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Yuzuyu opened her eyes to a sleeping Shouta right next to her. He had held her hand all night and still hadn't let it go. She looked at his face while he slept and smiled. He looked so incredibly peaceful; angelic might be the word. She slipped her hand from his and sat up slowly rubbing her eyes. He still lay there motionless and peaceful. 'He probably hasn't slept well in a really long time. I want to make him breakfast' she thought. She slid out of bed trying to not to wake her slumbering prince to go freshen up and then headed downstairs. It was about ten o'clock and dinner would probably be ready by eleven if all went well. Her aunt was downstairs already drinking tea. The weekends were when she relaxed and didn't do anything. Everyone in the house agreed that she deserved to be spoiled just like she spoiled them.

"Good morning Yuzuyu."

"Morning." Yuzuyu gave her the biggest smile ever.

"Well, you must have slept very well." Her aunt said.

"Yeah I did." Yuzuyu didn't know how her aunt was going to react to Shouta being in her room but she wasn't about to risk telling her. She went into the kitchen and took out some orange juice. Her aunt called to her from the living room.

"So is Shouta awake yet?" Her aunt asked in a low voice. Yuzuyu froze.

'Holy CRAP she knows.'

"U-Um…" Yuzuyu was freaking out. She didn't know what to do. Should she run or face the music? Either way would be painful though, she was sure of it. That was it. She was going to get kicked out, everyone would think something happened, even though nothing did happen. Her life was over. Mrs. Katakura went into the kitchen.

"Calm down Yuzu, I'm not mad. I peeked in your room earlier and saw the two of you sleeping like babies and holding hands, it was so cute. I took a picture."

"You're not mad?" She would worry about the picture later.

"No. I came in and looked at Shouta. He's such a cute boy by the way," Yuzuyu rolled her eyes, "but his face was tear streaked. Is he ok?"

"He's having problems at home and yesterday he came here in the rain soaked to the bone."

"Why didn't you wake me, I would have made him some tea and dinner."

"I didn't think you'd be ok with him being here."

"Yuzu, the boy is hurt. I'm not heartless for goodness sake."

"Sorry auntie." Yuzuyu said. She felt bad for thinking her aunt would get mad at her.

"We have to make him the biggest breakfast he's ever had." Mrs. Katakura said.

"I was thinking the same thing!" Yuzuyu agreed with a giant smile.

"Great. Let's get started."

"But today is an off day for you."

"But I want to cook for my future nephew-in-law."

"Auntie!" Yuzuyu blushed, how could her aunt go and call Shouta her future nephew-in-law? That would mean marriage…maybe kids. Yuzuyu felt steam coming out of her ears.

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"So, auntie, what do you think?" Yuzuyu asked as she stirred up the eggs in the frying pan. "I mean I have to help him through this. After yesterday I really think he trusts me enough to help him smile again but his mom…I don't think there's much I can do about her. She's been this way since he was small. I can remember some of the bruises she left on his body when we were five, it's just a good thing she doesn't hit him anymore."

"This is very sad but Yuzu, she's a grown woman and she's perfectly capable of making her own decisions. One thing you have to understand is that because this problem has been going on for long time, a young girl like you, who hasn't really experienced the hardships of the real world, won't be able to do anything." Mrs. Katakura said as she put rice in their rice cooker.

"But his parents don't want to communicate with each other, everything will be the same if something doesn't happen. I don't want him to go back there until his mom has come to her senses."

"Yuzuyu, he's going to have to face her sometime."

"I know that, but he won't be alone. If I can't do anything to help her, I can and I will help him."

"You're such a dedicated girl. I admire it." Yuzuyu gasped. She'd just come up with a wonderful idea.

"YOU!"

Her aunt jumped. "Me what?"

"You can talk to his mom! You have been happily married for longer than I've been alive! If she gets advice from another married woman with kids than maybe, just maybe she can fix things between her and Shouta and her husband!" Yuzuyu proclaimed with excitement.

"There's only one problem with that. Though it sounds like a good idea, you can't help people that don't want to be helped. She has to want to talk to me."

