⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧.







GETO SUGURU FELT LIKE HE WAS STARING AT THE DEVIL HIMSELF. He remembered vividly how the detective told him to not let Jules get under his skin. She had already attempted it with one rookie detective and a psychologist. So here Geto sat across from her with a serious look on his face. This was his chance to make sure Jules get put away for good. Although the amount of evidence they already had on her could give her much-needed time in prison—the detectives wanted her to rot away with no option of parole. He felt a shiver travel down his spine when he heard the harsh sound of her placing her handcuffed wrist in front of her.

"What are you doing here Suguru? Don't tell me that stupid girl dumped you already," Jules sighed as her eyes looked at him.

It was as if she hadn't slept for days, and when Geto saw her through the glass he questioned the detectives about it. Just for them to tell him that she's refusing herself to not fall asleep. It's nothing they could do, but they assumed that she was only keeping her guard up from any woman that wanted to attack her.

"Jules, you know what I'm here for. I want to know what happened to Ayaki." He said firmly. "It's the least you can do considering what you did to her."

"She's already fuckin' dead. What more do you guys want from me?" Jules asked in annoyance. She placed her head on the cold steel table letting her eyes flutter close, but she soon jumped up when she heard Geto's loud pounding on the table.

"You don't get to use this time to sleep Jules, you've ruined so many lives," Geto says.

"Not yours though, I always made sure you were on top Geto. I took Ayaki out for you. I deleted Y/N's profile so you can be on top, for you!" Jules sneered.

"No, you didn't. You did it for your own personal gain, you thought doing what you did would bring me closer to you, and news flash, you're not my fuckin' type Jules." Geto argued. "So cut the crap and tell me how Ayaki died. It's the least you can do if you so-called cared about me."

Jules never looked so terrified at Geto. When her eyes met with his she didn't see that sweet boy that would always meet with her to discuss his contract, she saw anger. She parted her lips to speak, but the door of the interrogation room was pushed open and one of the detectives motioned for Geto to come with him. Geto would give the detective a confused look before he pushed himself out of his seat to leave the room. But it was Jules's words that caused his skin to be decorated with goosebumps.

"She overdosed, but when she fell over she hit her head and it was so much blood. So, I put her out of her misery." Jules bluntly admitted. "I could hear the last breath she took before she died and it was such a pleasant thing to hear."

Geto went to get into Jules's face but the detective grabbed him and tugged him back and outside the room. The door shut behind the duo before the detective looked at Geto. "I told you to not let her get under your skin. I understand that the victim was one of your friends, but believe me this woman will be going to jail forever without parole." The detective explained.

"Her telling me that counts as a confession right? Her story goes with how Ayaki died. That will make sure she doesn't get offered parole." Geto was following the detective through the station.

"Yes, and with the new evidence we have." The detective motioned to Y/N and Yuki who were sitting in some chairs. "That young woman found a recording of her getting sexually assaulted. If there's one tape like that in Jules's computer or somewhere in her office or home, there are others."

Geto swallowed the lump that formed in his throat. He felt sick to his stomach hearing what happened to Yuki. It didn't shock him that Jules did such a vile thing, but he knew it must have hurt Yuki considering that she trusted Jules. Just like the way Ayaki trusted her. He excused himself from the office to approach Y/N who let go of Yuki's hand while the blonde-haired woman went to go talk to a detective. Geto took the seat that Yuki once was sitting in, he then felt Y/N's head rest on his shoulder. "I feel so bad, I was so judgemental towards the girl due to her associating with Jules," Y/N says as she let out a sigh.

"I highly doubt any of us would have known that Jules set her up like that," Geto said as he took her hand into his. Their fingers intertwined, and for the first time today, Geto felt at ease. The thought that Jules was finally being sent away caused the cam boy to be at peace.

"What are we going to do about CamPop though?" Y/N asked as she lifted her head off his shoulder to look at her boyfriend.

"What about it? I'm still at number one and pretty sure I'm like the unofficial owner of the company." Geto sighed.

"I know I have asked you this before, but is that what you want?" Y/N asked.

