Yay for chapter 5!

I could already tell that this was going to be a good day.

Now, I could make a scene. "Anyone want to play...truth or dare?"

There was a sound of mutual agreement in the car, except from Kiku, who was driving.

"OKAY! Let's begin, and pretend this is like fan mail for our own lives! Whaddya say? Eh? Eh?"

"Okay!" said Nanase, who knew what I was talking about.

"Sure..." said Suzuran, Takashi, and Fuyuki.

"O...okay," Heracles said with a yawn.

"I'll start. Ludwig, truth or dare?"

"Hmm...dare."

Nanase and I exchanged a surprised look. I smirked.

"Okay then, everyone decide on a dare for Ludwig."

They huddled together and conversed in hushed voices for a few minutes, then turned around and Fuyuki said, "Sing the Big Dango Family song."

Ludwig looked at them in disgust. Then, he shook his head and sighed, but stood up. "Fine, I'll do it."

"Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango, dango, daikazoku.

Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango, dango, daikazoku. Happy?"

"Eh. Good enough," said Suzuran, chuckling.

"Nana, truth or dare?" asked Fuyuki innocently, but with a little smile on his face.

"Um...truth."

Once again, everyone huddled together and decided. "Nanase, what was the name of the boy you liked in middle school?" I asked.

"It was..." she blushed. "Was it Daichi? No...it was...oh!" She turned a fiery red then turned away.

"I forgot his name until now. It was...it was Fuyuki!" She hid her face in a pillow.

Fuyuki froze. "What?"

"H-his name w-w-was Fuyuki, j-just like you," Nanase said, lifting her head from the pillow she'd buried her face in.

"Fuyuki, truth or dare, daze~!" Takashi cut in.

"T-t-truth," he stammered.

Everyone huddled together yet again, and Suzuran said, "Weeell, I think this raises a question. Are you the Fuyuki who she loved so much in middle school?"

"I forgot…but I remember now. You were the girl I was too afraid to talk to, Nana. You intimidated me, I guess. It was probably because you're so beautiful. I didn't know what to do when you wrote me those notes, and then I ditched you at the dance. I was ashamed, and didn't know how I could reconcile with you. And now, meeting you again…you seem so much stronger. And happier. You've grown up, but I've hardly changed at all…" he said, eyes downcast and red spreading across his cheeks.

Nanase looked up, into his eyes. "I wouldn't want you any other way than the way you are now. So please…you don't have to change, especially not for me." She touched his cheek gently with her hand and gave him a warm smile.

"Aww…." All of the girls said in unison. The boys averted their eyes, moved but unwilling to show it.

"….Cute…" Heracles cooed.

"Fuyuki…please don't leave again!" Nanase said, rushing to him in an embrace. Her eyes watered, and a few tears fell down her cheeks.

"Never," he responded.

After that, we finished our game of truth or dare, ending with a few random secrets and odd dares. Out of the blue, I decided to glomp Ludwig, and ended up resting my head on his shoulder, and began to doze. When I woke up, we were on the ferry to the main island of Japan, and Ludwig was still letting me rest my head on his shoulder.

"I'm hungry!" I whined. Grumbling, Suzuran got up, took a sandwich out of the fridge, and threw it at me.

"Arigato, Suzuran-san – it looks yummy!"

"You're welcome," she said, plopping back into her seat across from me and Ludwig. She then cuddled up to Takashi and promptly fell asleep. Now Fuyuki was in the driver's seat, and Nanase was asleep in the passenger's seat. Behind them sat Heracles and Kiku. Man, this really was a couples' road trip, huh.

Yes, I do count Heracles and Kiku. Something about them just clicks, you know? It's more about who they are, and it doesn't matter that they happen to both be guys. I hope they realize how they feel about each other soon.

I ate the sandwich slowly. In a few minutes I was done and the ferry docked at the main island of Japan. For the first time in my life, I was on Japan.

I grabbed Ludwig's hand. "Isn't this exciting?" I asked. "We're finally on Japan, our main island!" Ludwig nodded.

"Hai, it is wonderful." Kiku agreed. "I can't wait to see what Tokyo looks like."

"Speaking of which," Said Takashi. "Fuyuki, how long till' Tokyo?"

"Um…12 hours."

"Ugh…..Someone shoot me…" Moaned Heracles. "We….have to…stay in a car…that…..long?"

"Of course not!" Shouted Ludwig. "We still have to stop for gas, and bathroom, and what if we run out of food? We won't have to stay in for that long."

Kiku nodded.

"Though, if we have to wait that long," I said, "We should probably take naps, like Nanase and Suzuran are doing."

Ludwig 'Hmph'-ed in approvement and nodded.

"Yeah…naps are good…" Said Heracles. He promptly fell asleep and fell into Kiku lap.

Everyone blushed and looked away while Kiku turned red and closed his eyes.

Slowly, everyone started to fall asleep until only me, Ludwig and Fuyuki were awake. Ludwig glanced at me and blushed.

"Uh…..Tomoyo?"

"Yeah?"

Ludwig slowly put an arm around my waist.

He leaned over and whispered, "I'm going to try something. Just, don't move ok?"

I kept still as his face came closer to mine.

"Lud-

"Shh, Ruhe. I don't want Fuyuki to see this."

I nodded.

I felt his lips press my cheek. All blood pooled to my face.

"Gefällt dir das?"

Ludwig kissed my cheek again.

Suddenly he brought me closer and tousled my hair.

"Nun zu schlecht, zu schlafen."

I gave him a weird look as he smirked and looked away.

I shrugged and cuddled against him, resting my head on his shoulder. I sighed and fell asleep.

Ludwig's POV

"I did see that, just so you know," Fuyuki said with a quiet laugh, so as to not wake up anyone else. "You really like her, don't you?"

Instead of answering, I responded with, "You're one to talk, Fuyuki-san." The teen blushed a bright red, hiding his face from where he thought I could see, and continued to drive. I looked out the window. It was dark out, not a single star in the sky.

It didn't matter if the sky was full of stars or not, I was happy.

"Yeah," Fuyuki said, seemingly out of the blue. "I do like her." Oh, right, I'd asked him a question.

"Gut für dich," I responded in German.

"Eh?" he asked, curious.

"Nothing," I responded. Things were so easy for those two. Around Tomoyo, I had to be careful with what I said, did, everything, for fear of hurting her feelings.

At least, that's what I thought in the past.

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Translating time! :D :

Ruhe-Quiet

Gefällt dir das?-Do you like that? xD

Nun zu schlecht, zu schlafen- Well, too bad, go to sleep

Gut für dich- Good for you