A week went by before Akira finally had his press conference. He woke up, took a shower, got ready and went over to the side of his bed to give Sarah a kiss on her forehead before he left. He was trying not to wake her up but she did.
“mmm good morning” she said sleepily as she looked up at him.
“hey sweety, i have to leave for the conference now but stay as long as you want and I’ll be back soon”
“okay” Sarah replied grabbing his hand and pulling him closer, she kissed him.
“you can watch it on t.v. if you’d like its going to be live.. but i have to go” Akira kissed her hand and left.
Sarah smiled, she was curious as to what Akira would say.
An hour later Sarah finally got out of bed and went to the living room to turn on the t.v. she turned it on just in time to hear Akiras response to a question.
“no, me and Sarah are not dating… shes an old family friend and i thought it would be nice to take her out to eat, thats all”.
This saddened her, she thought she would be okay with being in secret but it hurt her to hear Akira say out loud that him and her were nothing. She didn’t even want to be there anymore so she got dressed and left. She decided she’d walk around some shops to get her mind off it.

At about noon she walked into a bakery to get a snack, when she came back out a few reporters were taking pictures of her. She didn’t know what to do so she walked quickly away from them hoping they wouldn’t follow her, but they did. This only stressed her out, she had no idea what she should do. She ran away from them to get enough time to make a phone call.
“Hello?” MG’s voice said on the other end.
“hey, I’m really freaking out, there’s reporters following me and i don’t know what to do” Sarah said frantically.
“just calm down, why don’t you go home?”
“i cant its really far and Akira is at the conference , can you come get me?” Sarah said in high hopes.
“I’m sorry hun but I’m at work i cant just leave.. maybe call one of the boys?” MG really wanted to go to her but she didn’t want to lose her job, Sarah said alright and hung up the phone.
She dialed another number. A few minutes later Kin showed up and she got in the car.
“Hello beautiful” Dai said from the backseat.
Sarah just looked at him.
“you okay?” Kin asked.
“yeah.. i don’t want to go home though i really don’t want to be alone” Sarah couldn’t stop fidgeting she was so stressed.
“alright we’ll go to my place then and I’ll make you something to eat” Kin said with a big smile on his face.

When they got to Kins house they all sat in the kitchen while Kin started cooking. Sarah picked up a magazine and started to read it.
“i have to go get something out of the other freezer I’ll be right back” Kin announced “and Dai.. be good” Kin pointed at Dai with a serious face and walked away.
Sarah giggled,
“whats so funny eh?” Dai said and he walked over to her and hugged her from behind.
“Dai..” Sarah began “that better be a banana in your pocket”
Dais eyes widened and he let go of her and quickly put his hands over the front of his pants. Sarah laughed at his flushed face. Just then Kin walked in looking confused “Dai what did you do?” he said annoyed,
“nothing i didnt do.. i.. nothing” Dai stuttered slightly and sat back down.

When Akira got home he called Sarah’s name but got no response, he was sure she’d stay and wait for him but then he saw that the t.v. was still on. He sat on his couch worried that what he said upset her so he tried to call her.
Sarah didn’t know what to say to him at the moment so she ignored his call. Her phone buzzed again. This time it was a text I’m on my way home’ it was a text from MG. Seeing this Sarah asked Kin if he would take her home. They both pulled up at the apartment at almost the same time.
“hey guys” MG said as she got out of her car.
“hello MG!” Kin said cheerfully, and they all walked to the front door.
“we’ll see you guys later then?” Dai asked.
“yeah maybe” Sarah winked at him and walked inside , MG chuckled.
“bye guys” and they left.

“So how was your day are you alright?” MG asked still worried about Sarah.
“yeah I’m better now.. how about you?”
“im good, it felt like the longest day ever at work though.. so tell me what happened” MG finished.
Sarah told her all about the conference and what she saw on the t.v. and the reporters.
“have you talked to Akira yet?”
“no.. i don’t know what to say to him.. i thought i was okay with everything but i don’t know if i can handle the stress” Sarah looked down “i think I’m going to go to bed… i have class in the morning”
“alright.. sleep well” MG hugged her and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Sarah continued to ignore Akiras calls and texts for the next couple of days, the reporters were still following her but not as bad now that she wasn’t always around Akira. But it still stressed her out and since she wasn’t talking to Akira she was upset to and didn’t know what to do. Her teacher came up to her at the end of class and asked what was going on.
“nothing why?” Sarah asked shocked that the teacher pulled her aside.
“your work has been slacking and you seem like your mind is somewhere else .. i just don’t want to have to fail you” the teacher finished.
Sarah wanted to tell her teacher why but she knew she had to keep it all secret so she promised to do better and left more stressed than ever. Not only were the reporters following her, and she wasn’t talking to Akira but now she was failing her class.

