Nervously, Haruka chewed at the inside of her bottom lip. Details—she had never liked them and the situation all the more gave reason for her hate of them.

Her conversation with her childhood friend had been… well, weird, to say the least, and her point in calling had been evaded as Satoshi's challenge hung heavily over her head.
'Stupid, stupid Satoshi!' Haruka thought bitterly as her grip on her cell phone tightened. For some odd reason, a grim smile tugged at her expression whenever she reflected on the situation.

'No. It wasn't Satoshi's fault in that situation. Shuu-kun and I's conversation was just weird, but it probably doesn't mean anything. People have awkward conversations all the time, right?'
The 19 year-old frowned, shaking her head. Shuu had particularly been weird in his reaction to the name of that actor. Hayate Shuuka had only been mentioned because she remembered Hikari frantically gushing about him. Yeah. Hikari had some fangirl tendencies, but Haruka had just been curious. She had never seen or even heard of the man before, and her casual inquiry had been harshly rejected.

'Sheesh. Shuu-kun is beyond weird,' the brunette shook her head, reaching for the remote to the television. Unfortunately, Haruka would momentarily regret turning on this device when Satoshi's appearance flashed across the screen—probably a concert or a promotional video for his music. Haruka didn't want to find out.

Disgust prickled at her throat as she quickly grabbed the remote and angrily mashed at the 'power' button before tossing the remote back on the table.

"Got to get out of the house. Out, out," the teen murmured frantically as she reached for her purse and shoved her key into the smaller side-pocket before heading towards the door. Where to go, she wasn't sure, but she had to get away from the weirdness of Shuu and the devil that was Satoshi and his reign. Yes, wherever that place—that haven—was, she would go.

Lupeh: Short, transitional chapter to show that Haruka is more affected than she apppears. Honestly, it's quite cute, if you ask me. :3
Next chapter is unbelievably long, so please forgive me-- still, it's a really important chapter. Read on, my dears, and tell me if there's anything weird or out-of-character.

Oh, and yes, Hikari is fangirling it out. No, I DO NOT intend to show any belleshipping, because I do not support it in any way in that it's an invalid shipping, but I just find that Hikari fangirling would be cute. ;

Please continue to Read and Review for future chapters!