-with Sougo-

That was not a thief. I've seen the guy somewhere before. Sougo walked at such a slow pace that it was almost as if he was not moving at all. Years ago, that guy... Ah! I know now! He used to work for father and looks like he still is now.

Father... why? Surely you did not send him to steal something from Tamaki-kun.

"Swan-kun."

The swan did not reply to whoever was calling to him. He didn't even hear it. Sougo walked home under the midnight light, lost in his train of thoughts. Lost in his mind.

Father, are you trying to..?

"Swan-kun."

The voice did not get louder, but this time Sougo came to a stop and looked left and right. He gasped loudly to find Yuki's face so close to his when he looked forward.

"My, my," Yuki the fox took a light step back to give the scared Sougo some space. "You really were so out of it, hmmm?"

"I-I'm fine. A-ah, you are Re:vale Yu-"

"You are a poor bird." Yuki cut the swan off and looked right into his purple eyes. "You can never outfox the fox." Yuki's ears perked up and he smiled mischievously.

"I don't quite understand..." Sougo frowned and tilted his head in confusion.

"No matter, just know this. Whatever is on your mind, either act on it or let it go. Thinking like that won't cause a miracle." With that, Yuki waved goodbye to the standstill Sougo, transformed into a fox, and disappeared into the night.

Yuki's words kept repeating in Sougo's head. Ah, that's right...

I need to take full responsibility.

White wings shone brightly in the moonlight.

~~

-The next morning, at uni practice room-

With Judgement Day coming up, IDOLiSH7 members arrived in their usual practice room with high energy and enthusiasm. Tamaki was a little sleepy. It was as if the break-in last night never happened.

"Looks like everyone is here!!!" Mitsuki spun and shouted, ready to start dancing and singing, but was paused the moment he noticed a missing member. "Eh? Sougo is not here yet???"

"That's unusual," Iori said with a stern look. "He normally never turns up late for something like this."

"OH!" shouted Nagi, "MAYBE for once he OVERSLEPT."

"Still..." Riku was not very convinced. All members knew about the break-in last night by text. The white cat was a bit worried. "I have a bad feeli-*cough cough cough.*"

"Nanase-san!" Iori, who was right next to his boyfriend, pulled an inhaler out of Riku's bag and gave it to the cat. The raven knew well by now where Riku kept his inhaler. Riku felt better immediately. Iori held Riku's shoulder with such concern that he did not realise everyone was looking at the pair.

"I will go get Riku some water," Yamato volunteered and opened the door. There, the deer saw the pair he did not want to see. Or more like a person he did not want to see.

"Yuki-san..." Yamato's face turned unusually serious as his eyes met Yuki's.

"Yamato-kun."

"Eh? You know him, Yuki?" Momo's husky tail was wagging wildly. "Ah, it's IDOLiSH7!! So this is their practice room. Hi, hi~" Momo greeted Yamato and everyone behind the opened door.

"Hmmm." Yuki acted like he wanted to talk to Yamato but he decided not to start that with many people around him. "Oh? Where is swan-kun?" The fox noticed a missing member. He did not smile mischievously this time.

"Have you seen him?" Yamato seemed to have sensed something from Yuki's actions.

"I saw him last night, lost in the world of thoughts, that one." IDOLiSH7 members started moving closer to Yamato. "So I spoke to him a little."

"Yuki, you didn't say anything bad, did you?" Momo pulled Yuki's arms and asked in a half-serious tone.

"Why would I do that, momo? I would never do anything like that, knowing it would upset you." Yuki smiled teasingly when he turned to answer Momo.

"You always have a habit of teasing people, Yuki. I just have to make sure. So what did you say?"

"I simply said he should either act on his thoughts or drop them, something like that." Yamato facepalmed upon hearing Yuki's reply. The green-haired deer knew Sougo was the type to keep his feelings and burdens bottled up. This is bad. Sou must be doing something right now, but what?

Before anyone could say anything else, the sound of running footsteps came closer and closer. Tsumugi ran to IDOLiSH7 and stopped to catch her breath. It seemed like she was in a total panic.

"Sougo-san called da-I mean, the headmaster, saying he is dropping out of uni!"

Why must my bad feelings always come true?

Everyone froze as if time had stopped. Even Re:vale.

~~

-with Sougo, ??? place-

"Ngggghhh, it hurts..."

But I must go. I, ugh-

CRASH

~~

IDOLiSH7 members rushed to Sougo's house, following Tamaki's lead since the boy knew where the swan's place was. All six of them entered the apartment. The apartment wasn't very big so Riku said he would go up to Sougo's room on his own while everyone waited in the lobby.

Riku exited the lift on the third floor and walked towards room 303. He took a deep breath in and knocked.

"Sougo-san, it's me. Riku."

There was no reply. The quietness did not help ease Riku's nervousness. The white cat knocked again. Still nothing. He then tried twisting the doorknob. It turned out the door was unlocked, so Riku pushed it open slowly.

"Sou..go-san?" N-no! He is..!

Sougo lay unconscious on the floor. His face was extremely pale. A small bottle full of pills was there next to the swan.

Riku took off running down the stairs, forgetting about his own health. He shouted when he reached the lobby, startling everyone there.

"Iori, call the ambulance! Sougo-san! Sougo-san is-!"

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Oh dear, this was really hard to write! I had quite a few ideas in my head and wasn't sure which to go for haha meow~ Will be looking forward to BBQ flavoured crisps of comments. Teehee~ oh and dessert too please~ hehehehehehe ><