Hey guys! Oh my god I haven't updated in the longest time; it's already August! I'm sooooooo sorry I haven't updated in so long, I've been busy with work and school is coming up again so I have to get ready for that too! I hope I can try to update as best and as fast as I possibly can, but it may take sometime when school gets in the way.

I hope you guys enjoy this chapter though!

"What's with you and always insulting me?" Mallory asked with a pout, a glare on her face as she looked at the silver-haired male in front of her. He gave a small scoff, taking the seat at the table and pulling it out, before settling himself in it as he glanced at Mallory.

"I wasn't insulting you; I'm just telling you you'll get fat if you eat it all; It's more of a concerned suggestion from your teacher." Mallory gave a skeptical look from Ranmaru, simply hearing the words that were coming from his mouth. Concerned suggestion? That was the biggest lie she had ever heard from him, ever.

"You're not concerned for my well-being!" Mallory said with an annoyed huff, pointing her spoon accusingly at Ranmaru. "Every time I say hello to you, you just brush me off every time, and last time we had dance practice I tripped and fell and you laughed!" Ranmaru gave a small scoff, folding his arms across his chest as he listened to his student bicker and complain; it was rather annoying.

"Oh don't worry, I care what happens to you, in my own special way of course." Ranmaru said, though with obvious amounts of sarcasm in his voice as he plucked the spoon out of Mallory's hand, before taking a spoon full of the ice cream from her crêpe before eating it without any remorse, as Mallory gave a shocked look at Ranmaru.

"W-What are you doing?! That's mine!" Ranmaru glanced Mallory's way and simply watched her complain once again, swallowing before giving a glare her way.

"Why are you complaining? If I eat this with you, you won't gain so much weight. Idols need to watch their figure, remember?" Mallory simply fumed as she watched her teacher eat the food that Reiji had gotten her, simply growling as he continued to eat the crêpe, without a care in the world as she quickly snatched the spoon back from the male idol.

"If you want your own, go buy it!" Mallory exclaimed back to Ranmaru with a glare as she began to take some ice cream in the spoon, eating the sweet treat with a glare towards Ranmaru who gave a glare back to Mallory. The two were in silence for a few minutes, before Ranmaru gave a scoff at the girl once more, muttering something about Reiji and something being stupid. She gave a suspicious look towards her senpai, wondering what he was muttering about, but stopped when he looked back at her. The two had a small stare down for a few moments, before she looked around.

"Where are Camus-senpai and Ai?" Malory asked, wondering where her other teachers were. She thought that they would be with Ranmaru when they came over so she could at least see all of them, but it wasn't the case apparently.

"They had something to do back with Saotome when he was still at the park; something about a new song that Haruka is writing for them," Ranmaru looked at Mallory though when he heard her speak, "What's with the sudden disrespect?" Mallory gave a confused look towards Ranmaru, before he gave an annoyed sigh. "You called Mikaze by his first name." Her eyes widened lightly, looking at Ranmaru with a calm expression as she continued to eat her crêpe.

"He told me to call him Ai from now on, simple as that." Though it wasn't really as simple as Mallory had put it; every time the two talked, it felt awkward for her, and she always got this weird feeling in her chest when she was alone with him. She had suspicions that she may actually like Ai, but that was just stupid to think. She barely knew anything about him other than the information he had given her, and they rarely hung out. Well, if doing what he asked counted for anything then it would, but it didn't, and Mallory knew that. Besides, she was sure that he didn't like her that way; what guy would?

"Seems weird of him." Ranmaru mentioned, looking at Mallory suspiciously. "You didn't do anything weird, did you?" Mallory gave a glare towards Ranmaru, an annoyed look towards the male.

"Why automatically put blame on me?" She asked, eating more of the crêpe, "Maybe Mikaze-senpai wants us to be friends, ever thought of that?" They were friends, Mallory noted, remembering the conversation they had a day ago. Ranmaru snickered, the statement rather funny to him as Mallory gave a look of confusion.

"Ai never does anything to make friends; he would rather just keep to his work then hang out with a girl, especially with someone like you." Mallory gave a glare once more to Ranmaru, her spoon midway through the crêpe.

"What's that supposed to mean?" The statement rather ticked Mallory off, but secretly it also hurt; why would Ai not want to be friends with her?

"Ai is a very serious guy; he keeps to his work and is harsh with teaching his students. Why would he even bother wanting to hang out with his student and have fun when he has work to do? And to add to that, you're his assistant, it's not like you two can hang out and have fun anytime you please." Mallory gave a frown a she heard Ranmaru's words, looking at him.

