For the remainder of the day, everyone in the mansion did as they wanted to. They pretty much did their own things until everyone was called for dinner. Once Adryn was called, she headed to the kitchen and realized that everyone was doing something. Either they were cooking, or they were at the table chatting. Eclipse looked up first and noticed Adryn immediately.

"Hey, Adryn. Dinner will be ready soon." Eclipse informed the redhead. Adryn nodded her head and took her seat next to Reiji.

"How did the rest of your day go?" Adryn asked Reiji after she'd sat down.

"It was alright," Reiji responded with a smile.

"So, Adryn, Reiji, and Taemin, what time do we want to head to the club tonight?" Eclipse asked suddenly.

"Well, if it's alright, maybe let's get ready right after dinner and then go as soon as possible? I want some more time to rest before I head back to Korea the day after tomorrow." Taemin responded causing the other 3 to nodded their heads in agreement. "We should also get a car to take us there and back. So we all can drink without worrying." The three agreed again.

Everyone then ate dinner and the club-goers headed off to get ready. Adryn was a little hesitant to get all dressed up for the first time around Reiji, but she put everything on anyway. She even put on a little makeup but not too much. Once Adryn was ready and gathered up her courage to leave her room, she opened her door and walked out, nearly walking right into Reiji.

"Oh, hey Adryn," Reiji spoke up as he looked at Adryn. He then took in how she looked fully and smiled at her. She returned the looks and smiled at him back.

"Hey, Reiji."

"You look different than usual."

"Is that a good thing?"

"It's a good different. Not that you're normal look wasn't good either. I mean..." Adryn laughed at Reiji's panic and smiled at him. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you. You look good too."

"What are you two doing just standing there?" Eclipse and Taemin had just walked out of her room and saw the two just standing there.

"Just talking." Reiji responded as Adryn said, "Being awkward." The two then laughed at the other's response. Reiji could feel his heart skip a beat as Adryn laughed looking so beautiful. Apparently, Eclipse could tell what Reiji was thinking because she smirked at him. Reiji then shook his head to get the thoughts out.

"Let's head down to wait for the car," Reiji suggested, trying to avoid Eclipse's knowing look.

"I already called the car, they should be here soon," Taemin informed the group. They all nodded their heads and headed down to the entrance hall, where Shiori and Nova were waiting.

"Adryn," Shiori began as she approached the redhead, "Keep your drinking to a minimum. You don't want to get all sloppy drunk and go home with the wrong people."

"I'm not like you, Shiori," Adryn responded simply, causing the other woman to go red with anger and embarrassment.

"Just don't drink yourself into a coma, alright?" Nova butted in before Shiori could retort.

"Sure," Adryn responded before heading out into the driveway to get some air. Reiji went to follow after Adryn, but Nova stopped him.

"I have a bad feeling about tonight, watch out for Adryn," Nova ordered Reiji. The man wanted to respond, but Adryn poked her head back inside and told everyone that the car was there, so buzz it in. Eclipse headed to the buzzer and buzzed the driver in.

"Oh wow, a limo!" Nova was instantly jealous of the car they were going to be driving in tonight.

"Don't worry Nova, I'll keep Adryn safe," Eclipse spoke up to her sister.

"I'll keep Eclipse safe," Taemin told Nova, making Eclipse smile.

"Who will keep Reiji safe?" Shiori asked causing Reiji to smile.

"I don't need to be protected." Reiji proudly stated.

"You need to be protected. If you got into a fight, you wouldn't know what to do." Everyone turned to see Ranmaru who'd just walked into the entrance hall.

"You're so mean, Ran-Ran." Reiji pouted as he deflated. Nova then laughed and pushed the man out the door, but whispered to him.

"Make your move on Adryn tonight, or else," Nova whispered to the man before turning around and walking away. Reiji walked out the door and headed to Adryn. Eclipse and Taemin followed after him and they all piled into the limo.

"What did Nova say to you?" Adryn asked as she got situated.

"Nothing important," Reiji responded, but Adryn didn't like that answer. She chose to let it go though, in favor of keeping the night light and upbeat. Adryn then looked over at Taemin and Eclipse, in the front of the back of the limo. They were talking and laughing with each other but in Korean. This left Reiji and Adryn seated next to each other and in silence. Finally, Adryn broke the silence.

"How many times have you been to this club?" Adryn asked simply as she turned to Reiji.

"Only a few times, with Ranmaru and Camus. Camus doesn't like to go, so we haven't gone in some time."

"I've been to clubs and bars before, but never one specifically for idols like this one. I had no clue that something like this even existed."

