I said before but screw update schedule lol enjoy. Still can't write the next so yeah....my bad if it will be a long wait.
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19 hours had passed since Friends Day event started. Everything was going as planned. 5 hours left to go and it would be declared a huge success for the two idol groups and Kujou Riku.

Soon, Iori, Riku, and Tenn would have to go on stage to perform their collab song 'Furefure! Seishun Sanka'. Riku was quite knackered from his last powerful solo performance so he was getting some oxygen while Iori and Tenn helped him undress. The high school student and the older twin were already in their stage clothes since their last performances were some time ago. Riku only had 10 minutes to get ready.

"Riku, raise your arms." Tenn quickly unbuttoned Riku's shirt and took it off, then dressed Riku back up with white Furefure stage clothes.

Iori loosened Riku's belt and stripped Riku's trousers. Both Riku and Iori went a little red, but they were left with few choices. "Lift your leg up, Kujou-san." He helped Riku put on white trousers.

After that, the two let Riku sit down for a minute before Tenn and Iori went to make sure everything was neat. The centres worked together amazingly well to take care of Riku. "His hat please, Nanase-san." As soon as Tenn heard that from Iori, Tenn went to grab it from Riku's locker and put it on his little brother's head.

Iori fixed Riku's hair, especially the bangs, then nodded in approval. "Right, now we are all ready."

"That was a bit... embarrassing," Riku pouted, putting his oxygen mask away. He felt like a kid being taken care of. Tenn giggled, looking at Iori and Riku shying away from each other. "Oh, but I had to dress you up every day when we were little," Tenn poked Riku's forehead.

"T-Tenn-nii, did you really need to say that to Iori?" Iori had to cover his mouth with his hand to hide his 'cuteness overload' reaction. Seconds after that, a staff came to call them to the stage.

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"KYAAAAAAAAAA Kujou Riku so CUTE!!!!"

"IORIIIIIIINNNN"

"TENN-KUN LOOK AT MEEEEE!"

The audience went wild when they saw the three appear in matching themed outfits. They were the first unit to perform a new collaboration song for Friends Day.

Riku went into his idol character. "This song is too fluffy for my taste, but I guess I have no choice." He acted cool to the fans, making their hearts flutter.

"*Ahem* It's not really my thing either. Nanase-san wants to do it so..." Iori refused to admit he really liked his own outfit right now and that he listened to the song during his free time every day. He secretly enjoyed seeing Riku's cute dances during practice as well.

"Geez Izumi, Kujou, be a little more honest to the fans." The screams filled the venue. "Hora, they are calling for you," Tenn teased the two idols on his side.

"Hmph, let's just get this over and done with." Riku huffed. "Eyes on us, 'Furefure! Seishun Sanka!'"

The joy was pouring out from the stage to the fans as the three joined hands and sang the start of the song. The fans were squealing over the total cuteness. They were doing extremely well for the first half of the song. They worked together very hard to make sure no one's voice took domination in a trio song.

After the chorus, however, when Iori stepped forward to sing his solo part. The whole stage suddenly went completely dark. The sounds were cut off. The three were stopped so suddenly by the blackout. They froze on the spot. "Eh?" Tenn wondered how it happened. The sky was bright and clear. Every performance beforehand was flawless without even the smallest technical issues.

All of a sudden, there was a cracking noise and one of the very small but heavy overhead spotlights fell down from the top of the stage and

CRASH

A high school student felt a wave of dizziness. Soon, his consciousness left his body as he fell facedown to the ground.

"IORI!!!!"

Kujou Riku screamed loudly as he witnessed the whole scene. The light fell down and hit Iori's back of the head, making the boy collapse to the floor, not moving. Fans in the front near the stage could see and were screaming in shock. Blood was flowing out of Iori's fresh wounds, staining the floor and the collar of his clothes. Tenn immediately ran to the backstage area to get help. Riku rushed to his boyfriend in a panic. The solo idol's breathing was uneven and rapid but he knew he had to help Iori first.

The body of the youngest idol lay still. Riku tore off the cloak of his stage costume to use it to stop Iori's bleeding. He had always been in and out of the hospital so he was able to tell himself to calm down and deal with the situation.

"Riku, how is Izumi?" Tenn rushed back out, saying help was coming soon. "No-*cough* not good... he is still bleeding and is unconscious." After hearing Riku's reply, Tenn crouched down and touched his twin's back. "Listen, I will take it from here. Go back, Riku." Tenn stared into Riku's eyes. It was not a request, it was an order. The last thing he wanted was for Riku to have an attack. "I will take good care of him. Now go!" Tenn ordered again, so Riku got up, looked back hesitantly before walking away.

As soon as the redhead entered the backstage area, he was met with Matsuri units who originally had to get on stage right after them. Yamato and Nagi were busy calming Mitsuki down, who was crying heavily. Gaku walked forward, about to approach Riku when a certain woman came stomping and cutting the queue.

"Kujou," Riku's manager grabbed his wrist tightly. "We are leaving." She yanked the tired Riku so hard that he stumbled forward and gasped. Gaku noticed and yelled, "Oi, don't yank him like that! And where do yo-"

"We are pulling out." The manager turned to snap at Gaku. "Pah! This whole event is a total waste of time." She walked away and kept yanking Riku. "Come, Kujou!" Riku had to comply, otherwise he would end up with an injured arm or an attack. Gaku gritted his teeth and stared at the two in anger, but that anger became less intense when Riku flashed his face of apology, worry, and sadness to him.

