Guys, I'm so sorry it took me so long to get this updated! Things are kinda' rough where I am, not to mention school just started back and I've had to keep focused considering I'm a freshman-...

But do not fret, I finally got this next chapter written~. :D And I won't disappear like that ever again! I promise!

I do not own UtaPri.

"I can't believe this happened..."

Each member of STARISH was sitting up against the wall of the lab.

Reiji was resting in Otoya's lap, his face buried in his neck and his eyes closed. Soft, even breaths passed his lips, indicating that he was sleeping.
Tokiya was sitting on the red-head and the brunette's left side, his head leaning back against the wall.

Camus was laying flat across the floor, his head in Cecil's lap and his arms wrapped around the prince's waist; he too was asleep, his pale lips opening and shutting in deep breaths.

Ranmaru was sitting up against the wall in between Ren and Masato, his head resting on the bluenette's shoulder as he too slept, all of that crying he-and the rest of Quartet Night-had done a while before draining him of his energy.

"I know." Syo said from his place in Natsuki's lap, said older-blonde humming in agreement, his chin on his roommate's shoulder.

"I wonder how all of this happened..." Otoya wondered aloud, seeming to speak everyone else's minds. "I mean...it doesn't make any sense. Ai-senpai isn't the type to just wander into the road..."

"I think-..."

Everyone looked over at Cecil, who had started biting down on his lower lip. "-...I remember Tsubase-san saying something about Ai-senpai getting hit to save Kotobuki..."

Tokiya furrowed his eyebrows together. "But, that still doesn't make any sense...Kotobuki-san isn't the type to just wander into the street either."

"No, I don't think that's what he meant." Cecil shook his head. "I think he was implying that Kotobuki hadn't fallen into the street, but had been pushed."

"What? No way." Ren let his arms slide over his chest, a frown on his normally smirk-covered lips. "Who would want to shove the little brunette into on-coming traffic? That's horrible."

Masato offered a small nod in agreement. "It is, and Kotobuki-kun is much too compassionate and caring to deserve something like that. So this is a troubling thought..."

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It doesn't make any sense for someone to push Reiji of all people into the street..." Syo grumbled, leaning back in Natsuki's hold.

"Do you think this all could be...sabotage?"

Everyone looked over at Tokiya, who had spoken, his deep blue eyes focused on the floor. "I mean...what if someone had pushed Rei-chan-" The blunette had become so close to his Senpai during their time at the Master's Course that he had eventually accepted the nickname Reiji had wanted for himself. "-into the road because they knew someone would come to his rescue?"

"Well who would do such a thing?!" Natsuki couldn't help but cry, a mixture of surprise and worry seeping into his voice. "I...don't know. I really don't."

Tokiya let out a sigh, letting his eyes fall shut as silence soon filled the room, the same thought running through each of the STARISH members minds.

Who?

~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~

Smalls hums filled a relatively quiet room, the only sound other then the quiet tune being the sound of a marker gliding over a white slate.

"It's too bad the first one was just too easy...I hope the next two will be more of a-...ah, challenge." Saiko let out this manical, crazed sounding laugh, recapping the black expo-marker in his hands.

On the table in front of him was a white board, where the blonde had three names written in red: Ai Mikaze, Camus, Ranmaru Kurosaki.
Though, through Ai's name was a thick black line.

"Onto the next one~!"

~(OwO)~(OwO)~(OwO)~

"Mmn...Otoyan...?"

Silver-eyes slowly opened, the bright, mercury-coloured orbs blinking to adjust to the low amount of light.

Where are we?

Slowly sitting up, Reiji let out a loud yawn, surveying his surroundings.

He was back in his apartment, sitting on the bed in his room. When he looked at his side, he saw Ranmaru was laying down next to him, his silver-hair sprawled out around his head.

Blinking, Reiji looked around once again, seeing Camus sprawled out on the floor next to his bed.

How did we get here?

"Otoyan? Toki?" Reiji called out once again, a frown tugging at the corner of his lips. Where were his Kouhais? They were with him before he fell asleep.
Pushing the blanket off himself, Reiji moved to stand up, only to stop short when a piece of white lined-paper caught his attention.

"What the..." Reiji reached out to lift the blanket up a bit more so he could pull the piece of paper out from under the comforter, unfolding it so he could read it.

Rei-chan!
Everyone went out for a little while, but don't worry, we won't be gone for too long! We'll be back soon. c:

Stay safe! -Otoya

Reiji slowly blinked, a smile working it's way onto his lips. He closed up the paper once again and reached out to set it down on his nightstand.

"Mhn...Reiji...?"

The brunette's attention was pulled down when a deep voice spoke to him, the silver-head that was once sleeping next to him stirring awake, now on his side, facing his fellow band member.

"Oh, sorry Ran-ran, did I wake you? Sorry." Reiji spoke softly, those bright purple and silver-eyes he had always found to be so attractive fluttering open, Ranmaru looking up at him.

"...You haven't really changed...have you?"

Silver-eyes widened before Reiji chuckled a bit, reaching down to rest his hand on Ranmaru's head, sliding his down so it was resting on his cheek. "No, I haven't. Not at all."

"Mm...that's what I thought..." Ranmaru leaned his head towards the brunette's hand, pushing himself so he was sitting up a bit more, his own hand coming up to press over Reiji's.

