"He's so adorable!" Fia put her face up to the cage. A pure white lump sat in the middle of a mound of wood shavings. Benny reached into the cage and picked the lump up. Fia's line of sight followed.

"What do you think, Haven?" he brought the guinea pig up to her face.

"It's cute, I guess," Haven shrugged and leaned back a bit.

"Want to hold him?" Benny asked.

"Umm, I think I'll pass," Haven stepped back slightly.

"Oh, can I hold him?" Fia piped up.

"Sure," Benny handed her the guinea pig and went to sit on a nearby chair. "Hey, next week I'm going on a long field trip. You mind watching Ven for me?"

"Of course not!" Fia sparkled as she rubbed her cheek against Ven's. Haven shrugged nonchalantly.


The four housemates crashed into each other, each holding a basket of laundry, or in Fia's case, the contents of her entire wardrobe.

Fia groaned and tightened her towel around her. TODAY WAS NOT HER DAY. First, all of the hot water had been used up by a particular redhead - when she had asked he had simply said that he had 'lost track of time.' Then her room ate her comb and her hair dryer had shorted out and exploded. Now, she watched on in horror as the last of her clothing became lost in the monster that was their fabric collision.

She happened to look up and make eye contact with Karma. He was grinning sadistically. Oh. Hell. No. He was not going to snatch away her clothes!

The four picked up as many of the random clothes as they could and fled to their rooms. Half an hour later, they began returning clothing by placing what was not theirs back in a pile. Strangely enough, none of the girliest clothing had been returned.

"Haven, is this yours?" Karma swung a pink bra in front of her.

"No, I don't wear one," Haven replied bluntly. Nagisa and Fia both began to blush.

"What? It's not like I need the support, besides they're really uncomfortable," Haven protested at her blushing friends. The pair turned even redder.

"Although, one would probably make that area look a bit bigger," Haven mused as Nagisa and Fia turned into tomatoes.

Fia covered her face with her hands. "CAN I HAVE THAT BACK NOW?!"

Karma laughed. "So this is yours? It's a little plain, even for you."

Fia felt as if someone had put her face on simmer. "B-bras are expensive!" she sputtered. "Plain isn't pricey!" Fia declared with a pout as she stormed over to the redhead. "G-give it back!"

Karma laughed and sling-shot it at Nagisa. It landed on the bluenette's face. Nagisa let out a startled noise of embarrassment before throwing the bra back to Fia, much to her relief.

"I have plenty more where that came from~" Karma chimed.

Fia blushed but she moved to hand Nagisa his vest. "Sorry if I stretched it, Nagisa," she apologized, "I thought it was mine until I realized it wouldn't button up past… Well, you know…"

Nagisa took his vest back appreciatively and looked down at the black shirt and pink tie he was wearing. "I'm actually really surprised that this fit."

Fia sweat-dropped as she looked between Nagisa, in Haven's black shirt and pink tie, and Haven who was wearing Nagisa's white shirt and black tie. "You guys… really don't look much different in each other's clothes…" she trailed off.

"You mean the other gender's clothes," Karma laughed as he dangled two pairs of underwear in Fia's face. "Are these yours?"

"EEP!" Fia involuntarily flinched back, landing in the terrible mountain of clothes that had resulted from the four housemates attempting to do laundry at the same time.

"That's mine," Haven said flatly as she snatched the boyshorts-style underwear from Karma's hand.

"And I'm still not buying that you're a girl, Haven" Karma teased. He looked at the panties in his hand. "... Is this skimpy silky thing yours, Fia?" He burst out laughing. "You never struck me as the type to wear-"

"GYAAAAHHH! GIVE THOSE BACK!" Fia scrambled to her feet and jumped for the bane of her existence, but Karma held it an inch too high for her to reach.

"So they are yours?!" Nagisa asked in shock. He covered his eyes with a hand, embarrassed that this whole ordeal was happening.

"T-they were a gift, o-okay?" Fia desperately tried to explain.

