"Wha?" Daisuke asked, still half asleep. Soccer Practice had last longer than he had thought it would, forcing him to go to sleep roughly 3 hours later then he's used to rendering him almost useless. Sitting with Hikari, Ken and Miyako, he could barely keep he's eyes opened,

"What's wrong with him?" Miyako asked, rolling her eyes.

"We didn't get a lot of sleep last night," Ken admitted, before adding, "We were busy with soccer,"

"I swear that's all you guys do anymore," Miyako complained, crossing her arms,

"So?" Daisuke yawned, before slapping his forehead to wake up, "Would you prefer we obsess over you? Puh-lease,"

Frowning, Miyako struggled to resist her desire to beat him lifeless, "Why you…little…!"

"Anyways!" Hikari cut in, clapping her hair loudly, "We were talking about the camping trip, remember, FOCUS!"

"But…" Miyako protested, resulting in Hikari holding up her hands and shouted, "It doesn't matter! He can say whatever,"

Rolling her eyes, Miyako turned away and puffed up in frustration. She really was excited about spending the weekend with her old friends, especially Ken, but Daisuke…she could live with out.

"You guys already have rides, right?" Ken asked, smiling at Miyako's reaction. Would those two ever grow up?

Nodding, Hikari carefully placed a picture in her album before placing the finish lining over it. "Miyako's dad's going to drop us. How about you guys,"

"A lift with Jun," Daisuke answered, resting his head on the picnic table, "We're probably going to be the last ones there seeing that I can't get over to Ken's until 4:30,"

"Why don't you guys take the bus?"

"That'll take longer," Ken muttered, watching Hikari playing with the album, "I actually calculated it, and it's roughly two hour longer to go bus, since we would need to change buses. That plus an hour of hiking to the location, and that doesn't include the buses schedule for that time. It's much easier to just get Jun drive us to the location then going to that hassle,"

"Are you kidding me?" Miyako asked, staring at him, "You actually calculated how long it took,"

"I had some time," Ken shrugged, making Daisuke laugh, "So it not like we only think about soccer,"

"Oh yeah," Hikari started, "You guys have a soccer match coming up right,"

Nodding, Daisuke did a muscle pose, before slapping his muscle, "This Sunday! 4:30 p.m.! The best part, there are scouts coming. This is the best chance to get notice,"

"Reality Check, Daisuke," Miyako started, "You're only 14 years old. Scouts only look for people in High School at least,"

"Actually…" Ken started, but was interrupted by Daisuke,

"Shows what you know, Miyako. Regardless of how old you are, as long as you have talent and it shows, they'll pick you up as soon as their able,"

"Yeah right," Miyako smirked, sitting back

"It's true," Ken pointed out, "How else do you think we went to Camp a couple months ago? Scouts came to our last couple of games and gave us the offer."

"You serious?" Miyako questioned, looking over at Ken,

Nodding, Ken took a sip of his ignored drink, "Oh, is Takeru coming too?" Daisuke asked, a smug look on his face,

Rolling her eyes, Hikaru shrugged in indifference, "He doesn't talk to me so I have no idea. If he is, he'll probably go with Yamato or something,"

"He still doesn't talk to you guys?" Ken asked, slightly surprised. He and Takeru didn't hang out much; half because they don't live close or go to school together. But he thought that everything was okay since Takeru always came to his games, and likewise, he went to Takeru's basketball game; then again he never talk about the others with Takeru, "Did you get in a fight or something,"

"No," Miyako started, throwing her arms up in defeat, "He just started avoiding us out of the blue. No reason, no heads up, no nothing…I don't know what his problem is,"

"He probably hates Miyako," Daisuke pointed, before cracking up laughing,

"Shut up," Miyako groaned, slapping her forehead, "You don't even have the slightest idea of what's going on!" Rolling her eyes, Miyako turned to Ken, "Have you talked to him lately?"

Yeah, last night…Ken decided against actually saying that, to save him from either being killed by Miyako or…no…that was the only reason. "Not as of late. I did talk with Koushiro though."

"That has no point to the current topic," Hikari mentioned, smiling currently at the now finished album before closing it. "I wonder how everyone's doing,"

"Fine probably," Daisuke muttered, stretching. "Worried about university, or working, what else would they be doing,"

"You wanna know who I haven't talked to?" Miyako started, but was interrupted by Daisuke, "No,"

Glaring daggers at him, Miyako continued on, "Mimi…I haven't written to her in ages,"

"Me either," Hikari admitted, shrugging, "Does it matter? She doesn't even visit anymore,"

Shrugging, Ken focused on the liquid in the drink, "I'm sure she has her own problems to deal with,"

"Oh well," Daisuke interrupted when the silence began to drag, "Who cares? We can send her an email come next weekend." Checking his watch, he stood up, "But I gotta go. Soccer match on Sunday, remember! Come and watch!"

"It's still early," Hikari started, lifting an eyebrow, "What's the rush?"

"Homework, exam tomorrow, practice soccer, and I really, really, REALLY want to go to sleep," he asked, making Hikari laugh,

"If that's the case, I'll keep you company," she decided, putting her stuff in her bag, "You're taking the bus home, right?"

Nodding to her, Daisuke looked over at Ken, "You gonna be okay with temperamental over there?"

"Temperamental!" Miyako snapped, standing up, but was interrupted but Hikari, who waved her hand in front of Miyako, "Just Kidding, of course. But me and Daisuke are going to head home, I'm sure Ken could walk you home," Hikari hinted,

Getting the picture, Miyako smiled, "Good point Hikari, that's a gr-"

"You do know that Miyako lives like a block from my house, right?" Daisuke started before turning away after Miyako glared daggers at him, "Never mind then,"

Feeling uncomfortable with the scene, Ken decided to keep his mouth shut. He didn't mind walking Miyako home, but he had to think about his own homework. The soccer match was important, and he didn't want to mess up the chance…course it would be hard to mess up his chance but still. "I don't mind. Wouldn't it be easier if we all went together?"

"Miyako might go psycho," Daisuke muttered, dodging the pop can Miyako threw,

Laughing, Hikari clapped her hands, before dragging Daisuke away, "Hurry up you too!"

Rubbing his head, Ken shrugged, standing up, "Always on the go, huh," he smiled, as Miyako quickly packed up her things,