It all started on one of their usual bowling nights. Every Friday night, Kiku, Alfred, Francis and Feliciano would go to their favorite bowling alley and have a little fun. Kiku was shy and quiet, but a very good bowler, so Feliciano always made him come with, even though he didn't like how loud the bowling alley was. Not only was the bowling alley loud, but kind of dirty, too. He refused to even use the restrooms or buy a snacks.

"Hey, bro, come on, it's your turn to bowl!" Alfred shouted at Kiku as he sat down trying to ignore how obnoxious the noise in that place was.

"Hai," he responded, as he grabbed his ball and effortlessly bowled a strike, leaving the rest of the group dumbfounded as to how it was so simple to him. It was the tenth frame, so had to bowl again. As he waited for the ball return to catch his ball and bring it back up, he noticed Francis and Feliciano in deep conversation and looking back and forth at Alfred and himself. He was confused, but his ball came back so he just ignored them and took his turn.

Feliciano ran up to Alfred as he was waiting for Japan to finish, since he was last and this was the end of the game. "You like him!" The Italian said to him.
"What?" Alfred blushed as he denied everything, "He's a guy, dude, you know I don't go that way!"
"Oh, yes you do! Come here, we have a plan!" He replied with his heavy Italian accent and grabbed his arm, pulling him toward Francis.

Kiku bowled another strike, so he had to go again. As he waited for his ball, he noticed everyone else in the group was all huddled together and Alfred looked uncomfortable, but Francis and Feliciano seemed happy. He was tempted to walk up to them and ask what was going on, but he didn't bother. Those three are always doing crazy things, they were probably just planning something. Francis had this thing where whenever he found out someone had feelings for someone, he would make sure to pair them up, so Kiku just thought Alfred liked someone and they were going to set them up, so why would he want to get involved in that? Kiku had never been set up by Francis before, he's too good at hiding his feelings for him to figure out who Kiku had loved.

Kiku's ball was back, so he grabbed it and bowled yet another strike, scoring a 300 overall. When he turned back around to take his bowling shoes off and put his regular shoes back on, he realized Francis wasn't there. As he put his shoes on, he turned his head and asked Alfred where Francis went.

"He had a date with some random girl so he left early," he said, avoiding eye contact with Kiku.

"Oh.. Okay," he said, putting his bowling ball back in his bag. "Thank you for inviting me here again, Alfred-kun. Do you want me to come next week, also?"

"Uh," he looked at him, "yeah, come next week too. I like having you here," he said, slightly blushing.

"H-hai. I will be here," he said and bowed, "Sayonara, Alfred-kun." he said, as he walked out of the bowling alley.

'Did he really like him? Is that what those feelings were? He had thought for a while that the reason he got so happy when he was around Kiku or thought of him was because they were good friends, but were Francis and Feliciano right? Did he like Kiku?'

When Kiku got out to his car, he stood in front of it in shock. Someone had slashed his tires. How was he supposed to get home like this? He had 4 flat tires, and he lived very far from the bowling alley so he couldn't walk. He noticed Alfred walking out of the bowling alley as he was standing in front of his car.

"Alfred-kun! Alfred-kun! Please help me," he called over to him. Hearing Kiku call for help made Alfred run to him immediately. He couldn't let anything happen to him!

"What?! What's wrong?!" he asked the Japanese man.

"I have no way of getting to my home," he said, looking down. "Do you think you could give me a ride? I-if it's not too much trouble! I don't want to be a bother.." A bother? Not at all! Alfred had wanted to take him home! He didn't want to make it obvious, of course, but he actually wanted to take him to his own home.

"No problem dude! Come on, my car's over here." He walked to his car and unlocked it.

Alfred popped the trunk and they put their bowling bags in it then closed it. He opened the passenger door for Kiku, as if he were an honored guest, and closed it behind him, then got in and started driving to his home, not Kiku's. It didn't take Kiku long to notice that Alfred was going the wrong way.

"Um, Alfred-kun? Are you sure you know where I live? I think you're going the wrong way.." he asked, confused.

"I know where I'm going," He replied, staring at the road and trying not to blush. What the hell was he doing? Why is he taking him home? Why doesn't he turn around and go the right way? He knows he's making him uncomfortable and that's the last thing he wants to do! But why can't he turn around? He wants to, but why can't he?

"This is not the way to get to my home."

"I know." 'You know? Idiot! You could have come up with something way better than that!'

"Alfred-kun, where are you taking me?" He asked, scared. He just wanted to go home where he could be comfortable and alone. But, he wanted to spend time with Alfred at the same time. He liked him, even though he wouldn't show it. He's good at hiding hiding his feelings, but not when he's scared.

"My house." 'Dumbass! Why would you tell him that right away? Retard! Say something else! Turn around! Say you're just kidding!' All he could do is tell the truth, but he didn't know why.

"N.. Nande?" 'What is he talking about? I'm going to his house? I can't go there! I'll end up admitting my feelings! He can't do this!'

He was silent as he pulled into his driveway. He turned to face Kiku, his face flushed pink. He wanted to just come out and say "I like you," but he couldn't. What could he do? Just stare at him? This made Kiku very uncomfortable and he began to blush as well. "A-Alfred-kun.. Why am I here..?" He asked, but got no reply. His only response was getting out of the car and opening Kiku's door to let him out. He got out of the car and quietly followed Alfred inside. What is going on?