"Let's go to a store, any kind of store." Meiko was in a cheerful mood, "I… Ice cream shop?" I shyly added. It's been rather hot, so of course I would go for a few rounds of ice cream. She had asked me how much I wanted to eat, that depended how many flavors they were selling. It might be too much but I could eat them all with no problem.

"Kaito… You know what'll happen if you eat too much." She poked my stomach, I couldn't help myself. Anything cold would be good. Frozen yogurt, popsicles, even a fruit smoothie sounded good to me. "Don't cry to me if your pants can't fit," she pinched my nose. I mumbled, "You know I will, anyway…" In such unison like attempting an angelic chorus, the twins continuously asked me if I was fat and how they were planning to take away ice cream from me. Sure, I had a little bit of pudge… But I liked to consider it as baby fat at the time, just like how both twins had a little bit of baby fat.

We made our stop to our destination; Rin, Len and I were picking what flavors we wanted. Meiko had to sign a few autographs for her fans that spotted her. She took her time and chatted with them which was perfect for me, I had enough time to pick what I wanted to get. Rin got banana and orange, Len got French vanilla and plain vanilla, Meiko got herself mango and lime. My cone was topped with all sorts of flavors, it was a hard choice but Meiko was kind enough to get me all of the flavors I named; chocolate, vanilla, cookies and cream, and peanut butter chocolate. I thanked her so much and hugged her, I was really happy.

I finished it as though I only had two smalls scoops like how the rest of my family did. Len had one scoop drop onto the floor, Rin giggled and called him clumsy. We decided to go back home, Rin wanted to hold my hand this time. By the looks of it, Len wanted to hold my hand, he looked away as we made eye contact and held onto Meiko's hand.

He was his quiet self at home, didn't say much. He rested his head on Meiko's lap while watching Rin and I play the PS2 on our TV. We all took a shower, tucked Rin and Len in bed and I sang Meiko to bed.

A week had gone by, Rin wasn't with us this morning, she had been staying at Master's house for the night so far. Nee-chan told me Miku wanted to do some sister bonding with her, I thought it was sweet.

I could hear my sister whistle as loud as she could from downstairs, Len and Meiko were sitting at the table with breakfast served, I sat down on my side of the table. Len brought up about babies again, I told him I wouldn't make a good father and I wouldn't have enough attention span for an infant that would need so much care. Babies are small, I would be frightened holding one, what if everything went wrong? That's not something I want to dwell into. I was more of the big brother type as how Meiko is the big sister type.

Len scarfed down his breakfast, his face was covered in egg yolk, syrup and powdered sugar. Meiko ordered me to go and wash him, I didn't want to. He was old enough to do it himself, it'll almost be a year since he's lived with us. Len argued he didn't like me, I still had to go wash him. Syrup had gotten on his hair.

"Kaito's a poopy head who will look ugly in a wedding dress." I lightly pushed him out of the chair, "Hahah… That's not nice. I won't wear a dress." Len stuck his tongue out at me and left to the bathroom to fill the tub with warm water. I really did have to go wash him.

I shuffled upstairs and went to the bathroom, Len hid himself under the bubbles that covered the water. Len poked his head up when I asked him a question, "Okay, Not Here… Where's the washrag?" He pointed out I didn't sound too happy. No one would be happy if they were called ugly. I folded my sleeves and picked up a cup to rinse water over his head, I pulled his face to make him look at me so I could wipe away the stubborn syrup spots that still stuck to him. I shrunk away when he blew into my face.

"… And our friends are all on board," he sung out. I followed along, "Many more of them live next door. ~"

"Man more of them li- Hey! I was singing, not you." He continued on, I still followed along; we took turns singing one line after the other. He glared at me, I pinched his cheek after successfully getting the syrup off both his hair and face. "What? You're the one who started it, Len."

I played different genres of songs in my room, Len would overhear them and I could hear him singing along. He apologized to me, I forgave the poor kid who argued he didn't want my taste of music to get to him. Master would make him listen to them either way, too. But he did enjoy what I played on my stereo.

"Alright, silly. You're all clean. Don't stay there all day and get pruney." I left him all alone in the bathroom, he didn't want me to leave. He eventually left the tub, wrapped himself in a towel and headed straight to his bedroom.

Meiko called me downstairs, told me she had to go out, that she loved me and then she left. "I love you, too! Be safe!" I stood there for a minute and went back up, knocking twice on Len's door. "Len, Meiko went out. I'm here for today, she told me to let you know."

He told me it would be boring and he wanted to play Silent Hill, the game would be too scary for him, he listed off games that were meant for teens and adults. He finally stuck to playing Kingdom Hearts. I went to go make lunch after he finished one world which took him from morning to nearly three in the afternoon. Meiko came in just in time for all three of us to eat together.

She didn't stay for long and had to take Len with her, she had another video to make and Master needed to see him, it was probably the new program that was mentioned earlier in the year. I was alone for the time being.