Recap

"I wonder what your brother actually does for a living." Byakuran glanced around the apartment. "The rent for this place must cost a lot, more than someone working in retail could afford." I froze while reaching out for a movie. I didn't put too much thought into it before, however, Byakuran was right. I've heard that small studio apartments in the city cost a lot, how could he afford a spacious two bedroom apartment? "Why would he lie about his job though?" I hadn't meant to say that aloud. "I hear there is a lot of illegal stuff happening in Tokyo." Even though it was a simple statement it sent fear throughout me. Could Naohiko really be doing something illegal?

"Cheer up Miyu-chan, I'm sure it's nothing." Byakuran poked my side distracting me from my thoughts. I let out a squeal that oddly sounded similar to Tsuna's 'HIEE' while pushing myself off the couch.

Standing in the middle of the living room, I stared wide-eyed at Byakuran with a hand covering my mouth. He looked shocked for a moment before grinning at me. "Are you-" I cut him off shaking my head in denial. "No!" Byakuran turned to Shoichi while pointing at me, he didn't have to voice his question. "Yes, she's ticklish."

"Traitor!" I frowned, some best friend he is. "Miyuki you squealed and flew off the couch away from him, it's hard to deny it after you reacted like that." Shoichi enjoyed being my voice of reason.

I didn't respond to him and instead walked into the spare bedroom and closed the door. It was getting late, I went to my luggage and pulled out my sleep wear, a pair of baggy plaid pants and a black t-shirt. I glanced at the attached bathroom, does Naohiko really need three bathrooms in a two bedroom apartment? Shrugging at the thought I headed towards the bathroom to shower.

"So..." Byakuran smiled brightly at Shoichi. "Miyu-chan is cute, don't you think so?" Shoichi quickly turned to give Byakuran a shocked look. Byakuran just smiled innocently popping another marshmallow in his mouth. "What? You don't think she's cute? Well, I think she's cute."

Both boys turned towards the bedroom door when heard a shower starting. "Oh I guess she's taking a shower." Byakuran stood up from the couch and turned to look at the bedroom door. "What are you doing?!" Shoichi cried out giving Byakuran a horrified look. "Picking a movie, do you know if she takes long showers?" Shoichi relaxed just to tense back up again. "What makes you think I would know?" Byakuran just stared at Shoichi with a blank face. "She'll be out in about ten minutes." The red head mumbled refusing to look Byakuran in the eye. "Oh? It's interesting you know that Sho-chan.~" Shoichi started giving excuses about how he knew that information, Byakuran wasn't too worried about the excuses.

"We should watch this." Byakuran pulled a DVD from the case and held it up to show Shoichi.

"Higanjima?"

Byakuran nodded flipping the case over. "It's a vampire live action movie, based off a manga."

"Do you think it'll be too much for Miyu-chan?" Byakuran questioned.

"Umm, she might watch it. She likes vampires movies, she just doesn't like horror movies where someone is constantly tortured."

"Hmmm" Byakuran pulled out a few more movies, just in case Miyuki wouldn't watch the vampire movie.

I stepped into the living room, while using a towel to dry my hair off the best I could.

"I wonder if Naohiko has a washer." I spoke glancing around the apartment.

"Miyu-chan, wanna watch Higanjima? It's a vampire movie."

"Sure, I'm going to look for his washer first though." I walked through the living to the kitchen, I was pretty sure I saw a door in the kitchen that might've lead to a laundry room.

After finding out it was a laundry room I dropped the two towels off in there. Before I got back to the living room I noticed a popcorn box on the kitchen counter.

"Do you guys want some popcorn?" I questioned leaning over the bar separating the kitchen and living room.

"Sure." Byakuran agreed smiling bright while Shoichi just nodded.

"Well that was interesting." Byakuran spoke after the movie's credits started.

"Mhmm, kind of sad." I turned to look at him, he was sitting on the opposite side of the couch from me. Shoichi sat between us, sleeping. His head rested on my shoulder. I stood up from the couch and gently moved Shoichi so he was halfway laying on the couch. I motioned Byakuran to get up from the couch so I could lay Shoichi's legs in his place.

"Miyuki, we need to talk." Byakuran's tone made me freeze in the process of taking off Shoichi's glasses. I don't think he's ever used my full name since we met. Quickly I slipped the glasses off and laid them upside down on the side table.

