It's been a month, since Kira and Ota had begun dating and everything was just going beautifully for them. Well... Until now.

"Ota! Are you coming for the awards ceremony?" Kira asks hopefully. Today was an award ceremony for Kira, and she had wanted her boyfriend to come as her date but... "Sorry, Kira. I have plans I can't cancel tonight." Ota says in an apologetic tone, planting a kiss on her forehead.

The public has known about their dating for a while now, and very surprisingly it has gotten them way more popular than rumors like Kira had suggested. Every now and then, Kira feels insecure about him only using her for fame, but she knew that he loved her no matter what.

She still couldn't help but be disappointed, but she masked it with her smile perfectly, "A-Alright, but be careful later, okay?" she smiles and gives him a kiss on the cheek before leaving the room.

Meanwhile, Ota makes sure his girlfriend is gone before pulling out his phone. "Hello? Hi, Hikari, so are you coming for our date tonight?"

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Kira was waiting by all the other authors backstage and was nervously peeking out from behind the curtain. All the other authors had their own dates, so she stuck out like a sore thumb. Once they were called out on stage, Kira forgot all about her anxiousness and holds her head high as she exits out on stage.

"Here are all our winners!" the MC introduces the author one by one, asking them different questions. When Kira's turn finally came... "Ms. Satomi! You're the only one who hasn't got a date, aren't you dating Ota Kisaki, why isn't he here?"

"Haha, please, call me Kira. Ota has some special affairs he couldn't weasel out of tonight so he couldn't attend..." she answers, beaming. "Okay then, but still, congratulations on your win!"

After the ceremony, Kira was celebrating with Ranko and Sam, who made time to attend after she invited them. "Cheers!" their glasses collided with a pleasant clink, and they all down their drinks. "Thanks so much for attending, guys... I feel really bad that Ota couldn't make it though." Kira sighs as she picks her food.

"Wait, but why is he over there, then?" Samantha points at the entrance and Kira whirls around to find Ota, his arm wrapped around a blonde as they enter the restaurant. A closer look shows Kira that the blonde was the same model from months before, who had confronted Ota and her of being a couple when they were headed home.

"Is he here on some meeting, Kira?" Ranko stares at Ota as she asks this. "That's what he told me..." "Is he cheating on you?" Sam asks and wrinkles her nose at the thought. "O-Of course not..." but Kira felt uneasy at her answer, her chest constricting at the thought.

The girls silently watch Ota's moves as he leads the woman to a nearby table. At first, it did look like a meeting, just eating and talking over it. But things started heating up. Fast.

Soon, the girl reached out and leaned over the table, planting a kiss on his lips, and Ota was more than happy to reciprocate. Kira slumps over at the sight and the other two girls turn to her with regretful eyes. "Kira... I'm so sorry..."

"It's fine, listen girls, I'll have to cut this short. I have to go somewhere." Kira leaves, ignoring the girls' protest. Ranko wouldn't know where to go, but Sam definitely knew she wasn't going back to the bidders any time soon. But she knew exactly where she would be going.

After bidding Ranko goodnight and claiming she no longer had an appetite she left, soon followed by Ranko. As predicted, Sam found her friend sobbing, surrounded by the Black Foxes in LRN. "Kira..." Sam walked over to her friend slowly, wrapping her arms around the author.

"He cheated on you...?" Hiro asks, just to clear the confusion. Sam answers for her friend, "I saw it myself when we were having dinner. He was making out with some model."

"Oh, Kira!" Hiro says this dramatically, hugging Kira, causing Sam to topple over and only to be saved by Takuto. Kira's sobs died down but the Black Foxes were glaring at her. "We're going to have a talk with him." Riki says, beginning to walk to the door but Kira grabs his arm, a glare in her eye. "I'll do it." she growls and shoves him aside, stomping out of the bar.

~*****~

She told the bidders, and they were in an outrage, even Mamoru. But she told them to act ordinary, as she had already thought about the whole thing. Ota enters the lounge sooner than expected, but Kira was prepared no matter what.

"Did you enjoy the date, Ota?" she smirks. Ota was shaken for a moment, perhaps thinking she found out. "What do you mean, Kira?"

"I said, did you have fun with the other girl?" not only her, but the bidders seemed to demand some answers as well. "So I was right this whole time, you've been using me." by now, Kira was up circling Ota like prey.

"I-I..." was all the artist could stutter, well, until Kira broke it off. "We're over, I don't need you." she hisses, and walks over to the bidders, into her brother's open arms. "Wait Kira, let me explain. I love you and it was just a mist-" but Kira raises a hand to stop him. "I don't need your shit, Kisaki,"

She gets up, "I'm leaving." "But Kira, I-"

With cold eyes, she replies, "I have no need for people who come to me when they need me, then just throw me aside when they're fine." she snaps. "I hope the slut was worth it." Stuffing her hands into her pocket, she leaves the lounge, but before she was out of earshot from all the bidders, she whispered something that came out loud and clear in the silence.

"It's almost like you had it planned. Like you smiled and shook my hand and said, "I'm about to screw you over."

~*****~

A/N:

Sorry if it was short and sucky but I have nothing to write about anymore, and I just wanted to cut to the drama since there's a long road for these two. Not only that, but Kira's about to change. Big time.

~DarkAngel