It wasn't long within Golden Week. Nagisa and Gou were spending time at Nagisa's place. The other day, Nagisa had found a photo album from the summer they spend in Okinawa. It had been a trip for the entire family, which meant Ren, Ran and Makoto's parents had been there too. It had been a year after Rin and Haruka joined the family, and therefore Gou found it all very interesting. She wanted to see some more pictures of Rin and Haruka from when they were younger.

This was why Gou was here now. She and Nagisa were sitting on the floor in the living room with a bowl of strawberries between them. Gou had brought them over when she got there.

Nobody else was home except Rei, and he was doing something else. Nagisa wondered what it was. Rei had been really busy lately. He would like to know what took up so much of the other's time.

Gou flipped a page in the photo album and smiled as she saw the pictures on the page. There were six in total. She studied them carefully.

"Nagisa-kun, what is all this?" she asked, pointing to the pictures.

Nagisa looked at the pictures. "The first one is of me and Rei-chan in the water," he said. "The next one is of Rin-chan sleeping on the sand. The next is of Haru-chan who was caught enjoying ice cream, the one on the next page is of me and Haru-chan after burying Rin-chan who was still asleep, and look at the last one!" Nagisa exclaimed.

Gou did as told and burst out laughing. "Onii-chan's looking pretty angry," she said.

The picture showed Rin who was glaring at the camera, or rather, at the photographer. A small text, written in pencil below, explained that Nagisa had taken that picture.

Nagisa laughed for a few seconds, but then shut up because he thought he heard footsteps in the hallway. He got up from the floor and looked out, to see Rei in the middle of putting on his shoes.

"Where are you going, Rei-chan?" Nagisa asked.

Rei looked up, caught off guard. "I'm going to see one of my senpais about something," he said.

"Where and about what?" Nagisa asked.

"At that café just around the corner," Rei answered, completely avoiding the other question asked to him. He finished putting on his shoes. "I'll be off," he said.

"Be safe, Rei-chan," Nagisa said while waving. Rei didn't return either of those. He just closed the door firmly behind him.

"I bet Rei-san is up to something," Gou said with a smirk on her face.

"What do you mean?" Nagisa asked curiously. He knew when Gou spoke in a specific tone, she was up to something, and whatever that something was, it had never been something Nagisa would want to miss out on. Not on his life.

"I bet he is going on a date," Gou said.

Nagisa smiled. "Let's go see, I wanna know who Rei-chan is dating," he said before slipping into his shoes. "Pack the strawberries Gou-chan, we might need them,"

Gou went and packed the strawberries and then also pulled on her shoes before both teens left the apartment. Nagisa locked the door behind them, and then they headed down to the café around the corner. It was simple luck that Nagisa knew exactly which one Rei was talking about.

"You're early, Ryugazaki-kun," Sera Tadanori said. He was heading towards the small table, which Rei was sitting at, drinking a cup of tea.

"I consider it better to be early than to be late, Sera-senpai," Rei answered.

"I think I'll go order something. I'll be there in a minute," Tadanori said before heading inside the small café to order something. Rei was left to himself for a while longer.

He took out a book and started reading. He might as well, he figured. It was another theory book about what kind of home you would need in different situations. Rei was specifically looking for a place where he could think a lot and was getting ideas from the book.

Along with information about design of one's home, the book also provided information about what type of family you would need, but Rei hadn't reached that chapter yet. It was at the very end of the book, and he was actually considering not bothering to read it at all.

"I'm sorry," Tadanori apologized once he returned to the table. He placed a cup of tea in front of himself as well and then eyed Rei's book. "That's some interesting book you're reading," he said.

Rei only nodded to this.

"Is it going well, with finding a place to live?" Tadanori asked out of kindness.

Rei looked up, feeling that this required a more accurate answer. "I haven't found anything that fits the books description so far," he said.

"Well," Tadanori took a sip of the tea. "I do hope you find something," he said. "Just be sure to keep it cheap," he continued.

Rei nodded. "I will," he said.

The two were silent for a little while before Sera spoke again. "Have you found an answer to my question from this Friday?" he asked.

"I'm still considering," Rei said. "I have never been to Osaka before and it could be exciting to become your partner for your project, but I will be missing out on my own studies and I would be wasting a lot of money on the trip," he explained.

"I see," Tadanori answered. "They are good reasons, but I really want you as a partner because you are smart and good at what you're doing and we think the same way," he smiled at Rei as he said this.

"But what do I get out of this?" Rei asked.

Tadanori nodded to himself at this question. "It might not be so good if I say this out loud," he said.

Rei nodded. "Then whisper to me, I'd like to know, Sera-senpai,"

Tadanori leaned across the table and whispered the information into Rei's ear. As he did so, Rei's facial expression dramatically changed from plain, to surprise.

Behind a set of bushes, Nagisa was listening closely to everything the two university students were saying, while Gou was sitting next to him, eating away at the strawberries. Nagisa hadn't had a single one yet. Right now he was too busy attempting to hear what Rei's senpai was whispering to him to even think of strawberries. However, he had no succeed when it came to picking up on their conversation.

He watched as Rei's senpai moved away and sat back on his chair. Rei was staring into space with a thoughtful look.

"Put like that, I can see many good reasons to go," Rei said. "But what about school? If I'm absent for too long then won't I get in trouble?" he asked.

Rei's senpai shook his head. "No," he said. "It will be registered as legal because you are assisting me. Some of the professors even consider it more useful to participate in projects like these than to participate in the every-day classes,"

Rei nodded. "I see," he said. "Well, put like that, I can see why I should go," he said. "When are we leaving?"

"Monday at 7 in the morning, right after Golden Week is over," Rei's senpai said. "We will meet up at the central station," he said.

Gou looked to Nagisa. She was surprised to see her friend sniffing and trying to wipe his eyes clean from tears with his wrist. His shoulder was shaking and his lips vibrating, but not a single sound escaped them.

"We should go back," Gou said softly and started leading Nagisa away from their spying position.

It's funny. I just realized that it seems I am having Nagisa do a lot of spying in my stories, or maybe a lot is a bit much, but I have had him doing it at least once in another story. To me, that's a bit much, seeing as I don't believe he has ever actually done it in the anime.

I don't think I have anything other to say at the moment, so I'll just see you next time.

Jackie