Seventeen years of being used and discarded ended for Sora Amamoto at the bottom of a cold lake. His dying wish wasn't for peace, but for a crown—to become an idol so famous, so desired, that the world could never throw him away again.

He awakens with a second chance: a breathtakingly beautiful new body and a secret weapon that could shatter the music industry. In this new reality, the greatest hits of his old world don't exist, and his mind is a gold mine of undiscovered masterpieces. Plunged into a failing boy band, PRISM, he plans a ruthless climb to the top.

But the throne he covets is already occupied. Ai Hoshino, the untouchable goddess of the industry and center of B-Komachi, is the living embodiment of the love Sora has never known. She is the perfect lie, selling a devotion she can't feel. As their paths collide, Sora recognizes a fellow performer, another soul hiding behind a flawless mask.

He performs to escape a past where love was a weapon; she performs to understand a feeling she’s never known. As rivals on a collision course for the soul of the industry, they are drawn to the one person who might understand the truth behind their beautiful lies. 

Can two counterfeit hearts find something real in each other, or will their combined ambition and shared trauma burn the entire stage to the ground?

Chapter 14 - I miss writing