The meet went be smoothly as well as Kaitos appointment. There were still some issues to be cleared but those are things mostly referring to his parents. We are a little worried about his father wanting a revision, but he seems to accept the court's decision. Maybe because of the breakdown Kaito had. That day he told us everything his voice still had an undertone that could kind of proof his statement. Now I cannot even imagine him crying anymore.

It's a good thing. Miku is so lively now and just tells us all kinds of stories. They usually included Kaito, that's why she never told us these things before. It became clear just how close they were. It was kind of cute but also…worrying. How close where both of them? I talked about it with Gakupo once. He was always kind of close with the blue haired boy but he didn't knew more than me from Miku.

Today was a relaxing day, boring Gumi would say. We couldn't play because the server crashed and there doing some maintenance. Usually we would discuss what we do for next meeting, but we already agreed on going to the Arcade. It was what we did for the first meet and we kind of wanted to revisit this event for his first time. It was a lovely idea. We also saved as much money as possible to enjoy the Arcade to its fullest. A thing we learned from last time.

We were now discussing where we could eat and if we meet earlier for lunch or end the day with dinner. But we will likely decide for dinner. It was just more like the first time. All of a sudden Kaito came online. He went out with Miku again. They wanted to prepare for the meet, so they presumably went shopping. Still I was highly surprised to see Miku as the stream started.

„Hey guys" She said wearing a loose top and some fluffy looking shorts. No attire for outside. „Miku, are you at Kaitos?" Rin asked one of my most urgent questions. „Yeah, it's not my room…" She said confused.

„…where is Kaito?" Len now asked. Right, he is nowhere to be seen.

„In the bathroom. He is washing all the styling products out of his hair." She giggled. „We were fixing his hair today at the salon of my most trusted stylist…but he kind of went all out on the styling products. Kaito hated it." She was visibly amused about him suffering.

„Oh, so he is now all blue again?" Gumi seemed interested. She recently dyed the tips of her long bangs yellowish. It suited her nicely.

„Yeah, aaaall blue."

„Well let's see how long it takes." Gumi sounded kind of mean now. Like she was planning on teasing him.

„Not so long I think. He was starting to dry when I started." We couldn't hear anything. But the audio catch with headsets was not that sensitive.

„Okay, we just discussed the food for the next meet." Meiko said now. We won't see Kaito so soon. „Let's get ice cream." Miku joked. I smiled. She liked to make fun of the others ice cream addiction. That's what she is calling it. „But let's just go to a family restaurant. They have all kinds of stuff." Yes, we discussed this option as well. „You know what, better idea, let's decide spontaneously." Gakupo interfered a little irritated. He maybe is as confused as I am.

„I agree" Miku cheered and Rin followed. The rest of us 'gave in' to his idea. Then Mikus attention went somewhere else. Kaito? We couldn't see him but Miku looked up. We heard a murmur that sounded like 'Do you know where my shirt is?' Miku looked around and then pointed somewhere at the other side of the room. A pale hand left a cup of ice cream and a spoon.

My assumption proofed right as we could see a shirtless blue haired male in dark blue shorts walking through the background to get his shirt. We couldn't see where it was and how he put it on. He just left the room again through the background. Meanwhile all this Miku took the cup and started eating.

„Are you two…dating?" It spilled from my lips after I saw everyone watching the stream far too attentively.

Miku stopped in track. „What?" She asked rather shocked. „Nooooo waaay" She even laughed while saying that. They are…not….

She was still laughing when another chair was placed next to her. Kaito took a seat with is now evenly royal blue colored hair. It was styled nicely. 'What are you laughing?' He asked suddenly detaching the headset. For a moment there was no sound. We could just see Miku laughing heartily and Kaito smiling infected by her. He was reaching over her for the mouse and after a few moments there was sound again. Not high quality but better than nothing. He presumably changed to the microphone on the webcam. Right on time to hear Miku finishing her laughing.

„They asked if we are dating." She said cheeky. He just starred at her seriously but also kind of blank. He commented in the driest way possible for him: „No"

He opened his cup. „I really really like Miku, but no…dating is just…no." Miku was not offended at all. „How do you even get the idea?" He suddenly asked, his face showing pure disbelief.

„Well…" I was now feeling a little embarrassed. I asked so I should answer, right. „You are very very close and well, it kind of is unusual to see a man walking around a woman barely dressed in such a casual manner." He also stopped eating and for just a moment Kaito and Miku shared a look.

„We are childhood friend." Miku started. „We know each other since we where what? Five? Or even four?" Kaito finished. „We are like sister and brother. It's like Len would date Rin."

„Ewwww" The siblings reacted in unison.

„We are both single?" Miku said proudly…Kaito giving her a look. But for some reason it kind of calmed me down. Childhood friends. Well it explains a lot.

„Is Miku staying over?" Gakupo asked now. His voice calm and gentle again. He as well was feeling better now.

„Yeah, we have a guest room where she will stay and tomorrow we work on our presentation in literature class." A guest room in an apartment? How uncommon. But yes, having plans two days in a row it makes sense to stay over. „Damn rich kid." Gumi complained. Kaito rolled his eyes. „Language, Carrot." Gakupo scolded. I giggled with Miku and the rest.

