YOW! Chapter 10!

Everyone is still in the living room. Endou, Midorikawa, Burn and Fubuki are still confused on what happened to them. Kidou is still thinking about Miku and Miki's parents. Kazemaru, Hiroto, Gazel and Gouenji are all chatting with each other.

"So Gouenji, what do you think?" Hiroto asked.

"About what?" Gouenji asked back.

"What do you mean 'about what'? That's supposed to be 'about whom'!"

"Fine, then… About whom?"

"Fubuki. Or should I say, Shirou… What is he like as a child?"

"Innocent and quiet as always…"

"What I mean is about on how he looks… He's cute as a child, isn't he? It's like he's super fragile like a piece of glass…"

"Yeah~~ I guess you can say it like that…"

"Like what?"

"That Shirou's cute as a child…" Gouenji said as a smiled made its way to his lips while staring at the little Shirou Fubuki on the other sofa.

"You like him?" Hiroto suddenly asked.

"WHAT?! NO! Yes, I admit he's cute and all but…" Gouenji then suddenly hugged Kazemaru who's sitting beside him "I still love my Kazemaru"

"I am not yours, Gouenji" Kazemaru said.

Hiroto chuckled and turned his attention to Gazel who sat quietly "Anyway, what about you, Gazel?"

"Fubuki's cute…" Gazel suddenly answered.

"What-? NO, I don't mean Fubuki…"

"Then what do you exactly mean?"

"I was talking about Burn…"

"What about him?"

"What do you think about Burn?"

"Still annoying as ever… Though his cheeks are a little red and his Tulip hair still looks like a tulip, which is actually tempting me to cut"

"In other words, you think Burn's cute as a child…"

"He is a child at any age…"

"So you think he's cute even when he was in his rightful age…"

"Whatever…" that's the last thing they all heard from Gazel before he had stood up and left to sit down by Kidou.

"That guy… For what I know, he already told the truth about his feelings about Burn…" Hiroto said.

"Yeah, he did… But, we all know Gazel…" Kazemaru added.

"Denial, denial, denial…" Gouenji said.

The three all shared a chuckle.

[With Kidou]

"Hey, Kidou" Gazel greeted as he sat down beside the other.

"Hey, Gazel"

"What are you thinking about? Some kind of puzzle game or such?"

"I may call it like a puzzle…"

"Tell me…"

"You remember the names Miku mentioned earlier? Hana and Satoshi…"

"Yea? What about them?"

"I really feel like I've heard about them before… I just don't remember who they are exactly…"

"Scientists…"

"I know… but there's something about them I couldn't remember…"

"Geez… It isn't like you to forget such information…"

"Yeah… I know…"

An hour later…

"Miki, Miku, we're home~" a voice called out, it sounded feminine.

"Hey Mom, hey Dad. Welcome back…" Miku said as he approached the door.

"Where are they?" another voice said.

"In the living room…"

"You know, you've got some explaining to do, mister…"

"Yes, Dad…"

"Mik, where's your sister?" Miku's Mom asked.

"Miki's upstairs, Mom…"

"And your new friends?"

"Friends? Who?"

"Those kids who ate your Dad's Youth Candies,"

"Oh, but I don't count them as friends, Mom… we just knew each other earlier today…" Miku said "They're all in the living room…"

"It's almost lunch. I'll cook for you all. But first, I'd like to see the one who looks like me and your father…"

"I'd like to meet the one who looks like me" said Miku's Dad.

"Both in the living room with their friends"

And with that said, Miku's parents walked to the living room, following Miku.

Back in the living room…

"Guys,"Miku called "These are my parents"

"Hello, Kids" Miku's parents greeted.

Almost all of the teens and 'kids' are surprised to see Miku's Mom.

"You do look exactly like Kazemaru" Kidou said.