"Now, that is something me and Shouta can handle. I promise you that. Will you help her auntie? Please! If I can see Shouta's smiling face again it'll be the happiest day of my life. And he'll only be truly happy if his parents are happy."

"If she's willing to talk to me…then I'll be willing to listen." Yuzuyu hugged her aunt and jumped around.

"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"

"Hahaha you're welcome, now turn off those eggs Yuzu."

"YES MA'AM!" Yuzu replied as she turned off the eggs and put them on a plate. She took out some sausages and bacon.

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Yuzuyu and Mrs. Katakura made a breakfast fit for a king: scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, fish, omelets, rice, pancakes, and biscuits. Yuzuyu looked at the feast on the table and wiped off some left over flour from her face.

"We work well together Yuzu." Her aunt said as she put some green tea on the table.

"Heehee, we really do." Yuzuyu gave her aunt a smile while taking off her apron.

"I think you should go see if he's awake now."

"Right." Yuzuyu headed up stairs without a second thought.

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She opened the door lightly just incase he was still sleeping and peeked in. She saw him lying there on his back staring up at the ceiling. He looked over to the door and smiled.

"Good morning Yuzu." He smiled and sat up slowly, yawning. He opened his arms wide and smiled softly. Yuzuyu took the gesture and ran into his arms knocking back down on to the bed. Shouta laughed as he tickled Yuzuyu for a minute. She giggled and he kissed her on her cheek. He couldn't help but think he had the cutest girlfriend on the face of the planet. She fell off of him and smiled.

"You know, for a minute there, I thought that last night was a dream and I wasn't sleeping in your bed." Shouta said as he looked at Yuzuyu.

"Nope, you're not dreaming. Everything that happened yesterday happened."

"I feel like it wasn't real though. Like my mom didn't flip on me and I wasn't crying."

"Shouta stop. Things just got a little too much for you to handle that's all. You don't need to beat yourself up or delude yourself in thinking that nothing happened." Yuzuyu paused and her tone of voice became softer. "I mean something good did come out of yesterday."

"Yeah." Shouta leaned in and kissed Yuzuyu gently.

"I still mean what I said Shouta."

"I still mean it too."

"Good! Now let's go eat!" Yuzuyu jumped up and grabbed Shouta's hand.

"Wait! Yuzu, what if you get in trouble?"

"I won't. My aunt knows you're here."

"She does?"

"Yeah. She peeked in, took a picture, called you cute, and went about her business."

"Wow…I didn't think she would be that cool about us sleeping in the same bed...she took a picture?"

"Me neither...and yeah...sorry about that." Yuzuyu smiled. She was so grateful that her aunt understood though. If anyone else had caught them she probably wouldn't have been so lucky. "Now come on, I know you're hungry. You didn't eat last night did you?"

"Well no but--" Yuzuyu pulled him up and out of the bed.

"Let's not waste any more time. I want to eat Shouta." Yuzuyu said whining.

"Okay okay." He replied with a smile.

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Shouta walked into the kitchen and his eyes went wide and his mouth agape. He was shocked at all the food that was made.

"Wow, do you eat this big a meal every weekend?" He said shocked. If only he lived here with them. As a growing boy so much food in front of his face was like dying and going to heaven.

"Um no, actually I eat cereal. But this is a breakfast specially made for you." Yuzuyu replied with a smile. Shouta looked at her.

"For me? All of this is for me? Are you serious? There's so much! Where should I start?" He said with more and more excitement as he looked around at the assortment of food.

"Shouta dear, the omelets that Yuzu made are delicious, why not start there?"

"Ok sure." Shouta answered still a little shocked that this enormous breakfast was for him. He'd never seen so much food at once and if he did, he was pretty sure it wasn't all for him. He didn't know whether to smile or cry; he was so happy that they cared so much. He turned to Yuzuyu and hugged her.

"Thank you. Thank you so much." He was grateful for her kindness. Grateful for her love, if he didn't know any better he would have got down on one knee right there. There was no way he could see himself with ANY one else. But proposing would have to wait a couple more years until they were legal and had jobs. He'd be able to wait though, so as long as Yuzuyu was by his side.

"You're welcome Shouta." He let her go and then smiled at Mrs. Katakura.

