"Just where the hell did little Lenny go?" Gakupo complained, wiping the sweat off his forehead.

"How would I know?" Kiyoteru muttered, sighing. He was so tired that he didn't even have the energy to reprimand Gakupo for dressing so inappropriately. Gakupo's shirt was unbuttoned again while his long purple hair was wild and messy, even in the ponytail. At least Kiyoteru had managed to somehow endure the heat. He was still stuck in his formal, white buttoned shirt with its sleeves rolled up, fit with a pair of khakis.

"Well I didn't accompany him to this town to look for him every time he gets lost," Gakupo snapped, crossing his arms as they waited for a crossing light to turn green. "I swear, if he gets lost one more time, I'm going to wring his skinny neck."

Kiyoteru let out another annoyed sigh and said, "It's not like we've been searching for long. He might've found his way back."

"Yeah, as if," Gakupo snorted, rolling his eyes.

Kiyoteru shook his head at Gakupo's attitude. He was so pessimistic and sarcastic most of the times. It was no wonder that women weren't attracted to him, not that Kiyoteru had any luck with girls either.

He fumbled through his pocket and pulled out his handkerchief, wiping his glasses again. He did that a lot, especially when he was nervous.

"There's nothing to be nervous about," Kiyoteru muttered to himself as they crossed the road. Len would be fine. Perfectly fine. Last time had been an unfortunate accident. That was all.

Kiyoteru took in a deep breath to calm his nerves as he replaced his glasses.

"Oi, Kiyo, look out!" Gakupo suddenly said from behind him.

Too late, Kiyoteru bumped right into someone right in front of him. He stumbled backwards and fell onto the sidewalk, his glasses falling off in the process.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" a girl's voice asked. Kiyoteru could only make out her long blonde hair. He fumbled around for his fallen glasses. He really couldn't see much without them.

"Here," the girl said, a hand holding out his glasses to Kiyoteru. He mumbled thanks and quickly set them back on the bridge of his nose. He made the mistake of looking up.

His face was just two inches from someone's chest, her round bust right at the tip of his nose. Kiyoteru froze, his face getting redder by the minute as he stared in front of him.

"Are you okay?" the girl asked, straightening up.

"Yeah, yeah," Kiyoteru stammered, snapping back to his senses and hurriedly getting back onto his feet. "I'm sorry about that."

"No, I should be apologizing," the blonde girl said. She wore a loose shirt over a tank top and a black mini-skirt, fit with a pair of blue flip-flops. Her eyes were like the ocean, glimmering under the sunlight, a beautiful shade of turquoise. She blinked, and Kiyoteru's gaze broke off. He was embarrassed that he had been staring at a girl like that, but he had to secretly admit. She looked like she could be a model or a rockstar.

"Kiyo, come on," Gakupo said, tugging at Kiyoteru's sleeve. "We have to find Len."

"Oh, are you looking for someone?" the girl asked, shifting the plastic bag in her hand to the other.

"Yeah. You didn't happen to see a little midget with a blonde ponytail, did you?" Gakupo asked, his tone harsh.

"I don't know about him being a midget, but a kid like that did show up in our shop a while back. I think little Miku-chan sent him back," the girl replied.

"Oh, really? Thanks," Kiyoteru cut in, grabbing Gakupo and holding him firm before Gakupo could storm off to strangle Len.

"No problem," the girl replied. "Again, I'm really sorry for knocking you over."

"Please, don't worry about it," Kiyoteru stressed, his habit of reassuring people popping up again. "If I hadn't bumped into you, we'd probably still be looking for Len."

"So Len's his name, huh," the girl muttered.

"Is there something wrong?" Kiyoteru asked.

"No, it's nothing!" she replied cheerfully. She thought for a minute before fumbling through her grocery bag. She held out a key chain to Kiyoteru. It was the shape of a tiny ice cream cone, a cute little face on the top scoop. He took it, confused, as she explained, "I got it from the place where I buy lunch. It was some free reward or something. You can take it as compensation for me knocking you over. Give it to your girlfriend or something."

"Uh, thanks," Kiyoteru replied absentmindedly. A girl had never given him something before. This probably had to be another first on his list.

"Well, maybe we'll see each other again in this small town," the girl waved and she walked off into the distance, a bounce in her step as she skipped along.

"Are you finally done with your chitchat?" Gakupo demanded, pushing off the railing he'd been leaning against.

"Patience is a virtue, you know," Kiyoteru said, though his eyes were still staring at the key chain in his hand.