Geto never sat down and thought about the pros and cons of running a company. He had no experience at all and he was pretty sure the safe option would be to just give the company back to Jules's father, but he did earn it after the stressful months he had endured. From a murder mystery to his cam boy identity being mistakenly exposed—what a year it's been.

"You think you can contact Jules's father?" Geto asked.

"Of course, the old man seems to not leave me alone," Y/N admitted.

"Should I be jealous?" Geto chuckles at her statement.

"No. He's just old and lonely," Y/N sighs. "I feel like he beat me in every board game I have played with him."

"You've been spending a lot of time with him." Geto pointed out.

"As I said, he's just old and lonely," Y/N said once again. "I got to know him some more—I'm starting to fully understand that Jules only acts the way she does because of her mom."

Y/N sat back in her seat and glanced over at Geto. "You're about to be the heir to his company, so I hope this meeting goes well."

"I hope so too, if you can trust the guy—I can trust him," Geto explained.

Y/N smiled at him and let out a sigh, "Yeah, didn't expect I would trust the father of a murderer. But, I also didn't expect to collab with you, such an insane year."

Geto hummed in agreement before he made eye contact with a man that was leaving one of the detective's offices. Geto released his hold on Y/N's hand to approach the guy. Geto could tell that the older man was exhausted but after the conversation with the detective, he had a look of hope twinkle in his eyes. When he saw Geto, it was as if he was trying to recognize the long-haired college student. But soon, he took Geto by surprise when he embraced him in a tight hug. When he pulled away, the man was wiping away tears that were stinging his eyes.

"I always knew she was doing something like this to help pay for school and then the large amounts she would give to us when we need it, but I didn't think.." Ayaki's father's voice cracked as he was searching for the words to finally grasp that his daughter was gone.

"It's okay. She's resting now and finally received the justice she deserves." Geto placed his hand on the older man's shoulder. But eventually, he's hugging the man once again.

He wanted to come up with something that will be a remembrance of Ayaki. Perhaps, that could be his first task of being the CEO of CamPop.

GETO SAT IN THE LOBBY OF CAPPOP HEADQUARTERS. His eyes seem to bounce from the different promotional posters on the wall promoting its workers. He wondered if Gojo knew that when people walked into the building, they just saw his poster of him being shirtless and posing like he's a contender on a modeling show. This was Geto's first time in this building. He thought that if someone from his university saw him entering this building, they would spread rumors like a quick wildfire. However, now that his secret was out—he walked in with his head held high asking to see Jin.

"Mr. Choi would like to see you now. Just take the elevator to the top floor." The receptionist said.

Geto thanked her and would do as he was told. If he was going to be the CEO of this company, he should ask questions. He didn't want to enter this role making it any more obvious that he had no clue what the hell he was doing. When he stepped out of the elevator on the top floor, he was expecting to see employees walking around and doing work. However, it was only moving company workers, moving things out. As Geto walked further onto the floor towards the office that was soon to be his, he could hear the loud voice bossing people around.

"I don't want any sign that she worked here."

When Geto entered the large office space, he saw the older man sitting behind the desk that formerly belonged to his daughter. A cigar was in between the older man's lips and he looked stressed. However, seeing Geto at the door—did lighten up the gloomy deadpan look that was pasted on his face. Geto could tell that the media was getting to the older man. It wasn't a secret who Jules was, the story of her murdering one of her workers was going to eventually come to light. Which was one thing Geto was nervous about with running the company. What if as soon as he sign the contracts of making this empire his own, it came crumbling down? That would be such a horrible way to go out considering the things he went through to get here.

"Ah—it's finally wonderful to be able to meet my heir," Jin said as he leaned back into the seats of the desk.

Despite the two about to have a conversation, the workers in the room didn't stop from packing up every trace of Jules's things that were in the office. "I just want to thank you" Geto's words were interrupted by Jin.

"You earned the spot fair and square," Jin said. "No need to thank you. You earned the opportunity." Jin held the cigar in between his fingers. "You are at Number 1, right?"

"Yes."

