It was just another ordinary Wednesday to Komori. She woke up at six AM, checked her email, and staggered groggily to the breakfast table to eat breakfast. After a bowl of cereal, the girl took a shower, brushed her hair, and threw on a white tank top with irregular navy blue stripes along with her modified school skirt and her famed combat boots. She thought for a second and grabbed a baggy cover-up made of fishnetting, put it on, and adjusted it so it hung just right. After fitting her headphones around her neck, she stuffed all her books into her bag and walked downstairs, exiting the store. She sneezed.

It was freezing outside. However, Komori never paid much attention to the temperature; it never really affected her. As she walked down the street, the soles of her boots clunking on the sidewalk, she made clouds of steam by exhaling out her mouth. It was a clear, beautiful day outside. The sun was rising, an orange disk on the dark horizon, and the sky was a palette of light watercolors. Today would be great. Komori could feel it in her soul. At least one good thing would happen to her today, she thought as she hurried on to school.

Len pulled up with a screech at the curb of the school building and flipped down the kickstand of his motorcycle, nodding to Rin that it was okay to get off. His sister, formerly positioned behind her, took off her helmet, and rigidly dismounted the vehicle. Len fought the urge to laugh. Rin took the cold harder than anyone.

"Hey guys!" he heard his sister call to her friends as he shook off his helmet. He turned his head and saw Rin running toward her friends. Len shrugged and walked into the building to start yet another day of school.

Math class was torturous, as usual, with Komori's doodles being a very big distraction. No, scratch that, Len thought. Konori herself was a very big distraction. Today she was sketching out what looked like a design for a pair of Osirises. The theme was the Super Mario Bros. Len almost smiled. He didn't know that Komori could be a geek sometimes. Then again, he loved Super Mario Brothers…

He thought about the past week. He hadn't kissed Komori since the day Zaito sent her that apology over video email. As he thought about that, he remembered that DROID had a concert coming up this week. He had bought tickets already and couldn't wait to see what his sister's friends had been composing in their free time.

Lunch time. The school was bustling as usual. People flooded the hallway, as usual. Since it was freezing outside, DROID (and Len) decided to sit on the stairwell to eat. Hatsune seemed unusually hyper as she approached the group five minutes into the break period. What's gotten her so psyched? Len thought as Hatsune energetically plopped down, a bunch of crumpled papers in her hand. As Len munched on a chunk of beef, he watched Hatsune take a few very deep breaths.

"I know this is sudden, but you will never guess who sent me an invitation offer last night," the leek-loving girl bubbled excitedly. Rin perked up. "Omigosh, who?" she asked, intrigued. Yowane leaned forward, while Yowane and Meiko stopped gossiping to listen in. Komori retained her usual pokerface through her glasses. Hatsune had to take some more deep breaths to calm down. "Okay, you guys ready to hear this?" she asked, obviously taunting the rest of the members. Everyone, including Len, nodded eagerly. Hatsune began grinning so much that Len thought she would burst.

"Hello!Project!"

All hell broke loose.

The girls were up and screaming, jumping, and squealing around Len. He had to be careful not to spill his bento. Hello!Project was one of the biggest girls' pop idol group in Japan. They owned famous pop groups like Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, and more. Len knew they were quite famous. Being invited to join Hello!Project would mean that DROID was a very popular group.

"Okay, guys, calm down," Yowane chided the ecstatic group. "Hatsune has something to say." They all settled down, and Hatsune continued her speech. "I got an email from Tsunku himself…" she said, only to be interrupted by outside murmurs. Tsunku was the main composer for Hello!Project. "He didn't invite us to join the group…" More dejected whispers. "But he DID invite us to go on our first debut tour around Japan with Morning Musume!"

The girls were up in cheers again. This meant that they would get a chance to be seen alongside one of the most popular girls' idol group in Japan! Len was happy for them. They were getting a chance to be seen. But then he realized something.

They would have to leave school.

Of course they would return home in a few months, but tours were long and a few months without DROID and Komori would feel like years to Len. He was immediately downcast amidst the cheering girls. As Hatsune described the details of the tour, he thought about how lonely he would be without Komori and Rin in town. Especially Komori. He would have no one to look forward to seeing, no one to pay attention to during math class, and most of all, no one to love. It would be like living four whole empty months without a soul.

They were leaving the day after the solo concert, on Saturday in five in the morning, for Tokyo. And Len still hadn't taken Komori's virginity yet.

