One day left until the group heads out.

~Yoshiki~

Yoshiki woke up on his couch, he looked at the clock, 4:32, and he reminisced at what had happened the night prior.

::Flashback::

Ayumi:

"Thanks again for the change of clothes" She spoke so calmly as she faced the red-faced Yoshiki.

Yoshiki:

"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Trying to stop his flushed red face. He smiled a bit to her nod.

"I'll go set some soup or something up on the stove" Edging past her, whilst trying to maintain her attention on him so she wouldn't see the Ayumi etched in a heart on his desk.

He put a pot of soup on his stove, noticing her eyeing his guitar. He walked over to her and reached from behind to pick up his guitar.

Yoshiki:

"Do you want to hear me play?" His statement was met by generous nodding. He began to play a jovial song when he heard a knock on his door.

Walking over to his door, he opened it cautiously, to find…

Yoshiki:

"Satoshi!" He yelped, half in surprise, half in confusion.

Satoshi:

"It appears I left my cell over hear a while ago…Shinozaki! What are you doing here…and in Yoshiki's attire?" He spotted Ayumi standing in the background.

Ayumi:

"It was raining and I got wet…"

Satoshi:

"And Yoshiki's shirt?"

Ayumi:

"Uhhhhhh…." The three stood around in a looming level of awkwardness.

Satoshi:

After five minutes Satoshi finally broke the silence "I'll just get my phone and*Smirk* leave you two be…" Grabbing his phone and running off.

Yoshiki:

"I guess you would like to have dinner now?" He turned back to Ayumi.

Ayumi:

"Uhhhh…" Still in a trance for half a second, then snapping back to reality "*Smile*Yes please."

The two sat down for dinner and enjoyed small talk, and watched TV together afterwards. Soon Ayumi grew tired and fell asleep next to Yoshiki. Yoshiki soon realized this, and carried her to his bedroom, tucking her into his bed, worrying about the aftermath on the morning after, but decided to deal with it when it came. He walked out to the living room and fell asleep on the couch.

::Flashback Ends::

Yoshiki sat up, walking over to his guitar; he quietly strummed as he figured out the lyrics to a song he wanted to write about Ayumi. Deep in thought he finally figured out the song, writing it down and slipping the song into the 'Songs for Ayumi' folder. He sat up and walked over to the kitchen, glancing at the clock, '6:08', He decided to make pancakes.

Yoshiki:

[I wonder if she wants any fruit in them, or should I just leave the fruit separate] He took out strawberries and blueberries from his fridge [I'm glad my boss gave me a raise; I'll have to remember to thank him next time I see him, although that will have to come with some explaining] Yoshiki finished up making pancakes and set them aside with two bowls of fruit and two types of syrup. He glanced at the clock again, '6:43', [She's a light sleeper, from what she's told me, so she should be up soon.] Sure enough, within five minutes, she was up.

Ayumi:

"What smells so good?" She looked through sleepy eye's [Did he make pancakes or something]

Yoshiki:

[She's so cute, sleepy and her hair down…damn, always so cute] "Pancakes" Her face lit up *Smiles* "Are your parents going to give you hell for not showing up last night?"

Ayumi:

"Nah, I told them that I might be staying at a friend's house last night" She was getting a small stack of pancakes and placing strawberries and blueberries on top. "*Smile*Thanks for breakfast!"

~Seiko~

Seiko:

*: 3* "Kensukiiiiiii…wake up!" She tried to wake her boyfriend up as he had fallen asleep with her on top of him.

Kurosaki:

*Mumble*

Seiko:

"Kensuke!" she turned around to face him, nibbling on his neck gently.

Kurosaki:

"What?" he looked down to see Seiko *Smiles* "Where are we again?*Yawning*"

Seiko:

"At the park, we've been here for two hours, it's twelve now!" pointing at the old Victorian style clock on top of a post near the walkway.

Kurosaki:

"Oh…" [We're under a tree] Looking up to see a large oak that they were under. He gripped Seiko into tighter embrace, cuddling her head under his chin [This sure is nice…I wonder if Shinozaki would like to pain this seen *Smiles* that would be nice, such a peaceful moment] Tilting his head so his mouth was faced down onto Seiko's head.

