DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN UTA NO PRINCE SAMA. I do own the plot.

CHAPTER 6

As Tokiya reached the rooftop, he was served with the sight of Tomochika, the girl that he was supposed to confess his love to, kissing Otoya's cheek. They stayed in that position for God-knew-how-long, much to Tokiya's dismay.

It savagely destroyed Tokiya's heart.

Just... What happened here, Otoya?

About 15 minutes ago...

'Okay, Tokiya. This is the plan.*got excited by myself while jumping around

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I will ask her to come with me to the rooftop and then I will call you and you will come here to confess! Good luck! You better be prepared now, oni-chan!'

"What? That's it? I thought that it will be much more romantic," Tokiya complained as he read the message from Otoya. He was currently in A Class, waiting for Otoya's cue while sitting comfortably beside Masato since he was about to encounter a nerve-wracking situation that might change his life for good.

"What do you mean?" Masato read the said message before putting on a poker face. "Well, what can you expect from Otoya? He is also an ignoramus like you when it comes to this kind of stuff. Of course his creativity is not big enough. He said he wanted to plan everything because he is just excited to lend you a hand."

"I see. We are the ignoramus brothers. At least we are not a one-trick pony like you, Masato. Always try to win her heart by playing piano..."

"Are you really desperate to die, Tokiya? I don't know but I got curious about that all of sudden," Masato let out a menacing aura as he slammed his book on the table but it did not intimidate the other blue head for the slightest bit. "I will kill you right after you confess to her so that you can be like those spirits who become obsessive with the girl they love."

"Huh, as if! Instead of her, I will use my ghostly power to summon all kind of insects to bite you," Tokiya replied childishly.

"So immature," Masato rolled his eyes. "But, honestly, do you really hope that Shibuya will date you?"

"Of course. That's why I want to confess to her."

Then, you are lucky, Shibuya, Masato mentally commented. Even he spent most of his time with talking bad about Tokiya when the blue head was around, he could imagine how the guy would treat his girlfriend. He had never fallen in love before he met Tomochika so he would treasure her like his everything.

"But...What if she rejects you?"

"It doesn't matter. At least, I will feel more comfortable if I confess to her. We will debut together so if I feel something tingling every time I am with her, it will make me lose concentration to my work. Who knows... After she rejected me, I will forget her fast," much to Masato's shock, Tokiya sounded charismatic now after acting like a child who got his first lollipop for ten days straight.

Woahh, he is surprisingly mature today, Masato internally commented as he stared at Tokiya in awe.

"What's with that look? I bet you want to say that I am surprisingly mature and Shibuya-san will be lucky to have me as her boyfriend, right, right?" Tokiya smirked as he turned cocky all of sudden.

Seriously, how can a person be this spiteful!? Masato's jaws dropped as he heard Tokiya's remarks. This is what you get when you are with someone who knows you, enough from your eyes. You cannot secretly feel amazed at him without feeling annoyed with his cocky attitude afterward.

Masato just deadpanned as he touched Tokiya's forehead. "No. Instead, I was wondering if you have a fever."

"Oi, guys," Cecil who came out nowhere interrupted their pointless conversation. "I hate to say this but if you guys don't want those fan girls to pair you up again in their fanfiction, you better stop being affectionate to each other," Cecil signaled to a group of girls who smiled sheepishly at Tokiya and Masato. Obviously, they enjoyed themselves to see those blue heads sat close to each other like that.

"Oh, my... I forgot about that," Masato turned panicky as he quickly moved backward from the 'do-I-care?' - faced Tokiya.

"Did you just call this 'affectionate'?" Tokiya put Masato's hand on his forehead. "We used to hug a lot when we were small, you know? Even now, I will hug him whenever I am happy because he is so fluffy to be hugged," Tokiya could hear those girls squeaked as they heard his remarks but he did not care about it. They could think whatever they wanted but he was really comfortable to have Masato around. That guy is his childhood friend, for heaven's sake! Why could not boys act friendly to each other without being assumed as a homosexual?

"Stop adding an unnecessary comment, Tokiya!" Unlike Tokiya, Masato looked horrified.

