The final bell of the day rang to release the students from class. Yugo left school on the bus and Yuto and Yuri just vanished. Yuya noticed that the two of them just got up and left to go do something every day, and they didn't bother to tell anyone where they were going. Yuya decided that he wouldn't question them on it, they must have their reasons.

Today was Friday, so Sora and Yuya went to room 042. They had joined the candy club at the beginning of the year and they met every Friday. Not too many others joined the club, since there so many things to do other than eat a lot of candy and visit candy stores. Yuya only joined because of Sora. Sora really wanted to join and Yuya wanted to hang out with his best friend. He also liked candy a lot so it worked out.

There were a total of five people in the club. Two were Sora an Yuya. Another was Rin's sister, Yuzu. She was a pretty pink haired girl with purple eyes and pigtails. She wore a purple and white striped shirt with a pink skirt and a pink tie. The fourth member was Shingo Sawatari. He had blonde hair and silver eyes. He usually wore a gray shirt with a red tie and a white jacket. He acted like he hated the candy club but everyone knew that deep down, he loved it. Why would he join if he didn't?

The last member was a short girl with large green eyes and curly red hair. She wore a light blue shirt and a large purple skirt. She was a fortune teller named Mieru Hochun. She had a big crush on Yuya, which was pretty much the only reason she joined candy club.

"Darling, what are we going to do today~?" Mieru asked while hugging Yuya's arm. Yuzu, who also liked Yuya, began getting a dark aura around her, which Mieru didn't seem to notice. "How about you ask Yuzu? She's the leader of this club." Yuya struggled to pull her off his arm. He didn't want to feel Yuzu's wrath. Yuya was able to tell that she was on the verge of pulling her paper fan out of nowhere and whacking both of them upside the head with it. Sora joined in on the little tugging war, he too didn't want his friend to suffer through the wrath of Yuzu.

They were finally able to pull her off, and they managed to do it without the paper fan showing up. Sawatari just sat back and watched the little game of tug of war. The five of them start the meeting with the same thing every time, though most of the time Yuya and Mieru receive a few bruises on their heads.

"Okay! Now that we are through with that! Which candy store would we like to go to today?" Yuzu asked. "Let's take a vote." The club visited candy stores on the first Friday of every month. The members just bring in candy every other week.

Yuya and Sora voted for their favorite candy store, Sugar Fluff. Yuzu and Mieru both voted for a new candy store that they hadn't checked out yet called Sorvete. As usual, the decision on which store they went to, went to Sawatari.

Sawatari told them the same thing he told them every week, "I don't want any candy." And Sora did the usual too. He pulled a piece of candy out of his pocket and held it in front of Sawatari. He started eyeing the candy, but held back from taking it. "Well maybe just this once..." Sawatari gave in and took the candy from Sora's hand and ate it.

Sora always had candy in his pocket just for these moments when Sawatari needed to be bribed. He would always vote for the store that the person who gave him candy wanted to go to. So that meant the group went to Sugar Fluff most of the time.

The small group left school and strolled down the streets. It was a short walk. The store was really close to school.

Sora was the first to enter, being the biggest candy lover in the club, that was expected.

Sora and Yuya immediately started running around the store, picking out their favorite candies and others that they would like to try. The other three members weren't nearly as excited as the two of them, or at least they didn't act like it. Sawatari just strolled around the store pretending to not care, but took a few peeks an the candy through barely open eyes when he thought no one was looking.

Mieru stalked Yuya around the store, and Yuzu looked at the candy but also kept a close eye on Mieru. She didn't want her attacking Yuya again.

The group spent close to an hour in the store. Yuya and Sora both left with a giant bag in their hand. Yuzu and Mieru each had a small bag, and Sawatari bought a few pieces when no one was looking. His pocket was full.

Yuzu led them back to school, where they sat and talked, while eating the candy they bought.

Yuya arrived at his house. He walked in and saw Yugo sitting on the couch watching movies. "Yugo, do you know where Yuto and Yuri are? I haven't seen them since they left school." Yugo paused the tv. "Nope. They haven't come home at all yet. Yuto is usually home by this time too... For Yuri, being out this late is normal."

"I'm getting a little worr-" Yuya was cut off by the phone ringing. He rushed into the kitchen and picked up the phone. "Hello."

"Hey, Yuya. It's Yuto. I'm staying over at Shun Kurosaki's house tonight."

"Really? What time do you think you'll be back. Mom will probably want to know."

"I'll probably be back around 12:00. I'll call if I want to stay later."

"Okay. See you later. Bye."

"Bye."

Yuya hung up the phone. "Who was it!?" Yugo yelled. "It was Yuto. He said that he's staying over at the Kurosakis' house." Yuya yelled back. "He get a girlfriend over there or something?" Yugo left the living room to stand in the kitchen with Yuya. "Possibly. It's more likely that he became friends with Shun. He said that he'd be going over to Shun's house. He didn't mention anyone else."

