32 7 Days 3 (2/2)

”You never told me how you could afford all this, you know?” She playfully pouted and gestured all around them.

”I didn't?”

”No...”

”Oh, well, my mom was apparently cautious or something, I don't really know, and left me money in a trust fund that was actively getting invested... by the time I turned 18 I had nearly $35,000,000.” Aria was a bit uncomfortable talking about it as she had only found out around 10 months earlier that the woman she thought was her mother was her stepmother and that her mother had left her money in her will.

As she spoke, she played with the food on her plate with her fork and looked down at it somewhat uncomfortably.

”Why did you go on scholarship, then?”

Aria looked back up and blinked before speaking slightly hesitantly. ”Why waste money when it could be free?”

They both sat and quietly ate their breakfast before baking their way into the living room. Aika went to the most spacious area so that she could move completely freely and Aria sat across from her, mentally preparing herself to act cold before nodding.

After warming up, Aika decided to start with the easiest song and then work her way up in difficulty.

Several minutes later, Aika finished preforming the first song and looked over at Aria for her to say something and was shocked to see her just wave her hand indicating to keep going. She knew that she would need to be able to preform for a long time with ease once she actually debuted, but she'd wanted to go easy in the morning instead of jumping right in.

Sadly, she was denied by the smaller woman who was still sitting in a white tiger onesie but had a different air around her. With a small sigh, she jumped right into the next performance and the next for nearly an hour before Aria finally smiled and gestured to come over and called out.

”Come take a break already! You need to take it slow and save your energy so you can practice enough and not get hurt... why did you keep going for so long after I gestured to come over and rest the first time?”

Aika's face fell when she realized that she'd misinterpreted the same hand motion Aria had made just now around halfway through as to keep going when it was in hindsight clearly Aria telling her to come rest.