Dream Star

Lila"s eyes widened at his words; this was the first time Senpai was asking her something like this. He always seemed to dance around the subject regarding Haruka.

"Yes."

"..."

"You see Senpai; I never thought I"d love somebody as much as I did Kiryu before. No," Lila shook her head, "It was the concept of falling in love with another person other than Kiryu. It seemed foreign to me," she never thought it would be possible for her to fall in love with somebody other than Kiryu.

"Hearing you say that hurts a bit."

Lila sent him an apologetic look, "I"m sorry, but it was like that for me," she trailed off, "I loved Kiryu so much, it felt like we were fated to be together. But now that I thought about it, my way of thinking regarding love was very small, and narrow. Kiryu would often get uneasy, and for the longest time, I didn"t know the reason why. When I learned of it, I wasn"t sure what to think. Kiryu was worried that the only reason why I liked him was because we were always together. Whenever we were apart from each other, even for a moment, he would become uneasy. "sometimes I feel like you only like me this much because no other candidates have shown up," "

"No other candidates," a grey aura seemed to hover over Senpai, and her sweat fell.

Now that Lila thought about it, even though Kiryu felt bitter towards Senpai. He was never actually worried; she wondered why. It"s true she used to have a crush on this person.

"So, he felt like that, huh?" Senpai seemed to debate about something before he nodded, "I guess I can see where he is coming from. It was never like that, right?"

Lila nodded.

"But for someone like Kiryu-san, that thought is natural."

Somebody like Kiryu? What does he mean by that?

"With Karas.h.i.+ma beside you, you"re different now. Is it because you"re dating him?"

"It"s got nothing to do with that. For the longest time, I felt like somebody was giving me the push and encouragement I needed from the shadows. Of course, I wasn"t sure about it before, but now I am certain, Haruka has always been there for me. Even though it was in the shadows, I felt his warmth and kindness."

That"s why when she returned to j.a.pan, she has to settle everything with Kiryu properly.

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September 2nd - Universal Star Town (j.a.pan)

It is the darkness that makes them - makes them as M5 s.h.i.+ne. Because they are the moon in that vast sky and she is the light, that s.h.i.+nes in that darkness. Without either of them, they cannot be complete. The black hair boy had fully seen what occurred last night and well if it was the him from last year. Then he would have gotten rather possessive over her and even interrupted. However, Kiryu knew better than to do that now; he has learned a lot. Learned a lot, ever since he accepted the offer they proposed him. Learned a lot ever since he began to date her, learned a lot ever since he parted ways from her to go on a long journey.

He closed his eyes; it"s precisely because of that - that he understood it full well. That he can"t be too selfish when it comes to Teras.h.i.+ma Lila now, because there are others who are dear to her. Others whom she relies on and required in her life. As much as he would love to monopolize her all to himself, that"s not going to be possible.

Kiryu was well aware of what would happen when they parted from each other. Knew that she would end up becoming closer to the members of RAY, knew that Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka would receive his chance at last. The name that escaped the girl"s lips then slightly worried him. He was used to the brunette calling out Ichinose"s name. Because even when the girl"s memories of him were lost, she still said his name in her sleep. The one she called out then however was...

A deep sigh pa.s.sed his lips, what is he doing acting like a stalker? Using his powers to go back and forth England isn"t good for his body either.

"Kiryu-kun, what are you doing?"

"Fujisaki."

A flash of pain appeared across the girl"s face, as she grabbed hold of his arm.

"Aren"t we closer than that? Call me Selia?"

Kiryu exhaled deeply, "We aren"t close, let go of me."

"But Kiryu-kun, you took great care of me last night," Selia purposely said this out loud.

"Last night?"

"Took care of?"

"Woah, are those two--"

.... ...

"What on earth are you planning?"

"What do you mean Kiryu-kun?"

