A couple of hours go by and it was finally dinner time. Adryn got a call from Eclipse, telling her to wake Reiji up for dinner. So, Adryn walked down the hallways until she reached the room where Reiji was deeply asleep. Adryn smiled at the sleeping man, as he seemed so peaceful. She didn't really want to wake him up, but she knew that she had to. Adryn made her way to Reiji and shook him a little bit, with him waking up right away.

"Hey there, it's time for dinner," Adryn informed Reiji, who slowly sat up on the couch.

"Good, I am a little hungry now," Reiji responded with a yawn. He slowly got up from the couch and the two of them made their way to the kitchen. As soon as they walked into the kitchen, they saw everyone.

"You look terrible," Shiori commented to Reiji, causing Adryn to frown.

"He looks better than before. He's at least up and about instead of stuck in bed." Adryn retorted to Shiori.

"I feel much better, but I'm not 100% yet. I hope by tomorrow I'll be completely recovered." Reiji spoke up before Shiori could say anything to Adryn.

"You shouldn't be in a rush to get better." Adryn frowned at her lover as she spoke. This caused Shiori to laugh at them.

"When Reiji does get better, he'll have to record your songs together and then leave."

"Don't sound so happy!" Eclipse snapped at Shiori who was smirking. Shiori stopped smirking instantly.

"I'm not happy. I'm just relieved that I won't have to see Adryn and Reiji flirting anymore."

"I'll miss the flirting once he's gone..." Adryn muttered to herself.

"I'll miss the flirting too." Reiji bumped her shoulder bringing out a chuckle from Adryn. Reiji smiled at her before they went to sit down at their normal spots. Eclipse and Taemin were cooking dinner together and as soon as they were done, they dished out the food and brought a plate to everyone.

Once everyone had food, they began to eat. Reiji ate slower than he usually did and he definitely didn't eat nearly as much as he normally would have. Once he finished eating, Reiji looked at Taemin and began to chat with him.

"So, about your new project here in Japan..." Reiji began as he looked at Taemin. Taemin just smiled at him before responding.

"I can't tell you too much about it, since it's still in the making, but when the time is right, I'll talk all about it," Taemin responded causing Reiji to nod his head in understanding.

"If you're done, I'll take your plate," Adryn spoke up to Reiji.

"Oh, thank you," Reiji responded as he handed his plate to Adryn, who was standing up now.

"No problem." Adryn took their plates and got rid of the extra food before cleaning up their plates. "Do you want to go to my music room and work on our final song together?"

"Sure." With that, Reiji and Adryn excused themselves from the kitchen and headed up to her music room. Once there, Adryn began to explain something to Reiji.

"I want to write our final song about things that aren't ending, but just beginning."

"I like that," Reiji admits happily. Adryn had already begun to write the song, so Reiji just went along with it and they began to write it together. The music was already set for it, it would just need to be changed slightly to fit their new concept for the song.

After multiple hours, the song was about to be finished. All Adryn had to do was write the last sentence of the song. As soon as she wrote the final word, Adryn froze. An overwhelming sense of dread took over.

"Are you alright? Is something wrong?" Reiji had to ask once he realized that Adryn had frozen.

"I'm just a little upset... and worried about our future now. I mean, I'm confident in our relationship but I'm not confident that I'll be able to handle you leaving. I'm not good with change and you leaving will be a big change." Adryn then sighed to herself and continued talking. "I just didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to make you feel bad about leaving."

"I'm not too happy about leaving either," Reiji admitted to Adryn.

"I know that you have to leave, you have to continue on your journey with QUARTET NIGHT and the friends you've made along the way, but I can't help wanting to lock you up or something." This reminded Reiji about their dungeon in the basement.

"Maybe you should just lock me up in the dungeon."

"...No, I couldn't do anything that would hurt you mentally or physically." Adryn had contemplated it though for a split second.

"I know you'd never hurt me. I love you though, no matter where I am or what I'm doing." Adryn instantly hugged Reiji causing him to hug her back before she pulled away.

"I feel the same and will work on my possessive behavior. I know how scary it can be, due to Nova and her affection toward me."

"A little possessiveness is alright, as long as you don't do anything crazy."