"Thank you as well Katakura-san. I appreciate this very much, along with letting me stay here without your permission first." He said feeling a bit guilty for sneaking in the way he did.

"Shouta dear, you are always welcome in my home. Let's just not make a habit out of running away ok. Your mom is probably worried sick." Shouta nodded his head in agreement. "For now though we want you to eat. Yuzu told me you didn't eat dinner yesterday. So please, eat anything you want."

"Thank you." Mrs. Katakura handed him a plate and he went to take an omelet first and then headed for the rest of the buffet. Shouta grabbed some of everything he wanted to eat he smiled. His plate had looked like he was eating for five, how wonderful right?

Shouta and Yuzuyu sat down at the table and began to eat. As they ate they heard a knock on the door.

"Hmm, I wonder who that could be?" Mrs. Katakura went to open the door. When she saw who it was she smiled.

"Yuzu! You've got more company!" Her aunt called to her. Yuzu got up from the table and went to the door. She smiled and ran to Marika.

"MARIKA! IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU!" Marika hugged Yuzuyu even though she was slightly confused.

"Yuzu, you act like you haven't seen me in years. I saw you yesterday."

"I know but it's just nice to see you today is all." Marika smiled. Yuzuyu was such a weird girl.

"KEN! Nice to see you this morning too." Yuzuyu said as she hugged him.

"Haha of course." He sniffed the air. "I smell good food. How come we weren't invited?" He asked.

"Well because we made this breakfast specifically for Shouta." Yuzuyu answered. Marika and Ken looked at each other and then looked back at Yuzuyu.

"Shouta?" Shouta came out of the kitchen and waved.

"Hey guys. Good morning!" Shout chirped with a smile.

"Shouta! Dude what are you doing here?" Ken asked curiously.

"Well, I came over last night." Shouta answered. He was going to tell Marika and Ken everything but not standing up. He had to eat; they were kind of interrupting that.

"What!? Yuzuyu! What is the meaning of this!?" Marika yelled now shocked. Ken's eyes were wide. He would never go over to Marika's house and spend the night now. It was just…not good for so many reasons. But Shouta was bold enough to spend the night at Yuzuyu's house. He was hoping that what he thinks happened didn't or he wouldn't know what to do. He wasn't ready to be an uncle yet. Even though he's not related by blood he would take care of the kid like it was his nephew but they were too young, they had too much to do. Yuzuyu interrupted his thoughts loudly.

"Whoa, whoa Marika calm down! You too Ken. I know you're thinking something happened but nothing happened. How about Shouta tells you why he came while we eat."

"That's a good idea Yuzu." Shouta said as he walked back into the kitchen to sit in front of his plate once again. They all walked into the kitchen and Ken spotted the omelets; his favorite food of all time.

"Omelets! Yes! Can I have some?! I want some! Please!"

"Help yourself Ken." Yuzuyu said with a smile.

"Yes!" Ken ran around the table getting some of everything else. Marika looked at him and smiled. He was so helpless when it came to omelets.

"I wonder what he likes more? Omelets or me?" Marika asked with a smile.

"Heehee that might be a tough one to answer." Yuzuyu replied laughing.

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"Well that's the story. I'm real sorry for not telling you guys sooner. I just didn't want to bother you with my problems."

"I knew it! Marika I was right!" Ken said. Shouta and Yuzuyu looked at Ken confused.

"What are you talking about Shouta?" Yuzuyu asked as she scooped up some eggs from her plate.

"Well I kinda figured that there was something wrong with things at home because of what you said when we went to the movies that day. But dude, we're you're friends, even if we don't have anything going on, it doesn't mean we won't care if you tell us what's going on with you."

"Aw Ken! You're so great!" Yuzuyu cheered happily.

"Thanks Ken."

"Yeah, I'm such a deep guy." He stretched out his arms and slowly put them behind his head, fingers enlaced in each other. What he just said was sure to win him some points with Marika.

"No, I think hanging around Yuzu and I has made you soft." Marika said with a smirk.

"Aw Marika, come on. You don't mean that do you? I try really hard to be "sensitive" and I get made fun of for it. I can never win." Ken whined as his head dropped.