Though her tone seemed innocent and anybody who heard her would not suspect a thing. But Kiryu was no fool. Ever since they returned from the island, Selia had changed a great deal. At first the changes were slow - and something that didn"t bother him too much. However, he frowned when Selia pressed herself against his body. The girl wore a very revealing tank top, though she wore a cardigan on top of it. Her b.r.e.a.s.t.s were still in plain sight.

Kiryu felt disgusted just looking at her these days. Even without the clothes, he sensed a fake aura around her.

Since he did not respond, Selia must have thought he agreed with her.

"Stop, you know I still love Lila."

Selia giggled, "Do you really Kiryu-kun? If you love her, why didn"t you fight for her?"

The girl"s words stung, naturally he could not say anything to that. Selia is right. For all his love and care for Lila, he didn"t fight for her. He just gave her up easily. Back then Lila still loved him more than Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka, if he asked her to stay with him then Lila would have. Even if it meant being unreasonable and pulling her away from her journey if he loved her he would not have bothered with any of those. For the first time, Kiryu was questioning his feelings for Lila, Kiryu knew he loved her. But did he love her enough? In contrast to people like Ichinose and Karas.h.i.+ma who would fight for her regardless of whether she was in a relations.h.i.+p or not.

Did he not convey his love properly? Is that why she desperately tried to block out their connection with each other?

"So, Kiryu-kun don"t you prefer me? I would never leave you, and you like girls like me more right?" Selia leaned even more forward. Her hands on the buckle of his pants, "Ah, I wonder if you can get hard now, last night this wouldn"t budge at all."

Lila, she is happy with Karas.h.i.+ma. Kiryu did not want to watch the Dream Stars tournament third round. Though the girl sang for him, Kiryu noticed it. Even the songs Lila sing for him have all been influenced by the love she has for Karas.h.i.+ma Haruka.

Kiryu was so distracted that he hadn"t realized that Selia had half stripped him down. Before Selia could do anything, however, somebody hit the girl from the back. When Selia fell on the ground with a thud, his thoughts broke off.

"Kasumi."

It was none other than the caramel hair girl; she looked at him angrily.

"Idiot!!" Kasumi exclaimed, "What on earth are you doing acting like a gentleman now for? Just shove her away, she was acting like a pest."

"I think the more accurate term is a s.l.u.t."

Though Selia"s overall image was still an innocent girl, the girl"s clothing was rather suggestive at times, today for example. Kiryu fixed his s.h.i.+rt up and b.u.t.toned it to the top, and put his belt back on.

Kasumi rolled her eyes, "Why did I have to save you when you"re stronger than me, geez. When Lila isn"t around your so hopeless."

Now that is another thing he cannot deny.

Before Kiryu could reply though, he noticed that Selia woke up.

"That hurt," Selia sobbed as she got up from the ground. For a split moment Kiryu saw her resemble the girl he got to know before, and pain flashed through his eyes. But her next sentence made him cringe, "Kiryu-kun, help me?"

Such an innocently phrased question, and yet the way Selia said it made him feel nauseous. Is this woman not tired of pretending yet? Why keep up this stupid act? Kiryu sighed, what on earth is with this situation? If they ignore her, she will definitely cause a fuss.

Before Kiryu could say a word to ease the tension, a woman with dark hair and gla.s.ses rushed over, "Selia! Oh goodness, what happened? Who did this?"

"Xia…"

Kiryu recognized the name immediately and a deep sigh pa.s.sed his lips, here comes trouble. But he supposes this was unavoidable. Even if he didn"t bring Selia here, he would have snapped eventually and pushed her away from himself while Kiryu could go out in public now, because of the efforts of his mother and Hisame-san. It did not change the fact that they have yet to prove his innocence. Usually, this situation would be dealt with right away. But recently somebody has been pressuring the Austin and Teras.h.i.+ma family. Kiryu did not want to trouble everybody, so he told them to hold that press conference to say that the situation was under control.

Even if he avoids trouble, it always seems to find him.