Hello! New chapterrrrr yes... this is not as long as the last one, but whatevs... Ummm couple of things: Before you say that Otoya is OOC in this chapter i'll remind you that i'm not writing 1000%-cheery-everything is rainbows-practically undeveloped-anime-Otoya, i'm writing a bit of a mix of both his character in the games and how he is in the anime... This is because of course in the games he actually has more "screentime" and because of it, the character has more deph whereas in the anime he's mostly there as comic relief *sigh* Sorry for the rant, but i just needed to say it XD So if you played or read how the games go then you should have no problem with finding this IC... Anyways, please enjoy this and thanks to everyone that reads, reviews, favourites and follows my story! I really appreciate that! :)
EDIT (2014): Wow, i was super bitchy when i wrote that ummm so, yeah try to ignore that angry rant XD
Disclaimer: I don't own Uta no Prince-sama or any of its characters.
After a long moment of silence, Haruka let herself lay in his arms. Next thing she knew, she was sound asleep.
Otoya couldn't help but look at her calm features wishing he could do something to get her to look that way while awake. All these discussions with their friends were tearing her down little by little. He knew that she was convinced she had to do this on her own, but… maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea if he intervened, right? What could possibly go wrong? The only thing he had to do was talk… But what did he have to say? He felt tempted to ask Haruka, but if he did then she would know what he was planning to do, and she would certainly not be very fond of his idea.
'It seems I can't be of any help then… But it can't be that hard? Maybe I just have to ask: "Hey, do you have a problem with me and Haruka dating?" No… It's too obvious; if what she told me about Masa is true then I'm pretty sure that the answer to that question would be a unanimous "NO" This sucks!' he thought sadly.
In that moment, Haruka moaned in her sleep making Otoya smile. 'I wonder what she's dreaming…' he thought right before she gripped him tightly. He stayed still as his smile grew wider, 'she's so cute!'
Suddenly, Maji Love 2000% started playing making the redhead think 'Oh crap! My phone! Where is it?' He looked around the room desperately only to remember that he had it in one of the front pockets of his pants… The bad part was that Haruka was over him, so if he tried to take it out, he would surely wake her up… But she could easily wake up by the sound of the music too. When the chorus started he decided to just take it out and be done with it. As he did, he was pleasantly surprised to find that she was resting so soundly that all the movement he did didn't seem to alter her in the slightest. Silently picking up, he quickly checked the caller ID and said in a whisper: "Masa, hello… It's not a good time now"
"What? What do you mean? Why are you whispering? Where are you?"
"I'm in Haruka's room…" Before he could whisper any more, Masato interrupted him.
"Oh, I'm really sorry… I didn't mean to disturb… I…"
Catching his line of thought, Otoya quickly added a little louder: "It's not what you think! She's asleep and I'm keeping her company"
"Oh"
"Listen, we can talk later… I'll meet you downstairs in a bit, okay?"
"Okay, great. I'll be right outside the entrance of the women's dormitories"
"Okay, bye" the redhead said right before hanging up.
As he looked back at his girlfriend, he noticed that her expression remained undisturbed. She really was a heavy sleeper. So it couldn't really be a problem to get her off and inside the bed just so he could leave. At least that's what he thought. He started to move slowly towards the pillow just so he could roll over to the other side and be done with it, but as he did so, her grip on him tightened as she said groggily: "Otoya…" Hearing that, he stayed immobile yet again, waiting for her to open her eyes. But it seemed she was still dreaming, so he continued with the task he had in hand and carefully placed her under the covers. For a moment he thought if he should change her clothes, but he quickly rejected the thought as he blushed. Seeing her replace his body with a pillow, he decided it was time to leave, but before doing so, he gave her a soft peck on the lips.
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Masato stood against the wall outside of the women's dorms waiting. He really felt he needed to clear things up with Otoya too, especially now that he was positive that Haruka had talked to him.
Maybe this was a bad idea… after all, he could barely deal with himself after talking to her. He had put so much strength into playing the piano as he tried to clear his mind that he actually got a couple of blisters. But he felt obliged to tell his friend about his intentions towards his girlfriend. Not because he planned on doing anything, but because he thought that saying nothing would be the same as actually expecting her to be with him. And as much as he wanted that, he couldn't betray Otoya that way.
As he started hearing footsteps, he moved from the wall and stood to look as his friend walked closer.
When Otoya got to where he was, the redhead asked: "Why did you call?"
"I wanted to talk to you"
"About?"
"You and Nanami"
Otoya sighed and said: "Of course…"
"Has she told you anything about our conversation?"
"… She said that you won't be her friend anymore, is that true?"
"Not exactly, but I understand where the confusion comes from…"
"… So?"
"Oh, yes… Sorry. Well, the thing is that I'm not 100% okay with the situation and I asked her for a timeout… some time just for myself where I'll somewhat ignore her just for the purpose of moving on"
"Oh? What about me?"
Masato looked at him with a bemused expression and replied: "I don't… I'm not in love with you"
Hearing that, Otoya broke down laughing, but quickly stopped seeing as his friend seemed to be quite serious about the issue and said: "That's not what I meant, dummy. I'm asking… Are we still friends? Or are you going to ignore me for a while too?"
"I don't really see why I would, I already told you: I'm not in love with you"
"Yes yes, I know, but I'm saying this because if you're ignoring her 'cuz of your feelings then maybe you would ignore me because you're jealous or angry or something"
"Oh no, I may be a little jealous, I have to admit, but I know you're not at fault. It's a very different situation"
"How is it different?"
