It was 12:00 pm and kotoko was very tired. she had just finished recording in the studio not to mention having Mimi and Haruka tagging gave herself a note to remind herself NEVER to let over exited fans into her room,studio or anywhere that she had ever been in for more than a day.

"man,that was so exhausting!i think i could fall asleep right here...while i'm standing!"she said to her manager,Shingo.

"yeah, but you better hurry up and go to sleep or hell will ya be tired tomorrow when we're recording!"

kotoko hurriedly changed into the clothes she wore when she came to the studio.

This was not the first time that she would have to sneak in or pretend she was somewhere studying. usually machiko did not realize, luckily for kotoko. But tonight would be harder because tonight was Yuuki-kun's birthday and though kotoko was able to back out of coming(that was a miracle and it took kotoko a looong time to persuade machiko),she knew that they would be back late from wherever they celebrated his birthday and they would most probably come home very late.

kotoko tiptoed down the hallway,her shoes in her hand. To her relief she saw that the Iries had not come home yet.

Still wearing her uniform she went into the kitchen to get something to eat. As she was heating up some food she hummed one of her songs and did not realize that Noaki-kun had entered the kitchen.

"You seem to be in a great mood."he told her all of a sudden.

"IRE-KUN?!" she jumped"I thought that you-you-"she stuttered.

"where were you?And until 1:00 in the morning?"

kotoko tried to find an excuse when all of a sudden she noticed her cell phone vibrating.

"Hang on a sec. I have to answer this call."kotoko was relieved to be saved by the bell until she noticed that the call was from Kin-chan.

kotoko stared at the caller ID for a second and decided to pick up rather than have to answer Irie-kun's questions.

She went up to her room and picked up after the second time Kin-chan called.

"Hello,Kin-chan,how are you?"

(A/N:THIS HAPPENED AFTER KOTOKO HEARD OF THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE B/W NOAKI AND CHRIS)

"would you mind going on a date tomorrow?"

as soon as he said that kotoko forgot about her music and remembered the fact that Ire-kun had agreed to an arranged marriage to Chris.

'too bad for him. Let him marry Chris. I'll show him that i'm not unwanted!'she thought

"Sure, Kin-chan! Where and What time should i meet you?-"

Noaki Irie came into the kitchen, sat down next to Yuuki.

"Good morning,Onii-chan"

"Wheres kotoko?"he asked surprised that the idiot was not around even though she did act strangly last night.

"oh,she has a date"

"a date?her?"he asked ridiculing the person who would have wanted to go on a date with HER.

"Onii-chan, your cell-phone is ringing"

"oh?"he looked up in surprise to see his caller ID say wantanabe san.