"From a boyfriend~?" Karma tickled her cheek with the panties.

Fia's face exploded with color and she resumed her jumping game. "No! N-nothing like th-that! My mom is a designer a-and she forces these th-things on me!"

Karma laughed and dropped the clothing into her hands. "If you say so."

"I DO SAY SO!" she yelled while balling the underwearing in her hand. Her pink cheeks puffed out as she tried to contain her anger.

"Now that I gave those back, can I have my shirt back?" Karma asked, pointing to the over-sized shirt Fia was wearing.

"U-uh… I'll wash it and get it back to you…" she murmured. "I-I don't have a-anything else… Angel's smaller than me and all of my clothes are lost in there-" Fia pointed to the monstrous amount of tangled clothes.

"Really? Nothing else?" Karma approached Fia with a devilish smile. "So you're not wearing anything under that?" he asked as he pulled up the bottom of her shirt just a tad.

"KYYYAAAAHHHH!" Fia screamed and started punching Karma's chest. He laughed and took the hits - they weren't hurting anyway - for a little bit before reaching down into the clothes pile and tossing a pair of jeans at her. "There. Those are yours, right?" he asked with a smile.

Fia pouted then looked down at the pair. They were definitely hers. "How could you tell?" she asked curiously.

"You're the only one who eats enough sweets to fit those," he said playfully.

Nagisa sighed and gave up on his housemates, resolving himself to sit down and attempt to sort through the gargantuan fabric pile.

Fia smiled bitterly. "Sure, I'm a little bit on the heavier side, but not enough to anchor me here and keep me from strangling you!" She put her hands on her hips. "You've got ten seconds."

Karma locked his hands behind his head and smirked. "This seems familiar."

"Ten-" Fia started.

"You don't scare me," laughed the redhead.

"Eight!" she spat as she reached down and grabbed a handful of clothes.

"What are you going to do? Make me play dress-up?" Karma readied himself to move. Fia was usually a little clumsy, but that didn't mean she wasn't fast when she wanted to be.

"Don't tempt me to call my little siblings out here. Four," Fia grinned as she balled up the clothing.

"Zero-" Karma called just as the auburn-haired girl began to chase him around the apartment complex and throw clothing as projectiles.

Haven sat down next to Nagisa and started folding clothes with him. Nagisa sweat-dropped. Fia and Karma's antics were only going to make it harder to sort through all of the clothes. He looked down at his tie and then to its quiet owner, who was very focused on the task at hand.

Pink isn't such a bad color Nagisa thought with a small smile.


"Hi, Fia," Nagisa said as he entered the living room and saw the girl pressed up against the side of Ven's cage. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Ven is sleeping. I just thought it was super carino~" Fia smiled at Nagisa and beckoned him over.

The bluenette walked over and peered into the cage. "He is kind of cute." Nagisa smiled.

Fia nodded vigorously. "I think I'll sew the little furry baby a cozy~"

"I'm sure he'd like that," Nagisa said. "By the way, Fia. I found this when folding the laundry. Is it yours?" He held up a small piece of paper.

"Oh, yeah!" She happily took the slip from Nagisa's hand. "These are just a few books I've been looking for." Fia skimmed the list in her hand.

Nagisa peeked over her shoulder. "I have some of those, actually. I might have to get someone to ship them from home, but I wouldn't mind lending them to you."

"Really? You have them?" Fia asked incredulously.

"Yeah," Nagisa grinned. "My favorite subject was English back in middle school so I found a lot of American books to read. As for the other things on your list…" He skimmed the rest of Fia's note. "If you find that book-" Nagisa pointed to one on the list "-would I be able to borrow it?"

"Sure! More research, huh…" Fia mused.

"What are you two up to?" Karma questioned as he ambled into the room.

Nagisa shook his head and his pigtails bobbed ever so slightly. "Just talking. Actually, I have to return a few more things to Haven," he admitted.

"You guys still haven't figured out whose clothes are whose?" Fia asked.

"Not yet," Nagisa replied. "I guess we're more similar in size and taste than we thought."

