{ Your P.O.V }

The knock rang out into the chilly night cold air, time seeming to stop for a mere moment. My other hand tightly gripped my phone as I just stood outside the Quartet's apartment with the envelope in hand, trying to remain calm and not completely freak out. A couple minutes passed by, but still, there was no answer.

           You've got to be kidding me...

           I stared at the door for a good ten minutes before sighing. Maybe they're not home? Ah, my confidence is hanging on a thread now. Maybe I should just go-

           Right as I was about to turn around, the lock suddenly clicked and the door was opened only slightly at first before opening fully. Ranmaru stood there with not a single emotion showing on his face, but there were many flashing behind his eyes. I gripped the envelope a little harder in my hand and offered him a small smile. "C-Can we talk?"

           There was a breath of silence before Ranmaru opened the door wider and motioned for me to come in. "Everyone's out princess, grabbing takeout while I man the fort." He explained when I started glancing around for the others. "Just talk to me and we can start patching this up, sound good?"

           With a shaky breath in and out, I nodded. "Yeah, let's talk in the living room."

           Ranmaru followed close behind as I sat myself down on top of the coffee table and he sat on the couch directly in front of me. He waited a moment for me to speak before figuring out that I don't even know where to start.

           Gosh, I should have thought this through some more before walking all the way here...

           "Okay, tell me something princess, did you ever like Ren?" Ranmaru asked, just the slightest hint of annoyance lacing his words.

           Almost immediately I shook my head. "No, I never liked him as anything more than a friend."

           Ranmaru slowly nodded his head. "Then why the hell did you pretend to like him?"

           Caving in some on myself, I hesitantly looked up to meet his eyes. "I... I guess you could say I was scared..."

           "Scared of what?" The silverette asked, leaning back into the couch and crossing one leg over the other as he moved both of his arms to rest on the back of the couch. "Us?"

           "Yeah?" I laughed dejectedly at myself as I looked down to my hands that are currently balling up around the edge of my shirt and resting on my lap. "There's no getting around it. AI was right, I was just pretending to date Ren to escape my problems..."

           The sound of the front door opening and closing rung out, instantly cutting off anything Ranmaru was about to say. I tensed up and refused to look up from my lap. The echoes of three pairs of footsteps grew louder the closer the men grew. My heart is racing and I can feel it beating harshly against my chest. Gosh, this is absolutely nerve wracking.

           "Hey Ran! We brought, food..." Reiji's voice trailed off as the three other Quartet Night members entered the living room. Their eyes lingered on myself while I refused to look up.

           No one said anything for a few moments, the room staying absolutely silent. I waited for the inevitable yelling and angry shouts, though, they never came. A pair of strong arms wrapped around me and pulled me into a gentle hug instead.

           "Welcome home My Special Girl." Reiji whispered softly, his arms tightening just the smallest bit around my smaller frame.

           Hesitantly reaching up, I wrapped my arms around the brunettes back and buried my face into his shoulder. A sudden lump formed in my throat and I gripped at Reiji's shirt.

           I missed them...

           "You guys came back right as she was gonna talk." Ranmaru barks. "Let princess go so she can speak."

           Reiji chuckles as he reluctantly releases me from his embrace. "C'mon, lets hear from the beginning where things started going wrong for us."

           I could feel my heart stutter in it's beats as Reiji placed just the softest of kisses to my forehead and then went to take a seat on the couch beside Ranmaru, AI and Camus sitting on the other couch already.

           "These letter," I paused, lifting them up for the boys to see the envelope holding the four letters, "do you guys know what each other wrote?"

           "No, we just had you in mind but we kept what we wrote private." AI spoke up, a ghost of a smile dancing across his lips.

           Nodding, I placed the envelope down beside me on the coffee table. "I see. To be honest guys, I really don't know where to start." I said with a small laugh.

           Camus scoffed. "Really? After ignoring us for weeks on end you're suddenly speechless? The girl who always wanted to talk with us and keep us company before now has nothing to say?"

           I flinched at the coldness in his voice. "Myu-chan, be nice." Reiji chided gently.