"Ken I'm kidding, I think it's wonderful that you're so understanding." Marika said lifting Ken's face to hers.

"Really?" He asked. Marika gave him a peck on the lips and he smiled.

"Really." Yuzuyu and Shouta looked at the couple sitting across from them. It was so cute. You could feel the love radiating from them; it was calming. Then again they were like a married couple for so long, Yuzuyu had to remember that she has to act surprised when Ken proposes to Marika. At this point she didn't think that anyone else would; especially with how they're acting now. Ken looked over at the staring twosome.

"Sorry guys. We had a moment." Ken said with embarrassment. Marika blushed and looked away from everyone. She still had to get used to the whole public affection thing. For some reason she couldn't help herself anymore, when she wants a kiss, she takes it without a second thought. Oh well, no use in crying over spilled milk.

"Haha, I think we have those times too." Shouta smiled and grabbed Yuzuyu's hand and kissed it. Yuzuyu blushed and smiled at Shouta. He really was her prince in every way and she was the girl that he chose to dance with at the ball…She really needed to stop reading fairytales. Mrs. Katakura walked into the kitchen with a smile. Young love; there really wasn't anything better.

"Shouta dear, did you eat enough?"

"Yes I did Katakura-san, thanks again."

"Of course dear. I was happy to do it. I'd hate to break up this lovely gathering between the four of you but Shouta, when do you plan on calling your mother? I'm sure she's very worried about you." She asked with concern. Everyone became quiet. Leave it to an adult to ruin a good time. They couldn't be too mad though because; she was only being the responsible adult with kids of her own. She knew very well how much a mother could worry about her kid.

"She's right Shouta…we have to go see your mom." Yuzuyu said in an apologetic tone. She knew he wasn't completely over yesterday's events but he had to face her. It was the only way that he could makes things better.

Shouta looked at his empty plate with sad eyes. To people who didn't know Shouta it would have just seemed like he wanted more. But everyone around him knew that he had had enough to eat.

"You're right. I'll get my jacket." Shouta stood up and walked out the kitchen. The threesome sitting at the table watched him silently. Yuzuyu stood up and was about to follow him when Ken called to her.

"Wait! Let me talk to him this time." Yuzuyu sat back down slowly and stared at her plate.

"Okay."

Ken stood up and walked out the kitchen and headed up the stairs. Mrs. Katakura silently went back into the living room. There wasn't much she could do to help so she decided not to get in the way.

"Marika, I don't know what else to do." Marika looked at Yuzuyu and didn't want to talk while sitting across from her. She stood and walked around the table to sit next to her.

"Yuzuyu, don't act like you haven't helped him."

"He was crying before he came here last night."

"But you stopped him from crying didn't you?"

"I did but, I wish there was some way I could have stopped the tears before they came. I felt terrible that I wasn't there for him when he needed me." Yuzuyu looked toward the floor with her brown eyes, tears beginning to well up.

"Yuzuyu look at me." Marika said. Yuzuyu listened and looked at her best friend. "You did help him. Whether you think so or not you did. He hasn't been himself in weeks but one night with you has returned him back to normal. Do you realize how amazing you are? And even if you don't see it, everyone else does, and more importantly, Shouta does. You couldn't have known what he was going through because he didn't tell you. But you were still making sure that he was ok, always telling him to sleep well, asking if he was okay. Honestly Yuzu, caring words like that can go a long way. But do you know what's better about this situation?"

"What?" Yuzuyu asked feeling slightly better that there might be a bright light at the end of the tunnel.

"What's better is that you know. You can be by his side when he needs you most; and not just you, Ken and I as well. I'm pretty sure he felt like he was drowning all alone. But now he realizes that he has us to depend on, that he has you to depend on. He's going to be depending on seeing that warm smile of yours, so be strong okay." Marika gave Yuzuyu a smile.

"Marika, you really are the greatest friend a girl could ask for." Yuzuyu gave Marika a tight hug.

"Hahaha, I know I know." Marika patted Yuzuyu gently on her back with a smile. Little did Yuzuyu know it was her who was the greatest friend a girl could ask for?

