"Isn't it obvious? Of course, a cute and catchy song will be perfect for the universe's cutest idol." This was Nagi's answer when Catarina asked him about the concept for his song.

I knew you were gonna say that, Nagi.

"What about the lyrics?" Catarina asked.

"About how cute I am," Nagi smiled.

That doesnt ring too nicely actually.

"Don't you want to try something different?"

"Different? Isn't it a given that I show my cuteness to the whole world?" Catarina sighed at his question. She couldn't really argue with him about it since Nagi actually means what he says. Again, Catarina can't help agreeing that he is very cute, specially his voice. The first time she heard it, she found it the cutest voice she'd ever heard.

But the fact that he's boasting so much about his cuteness doesn't really go well as an idol. Even so, she can't say anything as she knows the reason why he's like this.

Catarina replied,"You're right. Still, think about it." Nagi looked at the female with a questioned look before nodding. Then he looked outside the window as their car passed by the buildings.

Currently, the two of them were going outside of Tokyo for Nagi's work. The young boy had been selected for a movie directed by a famous director. It's a great opportunity for Nagi. However, some scenes need to be filmed outside of Tokyo; requiring the boy having to stay overnight there.

The HEAVENS members found it worrying to let Nagi stay alone outside Tokyo. Sure, there were staff members and other actors but they couldn't but be worried for their youngest member. Even if they wanted, none of them had enough time in their schedule to accompany Nagi on his journey. That is when Catarina decided to watch over the gray eyed idol. The female also found it a nice chance to work on his solo by spending more time with the said boy.

While inside the car, Catarina closed her notebook with a frown because of the forming headache.

A bad idea to read inside moving car.
The blonde looked beside her only to find Nagi reading his script seriously.

How can HE read inside a car without feeling hammers being hit in his head?!

"Won't you get a headache if you read now?"

Nagi looks away from his script to face the older female,"Not anymore. I'm used to it since I don't get much moments to spare." Catarina let out an "oh."

Right. As top idols and with our president dumping work on them, they don't have any time to waste.

*  *  *  *  *  *  *

"Finally~" Nagi exclaims after getting out of the car. Their seven hour long ride came to an end. They were now standing outside the hotel where they'll be staying.

Stretching her hands above her head, Catarina looked around. The sun was still high in the sky and the air was fresh and refreshing. She spoke," So, you have a shooting in the evening?"
Nagi answered in the affirmative.

"What're you gonna do till then?" Catarina asks.

"Is that even a question? Of course, sightseeing!"

"Don't you have a script to read?"

"Already did that. Now let's go." Nagi tried going away but Catarina caught him .

"First let's check in the hotel,kid.Then we'll go sightseeing." Catarina dragged him to the hotel reception.

"Wha! Don't call me a kid!" Nagi whined.

" You are a kid. And basically, I AM babysitting you, not that I mind."

"W-well, then atleast call me something cute!"

" Alright then, kiddo. Let's get moving."

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"Isn't this pace nice and relaxing, Nagi?" After roaming around the town, the two were currently sitting in a park bench.

I wanted to sleep in the hotel.But it isn't bad to walk around the town, either.

"Yup," Nagi chirped. Both of them had filled their stomachs with delicious foods and relaxing like this was a bliss.

"It's your first time outside Tokyo, right?" Nagi asked. She hummed in agreement. Nagi exclaimed, "Mine,too!"

Catarina smiled at his childlike innocence. They continued basking in the sun for a while.

"Nagi, your shooting starts from six and it's already four pm. Let's prepare to leave."

After looking at his watch, Nagi answered,"Right. Let's -"

"MAMA!"

He was interrupted by a not-too-loud scream of a boy. Catarina and Nagi turned their attention to the boy. Apparently, the little boy had fallen down while running and was calling for his mother.

The mother and another man, probably the father, came to the boy's side.The woman began soothing the crying boy,"There, there." The father also comforted the boy. As a result of the parents words, the child wiped his tears and began smiling. At a glance anybody could tell what kind of family they were.