"I'm stable on my medications, I shouldn't do anything crazy or harmful toward anyone." Adryn chuckled in response.

"I trust you completely and wholly." Reiji's honest words brought a smile to Adryn's face.

"Thank you, Reiji." Adryn then checked her phone and realized how late it'd gotten. Reiji's body seemed to sense it as well, as Reiji yawned. "You should get to bed now. I want to stay up a little longer though and send in our new song to Daichi."

"Alright, as long as you get to bed soon after me." Reiji stood up, kissed Adryn's head, and was out the door. He was clearly looking forward to going to bed and sleeping. So, now alone, Adryn headed to her office and put the finishing touches on their song before sending it in. With that done, she headed to her room and got ready for bed. She then crawled into bed and began to think. Adryn thought about Reiji and how she hoped he would feel better by the next day. Adryn then drifted off to sleep.

Adryn only woke up when her phone went off the next morning. She instantly got up, got ready for the day, and headed out of her room. She wondered if Reiji was still sleeping, but chose to not bother him in case he still needed sleep. So instead, Adryn headed off to the kitchen only to see Taemin sitting there at the counter.

"Where is Eclipse?" Adryn asked simply as she approached Taemin.

"She just went to sleep. She'd been up all night with a sudden burst of inspiration to draw." Taemin responded as he turned to look at his friend.

"Do you know what she drew?"

"No, she refused to show me. It's not done, she said she'd show it to me once it was done." Hearing this from Taemin, Adryn laughed and nodded her head. She knew how Eclipse was with drawing sometimes.

"It seems like we're the only two awake right now."

"Yeah, even the cubs are sleeping still." Taemin then thought of something. "How are you doing? How's your mental and physical health doing?"

"I think I'm doing pretty well. I'm not physically ill anymore. My mental health is decent with ups and downs but that's normal for the medications I'm on. I'm not as unstable as I was before. Not that I'd been anywhere nearly as unstable as Nova was. Speaking of Nova, how is she doing?"

"She's doing great actually. She'll most likely come back anytime now as long as she feels ready to and if she's able to stay on the medicines she's on now."

"You know, I never meant for any of that to go down like it did. I never wanted things to go so downhill, but I don't regret anything."

"Nova has expressed sorrow for her actions that led to your suffering with John and then the attempt with Reiji."

"I wonder if she and I can ever be friends again. I wonder if her time with PURGATORY is over now." Adryn looked to the ground, feeling bad about those two things.

"Nova has implied that she wants to return again and make things right. She even wants to remain in the group."

"It'd be nice to have Nova back, but I'm not sure if Nova would be alright. Once we see each other again, there's no telling what would happen."

"I agree, but have faith." Hearing this from Taemin, Adryn laughed.

"I don't have faith toward anything. I have to think the worst at all times, that way if things go good, I can be happy. However, if sad things go down, then I can just be sad, but I'll have expected it."

"That's no way to live, Adryn."

"I can't help it. I don't want to be let down anymore."

"What about your relationship with Reiji?"

"Reiji is the one thing I can be positive about. I've been through so many relationships but I've finally found the one. I've been hurt and hurt, but I know Reiji wouldn't hurt me. This is it for me, Taemin. This relationship is it. If this doesn't work out, I'll die with my 90 cats that I'll get and love each and every one of them. This relationship has everything I want and need in a relationship. Reiji is absolutely amazing to me. I'll still live a long life, I won't die over a man anymore or anything, but I wouldn't be able to get over Reiji. I wouldn't be able to move on from such a perfect relationship." Adryn then smiled at Taemin with tears filling her eyes. "Reiji is it for me. No one and nothing could ever fill the void in my heart and soul like he can. I love Reiji with everything that I am and I couldn't forgive myself if I ever lost him." Hearing all of this from Adryn, Taemin remained speechless. She doesn't usually express her feelings like that nor does she get emotional like she did not in front of people at least. Adryn then laughed weakly before she wiped away a few stray tears.

"Adryn..."

"I'm sorry for dropping all of this onto you. It's just easy to talk to you for some reason."

"I'm glad." Taemin smiled at her. "But you need to tell all of this to Reiji. It would make him feel a lot better about everything involving your relationship."