"I guess..." She muttered, leaving her spoon in the crêpe she was eating, suddenly no longer in the mood to eat anything. She gave a downcast look at the ground, slumping in her chair lightly as Ranmaru simply began to eat the rest of the crêpe that Mallory had stopped eating, not noticing that the words he had said hurt her inside. If Ai didn't want to hang out with her, then what chance was there of Ai actually wanting to be friends with her? Did he say that they were only friends just to make her happy? She didn't know; Ai was always so blunt and honest, it was sometimes hard for her to understand whether he meant something at heart or not. She'd never seen him joke around, crack a smile, or even laugh; he was always the blank, stoic idol she knew him to be ever since they had met. Her thoughts paused when she glanced at Ranmaru, seeing him throw away the trash that was left from the crêpe.

"Come on, get up." Mallory looked up to see Ranmaru waiting on her, noticing what exactly he was wearing. A black long-sleeved shirt and a pair of faded blue jeans; simple enough for someone like him.

"Where are we going?" She asked, trying to quell the current mood she was in after what her teacher had told her.

"You said that you wanted to go around the park with us, right?" Ranmaru asked, a small scowl on his face. "That's what we're doing." Mallory gave a small frown at Ranmaru's expression, but got to her feet anyways, watching the male.

"Alright, where to first?" She asked, wondering to herself why Ranmaru was even here; she could tell that he didn't want to be here, and she could obviously tell that he wasn't exactly the type of person that liked amusement parks.

"You just lead the way, I'll follow." Ranmaru grunted, with Mallory giving a small frown, but agreeing as she began to walk, with Ranmaru close behind.

"You've been quiet for the past hour." Ranmaru stated towards Mallory, watching the girl in front of him, looking at all the people and rides that she passed by, a frown on her face. The words that Ranmaru had said to her still hurt, and she hadn't said anything since. Ranmaru gave an annoyed growl, stuffing his hands in his pockets as he continued to walk. "We should just go on something already, we're wasting time by just walking around."

"You got any bright ideas?" Mallory asked with a small growl, glancing back at Ranmaru with a glare. He stopped when he saw her glare, giving one back to her.

"What's your problem?" He demanded, looking at Mallory with a scowl as she turned around to look back at her teacher. She simply gave a look that conveyed annoyance, but didn't say anything. She simply folded her arms across her chest, turning away from Ranmaru.

"Nothing."

"That's crap and you know it." Mallory huffed once more, before she saw Ranmaru walk in front of her, leering down at her with another one of his famous scowls, hands in in pockets. Mallory gave a small sigh, before looking at Ranmaru.

"What you said," she started, "it hurt yet you said it like it was no big deal." Ranmaru gave a confused look, before giving a scoff.

"You mean what I said before, about you and Mikaze?" Ranmaru questioned, shaking his head. "You should just get over that already, it's true and you know it." Mallory gave a huff, the glare still on her face. "Why are you so held up on that?" She looked away from Ranmaru, because in truth, she wasn't really sure either. Why was she so hung up on it? She shouldn't, but it nagged at her at the back of her mind, like an itch that couldn't be scratched no matter how hard she tried. She wanted to get to know her teachers and be friends with them, but with Ai...it felt different. Sure they talked when they had work and got along fine, but she always felt strange around him, always getting nervous or feeling shy when he looked her way, her heart racing and beating a mile a minute. Ranmaru watched Mallory glare at him, but saw that her look of anger turned into a look of hesitant uncertainty. He studied her for a few moments, his eyes narrowing in concentration, before it went back to a look of annoyance.

"Whatever; it's not like I care." Mallory looked back at Ranmaru, an annoyed look coming to her face as well, but she gave a sigh. They needed to get on some other subject fast.

"What do you want to do then?" She asked, wondering what exactly he had planned for the two of them. They hadn't been on anything at it had already been an hour and a half of just walking in awkward silence. "We've walked for a while, I thought you had some idea of what we'd be doing."

"Hey, I only came here cause Reiji called me, that's it." Ranmaru said back with a small growl, looking around for something to occupy the two's time. His grey and purple eyes scanned the area until it locked onto something in the distance, beginning to walk towards it as Mallory followed, confused.

"Where are we going?" Mallory asked, a bit annoyed that Ranmaru began walking without even telling her to follow him,, but she pushed it aside. As the two walked, Mallory's vision caught sight of a building within the amusement park, and her whole body froze as she saw what exactly Ranmaru had decided for the two to go on.

Well, more like walk through.

"That good enough for you?" Ranmaru asked, looking at the dark and haunted look building that resided near the end of the park. The two stood in front of the building as creepy music and sounds of thunder clapped through the air, as other amusement park goers listened to screams of terror and fear from the attraction.

