The next day we go on another walk and we meet a famous artist called Rin, Ota talks about his new masterpiece with her for while and I actually start to believe he's an angelic person for a moment, before he starts badmouthing her after she leaves like he did last night to all the people we met at the IVC. I don't think I'll ever get used to his other side. He spends more time in his studio and it feels like he's avoiding me, but he returns late at night and gives me a necklace, although he says it's a collar. The next few days are really relaxed and I feel like I'm geting closer to Ota. But it could be my imagination, he lets me return to work and my life seems to brighten up, we both don't talk much because we get really engrossed in our work.

I return to the hotel and Haley asks me whether I'll go see Rin's artwork being released today and I hesistate but end up going. She releases a beautiful piece on a caged bird, and she crushes rubies into the paint, but it looks a lot like the piece Ota described. After a few seconds I realise, she stole his idea, I don't know why but it really pisses me off, it's not like I can do anything. But I'm worried he's grown on me, as a friend, what if they think Ota copied her work instead of the other way round. I look up and suddenly see Ota leaving and decide to follow him.

(In the elevator..)

"Are you alright?" I ask, later regretting it. He's obviously not alright his artwork was copied by someone else. I mean if that happened with one of my designs I would flip. He doesn't reply and I feel awkward. "Why are you so calm? That b*tch copied your idea."

"It's my fault anyways I was stupid enough to give it to her. I can't do anything about it." He sighs.

"I know... But it just pisses me off." I say staring at the ground. He leaves the hotel and tells me to go back to my house for the next few days. I go to Elena's and I continue my life as normal, but I feel slightly empty I guess. Wait, what am I saying? I should hate this guy, or if not hate, it shouldn't affect me, it doesn't affect me. I don't care about the arcticles and crap they write about. I decide to go to the mall with Elena and take things off my mind.

After hours of shopping our hands are full with bags. We stop at a cafe and have break.

"Okay spill, what's on your mind?" Says Elena taking a sip of her expresso.

"What! I'm totally fine." I lie, taken off guard.

"I know you, Spence, if there's something wrong, you can tell me." She says.

"It's about a friend, I thought we were getting real close, and something happened at work and he's avoiding me. I dunno why it's bothering me though." I says frustrated.

"Is it bad, with his work." She asks.

"Yeah, try job threatening." I reply.

"Then don't read much into it, he's probably just stressed and needs some time to figure things out."

"But I want to be there for him as a friend."

"Personally I think there's more."

"Your right, I guess I fell for him." I say slightly annoyed. "Ugh, I promised myself I wouldn't fall for this guy."

"What!" Says Elena spitting out her coffee so surprised.

"I know, I know it's the first time I didn't follow my word." I says calmly but she still stares at me seriously.

"OMG! You must have really fallen for this guy, because you never break a promise even when you said you'll jump into a river full of alligators if scarlet won. I still can't believe you didn't back out."

"Well she did go to the trouble to get it done for me so I couldn't back out last minute. That would make me look like a coward." I say casually taking a sip of my coffee.

"True, but you know how scared I was, not to mention your dad."

"Well I'm still alive aren't I?" I chuckle.

"You barely made it, the doctors said you were lucky."

"Ooh, you want to see the scar of the bite on my leg." I say excited.

"No thank you, I'll pass."

"Most of them are gone except this one, for some strange reason it hasn't even faded." I say puzzled.

We talk a bit more before we go home. Elena decides to invite some friends and we go out to a fancy bar, Yuki suggests. I keep ordering drink after drink until I've had 7 drinks and me and Elena are both holding on to each other for support. We walk home after dark and run into some thugs. They circle us and one grabs Elena and starts mistreating her. A few others start circling me and I fall onto my knees and close my eyes hoping this is all a bad dream. But they keep coming closer, I wish for Ota to help me although it's stupid, he's back at his studio and when one of the guys screams I'm forced to look up, and I see him, there twisting the guy's arm making his arm bend in inhuman ways. I breath out a sigh of relief as the other's run away, my eyes wander around and I see Baba helping Elena and my attention is back on Ota. He drops the guy, and extends his hand towards me. I hesistantly take it and he pulls me to my feet and into his embrace. He rests his chin on my shoulder and whispers "Try not to get into trouble, I don't have time to worry about you." He releases me and leaves with out looking back. Elena and Baba seem to have left and I'm all alone. I head back to Elena's house and I'm so tired I crash on the couch, it pisses me off, that I have feelings for this guy and he keeps avoiding me. I fall asleep thinking about his pretty face and silky golden hair, his smile that makes my heart race. Why do I have to feel like this?

I slam the door to my studio and this anger fills my heart, I feel like knocking the walls down, but I can't, every time I see her my heart aches, and...

I punch the wall and collapse on my bed, I stare at the ceiling and she enter's my thoughts, I hate avoiding her but it's for the best, I convince myself. She'll end up getting hurt like Chisa... Ugh, I roll onto my side and fall asleep thinking about her.

I wake up the next day and back to the penthouse. I see the guys playing cards. "Hey Ota, join us?" Asks Baba.

"Don't feel like it." I reply bluntly.

"Not like you to turn down a game." Says Mamoru, lighting a cigarette.

"Probably has something to do with that pet of his." Says Eisuke smirking.

"I don't feel like it okay, it's nothing to do with her." I say annoyed. I push the door open to my suite and grab a few things before leaving for my studio again.

I wake up on the couch and make myself some coffee. Elena comes down and goes out. So I'm all alone again, I find my phone catch up with Haley, and th guys tease me for a bit. After a pretty boring day dad calls and tells me to come back to england for a bit so I book tickets for the 5th which is three days away and reach for my phone. I tap on recents and Ota's name pops up and I decide to call him even though he probably won't answer. It takes me by surprise when he does.

"Hey," he says pain in his voice.

"Hey, um.. sorry to bother you..." I begin not sure how to continue, I didn't really think this through, huh. "How are you?"

"Okay,"

"So what you up to?"

"Not much just hanging out."

"Where? Ohh, um... I just called to ask how you were doing, never mind," I say trying to hide my embarrassment. I'm about to hang up when he answers my question and I press the phone to my ear.

"In my studio, I'll be waiting." He says hanging up.

Yes! I say dancing my victory dance in my head and I grab my keys and phone leaving. I reach his studio flat, and knock on the door. It's open so I peep through and see Ota painting something, without realising I walk up to him and see it's a girl, who looks like me, but with blonde hair and more tanned skin. He turn's round and looks surprised to see me there and tells me to sit. I'm about tovsit in front of him and he pulls me down onto the bed next to him. We talk for a while and suddenly he kisses me.