Hello hello! Here is Masato's chapter! It took me forever 'cuz as i rewatched his episode in season two i realized his grandpa was already dead (*facepalm*) so i updated chapter 14 XD... Ummm, i hope you enjoy and thanks for reviewing, favouriting, following and reading of course :D

Oh, btw i think i'll post two or 1 chapter per week? I don't know, you guys tell me... i have written up to chapter 19 now so... please do tell :P

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Haruka had decided to wear a headband instead of more bandages given that she didn't have any cuts. She could've easily left her forehead naked, but she didn't want to show anyone her still not so pretty bruises.

After changing, she went to the music room carrying a bunch of empty music sheets and her pencil case.

Sometime later, she had successfully finished two songs. She wasn't particularly proud of them, but they weren't that bad. Who knows? Maybe they were hits afterall; she just had to keep trying.

As she was about to start a third one, the lack of inspiration struck (probably because she was too hungry to think about music). So she headed towards the kitchen to get some snacks. Walking there, she looked at her watch and realized that it was 12 pm already and she hadn't eaten anything in the whole day, yet!

'Maybe it's a better idea to make myself some lunch? But I don't want to take too long…' she thought as she crossed the living room. Just moments later, she stopped on her tracks. A wonderful smell was coming from the kitchen making her drool at the thought of the food it was coming from. She followed the scent and not too long after, she found herself standing right behind Masato.

Haruka couldn't help but think that in the last year or so, all the time they had spent in the master course, Masato had taken somewhat the role of the official maid of the household. She giggled inwardly as she remembered the first day she had arrived there and got scared by the blue haired boy cleaning her windows with an apron and a bandana on his head. He was truly admirable. Not only did he cook for everyone by choice (and rather perfectly she could add) but he also cleaned the house and did it all in comfortable silence, acting from the shadows without expecting any sort of reward.

She didn't want to frighten him, but she was so hungry that if she didn't spoke up quickly, her stomach was going to do it for her first.

"Hijirikawa-san?"

Upon hearing his name pronounced by her voice, he involuntarily leaned forward making his spoon fall inside of one of the frying pans. After quickly getting it out, he turned around facing her "Oh… You scared me"

"I… Yes, I'm sorry… I didn't mean to…"

"No, it's okay… I should've noticed your presence"

She didn't know what to reply to that so she just stayed quiet. Luckily for her, he seemed to be in a talkative mood, so he just kept the conversation going.

"So… What are you doing here?"

"Oh… I… I'm hungry and I…"

"Say no more, you want to have lunch with me?"

She looked up at him dubiously "Umm… Just if you have enough, I mean… who else is going to join us?"

"No one, actually"

"Oh?"

"Yes, Ren had a recording today so his incredibly bruised face won't be able to make it. As for the rest of the guys… I know Otoya and Tokiya are promoting and recording a lot of things today so they are off too… Cecil… I don't really know where he is half of the time, and as of our two remaining friends… They were having lunch on their own someplace else"

"Oh, I see… but… You really don't mind? Maybe you wanted to have some solitude today-" he cut her off by putting his hand up.

"No, please, I would rather eat with you than being alone any day, as much as I enjoy having time for myself" he said bluntly.

"Oh… I… Thank you, I really appreciate that" she replied smiling brightly.

"No problem" he said nodding and turning back to his cooking.

"Do you need me to help you with anything?" she asked interrupting him.

"Oh um… Maybe you could get the dishes, silverware and glasses on the table, I'm almost done"

"Okay" she said as she grabbed the required elements.

As she finished, he carried the food to the table and shortly afterwards, they were peacefully eating in silence.

When they completed cleaning the dishes after lunch, Masato waved goodbye and started walking away only to be stopped by Haruka's voice "Wait!"

He turned around and replied "Is there anything you need?"

"No… Well, yes, actually"

"I don't understand… Yes or no?"

"Kind of yes"

"Ummm… Okay? What is it?"

"I… Can we talk?"

"I'm fairly sure we're already doing that"

"Yeah, but… Well, you're right"

"… So?"

"Oh, yes… Umm… I don't really know how to put this… I-" he cut her off.