"I actually already heard it all accidentally." Taemin and Adryn turn to see Reiji looking sheepish in the doorway.

"Reiji?" Adryn stood up from the seat she'd been seated on as Reiji came over to her.
Instead of responding right away, Reiji wrapped his arms around Adryn and held her tightly.
"I love you, Adryn." Adryn smiled at Reiji's words and hugged him back.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't say all of this to you directly, but I feel a lot better just getting it out."

"I'm thankful that I woke up in time to hear everything."

"Well, I'm going to head back to Eclipse." Taemin awkwardly muttered as he watched the two separate from each other, embarrassed.

"Thank you for listening to me." Adryn smiled at her friend. Taemin returned her smile.

"It's what brothers are for." With that, Taemin was gone.

"I love you, Reiji." Adryn finally said after a moment of silence.

"I know that and I'll never doubt that. I know your feelings are true toward me." Reiji and Adryn looked at each other and instantly moved to kiss each other. They both kissed for a moment before separating. "You know, you might get sick now."

"It's worth it," Adryn smirked at Reiji, who smiled at her back.

"I actually feel a lot better today. I don't even really sound all that bad."

"You do still sound a bit sick, but all that sleeping must have helped you heal faster."

"Maybe." Reiji shrugged simply before heading to the cupboards to find some food. Reiji began to make some food for himself and Adryn.

"I wonder, where is the rest of QUARTET NIGHT?"

"I heard nothing from their rooms as I passed by them, so I'm not sure."

"Well, either way, I'm glad to get some alone time with you. I want to spend as much time with you as possible before you leave."

"Oh, right, I was meaning to tell you, I got a text last night stating that once I'm better, we can reveal our relationship to the world."

"Oh... That makes me nervous."

"How come?"

"I don't want anyone or anything to be hurt by negative fans."

"I see. Well, I'm not worried. I know we have great fans that will accept us."

"It's cute that you're so positive about our fans," Adryn muttered, causing Reiji to laugh a bit.

"Why do you think so negatively about them?"

"I'm just not always sure of other people. Especially when I don't know them personally."

"I see, I see." Reiji nodded his head and went back to cooking. Everything was quiet, with Adryn just watching him until she spoke out loud suddenly.

"You look pretty hot while cooking," Adryn spoke up, causing both her and Reiji to pause. Adryn then covered her face with her hands and muttered to herself how she meant to not say that out loud. Reiji just laughed a bit to calm her down.

"Well, I feel pretty hot due to the heat." Hearing Reiji's attempt at calming her down, Adryn peeked out from behind her hands to look at him. Reiji was a little red, and seeing this, Adryn began to worry about him. However, she just chose to hold off and allow him to finish cooking before she got out a thermometer and took his temperature.

"You have a slight fever," Adryn commented after she took the thermometer out of his mouth. "Let's eat first, then deal with it." So, Reiji and Adryn began to eat and once they finished they sat there to talk. "Let's get you to bed."

"I'm tired of sleeping. I want to do something productive." Reiji pouted cutely, which brought a smile to Adryn's face.

"Alright, then what do you want to do? We already finished our songs."

"Let's do some singing."

"No."

"What? Why?" Reiji pouted again.

"You need more rest."

"I'll only rest in bed if you are there and we are doing something."

"...Doing something?" Adryn looked at Reiji a little suspiciously. Reiji then laughed at this before responding.

"Don't worry, it isn't sex that I'm after, yet. I just want to play a game or read something together."

"'Yet'?" Adryn muttered before continuing. "Let's read something."

"Yes, yet. I want our first time together to come naturally and not something that was planned or obligated to happen or stuff like that.

"I hope it'll happen when we're away from others. I'd be horrified if anyone heard us."

"I don't even want to hear you flirt, so hearing you doing anything else would be vile." Came Camus' response as he walked into the room.

"I'm sorry." Camus just ignored Adryn's words and went to get food. Adryn sighed and got up from her seat with hers and Reiji's plates. Adryn cleaned up before getting fever reducer pills for Reiji. She then had Reiji take them, then she and Reiji began to head to his room. However, Adryn then steered Reiji away from his room and to another room down the hallway. The door was locked but Adryn unlocked it with her keys and then opened the door.

