Four seconds after Rin had dialed Rei's number, the older boy picked up in the other end. He said nothing to answer at first, but Rin knew he had picked up.

"Rei," he said in a demanding tone.

"What do you want?" Rei asked. "I'm busy,"

"It's Nagisa," Rin said.

Rei sighed heavily. "If you have called to talk about the same stuff as Haruka did, I am not planning on listening. Please, you are taking up my precious time,"

Rin's grip tightened around the phone. "You are taking up my precious patience!" he yelled. "Our family is falling apart, if that's not worth your precious time then I don't know what is?!"

"What exactly do you mean, falling apart?" Rei asked, sounding irritated.

"Oh, I don't know," sarcasm mixed with heavy irritation could be heard as Rin spoke. He decided to leave to his room to spare his family members for his words. "Maybe I mean that Nagisa has run away because of a project in history, Haru has been kidnapped by a serial killer, Makoto has no clue of what to do, and now Gou just came back and told us that Nagisa is in Osaka with no money and nowhere to go," Rin said.

"What do you want me to do?" Rei asked, not sounding like he wanted to do anything about it.

"Looking at how the situation is here, Makoto can't really go anywhere. What do you think we want you to do? Take some responsibility!"

"Rin, yelling is not appropriate," Rei said.

"I won't stop yelling until you have gone and found Nagisa and made sure he is safe," Rin continued yelling.

"Why? He got lost out here," Rei said.

"Because it's your fault, you're the only one who can do it anyway. You are at the right place at the right time. And I'm pretty sure, despite everything that has happened, you're still the one he wants to see the most," As Rin spoke, he felt himself calm down a little bit. He hoped Rei would understand and do something. If not, he had no clue of what to do.

Rei sighed. "I don't guarantee success," he said. "But I might as well try,"

"Thank you," Rin answered. "Please come home as soon as you can. I think we need you here," the level of his voice had decreased to almost a whisper by the last sentence, but Rei heard it anyway.

"We will," he said. Then he hung up.

The convenience store was open. Inside there were parents buying food to prepare for their hungry family. Nagisa could see them walking around. It was just too bad he had eaten his bento almost as soon as Gou left, and that was four hours ago by now.

He was sitting on a bench. He didn't know where he was by now, except that it was somewhere in the center of Osaka. He had passed a park a while ago, but he hadn't stopped there. It had reminded him of three years ago when he, Rin, Haruka and Rei had all gone to the park on his request. Rei had bought him ice cream and Haruka had been disappointed because there was no lake to swim in. The memory was nice, it was therefore Nagisa didn't want to remember it. It made him slightly upset that those days won't come again.

Nagisa shook his head. He had to stop thinking of that stupid park and go somewhere else. Staying in front of that convenience store and watching people buy food only made him hungrier than he already was. Besides, he had the feeling something bad would happen if he stayed in the same spot for too long. It was better to move on.

So Nagisa walked. He walked and sat somewhere else for a short while, and then he got up and walked again. This continued the next many hours until the sun set and the sky became black. The only thing that lit Nagisa's path was the neon signs from the shops around him.

Suddenly, out of the blue, Nagisa felt a hand on his shoulder. A tall, tall man stood behind him. Nagisa couldn't see his face clearly.

"Need help, kid?" the man asked.

"N-No," Nagisa stuttered. "I'm fine," He turned around and hurried down the street, walking a tiny bit quicker than before.

He turned a corner and bumped into a soft hoodie. He looked up to see two men standing in front of him. Both were wearing hoodies and both were smoking something. Nagisa was only sure it wasn't cigarettes.

"Who do you think you are?" One grabbed Nagisa's collar and lifted him up as his feet barely touched the ground. "Who do you think you are, bumping into me like that?" the guy who had bumped into him yelled in his face. His breath smelled like alcohol.

"I'm sorry!" Nagisa exclaimed.

"Like hell you're sorry, what a brat!" he said. "I'll teach you a lesson!" He pulled back his fist and prepared to punch Nagisa in the stomach when a loud yell was heard.

"Hey you! What are you doing?" The voice came from somewhere behind Nagisa.

"Oh shit," the guy mumbled before he spoke to Nagisa. "Seems you got lucky," he said before letting go of the smaller boy and running off with his companion. Nagisa landed on his knees and before he could collect himself enough to get up, someone stood in front of him.

"You okay, kid?" It was a police officer. He looked rather young. He had most likely only just finished education.

"I'm okay," Nagisa said and allowed the officer to help him on his feet. "Thanks for that," he said.

"No trouble," the young officer said.

"Hey, Nakamura!" an elder officer appeared behind the young one. "What have you found?"

"This boy," Nakamura said. "I doubt he has any criminal record so I was just intending to let him go,"

Nagisa nodded. "Yes," he said on instinct. "I have to hurry home,"

The older officer looked suspecting at him. "What's your name?" he asked.

Nagisa shook his head. "Can't I please just go home?" he asked.

"Nakamura, check the description," the officer barked and Nakamura started looking at a folded paper.

"Blonde hair, short, magenta eyes, accompanied by a girl with crimson hair," he said. "Sir, do you think it's him?" he asked while looking at his superior.

"Most likely," the officer said. "Come with us, kid,"

"But I-" Nagisa tried to protest but the officer lifted a hand.

"Follow us," he said before he grabbed Nagisa's wrist and started dragging him somewhere. Nagisa almost started panicking. Getting caught by the police wasn't exactly something he had planned.

"Nagisa!" The familiar voice came from somewhere behind Nagisa. He turned his head to see a tall guy with blue hair and glasses come running towards him. He recognized him easily. It could only be one person. He felt the tears well up in his eyes as he pulled himself free from the officer's grip and ran to the person who meant the most to him.

"Rei-chan!" he exclaimed.

They reached each other and Rei pulled Nagisa into a soft hug, feeling relief wash over him. He was glad that Nagisa would recognize him.

"You know this boy?" the officer said.

"His name is Hazuki Nagisa," Rei said. "He is my adoptive brother, he got lost out here," he said "You don't have to worry. I'll take him home,"

"We have a report that a boy who supposedly looks like him appeared at a post office near the central station earlier today, accompanied by a girl with maroon hair and crimson eyes," the older officer said. "Do you have any idea of what that's about?"

"No," Rei said, "But it probably wasn't him," he said. "Now if you'll excuse me," he grabbed Nagisa's wrist and dragged him away from the place. They walked in silence until they reached a hotel and stopped outside.

"I have a room with two beds," Rei said. "We'll share that for the night and then we'll go home tomorrow morning," he said. "Let's fix our problems before we get back,"

Nagisa nodded. "Okay, Rei-chan," he said with a happy smile.