At the hall:

"What did you want to talk about?" Haruka asked innocently.

"Haruka, you're fired." Tokiya said, making Haruka confused.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"We don't need you anymore. You're done being our composer. Thank you for your previous works, but you are not needed anymore." Masato said it so lightly, it made Haruka somehow irritated.

"So you're kicking me out?" She asked just to make sure.

"Yes, we are." Ittoki said.

As Quartet Night overheard the composer and the idols talking, they were speechless.

"What are they saying?" Reiji asked in an unsure voice.

"According to my data, it seems like they're firing Haruka." Ai repeated what STARISH said earlier.

"But they're kicking her out just because they don't need her anymore? Just like this? And how come she's not crying right now?" Ranmaru asked.

"You're right, the woman should have been crying her eyes out, running away." Camus remarked.

"We can save the questions for later. Right now, we need to pay attention to what they're saying." Reiji cut their conversation.

"But why?" Haruka asked, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Because we got a new composer." Syo told her.

"So now I'm fired and replaced?" Haruka questioned, her anger rising.

"Well, Haru-chan, don't be so sad that we're firing you. Just think of it as... hmm... replacing an useless old object with better, new one," Natsuki reasoned. His words were so brutal, it shattered Haruka's patience in matter of seconds.

"I-I gave my everything to you... And you're all totally disregarding that fact and call me useless and old? How can you do this to me? How can you all?!" Haruka yelled at them, furious. She couldn't stand acting like the goody two shoes Haruka. She changed herself just to be with them, so they could approach her without any hesitation. But because she changed herself, she was being treated as an object. Something that needs to be replaced because they lost their interest in her. Her anger turned into fury, then into hurt, to despair, then into anger all over again. Negative emotions were taking over her sanity.

"If you were going to do this to me, then why did you even bother asking me to be your partners from the start? Why did you even meet me? Why show kindness and earn my trust if you were going to crush it with your own hands?!" Haruka didn't need logic at this point, because the fact that they were doing this was illogical itself.

"Kindness is something everyone has, Nanami-san. We can do whatever we want. Plus, replacing something useless with a new one isn't a bad thing, is it? Just like a used pencil-" Tokiya reasoned but was cut off abruptly.

"Now you're comparing me to a pencil? I thought... I thought you guys were my friends! I gave you my trust! I wanted to make you guys happy but I guess I was just like a pencil; worthless to you guys," Haruka said with hurt all over her voice.

"We didn't call you worthless Haruka, because your music is amazing. But since we already have all the 'happy pulse' we need, we just thought we didn't need your music anymore," Cecil told her, getting nods from everyone else.

"So you used me for my music? I thought music was something that meant more to you guys than something you need in order to gain fame..!" At this point, she was disgusted. How dare they use music for their cruelty!

"Nanami, can we just get this over with? You're fired, we got a new composer, and you can do whatever you want~" Syo said with tiredness. However, Haruka wasn't finished.

"STARISH... You.. you.. will certainly regret this later.." She told them, her voice shaking with fury and hurt. Tears were rolling down her face. By now, Quartet Night knew that it was their cue to step in.

"That's enough!" Camus shouted, getting everyone's attention except for Haruka.

"Haru-chan, come here," Reiji said with comfort. He couldn't bear losing anyone that was important to him. Haruka walked towards him and he hugged the shaking girl, patting her hair soothingly. At his actions, she broke, tears already pouring down.

"Ha... Why the hell are you making this more complicated? Was this not enough for you?!" Ranmaru yelled at them, also angry because he was actually warming up to the composer, although he didn't want to accept it.

"According to my data, you have all the fame you need. Was there anything else you needed?" Ai asked flatly. However, confusion was heard in his voice.

"Senpai-tachi, please don't interrupt us. Nanami-san is our composer; we have the choice of firing her or keeping her," Masato stated. At his choice of words, Quartet Night was feeling sorry for the said composer.

"So I guess she's just like an object to you guys. After everything she did for you.." Reiji said coldly. Right now, Haruka was done crying; she was sick of the tears.

"STARISH... I can't believe you... what did I ever do to you?! I gave it my all, my best, my honest feelings. But I guess that meant nothing for you guys. If you really want me to go, fine. I'll get out of your faces but let me make one thing brutally clear. You will definitely regret what you did," Haruka spat and walked away. Her fists clenched, her nails dug into them but she couldn't feel anything else because of the pain in her heart. She was surely going to make them regret what they did.

A/N: Hello everyone. As you can see, I'm currently editing the chapters. As I read over my works, I felt that my writing style was to immature back then. It didn't portray the story I really wanted to tell to the readers. It may feel like a lot of parts are different, but that's because they need more detail in them. So, I apologize if you wanted to keep 'Fired?!' the way it was, but I felt the need to edit, so I hope you understand my decision. Thank you for reading my story as always.