Firstly: Thanks everyone for reading, reviewing, favouriting and following my fic!
Now, let's get down to bussiness XD, i feel the need to warn you that after this chapter things get deep, depressing, trigger warning deep (by this i mean that if you had something similar in your past as Otoya's... trigger... and also something else but i don't want to spoil it... it's not that bad XD no one get's raped or anything like that).
I just watched the new episode and... yep... i hate Heavens but i didn't want to 'cuz i don't like to hate those characters that are meant to be hated XD... okay, rant over, you can read now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Uta no Prince sama or any of its characters.
Ren knocked on Shining's office door and waited. Strange noises were coming from inside, and he just felt like leaving, but he was way too curious to give up then. Just as he was about to knock again, he heard a muffled voice from inside that resembled someone saying: "Come in!" So he decided to just open the door.
Weirdly enough, inside the room was Shining sitting on his desk as if nothing was happening. This left Ren and Masato wondering: 'what were those noises?!'
"Do you boys want something?"
"Yes, we were wondering if you knew where Ittoki Otoya is" said Masato.
"Oh, that. He must be in his room; I don't know why you're asking me"
"That's exactly why we're asking, he's nowhere to be seen. Besides, you seem to know our every move with the appearing out of nowhere and all that" replied Ren.
"Well, if you believe that then you must believe that what I'm telling you is true: the boy is in his room" said Shining.
The boys looked like they were at a loss for words. So their boss decided to end the conversation and let them go by saying: "Now, if you excuse me, I need to work here"
They walked outside and continued walking all the way to Otoya's bedroom without knocking first. Inside they found the redhead drying his hair with a towel as he hummed Smile Magic. The towel was covering his face and he was pretty distracted so he didn't notice their presence until he tooked if off his head.
"Ren, Masato! What are you guys doing here?" he asked surprised.
They looked at him for a moment and then Ren proceeded to ask him: "What are you doing here?"
"… Well it is my room, so…"
"No, that's not what I asked. We were here just minutes ago and you where God knows where, we looked for you everywhere"
"Oh, you missed me?" he asked.
Ren got close to him and hit him on the head "Of course not you dumbass, but it was weird"
"Cecil told us you were up late last night with Haruka" said Masato interrupting the moment.
"Ah… yes, I was. What does that have to do with anything?"
"What were you doing with the Little Lamb?"
"No-nothing, we just talked" he said blushing.
"Then why are you blushing?" Ren said "Look, I don't have the time for this. Just tell me what you two were doing together and I'll be on my merry way"
Otoya started stuttering and just looking around the room for a way to escape the situation thinking 'what do I do now?!' He thought about coming clean, but then his phone vibrated. He had a text from Haruka, it said: "Otoya-kun! I finished a new song for you! (づ◠‿◠)づ ". He smiled and thanked Haruka for being such a sweetheart, she had saved him.
"Haruka needed to talk to me because she made me another song, but she wasn't too convinced about it"
"Is that so?" said Ren.
"Yes, it is"
"Huh… so the Little Lamb made a song for you but not for the rest of us… Why do you get any special treatment?"
'Damn it Ren! What do I say now?' Otoya felt trapped again but before he could do anything Reiji walked in.
"Otoyan! Haruka-chan is waiting for you downstairs!" he said.
Ren was about to question the redhead more, but Otoya ran through the open door as if his life depended on it and disappeared out of the room.
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"Haruka!" yelled Otoya as he ran towards her.
She looked up and smiled "What took you so long?"
He was panting, but still managed to find the strength to say "I… Ren… Masa… you…" between breaths.
"Take a deep breath and try to make some sense" she said before giggling.
After calming down, he said: "Ren and Masa where in my room interrogating me about you. If it wasn't for Reiji-san I wouldn't have gotten out of there"
"Mmm, we should go talk to the boss about this…"
"Okay… but I want to have breakfast with my beautiful" he said and then whispered: "girlfriend".
