Chapter Text
Mem lay on to the wall trying to process everything that was just said in the video
Meanwhile-
After Akane crying on Kana shoulder for a bit they both left the office and went to Akane place
Akane opens the door to her apartment
Akane: come in…
Kana walk in to the apartment then Akane walk in and close the door
Kana: ….. hey… do you so happen to have any… alcohol?
Akane: … well yeah actually… I have some but, haven't drank any so… it's a fresh bottle, eheheheh.
Kana: well then… unlike in the pass we were just barely adults, and y'know what adults do when we feel like crap?”
Akane: … what..?
Kana walk to Akane fridge to get the alcohol
Kana: we drink… we drink and drink as much as we can so we feel less like shit about something like this.
Akane: oh… I see you never actually learn how to ask for mental assistance. That explains why you ignored aqua existence for a good while.
Akane says with a somewhat depressed expression
Akane went to set down on the couch
Kana: agh… okay… *sigh* yeah, and so.
Kana gets some cups
Akane: hey, when did you started drinking anyways-
Kana: after 1 month of Aqua being dead.
Kana give a cup to Akane and open the bottle of alcohol
Akane: I see
Kana pure in some alcohol to both their cups and then set down the other side of the couch
Kana: welp time to drink
Akane: yup…
Both take a sip
Akane: blah! This is how alcohol tastes!??
Kana: don't worry you'll get used to it later on~ hahaha~ your reaction so cute~
Akane: hupm! It just taste weird-... Did you just call me-
Akane slidly blushes to the comment
Kana: oh yes I did~ geheheghh…~
Akane: hum… are you just very sensitive to alcohol aren't you, meaning… wow, not a shocker that the genuine child actor who get drunk so in 10 seconds flat, kinda cute.
Kana: hahah~ well glad you expected that from me ha…~ I'm the genuine drunk woman who can get drunk in 10 seconds flat!~
Akane takes a bigger sip
Akane: oh yes you are~
After 20 minutes now akane is drunk
Akane: Oh look at meee~ I'm drunk now~ hahaha~
Kana: yayyy~ you are drunk now~ haa~
Akane: humm~ i won't lie you just so cute when drunk~
Kana: if you think am cute~ you don't mind if I can lay my head on your nice boobys~
Akane: oh~ sure~ let me just get another drink ha…~
Akane grabbed the bottle and pure it in her cup but when she did their no more left in the bottle
Akane: oh no~ we ran out of the good stuff…~
Kana: aww~ man… I wanted to get some too~...
Akane look at Kana
Akane: i got a idea…~
Akane walk up to kana and drank the whole cup
Kana: hey!? You drank all of it you shi-
Akane kissed kana and open her mouth up to spit out some of the alcohol in to kana’s mouth and both drink the alcohol while still having their lips together
Akane let go.
Kana: hey…
Akane: what~ I couldn't take it anymore… you're just so cute…~ the day I first saw you on tv, the only thing I can only think is how cool and cute you are… even after the first time we met… I still think you are cute… even though I wanna surpass you as an actor…~
Akane stroke kana hair
Kana: you think am cute huh~ I knew you were insane for me~ but not in this level kurokawa~
Akane: what you going do now?~
Kana: … maybe give in to you and let you play around with my so called cute face~ haha…~
Akane: than so beat it~.
The next morning
6:37AM
Kana wake up
She feels comfortable
She feels something soft is under her head
Once she was able to see more clearly
Kana: Wow!?? What th-the heck??!
Before Kana started to freak out she sees Akane sleeping like a cute baby
Akane just sleep talking: mmm… kana-chan…~ you're so cute~... I love you too……~
Kana blushes while trying to keep a serious face
Kana whisper to herself: god fucking damnit she to cute to wake up… *sigh* I boi.
Kana look under the covers
Kana: yeah we had sex……
Kana covers herself with one of the blankets and look for her clothes and puts it on
In the restroom
Kana: shit shit shit shit shit! Shit! … Okay… let's back track now… after the Rubys will be read out and, watching the video left by her… me and Akane left because she didn't feel well… so as to cheer her up… we drank like, a lot… then… Humm… I swear if she remembers I'd have to beat the memory off her… uhhhh…
Kana gets embarrassed, not wanting akane to remember what happened
Kana: it's just a one time thing… that's it… But… Why did I let her do that to me… *sigh*... And why do I feel like their butterflies in my stomach… Humm… she's cute but… it's not like I actually wanted to do it with her… plus I'm into guys… so why did I enjoy that when it happened… and damn her moans were so cute and sexy~ Fucking! Why am i thinking about her and- UGGHHHHHHHH! Stop it kana! Stop thinking about her! Neeeeee!