"Oh. He probably goes to Shun's place every day, and that's why he comes home late."

"That seems most likely," Yuya agreed.

The front door opened and Yuri stepped in. He took his shoes off and walked up the stairs to his room, without greeting Yugo or Yuya.

"Then there's also the question of where Yuri goes every day," Yugo whispered in Yuya's ear. "Yeah." Yuya stared up at Yuri's closed door.

The final bell rang. Yuto dashed out of class, eager to get to his second club meeting. He had gone out with Shun everyday after the first club meeting. Even though it was only 3 days, Yuto had become good friends with Shun.

He happily opened the club room's door, and went in. Reiji was already there, but not Shun. "What are you so jumpy about?" Reiji asked. "Just looking forward to hanging out with Shun today." He answered and plopped down in a seat. "Already that close to him huh? Didn't see that coming." Reiji leaned up against the window and they both waited for the final member in silence.

The door opened and Shun stepped in. He set his bags down in a chair and pulled out a piece of paper. He then shoved the paper towards Yuto. "It's the song Reiji and I wrote. I made a drum part for you. Practice it at home then we'll practice together on Tuesday."

Yuto took the paper and read the title. "Overlay our hearts? Was this by any chance based off of XYZ summoning?"

"Maybe," Shun turned and walked away. He took a seat in a chair on the other side of the room, next to the one he dropped his stuff in. He pulled out his own copy of the piece and started looking over it. Reiji looked over his until his phone rand a few minutes later. He picked it up and left the room.

He returned a few minutes later. "I have to go. Company problems." Reiji picked up his stuff and left. Yuto wondered if he just got up and left the meeting ten minutes in every time.

"Well, we might as well leave. Reiji is gone and there's not much to do here." Shun packed up his bags and left. Yuto quickly grabbed his bag and ran after Shun. "Are we going to do anything today?"

"I have to go home. Sisters wanted me to when I was done with the club meeting." Shun continued down the hall. Yuto thought for a minute. He didn't want to go home, there wasn't anything to do. He also wanted to hang out with Shun. "Shun, can I come with you?"

"What?!" Shun stopped in the middle of the hall. "Can I go to your house with you?" Yuto asked. Shun stared at Yuto for a while before answering. "Yeah, fine. Just come on." Yuto followed Shun all the way to his house.

Shun pushed open the door. The two stepped in and Yuto closed the door behind him. A green haired girl was sitting in the kitchen doing what looked like homework with a purple haired girl sitting across from her.

"Hey, Shun! You're early." The green haired girl said when she heard the door close. She then noticed Yuto standing beside him. "And you brought a friend!? That's surprising!" The two girls left the kitchen and went over to where Shun and Yuto were.

"It's more surprising that he actually has a friend." The girl with purple hair smirked. "Well, anyway, I'm Serena. And this is Rin. What's your name?"

"I'm Yuto. Nice to meet you." Yuto introduced himself. "Nice to meet you too, Yuto." Rin said. "You kind of look like Yugo..."

"I'm Yugo's brother," Yuto explained.

"That explains it..." Rin muttered with her hand on her chin. "I didn't know he had a brother other than Yuya though..." She whispered the last part to herself, so that no one could hear.

"I'm going to my room," Shun said then walked off. "I'm going to go with him," Yuto walked down the hall and through the door Shun went through. Serena and Rin returned to doing their homework.

Shun's room was a dark blue color. His room was sort of small and it had a small black and blue bed in the left corner closest to the door. He had a few dressers, and a small window on the wall across from the door. The entire room was neat and organized. All the drawers were closed and the bed was completely made.

"Your room is so neat!" Yuto commented. The room he shared with Yugo was always a complete mess. Yugo didn't care where stuff went or how his room looked to others, he just threw everything on the floor. "I can't stand having a messy room," Shun said.

"I see... What I saw of your house is pretty neat too. Much different from mine. Do you clean everything yourself?" Yuto asked. "I sometimes have my sisters help, but I do most of it." Shun answered.

"Wow!" Yuto exclaimed. "Speaking of sisters, didn't you say that you have four? Where are the others?"

"One of them is in Brazil with our father. The other is with that tomato kid and his friends."

"Tomato kid...?" Yuto thought out loud. Did he know anyone who looked like a tomato? "Oh! You're talking about Yuya!"

"Yeah, him." Shun sat down on the floor by his bed. Yuto sat beside him. Both were getting tired of standing.

Shun closed his piercing golden eyes and tilted his head downwards. He looked like he was getting a little bored, or maybe he was just tired. "Do you... want to duel?" Yuto asked. He knew the older teen would beat him badly... but it would be fun anyway, so it didn't matter.