"What's wrong?"

"You're my only friend, I want you to know that." I will never be able to explain the look he was giving me, I felt like he wanted to tell me things he knew he shouldn't. His eyes seemed to be begging me to listen to him, to trust him no matter what. There was something else though.

"It's different everytime." His eyes had a far off look to them as he spoke.

"What's different?"

"Sorry, I was just thinking about something. Anyway, you've made some new friends right?"

"Yeah."

"You need to be careful around certain people Miyu-chan, associating with certain people can change your future for the worst." He popped a marshmallow in his mouth as he spoke. I felt chills run up and down my spine, did he know something I didn't?

"Well~ you should go to bed now, if you want to get up early and see Tokyo." He walked to my side, while I was still thinking about his words. Gently he nudged me in the side causing me to jump away from him.

"Byakuran" I spoke in a warning tone, being tickled wasn't something I enjoyed.

"Don't put too much thought into it, you really should go to bed now." He smiled brightly, placing a few pillows and blankets on the floor for a bed.

"I'm going, goodnight Byakuran." I headed towards the bedroom.

"Sweet dreams Miyu-chan~"

"Miyuki get up! I made you breakfast, you don't want it to get cold." I felt Naohiko nudging my shoulder as he spoke.

"Nao-nii, I don't want to eat anything you made." I groaned as he started to push me.

"Well I didn't exactly make it, I bought it." I turned to look at him through my bangs.

"Oh okay, I'll get dressed. What time is it?" I spoke while stretching my arms over my head.

"Seven, the boys are already up. I got home around six and Byakuran left to get a change of clothes, he's back now though and breakfast is sitting on the table."

"What did you buy?"

"Muffins and croissants. Now get up!" Naohiko tossed a pillow at my head. I groaned and threw it back at him.

"I am up! Leave so I can get dressed." Naohiko laughed at me and walked out of the room shutting the door behind him.

"He's so annoying sometimes."

"Good morning Miyu-chan~" Byakuran smiled brightly at me. Shoichi turned to look at me.

"Good morning. Did you sleep well?" Shoichi questioned.

"Morning guys, I slept fine. Did you two sleep okay?" They both nodded at my question.

"Miyu-chan, I'm going to bed. I haven't slept yet, Byakuran said he'll show you around since he knows the city. Sorry I can't go with you today." I noticed for the first time that Naohiko had dark bags under his eyes, his usual bright green eyes seemed dull, he looked like he would pass out. I wanted to question his job, I wanted to find out what he really was doing last night, though seeing him so exhausted I couldn't bring myself to question him when I knew he needed sleep.

"It's fine, I hope you rest well." He nodded in response trudging to his bedroom.

"Naohiko left you a envelope on the table." Shoichi spoke up.

I glanced at the table which had a Starbucks bag and a white envelope with my name on it. Mom would kill him if she knew he'd bought Starbucks, she's always been picky about what we eat. I picked up the envelope, inside was a bit of money and a note.

'Sorry I can't go with you today, I'll try to spend tomorrow with you. Or is it lame to hang out with your older brother? Well it's the least you could do since I'm letting you stay in my apartment. Haha anyway here's some money, you can buy lunch and maybe a few souvenirs. Buy Byakuran lunch too!

-Naohiko'

I gave the note a blank stare, I don't think I've ever said it's lame hanging out with him. Naohiko says weird things when he's tired.

I reached for the bag with muffins and ham and cheese croissants.

"Here guys, he bought us a muffin and croissant each." I took my two out and handed to bag to Shoichi so he could get his. I glanced at my muffin and laid it on the table, I couldn't eat both of those.

The two joined me at the table with their food.

"Byakuran where should we go first?"

"Maybe the Hie Shrine? Since you like history, it's probably best to view it in the morning. It's one of the oldest in Tokyo." I glanced at Shoichi as Byakuran spoke.

"Is that okay with you Sho-chan?"

"Yeah, it's fine."

"Great! We'll have to take a train, this should be fun." I didn't like the smile on Byakuran's face as he said that.

Apparently it was some kind of rush hour, seeing the people being pushed onto the trains and how close everyone was made me a bit uncomfortable. It seemed Shoichi had the same thoughts.

