"My name is Kanata Saionji." Aya and Nanami were surprised to hear this. They immediately went over to their table and sat with them

"As in THE Kanata Saionji of Tachikawa High School?!" Kanata just nodded in response as he noticed the two girls were very surprised to hear it. Aya then clutched her bag and got hold of something, it was a photo. Nanami lowered her head in level to Aya's hand that were holding the photo. "It's really him! Oh my god it's really him!" Nanami said, pinching Miyu in the cheeks. Miyu looked confused. Is he a fugitive or something? Might be some sort of delinquent… Oh no, I befriended a bad guy! But wait, oh, we're not even friends yet, Miyu thought to herself. He didn't look like a scumbag or something, he just looked… normal.

"Hey girls! What about me? Don't you know me???" Poor Santa was left behind as Kanata was already dragged to Miyu's table. Bummers! He whispered to himself as he too followed them. Miyu just giggled at her friends actions. It was there that they explained who he really is.

"Excellent in sports and academics!" Nanami said, lifting her pointer finger in the air as she blinked at Aya, reminding her to add something.

"Son of the richest man in Fukuoka prefecture!" Aya also added.

"And last but not the least, he won the 'Teen Idol' award for three consecutive years!" The two of them looked like they worked for an ad agency or something that Miyu just giggled looking at the two.

Kanata and Santa looked at each other. Santa could sense that Kanata wants to correct them, because all what they said, except for the first and last one, was all in the past now, after what had happened to his family. Santa just smiled at his friend, and Kanata smiled back too, because he thinks it's much better if the girls know what the situation is really now.

"Actually, second thing that you said... is not true anymore."

Aya and Nanami were dumbfounded to hear this. Could it be? They both thought. Yes. Sadly, it was the truth. But the two still pretended to not understand him. They wanted to know more.

"What do you mean it's not true anymore?" Nanami was the first one to ask. Her eyes were pinned on Kanata. "Well you see, since my mom died a few years ago, well actually when I was three, it seemed that dad lost his motivation to continue with the company. Eventually, the company got bankrupted, to which again, he didn't seem to care about. Mama's death really affected him so much..."

They were all silent for a moment, till Santa broke it himself.

"But your dad did remarry right?" He said, pretending to not know this. Kanata just nodded and the girls seemed to be relieved. "But anyway, she didn't help much either." Kanata added.

He didn't seem to like talking about his dad's second wife. Before his dad married her, she seemed to be really nice and caring. Kanata even thought she was really all that nice and thoughtful, when his dad married her. She was shocked with all the notices they receive every end of the month. Everytime she'd show it to Kanata's dad, he holds that blank reaction in his face, and would just continue on drinking, until he'd reek of alcohol. She couldn't bear such a situation that she told him it's better for them to have a divorce. Kanata's father just laughed. Divorce? They didn't have a single penny left. They were badly broke. When Kanata himself finally knew about this, he wanted to give all his savings to his dad, innocently thinking that it might be of help of him. But when he was about to put it in a box, his stepmother suddenly barged into his room and forced him to give all his money to her. Merely a few bills and coins, she didn't care, as long as she'll not leave empty-handed. This luckily, didn't come out to the media.

His father was good friends with a tv anchorman, and he felt pity for his friend that he decided to not talk about it in the television, to save his friend from suffering total humiliation. It was a miracle that everything was securely kept a secret, not even a single word came out to the public.

"Oh, that's so sad..." Miyu said to him. Suddenly, she leaned on the table and reached for his hand. Kanata was surprised by this. She had such a soft palm, her fingers were close to perfect.

"I'm sure everything will be back to normal soon. I believe your dad will still find a way to get your lives back." She smiled as she said this. That smile again, he wished he could smile like that, with no worries. She squeezed his hand, again assuring him that things will be fine again, somehow.

"Yeah. I hope so. I mean, I don't really hate dad for this, I even pity him. Before, he'd spend his nights getting drunk and crying while looking at mama's picture. It's the one thing that's really great about him. He loves her more than anything else in this world, yet she was taken away too soon..." His words touched the three girls hearts, that Aya and Nanami cried hearing this, and Miyu herself couldn't help but cry too. A love, so true and pure, is now rare in this world. "It's okay man, everything happens for a reason." Santa was trying his best to not cry, he didn't want to look uncool in front of the girls. He himself was so touched by what Kanata said, he never knew about that part. "Come on, I know it sounds corny, but please don't cry over it. Seriously." The three girls wiped their eyes and just giggled, Aya was the first to speak. "I didn't know that something like this would still exist. I envy your mom Kanata. It must've felt great to have been loved like that so much." Santa, Miyu and Nanami agreed at what Aya said.

"Oh no! Look at the time! I should've been home, like thirty minutes ago! Shoot! Kanata, I need to run man, just go back to our house later, oh and girls, see ya!" He really didn't forget to flash his mischievous grin at them, especially to Nanami, who just blushed when Santa looked and blinked at her. Aya and Miyu just teased her, Nanami's cheeks were burning up, she just choked and told them she must've catched a cold, and pretended to cough a little. "C'mon Nanami! You can't hide it, you like him too!" Aya teased her again while imitating what Santa did earlier. To break the almost endless teasing from Aya, Nanami suddenly said her goodbyes to Kanata and Miyu as she dragged Aya who was still laughing and pinching her arms. Boy, she loved teasing her.

"Guess we're left by ourselves then..." Miyu said. Her eyes wandered off somewhere as she continued to sip on her glass of juice. Kanata's mind wandered off somewhere too, reminiscing the times when his mother was still alive. He was thankful that he could still remember some of it, even though only vaguely.

"Thank you."

Miyu then returned her attention to him, looking deep into his brown eyes. Was he happy or sad that we talked about his mom? She thought to herself, but then again, she just smiled, though a bit confused.

"For what? I mean, I didn't do anything to be thanked." Miyu smiled saying this. Kanata replied back with a smile as head, lowered his head for a moment, and lifted it back again. So cool, Miyu thought. If he kept doing that, many girls would fall head over heels in love with him.

"Of course you did. You listened and you understood me. It was enough to make me thank you."

They exchanged smiles again when another minute of silence fell upon them for the second time.

"Darn... I should really get a job now..." She heard his murmuring and suddenly got an idea. She just giggled before she talked.

"If you needed a job you could've just told me." He lifted his up in amazement of what he just heard.

"Work at our bookstore. The pay isn't really that much, but I'm sure it'll be enough for you."

Her soft giggles, her assuring voice. Truly an angel, God had sent for him.

This chappie is a little short, but I wanted it to end with Miyu inviting him to work at their bookstore. Please don't forget to R&R! ^_^