Pedrarruna Manor, Elffire City.
Morning, December 28th.
Seven people could be seen having a lovely breakfast at the dining table. They had just finished their workout and training session, so they were eating a good and healthy breakfast to sustain their bodies for the rest of the day.
Theo, Aurora, Ayia, Shizuka, Sam, Sayuri, and June started working out together a few weeks already, and they would not stop their workout schedule even if some of them were on vacation like Aurora was.
That's why the girls did not even hesitate in coming to Theo's house to work out in the early hours of the morning.
"I was so tired yesterday! I fell asleep as soon as I lay down on my bed." Sam giggled.
"Me too." Theo replied.
"Me three." Aurora added.
"Me four." Sam chimed in as she started laughing out loud.
The others could not contain themselves too and started laughing too.
"I bet the caretakers did not have any trouble putting the kids to sleep yesterday." Aurora commented.
"Yeah, with all the action they had yesterday, it would be abnormal if they had energy for anything else." Sayuri said.
"Even Ryoko came yesterday. I was surprised. The way she is obsessed with work I figured she wouldn't come." Sam commented.
Theo laughed and said, "That's because I forbade her from working yesterday."
"Now that makes sense!" Sam giggled.
"She is not even coming with us to the Heart Islands 'cause she doesn't want to be away from work." Theo commented as he shook his head.
"That's a bummer. She is a nice person." June commented.
"But, why tho?" Sayuri asked.
"Well, you guys know that my studio is producing an anime, right?" Theo asked as he sipped his coffee.
"Yeah, and we can't wait!" Ayia exclaimed excitedly.
"Ryoko is the head of the studio. And with less than three months to finish production, she feels responsible to steer the production. She told me she doesn't want to be away from production for two weeks. She told me it was her responsibility to make things go without any problems." Theo explained Ryoko's reasons.
"Theo, you found such a good employee!" Sayuri exclaimed.
Among all of them, Sayuri was the oldest and with the most experience, so she knew it was hard to find such a good subordinate.
The others also agreed with Sayuri's statement, they found themselves respecting and admiring Ryoko even more.
"Yeah, I got lucky." Theo chuckled.
"Still, it is a bummer she won't be with us." June added.
"Although Ryoko won't be with us, my friends got their parents' permission and they will come with us!" Aurora said happily.
When Carolla, Umaru, Vivian, and Megan arrived at their houses the day before, they immediately talked with their parents and received their permission. When that happened, they immediately texted Aurora the news.
"The girls will come too?" June asked in surprise.
"That's great! The more the merrier!" Ayia exclaimed with a giggle.
It was their first time traveling together and everyone was thrilled by it.
The seven of them had breakfast until the time to leave arrived.
Sam, Sayuri, and June left the house first as they had a busy day ahead of them.
Each of the three of them was the head manager of one of Theo's companies. And that week was the last week of the month and the last week of the year. Which meant that they had monthly and yearly reports to gather and a bunch of other things to take care of.
Therefore, until the 31st, the three of them had their schedules filled.
Theo also had to leave for the animation studio, but he stayed behind for a while as Ayia told him that they needed to talk.
"What's up?" Theo asked with a smile as he, Aurora, Shizuka, and Ayia still sat by the dining table.
"When I arrived home yesterday. I checked Moonlight's mailbox and guess what?" Ayia asked with a teasing smile.
"Hmm, thousands of e-mails?" Theo replied thoughtfully.
"Try tens of thousands!" Ayia replied with a giggle.
Theo and Aurora were a little dumbfounded when they heard that, even though they already knew the crazy wave that Moonlight stirred yesterday, they did not expect so many people reaching to him.
"Most of them are spam e-mails. But after filtering them out there are still a bunch of networks, tv shows, magazines, and other channels inviting Moonlight to interviews and live performances." Ayia explained.
"And I presume that after they checked today that you are still holding the ten positions of the Top 10 chart, even more channels will send invitations." She added.
"Oh, I'm still holding all ten positions?" Theo asked suddenly.
When he woke up earlier he did not even remember to check the charts.
"Yeah, and if you can hold these positions along the week, the media will become even crazier. Especially if you manage to hold these positions on December 31st and January 1st. After all, no one else could ever come close to occupying a single position on the Top 50 charts on these dates in music history. And now you hold all the ten first positions. You can imagine how crazy they will become." Ayia commented.
"I see." Theo said with a look of realization.
"I turned down all interview invitations. But there are still some good invitations for live performances. I told them your conditions and some of them accepted. I accepted Nancy Nicholson's Talk Show invitation for a Live performance tonight. Therefore, you need to prepare for tonight's performance." Ayia explained.
Theo and Aurora were surprised when they heard that he would perform in Nancy Nicholson's show. Her program was one most famous talk shows on television. Millions of people watched her program, that's why they were surprised Moonlight would perform in the program so fast.
"Oh my god! That's so cool!" Aurora exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes, you did such a great job, Ayia! Thank you!" Theo said with a grateful voice as he smiled at her.
He knew that she was tired yesterday, but she still found time to check on Moonlight's mailbox and work on it. He was so grateful such an amazing girl liked him.
"Don't worry about it. It's my job as your manager and I like it." Ayia replied with a sweet smile.
They talked for a while longer about the details of tonight's performance, and they also discussed which invitations for live performances they should accept next.
After they discussed everything, Ayia left with Shizuka, but not before she gave Theo and Aurora a bear hug.
Theo also said goodbye to Aurora before he left the house, his destination was the animation studio.
There were several things he had to do there, and he needed to compensate for the time he was absent when he was producing his album.