Summary: The boys want to know the identity of Alice and Koishikawa has déjà of the time they tried to get Zaizen to join the club.

A Girlfriend? A Genius?

A nap in the library wouldn't be so bad. Hikaru thought as he reached the school gates. I'll probably do that at lunch.

"Yo, Zaizen!" Bleached blonde hair alongside silver appeared in his line of view.

"Ken—" Hikaru yawned. "—ya senpai, Buchou..."

Kenya patted his back. "Gaming all night?"

"Must of." Shiraishi answered instead, planning to give their kouhai a lecture on the importance of sleep for good health.

"Kenya-senpai, you and I both know that you were online too." Hikaru stated as a matter of fact. "Why? Because you were the one that told me to get my ass on."

The Naniwa Speed Star laughed nervously at the glare Shiraishi was giving.

"But no, that's not it." Hikaru interrupted them before Kenya made a break for it. "Alice woke me up."

"Oh." They chimed together as their kouhai walked ahead.

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"Alice?!"

During lunch, the seniors huddled together on the rooftop while Hikaru stuck to his idea of taking a nap.

"Ne, ne is it true?!" Koharu was frantic. "Hikaru-kyun has a girlfriend?! I thought we had something special!"

He began weeping on the ground dramatically.

"I love you Koharu!" Yuuji shouted while holding him.

"Yuuji~!"

"Koharu~!"

"Yuuji~!"

The other boys ignored their antics.

"Anyways," Kenya straightened up in excitement. "Let's go see who this lucky girl is!"

"Does she even go here?" Shiraishi put a hand to his chin. "I don't think there's an Alice running around Shitenhouji."

His friend thought for a moment. "We should tail him or some—."

"Doubt that's a good idea. Besides, he'll probably tell us eventually."

"Oi Koishikawa, how long have you been here?"

"I was always here..." A cloud of depression hung over the vice-captain.

"S-Sorry."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"We should get him to tell us!" Koharu suggested.

"Or we could just ask him."

"Koishikawa, come on! Where's your sense of adventure?!"

"I'll go first!" Yuuji volunteered.

"Wah~ so brave~!"

Agreeing on the order of who goes after the failure, everyone ran off leaving their vice-captain alone.

"But...isn't this like the time we tried to get him to join the club...?"

A yawn caught his attention as he looked to the source. "Hey Chitose."

The boy at the door lazily ran a hand through his hair. "Hey, did I miss something?"

Yuuji entered the library as the others stood outside. He went past the book shelves to the tables, scanning the area until he spotted a familiar figure.

"I found you." He cautiously tiptoed over to the boy.

At the back of the library sat a sleeping tensai, face buried in his arms as he slept. His music blasted in his ears making him oblivious to the approaching footsteps. Yuuji stood over him taking one of his earbuds out.

"Pssssst, Hikaru."

The boy moved a bit.

"Hika-chan~"

"Che...go away..."

"Hika-chan!" Yuuji hissed a bit louder.

His whole body jumped up from the fright as he now stared at the other. "What do you want senpai?!"

The librarian sent a glare their way, hushing them before returning to whatever she was doing.

Hikaru cleared his throat and repeated the question in a quieter tone. An annoyed expression surfaced when Yuuji grinned widely. "What?"

"Well, you know, as your senpai I worry about you."

"And?"

"If there's something you want to talk about, like a problem or a girl you like, you can talk to me or the others."

"There's no such thing."

"But you seem so tired today~!"

"I'm always tired."

"More than usual!"

"I'm going to have to ask you two to leave!" stated the librarian.

Yuuji turned towards her. "Shhh! This is a library!"

Hikaru could only stare dumbfounded as Yuuji was picked up by the librarian and dropped outside. Then she turned around and walked towards him.

"Do I need to do the same with you?"

"No ma'am."

"I can't believe all of you just left me there!" Yuuji accused the others. They all gestured to him sympathetically. Man, the librarian sure can be scary.

The bell signaled lunch was over and the group went to their classes after assigning their next go-getter: Koharu. He went to find the target during a passing period. Much to his delight, he spotted him rather quickly.

"Hikaru-kyun~!"

Hikaru swiftly moved out of the way as his elder dove straight for him. Koharu's face morphed into sheer terror as he realized he wouldn't be landing on a body but the floor. Thump. The 2nd year and everyone else around just stared. Kenya, who had been amongst the witnesses, didn't know whether to laugh or sympathize. Now it was up to him and Shiraishi. They decided to team up and face him during practice.

"So how's finding out Zaizen's secret girlfriend going?" Chitose asked a resting Koishikawa.