Later after trying make herself stop thinking of Akane, she left her place
Kana goes to some places to get a something to eat
while she walks she can feel something odd.
A socky dark aura around her
Like if it stuck on her
Kana: … okay… something is definitely up with me… I still feel depressed, sure… but even I know it is not that.
Maybe… it probably just my awkward feelings for Akane right now… fucking hell. I have issues.
… What would you do… Ruby?... She would probably want me to talk to her about it… then I would tell her it nothing… then she'll just continue to annoy me about it too I either give up or … I just push her away-…
… Shit…
Kana started to realize even when she was at her bitchyes Ruby regardless try to help her but she always pushes away from her helping her because she didn't want to worry her more and more
But the more she thought of it the more she realized she was just making her worry about it regardless
Even the same would go to Mem-cho and whoever else she was close to but Akane.
“i see she the only person you feel comfortable being honest too besides *him*, eh?~”
Kana: HUH?
Kana looks around to see nothing
Kana: … am I really going insane right now… ughhhhh… not now. Not now.
Kana walk fast to a Roman place that opens early in the morning
After getting roman to eat
She continues walking and walking
And walking
And walking like their somewhere but there nothing to walk for
She could go back to her place but she doesn't want to shutten herself again and have Akane worry again, and she also kinda still feel very awkward going to Akane especially after what happened the other night
Someone taps Kana on her shoulder
Kana: hum?
Kana turn around to see Masanori Shima
“Live to Arima!”
Kana: … ohhhhh…. You
Shima: what? You still mad about that?
Kana: very clearly.
Also am not in the mood to deal with you so screw off.
Shima: unfortunately for you, I was planning to ask to talk to you about another possibility for a new job so, unless if now, then I'd have to give the role to another actress like you, or probably better-
Kana: Okay fine.
Let's just talk about it somewhere private. After that I'd give a quick thought.
Both them go to a place with a private rooms
Kana: I swear if something like that happens again you better fix it yourself.
So tell me… what the gig is about… main character role. Some popular characters in an adaptation of a popular series that could bring a lot of money.
Shima: haha, right in the spot~
Kana: *sigh*... How much will it pay… and is it a movie, tv show, play, or something.
If it is a tv show then I'd need a bit more time to think…
Shima: tv show role that is worth 147.2 million yen
Kana: … goddamn… that's so much… for just this role.
Shima: well of course
But.
There still something I want you to do~
Kana: hum?
Shima: you see, y'know how you said you had a Guy that you wanted to lose “it” with
And from what I heard from insiders
Is that person Aqua Hoshino~
Kana shocks for a moment before she says something
Kana: … who told you. Or how did you-...
Shima: I just so happen to get some insiders info from some people I knew in where His funeral was hosted
Plus a bit of paying people around here and there to admit that you said “I haven't even gotten a chance to even say I loved you” or whatever you said back then
Kana: … uh…
Shima: so~ C'mon~ their nothing holding you back from losing it now!~
Hell I can even make the 147.2 million to a 150 million~ even more then you supposed too~
Kana: … what if I deny doing it with you, fucking wiredo.
Shima: well I can just give the role to some other girl who will just be offended the same~ so no takinges backyes~
Kana: … Are you seriously offering me this much money… not because you want to help… not because I'm in a bad mood so you're willing to give more so I can take the offer… but actually… you just want to do things with me… haha… hahahahah… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HOW FUCKING PATHETIC YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE! Even if you make it 200 million I'd still never want to have sex with a guy who fucking with other women who are younger then him over just fixing his love life with their wife! How sad can you be!
Kana gets up
Kana: Believe it or not. I've grown up. I am not a kid. So fuck off you waste of a human being.
Shima: Do you think you have any type of right to actually fight back?
Shima grabbed Kana by her shoulder and threw her back to the couch.
Kana: hey!- hum!-
Shima got on top of kana and put her hand on her mouth.
Shima: Listen here you annoying lil shit. I don't care anymore. I haven't had any type of pleasure since a while and whenever I had it felt weak.
But you. You're trash meat. And since you now have nobody else you can wait for. What is the point of holding it on? Hum? Unless if you do have someone knew you want to be fucked by, there now nothing holding you back from letting anyone else doing it with you who just a toy for others.
