Her first week hasn't even ended and Raging had already made her work harder than it should be. She had a lot of things to write and read and such, which is her absolute downfall. She still did most of the work verbally, but there were more written ones than in Shining Agency.

So Shining really did went easy on me... She sighed as she stacked away the last of her papers. She stretched and went face-down on the table. She folded her arms up on the table and moved her head onto them.

She heard the door opened but didn't bother moving. She just sunk her face deeper in her arms.

"Hey, Kira made dinner already." The tall brunete said to her.

She groaned and shrunk in on herself more. "Give me ten minutes..."

The brunette frowned. "You'll fall asleep. You do know that you skipped lunch today, right?" He placed an hand on her shoulder. "And it wasn't just today. You're getting pale, Hikari."

Her ears twitched. She couldn't see how bad it really was, but for sure she hadn't been feeling good. Slowly she nodded and sat up straight. She rubbed her face with a sigh and stood up, wobbling a little. Her stomach was growling rather loudly, she doesn't remember it doing so before.

He watched her groggily walking out of the room. When she was out of sight, he went to her computer and started up a search engine. 'Narcolepsy'.

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"Ah! Hikari!" Nagi stood up on his seat. "Here! Here! Sit next to me!"

Hikari nodded and made her way to the chair beside the boy. "Heya."

"Raging really did a number on ya, didn't he?" Yamato said, smirking.

"You're paler than Shion!" Van chuckled. Shion gave him a look and the man had shut his mouth.

"Sora-san, you haven't been eating properly nor had a lot of sleep, have you?" Eiji said with a sigh.

Hikari shook her head. "Nope. And to think, there's only seven of you. When I was at Shining Agency I had eleven boys to deal with and it wasn't even close to this bad."

"We too, learned the hard way that Raging doesn't need weak people in his kingdom." Kira stated bluntly as he placed a bowl of miso soup infront of Hikari.

"You guys are really used to the way he treats you..." Hikari trailled, ignoring her stomach.

"Well at the start, some of us didn't really care." Yamato said with a shrug. "I just wanted to beat Hyuga Ryuya."

"I just wanted to meet Ha-chan." Van said, winking.

"I wanted to sing with HEAVENS." Shion muttered. It was just barely audible for the rest.

"At first, it was just because Nii-san invited me to join. But now I have a lot of fun with everyone." Eiji said with the sweetest smile she probably would have ever saw.

"Nagi and I were chosen..." Kira trailled.

Nagi nodded vigorously. "Yup! We entered the agency together and since Kira knew Eiichi already, we became a trio!" Kira nodded as well.

"Then he gathered the other four and all that stuff last year happened and here we are." Eiichi said as he walked in and sat beside Hikari.

"Where the hell were you?" Yamato said with an eyebrow raised. He kept his gaze at Eiichi so he doesn't have to see Kira's glare for his... indecent choice of wording.

"Bathroom." He replied, taking his share of the soup.

They began their meal, but not even halfway through, Nagi interrupted with a question. "So Hikari. When will HEAVENS get to work on more songs?"

She thought back to the many schedules that she cramped into her memory. "There weren't any announcements for those yet... Sorry Nagi."

"Aww man!" He pouted and continued his meal.

"Do you have an estimation?" Kira asked, making the younger boy brighten up again.

"It hasn't even been that long since you guys completed HEAVENLY PARADE!" Hikari said exasperatedly. "Listen, I'll let you know the second Raging informs me about them."

"You need stress relief." Eiji pointed out in a matter-of-fact tone.

Hikari groaned. "Yeah, thanks for that that obvious statement, Eiji-sensei." He got flustered after that and kept his mouth shut.

"How do you relax yourself?" Shion asked.

"I sleep." She replied indifferently. "But I haven't been getting enough of those so... Pray to the stars everyday that I'll come home awake and alive."

After the meal, Van, Kira and Shion went to clean up. Apparently, they all take turns everyday for cleaning up, aside from Kira, who insists on doing it everyday, unless his work gets in the way. Eiji went to the practice room with Nagi and Yamato went to the gym. Eiichi helped Hikari up and proceeded to drag her into his room.