Happy family. Catarina then turned to her side for telling Nagi to start heading for the filming location. However, when she looked at Nagi, her heart sinked. Nagi was watching the family with a blank face, too blank face. Catarina knew what was going inside his head.So, she quickly stood in front of Nagi.

"Nagi, let's go."At her voice, he snapped out of his trance. "O-oh yeah." Just after he stood up, the blonde grabbed his hand and started heading off somewhere at rapid speed.

"Ri-rinna, what are you doing?!" Nagi stuttered while trying to keep pace with her.

The female slowed down," We still have two hours. The location's not far away so, it wouldn't hurt to take a short detour. Nagi didn't say anything and let the girl lead him.

They have been running for ten minutes before entering a cafe. Nagi was having a hard time tagging along because of his almost full stomach. Catarina led Nagi to a seat to catch his breath and went to buy two ice cream.

Taking the seat across from him,she handed him one,"Here you go. Your favourite chocolate flavoured." He accepted it."I found this place while we were going around," Catarina immediately started devouring her vanilla one.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to give me an ice cream? What if I catch a cold before filming?"

Catarina puffed her cheeks ,where there were some cream," If you don't want to eat then I'll gladly have it. Although ,a strawberry one would've went well after vanilla."

Nagi protested, "I didn't say I won't eat it...Thanks." With that they continued to eat the dessert. After cleaning their hands and face, Catarina again grabbed his hand and took off.

The sole purpose of dragging Nagi around was to take his mind off from what he had been thinking. Even if just for that little time, Catarina didn't want him to be immersed in his childhood memories.

Unknown to the duo, while they entered the cafe and ate ice cream, a certain platinum blonde idol from a certain idol group which is on a tour, was watching them from inside the same cafe.

"What on earth is she doing?" The blonde mumbled.

*  *  *  *  *  *  *

The filming started some time ago. Catarina ,as well as other staff members were watching the shoot. She was immersed in the thoughts of the younger boy. She remembered the way he looked at that family. His face was devoid of emotions but his eyes showed sadness and jealousy.

No one blame him for this. Not when this fifteen year old didn't get any form of love and affection from his own biological parents. Not when his parents practically abandoned him. The only person to ever show affection during his early years was his grandmother, who unfortunately had passed away some years ago.

Nagi loved his grandmother greatly.  The reason why the former calls himself world's cutest idol is also related to the later. The woman used to tell him that he's the cutest boy in the world. And so, he still believes her words and identifies himself as that; holding these words close to his heart as a memory of his late grandmother.
Nagi had told all of HEAVENS' members this .So, none talks to him about this topic.

Not that it's not true- is what Cataina thinks. He IS cute so nobody's bothered by him constantly saying he's the cutest.

After the shoot is over, Catarina and Nagi are back in their hotel room. Raging Otori decided their place of stay and in order to not spend much, he only booked one room for them.

"Mou! Rinna, come on let's play cards!" Nagi kept whining like a child.

"Not allowed. You have filming tomorrow morning. Go to sleep," Catarina sternly told.

"But-"

"No buts."

His shoulders slumped."Why?! It's like a school trip. Can't we play pillow fights or stuff after work?"

Then it hit Catarina. Oh,right. He never went on a school trip. So, of course he wants to have fun in overnight trips. But..

Catarina sighed,"Fine but only for an hour. You need to wake early tomorrow."

Nagi cheered up,"Okay!"

.  .  .  .  .  .  .

Four hours had already passed by on their way returning. They were stuck in traffic. Nagi had been looking through some paper works while Catarina was thinking about melodies for his solo.

Catarina glanced to her side to see Nagi dozing off while reading. He must be tired. I tend to forget that he's still a child.

"Nagi." At her voice ,the pinkette wakes up. "Take a nap now. I'll wake you up when we reach home."