The vice captain sighed. "How do you think?"

"They've failed miserably, leaving Shiraishi and Kenya to come together and corner him...something like that."

"Exactly."

The two grew quiet and watched the pair engaged in rallying.

"So Zaizen, are you doing anything after this?" Kenya asked.

"No, not that I know of."

"Sweet! Then we're coming over."

Hikaru stumbled over his own foot and sent the ball into the net. "What?"

Kenya scratched the back of his head. "Did I say something wrong?"

"Don't just invite yourselves over, senpai."

Pouting. Zaizen Hikaru was pouting. Koharu gushed over this as the rest laughed.

"Sorry," Kenya waved off a hand. "Didn't mean to make it seem like that."

"Unless you do have something to do." Shiraishi implied. "Like you recently remembered you have chores."

"Unfinished homework."

"Babysitting Hotaru, which isn't a problem."

"Or..."

Hikaru raised a brow. "Or what?"

"A date." They stated simultaneously looking rather proud of themselves.

"Oh, now they've done it." Chitose snickered at Koishikawa's murmured remark.

"...What the hell are you talking about...?"

They ended up telling Hikaru about the whole thing on the walk to his house. He looked at them like they were idiots. Why would they assume he had a girlfriend? It wouldn't be impossible, no, but where did they get that idea? His mind drifted back to the conversation in the morning and a smirk crossed his face. They are idiots.

"So that's what this is about." Hikaru said to no one in particular. "You all want to meet Alice. You could have just asked."

"Eh?! You do have a girlfriend after all?!"

"That's not the point, Yuuji~!" Koharu shouted.

"But isn't that the whole point of today?"

"Everyone just shut up." insisted Shiraishi.

"We're here."

They all stopped talking. Hikaru quickly unlocked the front door and was greeting by a little body colliding into him. "Welcome back!"

He fondly patted Hotaru's head. "I'm home."

"Awwwww!" Everyone cooed.

"Don't make me leave you out here." threatened the tensai.

Once the boys were all inside, they settled in the living room. Hikaru ventured into the kitchen for refreshments and snacks, and came back to his seniors huddled together. "Ahem. Do I even want to know?" The answer he got was nervous laughter.

"Okay, let's cut to the chase." Shiraishi was the first to compose himself. As expected of a captain. "Who is Alice?"

"Good question, Buchou. I was waiting for it." Hikaru set down the tray and turned to his nephew coloring on the floor. "Hotaru?"

"Yes?"

"Can you go get her?"

The little boy nodded and went to see if she was awake.

"...She lives with you?!"

Footsteps alerted her to someone approaching the room and the bunny decided to wait by the door of her cage. Without a moment to spare, Hotaru entered the room and walked over. "Sorry to wake you if you were napping, but ji-san said to get you," he said as he opened the cage. "Do you want to come out now?"

Alice nodded and jumped into his arms. She snuggled up against him and he returned the affection. "Alright, let's go."

Hikaru heard his nephew coming down the stairs. "Here she comes, senpai."

"Ah this is so exciting~!" Koharu could hardly contain his excitement.

The whole time they were waiting, Kenya and Yuuji wondered what Alice was like and Shiraishi began to think Alice was not human at all. To which Koharu said it was fine, human or not, as long as Hikaru was happy. From there the conversation turned weird and Hikaru wanted to leave. But he lived here.

Hotaru stopped at the bottom of the stairs and put the bunny down. "There you go, Alice! Ji-san's in the living room."

She hopped away in Hikaru's direction. When she reached him, she hopped into his lap, startling his seniors. They stared in shock at the little white puffball in their junior's lap.

"What the hell's that?!" Kenya exclaimed.

"If Kin-chan were here, he'd totally freak out!" Yuuji declared as Koharu agreed over and over.

Shiraishi blew off the shock and took a sip of water. Gently smiling down, Hikaru lifted up the puffball in his lap and turned her to face them. "Alice meet my senpai. Senpai, Alice."

"So it wasn't a girl after all..."

Hikaru placed her on the floor to let her get up close and personal with the others. First she went to Yuuji who petted and played with her a bit, then became held in a loving embrace by Koharu but jumped out when Kenya offered her a strawberry, and finally bounced onto Shiraishi's lap and stayed. She looked up at him, then down to his bandaged hand.

Kenya snickered. "It's like she's asking what happened."

Alice nodded, which surprised them.

"Eh?" Shiraishi was impressed. "Do you want to hear the story?"

Another nod.

"Is this bunny a genius?"

Hikaru smirked and took the bunny back into his arms.

"Well she is a Zaizen."