Finally, the last day of school!! Yuide's heart flushed with joy at the last bell, grabbing his glasses from the desk where he'd been making origami cranes for the past hour, watching his teacher dozing at her desk, dreaming of the long-awaited scorching days of summer. He was the first one out of the door, streaking down the hall past hall monitors who were too thrilled with the abdicating of their thrones to notice him. Skidding past the math hall, he yanked the door open to the music room, the area devoid of all human life sans for one person, who was tapping out a rhythm on a synthesizer.

"Kano-kun!! It's suuuummerrrr!!" he trilled, raising his hand that contained his glasses in a victory gesture. Kano stopped his pecking of the keys, blinking at Yuide with the utmost grace.

"Why are you so excited?"

"Hah!! Simply because..." the boy cackled, running to the keyboard that Kano was sitting at to ruffle the brunette's hair, "I have a reserved copy of The World waiting for me at the video game store, right now!! I'm so excited, people in my class have been talking about it for sooo long, and now – now that I've saved up enough money – I can play allll summer long!!! Bwahahahaha!!" he laughed, looking cheerful.

Kano twisted his lips slightly. "It's a little late for that, y'know..." he replied, closing his eyes in an unaffectionate way. "The World's been out for several months now."

Yuide appeared hurt – for a split second. "Just 'cause I'm late doesn't mean I won't level up to be real strong, and defeat all the bosses in all the fields!" he rejoined as he retracted his hand from Kano's hair and turned off the keyboard. "I just wanted to come wish you a merry summertime before I went off to the game store!"

"Hai," the brunette murmured, giving Yuide a small smile and standing up from the synthesizer's bench. "I appreciate that."

"Ne – I know you were really into The World, and then stopped playing for awhile – you think you could get back on the server, just for me, pretty please?" Yuide asked, as he ran a hand through his blonde, stringy hair.

Kano was silent for a few moments, and then smiled again, nodding. "I suppose I can make an exception for you," he offered, and tilted his head. "I'll be on as soon as I get home, okay?"

"Great!! I'll go get my game then!" Yuide replied, breaking off into a run again and zooming out of the door, down the deserted hall, and into the open air of freedom. The wind tousled the blonde's hair, his sea green eyes blinking up into the purine blue sky, their shine rivaling even that of the sun's glittering light as the boy ran down the sidewalk.

The brunette, however, still sat at the piano, his finger lingering on one A natural, producing a tremulous, melancholy note.