Kaito had overslept. In his haste to make it to the train in time, he was barely able to fix his royal blue hair after waking up to a disheveled nightmare and only had time to grab his school uniform. Passing through the train station, he felt something soft slip out of his pocket. He turned around to look and was surprised to see Luka's handkerchief drifting listlessly in the air. He barely had it washed! As he began to chase it he heard the train leaving.

As he finally ran to catch the handkerchief he heard a familiar voice say.

"Didn't you need to ride that?"

Kaito turned around and saw Gakupo. The purple-haired young man continued "Man, Miku is gonna pissed if you're late.".

"It's fine, I'm just being blackmailed into going." Kaito replied.

"So she figured out you liked Luka?" Gakupo grinned. Kaito's cheeks reddened. "Did she tell you?" He asked. "I'm your best friend, I know these things and since you didn't deny it I'm guessing I'm right?" Gakupo chuckled.

Kaito looked away in resignation, he could never win an argument with Gakupo without completely embarrassing himself. "Aren't you late too?" He asked, desperate to change the subject. Gakupo smoothed out his long hair. "Nah, I got work. Ironically, it's at the company Luka's father owns. I never told you?" Kaito felt a sharp pang of jealousy.

"…" He stared off in silence. Gakupo got the hint and laughed "Don't worry! I'm just an intern and I'm not after Luka." The purple-haired man said with assurance.

They heard the announcement for the next train.

" That's my train. I'll see you later, make sure to say hi to Miku for me!" Gakupo smiled as he said goodbye.

Quickly making his way through the karaoke bar, Kaito dodged through the hallway evading the manager. A look of annoyance lay on Miku's face when he saw her standing in front of a door of a private room with her arms crossed.

"You're late! Everyone else is already here."Miku scolded. "Sorry" Kaito grunted.

As he entered the room, he heard Miki singing. It takes him a very long time to get adjusted to the lighting, leaving him blind in the dark. He heard Miku yelling at him through the music. "You should introduce yourself to the people you don't already know!"

He patted the seats looking for a free space and grabbed someone's hand by accident. "Ah! I'm sorry, I can't see at the moment. Could I sit here?" Kaito asked. He waited for an answer. Under all the clamor of the music he heard a soft whisper "….Yes."

Kaito seated himself and looked over to the person next to him. It was extremely hard to tell who it was due to the dim lighting and all he was able to see was a slender silhouette of a girl.

As he turned towards Miku, who had been sitting next to Kaito as well, he observed his uniform and reached towards his pocket. Miku noticed him tugging on a piece of pink cloth. "That handkerchief, is it your girlfriend's?"Miku teased. Kaito interrupted quickly, careful not to mislead the person next to him "No! A very kind senpai had given it to me when I was hurt".

"Could I see it?" The person next to him asked.

As he took it out of his pocket he sensed a familiar scent. He was positive that he had washed away the scent of peaches from the handkerchief when he had cleaned it, yet the same fruity scent lingered. Small delicate fingers grasped his own. Then the lights suddenly grew brighter.

His heart skipped a beat. It hadn't been the handkerchief that smelled like peaches. He found himself gazing into Luka's blue eyes with his own as they both held on to the handkerchief. Luka smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you for taking such good care of it, Kaito-san." He was unable to do anything other than stare into her eyes. His breath stopped. She had the face of a gentle goddess and as her eyes looked upon him with a silent benevolence, his chest tightened a bit and his heart began to race. "Thank you for letting me borrow it." He mumbled. Slowly releasing the handkerchief, he nervously looked away, breaking their eye contact.

Miki seated herself next to Luka. "Why did you lend him a handkerchief Luka? Did you recommend a really sad movie to him?"

Miku laughed "No, it was for the blood after Luka hit Kaito in the face."

Miki's eyes widened with interest "Wow, I didn't know you had it in you, Luka. You beat him up so badly you felt the need to lend him a handkerchief out of pity?"

Luka's composed expression melted of her face and she became flustered. "It's not what you think! I swear!"

She looked at Kaito and they both started to laugh.

Miki just stared at them curiously in wonder then she got up to sing a duet with Rin.

Miku nudged him and offered him a glass of water. Kaito accepted, taking it into his shaking hands. Miki's remark broke the tension, however he was still unable to calm himself. Nervously, he set the glass of water down on the table in front of their seat. Miki walked towards them after she finished her song. "Do you guys want to sing next?" She asked. After the redhead leaned on the table, the glass of water spilled on to Kaito. Luka laughed and handed him the handkerchief. Kaito's face flushed red from embarrassment.

" I think that you should keep it." Luka said with a smile. "Sadness follows you a little too closely."

Taking the handkerchief, he found Luka staring at a makeshift bracelet that was crafted from a piece of vibrant silk on his wrist. He felt the urge to hide it within his sleeves, but he couldn't, thinking that Luka would feel that she had made him uncomfortable with her gaze.

"It is a very beautiful bracelet." She commented.

Kaito didn't know what to say, he had it as a child and had merely grown accustomed to having it.

"I don't remember when I began to wear it; I just became accustomed to it." Kaito squeezed out the courage to look back at Luka. Now Luka had been the one looking away, staring into the distance. She murmured. "I see…" as she observed Miku singing World Is Mine in the karaoke.

Miki kept urging Luka to sing "I wanna hear the famous idol sing! You're like, my favorite artist!" Miki set her scarlet eyes onto Luka's, nudging her pleadingly and with some resignation, Luka agreed and grasped the microphone. They had chosen her song Akahitoha in advance and the screen came alive with autumn leaves.

As the sweet sound of the violin began playing, Kaito thought he heard Luka say,

"How ironic."

Her voice filled the room, like the warmth of a fireplace. Her voice harmonized with the music perfectly, enchanting everyone in the room. Kaito listened to her intently, he had known that she was a famous singer and heard many of her songs, yet hearing her singing voice up close for the first time, he lay bewildered.

She sang with such passion that one could believe she had meant the words that she now sang. The song came to a climax and he noticed the singer began to get teary-eyed as words came on the screen.

The love that was realized, only after it had been once lost.