The door of their peaceful (not) home flew open, and a light haired adult leaped in.

'YU~ZU~RU~! I'm home~!' The man latched himself onto Yuzuru.

Yuzuru squirmed as an attempt to escape from the man's bear hug. 'Dad, let go of me...'

'How's my son been? Where's Shou-chan?' He then spotted an escaping Shou and a creeping Hiro. 'Shou-chan! Hiro-tan!'

The two sidestepped and stared at the man who plunged right between them.

'You'd better settle down, dad.'

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'And so, this English guy just went up to me and said hello to me in Japanese. Such a fool I was, I thought he only spoke English!'

Yuzuru's dad, or Ema-san, was telling the three of his journeys around the world. His recent trip to England was rather uninteresting. It was almost exactly the same as his last one.

'And so, I didn't bring you peeps any souvenirs.'

Hiro 'awwed' while the other two just facepalmed.

The front door was banged on.

'Who the hell?' Ema got up from the couch and opened the door, only for someone to crash in.

'Does this always happen?'

'No,' Yuzuru answered. 'The only time we had this was Shou.'

'Oh~ho! I still remember that day when Shou-chan came crashing in.'

Shou crossed her arms. 'Stop talking about me and focus on the guy. He's hurt, isn't he?'

'Right! Poor guy, what hit him this hard?' Ema pulled the guy in and locked the door.

'Wait. He isn't bleeding.' Hiro pointed out, and listened for a heartbeat. 'His heart's stopped beating? What the-'

A groan cut his sentence. '... We'd better lay him down on the couch.'

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The light-haired boy had finally woken up.

'Is this Meeden?' He asked. His voice, Hiro noted, was rather high-pitched for a male's. But not as high as a female's. Just, somewhere in between, and he ain't being sexist.

'Sure it is.' Yuzuru replied in a 'matter of fact' tone.

Ema, however, shouted, 'WELCOME TO MEEDEN, FRIEND!' They could almost see the imaginary sparkles that were raining down on his head.

The boy ignored him and continued. 'I suppose this is Mikado City, then?''

'Yes it is. What do you want?'

He sat up and glared at them all, but not coldly. 'I want to join Border.'

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'So, once I get back, I get a Neighbour crashing into my door. Lucky me,' Ema half-joked after they had listened to the boy's story.

He apparently had amnesia and couldn't remember anything except his name, and the fact that he was a Neighbour and wanted to join Border.

Hiro's ahoge bounced as he flipped down on the couch next to the Neighbour, or aka Kobayashi Takeru, as he had introduced himself.

'Why fight Neighbours when you're a Neighbour yourself?' He asked. 'Also, why don't you have a heartbeat?'

Takeru fiddled with his eyepatch, as if he were shy. 'I don't know, I just want to. And as to your second question, I have no idea myself too.'

Hiro 'ahh'ed as a response. 'I see...'

Yuzuru and Shou eyed each other. 'Should we bring him to HQ, or Tamakoma first?'

'Tamakoma first. Though HQ would get mad at us for not telling them. Or put simply, just Kido-san and Kinuta-san.'

Hiro stroked his chin. 'I can see that happening... Because my side effe-'

'Shut up. You're not Jin-san.' Hiro pouted.

Ema got up. 'I'm gonna get the guy a futon. I don't mind sleeping on the sofa.'

Yuzuru's eyes widened a little. 'Who said that he was staying here for the night?'

'I did, cuz this is my house.' He slapped Yuzuru on the back. 'Son, you gotta show some hospitality.'

Yuzuru sighed. 'Whatever.'

Takeru got up and bowed a perfect 90 degrees. 'I thank you all for your kindness.'

'Whoa dude! It's totally fine!' Hiro frantically waved his hands in front of his face.

It took a lot of persuading until Takeru actually said, 'I guess it's not that big a deal then...'