Author's Note: This one is a prom AU, because those are always fun.

DISCLAIMER: As much as it pains me, I don't own Kagerou Daze, Mekakucity Actors, or the characters featured in them.

Prom Dates

"Kano, guess what!"

That voice. Shuuya Kano's cat-eyes lit up as her voice rang sweetly in his ears. He immediately sat up on his bed, his eyes connecting with hers almost instantly.

"Ayano, what's up?" he asked, taking a moment to admire the way that her brown eyes sparkled. If there was anything he loved more than seeing her so happy, it was those glittery eyes that seemed to hold the whole universe within them.

"I got a date to the prom!"

"You... What?" Had he heard her right? A date to the prom? But...

"But Ayano, I thought we were going together?" he asked, frowning as his eyes dimmed ever so slightly. His heart broke at the way she looked at him, as if he'd said something that sounded unbelievably crazy.

"Well, yeah, but only if we weren't able to find dates," she said, smiling brightly at him. For the first time that he could remember, he was unable to return her smile.

"Exactly!" Kano yelled, surprising the girl. "I still don't have a date, so you can tell Romeo that the deal's off," he said angrily, crossing his arms over his chest as his black hood fell from his head.

Truth be told, the only reason that Kano was still without a date to the prom was because he hadn't really been looking for one. Several girls had asked him, but he'd promptly turned them down and sent them on their ways with broken hearts. He would have been happy to go with one of them if his own heart hadn't belonged to another. Ayano.

Ayano was the one he loved. They'd been best friends for as long as he could remember. The year before, they'd made a pact that if neither of them had found dates to the prom, they would go as each other's dates. To Kano, the idea had been a dream come true. To Ayano, however, she saw him as nothing more than her dearest friend, and Kano had always been far too afraid of losing her to tell her how he felt.

"Who even is this guy that you're going with?" he asked stubbornly. "I bet he's a total loser-"

As Kano began to insult her prom date, Ayano brought a hand across his face, causing his eyes to go wide. It was rare that Ayano hit him. It only happened when he really truly deserved it.

"For your information, Mr. Judgement, Shintaro Kisaragi is a very respectable young man. He asked my father for permission to ask me to the prom without me even knowing," Ayano argued, standing in front of Kano with her hands on her hips.

"Yeah he seems like a real dream," Kano mumbled, rolling his eyes.

He squeezed his eyes shut, waiting for Ayano to hit him again. It took him several seconds to realize that the slap had not, and most likely would not come, and he opened his eyes to find Ayano grinning at him. "What?" he asked, his jealous rage turning into irritation.

"I see what's going on here," she said, her grin growing as she narrowed her eyes at him.

"Y-you do?" Kano asked, stuttering. Was it possible that Ayano had figured out about his feelings towards her even after he'd been so careful to conceal them?

"Of course! You're just upset because I have a date and you don't!"

Kano had to grab the bed sheet to keep himself from falling onto the floor. "That's one way to put it," he mumbled in disbelief.

"I knew it!" Ayano exclaimed, clapping her hands together. "And I already have a solution! Shintaro has a younger sister! She's really close to our age, actually! You could ask her to the prom. Don't you think that would be a really cool idea, Kano?"

That smile... those sparking brown eyes... As much as it hurt him, how could he say no to her? He couldn't disappoint her...

"Yo, Kano, are you coming?"

The blonde-haired boy sighed as he lay back on his bed, not caring if he wrinkled the rental tux he was wearing. Prom night had arrived much quicker than he thought, with preparations beginning early the day before. Now it was here, and Kano was less than thrilled. There were three couples meeting at his house to share a limo to the high school: Kousuke Seto with Marry Kozakura (two close friends of Ayano and Kano), Ayano with her date, and Kano with the younger sister of this Shintaro bastard who had stollen Ayano from him.

"Hey, Kano, didn't you hear me? I said your date is here."

Kano blinked and sat up to find Seto standing in the doorway to his bedroom.

"Ayano didn't tell me that you were taking Shintaro's little sister. I guess a lot of guys were really wanting to take her, so you got really lucky," Seto said, sounding more than happy for Kano. Too bad that happiness and support of his were a complete waste.

"Anyways, you better hurry or else the girls will be angry," the dark-haired boy said, seeming a bit frightened at the thought of Marry becoming angry. After a moment, Kano sighed and stood up in defeat. "Sure. Let's go."

By no means was he ready for the heart break that this night promised, but who knew, maybe he would have fun with this Momo girl. "Yeah right, and maybe I'll forget about my feelings for Ayano," Kano mumbled, rolling his eyes. "What was that?" Seto asked, looking at Kano inquisitively. "Nothing, let's just go to the prom."

Without another word, Kano left his room, bottling up his emotions just like he always did.