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Friends Day event had to end so suddenly because of that accident. The audience was safely evacuated even though most of them were in a panic and everything was in chaos. The news of this accident had probably gone live on several channels throughout Japan by now. Not that anyone in I6 or TRIGGER cared at this moment.

"Iori, you have to be okay."

Mitsuki prayed over and over again for his little brother in the operating room to be safe. He was crying badly before but now he was just waiting anxiously for the doctor to walk out and say that his precious brother was fine.

The rest of the I6 members and Tsumugi were also waiting in front of that room. "Sou-chan, I'm scared." Tamaki lowered his head down onto Sougo's lap. Sougo could only pat Tamaki's head and say "Iori-kun will be okay..." Although, he was not actually sure. Iori did not respond at all when the ambulance took him away. Tamaki's mother passed away after collapsing and being taken away by an ambulance. He was afraid the same thing would happen to Iori.

A minute later, TRIGGER members entered the scene. They did not need to ask about Iori since the atmosphere was so gloomy. Tenn went into the warmth and comfort of Gaku's arms. He felt hopeless. He was not able to do much back then. He could only watch the whole thing happen and attempt to stop the bleeding. "Tenn, you did your best..." Ryuu was trying to tell Tenn that the boy did well. Iori got his help immediately because Tenn reacted right away. Gaku hugged Tenn tightly to passively tell Tenn the same thing Ryuu was thinking.

"Why does this have to happen...?" Mitsuki walked back to sit on a chair next to Yamato. He started crying again. "Iori... he was so *sob* happy the day before... when he told me Riku asked him out." Mitsuki recalled when Iori came back to the dorm with a gentle smile. "He was so full of life... uuuuuu."

"Mitsu..." Yamato grabbed Mitsuki's shoulder. He knew how much the Izumi brothers loved each other. It was painful to see them like this.

After an hour went by, the green light in the operating room was finally switched off, catching everyone's attention. The doctor came out of the room and Mitsuki quickly jumped up on his feet. "Sensei! Is my little brother okay?!?"

"Yes, however," Mitsuki's was about to smile in relief but was stopped by that word. "He will have to refrain from doing anything too physical. This is to make sure the large wound heals properly. Also, because of where he was hit, he will get dizzy spells from time to time for the next few months, so please take good care of him. Now, please excuse me."

"Months... No way!" Tsumugi looked down at the ground with teary eyes. She cared a lot about Iori, but also about I6. It means I6 would not be able to function fully for a relatively long time.

Iori was still asleep when he was moved from the operating room to a regular patient's room. The boy's head was wrapped around with bandages. In order to cause less disturbance, I6 and TRIGGER went back to their places, except for Mitsuki and Yamato, who stayed to make sure the brothers were alright.

Iori's face twitched around half an hour later before finally opening his eyes. Mitsuki rushed to Iori's bedside right away. "Iori?! Iori, are you okay?!" Yamato followed behind Mitsuki but kept some distance.

It took a while for Iori's eyes to focus. "N-Nii-san...? Owww." He groaned when his head started giving him war. Mitsuki tried very hard not to cry and failed. Still, he managed to tell his little brother what happened, with Yamato's help.

"I'm sorry... for causing trouble." Iori proceeded to apologise when both Yamato and Mitsuki gave the young boy disapproving looks. "Ichi, it's not your fault. It was an accident."

Mitsuki reminded Iori to thank Tenn later for helping him. When Tenn's name was mentioned, Iori recalled that he went on stage with Tenn and Riku.

"What happened to Riku?"

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"Manager-san, w-why are we here?"

Riku was surprised when his manager did not drive him back home or to the agency. He was taken to one of the places he never ever wanted to step foot in.

It was Kujou Takamasa's holiday home. A medium-sized house in a quiet area of the city. Riku was treated like a prisoner by his manager. She yanked and shoved him around like an object until they entered a certain room in that house: Takamasa's office.

"...! Father, you are in Japan?!" The boy's eyes widened when a man at the end of the room turned around to face his son. The man did not answer. Instead, he walked forward and took hold of Riku's chin. Their faces were close to touching. "You have been very naughty, my son."

Riku shook himself away from the man. "Is that frustration and hatred I see in your eyes?" Takamasa smirked. "My, my, that rat is quite a handful... fufufufu." The man seemed amused by something. Riku did not quite comprehend.

"Father, I said I am your tool no longer. Now let me go!" Riku growled. The man he wanted to be with right now was not Takamasa. It was Iori. Riku wanted to go to the boy's side to check if he was okay.

"SHUT UP!" Composure in Takamasa's soul did not exist anymore. His eyes were red with anger. Riku had never seen his father like that. Sure, the man was obsessed with pursuing his dream and made him suppress his emotions, but that was all he was. He was never violent. He never let anger get the best of him.

"Or..." Takamasa started laughing like a mad man. "Do you want your beloved twin brother to end up like that rat too...? Ahaha...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Strength left Riku's body when he realised what the man meant. "Father... you..." The redhead felt like he couldn't breathe. His knees flopped to the ground. Nothing went into his lungs as he drew in deep breaths while he was broken by his father's actions.

He did not know who the man in front of him was. He only knew that the man had lost his sanity.

"You tried to kill Iori..."

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The pain and suffering never ends in this fic huh? Takamasa has gone mad confirmed. I would be shattered if I were Riku in that moment.

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