Ikuto's P.O.V.

For some reason Akira and Rima entered the room about fifteen minutes after the other four. From the way that Akira and Rima had been eyeing each other at the door, Ikuto could only assume that they knew each other. Meaning Rima knew things about Akira that Ikuto didn't.

"What were you two doing?" Kukai asked as he crushed an empty plastic water bottle. In the time they'd been gone he'd drank three bottles.

"Akira is an old acquaintance of mine." Rima replied. "We were catching up."

"So you knew Rima when she was in high school and under!" Kukai leaned forward.

Tadase grinned. "Tell us something about her."

Akira began to appear uncomfortable under their stares. Ikuto realized, Akira had only just stared to adjust to him. He doubted the pink haired male would be willing to speak to newcomers so easily. Ikuto realized what he was thinking, it sounded like he cared. Which it shouldn't because he was only ridding himself of boredom.

"Akira's not good with new people." Rima said. "So just shut up and stop asking questions."

Kairi raised an eyebrow. "Are you trying to cover something up, because I'm sure I could find out what it is that you're hiding."

"I'm not hiding anything." Rima stated. "But since you idiots can't seem to read reactions well, you don't get that Akira is extremely uncomfortable at this moment."

They all stared intently at Akira who took a step back gently. His hands gripped his pants and blush tinted his cheeks, he sucked in his bottom lip avoiding their gazes. For lack of a better word he was-

"Cute." The four other males froze as they all spoke in unison.

Rima showed some emotion for the first time since her arrival as she smirked at the reactions.

"And just like that, you're bi." Rima snapped her fingers and they all blinked. Kairi fixed his glasses, Tadase laughed nervously, Kukai stretched, and Ikuto rubbed the back of his neck. All of them with a bit of red on their faces.

"If you really need a place to stay you can choose one of the extra rooms in the house." Ikuto offered returning to the topic at hand. He didn't think a guy was cute. No. It was just the hormones. All he needed was to return his thoughts to the gender that he had always loved. Girls. Girls. That would've been easier if there wa- His eyes slowly slid to the short blonde who stood conversing with Akira in hushed voices.

Perhaps luck was on his side?

All he needed to do was remind himself of who he was. The fact that she was a flat chested shrimp was something he'd have to ignore. Girls Ikuto like girls. But his eyes wandered to Akira who was smiling slightly as he spoke with her. Reaching up Akira tugged on one of the strands of his hair staring at it before saying something to Rima. His gaze slid to Ikuto and he gave a smile to him before turning back to Rima.

Nope. Nope. Not attractive. Not at all. There was no way he, Ikuto Tsukiyomi, could think that another guy was attractive.

"Oi."

Ikuto hadn't realized that Kukai had started to speak to him.

"Huh?" He asked.

"I said, we need to go get our stuff from our truck if we're gonna stay here." He checked his phone.

"It looked like it was going to start raining soon." Kairi said. "It was thundering."

"It always rains here." Akira spoke for the first time and the group turned to him. He looked away. "It's like someone's doing the rain dance."

Ikuto shrugged. "He's not exaggerating. It's ridiculous how much it rains here. Though it is the rainy season so I don't know what we'd expect."

"Rima are you going to come help us?" Kukai turned to the blonde who swung one hip out crossing her arms. "Alright, stupid question. I guess we'll go get everything."

Tadase and Kukai were heading to the door when a kitten scampered out.

"Yoru!" Akira grabbed him as he tried to run out the front door. Ikuto leaned against the wall watching as they looked to Akira with confusion before shrugging to each other and walking out.

Kairi had also opted to remain in the house scrolling through something in his phone. As he muttered about "messing up the schedule" Ikuto realized that was what he'd been looking at. Finally seeming to be fed up, Rima stormed over, snatched his phone, and shoved it into her pocket.

"Alright four eyes, you've been on your phone, freaking out since we left the campus. I'm putting a ban on your electronic usage until we get back. If I don't you'll give me a heart attack."

"Rima-"

"No." Rima smacked her hand over his mouth. "Don't try anything. You're on a ban. Enjoy the world around you lamb chop." She walked back to Akira returning to the quiet conversation they'd been having.

Kairi looked totally lost as he stared at his empty hands. His fingers opened and closed.

"Are you broken?" Ikuto asked shoving his hands in his pockets.

"I... I need my schedule." He whispered. "Ph-Phone." He opened and closed his hand like he was clutching for his invisible device.

"I think he's broken." Ikuto said loud enough for Rima to hear. He grinned. "Are you gonna fix him?"

She scowled and rolled her eyes. "Hey Tickto." Most likely she was purposefully saying his name wrong on purpose. "You called Akira cute earlier right?"

"He wasn't the one I was referring to." Ikuto lied. If Rima could give a better murderous smile, it would've shocked him.

"Is that so?" She walked over to Kairi once more, grabbing him by his ear. "We're going to go find our rooms now. Otherwise, I think I might rip off your man candy."

She dragged her friend away as trailed with a blank look on his face. "S-Schedule."

"Ahuh. Yeah shut up." Those were her last words before all sign of anyone new was gone.

"Yoru are you hungry?" Akira asked the kitten rubbing it's chin as he held it in his arms. "Probably are. Let's feed you something."

"You know Rima." Ikuto said.

Akira shrugged. "Yeah so?"

"School friend?"

The pinkhaired male laughed. "I don't know if you remember, but I didn't have friends in school. She and I are acquaintances. Not friends. She was a loner, and so was I. That's all you need to know."

"I thought we were finally starting to get along." Ikuto murmured.

"We're starting." He replied. "Doesn't mean we're already there. If you want to know all my secrets so badly, you'll have to wait until I'm ready to tell them." Akira brushed past Ikuto booping him on the nose. "Understand?"

Ikuto rubbed his nose his breath had hitched when the pink male had passed. "Crystal clear." He hissed. Akira was steadily becoming a thorn in his side.