"Is this about your relationship with Otoya?"

"I- Yes, how do you know?"

"Ren told me about the little chat you two had… You really don't have to worry about me, I'm not like him"

"Yes, I know, but ever since we started dating everyone has been a little… distant towards us and I really appreciate all of you guys and I want us to still be friends like we have for all this time"

"… I'm sorry if I seemed cold in some way, I just needed a little time to assimilate the information, but I'm fine now, honestly. You don't need to worry about losing our friendship, that's not going to happen"

"Are you really? I don't mean to be intrusive, but I've noticed that lately you've been doing much more housework than ever and… I care about you, if you don't feel comfortable with this situation… please tell me"

"I would be lying if I told you I'm perfectly happy with… this, but I care about you too, much more than you can even imagine, and I can see you're happier now. Who am I to take that away from you?"

"… Hijirikawa-san, you shouldn't keep this all to yourself, it can't possibly end well, believe me, I know"

"Yes, I am aware, but… this is the way I am… I can't, I'm sorry" and with that he quickly walked away ignoring her calling his name.

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Masato locked himself up in his room hoping that neither of his roommates arrived early that day. He truly needed more time to himself.

He thought he had handled the whole Haruka situation quite well, but it all went to hell when he was told about her relationship with Otoya. He wanted her so bad, he loved her so deeply and yet she had fallen for another man. She hadn't even given him time to confess, time to get all those feelings out of his chest. He had been sure that singing her songs was enough for him, that the connection they shared through the music was all he needed, and it had been true… at least until recently in had been. No, all that effort he put on to suppress his love for the good of the band, his and everyone else's careers had been in vain. Had he known that just asking the principal they would get a green light in dating he would've made more moves before. Actually no, he wouldn't have done anything either, he probably wouldn't have made any significant move unless he was positive that she was attracted to him as well, unless he was sure that no negative outcome (or at least not any significant one) could come from it. So… it was surely his fault, right? He couldn't blame Otoya for being more forward and somehow winning her love in the process, and he couldn't possibly blame Haruka, he loved her too much to do that. But he still felt… betrayed. Yes, he felt as if he had been played. Two of his closest (or dare he say it: only) friends had taken an interest in each other and had acted upon it ignoring everyone else's feelings in doing so. He knew they couldn't have possibly done that with any ill intention, but it still pained him, he had never fallen for another woman before. The time he spent with her had helped him get over many of his insecurities in regards to his father and their whole business; she had even helped him get to terms with Ren. Haruka had been a bright light of inspiration for him, so much so that he didn't realize how much he loved her until it was too late to turn back.

Against his better judgment, he had even planned a life with her for the future. He truly thought of her as his future wife and maybe that is why he had been cleaning and cooking so much: he wanted to become a better husband for her. He didn't even realize what he was doing until he had a horribly specific dream about it. And yet again, just as he noticed how much he was willing to do for her, it was too late. But all of that thinking turned out to be useless; she couldn't possibly do that for him now. Even if she did stand by him and kept helping with everything he needed: it just wasn't the same.

Masato thought that with her encouragement he could finally face his father, stop cowering in the back expecting his grandfather or his butler to protect him (especially now that his grandpa wasn't there for him anymore).

Unlike Ren, he didn't have a clue as to how to approach other women. But with Haruka it had been different, for the first time he felt that the interaction was natural, that he could do it for the rest of his life without any problems.

'Stop it! I have to be strong!' he thought 'If not for me I have to do it for Mai', but even thinking that, he couldn't help but feel sad… No, sad wasn't the word… Depressed was more like it. So before he could realize it, a tear fell to his hand and quickly afterwards: he was sobbing. He tried to block the noise by covering his face with his hands, but it didn't seem to work so he grabbed his pillow finally achieving his goal.

At that moment he heard someone knock at his door, and soon afterwards, that person said "Hijirikawa-san! Please open the door; I really need to talk to you!" It was Haruka, and she seemed pretty worried by the tone of her voice.

He felt an impulse to scream "Go away!" to her, but he couldn't possibly do anything to hurt her, even if that meant hurting himself, so he stayed quiet, waiting for her to leave.