„By the way, your hair looks nice." I smiled watching Kaito becoming quite shy. It happens once in a while when Gakupo made a compliment. „Thank you…" I remembered when Gakupo said he was cute. The next day we agreed with him. Moments like this reminded us why. I still think Miku is the cutest.

When the meet finally came around we all were excited. It's the first time all our party members are participating. Gumi was overjoyed. Last time she also had to cancel on short note because of a due report she kind of forgot. We still had a nice time. Just a little less noisy.

The meeting point was again the fountain. We wanted to meet in front of the Arcade but some of us just forgot the directions. We haven't been there for a while.

Gumi, Meiko and Luka already waited when I was arriving. It was already quite cold. Winter was around the corner still today was rather sunny and one of the more pleasant days.

„Hey!" I greeted everyone and hugged myself through all of them. In this group we even go out for drinks sometimes. It does not always have to be the whole group and a set meeting to see each other.

Next was the duo. They properly were here first but it seems they spend some quality time in a conbini to get some snacks. „Wow, you are all here already." Len looked at his watch. I mimicked his actions. It really was early. „Seem like we all just couldn't await the meet." I said amused.

„I most definitely could not." Gumi admitted shamelessly. Meiko just nodded and then seemed surprised.

„Ah, they're coming."

We turned to the direction she was looking at. There was Miku in a cute dusty pink coat dragging a blue haired boy behind her at his wrist. He wore a dark blue coat and looked rather unhappy about the dragging.

„ .Kaitoooo!" she said strained. „Miku, chill. We still have 25 minutes…." Kaito said even though he saw all of us waiting. Well…he was not wrong. The closer he came the more he seems to hide in his light blue scarf that was long enough to have both ends swaying behind him. Miku didn't lied when she said he was tall. It could be around 1,80 (meter). It was surprising but also kind of cute. Well he still was slightly shorter than I was. „Hey guys!" Miku let go of Kaito to throw herself at us. Kaito just shyly greeted us with a „Hi…"

„Sorry if he seems kinda grumpy. I forced him to get up earlier." She laughed. „How about some more healthy sleeping habits?" He looked as her…and then it came. „No." We laughed.

The truth is we all went to bed quite early. I was still reading a bit when around midnight Kaito messaged me. He had trouble falling asleep. He was too nervous for today. I could understand because I was reading to calm my mind. At some point I promised him to give him a hug because he was mourning about every missing hour. He told me I just made it worse. He didn't looked that sleep deprived, though.

„You never learn." Miku complained. Kaito left it at that. This was an issue we both won't discuss.

„I think we can drop the introduction and leave right for the Arcade." Meiko smiled. She was right we knew who Kaito was and got used to call each other by real names. It just happened naturally.

„Wait!" Rin interfered. „Before I forget again." She roamed in her bag pulling out some Manga. She lent them from Gumi and forgot to give them back the last two times. We waited for them and I took my chance to get closer to Kaito.

„Did you sleep at all?" I asked in a low voice. „Yeah, I kind of did…probably around 3 or 4." I laughed. Means he fell asleep earlier than I feared. „I would have slept longer but Miku was terrorizing me with calls since 9 and I had to get up at 10." He then said. „Wow, that's mean. It's weekend." I feel him. I just got up at 12. „I know right?" „Why so early?" „Proofreading one of her essays she had to finish by Monday." He sighed. It feels like he was the proofreader for all of us. He had a sense for stuff like that. He usually studies just for his weak classes. I did the same thing in High school. „Was it any good?" I asked and he snorted. „No." We laughed. She had different talents. I now offered a hug. He took it. In this moment we seemed to have gathered everyones attention. Kaito turned away in embarrassment snorting again to cover it. I smiled. „Let's go now." I redirected everyones attention and we finally left for the Arcade.

Miku just was our Dance Dance Revolution Queen. No one could beat her. Gumi tried the third time today but gave up now. She was exhausted. „How do you do that?" She asked and left her place next to Miku, who was already scrolling through the song list. „Practice!" She laughed. „Let's do something else…" Gumi wanted to stop Miku from making her suffer more but the teal haired girl had other plans. „Just one more song she said und already found what she was searching for. She turned around pointing at someone with her finger.

I turned my head to see Kaito with a smug smile on his face. „You owe me a challenge, Mister." Miku now announced and he complied. He placed his bag on the floor and started to untie his scarf. I stretched out my arm and he nodded as he entrusted me with it. He also undid his coat and left it in my care. Underneath he wore a simple white long shirt.

After taking his bottle of water he joined Miku. Both took a sip before they got ready like pros. Some stretching, some jumping, some shaking of limps. It was kinda funny to watch. It looked so serious while Miku suddenly changed the difficulty to 'Challenge'. The highest difficulty in DDR. I now don't know what to expect. Kaito pushed his sleeves up. „You wear the right shoes this time?" He teased. They were like brother and sister so some harmless teasing was a thing with siblings like Rin and Len. Still it was interesting to see Kaito doing the teasing. Usually Miku did it and Kaito just endured it more or less. „We will see." She answered challenging and took a hold of the handle in the back, Kaito mirroring her action while the game counted down.