"Plus, Masato is a very nice boy. If he is a girl, I will date him as soon as I see him. He can cook, very caring, loving..."

"I said, stop making things sound more suspicious, Tokiya!" Masato yelled desperately.

"For a popular student, you guys can be disgusting sometimes," Cecil sneered. "By the way, did you guys see Otoya and Tomochika?"

"No," the blue heads shook their heads in unison.

Cecil deadpanned. "This is why those girls shipped you guys together."

"Shut up, Aijima!" Masato's dramatic and high-pitched scream just shook everything in the class.

There he was, the boy of her dream. This time, she would never let him go. She would make sure that Ichinose Otoya would be his.

It was now or never.

That was what Tomochika thought the moment Otoya called her about 20 minutes ago, asking her to meet him in front of a recording room.

"Am I late?" Otoya looked slightly panicky as he approached the girl.

"No, you are not. I am the one who came here earlier because I am so excited."

"Ohh..." Otoya could not help but wonder why would Tomochika become this excited to see him aka her classmate. "Then, can we go to the rooftop now?"

"Rooftop? Why?" Tomochika's eyes sized up as something clichéd from a shoujo anime crossed her mind. "If I am not mistaken, we are not allowed to go there right now, right?"

In anime, they always confess their love on rooftop, right?

"Nope, it's just a fake announcement. I deliberately made it for you," Otoya stated casually as he grinned cheekily.

What?? For... For me?? OMG!!!!! The idol almost fainted as she was relishing her colorful imagination about what would Otoya plan for her.

"Oh, really?" Tomochika replied calmly as she restrained herself from making herself looked desperate. She should have more pride since she is Shibuya Tomochika, the Goddess of Saotome Academy. Not some chicks who got excited just because a hot guy was going to ask her out.

Tomochika glanced at Otoya as they walked together. The red head also had a smile on his face. As she slowly tried to grab Otoya's hand, the red head suddenly lifted his before reaching inside his pocket for his smartphone. He sent Tokiya a text message.

'Hey, we are here. You can come already.'

The red head looked around before smiling in satisfaction. Apparently, with the 'No Entry' signboard, there were no students were as obstinate as mule to ignore it.

As soon as they reached the rooftop, Otoya did not waste any time to tell Tomochika about why the hell were they here when suddenly...

"To tell you the truth.."

"To tell you the truth.."

They startled. Obviously, they both were so impatient to say what had been lingered in their mind as soon as possible.

"Well, you first," Tomochika tried to be considerate.

"No, it's okay. Ladies first," without having the slightest idea about what made Tomochika obviously excited when in fact, he was the one who prepared a surprise for her, Otoya decided to let it slide and let her started first.

"Okay, then," Tomochika started to fidget. Instead of typically feeling that her pride would shatter to confess her love first, she felt like a princess who would never be rejected by her Prince Charming.

She even forgot that a minute ago, she was the one who said that a goddess like her should have more pride.

"I know this is sudden but I really want you to know about my feeling, Otoya-kun. What do I feel about you all this time."

"Eh, me?" Otoya could not help but exclaim in confusion as he had no idea about what would be the important thing that Tomochika really wanted him to know.

The hero of this scene is supposed to be Tokiya, right? Not me.

"Yes, you, Otoya-kun," for some reasons, the atmosphere around the empty and boring rooftop turned romantic.

Eh, romantic?

"Otoya-kun," Tomochika's normally bubbly voice turned a bit provocative all of sudden and it startled him.

And it completely made him dumbfounded as she let out her next set of words.

"The truth is... I love you. I love you since the first time I met you."

It was so shocking to the point of Otoya's brain had such a hard time to digest the 'I love you' truth.

"What?"

She... She just said 'I love you' right? The 'you' in the context was ... him, right? Ichinose Otoya.

He was here to let her know that his brother, Ichinose Tokiya had fallen in love with her and wanted to ask her out.

Not he was the one who would be asked to go out with Tomochika.

What should he do now?

"I really love you, Otoya-kun," Tomochika reached up before kissing his cheek.

Putting more drama aka trouble, at the same time, Tokiya just arrived, staring at the sight (and would probably the one that he would never forget for the rest of his life) of Tomochika, his dream girl, kissed his brother's cheek.

