These are different days before the festival :3

The Sakura Festival was coming up soon and Hikaru couldn't wait. He's met so many people since the Go tournament and even the Koreans were still here to enjoy the upcoming event. He immediately called Waya.

"Hey Waya, do you want to go to the Sakura festival?"

"Hmn? Sure, I was actually going to call you later tonight to ask the same thing."

Both sounded enthusiastic over the phone talking what they were planning to do.

"Well, I'll see you later then."

"Alright, bye."

At the other side, Waya turned off his phone in content. This time, he thought, I'll tell him.

…

The next day, Hikaru had to go to the grocery store to buy a couple things his mom needed. As he was reaching for the milk, he saw a familiar orange in the corner of his eye.

"Mitani!"

The red head looked like a kid as he turned.

"Hikaru, hey."

Hikaru gave a bright smile.

"I haven't seen you in a while," Yuki remarked.

"Yeah," he nodded. There was a bit of a silence until Hikaru thought of something and his head perked up. "You know, the Sakura Festival is coming up soon, maybe we should go together."

The red head's face became pink.

"Alright," he shyly turned away, "I'm free anyways."

The blonde smiled. "Good. I'll see you there then."

His friend's face was still hot and he couldn't refrain from laughing which turned him even more flushed. As he looked Mitani up and down, he noticed he was carrying a bunch of cup of noodles. He grabbed it and Yuki yelled out.

"Hey!"

"Do you eat this all the time?" Hikaru asked sternly.

"Yeah," he answered. "What's wrong with it?"

"You shouldn't eat these too much. They're bad for you."

Mitani pouted. So what?

"You should come over for dinner," Hikaru invited. "I'm going to try to make kakuni."

He tightened his lips meekly. It was a bit miserable not being able to talk Hikaru for a while but it gave him time to think things over. There was something in his chest that he's been meaning to tell him. He had to control his breathing from giving it away. The Sakura Festival was his chance!

…

Akira just got home. He opened the door and threw his jacket at the couch and loosened his tie. It was fun playing go with some of the pros he met a while back but it was still tiring. The moment he sank into the chair, the doorbell rang.

"Agh~" he sighed. He just sat down!

He went up and answered it but his mood immediately lightened when he saw his face. Hikaru was standing at the door waiting.

"Shindo?"

"Hey Toya," he greeted.

Akira opened the door wider letting him in.

"That's alright," the blond stopped him. "I just came by to ask you something."

He tilted his head. "What is it?" Toya remembered he didn't live close around here.

"If you wanted to go the Sakura Festival with me," he smiled.

Toya's eyes brightened. But he already made plans just a while ago with the people he was with to go somewhere! His eyes softened.

"Sure," he smiled. "I'll go with you."

"Great!"

It felt good just to see him happy.

"See you later then!"

Hikaru waved goodbye and ran off. He closed the door feeling all energetic.

Now, he just needed to clear things up. He quickly reached for his phone. Shindo was definitely signaling him to let him finally confess what was bogging his mind!

…

"Kaga," Hikaru asked out of the blue. "Do you like to wear yukatas a lot?"

"Hmn?"

The question caught him off guard as he stopped reading and looked at his friend lying on the floor. He held his manga book hovering over his chest waiting for his answer.

The dark haired boy rubbed his head thinking. But he wasn't wearing one right now.

"Well, sometimes it's more comfortable than normal clothes I guess. Plus, it's really cool wearing traditional clothes when everyone else is just wearing jeans."

"Then maybe you can wear it at the Sakura Festival," Hikaru laughed. "I mean if you want to go with me."

His head irked. "You want to go to the festival with me?" Kaga asked to make sure he wasn't day dreaming.

"Yeah," he shrugged. "Why not?"

Kaga gave a boyish smile. "Maybe we should get a yukata for you too."

…..

Hikaru chugged his milk as quickly as he could and heavily set the cup down.

"Ah~" he breathed.

He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and heard a laugh.

"Are you still drinking milk to get taller?" Isumi teased as he walked in the kitchen.

He turned around embarrassed. "You hang out in my house too much!"

Isumi usually came often to play go or to just hang out but it always made it so he had no privacy.

"I thought you like my company," he smiled.

Hikaru pouted. "We should go out," he suggested. "Maybe we should go to the Sakura Festival just so you don't come here."

"Harsh," Isumi joked.

It might have been, but he didn't mind the idea.

"If you want to go to the festival, maybe we should wear a yukata."

Hikaru's face brightened. "Yeah! Actually, I was already planning to get one tomorrow. We should go together!"

…

Hikaru laid on his bed thinking. If he was going to get a new yukata with Isumi and Kaga, then Mitani, Toya, and Waya should come along! He reached over to his phone and dialed Yuki's and Waya's number.

"Hey," he started. "Want to meet up at my house tomorrow?"

….

Waya got out of his house early and started walking down the street. He couldn't believe Hikaru actually wanted to get a new yukata for this! His face put on a slight blush. It must be really important then, his thoughts were still shy. But it was good then. They were both going to make this special.

As he reached Hikaru's house, someone else came by.

"Kaga?"

The guy looked at him. "Waya, what are you doing here?"

"I came because Hikaru asked if I can come to get a new yukata with him."

"But I'm going with him," Kaga frowned.

"Both of you are?" a voice asked.

The two turned and saw Toya with a confused face.

"But he asked me," another person popped up and Waya looked behind him to see Mitani.

Suddenly, the door opened and Hikaru came out of the house.

"Yeah," he was saying to someone behind him.

They all stared as Isumi came out with him. He was smiling until he saw the others waiting out front and stopped.

"What are you guys doing here?" Isumi asked; a question they were all thinking about each other.

"Oh, I asked them to come along," Hikaru answered.

All the guys looked at him with their mouths opened.

"Aren't we all coming together?" he asked with an innocent face.

All of them turned away feeling the same thing. What the hell?