Cecil woke up after an hour of peaceful slumber. He was drained from reading some idol article in a magazine that he fell asleep without warning. The former cat stretched and just as he did, something fell off his back.

"Huh? Where did this come from?" the prince thought as he picked up the blanket. It was then that he noticed the room to be quieter and he was alone.

"Where'd he go?" Cecil asked himself as he looked around. Concluding that his companion went somewhere in the dormitory, the prince of Agnapolis got out of the room in search of his person.

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For almost an hour, Syo had been practicing with his violin. Despite being able to roam around freely since he was in another person's body, the violinist chose to use his time to practice in accordance to Ai's schedule. Syo felt the need to do so since it kind of became a second nature to him, much to his annoyance.

'Ugh...I feel like he's watching me, even though he's not there!' Syo thought miserably, referring to his strict sempai that would monitor his activities. Wanting to forget about his sempai for the day, Syo played another piece on his precious violin. Drowned in the melody, the blonde failed to notice that someone was indeed watching him.

"You're really good at playing the violin." The person spoke, causing Syo to halt his actions.

"Thanks sleeping beauty." The violinist responded. "Heh, it's ridiculous that you fell asleep from reading a bunch of magazine."

Cecil pouted. "The text was in Japanese! There were words which I couldn't understand!"

Of course, the prince was ignored as Syo continued to play with his violin. Cecil obviously didn't have much of a choice but to grab a chair and listen to his companion's music. In all honesty, Cecil was very impressed of Syo's violin skills and enjoyed listening to the other play. He would compliment the blonde, but Cecil knew he would just get a snarky remark.

After a few minutes of silence (minus the sound emitted from the violin), Syo decided to speak. "Oi Cecil,"

"Hmm?"

"Does Camus-sempai hate you or something? Why is it that he gives you so much homework?" the blonde inquired while putting his violin away.

Cecil crossed his arms and pouted childishly. "He said it was to help me become a better idol, but sometimes I wonder about that. Remember what we had to research yesterday?"

'Are you done with that one?' Syo asked as he compiled Cecil's papers.

'Yep! Here you go!' the prince said while passing the last piece of information to Syo. 'And our next assignment is...huh?'

'What is it?'

'Ano...research on the top 5 cake recipes. Make sure to note its exact measurement.'

Syo sweatdropped at the memory. The blonde never took the Count as someone who would mess around with idol work until he and Cecil argued over which cake should take the number 5 spot. They were either too gullible or too scared to defy Camus' orders to take a pass on that assignment.

"Yeah that was quite questionable." Syo commented.

Cecil hummed in agreement. "But despite that, I'm glad to have him as my senior. I was able to learn a lot about being an idol. I'm grateful. How about you Syo? Isn't it that you and Natsuki were given a schedule by Ai-sempai?"

Syo grimaced at the thought of his very detailed schedule. He was glad to have gotten away with it for now, but it annoyed him to wake up early in the morning when he could be sleeping his ass off.

"I was not on board about it at first and maybe until now." Syo grumbled. "Although I noticed Natsuki and I became more disciplined."

"The way I see it, our sempais only wanted the best for us." Cecil said with a grin. "Their ways are harsh most of the time but we never could've made it this far if it weren't for them."

'Funny,...' the violinist thought. 'That's the same thing Natsuki told me.'

Syo recalled the time he went back to his shared room stressed. Since Ai wasn't there yet, the munchkin used the opportunity to complain to Natsuki about everything (read: Ai and his schedule).

'Ai-chan only wants the best for us.' Natsuki exclaimed. 'We'll never make it far if we never knew discipline.'

"Syo? Are you alright?" Cecil asked, bringing the blonde back to reality.

"Uh, yeah..."Syo replied. "I was just thinking about Natsuki."

"You two are bestfriends right? You must really trust him then." The prince exclaimed.

"I wish I could say the same about his cooking." Syo grumbled.

Despite being the cause of his acrophobia, stomach ache, and headache, Syo considered Natsuki as someone he could count on. Although he appeared like a complete moron - or a psychopath from hell without his glasses on - Natsuki could actually be pretty sensible. Syo trusted his roommate for if not, they would never be bestfriends in the first place.

"He's an air-head but there's no other guy like him." Syo continued. The shorter blonde suddenly felt guilty upon remembering the times where he pushed Natsuki away even though all the older blonde wanted to do was to cheer him on. That moment on, Syo swore to be a better friend to the Piyo-loving teen.

Even if it would probably cost him his life. Oh good grief.

"He's unbelievable, but he's my bestfriend." Syo said with a slight smile.

"Natsuki thinks of you as his dear friend," Cecil added. The violinist gave him a funny look. Unknown to the prince, Syo always thought of him as somewhat similar to Natsuki. They were both naïve and annoying, and both could manage to get into Syo's nerves anytime of the day. At the same time, the two were helpful, interesting, and cheery. Regardless of his partial dislike towards Cecil, Syo begrudgingly grew to be fond of the younger male.

"...you know, despite having your temper as short as you."

Of course, Syo did mention Cecil to be annoying. The violinist got up and chased the laughing prince, eventually losing sight of him in the many corridors of the Master Course dormitory.

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Natsuki said something sensible. I can't...I can't get over it >o< Haha...hello my dear readers! Chapter 8 (part 1) is finally out and lemme just tell you that I had to repeat this chapter.

The. Whole. Effing. Chapter.

Well I was re-reading the past chaps and once I got to this one, I realized that it didn't follow the storyline (The original chapter 8 comprised of an angsty and emo Cecil, and douchebag Syo. Oh kami-sama what have I done???) so I had to re-write this -_____- Ugh, it was a pain but it was for the sake of my fandom and you guys :3 

I'll post part 2 sometime tomorrow so stay tuned ;)