Neku's PoV

"Neku… it's been three years since we saw each other last. …What exactly are we going to do now?" Shiki got the obvious out into the open, right after her and Neku's emotional reunion at Hachiko.

Well, they were still at Hachiko, technically… holding hands and strolling around, as they tried to figure out just what to do next, and what they were to each other. Their old feelings were definitely there. And the fact that they were still connected to each other from the Game probably had something to do with that. But there were definitely a lot of questions, moving forward.

At first, when Neku had heard Shiki's question, he had just shrugged it off, being the laid-back mentor, he had been to the Wicked Twisters for the last week.

But now, as he thought it over more… Neku thought that if he'd been his old self again, and dressed like he'd used to back then, he might have hid behind his overly large collar at this point… though not because he was being emo here, but be because he was being so dang awkward. "Dunno… I think originally, KH2 was supposed to take place three years after the first game. And that's why Kairi and Riku looked so much older, so when we look at what happened there…"

And dear God… what the fuck was Neku even saying? He didn't even know if Shiki had ever even played Kingdom Hearts, to appreciate his reference.

And now Neku was trying to look away—to hide how embarrassed he really was here, whilst he blushed madly—but Shiki missed nothing, and giggled.

"I guess we could always pick up where we left off at…" Shiki supplied, though she trailed off in her speech, and Neku had no doubt it was because she was seeing what he was now: someone attempting to stand atop the Statue of Hachiko.

Sheesh. This was such a touching monument. Couldn't people find another one to vandalize?

"…Going on dates, while I work on my sewing and you try out your art?"

Shiki smiled at him. And Neku got lost in the chocolate of her eyes—and her sweetness over all—for a moment, before he found himself again. "You're not kidding when you say 'trying with my art', because I still don't know if I want to go into painting or music, but I'll figure it out. You, however, already have. Damn, Shiki. If I wasn't impressed with your sewing before… I am now."

And now it seemed to be Shiki's turn to get lost in his eyes, perhaps—the ocean of them? If Neku could wax poetic?—as the two of them decided to give these kids at Hachiko a wide birth, and instead head towards the book store in the Scramble.

Maybe it wouldn't be as impossible for them to find their way together again, as it had seemed.

"…Thank you, Neku. You don't know what that means to me. Especially coming from you."

And Neku wanted to get into that, because Shiki seemed to be tearing up here and he wondered if she'd used Gatto Nero as a way to keep herself sane after he disappeared. But now didn't seem the time for it.

Later. When they were more comfortable together again.

The two of them walked into the novel shop without much thought… But really, in retrospect, it was a somewhat silly idea for them to come in here, Neku now imagined. Because while neither one of them were stupid by any means, they didn't exactly read a lot, either.

But it gave Shiki a chance to look at shoppers, and to get some new fashion ideas from them, Neku saw.

And allowed for Neku to look at some books about music and art both.

…And then Shiki amazingly found some novels based on Kingdom Hearts. Neku didn't even know they sold such things! And with how interested she looked, it showed him she did know the series, not from playing them, but from reading them. So, she had gotten his earlier reference.

Yeah, there definitely was a certain kind of synergy with the two of them, Neku thought—as he and Shiki took to sitting in a nook, reading aforementioned novel together and holding hands—and it made coming to the Realground again, more than worth it.

Neku wouldn't change a thing.

Author's Note: Obviously in this fic, the KH DDD stuff is not canon to TWEWY, and the KH games are just… well, games here.

Also, this isn't my best work. I know. And I might try to come up with a better NeShiki Neo reunion fic later. But I just wanted to write something with them, based on the new content:)