She smiled and whispered back: "well, it would be nice to have breakfast with my handsome boyfriend". They tried to keep a straight face, but they started giggling like crazy to the point where they were laughing so hard they were crying. Of course, that was the perfect moment for Tokiya to walk inside the kitchen.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
They tried to answer but they still couldn't breathe which made Tokiya grow more impatient. He just decided to ignore them for a moment and eat a banana while he put some bread on the toaster. At that point they could somehow speak again.
"Didn't you have breakfast with everyone else?" asked Otoya.
"What do you think?" he replied.
'… Tokiya is scary when he's hungry… actually, Tokiya is scary most of the time...' thought Otoya.
The brunette boy then sat next to Haruka and looked her straight in the eye. Needless to say, the atmosphere got awkward fast.
"Um… Ichinose-san… is there something that you want?"
"Yes, I just want you to answer me one question with yes or no. Can you do that?"
Otoya was about to jump and scream at his friend 'Of course she can do that!' but Haruka answered before he could do anything.
"Of course, what is it?"
"Did you and Otoya spent all the time together last night?"
They both blushed and then Haruka answered in almost a whisper "Yes".
"…Okay… Thank you, that's all I needed to know" And with that, he got up, grabbed his toasts, a fresh glass of milk and left the kitchen.
Both redheads stayed speechless for a moment. They couldn't quite process what had just happened. So in a way of trying to get the mood a little lighter again, Otoya asked the question that was in both of their minds: "What the heck just happened?"
Haruka giggled and answered "I honestly don't know".
Otoya smiled and looked down at the table. As he did that, he noticed that his plate was still empty; they hadn't eaten anything yet, so he got an idea.
"Hey, why don't I make breakfast for the both of us?"
"Better yet: why don't we make breakfast together?" she replied.
They decided to make somewhat of an American breakfast: some scrambled eggs, waffles with honey and butter, milk, coffee and some fruit for balance. When they finished they had some company. The wonderful smell of the food had attracted Syo and Natsuki to the kitchen.
"Mmmm… what's that?" asked Natsuki pointing towards the oven. Upon seeing the redheads he yelled "Haru-chan? Oto-chan? Are you two cooking?"
They both turned around surprised and just answered with a synchronized: "yes" before turning back towards their cooking.
A couple of minutes later Syo asked: "… Now that I think about it… Where were you Otoya?"
Both blondes were quite surprised when no answer came from their friend. Syo was about to ask again when Natsuki stopped him and whispered: "Just look at them". He decided to do just as he asked, but couldn't grasp what he was supposed to be seeing. So after a couple of moments, he whispered back: "What am I supposed to be looking at? They are just cooking in silence". Natsuki face palmed and grabbed his friend's hand taking him out of the kitchen so they could talk properly.
"Couldn't you feel it?" he asked.
"What? Feel what? The smell of food? What are you talking about?" Syo asked.
"No, dummy, they were really comfortable with each other in there. They were cooking at the same rhythm and more than that: psychologically coordinated too"
"I think you hit your head hard this time. They were just cooking. What's the big deal?"
He sighed and replied "Okay, let's say I'm exaggerating. Let's go back and eat with them, you can watch the way they act and then tell me what you think"
"Fine!"
They made their way back inside as Haruka and Otoya were serving the food on their dishes. She looked up at them and said: "Oh, guys: you wanted to eat some? We made too much so it wouldn't be a problem"
"Yes, of course. I would love to try your food Haru-chan!" Natsuki said as Syo nodded.
"Hey! It's my food too!"
"Yes yes, Oto-chan, but we have already tried yours. We never tasted Haruka's wonderful cooking skills" he said.
They all sat at the table and started eating. That is with the exception of Syo who was watching Otoya and Haruka as if they were an accident about to happen and he just couldn't look away. Luckily, they didn't notice, they were more concentrated in eating and stealing little glances at each other. They were so distracted that they forgot they had any company and before they knew it they started to feed each other. But as the red eyed boy was about to have a second bite at Haruka's pancakes Syo snapped and hit the table.