She sat on the side of the bed while Eiichi went to get the tablet he left in the lounge room. He probably has something to discuss with her, if not, he's tying to help her with her work. She smiled at the thought and leaned on the headboard. Her hands wandered onto a desk beside it and she felt three things. A lamp, a picture frame and a small glass bottle.

She got curious and grabbed it. She felt the cap and she shook it. There was a bit of a rattling sound in it. She blinked. What is this?

She then felt someone snatched it from her hands and then the sound of a drawer opening and closing. "Eiichi?" That was weird, she didn't even hear the door opened.

"It's nothing to concern yourself over." He said sternly.

She was confused but nodded. "So did you need something?"

"Actually, we've been discussing it." He replied, refering to all of HEAVENS. "And all of us agreed that whenever we have a day off, we'll be helping you to do the jobs that needs reading and writting. Tomorrow is Shion."

Then he turned on the tablet and a small list popped up. "Next, I'm thinking about bringing you to the library or the bookstore this weekend. I know a few books you might like. We can try to look for them in brail, if you're still into reading, that is."

"Of course I am!" She replied immediately. "But will I even have the time for that?"

"I'll make sure you do." She didn't know what that meant, but she knew she wouldn't like it so she refrained from asking.

"Well, thanks." She said with a small smile. "I just feel kind of bad that I'm causing some inconveniences."

"Don't because you're not." He said smiling as well. "We all agreed to do this by our own will."

Hikari nodded and began to stand up. "Was that all you needed to say? Because if it is, I'll just go and collapse face-first on my bed now."

Eiichi shook his head and grabbed her arm before she could move. He had placed the tablet on the desk and is now holding her on his lap. She felt her ear press against his chest and her heartbeat began to match his. This is the first time in what felt like a long while that she felt this calm. She snuggled into him more and took deep breaths as he stroked her hair.

Something about his actions made tears gather in the corners of her eyes. Her chest twisted in a way that hurt so much it made her choke. He noticed this and slowly pushed her down on the bed, him laying down beside her to her right. He gently stroked her cheeks and that's when her first tear fell. She was trying her best to fight the rest and began to take deep breaths again. Eiichi held her right hand and moved it to the side of his face. Hikari slowly removed his glasses and he guided her hand to set them down on the desk.

Then he pinned her down and he closed the distance between them. At that moment, her tears bursted out and she was now crying silently as they kissed. Until now, she had no idea just how much she had missed this. And it wasn't just her. She felt something wet dripping down on her cheeks as well. Was he crying too?

"E-Eiichi.." She had just barely managed to choke out his name.

"I need this just as much as you do." He replied in a hoarse voice. He kissed both her cheeks and licked on the tears that were still falling.

She noticed his grip on her had lossened a bit so she removed her arms from beneath him and wrapped them around his neck, pulling him into another kiss. She moved her hands and wiped his tears as he started using his tounge. She didn't bother fighting, it was clear from the start that he's the dominant one here. Her cheeks began to burn as she felt a hand making its way into her shirt. Fortunately for her it didn't went pass her stomach and instead went to her sides and just held her from there.

"I won't do anything. You don't have to be scared." He said softly.

She let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. Had she tensed up that much at his touch? The very thought of that made her cheeks burn again but it got worse when he began to give small pecks around her neck. She moaned and whimpered without meaning to and he gave her a short peck on her lips before removing himself from above her.

He laid back beside her and sighed. "Sorry... Was that too much?"

She shook her head. "It's fine... You didn't do anything pass the borders."

He frowned. "You're still crying."

Was she? She felt the tears falling again and rubbed her eyes in hopes of them stopping soon. They didn't and she began to cry silently again, constantly choking here and there. Eiichi held her close and caressed her back. Soon the heavy breaths slowed and she was asleep in his arms.

He thought back to his broher's words and smiled. "Stress relief, huh?" He pulled her closer and settled her head on his chest. She stirred a bit and he planted a light kiss on her forehead. This definitely works better than antidepressants.