It was a late May morning when Izzy rang the doorbell to the Hoshizora's apartment. The sun was shining brightly that Sunday morning and you could hear the traffic below. Momoko answered the door, squinting a little in the sunlight .

"Oh! Izzy," she said, a little surprised. "Um, You're here earlier than usual, what's up?"

"Mom wanted me out of the house today but Tai's not up yet so I thought you would be," he said, running his hands through his red hair. He felt his laptop grow slippery in his hand as he started to sweat.

"Oh well c'mon in then," she opened the door "I woke up a little bit ago too so I'm not really dressed yet," she said sheepishly. She had on a pair of sweatpants and an old white V-neck, which seemed unusual for a girl who lived in dresses and skirts.

"No one else is up yet, so I'm making some breakfast. Do you want some pancakes?" she motioned to the stove where they were cooking. Izzy started to salivate at the smell and gave in to her offer.

They sat down at the kitchen table and ate their breakfast in silence for a little while.

"Carla called last night, she wanted me to go with her and a few other dig destined to the pool later," Momo said, spearing a pancake with her fork. "You wanna come with?"

"Um, well I'm not the best swimmer," Izzy said bashfully.

"Nonsense, it's a nice day and the water will feel nice!" Momo waved her fork around. "Besides, they're will be tons on girls in swim suits for you look gawk at" she winked. Izzy stammered for a little bit, growing redder and redder.

"Momoko!" she squeaked "I-I'd never-"

"oh, Izzy. You're so serious sometimes," she said getting up to wash her dish "Now finish your food so we can all the other up,".

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Fifteen minutes later, Izzy was in the lobby of the apartment building waiting for Momoko, Tai and Kari to come down. He had run back up to his apartment to grab some things and was now tapping away on his laptop, getting some schoolwork done while waiting.

The elevator dinged and Momoko stepped out. She had on her signature dress/cardigan outfit with flip-flops.

"Tai and Kari will be down in a bit," she informed her friend, plopping down next to him.

"Ok," He said, "Hey, why did you just wear your sweatpants to the pool? Won't your dress get all dirty?"

"I could never wear sweats out in public," She said with a funny grin, "I'd feel so sloppy, I hate it when girls do that. Besides, I like my dresses they make me feel pretty," she smiled cutely.

"oh, you'd look fine" Izzy smiled reassuringly, "Besides, you'd look pretty if you wore a garbage bag,"

Wait. Did he just say that out loud?

He looked over at his friend, who was turning a little pink and was giving him that "did you really just say that?" stare.

'Yep,' He though 'I just said that out loud. Kill me now,'

"Thanks Iz, " she said quietly. The elevator bell dinged again and an annoyed-looking Kari and a tired-looking Tai stepped out.

"Sorry we're late," Kari said, "Tai here overslept,"

"GOD! I said I was sorry! So I stayed up late last night to play a few video games, Is that really such a crime?" Tai complained

The three just rolled their eyes are got up, "Lets just go before Tai here falls asleep on us," Momoko said, leading the group out of the air-conditioned lobby and into the hot and sunny outside world.