Tomochika was kissing Otoya's cheek.

It savagely destroyed Tokiya's heart.

Why... Why would she do that? Does she... Does the kiss mean...

Judging from how Otoya sized his eyes up, most probably he did not expect it. Maybe he was too shocked to give any sort of reaction, Tokiya tried to justify this scandalous situation even he could feel his blood boiled with rage.

He stood there, waiting for Otoya's reaction in silence.

As Tomochika pulled away, Tokiya could see how happy she was.

Obviously, the girl loves his brother.

Tomochika observed Otoya's face. The color matched his red hair.

Yeah, he totally fell for this kiss. Haruka, I won!

The ruby eyes still stared at Tomochika in disbelief. He found it to be awkward and unbelievable to receive such an affectionate body contact from his friend.

Not to mention it was the first one ever in his life!

"Well, what's your answer, Otoya-kun? Can you love me back?"

She confessed to him. Tokiya was sure about that. She used 'love' instead of 'like' so there was apparently no reason for Tokiya to brainwash himself to be optimistic right now. Yes, he was sad because the girl loved his brother instead but it could not be helped.

But of course Otoya will reject her, right? Otoya does not have any interest in her. Otoya is a good brother. He will never mess me around if he...

"I love you, Tomo-chan..."

There he was. A line that would change the dynamic of their relationship.

What, Otoya? You... YOU love her too? Then, why did you help me? Why did you call me here?

The blue head could not stand this anymore. Obviously, they would go out as they 'loved' each other so why would he, the one who did not have anybody to love poked his nose into their sweet moment? He, being the one and 'lucky' audience could surely guess the ending for the lovebirds.

It. Was. A. Happy. Ending.

He should go away before he unconsciously punched Otoya.

Otoya just added more reasons for him to hate the red head.

There was no way for them to reconcile and that was the ending for both of them.

Meanwhile...

"But as a friend. I love you just like how I love STARISH. You are such a precious friend so I never think of you that way. I am so sorry, Tomo-chan. Please don't hate me."

Shibuya Tomochika was rejected by Ichinose Otoya but Ichinose Tokiya left the scene too soon to watch the plot twist. There was no such thing as 'lovebirds' here.

"Why? Why wouldn't you? Am I not that perfect for you, Otoya-kun?" Tomochika asked in disbelief. All this time she was positive that he also loved her so it did not matter for her to confess to him first.

Tears streamed down her face, much to Otoya's shock. He never thought that his rejection would cause him to see the out of character version of Tomochika.

"That's not what I meant, Tomo-chan," the guitarist held her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "Of course you are perfect and I couldn't ask for a better girl but... like I said, I love you just like how I love STARISH. You guys are my family, my friends so there is no way I can accept your feeling. Plus, like Masa said, I am oblivious about love and such. There are so many things I need to learn so I don't think you will be happy with me."

Otoya's justification just fell on deaf ears. Tomochika stared down to the floor, refused to meet eyes with Otoya. She felt miserable because not only she was rejected by someone that she only had eyes for when she clearly could make anybody to fall in love with her, her body also boiled with rage as she thought about someone that most probably would be the reason for her to cry today.

"I am sorry, okay, Tomo-chan? Please don't be like this," Otoya pleaded. He never wanted to hurt his friend's feeling but there was no reason for him to lie to her either. It was better to be honest in this kind of situation.

All of sudden, Tomochika laughed creepily. It sounded obviously in rage and she might turn crazy in any second.

"You love me just how you love STARISH," there was a hint of sarcasm in her quivering voice. "But you never mentioned about that bitch."

"Excuse me?" Otoya did not like how she sounded. It was harsh and he did not like how almost everybody in this world would simply call a girl a bitch.

"That bitch," Otoya closed his eyes as Tomochika still labeled whoever it was with such an offensive name.

"I believe whoever she is, she has a proper name, Tomo-chan," Otoya indirectly asked her to be polite with her choice of words.

"I am talking about that frigging Haruka!" She screamed way too loud as she finally exploded.

"What?"

"What about her!? Do you love her in THAT way!?" Tomochika's face turned so red as she impatiently sought for Otoya's answer.