Kana now silent starts to think about all her point in life
Who the hell is she? Some actress who once was a popular child actress to a somewhat popular ex idol and still actress bitch who needs help from others all the time to even do anything
Then she started to ask herself, did she actually ever liked Aqua as of him as a person, maybe yes but
What the point in being in love with a guy who died 1 year ago and who also might've been in love with his own twin or-...
Akane? … Akane.
Kana started to think in the pass
As a child
She never actually had a friend.
And the only person who actually wanted to be friends with her, she just pushed her away because of her own pride as an actress those days.
She definitely doesn't deserve whatever help akane been giving to her
But Akane still wants to help her, especially at her lowest. Akane still try to be friends with her after everything she done her
Unlike Aqua where she wanted to be friends with him
Akane always wanted to, but after that incident as kids, she definitely made it harder for her.
She even thought she hated her for that and yet after all this time, it seemed like that too they actually got to know each other more.
Regardless, through and through, Akane will always be her rival but.
She feels like there is something more she wants to be.
“then just do it~... There nothing holding you from want be theirs~”
Kana sneap out from and
Shima is already dead.
By kana own hands
Kana's eyes darkened in a darkness that allowed her to just.
Do IT
… She killed the guy with no holding back.
Kana got up and grabbed her phone to make a call to the police
Kana: Hello… *snife…* someone tried to just… Ra-... Rape me… and I… I just…
The person in the other line: you what? Is the person still there?
Kana started to cry: I killed him…
Later after some police officers came to check on her and Shima dead body and to see what exactly happened
Since kana shirt was fumbled around a bit, they believe her and just called the death as self defense of the one who killed being Kana
They let Kana go for the Day and would tell her what going to happen next.
Kana walked to her apartment and went in to just take the rest of the day off
Kana in her bedroom
Kana: … what did i…. What did I do…? … Am i going to hell for this…
“But, there were nothing you could've done then end them tho~”
“And the fact they try do things you didn't want do was justicefiable sooo…~”
“You're less likely going to anywhere bad now~”
Kana: … so… killing is wrong regardless… One thing is beating up someone like him… another is killing them without even realizing I killed them… like I blacked out but I remember all of it still.
“Well it doesn't matter now, after all. You got so much do so might as well go sleep~”
Kana: shit… even tho I know I'm probably going insane and talking to something I don't even know what it is… I won't deny you're wrong… I Force on other stuff…
Kana lays down
Kana: put… one thing for sure… Why do I feel like… what just happened to me today… was definitely abused of power… like… what if… what if… no… the young are being abused. The entertainment world… the one responsible rarely even try to fight it… and yet we still let those type of people around… even if someone most have known… they never fight for justice for the ones who have to suffer young to sexually active adults…
“Haha… you finally realized, huh?”
Kana: … that as long as those people keep on getting away with things like this… the loop will never end… and not just the abused people are traumatized for the rest of their life's… but also might even believe in that path… or even worse…
“Hahahah-haa, I thought you'll take a while to figure out things like this”
Kana: pfft… please, it's not that I didn't realize it was fuck up… but it that it's this fuck up.
I guess it only took me to experience how those who were abused feel… some might not care but… some do… those people who suffer have feelings… yet are forced to do things they don't want to do… at this point… it feels like… everyone in this world might just go hell… for not just this grooming and rape issues, but also how everyone and everything is now…
“Yeaaaah… I guess that not wrong~”
Well then miss kana~ you might as well just go sleep for the rest of the night~”
Kana: yeaa…
Kana grabbed her phone
Kana: but first. I need to do something…
Kana type a sorry message to Akane for leaving like that and another day they could talk about what happened in the other night
Kana: hummmm… I just feel a bit bad for ditching her like that…
“What?~ was it that embarrassing that you did naughty things with someone who you supposed to see as a rival~”
Kana: uh-Huhhhhhh!!... Shut it!… I'm… I mean… fuck i can't!... But… god fucking damnit!!!
Kana grabbed one of her pillow and through it at the wall
Kana started to get red at the fact she might have actually fallen for Akane
Kana: BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT UGHHHHH!!! HUMMMM…
“Haha, coming out of the closet I see~”
Kana: shut it before I find a way to hit you!-… You-… voice or probably something else.