"Then you shouldn't thank me for anything. Granted, your streams with your girlfriend helped with that, you're still at the top." Jin would grab the office phone and dial a number. "Hey, could you bring the documents in? We're ready."

Jin would put his cigar out. He sat up in his seat realizing that this would officially be giving a company he took a huge risk creating up to one of his workers. Jin knew that if his daughter wouldn't have been put away, CamPop would have been crumbling to the ground at the moment. Geto fiddled with his thumbs as he was waiting for Jin's assistant and lawyer to bring in the official documents that would make everything official, but his eyes kept averting back to Jin. Which caused Geto to think about the fact that Y/N still takes the time out of her day to visit Jin. Although his daughter put her through hell during her time of being here, Y/N still took it upon herself to drop by to hang out with Jin because he was lonely.

"Are you going to her sentencing hearing?" Geto broke the uncomfortable silence that spread around the office space.

"What for? It's not like she is going to want me there anyway." Jin drove the end of his cigar into the ashtray putting it out. "I don't want you to feel any guilt or sadness about me cutting her off. She's done horrible things and deserves to suffer as she handles the consequences. This may come off as an extremely horrible thing to say about my daughter, but she has dishonored everything I built."

The door of the office was pushed open and soon it was time for Geto to sign the contract that was about to change his life completely. The contract was placed in front of him with a pen and Jin would stand up, "You have time to read it over. I already signed it earlier."

"You're going to just give up your company like that? No arguments? Nothing?" Geto's eyes stared at Jin who carelessly shrugged his shoulders.

"I can't keep up with the younger crowd of emerging cam stars. But you can, you'll always have my number or my lawyer's number if you feel like you need to make a huge decision. However, you saw how Jules ran the company.." Jin's voice trailed off. "As long as you don't abuse your power, you'll do okay."

"So, I can add anything to the company that could benefit it?" Geto perked up in his seat as he picked up the pen.

"Anything you want as long as it won't cause you to lose money," Jin says.

"What if it's like a charity thing?" Geto asked.

"We've done charities before Jules took over," Jin admitted. "It'll be a good look considering the circumstances. But what will it be for? Who are we dedicating it to? Those are important things to think about."

"Ayaki."

"The one my daughter murdered? Do you think that's a good idea?" Jin asked. "It'll come off a bit tasteless if you ask me."

"I talked to her dad as I was leaving the police station yesterday and I think it's a good idea. She was always kind and helped others within the company. I just I was there to return the favor."

"I'm sure she'll be so proud of you for what you did do to help bring her justice." Jin's dad sighed. "So, this charity—will it be centered around animals, homeless people, what?"

"It'll be a college fund type of scholarship. Ayaki was in school during the time and the only reason why she became an employee at this company is that she needed the money for school."

"You really think universities going to accept scholarship money from fuckin' cam website?" Jin bluntly asked and when he saw the seriousness on Geto's face, he would throw his hands up in the air. "Fine. Any other ideas you think I should know about?"

"I think we should take it international."

"International?" Jin's head cock to the side to look at Geto as if he grew another head from his shoulders. "When I created this company, I had no plans to become international. Those other countries have their own sites like ours. Especially the states."

"But just think about the revenue we can bring in," Geto leaned forward while he let the pin tap at the desk. "Let me not think about the idea of actually shooting pre-recorded videos—"

His words were cut off by Jin who let out a laugh. It wasn't particularly a laugh geared towards Geto's words to insult, but he was surely laughing at him. He reminded him of himself when he first created this company. "You been thinkin' about all of this?"

"I mean yeah, I didn't want to come empty-handed with any ideas. Have you think that you were handing your company over to a dummy." Geto admitted.

"CamPop will be in perfect hands." Jin gave him a sly smile.

Geto returned the smile before he's signing the paperwork. Jin's lawyers didn't even let the dark ink dry before collecting the paperwork. Geto leaned back in his seat watching as the paper was neatly put into a folder and passed to Jin's lawyer.

"So, Geto Suguru. What's the first thing you want to do now that you're the owner of CamPop?" Jin asked.

"I want to do one last stream."

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