"Wait? Why did it come up to this? Why should you relate her to this situation? She is your best friend, Tomo-chan. How could you call her that?"

"I am not her best friend and yeah, she IS related to this, Otoya-kun! She is the reason why you rejected me, right? You love her. Just like those frigging friends of yours! You all swoon over her like frigging flies!"

"Tomo-chan, please don't say something like that about my friends," Otoya tried to comfort her even he could feel that he was this close to lose his patience. "Nanami doesn't have anything to do with this. Instead, another reason why I rejected you because of Tokiya... He wanted to see you. I asked you to come up here because he wanted to confess to you."

Come to think of it, where is Tokiya? Why is he not here, yet? The red head's heart thumped faster as he somehow had a bad feeling about his brother.

"Confess about what? Why should I be bothered about him?"

"He is the one who is in love with you so I think you should hear him out..."

"I don't give a shit about the goddamn loser!" Tomochika shouted again.

"Tomo-chan, please don't insult my brother," Otoya tried to calm himself down. This time, this girl was too much with her expletives and if he was ill-tempered enough, he would have slapped her.

"You love Haruka, right!? Answer me, Otoya-kun! The reason why you rejected me because you love that bitch, right!!?"

What the... Otoya stared at Tomochika in disbelief. Why did this girl keep mentioning about Haruka? Not to mention she was insulting her best friend. All this time, he really thought that they were so chummy to each other.

He never thought that Tomochika could be this mean to Haruka.

"The question is why should you relate this situation to her? She doesn't have anything to do with this."

"Yes, she does because that ugly butt is also in love with you! How come you don't realize that, Otoya-kun!!? How stupid can you be!?"

Yes, he was considered himself as so stupid because he never realized that Haruka loves him.

"What? She is in love with me?"

"Yes, that frigging bitch! But I tell you what, if you rejected me because of her, I will never let it slide. Never! I will make you love me, Otoya-kun. Even it means that I have to get rid of Haruka! I swear!" she abruptly left the speechless Otoya.

How did it turn out into something like this? Their friendship... It was so good before. Why would Tomochika want to destroy it just because of him?

After school session ended, Otoya called Tokiya for the nth time but to no avail.

This felt weird. Where did he go?

It turned out even weirder when until night, Tokiya was still nowhere to be seen. He did not even come back to the dorm.

"Is Masa here?" Otoya asked as soon as Ren opened his room's door.

"Nope. I have never seen Hijirikawa since lunch hour. I was going to ask Icchi about him, though."

"But, Tokiya doesn't come back as well. I was going to ask Masa about him," Otoya replied in dejection.

"Then, maybe we should not worry about that too much. Maybe they have something to do together?" Unlike Ren who was in relief, Otoya was the total opposite.

Especially since Tomochika's tragic and dramatic confession, he could not reach Tokiya at all.

"Oiii, you guys!" Syo greeted while he and Natsuki were walking along the corridor.

"Syo, Natsuki, did you guys see Tokiya or Masa?" Otoya asked, anxiously.

"Oh... We just saw them by the lake," Syo replied.

"They looked like.. I don't know. Discussing something?" Natsuki added.

By the lake? Otoya's heart thumped so fast that it might explode. If Tokiya and Masato talked about something in other places than their dorms, could it be about something serious?

But... What was that?

"Thank you, guys," the red head ran so fast, leaving the confused three behind.

"Why did he look so anxious, though? Something happened?" Ren pointed out.

"Beats me... But Tokiya looks like he might kill someone tonight. He looks so scary," Syo shivered at the thought of Tokiya's face just now.

"Yeah. Masato-kun even shooed us away when we tried to join them," Natsuki explained.

Their answers sent the ladies' man to frown. Just what the hell?

"Just calm the hell down, won't you? You will not solve anything if you behave like this, Tokiya," as Otoya arrived by the lake, he could see that Masato was rubbing Tokiya's back, anxiously comforting the blue head.

"Masa,Tokiya," as soon as Otoya called their names, he could see that Masato flinched before nervously shifting his gaze to the siblings while Tokiya...

It seemed like he avoided to meet eyes with the red head because he hated him.