"Not many companies allow their idols to partake in the club scene, but our bosses are pretty cool about it."

"I wonder if we even got permission from Daichi or if Eclipse just declared they were going."

"Have you done a lot of drinking and partying in your life?"

"...Yes, with my old band and with Nova before we became idols..." Reiji could tell that Adryn was hiding something. "What about you?"

"I usually drink on special occasions. Nothing too crazy though." Reiji looked to Adryn, to see her looking at him in shock. "What? I've been an idol for a long time. I never wanted to risk anything by partying or drinking."

"I understand, sorry."

"It's alright... Hmm... Adryn? How were you able to drink while on your medication?"

"I just wouldn't take my pill that night so the alcohol wouldn't interact with my medication. Though I should admit, I have done more than just drinking on those nights."

"What do you mean?"

"I've done drugs before. You know, I've lived a much different life than you have. It's one of the reasons why I don't feel like I'm meant to be with you and why I'm not worthy of you."

"The past doesn't matter, all that matters now is how and who you are now."

"You're wrong Reiji. The past is something that has shaped me to be who I am, and it still haunted me every day."

"What would haunt you?" To Reiji's question, Adryn just smiled before speaking to him.

"We aren't there yet. I don't want to get into my past too much because I was wild at times despite be being a sheltered and timid person."

"What do you mean by timid? You don't seem like that now."

"I was and still am very scared of being in front of people. It's so bad that sometimes it's hard to perform in front of my fans. I've also locked myself away in my room for days before because I couldn't handle people."

"I can't believe you were like that. You really don't seem like that now. Why don't you seem like that now? It sounds like that behavior would be hard to get away from."

"Being bipolar changed me a lot. The tumor has also altered my personality a little bit. My old self is gone and this new Adryn is here until I die now." Reiji then frowned because of her mentioning that. "I'm really sorry about that. I shouldn't have brought that up. I want tonight to be a great night for us all. I want to just forget everything for one night. I want to be my true self, and for you to be you; your complete and true self."

"I can be Reiji for a night I think." This caused Adryn to chuckle and Reiji joined in with her laughing.

The rest of the ride to the club was full of them all chatting and laughing together. Once they arrived at the club, they got out and told the driver that they'll call him back when they were ready to head home. He then drove away and they enter the club after showing their IDs and proving who they were. The four of them were given a nice table where not many people were and a waitress asked them what kinds of drinks they wanted.

"I'd like something sweet, with little alcohol in it. Most importantly it's got to be sweet though." Eclipse responded to the waitress.

"I'd also like something sweet, but mine can be more alcoholic," Taemin spoke next.

"Just give me whatever, as long as it's alcoholic. I'm not sure about what I'd like." Adryn said next, causing Eclipse to chuckle.

"I'll just take a beer to start off with," Reiji responded when the waitress looked at him. She then went off to get their drinks.

"Once I drink a little bit, we should dance a little." Eclipse said as she looked to Taemin. He agreed with her instantly.

"I want to dance too, but not alone or with a stranger," Adryn muttered mostly to herself as she looked at the dancing people.

"I'll dance with you." Reiji simply stated with a smile on his face.

"If you don't want to, you don't have to."

"I want to." Reiji's resolve caused Adryn to smile and thank the man. Soon after that, their first round of drinks arrived. Adryn drank her drink quickly, while everyone else drank theirs slowly. Reiji ended up halfway through his beer when he noticed how jittery Adryn was getting. "Shall we go dance?"

"Hell yeah!" Adryn responded as she jumped up happily. Reiji smiled and followed her out onto the dance floor. There was some random upbeat song playing, but it was too loud to really hear what the song was or anything else about it. Reiji and Adryn then began to awkwardly dance around each other. Whenever they would touch, they would pull apart and laugh nervously. It took a little bit, but eventually, Adryn gathered up the courage to ask Reiji about it. "Why is everything awkward between us?"

"I don't know," Reiji responded, looking away from Adryn. She responded by grabbing Reiji's hands and smiling up at him.

"We're friends. Friends aren't awkward like this around each other."

"Honestly..." Reiji muttered as he smiled down at their hands. "I know why I'm so awkward. It's because I'm developing feelings for you, but I'm not sure about them yet." Hearing this, Adryn freezes and tightens her hold on Reiji's hands.

"What type of feelings are you feeling toward me?" Adryn's voice was low but Reiji heard it clearly.

"Romantic ones." Reiji's words caused Adryn to release his hands and take a step back from him.