Seiko:

"So how `bout we get some lunch?"

Kurosaki:

"Okay" Picking her up in a bridal position for half a second before putting her down.

Seiko:

"Crap I can't stand. Guess it's your fault*Wink*" Poking him in the chest.

Kurosaki:

"How?" Genuinely confused by her logic.

Seiko:

"If you weren't so damn comfortable, I wouldn't have relaxed so much, not that that's a bad thing" Standing on her tiptoes to kiss him on the cheek.

Kurosaki:

*Smiles* [It's going to be a good day] Taking her hand and walking with her to wherever she wanted to go.

~Mayu~

Mayu looked at one of her many pictures of Sakutaro, pressing it close to her chest

Mayu:

[When will you think of me more than just like your sister?] She thought, depressing her feelings so she could function. Scrolling through her phone to call him.

~Sakutaro~

Sakutaro lay on his bed, staring up at the ceiling, deep in thought.

Sakutaro:

"Oh Mayu…" [Will you ever accept my feelings or will I have to suppress them forever] He took out his phone and scrolled through pictures, both of Mayu and brutal murder victims, his phone rang and he nearly threw it out the window and jump out of his skin. It was Mayu. "Mayu!" he hastily answered his phone. "Hey Mayu"

Mayu:

"Shige-nii, what's up?"

Sakutaro:

"Nothing much, you?"

Mayu:

"Nothing much just thinking about the exposition." They continued to chat small talk for about an hour, then saying their good-byes.

Sakutaro:

[When will I be able to do it] Clutching his chest as if he had injured something.

Mayu:

[Shige-nii, do you feel the same?] Holding her knees to her chest, as she thought about how he acted around her [Is that how he really feels, thinking of me as a sister, or is that just acting?].

~Satoshi~

He was holding hands with Naomi, thinking about last night, as they walked to get lunch with Yuka, whom was attached to the other side of Naomi.

Satoshi:

[Are Yoshiki and Class Rep. a couple, I know he has feelings for her and Seiko said that there was ice's chance in hell that Shinozaki didn't love him, but I don't think he confessed to her yet, he acted to skittish, but he is very good at hiding his feelings…] The group advanced to a small café that they enjoyed going to, the entire circle of friends loved it, good food, quaint location, usually not very busy, but it managed to do very well. It was a brown corner building, and you took three steps down when you entered, making it slightly subterranean, there was three medium booths inside, fitting four people to a booth, there was usually one waitress like person. One would go to the cashiers stand-thing and order, and Subarashī, the waitress, would go back to the kitchen to give the order to the cook, and sooner or later a quiet bell would ring and Subarashī would go get the food, they also had two two-person booths and two tables close to the middle. The restaurant would play quiet smooth jazz and was usually decently quiet.

When Satoshi arrived, he noticed Kurosaki and someone sitting in a two-person booth, and the person was trying to force him to try a sandwich. He did and he started to gulp down massive amounts of water, as Seiko had just put spicy mustard on the tip.

Seiko:

*^ω^* "Hehehe" Leaning over to kiss her boyfriend.

Satoshi:

"Seiko! Kurosaki!" He walked rapidly over to them.

Seiko:

"Mochida, always spoiling the moment" Joking as she gave him a cold shoulder. Kurosaki reached up to pull Seiko onto his lap and put his hands around her waist, as Satoshi slipped into the seat parallel to the couple.

Naomi:

"Sorry Seiko, I'll try to keep him under control" She tugged on Satoshi to move to one of the middle tables, and turned to Seiko "So are you two finally together?"

Seiko:

"What's it look like" Slipping away from Kurosaki's grip and back to the parallel seat.

Naomi:

"That's great, so what's up?"

Seiko:

"Just torturing Kensuke here"

Kurosaki:

"*Joking*Sath me" His speech slurred by the spicy taste that had numbed his tongue.

Yuka:

"Where are you guy's going?" Causing the four to look back at her.

Satoshi:

"Up by Green Lake, we're probably going to backpack in" He answered

(A/N can someone tell me the leniencies with T-rated stories?)