"The view from the ferris wheel where we once sat
Makes tears softly swell in my eyes.
I leave this city without saying goodbye.
I cannot ever return to that time again."

He must have been messing with me. The realization hit me like a ton of bricks. I was only thankful I didn't tell anyone about it. I couldn't bear it if Usagi got it into her head that that me and Hikaru Chen were some kind of item. He was only hanging out with me ofr the publicity. He must have kissed me so I would keep the act up for longer. I can't believe I had forgotten the destiny that had been laid out for me. I was the Guardian of Love but I could never fall in love myself. I had learnt that the hard way...

Artemis tried his best to comfort me but even so, I didn't want to go into work the next day. This wasn't like my school days however, I couldn't just call in sick. Everyone was depending on me. For this reason, I dragged myself out of bed the next morning, put on my best smile and went off to work.

Despite everything, the day wasn't that bad. By coincidence, me and Hikaru didn't have many scenes that day, so I was successful in avoiding him. I knew I couldn't do this forever though. I needed to decide what I wanted. I had told him I was fine with pretending to be his girlfriend... But the more I thought about it, the less okay I was with that plan. I decided the most honourable thing I could do was be honest (I'm not gonna lie, this was Artemis' idea). So the next day would be the day I confronted Hikaru.

I didn't get much sleep that night because I was so nervous.

I decided to get it over with as soon as I saw him. Unfortunately for me, he wasn't coming in until the afternoon so I spent the whole morning as a tense mess. Reiko got pretty annoyed at me when I kept getting my lines wrong.

When everyone else was eating lunch, I went to speak to Hikaru. He smiled brightly when he saw me.

"Mina, I missed you yesterday" I had to just tell him. I couldn't get distracted by awkward small talk.

"Listen Chen, I need to talk to you about the day before yesterday" I waited for him to respond. His face turned serious and he nodded.

"I know I said I would help you with anything but I don't feel entirely comfotable pretending to be your girlfriend" I said quietly, trying to be sure no one else on set would hear me. Hikaru seemed a lttle hurt by my outburst.

"It was silly of me to agree to it anyway, remember the ex-boyfriend I told you about? Well we had a pretty messy break-up" I explained, using the biggest understatement of the year. "and I'm just not ready for another relationship, even a fake one" I tackd on at the end, not wanting him to think I had taken the "relationship" as seriously as I really had.

Surprisingly, he took it quite well.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories for you. Maybe we can still be friends?" My heart melted a little at that question. How could he be so nice?

"Of course we can!" After that brief conversation we joined are fellow cast members for lunch. I had a really good time. It felt like a huge wieght of been lifted off my shoulders. Everyone seemed to love Hikaru. Maybe one of the other girls could help him in my place. That thought was supposed to make me feel better but for some reason it made me feel like my heart was being squeezed.

I spent the rest of the day trying to make up for my poor performance that morning and I think I succeeded. That afternoon we filmed the scene where Linda and Coattail Mask discover their real identities. I couldn't help but giggle a little when I saw Hikaru in the full Coattail Mask costume. I had seen it before but it never failled to make me smile. He really looked similar to Tuxedo Mask which is odd because Aurora Wedding was writtan way before Tuxedo Mask was a thing. I had just spent what seemed like hours getting my own costume, hair and makeup ready (How is Linda supposed to fight in such a ridiculous outfit?) and we were finally ready to film the scene.

"Caottail! Don't go, you're hurt!" Caottail turned to Linda.

"I'm fine, it's just a scratch" He said, trying to hide his injury.

"Don't be silly, let me use my healing powers" Coattail Mask reluctantly reached out his hand and Linda took it. They closed their eyes and a bright light enveloped the two of them. After Coattail had been healed, Linda reached for the mask covering the man's face. When he didn't protest she gently removed the mask and gazed into his eyes.

"You're the delivery boy" Linda stated the obvious.

"And you're the girl from the bridal shop" The two figures moved closer and Coattail lent down and kissed Linda on the lips.

"And cut" Yelled the director "Good job everyone, the kiss was a nice touch too" He said, winking at the two of us. We blushed. The kiss had not been in the script. When filming was over, me and Hikaru decided to go for coffee together.

"So what was that about?" He asked, smiling at me.

"I don't know, I guess we both got a little caught up in the romance of the scene" I replied.

"I suppose you're right..." And that was the end of that. We spent the rest of the time discussing plans the other cast members had made to go to the beach together on our day off. He ended up driving me home again. When I got home I wondered about telling Artemis about what had happened but somehow, it seemed like a secret just for me and Hikaru (and the 20ish people in the room at the time).