"Ah...? Ran-ran that doesn't make any sense. You fell in love with my stage persona. There's no way you could've known." Reiji quietly said, not moving his hand from where it was.

"Of course I knew...Do you really think I would fall in love with the kind of person you were acting as? C'mon, no. Just because I'm an ass doesn't mean I'm going to fall for one."

"But you said-"

"Reiji, It was an excuse. An excuse to put off saying that I was really just in love with you."

Ranmaru had realized, after all of this, that taking time for granted wasn't something he could do anymore. If Ai had alive and working, and then gone from this world only a few seconds later, god knows what could happen down the road to them.

"Ran-ran I-..." Reiji bit his lip, about to slide his hand away from Ranmaru's face, only to feel the silver-head's fingers lace with his, keeping it pressed to his cheek.

"Reiji, I want you."

Reiji's eyes widened once again, a pair of fingers grasping his chin. Ranmaru had sat up all the way, pulling Reiji's chin up with him so he was looking at him.

His heterochromatic eyes were half lidded, the multi-coloured orbs glowing in the low amount of light. He slowly let his fingers slide from Reiji's, that hand moving to slide around the brunette's waist. "Ran-ran-"
Reiji was cut off when he was suddenly tugged forward, Ranmaru's lips pressing into his own, the fingers cupping his chin tilting his head up a bit more.

Reiji was frozen for a few moments, but it wasn't too long before he had practically melted into the kiss, his hand-which had still been on Ranmaru's cheek-moving back to slide into that soft silver hair he had always wanted to touch.

He wanted this.

Reiji let his other arm slide around Ranmaru's neck, the fingers of that hand grasping the back of his neck to pull him even closer, his lips moving against his almost frantically.
He could feel the hand on his waist tighten it's grip on him, Ranmaru's other hand so sliding from his chin so he could have both of his arms around him.

Before the two even get their thoughts sorted out, their tongues were wrapping around one another's, Ranmaru pushing Reiji down so his back was pressed into the bed.

After a few moments, they were forced to break apart, the two male's gasping for air before their lips met again in another needy, heated kiss.

Ranmaru's hands drifted their way up to slide beneath Reiji's shirt, quickly pushing the fabric up to expose the smaller teen's torso.

In need of air once again, the silver-head pried his lips from Reiji's, a thin string of saliva connecting their tongues. Without waiting, his leaned down to latch his lips onto the brunette's neck, his tongue sliding over the soft skin and his teeth nipping at it.

Letting his fingers slide up to Reiji's chest, Ranmaru didn't hesitate to let his fingers dance over his steadily-hardening nipples, taking both of the hard buds between his fingers to give them both light tweaks.

"A-ah-!"

Reiji couldn't help the moan that pulled itself from his throat, his legs pressing together. He could feel his body heating up at an almost incredibly fast rate, the same going for Ranmaru, who was finding it harder and harder to control himself with the way Reiji was reacting to his simple touches.

"Reiji..." Ranmaru just about growled against Reiji's throat in a surprisingly possessive way, his teeth sinking into the skin in a bite that would surely leave a mark, his tongue lapping at said mark moments later.

"D-don't touch there...!" Reiji let out this needy sound Ranmaru couldn't help but find incredibly erotic, the noise sending blood rushing down south. "I-I'm sensitive there..."

Resisting the urge to groan, Ranmaru let his fingers pull at the brunette's nipples once again, his hips pressing down into his so he could grind down against him.

"O-oh god! R-Ran-ran!"

"Mnnh...guys...?"

Reiji and Ranmaru both froze at the sound of the deep, but recognizable voice.

Oh hell, they both forgot about Camus.

Hurrying to get away from the other, Reiji pushed Ranmaru away so the silver-head went tumbling onto the floor.

He hurried to pull his shirt back down and he willed his body to cool, one of his hands pressing to his heated cheek, which had become a bright pink.

"Oi...that was unnecessary..." Ranmaru could be heard groaning from the floor.

"Kurosaki, why are you on the floor?"

"Shut it, Camus." Ranmaru grumbled, Reiji not being able to help but let out a light laugh, happy that he was able to mask his previous fluster.

"Guys, you're both on the floor; get up." He said, slinging his legs over the side of his bed.

Camus sighed, but soon pushed himself off the floor so he could stand up, his pale blonde hair tangled from the way he had slept. "So what happened to STARISH...?" He asked, obviously oblivious to what had been going on in the room minutes before.

"They went out for a little while." Reiji said, scooting back on the bed so both Camus and Ranmaru had room to sit down.

"Where'd they go?" Ranmaru asked, pulling himself off the floor to ease back down onto the bed on Reiji's right side, Camus sitting down on his left. "I dunno...Otoyan didn't say."

"He told you?"

"Well, kinda'...he left me a note." Reiji said, putting his hands in his lap. "Ah...well I'm glad they came here." Camus admitted in a quiet voice, small little hums of agreement coming from Reiji and Ranmaru.

"...When will they be back?"

"I dunno'..."

Silence followed the small conversation up until Reiji whispered, "I hope it's soon..."

Since Ai was no longer with them, the three of them all felt as if giant chucks of their hearts were gone, and they knew only having each other wasn't going to be enough to fill the void...they needed their Kouhais as well.

Aww, the seniors are already missing their Kouhais.

Ahh, and I hope that RanRei scene was enough of a make-up for disappearing on you guys! :D

Reviews are welcomed~. :3