"No need."Despite his words, his eyelids become heavy. That's why I told you to sleep early last night. Shaking her head, the female pulls him.

"Rinna!" Nagi's head is on her lap.

"It's okay to take a break once in a while. I'll help you with your work later." Finding any struggle futile, Nagi decides to rest ; since her hands are keeping him in place.

"Fine," Nagi mumbled, embarrassed to being seen vulnerable.

Catarina poked his cheek with her index finger." Aww. Are you being shy?"

"N-no way!" Catarina laughs. Little tsundere.

"By the way ,Rinna, your lap is so soft. Must be because of the fats from all the sweets you eat," Nagi remarked.

An irk mark appeared on her forehead. She pulled his cheek and gave a closed eye smile. "Ara ara~ Nagi-chan, your cheek is so fluffy. Now that I have you, I can play with it for as long as I want."

"Ri-riha! Sh-shorry!!"

*  *  *  *  *  *  *

"Rinna, you go ahead. I'll take a trip to the roof ."

"You sure you don't want me to join?"

"Yep, I'll be fine on my own." With thay Nagi rushed off to the roof of the Raging Agency building. Catarina, on the other hand, want to their apartment floor. She took out her hairpin and let her hair fall freely in front of her face before ticking it behind her ears.

While walking to the living room, she heard Van talking,"Eii-chan, I understand how you feel now. You've always said you wanted Nanami Haruka to be ours." By the time he said that, she was peeking inside the living room.

" Yeah.She's good." Eiichi smirked.

.....What? The blonde hid behind the walls as to not being seen. She knew it wasn't right to eavesdrop but she didn't mean to hear it..... He wanted..... Haruka?

Catarina started feeling light headed. Then ,am I just- No! I'm probably misunderstanding. I shouldn't jump to conclusions. I must not question our bonds!

Catarina knelt down and started walking on fours to get out of there without making any noise since she watched in TV that just after eavesdropping , people usually break vases or make noises.

While she was crawling away, she heard footsteps,which she assumed was Van's getting downstairs. Her mind was clouded to not notice the sound of front door opening and closing.

"Eh! Rinna, why are you crawling like that?" Nagi's voice entered Catarina's ears. Not only hers but also the two brunettes' in the living room.

Her blue eyes met his gray orbs.
"E-eto...I was looking for my hairpin." She showed him the hairpin that she took off earlier.

"Oh."Nagi let out."Come, lets go inside."

Catarina entered the living room after Nagi.

"We're back."Nagi chimed.

"Nagi-chan!Na-chan! Welcome back."

"Welcome back, you two." Eiichi closes his magazine.Catarina smiled at the two older men.

Calm down and act normal.

"You should wash up. I've made dinner for us. The others will be late." Van tells them. The younger two nods.

"How was your journey?" Eiichi asks.

"Good." Nagi replies.

"By the way, what was it about Catarina crawling?"

Shoot! Nagi and his loud voice!

Catarina answers," Nothing....I just dropped my hairpin and was looking for it." Eiichi and Van hummed.

....I'll try forgetting what i heard....

.  .  .  .  .  .  .

Despite what she decided, she couldn't stop herself from imagining the negative.In this way ,a week or so passed by with Catarina trying to remain her normal self and not let her thoughts run rampage. The recording of Nagi's solo 'You're Mine' was done. Honestly, she didn't expect
Nagi to write a kind of love song instead of his initial idea. But it was , after all her proposition to write something different. Still, it was a great and cute song.

One weekend , all HEAVENS members are gathered in their living room after their whole day of work. Catarina joined Nagi in his puzzle games, Yamato watching them instead of doing his usual push ups. The Otori brothers were sharing their daily experience. Kira was reading a book with Shion clinging to him. The pale blonde decided to give Nagi some space after his busy week. Van entered the living room after making himself a cup of coffee.

"Man! It was a busy week with the duet project and the movie." Van leaned on a couch.

"But, it was worth it. Your duet song 'Lovely Eyes' is really good," Eiichi told him.

