I really, really needed to relieve myself of all the stress. No, I didn't have a fallout in romance, it was just an idea that popped up in my head. The female main lead will remain unnamed for most chapters since I'm not keen about making a harem for any characters (canon or not, it's a disturbing idea to me) and I'm too lazy to cook up a new character for each and every drabble/ficlet. There may be exceptions if speeches are involved, but the name is not likely to be repeated. There may be some surprise canon pairings, I'm not too sure yet.

Summary: A series of drabbles/ficlets featuring various characters cheating on their girlfriends. Some may be funny, others heart-wrenching.

*cough* I forgot the disclaimer. Disclaimer: I don't own PoT in any forms.

Cheating on Her

Nio Masaharu

He cheated on her once, the sensation he got out of bringing another girl out to the amusement park was so, so thrilling. It sent shivers down his spine and he couldn't stop himself from repeating it again and again. Nio knew, he was well aware that his girlfriend will soon find out about them, and voila - she did. She cried and hit him, the once gentle girl screeched and swore profanities at him, completely reconstructing her image in his mind. Did Nio feel guilty? Perhaps he did, but he was Nio after all and Nio didn't buy anyone's game. It was easy enough for Nio who was a master of words to coo her with sweet words that effortlessly flowed from his slick tongue, and even without really trying, he succeeded in placating the girl and she stayed with him.

But even after the danger sign began flickering, Nio didn't stop. Why would he? It was just a game to keep himself entertained. He continued flirting around and bringing different girls out, and when his girlfriend finally snapped and stormed out of their relationship, Nio didn't feel the least bit remorseful. Perhaps there was a morsel, a tiny, tiny bit of regret on his part - he was still interested in her after all, and he haven't got bored of this game yet, but no, Nio Masaharu didn't do grief, nostalgia and what synonyms of equal amplitude. Even regret was a little too heavy, Nio would think.

It was perhaps then, Nio began to question himself, a rhetorical question, he afterwards thought, had he ever loved that girl? Well, Nio smiled to himself, he knew the answer, he knew it very well. The truth was that he never did. He then pondered, with some quaint, thoughtful humor, if she did matter to him at all; but he realized that he was placing too much attention on a trivial issue, and he soon shrugged the thought off.

Ah well, it was time to move on anyway. A game ended prematurely could only elicit so much a response from him. After all, this is the infamous trickster of Rikkai Dai we are talking about here. Nio Masaharu never weighs himself with frivolous affairs, and fickle emotions like love sure ranked high on his list.

So back to his girlfriend, ex-girlfriend now, he corrected himself, he glanced at the girl in a lofty fashion and he cracked a smile which looked like Cheshire Cat.

"Okay, let's break up." He sounded light-hearted, and very uncaring.

He then turned and left, humming a light tune to himself. Nio Masaharu was a free man again, he thought cheerfully, ignoring the subtle, foreign and undeniable heavy feeling which loomed over his heart.