Red Yarn (Oshi No Ko > Aqua X Kana)

Stop Fighting

Special lodging filming increasingly quiet. Ruby's room, which shares a room with Frill and Akane, is downstairs. They do drinks and desserts on the terrace of the inn.

Akane, Ruby and Frill face each other when Aqua is on the phone. Even many times they heard Aqua blabbering long, although not too obvious but it was quite curious. 

Akane got to her feet, checking whether it was Aqua or someone else on the second-floor terrace of the inn. Hearing Aqua's long blabbering voice. Akane rounded her eyes looking at Aqua's reddened and cursing face without a sound. Ruby looked at Aqua above.

"Not funny!" squealing Aqua while rubbing her reddened face. "Oh, what a shame!" aqua exclaimed with a smile with a reddened face and stepped inside her room.

"Ruby, does Aqua have a boyfriend?" ask Akane curiously. "As long as I've been dating him it seems like I've never seen such an expression." Akane sat back on the terrace.

Ruby is sitting. "Not having said. But, it seems I know the guy."

"Oh yeah? Who?" ask Akane spirit.

"Sister Karma. I'm sure it's Karma's sister. I heard she's a girl, older than me. Onii-chan even cried while fighting with her friend. Weird, right?" ask Ruby.

"Sister Karma?" ask Akane confused. "When did you ask to buy a shirt?"

Ruby nodded her head. "Karma also loves her brother very much. I heard her brother was almost harassed by a man. So, Karma loves her brother very much."

"But, Aqua-kun is not the type of person who will get along right away when meeting people." Akane thought for a moment. "He'll stay away or keep a safe distance."

"It doesn't seem like it. According to what I heard from onii-chan's narration, her older brother Karma and Karma have one noisy nature and make others enjoy their talk and babble."

"I wonder what Karma's sister is like." Akane grabbed her phone. "Do you know the surname of Karma?" ask Akane.

Ruby shook her head slowly. "I don't know, he doesn't like people to know the price."

"That's it. It's weird..."

...*****...

The dining table of Kana's house was now full of food. The four seats are filled by Ichigo, Miyako, Kana and Akino. After changing clothes and taking a bath, Akino helps Kana serve their dinner of chicken and curry from a tavern near the hospital.

"What is there so much to keep secret?" ask Ichigo after dinner is almost over.

Akino glanced at Kana and smiled at Ichigo. "It's about the mental."

"But I do want you to not tell anyone about me." Kana smiled thinly.

"Alright if that's what you want. I'll shut up like Aqua." Miyako grabbed Kana's hand, stroking it gently.

"Kana's death was Kana's request. The announcement was to prevent the occurrence of insurance struggles. Kana managed to take over her insurance because she got a stamp on her behalf." Akino explained. "Everything the police found was just a piece of a hand I took from where I worked. And make a fake TKP near the building."

"So, was it planned from the beginning?" ask Ichigo not to believe it. 

"Yes, I'm fed up with what happened to Kana. Because my guilt also left him so I took care of him and helped him as much as I could now." Akino looked at Kana gently.

"Then you don't want to tell the world that you're alive?" ask Ichigo again.

Kana shook her head slowly. "I'd rather be like this. I do love entertainment, all the things I tried, but with an end like a few years ago it was enough to hurt me. So, I won't step on the same mine again."

Kana's words were heart-wrenching. Miyako looked at Kana with a sad look, she knew the old story of Kana struggling from childhood to adulthood. Blasphemed with many scorn, large and powerful in a painful way alone. And he almost died the same painful way.

"You deserve to be happy, Kana. Whatever your decision, this is your life." Miyako smiled looking at Kana.

"I brought a drink, a few weeks ago I also had a drink with Gotanda and Kaburagi. I should have brought you guys too. It was great to spend the night drinking!" Akino took out an expensive bottle of wine.

"Well, this is delicious!" exclamation Ichigo spirit.

"I'll make dinner and get ready for bed." Kana stood up while piling up the dirty dishes. "Dad! You're not on vacation tomorrow, so don't drink too much!"

"Calm down, Kana.Your father is a very strong drinker!"

Miyako helps Kana bring dirty dishes to the kitchen. Kana begins to wash and does not talk much, if noticed Kana is more silent and does not open the conversation. 

"Does Aqua live here?" ask Miyako curiously.

"Where...Are you dating Aqua?" asked Miyako beside Kana, teasing the girl.