"Let's go!" Byakuran pulled us towards the train.

"It's too full." I spoke staring at the crowded train before us. Byakuran just chuckled and grabbed mine and Shoichi's arm pulling us towards the packed train.

As soon as we boarded we were quickly pushed closer together. I stood in front of Shoichi uncomfortably close to him, I felt someone pushing against my backs and turned my head to see Byakuran being pushed into me.

"Don't worry, we only have to go through four stops." Byakuran called over the loud chatter so we could hear.

Through each stop it seemed for every one person who got off two more got on. Even though I was a bit uncomfortable I was glad Shoichi and Byakuran were there so no strange man could get too close to me. I've heard stories about young girls alone on the trains in Tokyo, I didn't want to have to deal with older men on the train.

Finally Byakuran spoke over the people again. "Our stop is coming up, Miyu-chan just grab my arm, and Sho-chan grab hers. It'll be easier for us to get off that way."

When the train pulled to a stop I reached for Byakuran's arm and tugged Shoichi pulling him along as we exited the train. We finally got through the larger crowd in the station and stood at the entrance away from everyone else. Byakuran turned to us with a huge grin.

"Well that was fun."

I gave the white haired boy an unimpressed look, I glanced at Shoichi beside me noticing for the first time his face was really red, he had his hands placed on his stomach. I guess he was trying his best not to bend over in pain, though his face gave him away. Poor Shoichi.

"Are you okay?" I frowned and stepped closer to him.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

"Don't worry, when we get on the train again it won't be rush hour. Anyway the Shrine is this way, let's go." Byakuran started leading us away from the station.

"An escalator?" I glanced from the entrance of the shrine to Byakuran. He looked at the escalator and shrugged.

"Stairs or escalator?" He questioned us.

"Might as well take the escalator." I spoke stepping forward.

"We need to go to the Temizuya." Byakuran lead us to it.

I stepped over to a ladle, picking it up with my right hand I scooped some water and poured it over my left, then did the same thing to my right hand. I moved it to my right hand once more and cupped my left hand to catch some water. After rising out my mouth I looked to see the boys doing the same.

"It's beautiful." The Hie Shrine looked amazing, there weren't too many people walking around since it's so early. I didn't really notice Byakuran moving closing to me until I felt a poke in my side. Letting out a high pitched squeal I pushed away from him.

"Stop! It's not funny anymore." I crossed my arms over my chest and looked away from him.

"Sorry, sorry." I didn't have to look at him to know he had a huge grin on his face. "Sho-chan, let's go inside." I tugged on Shoichi's arm heading towards the Shrine.

"Ring the bell Miyu-chan." I was admiring the shrine when Byakuran spoke.

"Okay." I reached for the rope and rang the bell. I bowed twice, clapped, then bowed once more. I stepped back to let Shoichi and Byakuran at the front.

"Where should we go now?" I questioned Byakuran as we walked out of the shrine.

"Well..."

I stopped in front of the train station and shot Byakuran a look.

"I promise it won't be crowded this time." He was getting too much pleasure from all of this.

It wasn't nearly as crowded as it was earlier, we were actually able to sit on the seats this time, and not be uncomfortably close.

"Sho-chan what do you want to do." I questioned my best friend.

"I'm not sure, what do you want to do Miyu-chan?" I moved closer to Shoichi as more people boarded the train. A light blush spread across his cheeks, I smiled nudging him a bit. "I asked you." His blush darkened as he looked away from me.

"Let's go to Akihabara" Byakuran smiled brightly.

"Wait, are we even on the right train? Shouldn't we have decided this /before/ we got on the train?" I questioned Byakuran.

"Yes~ we should've." Byakuran kept his bright smile. I glanced over at Shoichi who shrugged in response.

"Miyu-chan, are we going to Akihabara?"

"Umm, Shoichi do you want to go there?"

"I'm sure Sho-chan would like to visit the stores with the robot parts. Right?" Byakuran questioned him.

"Yeah."

"Okay, hold on. I'll go look at the map." Byakuran stood up walking towards the map on the end of the car.

I turned to Shoichi. "Are you okay? If you don't like him-" I started but Shoichi cut me off.

