AN: OMG the latest update to the anime was so cute! Ugh, Reiji, why are you such a sweetie! I'm totally biased because his VA is Mamoru Miyano, who is also the VA for Rin Matsuoka, who is my other bae...but Kyosuke got such little screen time TT_TT why? At least I got to see him shirtless for, like, 0.7 seconds OTL

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of school before summer vacation. Haruka was a little sad because she was going to be lonely.

Masami hugged Haruka tightly, making all sorts of promises while a chauffeur waited patiently by a foreign car in front of the school. Haruka didn't care that other students were staring at them as they exited the school gates; Haruka was going to miss Masami.

"I promise I'll send you pictures every single day. I'll write you an email every single day, no matter how little I have to write. Oh, I wish I could bring you with me!"

Haruka patted Masami's back,

"I'll be fine, Masami. I'll be right here when you get back. I can't wait to hear about the things you'll be doing. Don't worry about me and have fun in Bali with your family."

The chauffeur cleared his throat and tapped Masami's shoulder, earning him a glare from the girl.

"Miss, we must go. Your parents are waiting for you at the airport and the plane is departing in a few hours."

Masami groaned, exasperated, and hugged Haruka one last time.

"Don't forget me! Don't get a new best friend!"

Haruka laughed,

"It's only going to be a few weeks, Masami. See you soon. I'll miss you."

Masami sniffled tearfully as the chauffeur pried the two girls apart and tried his best to gently usher Masami into the backseat of the car.

"I'll miss you, too, Haruka! I'll buy you lots of souveniers!"

The chauffeur managed to get Masami safely into the backseat; he made sure none of her limbs were sticking out before he carefully closed the door and walked around the car to the driver's side. Masami rolled down the window and waved enthusiastically as the car drove away from the school. Haruka waved until the car disappeared from sight and she sighed, deciding that it was time to go home.

Haruka waited patiently at the train station for the train to arrive but she was bored and wished she had brought her headphones so she could listen to music to pass the time. She didn't bother to glance at the person who came to stand next to her; it was probably just a random person. When the train arrived, Haruka maneuvered through the wave of people that poured into the train. A robotic female voice announced that the train was departing and the train began to move.

Haruka couldn't keep Kyosuke out of her thoughts. Since the day they agreed to be friends, they hadn't talked or hung out at all. She'd only seen glimpses of him and she wondered if he was sincere about his offer to be friends. Speaking of which, why did he have a change of heart?

"Huh? Is that you, Watanabe-san?"

Heath was standing next to Haruka the entire time but they'd only noticed each other now.

"Hasekura-san, what a coincidence. You don't have Stride practice today?"

Heath shook his head,

"Today is our day off. Tomorrow, we're leaving to Hokkaido for a tournament."

"Oh, I see," Haruka fidgeted, not sure if it was appropriate to ask, but she decided to voice her thoughts, "Hasekura-san, you and Kuga-san are friends, right? I'm sure he must've told you about me."

Heath nodded,

"Well, we asked him about you after you visited him during practice. You seemed pretty upset when you left."

"Yeah…"

Heath noticed Haruka's unsure eyes,

"Kyosuke is a good guy. He's not very good when it comes to interacting with girls so please go easy on him."

Haruka met Heath's gaze.

"Is that really it?"

Heath pursed his lips and averted his gaze, He lowered his voice,

"It's not for me to say."

Haruka sighed but she didn't press him for answers. Maybe Kyosuke would tell her one day.