“You are gonna wear that?”
“Really?” Tony asked again in wonderment. Mason looked at the suit he’d picked and frowned slightly.
“Ah, as expected it’s too fancy, isn’t it?”
All the suits inside Haley’s closet were either sparkling, hot pink, or claimed to be of post-modern style with strange shapes. So he picked up the least loud of them and yet, the fit was strange, sticking close to him.
The last time he wore a suit was when he worked as a bodyguard, about 10 years ago and since it’s been a while, he couldn’t get used to the feel of wearing suits.
“Fancy?”
“What? Where?” Tony eyes widened as he asked. Mason looked at the suit he’d picked. Tony’s expression said, ‘I’m not sure whether you genuinely asked me if it’s too fancy or just being sarcastic.’
“In fact, I was wondering when did you even own such a sensible suit. You always liked fancier things.”
Tony said, “You once said that, for your next “crank-in” movie party, you would wear this” and took out a hot pink suit.
“Do you want this?”
“….I’ll just wear this one.”
Mason suddenly felt tired and went inside with the suit he’d picked. Tony shouted from outside, “We need to go to the salon too, so get ready fast!”
“A salon?” Mason asked in a loud voice while putting on his pants. A salon? What salon?
“You need to do your hair and makeup.”
‘We really don’t have time!’ Tony screamed, and Mason tucked his shirt under the pants and put on the jacket. Ah, this is really strange. Mason looked at his own reflection at the mirror.
The suit was unexpectedly not a tight one. The width was small, so it had some tightness to it, but because his body was very thin, it was also a bit roomy. However, whether it was on purpose or because Haley wore this when he was little, the pants were a bit short and his anklebones were sticking out. And also he couldn’t pinpoint it, but the overall look had an erotic vibe.
Was it because of the high quality navy cloth or how it contrasted with Haley’s pale skin?
“You need to be fast. Are you done?”
Tony burst into his room and asked, and instead of looking at him, Mason was looking at the mirror and replied to him.
“No, I’m not going to a salon. What hair and even makeup…“
“What’s wrong with blow drying your hair and….”
Tony opened his mouth, as if to say ‘you should still dress up,’ but stopped. Mason shook the dust off the collar of his jacket and looked back at him.
“Huh?”
When he turned around, Tony’s eyes were wide open and he was staring at him.
“Do I look weird? Should I wear something else?”
“Would I be able to find something more sensible than this? Can’t I wear just a shirt and pants?” Mason asked, and Tony shook his head like it was going to fall off and said “No.” With his eyes sparkling, he said
“No. Perfect. It’s per-fect!”
He said ‘there is no need to touch up anymore’ and, “Not going to a salon. Why should we go to a salon, when you are this handsome?!”
“Let’s go and get some camera massage.”
Tony said, ‘You look so handsome, you should arrive early and get a lot of pictures taken’. He held Mason’s hand and dragged him to the car quickly. Tony’s Porsche headed to the Wilshire Grand Hotel’s banquet hall.
And a black truck followed them secretly.
***
“Wow, who is this?”
Vick greeted Mason with an exaggerated tone. He already looked a little buzzed. Mason bitterly smiled at the director who was moving towards him saying, ‘Ugh, my eyes hurt.’
“You really didn’t get anything done? How do you look so nice?”
“You shouldn’t do that anymore, director. Do you know there’s a rumor that you are gay?”
Because Vick was talking so much about Haley in the media, some people even started to say that he might have dangerous feelings towards Haley, for real. They knew that he loved his wife a lot, so they called it a joke, but anyway Vick was so into Haley that the rumors were beginning to spread.
“And there’s a rumor that you are not gay these days.”
Vick was sipping the champagne, and Mason shrugged his shoulders. It seemed like, because he wore more sensible clothes than was usual and acted calmer, such kind of talk was going around. But they knew that Haley was totally gay and again, they were just joking.
“I was actually worried about what kind of clothes you were gonna wear….. You know, there’s a magazine I enjoy reading and it had a full page of your suit collection and about your fashion”
Vick shivered even thinking about it. Mason understood his shock. Vick had only seen Haley’s cloth collection on a magazine page, but Mason had actually opened the closet and seen them only a moment ago. When he saw the rainbow colored suit, he was seriously worried whether Haley had a problem or not.
After parking the car, Tony went somewhere and walked into the hall with his nose held up high.
“All the reporters outside are only talking about you.”
Tony got closer and said in a very excited tone. Vick offered a champagne glass to Tony and said, “Understandable” and nodded his head.
“Our Liz was once well known as a model.”
‘He has a good body, so the suit fits him well,’ Tony seemed unable to close his mouth about how cool Haley looked. He poured so many praises that if someone else heard it, they would think he was haughty. And to top it off, Vick agreed with him, “Right? I have good eyes.”
Mason indifferently watched the two chatting and clasped a glass of champagne. He thoughtlessly took it to his mouth, but somebody tapped his shoulder and asked.
“Can you drink alcohol now?”
“Ah, Chase.”
When Mason turned around, a man who was tall like a bear smiled brightly showing his teeth and said
“You look really nice today, Haley.”
“Wow…. Did everyone plan this? What’s wrong with everyone?”
Since they’ve only ever seen Haley wearing a rainbow colored suit or a hot pink suit or the one showing belly button, it seemed like they were not used to him wearing a normal suit.
Actually Mason wasn’t used it either. ‘Why are this neighborhood people’s reactions so strong? Just hear them talk with sparkling eyes?’ Everybody acted as if his face had changed dramatically, even though what changed was on the inside.
Today, the party was happening in LA, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel and it was a “crank-in party” for ‘Real.’ “Crank-in” parties happened when the first scene of a movie was filmed and everybody usually went out and partied afterwards. But the “crank-in” party for ‘Real’ already took place a month ago, so they decided to have a simple party instead. They said they were going to keep it simple, but recently the media got interested in it and so, it got a little loud.
“But seriously can you drink champagne?”
Chase asked again, and Mason said, “Ah,” and stared at the champagne glass that had yellow liquid in it. Come to think of it, he didn’t know what Haley’s limit was. Since Haley had a history of being an alcoholic, even when he wanted to drink a can of beer after a work out, Mason couldn’t have any until the body was detoxified.
“Won’t it be okay today?”
Mason hesitated holding the glass, and Vick, who already drank a lot, coaxed him, and Tony agreed with him.
“We are gonna be very busy tomorrow, so just play however you want, at least for today. When you are done, just don’t drink and drive and just sleep here.”
Tony took out a hotel key like he’d already prepared it.
“Aaah.”
Mason chuckled and received the keycard and stared at it. What did he mean ‘do whatever, just don’t drink and drive?’ Tony was a real nice guy, but definitely not a person who could control Haley. It's forbidden to say drink however you want to a person who had a history of addiction.
Mason put the champagne on a table and the card key into his pocket.
“You are not gonna drink it?”
“A little bit later. I want to stay sober for a while.”
Mason said jokingly and looked around. Definitely, they got in through somewhere. Earlier, while driving to the hotel in Tony’s car, there was a car tailing them all the way. They probably saw it somewhere because they had let a car in between them, changed lanes and kept following them. But in Mason’s professional eyes, he could see clearly that the car was just following him.
The paparazzi already knew he was coming to the hotel, so they didn’t have to secretly follow him. It’s probably Joy or other relatives. They said to watch out, so probably they were trying to catch a weakness. Mason felt indifferent at their obvious intentions.
It wasn’t even child’s play; he wasn’t stupid enough to make a mistake when he knows them very well.
Not drinking was one of the reasons. If he gets drunk and makes a mistake, it’ll get difficult.
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