Sakura had just stepped into the door before she looked right at Genji. "YO! My BUDDY!" screamed Sakura.

Genji had the usual non surprised look that he gave girls who he found quite weird. "Hey there Sakura." replied Genji.

"God, this girl is so annoying." he said in his head.

Setsuna thought likewise, who thought "This girl is pretty loud."

"Hey, who's this guy? Tehehehe" asked Sakura.

Setsuna looked at Genji with the worried look and without hesitation, as if Genji knew what was on his mind, told Sakura, "He's just my friend. Ready to work on that project?"

"Of course! But umm... is he going to come with us? Tehehehe!" Sakura said joyously as if she had won the lottery.

"Sure." Setsuna said quietly. "I have nothing else to do..." he said to himself. He was quite hesitant to be around a girl this noisy. He always liked to be around quiet people who wouldn't bring attention around his personal space. He had always liked it when people wouldn't ask him questions about why he was so lonely, but at the same time, longed for a person he could talk to - like her.

Genji and Setsuna cleaned up the area around them and paid the rent for the computers. The trio then proceeded to walk towards the library, which was a good three blocks away. Head down and walking quickly, Setsuna immediately began walking faster then the other two, who were having quite a nice fight in the back.

"Hey, stop it!" proclaimed Genji after being momentarily stung in the ear by the flick of Sakuras finger.

"Puahahaha, I am just having some fun Genjiiiii." Sakura giggled.

"Yo, Setsuna, slow down man, it's not a competition." Noted Genji, who had seen Setsuna walk a good distance ahead of them.

"Oh, sorry. It's just a habit." said Setsuna softly. He stopped and looked back at the two who had now actually calmed down enough to notice that they were in the heavy traffic area of downtown Mishibara, their hometown.

"Wow, there are a lot of people today eh?" said Sakura.

"It's almost Christmas. what do you expect?" Genji said while grinning with delight.

"There are many couples around here." Setsuna said to himself while looking around.

Genji had always found his neighborhood nice. It was quiet where he lived, and just a couple blocks away from the busy streets, where he could always go to watch people pass by, and look on at the couples who would be holding hands. He wanted to be able to be like the couples, have someone to talk to and be near. Snickering at the almost impossible scenario, he walked with the trio once again at their pace, without saying another word but randomly showing his fake smile when they'd ask him a question.

They arrived at the library and found their place on the third floor, the quiet floor. It was usually desolate other then a few people here and there trying to escape life for a nice book read. All Genji and Sakura had to do was glue together the project, which was a chemistry version of the periodic table. They had had everything popping out, so it was a nice 3-d looking table.

"Hey, Setsuna, wanna help me? Just glue the pieces to their rightful positions! Tehehe." Said Sakura while showing off a huge smile towards Setsuna.

"Umm. sure." Setsuna said. "How can she be so happy? Interesting. Not such a bad girl after all - if you learn to deal with her loudness." Genji said to himself.

Setsuna had always commented on how girls were. Intelligent, smart, pretty, attractive, funny, cute, adorable - any nice word he was able to fit a girl with. He really enjoyed it when a girl smiled. He felt that a girl's smile was such a beautiful thing. And Sakura showed one of the best smiles he had seen.

Sakura and Setsuna had somehow begun to interact, him poking her hand with the blunt side of the glue stick, and her poking him in the face with her finger.

"Interesting girl." Setsuna had started to feel comfortable around Sakura. He wasn't as closed to the world as he used to. Genji had noticed this too.

"Hey, why don't we go on a.." *something hits Setsuna on the head*