Kana just cover herself up with the covers
Kana: I'm done for now… good night
The next day
Kana comes to the office
Kana: good morning everyone
Mem who's just setting on the couch
Mem: morning… *ywan*... I'm tired as hell…
Miyako: hum… morning… if you are going to ask about anything new… right now… nothing… since most of the works you were supposed to have worked on, were supposed to have Ruby as a big character or something… so… to they find a replacement actress… you're kinda out of luck kana…
Mem: not helping that now we gotta end some sponsorship we had with some company and shit… we don't got Ruby here anymore… so pointless in keeping these deals around…
Kana: hum… I see you guys were able to recover fast-
Mem: who said I've recovered.
Kana: … well-
Mem look at Kana to eye to eye
Mem: look at me Kana Arima… look at my face…
Mem face is a bit messy and worn out
Mem: I haven't had any sleep since yesterday… and even when I finally fell asleep, I only got a bit in… meanwhile you … I don't know what you did the other night but it is definitely related to Akane.
Miyako: Wow? Mem, calm down girl
Kana: Don't worry. She's just tired. My bad for trying to bring the mood up a bit.
Miyako: kana…
Kana: welp, if there nothing to do I'd go for now, cya
Kana walk out of the room
Mem: … hum…
Kana started walking around the city again, thinking about what happened the other day
“Masanori Shima, a famous director has passed away. Reason of death is unknown”
Kana turn her head to look at the billboard broadcasting the news
Kana: … I see they're not going to say what happened exactly… huh.
“You must be Kana Arima, right?”
Kana stopped walking for a moment to turn around again
A woman in probably in their 30s
Kana: … oh, are you?
“My I'm Masanori wife~”
Kana: … ohhh. What do you want from me?
Mrs. Masanori: oh, I just wanted to apologize to you for what happened to you with my husband
You must be traumatized by all this? Right?
Kana: … Well, I've been through worse to be honest with you.
Mrs. Masanori: hum… would you like to have a lil walk with me, to talk and just clear your head off things now
Kana: … sure. I guess.
And then they started walking around places
Kana: so … be honest about some things.
Mrs. Masanori: you can ask anything and I'd see if I'd answer honestly or not
She said with a shady smug
Kana: well… your husband once told me about… your guy's relationship. How you both just seduce the young with acting of other type of jobs, since the other do it. So… Why is that so.
Mrs. Masanori: *sigh* it's just how thing is Arima-san~ we can't just give jobs out so easily~ and even if it is, no higher ups would actually care if a young star gets groomed~ some only really care about the reputation of theirs actors or idol's~ unless if it effects them, then even if they know they would just care about how much money they'll get out them or if they are close to them at some way but, besides that. We don't care so much about their health but money alone, so it's just how it is
Kana: … hum… I see.
Mrs. Masanori: well now that you get it, hope their no hard feelings about anything I said, it's just how it is sadly-
Mrs. Masanori slips into a hole and falls.
Kana thoughts: to be honest… I'm not surprised by what you said Mrs. Masanori. Just disappointed. Hope you and your husband rest well…
Kana turns around for a middle second switch to a dark mood to a in fear face
Kana: WHAT THE HELL! SOMEONE HELP!! HELP!!
Kana thoughts: in hell… Ahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAA!!
Later that day.
Kana: welp… can't believe that worked out well…
The voice: honestly surprised you acted scared like a baby who lost their mommy, hahaha-
Kana's aura got slightly darker.
The voice: wow, calm down girl, my bad now~ anyway where are you going? You passed your place a bit ago-
Kana: I know. I need to do something.
The voice: hum… boring! I'm going to just go look around
Kana: oh yay. I can finally have time to myself with out you looking at my thoughts and annoying me
The voice: aww~ you don't like me? Not one bit~ how unfortunate~
Kana: Yeah, I don't like you. Now shuuu.
The voice disappeared from kana head
Kana: *sigh* talking about some peace…
Kana continue to walk to somewhere for sometime
She stopped and turned to the Cemetery and then finds aqua and now Ruby buried grave
Kana: to be honest with you both… I wonder why things have gone like this… you both always saved me again and again… you both were my oshi’s.
My friends… but I guess that bastard was right about something… I always had someone come save me… I need to change that now. I'm going to do things by myself. Without needing help from everyone. So watch me you 2. I. Kana Arima… am going to fix this missed up world. One way or the other.
Rest well twins… because I'm going make this place better for everyone
As kana stare at both the Hoshino’s Graves, 2 dark and shining small stars start to form on to kana eyes.
One on each side.
This is beyond the ending… this is just the start to a story about the a broken star trying to make a world like the intermittent world better to live in, in anyway possible.
Will she be able to do it? Or will someone stop her in her tracks?
First arc is officially done