Kazuichi POV

"Thanks for helping with my stuff, man, I really appreciate it," Leon says as he finishes putting the last box into the back of the U-Hal Truck.

"No problem," I simply reply. I was honestly happy for him. He finally gets to move in with is idol girlfriend. I've known Leon since Hope's Peak in Japan. He moved in to my house when he had just came to America and had nowhere to go. After that he met Sayaka again at one of her around here in Minneapolis, MN. We both found out she had moved into a big house, almost a mansion, in Fargo.

"I was worried you would hate me for leaving you here alone," He said.

"Don't worry, I totally understand. Besides, you should be happy living with her instead of here. Not to say this place is terrible," I say.

"Ha, ha, yeah, but I'll keep in touch," He told me.

He gives me a smile, then gets in his car and leaves with the U-Hal and his stuff. I head back inside and head to his old room. I sit down on the bed and think of everything that has happened in the past five years. Leon moving in, me becoming a mechanic for classic cars, Leon and Sayaka falling in love, both me and Leon working with Sayaka in one of her concerts(I was backstage, he was playing guitar), Leon and I going to Halo 5 World Finals(We were so close), Leon getting invited to live with Sayaka, and just today, Leon moving out.

"It was a wild ride," I whisper.

I head back out to the living room and decide to play Halo 5, but I don't play for long and decide to go to the park.

I was thankful that my house was close to the suburban park, otherwise I would have to drive there. I sit down on a bench and watch the kids play and the birds fly. I remember what it was like to be a kid, having no worries except when I got caught with the cookie jar, running around with infinite energy, and eating sweets from the candy store. Wait, I still do that. Now, I have to pay for bills, buy clothes, food, tools for my job, all the necessities. Sometimes I wish I was a kid again.

"Hiiiiii, Kazu-Kaz!" An energetic female voice says from behind me as her hands cover my eyes.

"Ibuki? What are you doing here?" I ask as i take her hands off my eyes.

"Ibuki has a concert at the Target Center tonight! Isn't that great?" She says.

"That's awesome, I didn't know you were going worldwide," I say.

"Yeah, but Ibuki has until 5 to do whatever she wants, so Ibuki wants to visit you," She says wanting to hang out with me.

"Sure, lets go back to my house to pass the time" I say basically inviting her over.

"Alright, let's go-go!" She says as she follows me home.

As soon as we got home Ibuki asked where Leon was.

"He moved out here this morning and heading to Fargo to move in with Sayaka," I replied.

"Oh, well, that's good for him, he always looks happy with her," She said looking a bit deflated.

"Hey cheer up, let's play some Rocket League," I say attempting to cheer her up.

"Okay! Let's play," She says suddenly brightening up.

By the time it was time for her to go, we had finished a season and I found out that she was really good at the game.

"Well it's time for Ibuki to go, I'll see ya later Kazu-Kaz," She says heading for the door.

"Alright, you be safe now okay?" I say after her.

She nods fervently and heads out the door.

I look around my house and decide to take a shower.

I turn on the water and take off my yellow jumpsuit.

I step into the shower and stand in the stream of hot water and think of all that happened today. 45 minutes later I get out and put on a pair of black lounge pants and a grey tank top. I walk out of the bathroom and see that it had started raining.

I turn on the TV and watch the Velocity channel seeing that Graveyard Carz is on.

I sit there watching for a few hours when I hear a knock on the door.

I open the door and see a crying Ibuki Mioda, with her clothes soaked, and carrying only her guitar case and her suitcase.

"Th-they t-too-ok I-Ibuki's mon-ey an-and k-kicked I-Ibuki off her t-tour bus," She said between sobs.

I quickly took her inside and told her to take a shower while I took her stuff to Leon's old room.

I put her pajamas in the bathroom while she was in the shower, then I fixed some food for both me and her.

She entered the kitchen with a sad expression.

"Can you tell me what exactly happened?" I asked.

"After the concert, Ibuki went to her dressing room and found the producers with her money and when they saw her they told her their deal is off and took all her money, then when she was on her bus the producers kicked her off and left," She answered almost tearing up.

I stopped eating, stood up, and walked over to her and hugged her.

"Hey, don't cry, we might not get your money back, but until you're ready to leave, you can stay here with me. You can use Leon's old room, okay?" I reassured her.

She nodded happily then finished eating, then she went to her room and fell asleep.

I cleaned up and then I headed to my room and fell asleep thinking about Ibuki.