she doesn't have to, it's not in her job description, it would just be nice to get some help. “It's fine, I can help if you need it” she responds, I still don't know if she was joking.
“Ok so Izled, Ren” I start. “Yes… what are your ideas Aki?” Ren responds. “Ok so I was hoping to plan a new fundraiser in around 2 months, though we might need more time. Can you get back to me on that after this Ren?” Ren nods and I see Izled take a note. “So I was thinking of trying to raise money for more resources for poor children/families, specifically food for families who are going hungry. I know most of the rich families don’t like donating, especially to the poor but I was thinking of making it a charity sports match and making the seats cost a ton of money, and then they can donate more if they so please. Most of the rich families love sports, so it works. And I will start the extra donations off with a healthy amount from the royal account” I explain. “Yeah that sounds like a good idea Aki, I will talk to other higher ups about it, what sport are you thinking about?” replies Ren, while Izled is furiously taking notes. “Umm, I was thinking maybe doing baseball” I respond, before one of my makeup artists cuts in, “close your eyes”. I close my eyes and continue, “I was thinking of getting two of the university's teams to play, because it will be less work and our university Baseball is at a pretty high level”. I continue, “ok that sounds good. I will message our two top universities about it, I'm sure they will agre..” Before Ren can continue, Marlee bursts in.
Marlee looks very mad and has most of her makeup done. She is yelling about some mumbo jumbo I can't understand. I think I hear the words 'hair’ and ‘colour’ as well as the phrase ‘I don’t care about how long it takes’. Though to be honest I’m doing my best to tune her out and keep my headache down. Though I know at this point I’m not gonna get any more planning done.
Marlee looks over at me and I immediately try to look like I wasn't watching her, cause I don’t need her bs right now, but of course we pretty much made eye contact. She stomps over to me. “WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME AKI!” she shouts, right in my face at this point. I could feel a drip of her spit fly at me and land on my cheek, which one of my makeup artists quickly cleans up. “When someone barges into a room it's hard not to look” I respond trying my best to not sound rude, boy is she testing me right now. “WELL IT'S RUDE TO STARE, AND NOW YOUR JUST WASTING TIME, GET OUT OF MY MAKEUP ROOM!” she yells at me. Ok, one, it's not her makeup room, nobody has their own makeup room, and I was here first. Two, she is wasting time, not me and three, it's kinda hard not to stare when someone barges into a room yelling and screaming incoherently. But whatever, I don’t have time to argue with her, nor the lack of brain cells. I instead just tell my makeup artists to pack up and Ren, Izled, the makeup artists and me all leave the room.
“Why did we leave, you shouldn't let her get away with things like that, she was clearly in the wrong” Ren says, stating the obvious. “I don't feel like dealing with her today, and there is no point in arguing with her when she is in hysterics” I respond. “Yeah I guess that's fair, don't wanna make your headache worse I’m assuming?” Ren asks. “Yup”.
“Hey Aki” Artemis says as I sit down beside her. “Was it Marlee?” she asks. “Yup, she came in yelling and screaming, I have no clue what she was saying” I respond. “Yup sounds about right, she left this room a little while ago yelling about how they wouldn't die her hair a different shade of brown even though there wasn't enough time, funniest part is that she was supposed to get her hair cut and coloured today before the broadcast, but she was so late they physically didn't have enough time to die it while also being able to do her makeup and stuff. They tried to start her makeup but she wasn't having it”. Artemis says, chuckling a bit. “Yup she just barged blabbering some nonsense about hair, I was trying to ignore her cause I had a small headache and was trying to plan my next fundraiser” I say. “Oh really that's crappy, if you want we can stop talking so you can plan or just rest your mind” Artemis offers. “Naw thats ok, I like talking to you and I think I would rather give Ren and Izled a small break”. I respond, I've given up on dealing with my headache and Artemis is too kind, aggh I wish I could hold her hand, or something.
“Are you nervous?” I ask, she isn't always on tv (or at least not as much as me, and if she is and it's something like this it's normally pretty important). “Why are you asking if I'm nervous? I should be asking you that, it's your dad making a big announcement not mine” She responds. The way she says that would make most people think she is being rude, but I can tell she isn't. “Meh, I'm used to being on TV, honestly I'm just trying not to think about what his big announcement might be, though if I had to guess it's probably just some random war bs he roped your family into” I respond, whispering the statement ‘bs’. “Yeah that's probably it, I just can't help but worry about it, I don't know why but I've got a bad feeling about it”.
Just as she says that someone comes into our room and gives the 30 minute warning. Our makeup artists quickly add the last finishing touches to our makeup and we get ushered to the broadcasting room. I would be lying if I said Artemis didn't look awesome. Neither of us like wearing makeup and dressing up, though we both have to partake in a lot of it, but I gotta admit that when she has to get dressed up like this she looks great, though honestly she looks great all the time too.
Once we get to the broadcasting room we get ushered away from each other and we both take our places, soon enough the ten minute warning is made, or maybe it was one minute, honestly I’ve been hearing them and doing this for so long they all blend together at this point.
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