           "Forgive me for being a little upset with this game we've all been playing." Camus snarked.

           AI sighed. "This isn't going to get us no where." He said monotonously as his teal colored eyes locked with my own. "___-chan, start by telling us exactly why you felt it necessary to fake being in a relationship with Ren."

           Slowly, I nodded. "Alright. Well, after certain, developments, between myself and you four began happening, I was getting overwhelmed with my thoughts and feelings and thought the only way to stop myself from breaking down completely was to run away."

           Reiji clasped his hands together as if he's figured everything out already. "That's because you like us right?"

           I couldn't help but smile some. "Yeah, it's because I like all of you and don't know how to handle that little fact."

           "So you thought leaving us and dating Ren was the way to go?" Ranmaru asked with a deadpanned look plastered to his face.

           "Yeah? It was a spur of the moment idea that Ren decided to go along with to help me buy some time that ultimately led to nothing but pain for both you guys and myself. Sorry for causing you all so many problems..."

           Camus shifted and crossed one long leg over the other. "Well, if you're sorry then I think we should apologize as well." He said as he looked away towards the wall, obviously not wanting to apologize. It's actually rather surprising he's even putting an apology on the table right now. Camus doesn't usually apologize for, anything really.

           "We're sorry for coming on so strongly." Reiji laughed as he embarrassedly rubbed the back of his neck. "I know some of us weren't exactly the most subtle- myself included."

           AI nods. "I apologize for kissing you a few nights ago. Even though I knew you weren't in love with Ren, I should have respected your decision at the very least and restrained myself."

           The other three Quartet members snapped their heads to look incredulously at AI. "Wait, you kissed princess?" Ranmaru asked, obviously shocked and I guess he really wasn't spying on AI and myself that night...

           "I did. I think you'd say that the timing felt right and I wanted to convey my liking for her and so I did it the only way I could think of." AI said without a hint of emotion.

           Camus chuckled. "That makes two of us then."

           "Myu-chan! You kissed My Special Girl too?!" Reiji very nearly shouted as he stood up and accusingly pointed a finger at the earl.

           "She's not yours, but yes, yes I did." Camus said with a small smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.

           Awkwardly, I cleared my throat to gain their attentions once more. "Guys, be serious for a moment please? We need to figure this out right now because I can't go on like this knowing that I'm making your lives more difficult and that I can't be enough for you four. I'm just one person and I don't even know which one of you I like the most and this is really beginning to drive me closer towards insanity."

           The Quartet members stayed silent for a moment as they really let my words sink in. They each seem to be deep in thought, none of them saying a word.

           "How about we take this slowly?" Ranmaru spoke up first. "Princess, we'll hold ourselves back until you make a decision on which of us you want."

           "That's not a bad idea, surprising coming from someone like yourself." Camus mused.

           Reiji smiles brightly. "Let's take things slow! We can all take you out and spend more time with you and really get to know you and eventually you'll know which one of us you like!"

           "Eventually isn't exactly the best in terms of our time and ___'s." AI said thoughtfully. "It would do us all better if we put a time limit on when ___ can give us her answer."

           "And when do you think that should be?" I asked, feeling my nervousness from before slowly dissipating. At least everyone's trying to solve this rationally-

           "Two months." AI said, successfully cutting my thoughts off without a moments notice.

           "Two months?" I repeated.

           You know what, my nervousness and anxiety is about to spike to new levels...

           "If we allow you to have more time, it would simply drag this on longer than it needs to." AI said before smiling just the smallest bit. "And I myself am impatient and can't last longer than two months without an answer."

           I blushed a bit at that. God, these boys easily fall back into their former roles of constantly tormenting the fangirl in me even though it's been nearly a month of me fake dating Ren and not talking to them one bit. Truly impressive.

           "Two months is good for me." Ranmaru said with a toothy grin.

           Reiji nodded happily. "Two months is enough for me to win over My Special Girl!" He said undoubtedly.

           Camus sighed. "Fine, I'll wait throughout these arbitrary two months until I can call ___ mine."

