You hesitated for a moment before stepping forward into the spotlight, the blinding light making the walk to Kou almost bearable since it blocked your view of the crowd, who had suddenly started whispering harshly in unison. You took Kou’s outstretched hand with an appropriately delighted smile; you had to admit, you had gotten pretty good at faking positive emotions in the six months you had been away. He pulled you close, wrapping an arm around you and tilting you to face the crowd.
“This is Y/N, my girlfriend! I had been wanting to tell you all so for a while; she’s very special to me and I felt like I was hiding her from you all. I didn’t want there to be any secrets between me and my little kitties, but well…” he turned to gaze into your eyes with an intense heat, thumb caressing your cheek. This was so staged that it made you want to scream, to hit him so hard that he bled. “I just wanted to keep her to myself for a little bit longer…” he leaned in, pulling you into a deep kiss, the fans cheering in the background white noise as you tried to avoid instantly recoiling, every nerve in your body crying for you to break the contact, to run far far away. His hand on your waist felt like an affront, his lips an assault as you choked back tears. He pulled away with a sinfully enticing moan, giving you a smile that shouted to the world a sense of complete adoration; if only it weren’t all a heinous lie. “I love you, Y/N.”
“I love you, too.” This was the only response you could give, and the dreamy sighs of the girls in the crowd just made you sick. How were you both so good at deceiving others that it could fool so many watching eyes? It was almost cruel.
“WE’RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU KOU-KUUUN!” A voice cried from the crowd, many others chiming in with agreement. It felt like an eternity before Kou led you from the stage, waving happily to his fans. As soon as you were backstage you yanked away from him, eyes burning with unshed tears and a wrath so deep you couldn’t tell where it ended.
“You disgusting hypocrite. Whining about other people being disingenuous while being the biggest fraud anyone could ever meet,” you hissed furiously, turning and running off before he could even respond, knowing you wouldn’t be able to get too far anyway. Still, he didn’t follow and you found yourself lost in a maze of corridors, each one looking the same as the last. You leaned against one of the walls with a shaky intake of breath, head pounding as you closed your eyes against the onslaught of a fresh migraine. Turns out they had followed you here. Your eyes flashed open as you heard voices coming from the end of the corridor, just round the corner.
“Yeah, did you see that giant hickey on her neck? What a fucking slut!”
“She’s probably blackmailing poor Kou-kun and that’s why he had to do that.”
“I know right?! Our Kou-kun would never be with some common slut like her by choice! I bet you she got someone else to give her that thing on her neck for show.” Before you could even think about moving a group of about seven girls rounded the corner, all freezing as their eyes landed on you, expressions twisting into ones of pure hate. The one nearest to you suddenly marched forward, a cruel snarl on her lips as she looked you up and down.
“Can I help you?” Despite Kou doing all of this against your will you still wouldn’t let them give you any shit; you got enough of that from the brothers.
“Oh you can help us, by staying away from our Kou,” she sneered, eyes narrowed. “What a slutty little whore like you is doing with him is beyond me, but I can tell just by looking that you’re no good for him.”
“Is that because I’m not his typical type, or because I’m not you?” She scowled, and you gave her a condescending smile. “Kou wouldn’t look at any of you twice. You’re all nowhere near his tastes.” She gave an angry scream, lunging for you shockingly fast, her nails clawing for your eyes as her little friends closed in, grabbing at your hair and clothes. You struggled out of their grips, shoving the ringleader back hard, sending her into the wall. She simply pushed back off it, swinging straight for your face, fist cracking into your nose with a sickening crunch.