Kana looked back at Miyako, shaking her head with a smile. "No, we don't have that kind of relationship. We're just friends like we used to be." Kana put the clean dishes in place.

Miyako looked at Kana who could be very confident in her answer. "Do you like Aqua?"

Kana shook her head again. "If there is, I'll throw it away as far as possible. If I could, I wouldn't want to see him again."

Miyako doesn't believe Kana's answer. In the past, he would scream and run dodging the question with a flushed face. But now, the answer sounded like there was a wound there.

"That's why you don't want to pick up Aqua's phone?" asked Miyako who was getting curious.

"Picture it that way. Because I knew I was so stupid to expect love from him. I wish and thought he liked me too. Though she is dating Akane and is close to even sticking with Ruby. Didn't I get into the people he likes?" Kana laughs bitterly. "Sometimes considering that time was ridiculous, I was angry, snooping and jealous was unclear when I was nobody."

"You're sure you're not a girl nearby with a special relationship?" miyako asked to make sure, she knew Kana liked Aqua a long time ago, but seeing her hurt like this made her have to comfort and strengthen. 

"Aqua and I are just friends. And it will be like that forever. I don't expect anything more than that. Yeah, even though a few weeks ago I forced him to be serious about being the lead." Kana explains while moving to her room with Miyako who asked to sleep with Kana tonight.

"I don't think so." Miyako looked Kana in the eyes seriously.

Kana smiling. "Think so, let's just say I already know the end of my love story."

Miyako fell silent, hugging Kana. "Love stories are always painful, Kana. Not everyone succeeds with their love. Loving is not about having."

Kana nodded slowly. That's the phrase that Kana uses all this time, loving doesn't have to have. So, it's fine to bury and bury it deep.

...*****...

After three days of filming and the day after, Aqua and Ruby return home. They're sitting in Miyako's room with Mem. Miyako and Mem discuss the idol group that will release a new single.

"You're taking the 10th - 15th holiday, Aqua?" miyako asked looking at Aqua who had been looking at her face with a questioning look. 

"Can you?" tanya Aqua stood closer to Miyako's desk.

"You asked for a holiday, right? But it can only be three days. You want?" ask Miyako again.

Aqua stood up to Miyako. "What can seriously? I want to go–"

"Can you go see Kana, right?" miyako whispered with a soft look. "She's really pretty right now. It's worth it that you want a vacation even for three days."

Aqua clenched her mouth, looking at Miyako annoyed. "I'm not going there!" exciting Aqua. "Why keep teasing me anyway?"

Miyako held back her almost bursting laughter, recalling the long expression with Aqua's adorable tone on the phone back then. Miyako hit Aqua's head in agitation.

"You've always been like this, it's only fitting that Kana let you go." Miyako smiled. "Why are you ashamed if you're comfortable with him? Or you really just think Kana's a friend…"

"Here you go, I'm not going!" Aqua turned her body. 

Mem and Ruby looked at Aqua and Miyako who were fighting without them knowing the problem. Aqua stepped out of the room, after grabbing her script and jacket.

"Aqua!" call Miyako from her desk and it makes Aqua stop at the door. "Will you fight?" ask Miyako.

Aqua fell silent with her hand holding the door knob. The room felt cold and silent for a moment. A mouthful of Kana's face revolved in Aqua's mind. Akino's sentence at their last meeting also filled Aqua's head, Kana completely breaking her red thread with Aqua's red thread. Though Aqua wanted to fight, but seeing Kana who did not want to be approached, she felt she had to stop as well.

"No, I already know the end of the story." Aqua looked at Miyako with a red face, her eyes already wet. "So why am I fighting alone?" Aqua smiled, her tone turning sad.

He immediately pulled Miyako's door knob and got out of there. Miyako looked at Aqua sadly, her face saying otherwise. What's with the two of them, their sentences greatly annoyed Miyako.

Ruby came out of the room, trailing Aqua who was already sitting behind the wall. The sound of Aqua stuffing from there, Ruby tried to get closer, sitting behind the wall where Aqua was sitting.

"I was foolish to not realize that he was indeed away from me," Aqua choked up. "Have I hurt her all this time?" ask Aqua to herself.

Ruby pulled her leg, hugged her. He heard Aqua crying like this I don't know what the problem was. He wanted to ask, but he knew the end would not be any story he got.

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