"I don't believe you. There is no way someone like you would have romantic feelings for someone like me." Adryn was beginning to go into a panic, so Reiji knew he had to speak fast.

"I know my feelings because my heart beats faster around you. Sometimes it skips altogether, but it's only because of you. I think about you randomly throughout the day when we're apart and I don't like the thought that I'll lose you to yourself one day." Hearing everything from Reiji, Adryn's head was spinning around and around.

"Um... we need to get off the dance floor before we get yelled at for not dancing." This was all Adryn could muster up to say. So, the two headed off of the dance floor and returned to their table. They saw that Taemin and Eclipse were gone now, but they spotted them on the dance floor a little ways away from where they'd just been. Adryn then ordered another drink, while Reiji went back to his beer. "I am extremely confused now, just so you know."

"I'm sorry for confusing you. I expected you to be happy."

"I mean... I am happy, but on the other hand, I'm going to be dying so if we got into a relationship, it'd be short and go nowhere."

"You have a lot to think about because I'll fight for you and do everything I can to make sure you get treatment. I don't want to lose you... I don't want to lose someone I care about again..." Adryn first frowned at Reiji, but then smiled at him.

"I do have a lot to think about, but so do you." Seeing Reiji's confusion, Adryn continued. "If you truly do like me, there would be so many obstacles in our way."

"I know that I like you, it's just not as strong as what you feel for me."

"I understand this, but you really need to take time and think this through because this could ruin our careers." Reiji already knew that their bosses would approve of their relationship but he couldn't tell Adryn that.

"Well, I think our bosses would be alright with us together. You know, maybe we could be a power couple." Adryn instantly began to laugh at Reiji's comment.

"It does sound like something they'd think... But I just can't believe this is happening to me. I've only ever caught the attention of bad guys, or girls and I've never been in a decent relationship before. Being with you would be totally different."

"It's really hurtful to be written off as a bad relationship." Hearing a new voice, Adryn and Reiji turn to see who'd spoken. Only to see a man standing next to their table with a beer in his hands. Adryn instantly gasped and stood up, prompting Reiji to stand as well. The new man had dyed blond hair, blue eyes and was about 6'2". He was a bit muscular and had a tattoo of a tribal type skull on his left shoulder. Reiji could tell that he was Asian, but he wasn't sure what country he was from.

"Adryn, who is he?" Reiji asked the woman next to him, but she was in too much shock to respond to Reiji.

"Get lost," Adryn growled at the man, who just smiled down at the significantly shorter woman.

"My name is Johnathan or just John for short. Call me whichever." John spoke up to Reiji with a smirk on his face. "Adryn and I know each other very well. I was her last boyfriend before she left Korea and became apart of PURGATORY."

"What are you doing here?! You're a Korean idol, not a Japanese one." Adryn snapped, seething from the pure rage that surprised Reiji.

"We're here for a tour thing. We just stopped by to hang out is all."

"Where is everyone else?" Adryn seemed incredibly concerned about that.

"They aren't too far. They'll be here when I need them to be." John then smiled softly at Adryn, but even Reiji could tell that it held malice. "You're as beautiful as ever, especially when you're scared." John reached out to brush Adryn's hair but she smacked his hand away from her and took a step backward, nearly falling onto the seat behind her.

"I think you should probably leave. Adryn clearly doesn't want you here." Reiji was now in protective mode but didn't want to upset John and cause him to get violent with either of them.

"Shut up. You should leave. Adryn and I need to get reacquainted with each other."

"You need to go before Eclipse and Taemin see you." Adryn found her voice again and snapped back at John's harsh words to Reiji.

"I'm not afraid of either of them. They can't do anything against me anymore." Adryn's confusion was written on her face, so John raised his shirt to reveal a huge knife attached to his belt that was hidden by his shirt. Adryn can feel her body wanting to throw up from pure fear. "Come with me Adryn. I don't want to hurt this pretty boy over here." Reiji was panicked now as well and looked into the crowd to find Eclipse, who was already on her way over. She'd felt a disturbance and knew something was going down with Adryn. Taemin was right behind her.

"What is going on here?!" Eclipse demanded, walking up to the group.

"Good evening, Eclipse, Taemin," John spoke up as he turned to smile at the two. Seeing the fear on Reiji and Adryn's faces caused Eclipse and Taemin to become worried.

"What do you want!?"

"I just want Adryn to come and have a nice little chat with me, that's all. No one needs to get hurt."

"Fine! I'll go with you, just stop threatening the people I care about." Adryn stepped to John, making the tall man smile.

