"What's for dinner tonight?" Naota asked his father.

"Well, for the first time in awhile we aren't having curry. That much I can assure you. I did the grocery shopping today." He replied cheerfully.

"Don't you always do the grocery shopping?" He said turning around and walking towards the front door.

"Where are you going this late?" Asked Kamon.

"It's only five, and I'm just going out..." He walked through the door and into the bright mid-day sunlight.

"Well, I hope to God that 'Going Out' doesn't mean mouth to mouth with Haruko-San!" He mumbled to himself.


Naota was headed for the bridge. He hadn't been there in awhile and needed some time to think without Haruko pestering him. He wanted to think about life in general and not have to stress on one particular topic.
"Stupid idiot..." He said under his breath. "Now I've got a damn hole in my wall. Wish she'd just leave me alone. Her damn bike. Piece of crap anyway."

He stopped, noticing that he was doing exactly what he intended to break away from for a change. He shook his head and said to himself. "She's not worth it."


Haruko had been asleep all day, very unlike a proper housekeeper should act, but now she had finally gotten the energy to open her eyelids and yawn.

"Mm-what time is it?" She mumbled, not really caring. She wasn't aware of her position on the bed and rolled off of the side, landing with a thud. After righting herself out and standing up, she reached around on the ground searching for a shirt. She had slept naked in hopes that Tak-kun would see and maybe get a hemorrhage from his nose. Of course, that hadn't happened.

She found a shirt and slid it over her body.

"Well," she said, yawning, "guess I should see what he's up to."

She walked down the stairs and heard what seemed to be something frying. She looked in the kitchen and saw Kamon working at the stove.

"What's up?" She asked him.

"Oh, Haru-San!" He said turning around. He saw how scantily clad she was and twitched.

"You okay?" She asked, seeing his tensed up body and unfocussed eyes. He had fainted from excitement while standing up. She looked at what was frying. It was noodles.

"Huh, you should watch those or they'll burn." She said and walked out of the room, leaving Kamon unconscious.


She walked into the living room in time to see Kanchi dusting the top of the shelves.

"Hey, Kanchi. You know where Tak-kun is?" She asked the robot.

Kanchi looked up from his work and pointed towards the from door.

"Okay, so he went out then..." She said reluctantly, not wanting to have to chase him all over town on her moped.



Naota sat under the bridge with his feel in the water like Mamimi would usually have hers. Except he has been considerate enough to put his shoes on the bank. He felt unusually calm that day. The silence he was experiencing was soothing and seemed to take every trouble he had ever felt off his mind.

He heard the sound of a moped somewhere behind him. Knowing it was Haruko, he impulsively grabbed his shoes and ran to a darker portion of the bridge's underside. Forcefully crushing himself against a support beam, as to make himself seem like one with it, he waited until he heard the moped pass by. Pausing for a moment, he detached himself from the very thing he had tried to use as makeshift camouflage. When he turned around to face the river again, he saw a pink haired girl in front of him instead.

"So, what're you doing down here?" She asked cheerfully.

"Nothing, just thinking, I guess."

"Well where's Mamimi?"

"I don't know. I don't follow her around." He replied sharply.

She paused a moment and looked at the river.

"You know, sometimes you're even too weird for me to understand Tak-kun."

"Thanks, I sure needed you to become a hypocrite as well as a pain in the the ass." He said sarcastically.

"No, I mean it. I just don't understand you at all sometimes." She said, sitting down where Tak-kun had a few minutes ago. "Sit." She commanded, pointing at the spot next to her.

Naota played along and sat where she instructed.

"Why'd you come here?" He asked

"To find you." She said. They were both silent. "I guess I just wanted to talk."

"'Bout what?"

She hesitated. "Well you've been kinda down since I got here. I just wanted to see if I could help." She leaned closer to him. His eyes were wide when she closed hers. When her lips touched his, he sat there in awe for a moment. Then he heard a snap in his head.

An alarm sounded at Medical Mechanica.