"What about you?" Karma poked Fia's forehead. "You plan to give me back my jacket anytime soon?"

She looked down the black overshirt she was wearing. "Mm… nope! I feel cool when I wear this!" Fia laughed and struck a 'James Bond' pose. The large sleeves drooped down around her wrists, as if the jacket was disappointed in her too.

Karma rolled his eyes and peered into the cage.

"Oi," Fia called. "Don't wake Ven up. He needs his cutie-sleep!"

"Is that supposed to be a bad play off of 'beauty sleep'?" Karma asked.

"... Maybe…" Fia smiled. Karma might not find her sense of humor to be humorous at all, but she appreciated that he'd humor anyway. She opened her mouth to crack another bad joke but saw that Karma seemed pretty content watching Ven drowsily crawl about. He had a slight smile on his face as he rubbed the back of his head. Fia was surprised, pleasantly surprised, so much so that she felt her cheeks warm.

"He's almost out of clean hay," Karma noted aloud.

"H-huh?" Fia came back to her senses. "Let me see." She stepped closer and Karma moved so they could both look into the cage. "Huh, you're right... " Fia unlatched the cage door and reached into pet the snow white creature. "Hey, Ven~ You're almost out of hay, Ven~" she crooned.

"Fia, did you say this was Benny's pet?" Nagisa asked.

"Yeah…" Fia trailed off.

"So… When Benny greets him, he says 'Hey, Ven.'" Karma laughed.

"It sounds like you're saying 'Haven,'" Nagisa said quietly.

It only took a second for Karma, Nagisa, and Fia to make eye contact.

Fia bit her lip. "So that's what that was about… Now I feel bad… BUT GUINEA PIGS ARE SO CUTE!" she whined. Fia blushed slightly at her sudden outburst. "It seemed like Benny really wanted to spend time with Haven… You know, alone? And he kept trying to talk to her, but you know how Haven can be a little stoic at times."

"So Gameboy has a crush," Karma stated.

"Do you really have to identify him by his like of Nintendo?" Nagisa asked.

"I call her by her personality type," the redhead replied, gesturing at Fia. "Right, Tsu-chan?" he laughed.

"H-hey!" Fia exclaimed. After a moment of thought, she sighed. "Well, what do we do about this? It's not really our business, but I'm friends with both of them…"

The girls' door opened and Haven walked out wearing a white shirt.

"Nagisa, is this yours?" Haven asked. "It looks kind of like one of mine, but I'm not sure."

Fia jumped slightly, started by Haven's sudden appearance. Reminded about changing clothes, Fia pulled off the black jacket and handed it to Karma. "Here, thanks for letting me use it."

"I didn't, but thanks anyway," Karma shrugged as he hung it on his shoulder.

"I'm not sure," Nagisa replied to Haven's question.

"Oh well. I'll be coding, so don't bother me,"Haven shrugged and went back into her room, closing the door behind her.

Fia moved quickly over to Nagisa and grabbed the bluenette by his shoulders. "WHAT DO I DO, NAGISA?!"

"W-why are you shaking me?!" Nagisa exclaimed.

"BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST KARMA FOR RELATIONSHIP ADVICE!" she countered.

"That doesn't explain why you're shaking me!" he protested as he grabbed her shoulders to steady the both of them.

"They're both my friends," Fia said in dismay. "I don't want to see any broken hearts!"

"You could try setting them up," Karma suggested with a shrug. "One date won't hurt."

"I… don't think I've ever seen her show interest in anyone, let alone Benny. Then again, Angel is pretty hard to read. I guess I can try to figure this out!" Fia optimistically cheered.

"With your terrible lying skills?" Karma asked with a smirk.

"I can hide things when I try! Y-you just caught me off guard!" Fia's face flushed.

"You're lying again~" he teased.

"I said I'd take care of it!" she snapped. "Hmph. I'll show you that Ms. Jelavic's acting classes haven't been lost on me!"