"I'm sorry that you'll be all alone for the next four months, Len," Komori said dejectedly as she and Len walked into Studz together. She flipped the switch on the light and whirled around to face the yellow-haired boy, who was trying to look happy. "It's not all that bad!" he tried to assure Komori, even thought he could already feel his life force slipping away. "You guys will be showing yourselves to the world! Lots of people will see how great DROID is! This is the big chance you guys have been waiting for isn't it?" Komori shook her head and looked up at Len. "I'm sure we would've done fine by ourselves without this tour," she told him. "Even Yowane agrees that we would've gotten famous sooner or later. But now, all this is is a little boost." Len saw confidence in her eyes, but also a little bit of sadness. "I can see why Miku accepted this invite, but I can't help but wonder if this is necessary," Len said, unsure of what Komori's reaction would be. Komori nodded and walked behind the check-out counter as the door opened and the first customer came in. Len turned around to see who it was, and was shocked to see…

"Hey, Zaito, what's up?" Komori asked him in her usual baritone monotone voice. Zaito took off his red and black striped stocking hat and grinned mischievously. "Hey, guys, long time no see!" Len didn't know whether to be cautious or to treat the guy like an old friend. After all, he did try to…

Zaito interrupted his thoughts. "Hey, I know you guys are still tense about last week, but I really am sorry," he said. Komori shot him weary look. "Idiot. Didn't I say that I already forgave you?" Zaito grinned again. Len decided it was all good.

"Anyway, I heard that DROID was going on tour with Morning Musume," Zaito continued. Komori didn't look up from the monitor. "News spreads that fast, huh?" Zaito nodded. "Don't be surprised if a bunch of fangirls maul you guys tomorrow. They're going to be a lot of people asking for Morning Musume signatures." Komori cracked a little half-smile. "We'll probably have to wear disguises tomorrow."

The rest of the evening was spent eating Chinese takeout Zaito had brought in from a nearby restaurant. Zaito said that he had homework to do, but Len knew that it was probably to give him a little privacy with Komori. Komori probably knew this also, but didn't show it. As the two sat upstairs on Komori's bed studying for the History test on Friday, Komori laughed.

"This will be my last test in four months!" she announced triumphantly. Len scowled mockingly. "You're so lucky!" Then his expression darkened. "I wish I could come with you," he said wistfully. Komori noticed that Len had referred to her alone. Len felt a cold hand on his arm. "I don't want you to miss school," Komori said. "Plus, most of your time would be spent waiting for us, or being mobbed by reporters. I don't want that." Len tried to argue, but Komori shook her head firmly and placed a finger on Len's lips.

A wave of sadness that had been pent up for the last few hours suddenly washed over Len, and he licked the digit pressed to his mouth like he would never see its owner again. He knew that this day was coming whenever he looked at Rin. But that was before he met Komori. And he also knew that as soon as this day arrived, DROID's trips would become more frequent and they would one day leave all together.

As he heard Komori yelp in surprise, Len felt like the weight of a hundred and twenty days without light were pressing against his throat. He could see Komori look at him strangely. Her voice never got through to him as he pounced like a hungry tiger and kissed her ferociously, tears almost running down his face. Komori's legs jerked between his. He could feel Komori's confusion give way to sorrow as they held their positions for several minutes. When Len finally broke away, he rested his forehead on Komori's shoulder, trembling and mentally shouting that he was the weakest man on earth.

"It's not fair…" he breathed slowly, hurt and anger wrecking his speech. He felt Komori's arms wrap around him. "Aww, it's not that bad," he could hear her say in a low but caring tone. Komori's neck and shoulder muscles undulated underneath Len's head as she tilted her head back and sighed, looking at the ceiling.

"You're usually not this emotional, Len," she told him sternly as Len tried to keep himself from crying. "You used to be the most cold-hearted guy in the school. What happened to you?" Len rose up from his crouched position and stood on his knees, looking crestfallen into Komori's indifferent face, his body slightly pressed against hers. "All the girls I met were submissive," he whispered, and bent down to kiss the only girl who could manipulate his emotions so.

And he was about to lose her.

-cries- It's so sad! The story is finally coming to an end! There will be two more chapters left: the concert and the departure at the airport. And then that will be it. –sigh- Three months' work.

I'm sorry I took a WHOLE MONTH TO UPDATE! School is a meanie-butt.

I probably won't write any follow-ups; there's nothing to write about! Maybe emails, maybe?

Ah, sou da! Komori's outfit this time was inspired by the SHINee trend, specifically Minho's outfit for their song "Lucifer", which I am obsessed with. Minho is awesome 3! But I'm not as crazy as all those shawols (people in the fanclub, SHINee World; the first two hangul characters of each word are "sha" and "wol", thus "shawols") who go to the live performances and scream bloody murder. –listens to "Lucifer"-