"Okay. What the hell is going on?!"
Haruka got so surprised she let go of the fork she was holding making it fall to the ground with a piece of the delicious food. "Syo-kun! You scared me!"
"Oh… um… Sorry, I went a bit too far… But the question still applies!"
After Otoya picked up the fork, he looked at Haruka. They weren't sure about what they should do.
"Um… Okay… can you keep a secret?" the redhead said looking at his friends.
"Otoya-kun!" Haruka stopped him.
"Haruka, I don't want to hide this, and much less to our friends. They deserve to know"
"But… What about Saotome-sama?"
"He said we couldn't tell the fans not that we couldn't tell our friends"
While they discussed their situation back and forward, Syo and Natsuki shared curious looks.
It took them a while, but after much deliberation and forming many doubts in their poor friends' heads: they finally decided to tell them the truth.
"Okay… the thing is that me and Haruka are-" and right in that second he was cut off by Cecil running and screaming bloody murder into the kitchen.
"NO! YOU CAN'T SAY IT!"
"Cecil-san?" asked Haruka.
"YOU CAN'T SAY IT! IF YOU DO IT BECOMES TRUE AND IF IT'S TRUE THEN THEN…"
"Cecil! Calm down! Nothing bad is going to happen, I promise" said Otoya.
"HOW CAN YOU PROMISE THAT?"
"Because Shining gave us permition and as long as the fans don't know: everything is going to be okay"
"Gave you permition to what? Could you please tell us what's going on once and for all" said Syo, exasperated.
Otoya opened his mouth to talk, but Haruka stopped him with a small gesture as if saying: "I've got this".
"We're dating. It's as simple as that" she said.
The two blondes looked just as shocked as Cecil looked confused and angry. They would start talking but stopping mid-sentence multiple times. It seemed that no one was going to talk ever again so Haruka decided to do the brave thing: she sat in her boyfriend's lap. Seeing that, Cecil and Syo started yelling like crazy while Natsuki just stared dumbfoundedly in the background. When they got close to pull the pink haired girl away from Otoya, she stopped them and with that they came to their senses.
"How did this happen? When? Why? What? Where?" Syo asked.
Haruka took a deep breath and said: "We wanted to be together and then we could. Yesterday… or does it count as today? It was 4 am… I'm pretty sure I covered the why with the how... We're dating... Um… I don't know if it should count in the kitchen or in the principal's office…"
"So… You're actually doing this… Good to know…" Cecil said looking at Haruka. Then he turned to Otoya and said: "But don't you think I'm going to give up on her! I won't go out without a fight" and with that he kissed Haruka's hand and walked out of the kitchen. When he left, Otoya made a growling jealous sound calling Haruka's attention. She looked at him sweetly in response and gave him a quick peck on the lips afterwards. Of course: she had forgotten the presence of her friends.
"Hey! Okay! I get it, you two are dating, but you don't have to rub it in my face you know?" said Syo.
Upon hearing that, Haruka blushed and muttered an apology. They fell silent again and this time it seemed nothing she could do would make the air less dense. Finally, in an attempt to make everyone feel better: Natsuki spoke.
"… So… this was nice… How are you Haru-chan?"
She looked up at him and replied smiling: "I'm good, happy"
"I'm glad. That's all I needed to know. If you're happy, I'm happy" he finished and looked at Syo as if saying "What about you?"
"Well, of course I'm happy if she's happy! I just… I need some time to be okay with this… I need to go" he got up and walked out of the room. Natsuki followed behind him after waving goodbye to his friends.
Haruka laid her head on Otoya's shoulder and sighed 'What are we going to do?'
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review! I really appreciate that and given that I'm just starting i would like some constructive criticism.
