Wow. Beautiful fic here. Just a thought, i really like the idea that Hitomi was there to confess in place of Sayaka instead of being the bitch the fandom hates. But well i must admit i dislike Kyousuke here for... ._. ok nevermind i'm sayaka-biased. XD. either way i thought it may be better if the reason hitomi was there was either because sayaka was supposed to go but since she disappeared, kyousuke had an extra ticket, or hitomi is there to record the performance for sayaka, hoping that sayaka could come back and watch the show. Or like... I dont know. Hold the recorder and a photo of sayaka in show that she's there for her friend and not so much of invited by kyousuke.

Just a thought. Nice work here!

Official BGM for this chapter, "Why Worry" by Dire Straits.

Poor, poor Hetumi. :(

This is excellent. You've captured exactly how I imagine the characters would think and behave, and your writing is perfect. Keep up the good work, and I eagerly await the next chapter.

I know you call this an AU, but I think even in the canon chain of events, Hitomi's feelings in this chapter would've been the same at this point. However callous she seemed in the canon story when she made her ultimatum with Sayaka, she didn't seem like she'd ever take pleasure in being in this kind of situation (and no matter how you slice it, it wasn't really her fault).

Oooh, this is excellent. I don't know if you're going to be continuing this, as the "complete" tag isn't on here, but I'd be satisfied either way- your writing is excellent, but this chapter really is a perfect ending point.

Nice

Once again, it's always compelling (and sad...and scary) to see things from the "Muggles'" point of view. As horrifying as some situations can be, they're even worse when you don't know what's going on.

Good.

This is interesting, I liked it.

I'd really prefer to see this kind of a beginning making an actual difference in the outcomes. However, if you're going to end up in the same place as canon anyway, I think it'll still be worth reading.

Either way, please continue.

Hoorah for your good fanfic