"U-Uh..." Mallory was speechless, not wanting to recall the memories that had happened within this very ride. Haunted Houses were fun on some occasions when you had friends with you, but for Mallory, it was anything but fun.

"E-Emi, I don't know if I wanna go on this ride..." Once again, the young seven-year old Mallory looked at the scary haunted house that was in the amusement park, while her older sister Emi simply grinned wide at it.

"Don't worry, I'll be there to get rid of all the monsters that come out! It'll be fun; then after we can tell mom all about it!" Mallory gave a frown, still hesitant, but her sister was always so convincing; maybe it would be fun?

"A-Alright." She reluctantly agreed, as Emi cheered, before she began to tug her younger sister along into the haunted house. The rooms were dark as Mallory clung to her older sister for protection, hearing screams of monsters and she screamed as well, her eyes shut tight as things jumped out to scare them. Her feet were moving in small inches, shaking uncontrollably as she tripped and fell, scrapping her knees as she opened her eyes to find her sister. "Emi? EMI!" She cried and cried as tears fell down her cheeks, as she heard her sister giggle.

"Mallory's a scaredy-cat!" She heard her sister tease her as she laughed, Mallory simply sniffling as she cried more tears, glaring as she hear her sister's voice.

"I-I am not!" She exclaimed, though hearing the loud boom of thunder made her cry and yell, shutting her eyes tightly as she dared not move. In the end, a worker was forced to take Mallory out of the ride with her mother waiting for her, as her older sister Emi simply watched her with a conniving grin on her face.

"Come on, you're staring off into space." Mallory blinked when she heard a voice and looked at Ranmaru, seeing him glare at her. "Are we going or not?" Mallory gave a hesitant look, swallowing lightly as she glanced away form the attraction.

"Uh, why not try something else?" Ranmaru gave a questioning look at Mallory, glancing her way.

"You're the one that was complaining about not going on anything, and now the first thing I choose you don't want to do." He watched her, a small smirk coming to his lips. "You're not scared, are you?" Mallory jumped lightly, a glare coming to her face. She never liked being called a scaredy-cat or a coward by her sister, and she still didn't tolerate it to this day; it always made her so mad.

"N-No, of course not!" Mallory exclaimed back at Ranmaru, seeing his smug smirk as he looked back at the haunted house.

"Then come on already." Ranmaru commanded, beginning to walk to the attraction as Mallory stayed rooted to her spot, simply looking at the building in hesitation. It's not like there was anything scary in there; it was made for children, she could handle it after all these years. She gave a breath, before beginning to walk towards the attraction along with Ranmaru, but she couldn't deny the shaking in her legs the moment she got to the doors.

Her breath immediately hitched in her throat when the two entered the haunted house, seeing the many decorations and fake zombie figures to scare little children. It was something to enjoy and have fun with, but Mallory wasn't having any at the moment.

"Are you gonna move?" Ranmaru asked, more in an annoyed voice rather than one of concern, and Mallory gave a shaky glare back at the male.

"O-Of course I am!" Mallory exclaimed, but her heart kept beating faster and she wanted it to slow down. She began taking small steps, walking through the halls of the haunted house, jumping when she heard loud screams from the music that played within the attraction, but she kept going due to the annoyed pushing by Ranmaru. "J-Just wait ok? I'm not going to rush through this."

"You're taking forever. How long does it take you to walk down a hallway?" He asked with an annoyed glare. Mallory simply gave a frown back at Ranmaru, turning away from him as she looked down the dark corridor. She couldn't see anything in the hallway and it scared her, but she gave a glance back at Ranmaru. She just wanted to get this over with before he started to complain to her again, so she took another shaky breath, before beginning her slow walk once more.

"I-It's all fake. Remember Mallory, none of it is real." She thought to herself, tying to make herself feel better, but it wasn't exactly doing it's job when scary horror music and fake thunder was crashing through her eardrums.

"You're scared of this." Ranmaru pointed out, seeing Mallory shake in her footsteps as she continued, her eyes darting everywhere to make sure nothing snuck up on her. She gave a small growl as she heard Ranmaru again, turning to face him.

"Y-Yeah so what?" Her voice broke slightly as she gave nervous glare back at her teacher, her hands curled into fists as she tried to calm her nerves. "So I'm afraid, it's not like-"

BOOM!

"AHHH!" A loud crash of thunder reverberated through the haunted house as Mallory screamed, jumping from the sudden noise. Within a half a minute, she was clinging to Ranmaru, hands grasping the front of his shirt as her face was buried into his chest, eyes shut tight to block out any other scary images.

