History was usually one of Nagisa's best subjects. It didn't matter to him if it was Japanese history or world history. He was good at both and found it interesting. It didn't matter if they were talking about the Edo period in Japan or World War II from a world perspective.

Since they had started school, after spring break, they had been working with famous Japanese people from ancient times. They were nearly done with this topic and Nagisa wondered what they would get started on next when their teacher entered.

After they had done the usual standing, paying attention, bowing and sit down again, the teacher started speaking.

"From spring break to Golden Week I have been talking a lot during our classes. I have decided to change that. I have prepared a task, that will hopefully be interesting for you,"

Nagisa leaned forward, paying even closer attention to what the teacher was saying. Maybe this could involve some kind of treasure hunt or something.

"What I want you to do is go dig in your own bloodlines. Find out if you are related to any of those notable people we have been talking about before Golden Week. Present them to the class by next week if you don't mind. Also try and see if you are related to anyone of your classmates if possible. Since this might be difficult I would like you to work in pairs, two and two," The teacher said. "Do you have any questions?" he asked.

Nagisa said nothing. He didn't raise his hand before standing up. He could feel the slight frustration inside, causing tears to burn in his eyes. He recalled the day at elementary school when he had been asked to do something similar to this. He remembered how envious he had got of the others and how he had cried because he didn't know his biological family at all.

"Hazuki-kun?" Their teacher asked.

"I'm not doing it," Nagisa said quietly.

"Excuse me Hazuki-kun, but I'm not sure I heard what you said," The teacher said. Nagisa believed him. It really did sound like he hadn't heard, but the fact just annoyed him and made him more frustrated.

"I can't do it!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. "I am NOT gonna do it because I can't do it!" he continued to yell. He could now feel as the tears started forming at the corners of his eyes and he stormed out of the classroom while hiding the tears. When you were 16 years old you didn't cry, even if your name was Hazuki Nagisa and you had learned it was okay to show emotion from when you were little.

He sat in the hallway, arms wrapped around his knees as he cried into his knees without making a single noise. He wouldn't want to disturb anyone else. He just wanted to be alone for long enough to pull himself together and then pretend nothing happened. He wasn't left in peace though.

"Nagisa?" Gou came into the hallway and sat down next to him. She didn't do anything to comfort him, but her presence was enough.

"Gou-chan…" Nagisa looked up at her with watery eyes.

Gou met his eyes with a soft look. "We have to work together for this task," she said. "I figured I should start by asking why you were acting out just now,"

Nagisa nodded. "It… It's because I don't have a biological family," he said. "I have never known them at all,"

"I didn't think that bothered you at all," Gou said, slightly surprised by the answer.

"It doesn't," Nagisa placed his chin on his knees now. "It is only when we have to do stuff like this. We had to make a family tree in kindergarten and I couldn't do that either. I ended up getting jealous at my classmates for having a family," he said.

Gou nodded and said nothing for a while. She got a thoughtful look on her face. "Well," she said after a while. "Actually I don't really want to dig into my family, at least not on my father's side. So I was thinking that maybe we could try to dig up your family and find out where you come from as you can get to know your biological family?" she suggested while acting like it wasn't a big deal at all.

Nagisa's face lit up like sunshine. His eyes started sparkling. "You don't mind, Gou-chan?" he asked.

Gou shook her head. "I don't. I will dig up stuff about my mother and then we will go find your family. Got anywhere we can start?" she asked.

"The orphanage where Mako-chan picked up me and Rei-chan," Nagisa said.

Gou was stunned. She hadn't spoken of a location, she had actually meant a place in books or history, but it did make sense to her. Nagisa won't know anything else and he was known for being good at thinking outside the box (rather, he didn't know how to think inside the box).

"Fine," Gou said. "Then we go to Iwatobi, I'd also like to see where Rin-nii and Haruka-nii grew up. We gather our savings and pack up. Stay prepared. We will leave as soon as I'm done," she said.

"Okay!" Nagisa exclaimed. He had suddenly been cheered up completely by Gou and her encouragement. She was good at stuff like that it seemed. Nagisa knew she had also played a big role when it came to bringing Rin's and Haruka's friendship back.

It was Monday and Miyano was working late again tonight. Nagisa was therefore staying at Nanami's place again to take care of her. He really did hope it won't be as late today as it was yesterday.

"Nagisa-san, you look down," Nanami said as they ate the pizza Miyano had ordered for them.

Nagisa blinked and put on a cheerful smile as he realized she was right. "I'm fine," he said. "I'm just thinking about something that happened at school today," he said.

"Is someone bullying you?" Nanami asked with a sympathetic look.

Nagisa smiled and shook his head. "I've never been bullied," he confessed. "Haru-chan and Rin-chan were bullied because their names were girly but Rei-chan and I have only been teased about it," he said.

"Nanase-sama was bullied?" Nanami asked.

Nagisa nodded. "If your mother isn't coming home for your bedtime I will tell you a story about Haru-chan getting bullied by some jerks from his class,"

Nanami smiled. "I'd love that!" she said happily.

Nagisa let out a heavy breath of relief. He was glad he had managed to change the subject to something more comfortable. He had experienced it with Rei. The older usually managed to control the conversation and where it was going. He could even lead it to some uncomfortable subject if he wanted because he had the more experience in life. Nagisa had had this done to him many times, but he had never tried doing it himself. It felt good.

Miyano-san was late, and so at night, Nagisa told Nanami the story of Haruka being bullied, from his own perspective.

"Haru-chan and Rin-chan had transferred to the same school as me and Rei-chan after being adopted," he started. "At first things were fine, but at some point, after a couple of years, Haru-chan started letting little signs drop that something was off. I once saw Haru-chan trying to reach for a school book that had been placed on a locker in the classroom. He had to use a chair to get it down though. He never knew I was there and saw it. One day, Rin-chan and Haru-chan came home together and Haru-chan was soaking wet. I asked Rin-chan why and Rin-chan said that Haru-chan had been bullied because of his name and other stuff and that it would stop then. I don't know how Rin-chan did it, but it seemed like the bullying did stop," Nagisa smiled.

Nanami smiled. "Nanase-sama didn't say anything?" she asked.

Nagisa shook his head. "That's not like Haru-chan," he said.

Nanami smiled wider. "When I grow up, I wanna be just as strong as Nanase-sama," she said.

Nagisa smiled at her. "Just smile while doing it!" he said.

Nanami nodded and Nagisa said goodnight before closing the door to the bedroom.

Miyano-san came home shortly after and Nagisa said goodbye and headed back to his own house. Somehow he had managed to forget everything about the unwelcome task in history.