A/N: I'm back after three months! Do I post in three-month intervals or what? Lol.

I'm very satisfied with this story. One of the best I've come up with in years. I do hope you'll like it as well. :)

Mikuo speaks

Even though he said it's not gonna hurt, among other things, I'm still scared.

"Tell Meiko to meet up with the gang after school today, same old place," he said. I'm still trying to arrange my words for the message to be relayed effectively. I have to add in who said that... Oh God, I forgot his name already.

Alright, let me recall. He's related to Shion Kaito, the famous singer who is dating my sister, of all girls. So his name must be Shion something. His name goes perfectly with his appearance, and he's, well, red, so... um, Shion Aka...? Akabito? No, something smoother. Less friction. Shion Aka... Akaito! Yes, that's it!

'Shion Akaito wants you to meet up with the gang after school at the same old place today.' Yes, now that sounds perfect. Okay, Mikuo, you can do it! Just walk into Class 2-B and say you have a message for Meiko and tell her the message! That's it! Three steps, one at a time now...

Step one, walk into Class 2-B. I check the plate above the door carefully. Is it a 2 or a 3? 2, good. Is it a B? Yes, wonderful. I'm going in...

Step two, say you have a message for Meiko. "Um... I've got a message for Meiko." Alright, that doesn't sound too bad. One step left and you're free!

Meiko walks towards me. I get nervous, which isn't part of the plan...!

"Ah... Shion... Shion Akaito wants you to..." To... to... meet up! Right. "To meet up... ah... with the... gang? Um... after school, today. Oh, at the same old place." Not as smooth as expected, but I did my job.

I leave and walk until I reach my class where Shion Akaito is waiting.

"Did you get it through?" he asks. He is copying homework and that's why I have to relay the message.

"Yes," I reply, my voice shaking slightly.

"Good." He continues with his homework. "Thanks."

I'm free now, I think, so I go back to my seat. I'm still a bit shaken. There are plenty of people okay with relaying messages, but I'm not one of them. In fact, just now was the first time I relayed a message.

I'm not exactly good with people. Well, actually, I'm scared of people. I don't think they'll laugh at me if I mess up or something like that. I'm just plain scared.

Shion Akaito is the scariest person I've ever met. He's loud, he's active, and he interferes with people like it's the most natural thing in the world. He's everything I'm not. I didn't mind him until he started interfering with me. Now that's when he really scared me.

Akaito speaks

We decided to meet at the same old place after school, but since Meito had stuff to do, he's not there when we made the decision.

I'd rather tell him myself, really, but English just had to be one of today's classes, so I told Hatsune to go tell him.

What's the deal with English? Well, you know, sometimes I forget to do homework, and sometimes the forgotten homework just had to be English, and our English teacher just had to be so strict... and all.

Alright, so, same old place after school.

"You're late, Akaito," Luki says, leaning against a wall, "Now we're one man short. When's Meito coming?"

"No idea," I reply, "Strange. He's always punctual."

"C'mon, Meito, come quick. We're hanging out at the mall today..." Rinto is sitting on the ground, concentrating on his phone. It would be great if Meito had a phone. We could just call him.

"Is he coming or not?" Len taps his foot impatiently. "Usually Meito either comes on time, or he's not coming at all."

"Maybe we should ask Meiko what Meito's up to," Gakupo says, unlocking his phone. "I've got her number."

"Do it," I say, dreading the worst: Hatsune actually hadn't gotten it through. He just happened to be there when I needed someone to relay the message. I don't know anything about him. He might have just taken a walk and lied that he'd done the job. Agh, I should have waited for Luki to come back to class.

Gakupo hangs up after a fairly long talk with Meiko. He looks bewildered as he turns to me. "Akaito, tell me how you could've mistaken Meiko for Meito. Meiko got the message instead of Meito. She's terribly confused."

"What!" So that's how it is! Hatsune thought it was Meiko! "I told someone to relay the message because I was busy..." I explain.

"That must have been a terrible someone," Gakupo says, shaking his head.

"So is Meito coming?" Luki asks.

"No. He's busy," Gakupo replies.

"Busy, busy, busy." Len sighs. "What a busybody."

"So are we going to the mall or not?" Rinto asks.

"Of course we are," Luki says, "Let's go now."

"Sure..." I've never felt so dumb before in my life.

A/N: Actually this sprouted from my personal experience, a scary one where I had to make announcements to two classes... Relaying messages are really scary, especially when you're asked to do that just because you happen to be there... I was screaming in my head 'NO NO NO I CAN'T POSSIBLY DO THAT!' but I did it anyway. Whew...

Thanks for reading! :D