Current chapter order: High Flying, That Day, Mr. Brightside, A Hairy Situation , Even Death Can Have an OTP, I Just Want to Dye.

Tada! Two chapters in one day! Hope you guys enjoy this~

If any of you want to know when this happens, it's sometime before Hair.

Standard disclaimers apply.


"Naruto, have you seen Sakura lately?"

"Huh, Sakura-chan?" The blond looked up at the Shinigami from his position sharpening some kunai on his couch. "Hmmm…" Naruto tapped a finger against his chin in thought. "Oh yeah! She's hanging out with some guy, I think his name was Hisho or Hito…"

"Do you mean Hiro?" Kid's mind flashed back to the blond haired, blue-eyed Meister that defeated Black Star, Kirikou and himself with the help of the Holy Sword, Excalibur.

"Yep, that's the one dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed.

Kid pursed his lips in displeasure. "Why is she with him?"

"I think they're on a date or something. Sakura-chan's got the hot's for that guy, she's really into those bishonen looking types."

'Damn.' He didn't like the sound of that. "Where did they go?" The question came out sounding harsher than Kid had wanted.

Naruto eyes narrowed at the tone. "Don't know," cerulean orbs passed over the Shinigami's tense form, noting his tightly clenched fists and impatient posture. "All she told me was that she'd be back tonight. Why do you want to know?"

"There is something important that I need to speak to her about." Kid was already making his way to the door of Naruto and Sakura's shared apartment. "Thanks for the help."


"So did he know anything?" Liz straightened up from the slouch against the doorframe of the apartment building she had been in since Kid had firmly told her and Patty to 'stay here until I get back'.

"Not much. You two should go back to the mansion. I'm going to be busy for some time."

"Are you sure you don't want our help finding her? Three sets of eyes are better than one." Liz's eyes drifted down to Patty, still sprawled on the ground and happily drawing stick figures. "Well, it'll probably be two sets, but still better than you looking by yourself."

Kid's face lifted with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "I need to be alone with my thoughts for a little while. Thank you for the offer though." With that he made his way down the road.

Patty got up and wiped the dirt from her hands onto her pants. "Hey sis," she asked while staring at the retreating back of her Meister. "Do you think Kid is in love with Sakura?"

Liz was silent for a few moments as she contemplated her answer. "Yeah, I think he is."


Sakura had been avoiding Kid for two weeks now. Before then, their friendship had been steadily growing; things like eating lunch together and studying in the library became normal activities and soon morphed into taking long walks with each other and staying up late just to talk. Sakura had even begun to address him by 'Kid-kun' instead of the usual 'Kid-san'.

But after that day, things started falling apart. At first the awkwardness between the two of them wasn't enough to hinder their relationship too badly, but then Sakura started making more and more excuses to escape his presence. 'I'm busy today.' 'Sorry, but I promised Tsubaki that I'd study with her and Black Star for a test.' 'I don't really feel like doing that right now.'

Eventually she began ignore him altogether. 'This my fault.' Kid thought to himself 'I need to clear things up between us. I-I want things to go back to the way they were before.'

Familiar laughter broke Kid out of his inner musings. His eyes swept his surroundings and a flash of pink drew his gaze to a café. About 30 feet ahead of him sat Sakura and Hiro at an outdoor table, splitting an ice cream sundae. Kid quickly ducked into a nearby alleyway, watching the pair like a hawk.

Hiro seemed to be telling a wild story as he gestured enthusiastically with his arms. Sakura was snickering at his actions. "Oh, that sounds horrible!" She called out breathlessly. "I can't believe you did that Hiro-kun!"

Kid's stomach dropped when he heard that. 'Hiro-kun?' He was almost too shocked to notice the couple's departure from the café. Hiro wrapped him arm around Sakura' waist-something that made the Shinigami inwardly seethe, seeing that the other male's hand rested too close to Sakura's bottom for Kid to be comfortable with. Sakura laughed once again and the two made their way down the street, away from Kid.

He made a move to follow them, but stopped when something on the pink haired girl's wrist caught his attention. It was a red hair tie. Sakura's 'lucky, bad-ass-mother-fuckin' hair tie'; the one that Kid special ordered for her in the early stages of their friendship, after hearing Sakura complain about constantly snapping her own during training. He was pleasantly surprised when it turned out he had gotten it in her favorite color - he only picked the shade on a whim.

Seeing that she had kept it made Kid smile. Hope blossomed in his chest; even though it was clear that Sakura didn't want anything to do with him in this point in time, he was glad she still had something that he gave her. Even if it did make her asymmetrical.


How did you like it?

This chapter is based on my own interpretation of Mr. Brightside by The Killers, hence the title.

I'll be doing that day sometime in the future and probably the hair tie story as well. And if you guy want to see specific happen with these two lovebirds, I'm willing to take a few requests!

By the way I'll be making a few, very minor, changes to Ch 1. Nothing that will change the plot so you don't have to go and reread it.