Deceiver: *throws my last stupid assessment into the hell fire* I'm freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! *twirls around as I write KanoKido* Let's do this! KanoKido Season here I come!

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Week 1: Fall

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It felt so sudden when the cold wind blew by with the dead leaves dancing around them. The days seemed to have gotten colder and shorter in an instant even though this was the second month of fall. It felt like yesterday when the sun's heat was beating down on their bodies as they ran for their lives…

"Achoo! Argh! So cold!"

Kido could only roll her eyes. "And that's why I told you to wear something thicker for today."

"Hey! It was warm when we left! And I thought this was going to be a quick trip but you just had to go to the other side of town for some fish!"

"Only they have freshly caught fishes and at such a good price." She grumbled while stuffing her hands into her hoodie's pocket, the grocery bags hanging by her waists. "We haven't had any for a while but our budget is still low."

Beside her, Kano gave a huff. "If you wanted fish, some sushi would have been enough. There's a restaurant nearby and we could have gotten discounts if you said we're Seto's friends-"

"You want hot food or cold food?"

"Hot food," was the instant answer.

"Then you're having rice, soup, and fish as our main dish."

With that, Kano gave out more whines, wanting sushi yet want to be warm right now. Kido didn't give in as she stared at the leaf littered filled road in front of her. She was tempted to just ignore Kano and listen to her music all the way home.

"Aaaaaah, can't believe it's already fall though."

There was a slight pause, with Kido blinking before turning to the blond. "What?"

"I said it's already fall," he breathed out, pointing at the road ahead. "I mean it just feels like summer was just yesterday away, and now all the leaves are dead brown and falling around us."

Looking around their surroundings, Kido couldn't help but agree. "Remember how the gang got bigger back then?"

"Remember how we were in the mall during a terrorist attack?"

"Remember how Shintaro-kun just striped down to his underwear in Mary's room?"

"Seto wasn't happy about that."

Kano laughed a bit at the memory. "Remember how Shintaro-kun ran into Konoha-kun and all that?"

Kido gave a hum. "Remember you went to God knows where with Ene…Takane to get her body back?"

"You know it was at school," he corrected.

"Then do you remember what happened after that?"

She expected no answers really. But when Kano stopped walking, Kido had to stop and look back. A few seconds, it was like Kano was staring pass her, as if looking at something far away from long time ago. It was there, but it disappeared quickly as he forced a smile.

"Yeah, I remember." He began walking again and went pass her. "But oh man, still can't believe so much happened and we're supposed to do all that again if it all went according to the snake's plan."

His words left a bitter taste in Kido's mouth. As much as she hated to admit it, she realised she shouldn't have said that. Kano did go through more than she did when he carried all of those secrets for years. And thinking about it now, having to keep those secrets and seeing everyone die before him so many times in the past must have given Kano quite a shock on failing to protect anyone. As much as she was hurt from him deceiving her, she wasn't cutting him any slacks at all.

Quickly walking beside him, they went back to staying quiet as they continued their way home. Kido's eyes never left the road, and her mouth felt dry and refused to let her speak anymore. Kano was just humming to himself, as if to forget the conversation they had.

"Aaaah! There's a vending machine over there!" He suddenly exclaimed as they neared their house. "Hey, Kido? Can we have something warm to drink? Ah, maybe not since we're almost home anyway so you-"

Without warning, Kido shoved a 500 yen coin into machine before quickly selecting hot honey lemon tea for him to drink. She wordlessly gave it to him before continued her way, leaving a shocked Kano behind.

"K-Kido…wha…hey wait up!"

Kido was just walking faster, desperately trying to get her hood on to hide her blush. It was weird being nice to Kano, but she wanted to do this for him. This was sort of a clumsy way to be kind to him, but she never really did it, but she was trying. Like how he tried to force himself to smile instead of using his eyes.

Fall was here. They finally arrived at this year's fall. Everything that happened in that summer passed by already, so it was time to move on. They know why they got their powers, revealed all the secrets and got at least two of the ones they lost back. Kano didn't need to protect them with his lies and could stop now, even though it would take a while.

Like how she would take her time to be more considerate to him.

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Deceiver: Stupid, I know…but I tried because it was the last minute writing after my assessment anyway! T_T I'll try my best for the rest of the weeks…Thank you for reading ;3;