“Just call him” MG said over dinner that night as she watched Sarah push the food around her plate.
“i cant” Sarah said setting her fork down and leaning back in her chair.
“and why not?” MG demanded,
“because i don’t know.. i don’t know what i want.. i don’t know what to say.. i just don’t know”
Before MG could respond the doorbell rang.
“I’ll get it” she said and got up to answer the door, Sarah stayed at the table deep in thought.
When MG came back into the kitchen and said “well you better know now”
“why wha…” but before Sarah could finish her sentence Akira walked in.
“ill just leave you two alone for a minute” MG left the kitchen and went to her bedroom.

“its been a week… i was going to wait longer but i was getting worried when you ignored all my calls and texts” Akira began “did i do something wrong?”
“no you didn’t.. i just don’t know how to handle all this attention and constantly being followed.. and.. being in secret” Sarah didn’t look at Akira she couldn’t.
“it will get better we just have to be more careful..” Akira said but Sarah still wasnt convinced.
“they will stop bothering you after a little while once they cant catch anything else..” Akira continued worried that she would end it all right there.
“you don’t understand ” she began with anger in her tone “they follow me everywhere, and im failing my class because I’m so stressed out .. i don’t know if i can handle it” she finished.
“well i dont know if i can handle being without you!” Akira said fiercely, he took a deep breath and leaned down by her chair.
“i lo..” Akira began but Sarah put her hand over his mouth and said “don’t” to stop him from saying it. Akira slowly removed her hand and continued.
“i love you”
Sarah looked into his beautiful eyes and softly said “..i love you too”
Akira smiled and kissed her passionately.
Just then they heard MG yell “can i come out yet?!”
Akira and Sarah laughed “yeah!” they said together.
MG walked out.
“aww you guys made up.. good! cause..” MG got cut off by the doorbell ringing “excuse me” she said and answered the door.
She ran back and finished her sentence “because i invited the boys over and it would have been REALLY awkward if you guys were still not talking” MG winked at them as all the boys came in.

A little while later everyone was having a great time. Especially the girls who were dancing the night away. While the girls were distracted dancing Kio took Akira aside to talk to him.
“i wanna tell her” Kio said to Akira with a big grin.
“tell… her.. what?” Akira was confused.
“I wanna tell her that i love her”
“aw that’s great so go tell her!!” Akira said pointing over at the girls.
“i cant” Kio was so hyper he was bouncing in place.
“why not?” Akira chuckled at his little friends hyperness.
“because i dont know if shes ready to hear it”
“oh come on Kio just tell her, the sooner the better”
“but..” Before Kio could say a ‘but’ Akira interrupted him.
“you better tell her soon, i dont know how much of this little bouncy man i can take”
Kio stopped bouncing and death glared at Akira, Akira only laughed.

“i think i wanna tell him” MG said to Sarah as they danced making sure no one could hear her.
“that you love him?!” Sarah was now excited.
“yeah”
“then tell him!” she said smiling big,
“i don’t think hes ready to hear it” MG began “you know how he is, hes so insecure, it takes him forever to get close to anyone.. i don’t think hes ready for it” MG chuckled “well that’s true.. but still.. the sooner the better”
“ah.. maybe later” MG said and they both laughed and continued to dance.

The next morning, or afternoon, everyone woke up to the smell of fresh coffee. MG and Sarah were in the kitchen cheerful as ever. All the boys just spent the night since it was so late by the time everyone was ready to go to bed.
“hey can you get the paper?” MG asked Kio.
“sure thing babe” he winked at her and gave her a kiss on the cheek then headed to the front door to get the paper.
He opened the door then quickly closed it immediately after, which made the door loud, everyone looked at him and MG and Sarah came into the living room.
“what happened” they asked.
“i wouldn’t go out there if i were you” Kio said looking nervous.
“what why?” MG asked and her and Sarah both thought it was some cute little thing Kio had planned, so they both went to the door , Kio tried to stop them but they opened it anyways.
Right then they saw what seemed like hundreds of flashes. It was the paparazzi.
“how do they know where we live?!” Sarah asked worried and angry all the same.
“i uh.. i don’t know” Kio said still nervous and worried now too.
Akira just stood in shock, he promised it would get better and in one night everything got worse, he didn’t know what to say or what to do.
“guys.. what the hell are we going to do?!” Kano said worried walking over to them.
“i don’t know! we just need to calm down and think for a minute!” Kio said angrily, he didn’t understand why everyone was looking to him for answers.
Everyone tried to calm down but no one had any ideas. They could hear the paparazzi calling them, and suddenly MG looked towards the door with her eyes wide,
“how the hell did they find MY name out?!”