"Otoya," it looked like Masato never wanted him here and it would hint one thing.

Something bad would happen.

"Masa, what happened?" As Otoya approached them, Masato quickly stood from his spot before holding his shoulders.

"Otoya, I think it will be better if you go back to your room, okay? We will talk with you later," Masato's baritone voice did not sound comical as usual. Instead, he really meant with what he said.

"But, Masa, I want to see Tokiya..."

"No, please, Otoya! Not now. Please listen to me..." Masato was literally pleading him now and Otoya did not like where this was going to.

"Just why do you want to show your face right now?" Tokiya remarked as he stood up and faced Otoya. The guitarist gasped in shock because...

The face that smiled at him up until recently looked utterly menacing. This look was not the typically annoyed one every time Otoya pulled a prank on him. This was...

Sinister. Like Tokiya would kill him in any second.

"Tokiya, please calm down, won't you? Otoya, just go back to your room. It's not safe for you.."

"Why do you want to shoo him away, Masato? Let him be here. I will let him know what I feel right now so that he will not badger me around after this."

"What... What do you mean? Ne, Masa. Why does he look so scary?" Words could not describe how scared Otoya felt right now. Hurting Tokiya was the last thing that he wanted to do but seeing Tokiya like this, he was convinced that he did something wrong.

But, the question was.... What did he do?

"That's why I told you to go back to your dorm first, Otoya! Just listen to me already!" Masato urged.

"But, why!?"

"Because I hate you, son of a bitch!!" Tokiya exploded. His voice was way too loud and maybe the loudest that anybody ever heard.

"Why? Why do you hate me? What did I do?" Otoya was crying now since being hated by his own brother was unthinkable. "I thought that we are getting along now. I thought that you like me..."

"You thought THAT?" Tokiya sneered as he chuckled sarcastically. "You seriously thought that WE... You and I are going be close like before!? Not even in your freaking dream! The moment you said to her that you love her but you still frigging helped me to confess to her, I tell you what? You are such an asshole, Otoya!"

"Tokiya, you don't need to put it that way. At least, let him explain. Maybe there is a misunderstanding..."

"He. Said. That. He. Loves. Her. Masato. I am not frigging deaf! I heard exactly what he told her! I can't believe that I trust this jerk! If you are interested in her, just go ahead! Do you have to be shitty with my feeling as well!? You deliberately promised me that stupid rooftop confession so that I can see by myself that you actually love her, you can make her kissed you. You can make her love you while me... I am just a stupid loser here! Is that what you wanted to show me!?"

Otoya's red eyes sized up. Now he could digest the situation. He was positive that Tokiya was there when Tomochika kissed his cheek. Tokiya was also there when he said 'I love you' to the girl but the blue head obviously did not listen to their conversation until the end. Tokiya had no idea that Tomochika went berserk after she was rejected by Otoya.

"Tokiya, please... Let me explain that..."

"No, you don't have to explain anything because I am goddamn tired! Let me tell you something. Since you were born, everything went wrong! Did you hear that? EVERYTHING went wrong! You, with the curse in your body, you will just make everybody around you die including your parents, my mother. She left me because of you! If only you didn't distract her from driving that day, she would still be alive! You killed her, you bastard!!"

"Tokiya, you just crossed the line, you know," Masato turned pale as he could see how Otoya was this close to have a mental breakdown once the sensitive issue was brought up again.

"You should realize since a long time ago that the moment you stepped into our house, you brought along your curse! That is why I hate you, Otoya!"

Otoya was dumbfounded. He was never told that he was the reason for Suzuna's death. As soon as he woke up, everybody just told him that they were crashed by a lorry. Nobody ever blamed him.

All this time... No wonder Tokiya felt sick just to look at him.

Tokiya's anger did make sense now.

"All this time, you always told me that I didn't give a shit about you, right?? Instead, I will do anything for Masato. Straight to your face, I would like to say, I rather have him as my brother instead of you. You, Otoya..." the vocalist pointed at Otoya. "I never treated you as my brother. You are just a stranger who brought nothing but shits to my life. If the rumour about this school is true, I really wish you die, Otoya! You should die instead!"

