A/N: Ah, slow updates lately... This chapter is when they are about... 9? 10?

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.

"HUH?!" Irie fell off his swing, with his feet still on.

He gaped at what Spanner just said.

'Did I hear him right?' He thought as he stared.

"Irie-kun? Close your mouth, you'll attract flies," Spanner kicked up some sand and opened another sucker. "Don't sit on the ground, you'll get dirty.

Irie climbed back onto his swing. "B-but... Spanner-kun, did I hear you right?"

Spanner handed Irie a sucker, which he gladly accepted. "Hn? All I said was that I'm moving away for a while," Spanner hopped up from the swing he was on and started pacing around. "Just to Italy."

"But... How long will you be gone?"

"My grandfather wants me to stay with him for a while. Something about mechanics..." Spanner stopped to lean against a pole and stared at the sky in thought. "I'm going in a week."

"Oh."

They both stopped for a minute, neither speaking, just staring at the sky.

"Spanner-kun, why don't we do something together before you leave?"

"Hn. Like what?"

"We could have a sleepover?"

"It has to be at your house."

"My house?" Irie looked at Spanner.

Spanner turned to look at Irie. "Yeah, your house. My room is pretty much all boxed up."

"Oh, I see. Well, my room is too messy, so why don't we-"

"Yo!"

They both turned to the happy-go-lucky voice behind them.

"Ah, Byakuran-san," Irie noticeably sat straighter.

"Hi Sho-chan! Hello Spanner-kun!" Spanner nodded in acknowledgement of him as Byakuran waved and took the swing next to Irie.

"How was your trip, Byakuran-san?"

"It was great! Tomorrow, I'm going to bring some candy for us, OK?"

"That sounds nice!"

Spanner stayed out of the conversation as Byakuran talked about the yummy marshmallow candy he had.

"Thanks for thinking about us on your vacation, Byakura-san," Irie tried to reach his feet to the ground, but his legs were too short.

Spanner quietly walked over and started pushing onto Irie's back.

"Sho-chan," Byakuran jumped up, "Let me push you!"

Byakuran hip-bumped Spanner and started to push Irie.

"Ah, thanks guys!" Irie, in all his obliviousness, let the two silently fight over who was going to push him. They didn't realize that he could tell the difference between the way the two pushed; Spanner pushed with his whole hand, while Byakuran would drag his fingertip against Irie's back.

Both, in their own ways, made Irie a little uneasy. He felt he needed to change the subject and make them stop.

"Ano, Byakuran-san,Spanner-kun and I were talking about having a sleepover. Can we all go to your house?"

Byakuran beamed, "Of course! What's the occasion?"

"Spanner-kun is moving away next week."

"Oh? Then we can stay at my house, I don't mind."

"Great! When can we?"

"We can tonight."

"Really?"

"Hehe, yeah!" Byakuran smiled even wider. "Ask your moms and dads and me and Daddy will pick you up, OK?"

"Yeah!" Irie smiled. "Spanner-kun?"

"Hn? Oh, yeah. I'm in," Spanner went back to his sand drawing that he started while no one was watching.

"Watcha' drawin'?" Byakuran stopped pushing Irie to see what Spanner was doing.

"A robot," Spanner simply replied and kept drawing.

"Of course!" Irie got up from his swing to see also.

"What if it shoots candy from its belly?" Byakuran pointed.

"Huh?" Spanner pulled yet another sucker out and put it on the robot's stomach. "Like that?"

"Just like that!" Byakuran smiled at Spanner.

Irie smiled to himself. His two best friends getting along.

A/N: Ah, I bled that out... You know? Cut a vein, bleed out the words... No? Only me? Well, sleepover next chapter. Kk? And I only speak English. If you review in a different language (and it's totally ok), it might take a while to reply. So review!