"Oh wow," Reiji muttered in surprise as he saw a library behind the door.

"This is my personal library, so be wary of the books," Adryn informed Reiji.

"Why?"

"There's some yaoi manga mixed in with the regular manga." Reiji chose to not question why and just began to poke around and check out some of the books while being wary. After a little bit, Reiji sees a book that seemed interesting and read the back of it. He realized that the book was about unrequited love and heartbreak. He was curious about who wrote it, but all it said was "JMG".

"Who wrong this book? Do you know?"

"I did, back when I was in America." Adryn simply stated as she looked at Reiji.

"Why is the name 'JMG' then?" Hearing this from Reiji, Adryn laughed which just confused him.

"Those are my real initials."

"Huh?" Reiji then looked between Adryn and the book as his head spun. "Is Adryn not your real name?"

"Nope." Adryn shook her head as she spoke. "I really had no intention of telling you about it though. My name is Adryn now. 'JMG' is dead."

"What?"

"'JMG' are my real initials but that was my life back then. That girl wasn't great. She had so many issues personally and with other people, she just wanted to escape from it all. Once I joined my original band, I adopted 'Adryn' as my name. Just as Eclipse and Nova adopted their names in place of their birth names."

"'Eclipse' and 'Nova' are fake as well?" Reiji was shook to his core. "Is there anything else fake about you three?"

"Nothing else is fake... other than my hair and my eyes since I wear colored contacts."

"Is there anything else you feel like sharing with me?" Reiji was hoping she would say no, but she didn't.

"I have tattoos."

"Huh? How have I never seen them before?"

"I cover them up with makeup or bandages that are skin-colored." Reiji was shook again. "Eclipse and Nova also have tattoos."

"Really?"

"I also have my nose pierced, but I don't wear it anymore. I have other body piercings too."

"What?" Adryn just laughed at Reiji's surprise and confusion. "What are your tattoos and piercings?"

"Well, Eclipse has a full back piece that is angel wings that are silver/gray. There is an eclipse going down her spine. She also has a white tiger head with one eye being ice blue and the other being lavender with angel wings that are dark gray around it on her thigh." Adryn simply stated. "Nova has a blue multicolored supernova on her back and she actually has her belly button pierced." Adryn then got to herself. "I have a blue butterfly on my back with blue swirls around it and a few other things that I can't explain. My other tattoo is an emerald on my right hip. My belly button is pierced along with two piercings on my lower back where my back dimples are." Adryn then lifted her shirt a bit to show him the piercings and tattoos.

"...What?" Reiji was shook to his core.

"What do you think about everything I just told you?" To Adryn's question, Reiji remained quiet for a few minutes. Reiji not saying anything began to worry Adryn. Reiji noticed this and spoke up finally.

"I don't dislike them, don't worry. I just... am a little shocked. I wasn't expecting this from you three." Reiji then thought about it for a moment before asking something. "What about Shiori?"

"I'm not sure actually."

"You know, I think I like that you have piercings and tattoos. It's... oddly attractive." To Reiji's admission, Adryn laughed.

"That's good because I've been told horrible things about it before."

"Can I see the ones on your back again?"

"Sure?" Adryn then turned around and showed him her back piercings. Reiji was curious though so looking wasn't enough, so Reiji reached out and poked one of them. Adryn instantly let out a little yelp and then hid her face in her hands. Reiji was surprised and looked at Adryn's face, well what he could see and it was completely red.

"Are you alright?" Adryn just nodded her head, she didn't trust her voice at that moment. Adryn just moved away from Reiji as he moved toward her, worrying the man. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"It's alright..." Adryn muttered. "I just haven't had anyone touch that before. It gave me... a feeling..."

"A feeling? What kind of feeling?" Adryn just shook her head, no. Reiji smiled, starting to understand things. Reiji moved to the front of Adryn and kissed her hands. Adryn tried to pull away, but as she did Reiji pulled her hands away from her face. Reiji was surprised to see that Adryn's face was still super red. "Are you alright?"

"You touching that piercing made me feel a type of way."