"H-Hey, get off-" He was going to yell at her, but stopped when he noticed how scared she actually was. Her entire body was shaking, and he could feel wet spots on his shirt; she was so scared that she had actually began to cry. He shut his mouth, glancing away from Mallory as the music and sound effects continued to fill the hallway they were in, before he hesitantly wrapped his arms around Mallory for support.

"Y-You'll be ok." He stuttered to her, his face a shade of pink as he did so. Mallory still had her face buried in his chest, but after a few moments, gave a small nod, her hands beginning to loosen her grip on his shirt. Ranmaru took his hands away from Mallory, as she set her shaking hands down, wiping her tears before she felt Ranmaru take her hand slowly, and surprisingly, he was gentle. "Come on, let's get out of here." He said, pulling Mallory along behind him as her eyes were still shut tight, but despite the fear she still felt, she wasn't shaking anymore. The only thing she could focus on was how gentle Ranmaru's hand was in hers.

After the two had finally made their way out of the haunted house, they stopped by a bench as Mallory sat down, rubbing her arms in order to get the chills running up her spine to stop.

"T-Thanks." Mallory said to Ranmaru, albeit a bit embarrassed, her face red from remembering what she had exactly done. She glanced away from him as Ranmaru gave an annoyed huff back, folding his arms across his chest, though the shade of pink never left his cheeks.

"Just don't do it again." He said back to the brown-haired girl, giving a small sound of confusion when he felt his phone in his pocket vibrate. He took it out and pushed a button, before putting the device to his ear.

"What is it?" He answered, still in his annoyed tone as he turned away from Mallory. "Now? Fine, I'll be there in a few minutes." He pushed a button as the call ended, turning back to look at Mallory. "I have to get back to the Dorms. Someone will be here soon." Mallory gave a small nod, before giving a nervous glance at the male.

"I-I had fun." She stuttered out; despite the initial fear she had in the haunted house, she couldn't help but smile when they were walking together. Maybe it was just because she was getting over her fear little by little, or maybe it was because he was there with her and not getting annoyed with her for once. Whatever it was, she couldn't help but let a smile come to her face.

"You call that fun?" Ranmaru asked, giving a scoff as he turned away, Mallory giving a small frown at his attitude once more. He took a breath, before glancing back Mallory's way, the annoyed look on his face gone, and instead a small, barely noticeable smile on his lips.

"But...yeah it was." Mallory perked up lightly as she looked back at Ranmaru, her smile genuine as Ranmaru gave a lazy wave goodbye to her, before making his way out of the amusement park.

"I wonder who's coming over this time..." Mallory trailed off as she sat at a table nearby the front of the park, eating a scoop of vanilla ice cream. She watched people walk around with friends and family, having a fun time as she remembered her short time with Ranmaru. He could be a jerk sometimes, but he could also be kind. "When he wants to be..." Mallory trailed off, giving a small glare as she remembered all the other times he was a jerk to her, but she let those thoughts be pushed aside. He was beginning to be nicer, even if it was taking a while. She gave a small smile, glancing at her spoon for a few moments. A thought came to her mind for a few moments, before a sour look came to her face.

"Ew, I used the same spoon as Ranmaru." She complained, giving a look of childish disgust as she stuck her tongue out. She had never noticed or had even thought about it at the time due to the two bickering when she had taken the spoon back. She shook her head, taking a spoon full of ice cream to try to get the thought to disappear from her mind, when she noticed a familiar figure within the crowds, with another man next to him as they made their way over to her.

"Camus-senpai, Nakagawa-san is over here." A young voice said, the man walking over to greet Mallory, a small smile on his face.

"Oh, you're...Cecil, correct?" Mallory asked, remembering the names of the STARISH members from Haruka; they had recently gotten a new member added to the group, which meant she had to make another costume eventually. The dark-skinned male gave a nod, a smile gracing his lips.

"It's nice to meet you Nakagawa-san, I really enjoyed your song that you sang on stage." Mallory gave a sheepish smile, her face blushing lightly.

"Oh, thank you Aijima-san."

"Cecil, shouldn't you be back at the dorms along with the rest of STARISH?" Camus asked, looking at his student with a commanding stare towards the male. Cecil gave a small groan, but gave a nod. He turned back to Mallory with a smile, waving goodbye to her.

"I hope we can talk more. I'll be back at the dorm with everyone else, so we can then." Mallory gave a small nod, smiling as she waved goodbye to Cecil as he ran off, leaving Mallory and Camus.

"It's good to see you, Camus-senpai."

Wow, sorry again about this update took freaking forever! DX

Anyways, onto our next senpai of Quartet Night, our dear serious and calm Camus-senpai!

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