"Thanks. Ha-chan really is an amazing composer!"

"Ha.."Catarina trails off. Eiji finishes for her,"chan?"

"No wonder you already gave her a nickname," Yamato states.

"It's no big deal. I even asked her out!"

Eiji, being the shy boy he is, reddens, "Y-you a-a-asked her out?!" Everyone was shocked at the new piece of information.

Catarina is the first to recover,"Bet she rejected you."

"Probably rejected,"Yamato mutters.

"Definitely rejected!" Nagi joins.

"Rejected," Kira and Shion say at the same time.

"Good.This synchronization is truly HEAVENS," Eiichi's glasses glint.

"Wha!!You guys are so mean!!!" Van cried anime tears .

Catarina shifted again in her bed, unable to sleep. It was already past midnight but she couldn't sleep no matter how many dumplings she counted. Having enough, she got up and grabbed her white cardigan. Guess fresh air will help. Quietly exiting the front door, she went to the roof.

The female sat on one of the benches in the roof and stared at the now quiet city. The cool autumn breeze didn't bother her even though she wore shorts. Her homeland was WAY colder.

No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to forget about that....Of course, Eiichi wanted Haruka to be theirs.Who wouldn't? She's kind,pretty, nice and a wonderful composer. Her songs can give hope and strength. She buries her face in her hands. The question is...am I her replacement?

"No, I must not think this way," she mumbles. The girl looks at the starry sky. Shion would've loved this. A noise from behind her seizes her attention.
She can see a tall figure in the darkness. Her guard loosens when she identifies the person.

"Eiichi?" The said man sits beside her.

"While getting water, I saw you going out,"he answered her inner question.

"Oh,"A silence envelopes them.

"What's bothering you? You don't seem like yourself these days," the brunette asks.

"What?" Catarina was surprised. She didn't anyone to notice any change in her behaviour or mood because she was sure she had been acting like  usual.

"After returning from the trip, something seems off about you."

Perceptive as usual.

"I'm...fine." She didn't want to lie to him.

"Angel,"Eiichi's voice becomes quieter. She bit her lips. I don't want to lie to him.I can't.

"...alright." She looks at her lap,"...You wanted Haruka to be your composer , right? But you had to get someone new like me..." And so, she tells that she overheard his and Van's conversation.

"Sorry,I didn't mean to overhear. Also, I couldn't shake off negative thoughts no matter how much I tried..." After a few seconds, Eiichi quietly laughs. Eh?

"You completely misunderstood."

"Huh?"

"That was in the past, Catarina, before we met you. Ever since I met you, you were the only one I wanted to be out composer,not Nanami. Sure,Nanami's talented but your music is made for HEAVENS." Her blue eyes widen at his honest statement.

Eiichi continues,"So, don't feel inferior to Nanami.We want you and only you.I want you." It takes some time for his words to sink in. She smiles,"Thank you.That...means a lot to me."

Suddenly,embarrassment struck her because of her stupid assumptions. Ugh!I'm so stupid... Her hands cover her face.

The purple eyed male pats her head, "Don't be embarrassed,Catarina. At least, now you can remember that you're irreplaceable."

Slowly she removes her hands. Thinking how she became their composer made her smile wider. "You know, I was extremely happy when you wanted me to be your composer. But it was scary too. Even though I'd been composing songs for years, they were all for my brother to sing .To think that I suddenly get to compose for such amazing idols was kinda unexpected when I had been in the agency for two months only."

Eiichi speaks,"But you spent a lot of time with us within that two months. My-no, our eyes were on you since you first week after you had left your composition in the lesson room. It must've been fate that you forgot your music sheets only for us to find them.Good!"

Fate, huh.

"We should head back now. You might catch a cold." Eiichi said.

"Don't worry.Permafrost is colder than this even in summer." The two of them heads back to their chambers.

Yep.It must've been fate.

                                       To Be Continued.