"Oh? A sexual type of way?" Adryn flinched from embarrassment but Reiji kept a hold of her hands. Reiji then smirked and released her hands, only to reach around her and poke both piercings with his hands. Adryn yelped once more and went even redder than before. "I like to see you go red because of me."

"Stop teasing me. Especially when we can't do anything because you're sick."

"We can't do anything sexual, yes, but we can go a bit further than just an innocent kiss if you want to risk getting sick."

"I'm willing to risk it..." Hearing Adryn's response, Reiji instantly moved. He pulled her against him and brought her face to his, pressing his lips against hers. Their lips moved against the others' for a bit before Reiji began to slide his tongue into Adryn's mouth gently. The two began to full-on make out as Reiji backed Adryn up against a bookshelf. He put his hands on her hips and pulled them against him, making her feel just what she was doing to him.

Needing air, the two then pulled their faces apart just enough to breathe. Adryn then started to chuckle, which made Reiji smirk at her.

"What's so funny?"

"I never thought today would go with me against a bookshelf getting all hot with you."

"It's a good development though, right?"

"Of course." Adryn then wrapped her arms around Reiji and pulled him to her to begin kissing him once more. Their tongues just began to dance around in their mouths when there was a knock at the door. The couple paused immediately and pulled apart. Adryn sighed and left Reiji's side to go and answer the door as he got himself under control. Adryn then opened the door and saw Eclipse standing there. "Oh, it's you. What's up?"

"What were you doing? Have you not checked your phone?" Eclipse asked ignoring the slightly annoyed look on Adryn's face.

"We were... busy."

"Busy?" Eclipse studies Adryn's face, seeing her all flushed and her lips a bit swollen. Eclipse instantly realized she'd interrupted something. "I'm sorry for interrupting, but it's about Nova. She's on her way back home."

"What?"

"Nova chose to come home as a test run, to see if she can remain stable while near you. Plus she wants to be here for my wedding."

"How do you feel about this, Adryn?" Reiji asked, approaching his lover and her best friend. He'd gotten himself all calmed down.

"It's sudden." Adryn simply responded as she pulled out her phone. She noticed that there was a text from Daichi telling Adryn about the Nova situation and that he hopes everything goes well. He then also stated that once Reiji was better, they were revealing their relationship in a special way. Adryn then showed Reiji the texts.

"That sounds great!" Reiji seemed genuinely excited about this, while Adryn just smiled at him.

"Well... I'm going to leave you two alone now..." Eclipse then just closed the door and walked away from them. Instantly, Adryn and Reiji began to laugh with each other.

"Well, our moment was ruined, but we should probably be doing things in hidden rooms in the mansion anyway, so we stop being interrupted by people."

"We can also do things at my place once I go back home," Reiji told Adryn with a smile on his face.

"Right. Things would go a lot better if we were all alone somewhere." Reiji then nodded his head before pulling Adryn to him to kiss her again.

"I'm glad we could at least share some moments alone."

"I'm glad too, it was fun."

"There's more fun to come," Reiji responded as he winked at her, causing Adryn to blush again.

"You need to chill with the flirting because I'm going to go crazy soon." Reiji laughed at this before responding honestly.

"I've already gone past the going crazy part."

"You've got good control then."

"You'd be surprised by my lack of control because it's taking everything in me right now to not push you against the table and take you right here and now." Adryn blushed deeply to Reiji's words and looked away from him.

"I'm... not against that..." Adryn honestly admitted. This brought a smile out of Reiji.

"Hearing that makes it even harder to not do."

"I'm sorry." Adryn laughed nervously as she still avoided looking at him. Reiji just reached out and pulled her face to face him so she could see the hunger in his eyes, which caused her to blush even deeper.

"I love you too much for our first time to be on a table in a room full of books," Reiji stated with a soft smile on his face. Adryn just nodded her head before speaking to Reiji.

"I love you deeply. I'm willing to wait for the right time."

"I agree. I know the time will be right eventually." Reiji chuckled, making Adryn laugh as well. The two then kissed and decided to head to Reiji's room to hang out in bed. They of course ended up falling asleep in each other's arms. It was a peaceful sleep making them both feel comfortable and safe.