"Well, you know… I need to get over her, not you. I wouldn't want to be unfair"
"Unfair? You know… You ignoring me, I can take. Afterall, I stole the girl you love! You have a frickin' reason, but no, you're going to avoid her. And you know what, I can't help but take that personally! You have no idea how broken she is right now, she really appreciates your friendship and this thing you are doing is completely pointless"
"I'm sorry you feel that way, but there's nothing I can do"
"Really? Nothing? So you're just going to give her the cold shoulder until you 'move on' whatever that means. You know you have to talk to her in order to properly work, right?"
"Yes, I know! And I really don't want to do this, but what other choice do I have? For now this is the best option, and I'm sorry if you don't feel this way, but I need to do this right now, otherwise I would never forgive myself!"
"What? Why? I can't possibly see how this is your better choice! How can you forgive yourself for actually doing this?!"
The argument had gotten quite heated at that moment, to the point that Masato forgot to use any sort of logic and yelled: "Because I almost kissed her today!"
This rendered Otoya speechless as he stared at his blue haired friend in disbelief. It took him a moment to process the news, but then he breathlessly said: "What?"
Realizing what he had done, Masato stared back in horror. Unfortunately for him, it was too late to back down, so he just tried to explain himself as best as he could: "Today… When I told Nanami that I had to ignore her for a while, she broke down crying… So I hugged her… When we pulled away, she was so close that I couldn't help but lean in… She didn't seem to notice though; she was just happily distracted by the fact that I was embracing her. I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself enough and I don't think I'll be able for a while… That's why I need to do this, I hope you can understand"
The redhead stayed silent throughout the whole speech, expressionless, but as the other boy finished talking, he opened his mouth and said in a very low voice, almost a whisper: "I… trusted you"
Masato bowed and yelled: "I AM VERY SORRY FOR MY ACTIONS!"
Otoya just stared at him for a moment and then he let himself fall to the ground. He sat there as the blue haired boy walked up to him. As he pulled out a hand to help him stand up again, the redhead slapped it away.
"Otoya!"
Hearing his name, he lifted his head and finally faced him. He looked like a small child that had lost his favorite toy: his eyes were watery, his mouth was pouting and he even had a little blush. This would've been cute had not been for the fact that Otoya was so upset that the only way to deal with his pain was to act like a little kid again.
Masato felt compelled to comfort him, just for his expression alone, so ignoring the fact that only seconds ago his friend had slapped his hand away, he got closer. As he did so though, he was quickly reminded of how much of a bad idea it was: in the blink of an eye, all innocence Otoya was showing faded and was quickly replaced by a burning "I'm going to kill you" sort of anger. The redhead quickly got up and pushed his bandmate strongly against the wall.
The hit had been so strong and surprising that Masato's lungs run out of air leaving him coughing as he tried to breathe. He fell to the ground without any resistance as Otoya stared at him from above. When the blue haired boy thought another hit was coming his way, he just heard the words: "I never want to see you again" That sentence actually hurt worse that any actual punch or kick would've, but he didn't have any time to argue back. Right as he was gaining back his breath, his –perhaps no longer- friend quickly strutted away from him.
'What have I done?' was the repeating question in Masato's head as he watched his friend disappear into the distance.
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Otoya was angry alright, but not angry enough to forget that Haruka had talked to Ren before Masato. The question that was haunting the redhead was: 'If Masato, the shy nice guy tried to kiss her, why wouldn't Ren have?' So with that in mind he started his rage search for his friend as all trust slipped away being replaced by a deep feeling of possession: 'Haruka is MINE! How can they not get this!?' he kept thinking.
As he stomped hard through the halls he bypassed a very cheery Natsuki: "Otoya!" he yelled happily, but yet again was completely ignored. Now he was truly intrigued about what the heck was going on that day, but he decided to wait it out and just observe from a distance, maybe he could ask Haruka later.
When he got to the training room of the building, he found both Syo and Ren training there. Unfortunately for the short blond boy, he was about to presence yet another confrontation between his friends (and if the last one was anything to go by for, he might get hurt again).
"Ren!" the readhead yelled angrily to call his attention.
"Oh, Ikki! What brings you to the 'gym'?" he asked oblivious to the other's emotions.
Otoya ignored his question as he quickly walked up to the long haired boy. When he got close enough to him, he grabbed his shirt and pulled him up so that they could face each other.
"Wow wow, calm down Ikki! What the heck are you doing?" Ren asked as he tried to push the other one away.
The redhead ignored him once again and in a furious tone, asked: "Did you try to kiss Haruka? Yes or no?"
"Where is this coming from? Let go of me!" Ren was quite surprised at the strength his friend was showing, as much as he tried to push him away, he just couldn't.
"ANSWER ME!" he yelled.
"Hey, Otoya, calm down dude, you're hurting him!" Syo stepped in.
He just looked at the blond boy with a threatening stare for a moment and then went back to face the current victim of his wrath.
"Okay okay! Yes, I did! What is it to you? You're already dating her and I didn't actually kiss her! How much do you want?" answered Ren angrily.
"WHEN?! WHEN DID YOU TRY TO KISS HER?!"
"Eh? Does it matter? Back when she came up to talk to me about her relationship with you, why?"
Hearing this, Otoya let go of Ren and strongly pushed him to the ground making him fall over the training equipment and getting him quite injured in the process.
"Are you crazy? Otoya, what the hell is going on?!" Syo snapped.
"It's none of your business!" then he laid his eyes back on Ren (who was clutching his chest in pain) and said threateningly: "You better stay away from Haruka if you want to live" and with that he ran off.
When he was out of sight, Syo reached his hand to Ren asking: "Are you okay? Can you stand up? Do you want me to call a doctor? Can you move?"
Ren coughed a little as he clutched himself tighter and replied: "I'll live, help me out here"
As he slowly got up, he leaned his weight on Syo and just like that they walked towards the infirmary.