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Upstairs Shouta was sitting on Yuzuyu's bed with his jacket on. He heard a knock at the door.

"Shouta? Do you have clothes?" Shouta smirked and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah Ken." Ken opened the door slowly.

"Sorry to barge in like this."

"It's not my room."

"I would hope not, there are pink sheets on the bed and stuffed animals everywhere." Ken joked and Shouta chuckled. Ken really was a funny guy. He was grateful he made friends with someone who could make him laugh. Ken walked over toward Shouta and sat on the floor. He liked the floor for some reason, didn't know why really.

"What's up Ken?"

"You walked out the kitchen looking pretty depressed man."

"I didn't mean to."

"Shouta, I'm going to share something with you." Ken made himself a bit more comfortable and looked up at the ceiling. "When I was younger, my parents seemed to hate each other. It was like, there was no way it was possible that they had the time to like each other enough to have me. For a while I thought I was adopted." Ken laughed a bit. Shouta smirked a little; he knew this really wasn't the story to laugh at but if it made it easier for Ken to talk about then he would laugh when he knew he should.

"They fought so much. One time my dad hit my mother in the face. I was about ten years old when he first did it and I saw my mother bleeding from her nose. He hit her more times after that and I was so afraid for my mom's life and I was terrified of my dad. He hit her again when I was thirteen and I tried to fight him that time and he hit me. My dad had one beer too many so he didn't know what he was doing. Till this day I still remember and I still get incredibly pissed off at him. Like how on earth can he live with himself after he hit my mom as much as he did? I couldn't understand it. Then one day my mom went to stay with her family and left me. She said she had to leave so she could come back. At that time I was confused, why would you have to leave somewhere in order to come back to it? Didn't make any sense. Now though I realize, I look a lot like my dad. If I had gone with her, she wouldn't have come back if that makes any sense."

"Ken…" Shouta felt bad now. How could he complain when his parents only argued?

"Its okay. When she left though, so did I and I went to Marika's house. I told her what happened and she made me feel so much better. We stayed up that whole night just talking and I'll never forget it. I talked to Yuzu too. I honestly think that I have the most amazing two girls as friends. I was finally able to make Marika my girlfriend thanks to you, and it really can't get any better than this. What I have right now is what's most important. My parents went through three years of therapy and everything that happened seemed to disappear from both of their memories. Bumps in the road; everyone's got them. Big or small, doesn't matter. You do realize that you have Yuzu, me and Marika don't you?" Ken asked finally looking at Shouta.

"I do."

"We're all coming to your house with you. I think it would be best though if me and Marika waited outside but we're going to be there. Because that's what friends are for." Ken said with a smile.

"Thanks man." Shouta said with a smile. Shouta stood up and so did Ken. They clasped each other's hand loudly with a rough shake and let go. "You know Ken for a minute there, I thought I was in some sappy movie, with that last line and all." Ken looked shocked.

"Dude! Not you too! I mean ok it was a little cheesy but come on! I get it from Marika, I don't need it from you too."

Shouta laughed from his gut. He's really gained some great friends. "I'm kidding. You're the greatest Ken." Shouta grabbed his shoulder and tapped it as they walked back downstairs to their girlfriends. He walked over to Yuzuyu and hugged her tightly.

"When do we leave?" Yuzuyu asked as she held him. He smiled as he let her go and kissed her on her forehead.

"Now."

"Okay."

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Well there you have it. This chappy was pretty long I know but that's how I wanted it to be. I hope you enjoyed it. Makes me happy I got to let Ken talk some more. I honestly love it when he gives advice. Marika's a great advice giver too, makes you understand why they're so good for each other right? They're both totally understanding and caring. I feel conceited again, I'm gonna stop now.

ACTUALLY I have one more thing to say. I LOVE MY FRIENDS!! THEY ARE MY ROCKS!! It really is wonderful to have a shoulder to cry on when you need it. I also LOVE YOU GUYS TOO. Thought I'd say that, ok now I'll shut up.

OH OH and I want to do something special for my ONE HUNDRETH REVIEWER whoever it may be! This a momentous occasion for me!