           AI stands up from the couch, the other members and myself now looking to him curiously. "I believe, if my data is correct, I shall be the one ___ chooses." And with that, he flashes me a faint smile and promptly leaves the living room in favor of retreating to his bedroom, the other members staring after him a little shocked at his boldness.

           I watched him go before shaking my head. "Alright, I think that's my cue to leave as well-"

           "You're not staying here with us?" Ranmaru cut me off.

           Reiji pouted at that. "I miss waking up knowing you're only a few rooms down from mine."

           "I think it would be good for me to stay in the Master Course." I said with an apologetic smile. "I... If we're doing this, then I want to know I can go somewhere I can escape to so that I can calm down and really think things through. Besides, I'll be closer to your kouhai's and Oto-kun really helps me figure things out when my brain is all jumbled up and whatnot."

           "That red headed kid is going to push you towards Reiji..." Ranmaru grumbled.

           Camus scoffed at the rockers words. "___ wouldn't choose the likes of him or yourself when I'm an option."

           "And why not?" Reiji asked, cheeks puffed up childishly as he tries to sternly look at Camus. "We're just as good for ___ as you are."

           Ranmaru nods in agreement at that, for once not arguing the oldests words.

           "Okay, I really need to go back now." I giggled as I grabbed the envelope with their letters and stood up from the coffee table. "Text me when you guys are free and don't be strangers."

           "Do you want a ride back to the Master Course?" Reiji asked, already moving to stand up.

           I shook my head. "Nah, the fresh air is always nice."

           "We live in a city, the air isn't fresh." Camus said without a moment of hesitation.

           "Don't do this to me Cam-chan, I just want to go out for a walk and keep my thoughts clear." I said as I began walking towards the front door. "Tell AIAI I said bye!"

           "Text us when you get back!" Ranmaru called after me.

           Smiling to myself, I slipped on my shoes and tugged my light jacket a little tighter around my body. "Alright! Goodnight guys."

           Hearing a chorus of good nights back from the three members in the living room, I exited their condo and began walking back for the Master Course. The air is just as chilly as it was when I first walked here if not more so. Probably should have taken Reiji up on his offer to drive me home, but this is nice too.

           I'm happy that the boys aren't trying to kill each other and I'm even happier to know they're willing to give me some time to really think this out. Hopefully they don't get jealous of each other too much to the point it affects the bands dynamics. I don't think I'd ever be able to live with myself if I was responsible for Quartet Night breaking up...

           I just have to survive for two more months and then all of this will come to an end. Now I can only wait and see what those four will do to try and win me over.

           Bet I'll be dead by the end of these two months...

           Well, at least I can say I died happily from fangirling so much over my favorite idols I had a heart attack.

           Truly a fitting way for a fangirl such as myself to go.

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         Twelfth chapter done~ gosh, it's been over a year since I last really updated this and I just want to say I'm so sorry for leaving you all on such a cliff hanger!!!! Writers block hit me hard and I haven't been writing much to any for anime any more which I really regret. I won't bother you lovely people with excuses and I hope you can forgive me for practically abandoning Wattpad for the last year and a half or so ;-; I'm sorry

          Anyways! I'm really happy to be back though! School got out earlier today for Winter break so that means the next two weeks will be me focusing on writing and finishing up a few stories as well as starting and publishing new ones! I'm also on AO3 under KatTheOtaku so if you want to follow me on there as well feel free to! I'll probably start cross posting docs so don't worry about missing out on anything I write lol

          Question of the Chapter (gosh it feels like forever since I last did one of these) ~ What do you really want to see happen within the next few chapters? I might take bits and pieces of your ideas and incorporate them into the plot so please don't hesitate to say anything that comes to mind!

          Seriously guys, thanks so much for waiting for me to return and I'm genuinely sorry for being such an ass of a human being for leaving you all hanging for so long. Please forgive me and I really hope you all continue to support this fic even though I've been an idiot! I love every last one of you wonderful souls ♡ forever and always ^^

          Till the next update (which will hopefully be very soon!),
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                      ~Kat♡