KOI NO KISEKI

Episode Three

Inoue Ayako(Hazuki Riona), formerly known as Tsukamoto Taeko, threw Kurata Yukino(Kanno Miho) to the ground after Yukino layed hands on Ayako's necklace. Yukino was a model gaining heavy popularity in Japan, and Ayako was her make-up assistant. Ayako lost her job after this incident. But Ayako knew that she would have to meet Yukino again, to find out where her missing father was. So, in front of her boss and also in front of Yukino, Ayako dropped to her knees and apologized. Her boss was embarassed but Yukino wanted Ayako back as her make-up assistant.

At first, Ayako got a little emotional at how kind Yukino was, but deep inside, she knew what kind of person Yukino really was, so she was kind of scared at what Yukino was up to.

After this, Ayako began working under Yukino. But Yukino didn't like that fact that more people were calling Ayako "beautiful" instead of herself. So everytime such a person appeared, she would treat Ayako badly. She would use her like her slave.

One day, Ayako is told by Kuroda, an employee of the same company as Kai-kun, that she should enter the campaign model contest with the winner getting the opportunity to be in a cosmetics commercial. The contest's sponsor was Kai-kun's company, and Yukino was chosen as a model for one of their commercial and was working at a commercial for a new product.

Kai-kun was also there, talking with Kuroda and Ayako, when Yukino enters the scene. Kai-kun asks Yukino if she knows where Taeko and her father went, but Yukino says that she doesn't know, but was doing her best searching for them. Ayako got mad at this(because she was Taeko), and breaks a glass cup in her hand, with the pieces shattering to the ground. Her hatred for Yukino was growing by the day.

The next day, Yukino finds that her script for the drama she was to star in, was torn to pieces. And a small knife was found inside Ayako's bag. Ayako was blamed by everyone and was treated like a criminal. Ayako knows that Yukino is behind all of this, but couldn't say anything when Yukino stands up for her and tells everyone that Ayako wouldn't do such a thing.

She tried to tell this to Kai-kun, but he tells her, "You're just a little too jealous of Yukino". She really wanted to tell Kai-kun that she was Taeko, but couldn't because she had made a promise with Ijiri-san. For the first time, she realized how hard it was to be a different person, not being able to tell everyone who she really was.

She tells all of this to Ijiri-san, but he says that if she wants to tell everyone that she is really Tsukamoto Taeko, that she would have to pay all the money that was necessary to make her beautiful, and she didn't have that kind of money. Ayako didn't know why she became beautiful, because up till now, nothing good has come out of it.

The next morning, Ayako is told by Yukino's manager, Inagaki, to deliver a new script to Yukino's place.

But when Ayako arrives at the place, it was the campaign model audition hall. Although Ayako didn't want to take part in it, Kuroda wanted her to participate, because he felt she could do well, maybe even win the audition. So Kuroda asked Inagaki to allow her to partipicate.

Ayako was standing on the stage, and was given the script. She became worried. But she sees Kai-kun in the audience, and reads the scripts while thinking about him. She starts crying in between, and the judges look at this as a part of her performance. The audience applauds for Ayako.

The results of the audition were out. It seems that Ayako and Yukino would be fighting for the opportunity to be in a television drama. They were the finalists. Yukino wants Ayako to come over to her house in order to celebrate. But Yukino starts making fun of Ayako and tells her to quit. The whole time, Ayako knew it was the same Yukino who killed her mother, so she starts looking at her, but then Yukino says, "Don't look at me with those eyes. You made me think about the one person who I don't want to think about!". Of course, then, she was talking about Taeko, not realizing that she was right in front of her.

- End of Episode Three -