yes that must be it! your idea is awesome. really this one is super nice. i could feel the pain in both characters. it must really be a tough decision to leave both kanjani8 and news for uchi and then news for ryo. i'm not sure how long the real ryo taught about leaving news but it could never be so much easier for him to do such thing. the words are simply moving. this is one of the best of what you've written so far. i wasn't even sad when ryo left news. but with this story, it made sense to me. the poor boy. :(