Nagisa sweat-dropped but smiled, hoping the best for all of his friends.


Fia pushed open the door to her and Haven's shared room and peered around. She found Haven in her usual spot at the matrix of computers. Fia walked around and sat herself down on Haven's bed. She thought of several things she could say, and several approaches, but she knew Haven was a straight-forward person.

"Angel," Fia called softly. "Do you have a minute?"

"Free dot set time open parenthesis 60 close parenthesis semicolon return," Haven muttered.

"Thanks, I know you're busy. So, I was wondering what you thought of Benny," she said tentatively.

" . dot print open parenthesis quotation mark why end quotation mark end parenthesis semicolon return," Haven replied.

Fia hesitated. "Because… it seems like he wants to hang out sometime soon," she started. "It seems like he wants to hang out when he gets back, just the two of you, so I just wanted to make sure you were okay with that. You know, considering that he always seems to like teasing you, just like when we first moved in," Fia explained smoothly-or at least she hoped she had.

"If open parenthesis tease is true close parenthesis open bracket want to hang out is false semicolon return end bracket."

Fia sighed. "I doubt that he wants to tease you when you hang out. I think he's serious this time. So what's your answer going to be?"

"If open parenthesis Tsu-chan is true close parenthesis open bracket Haven is true semicolon return end bracket. Else open bracket Haven is false semicolon return end bracket."

The Italian face-palmed. "I can only interpret so much code, Angel. Anyway, so you really won't go without me?"

Haven nodded her head.

Fia shook her head with a smile. It wasn't English, but it wasn't head-splitting code either. "Okay, um, how about I bring a friend then and it can be a-" she coughed to cover her words, "-a double date?" Her cheeks burned at the thought. She hadn't been on a date since… ever? Who had time for boys when chemistry came calling?

"Nagisa," Haven said.

"Eh?" Fia replied with a blank expression. "What about him?"

"I'll go if he goes," Haven replied. Her words were slightly disjointed as if she wasn't used to speaking the language.

Fia paused to think. "I can probably get him to come."

"System dot out dot print open parenthesis quotation mark 好 end parenthesis quotation mark semicolon return," Haven replied.

"I'm just going to pretend I know what you said," Fia said flatly as she hopped off of Haven's bed. Fia left Haven to her coding, programming, computer-y stuff and left the room.

She found Nagisa writing down notes in a small notepad and Karma sleeping on the couch. Upon closer inspection, Fia saw that Ven was sleeping on Karma's face. She didn't know how the white fluffball had managed to do that, but she laughed. Fia walked over the couch and draped Karma's jacket across him before picking up Ven and carrying him over to the other couch. Fia sat down next to Nagisa and placed the drowsy guinea pig in her lap.

"Can I ask you for a favor, Nagisa?" she inquired quietly.

The bluenette's eyes shifted from the paper to the person and he smiled. "Sure, what is it?"


Fia: (going through her clothes) HEY! KARMA!

Karma: Yes, Tsu-chan?

Fia: GIVE. IT. BACK.

Karma: I have no idea what you're talking about.

Fia: YOU KNOW VERY WELL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! GIVE ME BACK MY BRA!

Karma: Don't have it~

Fia: Th-then what did you d-do with it?!

Karma: It might be hanging outside our window like a flag. Gee, I wonder how it got out there!

Fia: (shrieks and runs to go get it in a fluster while Karma laughs)

Nagisa: Where did Fia go?

Karma: Something about finding support (smirks)

Nagisa: Oh, I was going to tell her that I had the books she wanted shipped.

Fia: (runs to her room and comes back in a huff) Please, don't do that again! It's so hard to find these types of things in my size! (incoherent and flustered babbling)

Nagisa: So, Fia. When did you want me to do that thing you asked for?

Haven: What thing?

Fia: H-heh. We'll find out in just a couple chapters! (sweat drops) Narrator?

Narrator: Next time, (reads script) Wait… WHAT!? Audience, I shrunk the girls!

Karma: Is that supposed to be a bad take on "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"?