Gakupo slapped him on the back, causing Kiyoteru to almost drop his gift. Before he could demand an explanation, Gakupo sighed, "There you go again, being a teacher. It's summer, Kiyoteru. Can't you enjoy your last days as a teenager?"

"Nineteen years old isn't too different from being twenty," Kiyoteru retorted, pulling out his cell phone and weaving the chain onto it.

"You're actually keeping that," Gakupo said rather scornfully as they started their way back to the ice cream parlor.

"Why not? She gave it to me. It's not like I have a girlfriend, so why can't I use it?" Kiyoteru asked, his eyes focused straight ahead as if to avoid from bumping into anyone else.

Gakupo sighed. "That's not the point," he said, rolling his eyes. "It's the fact that you can so shamelessly accept something from a stranger that I don't get."

Kiyoteru didn't respond. He hadn't actually wanted to accept the key chain out of moral reasons and stuff, but the girl had already left before he could give it back. He thought it was better that he used it rather than let it go to waste.

They reached the ice cream parlor. Gakupo immediately burst through the doors, bellowing, "LEN!"

Len jumped in his seat, as did a dozen of other customers. Those buying ice cream just hurriedly said their order to Luka, who was apparently another worker there at the creamery from as far as Kiyoteru could tell.

"You idiot, just where did you go?" Gakupo demanded, sitting down forcefully in the chair across from Len.

"Hey, that was my seat!" Kaito complained, walking over with another ice cream cone.

Len stared at his feet for a while before he muttered, "I'm sorry for causing all this trouble."

"Oh, you better be," Gakupo said, looking miffed.

"Hey, at least he's safe," Kiyoteru said, pulling up a chair and sitting down with a sigh.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Rin demanded, making Kiyoteru jump. Shoot, he'd completely forgotten about Rin's presence.

"What else is it supposed to mean? Kiyoteru's a nice and caring person, that's all," Gakupo lied smoothly. Rin bought it and the tension passed through the four boys.

"So how'd you get back?" Kiyoteru asked, leaning against the cold windowpane, his cheek pressed right up against it.

"A…nice girl gave me directions," Len muttered. Kiyoteru wondered if it was his imagination, but he thought he saw a faint glow of red on Len's cheeks.

If the others noticed it, they didn't say anything. They all knew better than to make fun of Len when he was talking about sensitive stuff. The consequences were never fun.

"I see," Kiyoteru decided to reply, pulling his phone out to check the time. The ice cream charm struck the table, and a clear ringing noise echoed in his ears.

"Ooh, that looks cute! Can I have it?" Kaito eagerly asked, already in the process of finishing his cone.

Kiyoteru snatched his phone out of Kaito's reach and harshly said, "No. Get one yourself!"

"But I'm broke," Kaito complained, his shoulders sagging. He probably just wanted it because it was in the shape of an ice cream cone.

"Then stop eating so much ice cream," Kiyoteru snapped, stuffing his phone deep into his pocket. You never knew what Kaito would do to get what he wanted.

Kaito sighed and said, "Why can't you? You're always giving me stuff. What's so special about this one to you?"

Gakupo just leaned over and whispered into Kaito's ear, "This girl gave it to him. You know how much Kiyo likes to listen to people, right?"

Kaito nodded. Kiyoteru watched with a raised eyebrow as Gakupo continued, "Well she told him to give it to his girlfriend, so he's probably saving it for that, unless you want that thing so much you'd go out with him."

Kaito stuck his tongue out and said, "On second thought, I don't want it anymore."

"Why not?" Len asked, sitting back in his chair and watching as his sister chatted with Luka.

"Even if I were a girl, I wouldn't want to date Kiyo," Kaito stated bluntly, earning him a well deserved bonk on the head.

"The same applies to you, you idiot," Kiyoteru scolded, crossing his arms. "I don't know how any girl would want to go out with you."

The playful look on Kaito's face melted. After a moment of silence, he leaned forward and buried his head in his arms. He muttered, "You really think so?"

"Is something wrong?" Rin asked, walking over with a confused expression on her face as she glanced at Kaito.

Gakupo looked like he was trying to refrain from laughing. He waved Rin off and said, "Don't worry about it, it's nothing."

Kiyoteru didn't quite get Kaito's reaction. Kaito's face was still burrowed deep into his arms, not bothering to answer Rin. It was like he'd fallen asleep, or else he was ignoring Rin.

"Are you sure?" Rin asked, looking slightly worried now.

"It's fine. He's just sulking," Kiyoteru replied.

