"ah...where are they?" Gazelle walked, turning his head from side to side.

"ah...I wish I am a cat again. So, I could sniff them out with my nose."

Gazelle has to admit. When he was a cat, he could not enter such clean enviroment. Everything was big due to him being at a smaller size and looking at the lower level. Sometimes, when he was in a crowded place. he got kicked for no reason at all. Boys playing soccer would sometimes kick the ball at him. Yeah, life was sad when he was abandened.

He had to run to alleys just to find food in trash bags. Sometimes there won't be any leftovers. If he was lucky, he would take the food and quicly hide in a safe place. The humans would take the bags away into a truck. There would also be bullys in the alleys. They would attack gazelle if they find him and steal his food.

After that, gazelle would just sat there shaking. The hit was painful. It even caused him to have broken bones. Passerbys would find him hurt and sent him to the vet for treatment, but in the end. It's always the same. He would be let go and the whole cycle starts again.

Gazelle would often peek through the windows of the buildings. Seeing families enjoying their lives. Gazelle would then imagining himself with his owners replacing them. He missed those good old days. He could remember the family plan.

The owners were couples and they wanted to have a baby real soon. However, the family suffered a major family crisis. They were landed in debts. One day, the man did not come home after he left the house. There was a man wear blue uniform standing at the door handing the woman a plastic bag. Apologizing to his mistress.

When he left, she sat at the dining table crying non-stop. Gazelle wondered why. He licked the tears off her face. Out of the blue, she took him and place him in a box. Left him at the alley for him to fend for himself.

A tear landed on the floor. Gazelle's eyes were flooding with tears. He could not hold it anymore, he wanted them to go away. He had a family now and he would treasure it. All of a sudden, a hand was place on his shoulder. Gazelle spun eyes meet teal ones. The unique fiery-hair style with a tulip on the top of his head could represent no other than.

"Burn." Gazelle mumbled his name. He quickly wiped away his tears. No wanting to let burn see him cry.

"why were you crying?" He questioned.

"n-nan de mo nai." he reasured him, giving burn a smile.

"I'm glad."

"So were we!" two famailar voice sounded. Heat and nepper appeared behind burn,

"Ohayo! Gazelle-sama!" heat greated.

"w-why are you guys together? Shouldn't you," Gazelle pointed at burn, "be running away from them?" Gazelle moved his finger to heat and nepper.

"Our problem is nothing. This will be solved in no time!" Nepper answered.

"oh." A grumbling sound was heard.

"ah..hehehe...g-gomenosai, I think I'm hungry...ahehehehe..." Heat sratched his head.

"Looks like I and nepper are not the only one who's tummy could grumble loudly." Burn crossed his arms, giving heat the 'don't deny it' look. Heat blushed with embrassment.

"You're blushing..." Nepper poke heat's check, grining. This cause heat's blush to turn redder.

"Nepper!"

"ja! Why don't we have a bite? I'm hungry too." Gazelle suggested.

"RIGHT!" the rest answered.

"Hey, what is this?" Nepper lean towards heat, pointing at a picture in the menu. Heat turned his head at the menu nepper was holding. Burn and gazelle were sitting at the other side of the table staring at them.

"They're crushing on each other. Why aren't they admitting to it?" burn asked.

"well, it's not easy. Cause you're in love with the same gender as you. If I were them, I wouldn't be confessing." Gazelle replied.

"you're right."

"may I take your order?" the waiter appeared in front of them, holding a notepad in one hand and a pen in another.

"oh! Oh, yeah." Heat handed a list of all the food they want, "Here you go!"

"Arigato." He bowed, "What drink would you like?"

"green tea!" The boys from promenence said.

"Hai. I'll get it in a minute." with that, he walked off.

"What is green tea?" Gazelle turned his head to face the two boys in front of him.

"It's a drink." Heat said.

"Which cools down your body!" nepper explained.

"Made from tea leaves." Burn replied.

"oh..." At that time, the waiter came back and place the tray with four small cups and one tea pot. He bowed and left.

"What is this?" Gazelle touched the pot and quickly removed his hand, "Ouch!"

"Hey, you okay?" Burn took hishand and observed it, "It's burn a little." He place the hand nearer to his mouth and blew on it. Gazelle started to flush pink. The touch was causing his stomach to do somersaults and heart thumping faster. The heat from his breath is making it even more felt like grabing burn and start kissing him on the lips. Gazelle was able to control himself, but if this keeps up, he would lose control.

Fortunately, burn let go of his hand.

"Done."