"May I know your name?" Miku's Mom said "I didn't see you yesterday…"

"Yes, you didn't. I wasn't with them yesterday. I'm Kidou Yuuto"

"Hana Yamada,"

"It's a pleasure to meet one of the greatest scientists in the planet"

"Pleasure's all mine. Oh, this is my husband…" Miku's Mom said as her husband is introduced.

"Satoshi Yamada, a pleasure to meet you kids" Miku's Dad said.

All went silent, gaping at Miku's Dad, all have one thought:

'HE SERIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE GOUENJI?!'

"So you are the one my daughter talks about. She says that we look alike, identical… How could that be? It's like I'm looking at the other half of me, a younger version of myself. Though my hair back then is not up… Tell me your name, kid" Miku's Dad said to Gouenji.

"Gouenji Shuuya"

"Gouenji Shuuya, a fiery name…" that's the last thing Miku's Dad said before he walked away directly to his lab.

… Silence …

"Looks like he likes you, Gouenji…" Miku's Mom said with a smile "Anyway, I'll go make lunch now…"

"Uhmm… Mrs. Yamada," Kidou called.

"No need to be so formal, just call me Hana…"

"Okay, Hana… Can I ask you some questions?"

"Sure… while you're with that, would you be so kind to help me make lunch?"

"I'd be honored to…"

With that, the two disappeared to the kitchen and the rest went up to Miku's room.

"Miku, who are your parents exactly?"

"Like I said, they're Satoshi and Hana Yamada. Both are professional scientists" Miku answered.

"How come they look like Blue-Hair (Kazemaru) and Spiky here (Gouenji)?"

"I don't know…"

"What are they? Their job, specifically… Not an ordinary scientist can produce such products as Youth Candies"

"Why do I feel like you all became Kidou in one second?"

"Answer us, Miku"

"I'm not the one obliged to answer you, but my parents…"

"Why?"

"Because they're the ones you want to know about…"

In the kitchen…

"Who are you two really?" Kidou asked. "I've heard your names before. I've read your names in a science magazine… You two are famous but not every article in a magazine is real… some are fraud…"

"I like how you think, Kidou. You're observant even with those goggles of yours. Well, I am Hana Yamada, and my husband is Satoshi Yamada. If Miku said that we're professional scientists, he's partially wrong. Specifically, we're Molecular Biologists. We study about things that other people don't. I study about Genetic Diseases. Where do these come from? How does a family member get a family disease? Some might say that it's from the genes, but what causes this is what I want to know…"

"Ohh… What about your husband?"

"He's also a Molecular Biologist, as what I have said. But he studies about a person's aging process. What causes a person to age? Some say that it's spontaneous, it happens naturally… but the real question is 'Is it possible to reverse the process?' He created the Youth Candies for his study. He used a few subjects and studies their effects. As for Miku, when we noticed his memories became younger as well, he created the Memory Candies to bring back the rightful mind of our son"

"What's he doing now?"

"Miku can't stay 7-years old forever… Satoshi is creating another candy, it somewhat like an antidote for the Youth Candies… Candies that could reverse the effect… He's been working on it for 4 months now…"

"Will he succeed?"

"He's Satoshi Yamada, the greatest Molecular Biologist in the world, and my husband… He created products in the form of candies… he would finish his Candies… I'm sure of it!"

"But why use the candies on his son?" Kidou asked.

"That time, he needed a test subject. Normally, a test subject used in a lab is a guinea pig, a rat or any sort of animal. But it wouldn't be right if he uses his candies on animals. The effects will not be precise… that's why he needed a human as a test subject"

"Why Miku and not someone else?"

"The company is not providing him any human subjects. But he badly needed a human, I volunteered as his test subject but he didn't agree to that, and so did Miku. So he insisted that he'll be the test subject"

"Ohh…"

"Deep inside, I know Miku didn't like the idea of being a test subject. Anything could happen to him. Good thing nothing bad happened…"

"Miku told us about his past boyfriend…"

"Oh, you mean Akashi… If Miku didn't become a test subject, they would've stayed together…"

"You could've told him that Miku became younger, right? Why didn't you? He would've understood…"

"To be honest, I didn't do that. I didn't think that he'll understand…"

"…" Kidou didn't bother to ask any more questions.