"Yeah, thanks to who?" Kaito muttered, his voice muffled in his arms.

Kiyoteru just stared at Kaito with a bewildered expression before shrugging it off.

"Oh, well, me and Kaito passed by the café he was working at with you," Rin said, turning Len. "Isn't your break over soon?"

Len lazily glanced at the clock. He sighed and said, "Not yet. It's too early."

Rin followed his gaze and asked with her eyebrows raised, "It's almost one."

"So?"

Rin just sighed and shook her head. Her hands on her hips, she said, "Oh, whatever, it's your job. Just don't get in more trouble, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah," Len muttered reluctantly. Just as Rin waved to Luka and started to head out the door, Len suddenly shot up and shouted, "Uh, wait!"

"What now?" Rin asked, her tone sounding annoyed.

"In case we don't see each other from between now and tomorrow, meet us at the café at five in the evening? I…I heard there's something fun going on at the park," Len hastily said, looking uncomfortable as the other customers in the parlor stared at him.

"Yeah, got it, but I'm definitely not letting you out of my sight for that long!" Rin shouted back as if she was declaring war on her brother. Kiyoteru silently laughed at the two of them. It was like Rin was worried Len would attempt to run away again if she didn't keep an eye on him.

"It's not like I'm can go anywhere anyways!" Len defiantly shouted just as the door slammed shut behind Rin.

"Well, you did run away for a pretty long time," Kiyoteru reminded.

"Ah, you weren't there when we found out, right, Kiyoteru?" Gakupo suddenly said, staring right at Kiyoteru.

"Find out what?"

Gakupo shot another glare at Len before replying, "You know how Len said he ran away? This brat's been lying to us the whole time."

"It wasn't on purpose," Len argued before contradicting himself. "Well, I guess it was, but it doesn't matter, right?"

"What are you guys talking about?" Kiyoteru demanded.

"Len lied to his parents about being gay, so he got kicked out," Kaito suddenly snapped before getting onto his two feet. "Come on, Len, we better go back."

With that, he quickly left the ice cream parlor. Kiyoteru stared after him and asked, "So what's up with Kaito?"

"He's upset, duh," Gakupo replied.

"I can see that, but about what?" Kiyoteru asked back, not understanding. "Is he seriously mad that I didn't give him the key chain?"

Gakupo let out a long sigh and rolled his eyes. He ignored Kiyoteru and went back behind the counter. He looked like he was ready to slack around when Luka started forcing him to work.

"Kiyo, you really don't get these things, do you?" Len said with a laugh.

"What?"

"Haven't you seen my sister and Kaito together?" Len asked in a low whisper, his blue eyes sparkling with mischief. Kiyoteru didn't see that look much. Len only looked like that when he was anticipating lots of fun.

"Well, yeah, they seem to get along well," Kiyoteru replied, thinking back to how cheerful Kaito had looked with Len's sister.

"And how many girls does Kaito like talking to?" Len asked again as if the answer should be obvious.

Kiyoteru thought for a while. "Well, his friend Meiko, and Rin I guess… so two?"

Len stared at Kiyoteru before sighing like the others. "No wonder Kaito's mad," Len muttered under his breath.

Kiyoteru decided to ignore Len and rest his chin on his fist, his other hand mindlessly fingering the key chain that the blonde girl had given him. She'd really been a strange person.

Len waved a hand in front of Kiyoteru's face. "I'm still here you know, though I guess I better leave soon."

"Then do you want to tell me what Kaito's mad about?" Kiyoteru asked. He really hated being left in the dark. You'd think that since he was the so-called genius, he'd understand these simple things.

"Fine, fine," Len said, bending over so he could whisper into Kiyoteru's ear. "You remember when you said no one would want to go out with Kaito?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, now he probably thinks Rin doesn't like him as much as he does her," Len whispered with a sly grin.

It took five seconds for that to register in Kiyoteru's brain. With a dry smile, he said, "Ah, is that so? Then I apologize."

"I'll pass it on," Len said, trying to contain his laugher as he went out the door.

Kiyoteru sat at his table for another long moment before leaning back in his chair to stare at the fan. He thought, "So Kaito's really fallen in love with someone…"


A/N: Big apology for this late update! But I hope this chapter was enjoyable!

My other two stories are almost finished, so I'll be able to put more effort in this soon, and maybe plan it out better than my first two fanfics…

Thanks for reading and supporting this story! Feel free to review and/or leave a pointer since this is "technically" my first attempt at romance. Real romance. (I'm repeating myself, aren't I?)

Thanks again for reading!