"a-a-a-" Gazelle stuttered. He still has the blush on his cheeks, but at least his stomach is not doing somersaults and his heart was slowing down back to its normal speed.

"arigato!" Heat helped him thank burn. Gazelle looked up. Heat and nepper were grining till the ends were almost touching the ear. Gazelle gave them an icy glare, it was meant to freeze them but neither of them were affected.

"What the-" Gazelle stared at them wide-eyed. Heat covered his mouth trying not to laugh.

"hehehe.." Nepper giggled.

"hey, don't make fun of him." Burn scolded his teammates.

"Romeo is caring for juliet." Heat said.

"Huh!"

"Nothing...hehehe.." Both of them giggled. At that time, the waiter came and place the plate on the table and left.

"ah...! My udon!" Heat stared at it with sparkles in his eyes. He took the chopsticks, break it into two and started gobbling it up. The three stared at him, jaws dropped as he slurped a noodle into his mouth.

"ah...does he..." gazelle turned to burn and asked.

"We don't even know about it." Nepper and burn answered back without moving their gaze from heat. Heat slurped the bowl till no drip was left and put it down in the table. He looked up.

"Nani? Why aren't you eating?" He asked, "You're not gonna eat this nepper? Then I gonna eat it." He grab the bowl.

"Hey! I wanna eat it!" Nepper grab it back and started eating his food. Burn and gazelle, scared as hell, took their bowl and started eatting.

The rest of the children were already back at the orphange after a few shopping. Some how, the girls got awake and continued shopping. The boys again, had to helpthem carry the shopping bags. Even though there were more boys than girls. There were more shopping bags than the boys.

"AHHH..." Hiroto dropped on to the couch. He was really tired. Dragging the shopping bags home. Midorikawa did the same as hiroto. Dam he was tired. He wondered what did the girls buy anyway.

"I'm sooo tiredddd!" Midorikawa complained. Diam slumed on to the couch.

"my mother...I need oil..."

"Why do you need it?" Midorikawa sat up, turning his body to face diam.

"My back hurts." Diam mourned, "ah..." He stood up and took off his shirt. Midorikawa flushed at this and hiroto cletched his fist. Then, diam laid back down on the couch, his back facing midorikawa. He blushed at diam's body. He had bulid muscles on his arms. Midorikawa could imagine muscles on diam's chest. His blush turned redder and warmer.

His heart beat increased again, but this time. It's not by hiroto. It's diam. W-why am I feeling this way again? Midorikawa thought. He always thought of diam as a friend. A close friend. Not anything further than that. He stared at diam's body. He reached out his hand to touch it, but suddenly stopped by diam's voice.

"What are you doing?" Diam glared at midorikawa. Midorikawa draw back.

"a-a-ah...g-gom-me e—nosai!" diam stared at him for a few seconds and turned back.

"Just get me the oil." He told him.

"o-oh! H-hai!" Midorikawa ran off to get the oil. Still with the blush on his cheeks. Hiroto sent a death glare at diam, which diam should not see. He really hate the way midorikawa blushed at diam. It looked like midorikawa liked it. Hiroto did not know why he's mad about this. He really wanted to punch diam right in the face, but was able to control it.

A tsch came from him. He could not understand why he was feeling this way. Midorikawa was a friend to him. Just a close friend. Right? Hiroto was interupted by the front door opened and a yawn.

"We're back!" Heat called.

"ahhh!" Nepper yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Why are you guys so late?" Clara asked.

"We were out shopping for gazelle's clothes. Somehow, he really like the sights so we took him to a few places." Heat replied.

"yeah! There was this big wheel thingy that has colourful lights and people-" Gazelle was stopped by burn.

"It's a ferris wheel." Burn corrected him.

"oh."

"Burn and gazelle went in one carriage and me and nepper went in the other." Heat explained.

"you should have seen the love in there! Burn just should not stop blushing!" Nepper told everyone. Burn's cheeks flushed. Gazelle covered his red cheeks using his hand.

"W-what about you two! Don't tell me neither of you two did anything!" Burn pointed a finger at them. Now, it was the two's turn to turn red.

"see. They're blushing...they really did it."

"We did not! We're too young!" They both exclaimed.

"But you two admit that you guys are dat-"

"WE'RE NOT!" They yelled.

"ok. ok. Relax." Burn put his arms out to cover himself. The two were fuming. You could already fry an egg on their heads.

"I'm tired..." Gazelle rubbed his eyes.

"kawaii!" The girls exclaimed.

"hey, it's lights out already." a familiar voice was heard.

Done!