Shuns eyes snapped open and he pulled his deck out so fast that Yuto could only see a blur. "Okay then." Yuto took out his own deck. The two sat directly across from each other. They shuffled their decks and placed them on the floor beside them. Each drew 5 cards and the duel started.

They dueled for hours. They played many rounds, Yuto losing every one. The first few rounds were quick. They only took about three turns. After that Yuto started putting up more of a fight. The duels got longer and Yuto managed to damage Shun more and more each round. The last duel they played was really close. It ended with Shun at 500 LP. Yuto lost but he was satisfied with how close he came to winning.

"We need to stop now." Shun said after checking the time on his phone. It was 5:30 which was the time Shun usually started making dinner for his sisters and himself. Yuto volunteered to help, he knew how to cook a few things.

Around the time they finished making dinner, a pink haired girl with pigtails walked through the door. She looked like Rin and Serena, so Yuto assumed that she was Shun's other sister. She made her way over to the couch and plopped down on it. Yuto thought she looked pretty tired.

"That's Yuzu." Shun told Yuto the name of his other sister. Yuto set the table with the dishes Shun had told him to use and the food that they had just made.

Shun told Yuto to go get Rin and Serena from their rooms, since they seemed to have moved from the kitchen a while before. When Yuto asked where the rooms were, Shun told him that they were in the same hall as his room, and that he would know which rooms were theirs when he saw them. So Yuto followed Shun's directions and went to that hall. He saw three rooms with decorated doors that he hadn't noticed before. The first on the right has "Yuzu" written in pink sparkly letters on it. He stepped past that room.

Further down the hall on the right, was a door with green sparkly letters that read "Rin." Yuto knocked on that door and it opened. He told Rin that dinner was ready. She nodded her head and left the hall. Yuto then turned to a door on the left with plain purple letters on it that read "Serena." He knocked on that door and when Serena opened it, he told her the same thing he told Rin. She too left the hall for dinner.

Yuto went back to the kitchen. The three sisters and Shun were seated at the table. There was one open chair next to Shun, so Yuto took a seat there.

As soon as he was seated, the others started taking food and passing it around. All four of them ate politely and none of them made a mess.

"People eat like this?" Yuto accidentally blurted out. The four siblings stopped eating and just stared at him. "Um... Yeah... This is pretty normal." Yuzu said.

"Sorry... This is just strange to me. Neither of my families have ever eaten like this." Yuto apologized. "What... Are your two families like?" Serena asked hesitantly.

"The family that took me and Yuri in never ate together as a family. They made food for themselves and made Yuri and I make food for ourselves. We always ate on the floor while they used the table. They forced us clean the house inside and out everyday. They forced us to take care of the yard and they made us do any other chore that they could possibly think of. It may not seem that bad but when you are under ten years old and you have to do this, it's awful. After we turned ten our former parents started injuring us when we forgot to do something or if we were even a little late when we were bringing them something. Those two people I used to call my parents never cared about me or Yuri." Yuto told them about his first family. He felt he was saying too much but he couldn't stop himself from telling them everything. "The family I'm currently with is great. Everyone eats together and everyone does the same amount of work around the house. They're all so kind... but they are also really messy. While we do eat together, like you guys do, a lot of them make a mess. That's why your clean way of eating surprises me. I didn't know there were people who actually ate like that."

"I'm happy that you get to be in a good family now. You deserve it after all that stuff you had to go through." Rin smiled. The other two sisters had sympathetic looks on their faces. Shun still had his stone cold expression.

"Thank you for listening." Yuto whispered. The three sisters each gave a small nod, showing that they heard what Yuto said. Then, they all went back to eating.

After about fifteen to twenty minutes the group had finished eating and they were cleaning up. Yuzu had asked during dinner if Yuto wanted to stay over for the night. She had told him to call his family and tell them. Yuto picked up the phone and did just that.

Yuri walked through the park in the center of the city. He had started going there for his little after school walk everyday. It was a great place to hang out. It was peaceful and there weren't many people there on school days, since most people only went to the park with their kids, and they were in school.

Yuri needed these peaceful walks in the park. They gave him a chance to sit back and think, which he didn't get to do very often in his past 14 years. Since those 14 years in that horrid town were like a living hell for both him and Yuto.

These walks also gave Yuri the chance to be away from his new family. Their kindness was weird to him. He wasn't used to it. Yuri didn't understand how they were all so kind and caring.

He hated to admit it but... he was starting to care for them. This "caring" thing was all so new to him, Yuri didn't know how to deal with it. He decided he would try and hide that he cared about them as long as possible but, he wasn't sure how long that would last. He knew he would need to talk to someone about it eventually. He didn't like the idea of that but he knew it would happen. Yuri just knew he wouldn't be able to handle the new emotions he was having. He just hoped that he could hide them, as long as possible.