"He seems like a good person, he hasn't really done anything questionable. Well if you don't count when we first met. I really don't mind him, I just..." Shoichi trailed off looking bothered by something.

"Miyuki don't worry about it, I promise it's nothing." Shoichi looked me in the eye as he spoke to show how serious he was. I watched him for a moment before nodding, though the pained look in his eyes bothered me. If Shoichi didn't like Byakuram or felt uncomfortable with him around he'd tell me. So what was the reason for the pain in his eyes?

"I can't believe I got this at such a good price." The three of us were sitting in the middle of a ramen restaurant, Shoichi had just finished shopping at a robot parts store.

"The owner really liked you, I think you reminded him of himself when he was young or something. It was really kind of him to sell you those items at a good price." I took a sip of my green tea after I finished speaking.

"What did you want to do after lunch?" Byakuran questioned as our ramen was placed before us.

"I wanna go back and check on Naohiko." I picked up my chopsticks and began eating. Fresh ramen is the best.

"I think I'll head back to my place then." Byakuran glanced at his ramen and then back up at me.

"I wish they made some kind of sweet ramen, like a dessert." I rolled my eyes at his statement with a smile. How is he not a 'human marshmallow'?

"Do you want my egg Sho-chan?" I picked up the half of hard boiled egg. He glanced at me and then the egg, "If you won't eat it.." I placed the egg in a small bowl beside him. "I won't."

"I was going to go ahead back to my apartment, but, you two don't know the way back home, do you? I'll take you back." My eyes widened at Byakuran's question. I probably would've let him leave and then realized I was lost with Shoichi.

"It isn't too out of your way is it?" I questioned.

"Well, even if it is, I can't leave you two here." He technically could leave us. I wasn't about to argue with him though.

"Thanks."

"It's no problem, after I leave you can spend some time alone with your boyfriend right?" I didn't bother replying as I pulled Shoichi towards where the train station was.

"Miyu-chan, don't ignore me, you'll hurt my feelings." Even with his pout he couldn't hide the playful gleam in his eyes.

I glanced up at Naohiko's apartment complex, Shoichi and Byakuran stood behind me.

"I guess I'll see you two later." Byakuran pulled out his phone to check the time. "Text me if you want to hang out again and before you leave, okay?" I found myself wondering what he had to do, from what he's told me before he doesn't have friends. Does he actually have friends? It's hard to believe he doesn't, why would he lie about it though? I let out another squeal mid-thought. I was really starting to sound like Tsuna.

"Okay?" He questioned again.

"I told you not to do that!"

"You didn't answer, I had to get your attention somehow."

"There are other ways."

"Hehe they aren't as fun~"

So maybe it's a good thing he's going back home, I really hate when people do that to me.

"Okay?" He questioned again.

"Okay." I nodded. "I'll text you later and we can hang out."

After saying our goodbyes Byakuran headed down the street. I walked towards the entrance of the apartment building. "Let's go, maybe Nao-nii is awake. It's past noon."

I knocked on Naohiko's door, maybe I should've asked for a key before we left. Naohiko smiled at us after he opened the door.

"Where's your friend?" He questioned after seeing it was only me and Shoichi.

"He went home." Naohiko stepped aside so we could get into the apartment.

I tugged on Naohiko's arm after he closed the door. "We need to talk." I turned to Shoichi.

"Sorry but I need to talk to him." Shoichi nodded in understanding.

"Okay, Shoichi you can watch tv if you want. Let's talk in my room Miyuki."
He lead to his bedroom and shut the door.

"Naohiko what is your job? Tell me the truth." I spoke in a firm tone.

"Miyuki I really shouldn't talk to you about it."

"Nao-nii you can trust me, please tell me what's going on."

Naohiko stared at me for what felt like hours, though it was only minutes. He sighed deeply and sat on his bed running a hand through his hair, green eyes locked with my own.

"Well you see..."

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I had to do a little bit of research on Tokyo, plus the thing they do at the shrine with the water is something you're supposed to do before entering that shrine. It's a cleansing thing. What do you think of this chapter? Does anyone have any idea what Naohiko's job is?

Thank you to everyone who follows, favorites, or reviews this story. I'm currently job hunting so that's taking a lot of my free time up...I try go update often though. Also I'm writing one-shots for KHR if anyone has any request.