"I don't like them," Nagisa stated once he had closed the door behind himself and Rei. The older boy had seated himself on Nagisa's bed and was watching as the younger came over and sat beside him.

"Why is that?" Rei asked.

"They're weird," Nagisa declared.

Rei thought about it. "That's not a very good reasoning," he said

Nagisa pouted. "I don't want them here," he said.

"I agree with you on that," Rei answered, causing Nagisa to send him a surprised look. "Especially Matsuoka-kun. He doesn't like me either it seems."

"How do you figure?" Nagisa asked.

"It's his attitude," Rei said.

"What with the other... what was his name again?" Nagisa asked.

"Nanase-kun," Rei answered. "I don't dislike him. He doesn't seem to dislike me either. In fact, he doesn't seem to care much about anything. He is hard to comprehend."

"He's weird," Nagisa said. "He doesn't even seem to like Mako-chan, so why was he adopted?"

"No clue," Rei answered honestly.

They were silent for a bit, until Nagisa got a good idea.

"Rei-chan!" he said, grabbing a strong hold of Rei's arm and shaking him violently. "I've got a plan! I've got a plan!" he yelled.

"Stop shaking me and calm down, Nagisa," Rei whined.

Nagisa stopped and looked up at Rei with a wide smile. "Let's make them want to leave. If they want to go back, Mako-chan won't stop them!" he said.

Rei eyed Nagisa with hesitation in his eyes. "I'm not sure that's a good idea…" he said.

"I don't want them, you don't want them, and they don't want us or Mako-chan either, so what's the problem?" Nagisa asked.

Rei thought about it and nodded. "Okay…" he said. "But we need to be sure we don't take things too far. If we do, I'll put the blame on you alone," he said.

"Rei-chan's so mean!" Nagisa complained.

Rin couldn't sleep. It wasn't because he was sleeping in a room of his own for the very first time or because he was at a new place. He was just kept up thinking about those other two kids. He thought he had done everything to help Haruka, but now those two showed up.

To Rin, those two other kids, Rei and Nagisa, were a hindrance. He wanted nothing more than for Haruka to be happier than he had been at the orphanage and for that to happen, he needed someone who understood him. Makoto lived up to the task. He seemed to be able to understand Haruka way easier than Rin could ever hope to do.

But Rei and Nagisa could take attention away from Haruka, who really needed it. Especially Nagisa was to be considered a potential threat. He had a lot of energy, he was way too cheerful and way too distracting. And Rei was obviously on his side.

What Rin was thinking about, was a way to get those two out of the picture, for Haruka's sake. But he was no creative thinker. This had been clear since he and Haruka were little. Haruka was the one who got the good ideas and then he and Rin would carry them out together.

So Rin got out of his futon and exited his room to go to Haruka's. Thankfully, they were across from each other so he wouldn't have to sneak past anyone.

Rin opened the door and entered the room. He closed the door carefully behind him and went to sit beside Haruka and prepared to shake him awake.

However, Haruka sat up as Rin sat beside him and went to flip the switch for the lamp in the room. Then he returned to his futon and looked at Rin with questioning eyes.

"We need to get those other two out," Rin answered.

"Why?" Haruka asked.

"We just do," Rin said, not wanting to explain his reasoning. He might care about Haruka, and Haruka might care about him, but they never voiced it. In fact they tried their hardest to never let it show. That was the unspoken rule between them.

"How?" Haruka asked then.

"That's what I need you for," Rin said. "We have to figure out a plan."

Haruka rolled his eyes to show Rin how crazy he thought he was. All this enthusiasm was annoying too. Actually, all Haruka wanted was to go back to sleep. He was tired.

"Come on Haru, help me think here!" Rin exclaimed after a few minutes of silence.

Haruka then decided to think up one idea. Then he could say he had helped out. Besides, Rin wouldn't leave him alone until they'd got some kind of idea, and it was more likely for a mackerel to grow wings and fly than it was for Rin to get an idea before Haruka did.

As Haruka had predicted, it only took him a couple of minutes to come up with something that might work out.

"We could make them fight amongst themselves," he said.

"How do we do that?" Rin asked.

Haruka shrugged. He figured he'd helped enough.

"Come on, Haru. I need more than that!" Rin exclaimed.

Haruka placed a finger on his lips to hush Rin down. "You'll wake Makoto," he said. Then he continued as the idea took shape in his head. "We start a huge argument and make them take different stands," he said.

A smile took form on Rin's face as he met Haruka's eyes. "You're a genius, Haru," he said.

"Go to bed," Haruka just said, not feeling the slightest bit flattered from Rin's compliment. He said that every time Haruka came up with a good idea.

"Yeah, yeah," Rin said as he got up. "So, when do we carry it out?" he asked.

"We get to know them a bit first," Haruka said.

Rin sighed. "It's long-term?" He couldn't believe they couldn't carry this plan out right away. He figured the sooner they got rid of Rei and Nagisa the better, but it seemed they'd have to do some waiting first.

"Go to bed," Haruka repeated himself.

"I'm going," Rin snapped before he went out and closed the door behind him. He then returned to his own bedroom and laid down to sleep. He continued on thinking about the matter of getting rid of Rei and Nagisa.

Rin was no fool. He had already figured that it wasn't even sure that Haruka's plan would actually work, no matter how many preparations they made. They had to be smart on this one. Rin had heard the name Hazuki Nagisa before and knew that this boy was an infamous troublemaker. He had also seen that Rei and Nagisa, especially the latter, seemed to have taken a disliking to him and Haruka. He was pretty sure that Haruka had noticed this as well. With Nagisa as their opponent, who knew what trouble could come their way?

This was why Rin was so dissatisfied with the long-term plan Haruka had come up with. If they were to win this game they needed to be ahead of the troublemaker and his companion. They needed to outsmart them and cause more trouble for them.

But if they could succeed their plan, they would clearly have the upper hand. If troublemaker and companion were split up, none of them would get very far.

A war was rising in the house of the Tachibana family and poor naïve Makoto was the only one who didn't know of this fact.