"Tokiya..." Masato was too speechless to mutter more words.

Did he just wish for him to die?

"Get your ass out of here before I kill you. Go away!" Tokiya pushed Otoya. His strong energy and Otoya's feeble body were enough to send the red head to the ground.

"Go away!"

"Stop it, Tokiya!"

With his remained energy, Otoya struggled to stand up before slowly leaving Masato and Tokiya.

"You are too much, Tokiya! Do you really have to mention his parents to an orphan!? What the hell is wrong with you!?" Masato scolded his best friend right away before chasing Otoya.

Tokiya sighed in anger. As much as he hated it when Masato backed Otoya, the blue head was right. He was too harsh when he mentioned Otoya's late parents but he just could not control his indignation anymore.

Why should I feel sorry then? Serves him right. He should know by now that he brings bad luck and he must stay away from me, Tokiya justified his harsh treatment to Otoya as he headed to his room. For sure, Otoya would never dare to show his face there.

"Otoya, wait!" Masato grabbed Otoya's hand. The red head did not resist but it was enough to show that he did not want Masato to see him crying.

"Why didn't anyone tell me, Masa?"

"Huh?"

"About me being the reason for mummy to..."

"Because you are not. Tokiya just took it wrong. You never intended such thing to happen, Otoya."

Yet, Masato knew, his answer was not enough to convince Otoya.

"All this time, all I want is to make Tokiya smiles when he sees me. Just when it was the first time he saw me at the orphanage. He was the first one who said to me that there is no way for a person to cause someone's death but because of me..." He trembled as tears still streamed down his face. "It was gone. Tokiya no longer held the belief. It was all because of me."

"Don't say that, Otoya..."

"I envy you, Masa. Tokiya always favours you. He even said that he wants you to be his brother instead of me. I really want to be like you but considering I am the one who killed mummy, I think I don't deserve to be Ichinose family, let alone anyone's family. Please tell Tokiya that I am so sorry. I was meant to say that I love Tomo-chan like how I love my friends but he never let me explained anything," Otoya walked again to God-knows-who, leaving Masato who finally could not hold his tears.

How did it turn into something like this? Poor Otoya...

He knew that going back to his room now would cause more catastrophes. The fact that he shared a room with Tokiya for three years was no longer being the most wonderful thing for him. Instead, it turned into a nightmare because all this time, he roomed with someone who he had committed a sin to but the worse thing was...

He never realized it up until now.

Otoya hugged his knees as he looked around the practice room. This was the only option. He would never sleep over in somebody's room with his puffy eyes and dirty school uniform.

"Mummy, what should I do?" He mumbled, hoped that Suzuna was somewhere, hearing him.

"I caused you dead. I made everyone who I love dead. What should I do?"

Two hours passed and with his tired body and empty stomach, Otoya fell asleep right away on the cold floor until his smartphone received a call from someone.

He answered the call drowsily as he saw the name appeared on the screen.

"Hello, Cecil?"

"Hello, Otoya!" Cecil sounded like he was chased by a bulldog. "Haruka... You must help Haruka!"

"Why? What happened to her?"

"Tomochika is getting crazy! She called me just now and she asked me to bring you along if we want to save Haruka. I don't know exactly what happened but she just kidnapped Haruka! They were somewhere outside the school!"

Otoya's heart dropped.

"If you rejected me because of her, I will never let it slide. Never! I will make you love me, Otoya-kun. Even it means that I have to get rid of Haruka! I swear!"

No... It can't be...

With his still spinning head, Otoya grabbed his bag. "If that's so, can you wait for me at the main gate? We will go there together. Okay, bye."

Nanami... His heart whispered the name out of worry. Hopefully, she would be fine even considering how crazy Tomochika looked and sounded when he rejected her, he could not guarantee that Haruka would not be harmed at all.

As for now, all mattered for Otoya was Haruka. He would do anything to rescue his friend.

It never crossed his mind that soon, just very soon, something unthinkable and sinister would take over his life forever.

Phewww, done writing chapter 6! I am sooooo relieved to have this chapter published because it was challenging to write it especially when almost everybody in this chapter got emotional. As usual, feel free to let me know what do you think about this chapter. See ya!