Back in the living room…

"Miku, how long will we be like this?" Endou asked.

"Sorry, but I don't know …"

"Will we turn back to normal?" Midori asked.

"Yes,"

"When?" Fubuki asked.

"When you eat Dad's Reverse Candies…"

"Why not make us eat it now?" Burn asked.

"They're still not done yet…"

"Why?"

"Do you think that it's easy to create candies with complicated formulas?"

'This is getting intense…' Hiroto thought.

"We will be outside if you need us…" with that, Hiroto took Gazel, Gouenji and Kazemaru's hand and pulled them outside the room.

Outside…

"What did you do that for?" Kazemaru asked.

"The atmosphere's getting intense inside…"

"What?" Gouenji asked.

"Shhh…"

Back inside…

"Do you think that it's easy turning back to a 7- year old child?!" Burn asked in a shouting tone.

"No… I know how it feels…"

"What?"

"Just like you all, I was 15 years old… I've been in this state for 3 years… My boyfriend broke up with me. I had a hard time too, you know! Don't say such things that you think you already know! You know nothing on what it feels to turn back to a mindless child!"

All went silent…

"I-I'm sorry, Miku…" Burn apologized.

"No. I'm the one who is sorry… I just… I'm just super stressed… Sorry, Burn. I shouted at you…"

Hiroto, Kazemaru, Gouenji and Gazel just listened and didn't bother to make a noise.

"Miku… looks like he didn't really like the idea of eating those candies…"

"Yeah… He sounded so hurt"

"He also sounded like he was regretting it…"

"I wonder why he still agreed on taking those candies…"

"I think, we will never know…"

"Lunch time!" Miku's Mom shouted.

Miku opened his door and told Kazemaru and his friends to head to the dining room. He'll just fetch his sister.

"Endou, are you okay?"

"Yes, Kazemaru…"

"Fubuki,"

"Don't worry about me, Gouenji"

"Midori…"

"Hiroto, do be so worried about me, nothing bad happened… I just turned back to a 7 year old"

"Burn,"

"I know that you heard us, Gazel… I didn't mean to shout at Miku… I'm so ashamed…"

Gazel rose his hand and was about to hit Burn in the head. Burn already readied himself… But the expected hit in the head didn't arrive. Instead, the hand is just placed on his head, stroking his hair…"

'He didn't hit me?' Burn thought 'He's stroking my hair…' Burn could feel his cheeks heat up.

"Let's go," Miku said as he walked out of Miki's room, Miki by his led the way to the dining room the rest following him.

Hiroto and Burn were last to follow.

"Burn, your cheeks are red…" Hiroto said, pointing at Burn's cheeks.

"What?"

"You're blushing again…"

"I don't blush!"

"Yeah, right. Says you!"

"Hmph!"

"Burn, I know you like- love Gazel…" Hiroto whispered to Burn's ear. "Stop hiding your feelings…"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Let's just say I know something that you don't…"

"What do you mean by that?"

"That is for you to find out…"

"I don't really get you at times…"

"That's why we're friends…"

All are in the dining room … All except for Mr. Yamada.

"Hana, where's your husband?" Kidou asked.

"He must still be in his lab… Miki, could you fetch Dad for us?" Mrs. Yamada said.

"Sure thing Mom!" Miki answered as she rushed to her Dad's lab.

A few moments later, Miki came back with her Dad.

"We're here! Let's eat!"

With that, all sat down and started eating…

THAT'LL BE ALL FOR NOW!

School Year's all over for me! Summer, here we come! No more worries! I can concentrate on my stories now!

I'll be able to update from time to time, as long as there's no turtle net…

SEE YOU GUYS!