"That isn't the fun way of doing things, but alright. I win regardless." John then grabbed Adryn by her arm and yanked her toward him. She fell into his chest, causing John to snicker and hold her to him tightly. Before Eclipse could even move, John and Adryn disappeared into the crowd. John led Adryn through the crowd and to the other side of the club, to a private table. Eclipse tried to go after them, but Taemin grabbed her carefully.

"Eclipse, no. I don't want you to get hurt. We need to call the police." Taemin whispered to his lover. Eclipse was on the verge of tears due to how angry and worried she was for her best friend.

"Who was that man and why was Adryn so scared?" Reiji demanded answers from Eclipse and Taemin.

"John and his group members caused some bad psychological damage to Adryn. They are why she thinks so negatively about herself and everything else most of the time. She is now in grave danger!"

"Why?"

"John has physically harmed Adryn on multiple occasions." Taemin simply responded without too much information.

"Once the abuse started, Adryn tried to get away from him, but John told her he'd ruin her career in Korea by posting pictures and videos of various things that happened while Adryn was partying." Eclipse explained with more detail.

"Most of those things, Adryn had no knowledge of because John would drug her and cause her to do things she wouldn't normally do." Instead of replying, Reiji instantly began to feel panicked. So, before Taemin could stop him, Reiji pushed through the crowd and marched right over to where John and Adryn was. Once Reiji got there, he saw Adryn pinned down on the seats with John obviously forcing a kiss onto her. Reiji was immediately furious.

"Get away from her!" Reiji yelled out, surprising John and Adryn, who then mustered up the strength to push John off of her.

"Stop it!" Adryn cried out, trying to wiggle out from underneath John.

"Why should I?" John responded with a laugh.

"Because she isn't interested in you!" Reiji snapped, letting his anger and worries flow out of him. John spun around angrily to go after Reiji, giving Adryn a clear escape. She tried to move past John, but he grabbed her and pulled her back against his chest as he pulled out his knife. Reiji took a step forward for John wasn't having that.

"You should back off or I'll kill Adryn and then you!" Listening to John's words, caused Adryn to feel pure terror, but not for herself, but for Reiji. She didn't want Reiji to get hurt because of her.

"Back off, Reiji! I don't want you to die for my sake!" Adryn cried out, beginning to tear up.

"If you get hurt, I'll be hurt," Reiji responded, making John laugh.

"Are you two a thing or not? Well, it doesn't matter because it's over between you two because I don't plan on letting Adryn go again!" John laughed as he spoke. As Adryn tunes out the laughter, she dwells on everything Reiji had been saying to her and finally understood that he actually does care about her. He'd be actually hurt if she died, along with Eclipse and Nova and everyone else that cares about her. Adryn then wonders if she really wants to die at the hands of her psycho ex-boyfriend. The answer was no, a big hell in fact. Adryn realizes all within a few seconds, that she didn't want to die. She didn't want to leave everyone that she loved.

As John waves his knife around, yapping about stabbing Reiji and taking Adryn as his "pet" again. Seeing the true fear on Reiji's face, and seeing the knife in front of Adryn, she made a choice. She snapped and moved after being still for so long. So, Adryn jabbed John in the ribs the best and hardest she could. This caused John to jolt long enough for Adryn to grab his hand with the knife and begin to wrestle it out of his hand. The deciding factor was when she bit his wrist, making him release the knife. Adryn took the knife from him, spun around, and knocked John backward onto the seats behind them. Adryn then stabbed the knife between John's legs, a couple of inches from his manly parts, and growled at him.

"If you ever bother me, or anyone that I love again, I'll fucking kill you and your pathetic friends too!" Adryn's voice was low, but it was clear. John had seen her rage and darkness before, so he knew she wasn't joking around. The fear from John quickly turned to anger and he grabbed the knife again. This time, Reiji moved to Adryn, grabbed her wrist, and ran with her through the crowd to where Eclipse and Taemin were. The two of them had called the police and they were already entering the club.

This allowed Adryn to explain everything to the police, making them understand the situation. The police then went after John, who was shoving people out of the way as he made his way through the crowd. Other police guided Adryn, Reiji, Taemin, and Eclipse out of the club. They intended on questioning them, but someone else was informed to let them go before the news stations got there. So, Eclipse called their driver back and he quickly arrived. They all loaded into the limo and took off before they were spotted by anyone with a camera. The car ride began silently, but Eclipse broke the silence.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Eclipse asked her best friend. Instead of responding, Adryn burst out into tears and began to sob uncontrollably. Immediately, Reiji, Eclipse, and Taemin move closer to console the now sobbing woman. Adryn began to mutter between her tears and sobs.

