[Book Three] Not So Brittle [IDOLiSH7 Love story]

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When Ryu saw that Liya and Ayano had placed Mika into TRIGGER's changing room as Tenn and Gaku both left out as if the four of them knew something that he and Mika didn't. Once the door shut he heard the door lock which freaked out Mika as she hit the door shouting. "Ayano you bitch what the fuck do you think you're doing!?"

" Making you stop beating around the damn bush!" Ayano shouted from the other side of the door

Ryu's eyes widened hearing what Ayano said, he placed his hand out towards Mika. "Mika...You...You wouldn't happen to Like me would you?"

Mika let out a sigh as she placed her head against the door as she balled her hands up on either side of her head. "And if I do?"

Ryu placed his hand down and he went up to Mika before he pulled her away from the door which freaked her up as she looked behind her to him. She looked at him flustered as she felt his hands wrap around her waist as he smiled at her. "Well if that is true, you aren't the only one Mika. I like you too...A lot more than I wish to admit aloud." He said sincerely to her

Mika looked at him even more flustered as she placed a hand over her face. "R-Ryu...A-Are you certain that I'm the one you wish to be around? I'm not exactly innocent-I'm not Liya who is completely pure."

"Okay and? That doesn't matter to me. I want to be with you because of how sweet and kind you are. Sure you're beautiful beyond all compare, but that's not the reason why I've fallen in love with you Mika."

Hearing his words, she turned herself to look at him as she placed her hands on his chest softly as she looked up into his eyes as her own teared up. "I'm afraid of getting close to men again...I've been hurt once...I don't want to be hurt again Ryu." She said sadly

Ryu looked at her with sympathetic eyes before he placed a hand on the side of her face softly. "Tell me what happened Mika, from there I can reassure you better."

Mika shut her eyes and took a deep breath as she placed her hand over Ryu's that was on the side of her face. "I only ever dated once, and that was years ago when Sweet Angels first started up. Before I was accepted as a Sweet Angel, I...I had been with a male by the name of Yabanari Hitori. He and I had been together for half a year when I had been accepted as an idol. He supported me at first, seeing me smile and happy made him happy...at least at first. But Aya's father...He...He made damn sure that I was constantly busy. I barely saw Hitori for a long period of time and once it came to our one year anniversary I saw him and Akara making out in the dorms we lived in together. I blew up on the both of them, I refused to talk to Akara for months after that and I broke up with Hitori knowing that I wasn't the only woman he had his eyes on." She said sadly before she opened her eyes

When she did and looked up at Ryu, she saw just how upset he looked hearing what had happened with her.

"Hitori told me that he was with me until he found someone prettier that could put him first. He..He said that he never truly loved me anyways. That I was just a stupid gullible woman with no sense of who was genuine and who wasn't. The two of them are still together to this day."

Ryu bent down so the two of them were eye to eye with one another. "Listen to me well Mika, I can assure you that I will never look at anyone else. Being with you will be the first time I've ever been with anyone. The gamble that I'm taking being around you is very risky for me. You need to forget what that moron said to you. You aren't like that at all, being an idol myself I can understand placing work first and having to place other things on the back burner until you can get to them. I will never treat you how that heartless man did. I love you and only you, will you give me the chance to be with you Mika?"

Mika teared up once more before she gave him a small smile. "I...I'd love that a lot Ryu."

He cupped her face with both of his hands before he kissed her on the lips, which stunned her greatly, but didn't stop her from kissing him back. His hands went from her face to her waist once more as he pulled her closer to him. Once he parted from her lips he smiled at her.

"I truly hope things get better with your group, I don't want to end up losing you so soon Mika."

"So do I...I feel bad for Aya though. She's always dealing with people comparing her to her mother. She isn't her mother-she's her own person."