I witnessed some crazy stuff and this just added perfectly. No one of us was able to beat the challenge-difficulty. Trying a one-on-one was impossible. But those two had their feet flying over the stage while their eyes were glued to the screen. Soon their faces showed the strain and as the song ended both where panting in exhaustion. They went right for their drinks while I was still questioning what I should have rather watched. The screen or their feet.

„Nooooo." Miku whined as the winner was announced. It was Kaito with a difference of a few hundred points. Not much if you know the game. Kaito just raised his arms. „I hate you." She announced and he just laughed. I was seriously impressed. He failed at a few games horribly but DDR seems to be his thing.

„How?" Rin suddenly asked. I guess she thought Miku was her personal rival. Rin was better than Gumi even though Gumi was playing more. „Who do you think Miku is practicing with?" He now asked pulling is sleeves back down. „I snatch him away once in a while to DDR of some stress before going home." Miku now said leaving the game machine. „Woah, I want to try too!" „Rin, you can only do expert? He just beat Miku in challenge." Len seemed to safe his sister from some discouraging. „You never know!" She then said insulted. She was stubborn. It was part of her charm.

„Okay." Kaito just said leaning on the handle. „One game, then it's over with DDR." A tone that accepted no discussion. But he still sounded gentle. It's a real mystery how he does that.

Rin was hopping to the place Miku was and chose her favorite song in the highest difficulty she could manage. She was really good and we knew that. She nearly could beat Miku in this but Kaito was just as hard as opponent. No one was surprised anymore that she lost.

„Damn it! And I thought I found my ultimate rival. Now I have two…" She whined. We just laughed. „Well, Kaito is good with his body." Miku said and everyone stayed silent.

„Miku, that sounded wrong." Meiko laughed and Miku as well as Len flushed. „YOU PERVERTS! I mean he is a great dancer! Duh…." We laughed again. Kaito just shook his head and came to me. He took back his stuff but didn't put his coat back on. He was slightly flushed and brushed exhausted through his hair.

Instantly something caught my eyes. „You have piercings?" I mentioned. It was pretty loud here so only he could hear me. I would have to scream for the others to hear. I reached for one of his bangs to push it away but he flinched away in surprised. „Sorry…" I didn't mean to startle him like that. „Ah, it's okay. It just took me by surprise and uhm…yeah, I got them in the summer break of my first high school year. I kinda hide them…from teachers." I just smiled. „It's cool. I like them." He flushed a little more and looked down.

„Hey! Are you coming?" I heard Gumi call for us. They already found a new game and we followed to watch. Meanwhile the blue haired seemed to cool down and he put his coat back on. He also seemed a bit paler than before, so I leaned over. „Want to catch some fresh air?" He just nodded. I told Meiko about us leaving the store for a bit and I brought him outside.

„Are you okay?" He nodded again. „Yeah, just a little exhausted. You know, no sleep, DDR is hard." He snickered slightly. I smiled. „That's good." Still I was a little worried. He was so pale, it was hard to tell if he felt sick or just looked so fair by nature. It was kind of beautiful though. His milky white skin made his dark blue eyes stand out even more.

We stayed outside sitting next to each other in silent. It was not awkward. It was a calm and relaxing silence while we watched the flow of the loud, busy street.

At some point we had to get back. I nudged him a bit and nodded back inside. He also just nodded in agreement and we got up to pass all the ufo-catcher for the games in the back. I just stopped abruptly in front of one of the claw machines. Inside was a pretty big white bunny plushy with a blue scarf. Kaito looked at me in confusion but I just smiled and took out some coins. He just snorted and watched me trying desperately to get the plush toy out of its prison feeding the claw machine with all my coins.

"Now-….arg…damn it. So close." I sighed after my last coins were wasted. I nearly had it but it slipped at the last moment. "That's it…" I rubbed the back of my head and then witnessed Kaito slipping in another set of coins. „You try it?" I asked curious but he just shook his head. „No, you continue." „What? I can't waste you money like that." That would make me feel bad. „I decide for my money and now I decided I want to pay for you to continue. Just do it! You were so close!" He seemed totally excited, I couldn't say no. „Okay." I started but I couldn't get it till Kaito had paid for at least three more trys. When it finally fell the right way we screamed in joy and hugged happily. I took the plushy and gave it to him. „Eh? You won it." He said confused. „You paid for it. Take it as reminder of today…maybe it will help you sleep next time." I smiled and he did as well as he took it. It looked even cuter in his arms.

„Here you are, we were worried!" Meiko just came around the corner and looked at us in a worried, confused and skeptical way. „What were you doing?"

„Well, we got distracted by a claw machine." I said and we both snickered at the memories of how hard I tried to get it and how much Kaito cheered on me trying my best. „Oh man…just come back already." She didn't know what to make of this, but well…I had fun. The stares we got where mostly confused especially because Kaito was carrying this rather big bunny toy around. But the girls soon squealed about its cuteness. I think we will get some questions later but…it was totally worth it…