Over the next few weeks lacey felt more and more comfortable with her mentors. She began to get closer with everyone, but they knew so much about her and she knew nothing about them. One night she decided to herself she would get to know each person on a personal level. "Who should I start out with? Maybe Otoya he is really open and nice. Okay! It's decided! " she thought to herself.

The next day the first person she approached was Otoya. She quickly took the seat next to him nearly falling out of it. She looked at Otoya happily. "Ne Otoya… Will you help me out later with my weekly performance, maybe we could do a duet?" she smiled at him with hopeful eyes. He stared at her for a few second wondering what had brought this up so suddenly. He finally answered "Ya that would be really good! I am your mentor so I could help you as an idol in training!" she smiled to herself. Behind them Otoya was getting intense stares from Ren and Syo. They looked at him with dagger eyes angered and confused why the girl didn't choose them. Everybody started to sit down when Hyuuga Sensei came in the room. Lacey felt the harsh stares from behind her and looked at Ren and Syo. She looked at them for a little bit before smiling. They blushed before quickly looking down at the ground.

After school Lacey found Otoya and they began to start work. She had brought her sheet paper and a few books, and Otoya brought his guitar, I pod and headphones. They worked at a small pavilion in front of a pond. Otoya first thought of a nice rhythm and naturally played to the soothing sound. Lacey began to right down the notes as Otoya kept playing. "What should the song be about?" she asked Otoya. He stopped to face her and said "I don't know maybe some kind of meaningful song-" "like a love song!" Lacey interrupted. The two blushed before laughing. "I'm not too good at love songs." Otoya said looking at the sky. "Why is that?" lacey asked out of curiosity. "I can't really relate too much and give it a lot of meaning." She stared at him for a long time; she furrowed her brow "You've never been in love before? Not once? Not even a crush?" he looked up to meet her eyes "well I have but it just never ended up well." She moved closer to him. "But you are such an awesome person. You are super nice, super caring, and not to mention amazingly talented!" she paused and looked to the side "you're amazing, Otoya." He looked up at her and smiled. "Thanks" his eyes never left hers. She tried to look down but he never looked away. He finally broke the silence "I just can't figure out what you mean to me." Her head shot up to see his face inches from hers. She froze not knowing what to do. His hand slid up to her face; she shivered at the electric touch. She felt his breath against her lips. He slowly opened his eyes and saw her worried eyes. He stopped "I'm sorry. I can't that was wrong." He sighed and rested his head on her shoulder. They stayed like that for a while. They began working again almost as if nothing ever happened.

On the day of their performance they stood in the sound booth, the rest of the class stood outside and watched as the song began. Lacey started out as Otoya followed her melody.

I'd like to say we gave it a try
I'd like to blame it all on life
Maybe we just weren't right, but that's a lie, that's a lie

And we can deny it as much as we want
But in time our feelings will show

'Cause sooner or later
We'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough
So close to being in love
If I would have known that you wanted me
The way I wanted you
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each other's arms

Here we almost, we almost knew what love was
But almost is never enough

If I could change the world overnight
There'd be no such thing as goodbye
You'll be standing right where you were
And we'd get the chance we deserve

Try to deny it as much as you want
But in time our feelings will show

'Cause sooner or later
We'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough (is never enough, babe)
We were so close to being in love (so close)
If I would have known that you wanted me the way I wanted you, babe
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each other's arms

Here we almost, we almost knew what love was
But almost is never enough

They took in a deep breath as it ended. They looked at each other and smiled at their performance. The class was wondered at the passion in the song. Otoya gleamed and bear hugged Lacey. The rest of the group approached them and congratulated them. "What a wonderful song. How did you come up with those lyrics?" asked Nanami. Otoya blushed and answered "just a spark of inspiration." Lacey didn't look at anyone and a light pink grazed her cheeks.

Disclaimer: I do not own uta no prince sama or the song used. The song is Almost is never enough by Ariana Grande and Nathan Skykes