After a long moment of silence, he decided that she had probably left, so he went to the bathroom to calm himself without unlocking the door to the room (just in case) as he left.

In the meantime what he couldn't have predicted happened: Ranmaru arrived and opened the door to their room unbeknownst of the reason why the door had been closed in the first place.

Haruka had been walking around the dorms as she waited for Masato to give up when she found that it was finally unlocked. She walked in without giving it a second thought only to find Ranmaru napping inside. She stood there for a moment and thankfully not too long afterwards, the blue haired boy came out of the bathroom.

"Nanami-san?!" he yelled in surprise. Hearing that, she put one finger on her lips as if to tell him to make silence and then she gestured towards his senpai. Seeing him, Masato mouthed "Oh" and slowly walked outside the room just behind the composer.

After he closed the door he asked "What are you doing here?"

"What do you think? You escaped from our conversation!"

"Well, there was a reason for that. Now if you excuse me, I have a lot of things to do" he said trying to move past her. She stopped him and quickly grabbed his hand forcing him to follow her.

She took him to the music room nearby where she had been writing the new songs just so they could have some privacy. Also: the room only had one door so she could maneuver a way to stop him from leaving if he was inclined to do so again.

"Listen, I know you may be angry with me for forcing this into you, but it is really important to me that you are okay with my relationship and I feel that this conversation is necessary in order to maintain our friendship" she said.

He sighed and replied "No, you don't understand, the feelings I have for you are… I… I love you, I really do, and more than that: I want you. I truly hoped to spend the rest of my life with you and now you are with him and… I'm sorry, I don't aim to be selfish, but I can't avoid it… As much as you may want our friendship to remain untouched… It's just not possible"

"But-" he cut her off putting a finger to her lips.

"No, let me talk now, if you want to have this conversation so bad then I'm going to give it to you" she slightly nodded so he continued "You gave me hope when I needed it the most, you inspired me to pursuit a career in the arts no matter what (I was going to give up on it after a year as that was the deal I made with my father), you made me discover my passion and there are many other things that I may be forgetting right now, but the thing is that I'm thankful for ever meeting you. My life is better thanks to you and I will never be able to repay you for that, but I can't take things back to square one. Not only because I fell in love with you, but because my feelings are unrequited and let's not forget about the fact that you are dating one of my best friends… So no, our relationship will never be the same… Maybe after some time I'll move on, but I have no idea how to do that, I never loved anyone like this before… I'm sorry, you can talk now" he said moving his hand away.

Haruka's vision was getting blurry, she felt like crying, but she needed to argue back. What reason could she give him that would make his pain worth it? Every second that passed just made the lump in her throat worse, she could hardly breathe normally, but she truly had to say something.

"I… Hijirikawa-san… I" she said as her last bit of will slipped away and she broke down in tears. He pulled her close to him as he whispered for her not to cry, but she only sobbed more loudly.

"Nanami… Please don't cry" he said as he made small circles on her back with his hands, trying to comfort her.

She took a deep broken breath between sobs and said "Hijirikawa-san, I… I can't lose you"

He grabbed her head with his hands drying her tears and looking her straight in the eyes he replied "You won't lose me, you hear that?" she nodded so he continued "I just… I need time for myself… I'll have to avoid you for a while, but it's only for the best" as she started sobbing again, he let go of her face and pulled her in for a hug once again.

"I'm sorry" he whispered in her hair. Hearing that, Haruka thought to herself: 'I need to calm down' and after some deep breathing and positive thinking, she stopped crying and slowly looked up at him.

"I'll miss you, I really will" she said sadly.

He caressed her cheek and replied "I'll miss you too, but I need to do this… That doesn't mean I can though…"

"… What do you mean?"

"I mean that I'm not sure I'll be able to avoid having a conversation with you, to look at your eyes like I'm doing right now and see you looking back at me…"

"Oh…" she replied in a very low voice.

Suddenly they found themselves staring at each other's eyes and the fact that they were so close to each other made the air that much thick. Masato was slowly leaning in to her, but oblivious to that act, Haruka had a surprisingly bubbly thought, and she didn't wait any longer to tell him: "You're hugging me!"