Chapter 34 - Future Sister-in-law…

"You better release me right now, or you will get it!" Akira whispered; she just happened to see the looks on Pearl and Crystal's faces. She knew that she would never hear the end of it once Ashton released her from their embrace.

Ashton chuckled, "let them get jealous. I'm not interested in them anyway." He then lovingly released his sister before smiling at her sweetly, making sure the two girls saw all these. Akira wanted to stump on his feet so badly. But, unfortunately, she couldn't do that without Pearl getting suspicious. And what did he mean that he isn't interested in them anyway? So who is Asthon interested in then?— Ava?!

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"Excuse me, may I have a word with you for a moment?" Ms. Williams asked the group manager and pulled him to the side, away from everyone's hearing.

"I was just informed that Ms. Jones and your lead singer are siblings. She asked if her older brother could stay in the Royal Academy for the weekend and allow him to come and visit for the duration of their stay here in the Kingdom of Stonasia. So I wanted to ask your opinion on this matter; what do you think?" She asked sincerely.

"I will need to speak with our President first, and if he agrees, then I have no problem with that. Do you have a place for him to stay where he would not be bothered by the students?" The Manager made sure that his lead singer would be comfortable if he were to stay.

"Yes! We have a villa just like the one his sister is occupying right now, and it could house at least six people if two would share a room. However, I think that it's better to let all the members stay so it would not look odd..." Explained Ms. Williams while looking at the five members of EXODUS.

The Manager quickly made a call to President Hanada to ask for permission for the group to stay at Royal Academy for the weekend and allow them to visit within the remaining days that they will be in the country.

Ms. Williams took the opportunity to send Crystal, Pearl, and Akira back to their villa. But, unfortunately, no matter the decision, Pearl and Crystal can't find out that Akira and Ashton were siblings.

Inconspicuously she pulled Akira to the side then said, "It's being handled right now, go ahead and go back to your villa first. I will send a message to you once we get an answer from their President." Whispered Ms. Williams to Akira while no one was paying attention to them.

Akira only nodded before getting Pearl's attention. "We can leave them now; they still have something to discuss. So go ahead and bid them goodbye." She then ushered Pearl and left without giving her a chance to retaliate, followed by their bodyguards.

Pearl wasn't too happy, but she didn't have any choice and let Akira practically drag her, and once in a while, she would turn and look in the direction to where the group was still standing waiting for the decision of president Hanada.

"Stop turning around; you will end up breaking your neck with what you're doing. But, don't worry, you will still have your chance." She bantered with a half-smile plastered on her face.

When Pearl wouldn't listen to her, she grabbed ahold of Pearls' head with her two hands from the back while pushing her forward to stop looking back at them.

Chupsy and Mary, who were not far behind them, could only shake their heads while silently laughing.

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When they arrived at the villa, the whole place was quiet. Pisces was nowhere around while Ava's door was closed.

"Mary, you go ahead… do what you need to do first. I'll stay out here and check around the area. Let me know when you're back so I can relax a bit." Chupsy looked worn out as well, but she still had a smile on her face when she spoke.

"Thank you! I need to use the ladies' room badly anyway." Mary didn't wait around; she was gone in a flash.

Akira and Pearl both went straight to their rooms to do their own thing.

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Meanwhile, President Hanada approved of the EXODUS staying for the weekend, but they were not allowed to visit again once they returned to the hotel. This was because they had a lot of fan meetings and promotions to do.

At first, Ashton was unhappy and was going to complain but decided against it.

The rest of the members were happy as a lark to stay. They could hang out and stay up late without having to worry about practice.

It was all set; instead of returning to the hotel, the five idol members were taken to the villa not far from the girls but next to Prince Edmund.

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Akira received calls from Ms. Williams and Ashton to let her know that they were staying. She was happy that she would be able to spend some time with her older brother. So she happily invited him to come to visit their villa to hang out.

Ashton accepted in a heartbeat knowing Ava would be around and he would have time to get to know their future sister-in-law… although he would rather she be his future bride instead.

Since it was still early, Akira decided to do some drawing to keep herself busy.

Meanwhile, Pearl was busy with her blog posting. First, she picked a couple of group pictures to upload with the caption: (Aren't all of you jealous? I met them in person and had lunch with them.) She then posted some of the dishes they had to show her followers.

After posting, she grabbed her face mask, put it on, and went to a live stream with her followers for a Q and A.. Once she started live streaming, her screen was flooded with comments and likes. She couldn't contain herself from smiling from ear to ear when she saw how her followers increased tenfold due to the pictures of EXODUS that she uploaded…