That night I couldn't sleep well. I tossed and turned in my bed, but the thought of what happened at the park kept creeping in my head. Somehow at around 4 in the morning I managed to doze of mid-thought. It didn't last long as my phone went off only 2 hours later.

"We have a problem" The person on the phone said. For the sake of it being 6 in the morning I assumed it was Ken. "Come to the agency as soon as possible, sooner if possible" And he just hung up, not even asking if it were me on the phone. I rolled back in my bed and pinched my cheek to check that I was awake. Surely enough it was no dream.

I made my way to the agency and by 6:45 I was at the main office where Ken and President Takashi welcomed me.

"Can you explain this?" The president asked. Some Welcome! He threw a magazine on the coffee table as we were sitting on the small couch we had in the building. It was a small agency so we couldn't afford to redecorate much. I took the magazine and flipped it open. To my horrifying distaste, the first thing I saw was "SCANDALOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 795Pro AND 315Pro" in large bold letters. Just beneath it was a photo of me and Haruka after she fell on me in the snow. It was blurry, taken with nothing more than a phone, but it was clear enough to tell that it was us.

"She tripped and we fell" I casually said.

"And you think the press is going to buy that?!" The president asked.

"Well it's the truth!" I threw the magazine back on the table and sat back "I don't get what the big deal is." I lied. I could see all the makings of a big deal.

"You're rivals!" He stated "You're not even from the same agency!" He paused to calm down "How long have you two been seeing each other?"

"We've never gone out before! We were both at the boys' audition set and felt like releasing some stress." I looked President Takashi in the eyes "Normal people talk you know?"

The president stood up "You will go over to 765Pro and formally apologize. Amami Haruka does not deserve such treatment because of you"

I cared for Haruka- more than anyone else in her agency anyway- so I decided to listen to him and went to 765Pro to apologize. The greeting there was just as welcoming. As I started up the stairs, 3 girls walked from the other direction. If I remembered correctly, these 3 girls made up 961Pro before Jupiter took over.

"Well done Jupiter!" the one with the tanned skin started. Her hamster sat on her shoulder.

"Your actions are unforgivable" The one with the silver hair continued. I looked at the third member- the fake-blonde one- waiting for an insult from her.

"I have nothing against you and Haruka having a relationship, but you can say 'goodbye' to your carrier as an idol if you so much as hurt her." The three kept on walking. They were very close, I could see that. It was clear that they were a unit once.

I continued up the stairs, to the main office door. I could hear voices inside, one of which was Haruka's.

"I know you're known for you clumsiness Haruka, but this is too much!" said a rough, nasal, female voice. "What were you doing with one of 315Pro's Idols?" Now this is what I don't get. Shouta has had various commercial shots with one of the twins and the other one with the twin tails. Hokuto has even asked 2 of their girls out! Why are they fussing about my (somewhat non-existent) relationship with Haruka?

As I was about to knock on the door, 2 of their agency's idols- including one of the girls Hokuto had asked out- opened the door.

"Makoto, isn't he one of 315Pro's idols?" The other asked. She had long pink hair pulled back in a pony tail with a blond dye in her hair. I had seen these two perform live together on TV.

"Amagase?" Makoto asked. She had a sudden bitterness in her expression "Is this about the magazine article?" I nodded and they let me in. There were others in the office, not just the ones I had heard. On one side there were two of the younger girls who cowered behind the sofa as I walked in. They were accompanied by the girl with the twintails.

"Come here to apologise?" the one with the glasses asked, although it sounded more like a statement than a question.

"Touma has nothing to apologise for!" Haruka shouted "I'm the one who tripped and fell!" I think this was the first time I had ever heard Haruka get angry.

"I would like to apologise anyway" I bowed

"Apologies aside..." She started "What were you two doing together in the park anyway?"

The girl with the twin tails stood up "What's so wrong with them hanging out? When Mami-san and I have jobs with Jupiter-san we always talk casually!"

The younger girls were now on their knees on the sofa "Why can't we be friends with Jupiter and 315Pro?" said one of them.

"Yeah some of them are our age!" said the other.

Silence took over for a little while. The girl with the glasses was deep in thought. She didn't seem to have a problem with our relationship on a personal level. Then their secretary broke the silence.

"Why don't we settle the problem with an interview then?"

We agreed that we can at least do this much. We decided that the interview will be held on the following day at the 765Pro main office and the interview would be published on the very same magazine that featured the 'scandalous' article.

Haruka walked me to the main entrance "I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused" She said before we parted "This is all my fault, I should be the one handling the situation"

As she lowered her head to the floor I reached out and messed her hair. "Cheer up would you? It's not like you to be in a slump"

"Well it doesn't seem very appropriate to laugh now does it?"

I retreated my arm and leaned back "Well what good will worrying do?"

I MADE MY WAY to the 315Pro agency building. Outside, Shouta was with one of the twins from Haruka's agency- the one with the longer side tail, which was covered by her hood- and they were having a normal chat along with Kyosuke and Yusuke – the twins from our agency. The girl had an unusual face. It was normally cheerful with a mischievous grin stretched across it. This time it looked worried. Even Shouta looked a bit out of the loop.

Just before I walked to them Kyosuke and Yusuke waved to Shouta and walked past me, calling out and saying goodbye before heading to their next job.

"So did you settle everything?" Shouta asked.

"Mami got a text from Yayoicchi" The girl said in the third person "She said something about an interview"

I nodded

"What about Harurun? How is she taking it?"

"I bet it's really hard for her to take in what a real pervert you are" Shouta said.

"Pervert?! It was an accident!" I didn't know what else to say.

Just before Shouta said goodbye to Mami, she turned to me "Mami may not be the most mature of the idols in 765Pro, but even I think it's nice that Harurun has made Amatou her friend and rival" And she ran off before I could respond. Shouta and I walked into the building, but nothing else really happened that day. All that was left to do was wait for the interview.