"I'm so sorry! This was all my fault!" Adryn cried out, shocking the others around her.

"It isn't your fault. None of this was your fault." Reiji responded instantly.

"If I'd never gotten involved with him back then, none of this would have happened!"

"John was a psycho! He is to blame not you, Adryn!" Eclipse cried out, tears filling her eyes due to Adryn's sobbing. Adryn just resumed sobbing, prompting Reiji to wrap his arms around Adryn tightly.

"I was so scared you were about to die right in front of me..." Reiji mumbled to Adryn softly as he tried to calm her.

"I'm sorry, Reiji! This made me realize that I don't want to die. I am going to get help for my tumor and cancer! I'm not going to die, I don't want to leave you all!" Adryn cried out, shocking the 3 of them again.

"It's alright Adryn. I'll be here no matter what happens."

"Thank you for being here for me. I don't think I would have fought if it weren't for you and everyone else I love." Adryn's tears began to slow, and the commotion of the night finally hit her, causing her to drift off to sleep in Reiji's safe arms. She fell asleep a little before they arrived at the mansion.

Since they arrived back sooner than expected, everyone came out to see what was wrong and were met with the sight of Reiji carrying Adryn in his arms. Nova instantly flew into panic mode.

"What happened?!" Nova practically yelled out as she hurried to Reiji and Adryn.

"She had a hard time tonight." With that, Reiji walked past everyone and into the mansion. Reiji made his way all the way to Adryn's room and carefully opened up the door. He lied her down on her bed, moving her a bit too much because Adryn ended up waking up. Instant panic hits Adryn as she tried to figure out where she was. "It's alright, you're home now. You're safe Adryn." Reiji explained to the scared woman.

"Thank you for carrying me to my room," Adryn muttered softly.

"You should get some rest." Reiji made a move to leave the room, but Adryn reached out to him, crying once more.

"Please don't leave me! I don't want to be alone right now."

"Alright, no worries. I'll stay here until you fall asleep." Reiji instantly soothed Adryn's fears and watched as she crawled under her blankets and grabbed 2 silk shirt like things, one was purple and one was pink.

"These are my silkies. Don't mind them." Adryn muttered with embarrassment in her voice.

"Silkies?"

"I've had the pink one since I was a baby and the purple one came a few years later. I've had the pink one all my life, the purple one was on and off for a while there."

"Why do you have them?"

"Separation anxiety with my parents. Now I keep them just because I don't feel right without them. I usually bring them everywhere, but for some reason, I didn't to the club tonight..."

"I see... I'm surprised to see such a vulnerable side of you." To this, Adryn chuckled softly.

"I don't like showing this side of me to others. Only special people like Nova, Eclipse, and Taemin."

"Really?"

"But now that you've seen me cry, you're family. You aren't allowed to leave my life now." Hearing this childish type of talk from Adryn made Reiji chuckle to himself. Adryn was brought into the laughter and the two laughed together for a few moments. Eventually, the laughter died and everything went silent. "I hope the situation tonight didn't scare you too badly or made you think any less of me. I know they told you about what happened with me and that bastard."

"I was a little scared to hear about your past, but I wasn't scared for myself. I was scared because I wasn't sure what he'd do to you once he got you alone."

"At first, I didn't care what he was going to do to me. I figured I'd end up dead anyway. Then you came and now I feel differently. I can't believe that I was ever willing to give up my life and just die. I can't believe that I was willing to just leave everyone I loved like that."

"I understand how you thought before, but I'm happy to hear that you've changed your mind and want treatment now."

"You are a part of that reason, you know. I could see how scared you were for me during it all. I never want to be the cause of those fears in you again. I'll try to not cause you too much worry from now on."

"It's alright to be a little troublesome every now and then because I probably will be just as troublesome too." Hearing this from Reiji, Adryn laughed again.

"I definitely know we can be more than a bit troublesome." Adryn's laughter died down and was replaced by a yawn.

"Go to sleep," Reiji mumbled as he reached out and patted her head softly.

"Alright, good idea," Adryn muttered as she got all snug in bed. "I love you, Reiji..." Adryn muttered as she drifted into a surprisingly peaceful sleep. It'd been the first time Adryn had said those words so directly to Reiji. This brought a smile to Reiji's face. He then leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"I deeply care for you and will protect you from now on," Reiji spoke those words quietly to the sleeping woman, but also told them to himself. He planned on being by Adryn's side for the coming drama to come with her treatment and would do anything he could to protect her now.