"Damn it Kei! Where are you!?" Haru growled.
"Plan not working out, is it?" Ahsim taunted from the couch.
Haru gave him a nasty glare which Ahsim expected. What he didn't expect was the two pillows to the head. Ahsim shot a glare at Kori, who sat on the couch. She stuck her tongue out at him. That explained one pillow.
"Ahsim be nice to Haru-chan," Misha ordered, pouting.
And there was pillow number two. That was a surprise. It seemed his twin was drifting farther and farther away from him. Sure the two still hung out but Misha was becoming a constant at Haru's side and less of one at Ahsim's. In short, Ahsim was jealous.
"I'm going to try calling him one more time. But what is he doing?"


Ana stared at the sky, watching the clouds darken. The white sheet in her hands flapped wildly as it was caught in the wind.
"Something is going to happen tonight," she mumbled.
The wind ripped the sheet from her fingers.
"But what?"


Meanwhile, Keiichi was staring at the sky as well, still leaning against the fence of the preschool.
"I wonder," he mumbled. "Just how much does Haru Hasegawa know."
He rubbed his ear.
"I need some noise reduction headphones," he mumbled.


(Hours later)

It was raining. Ahsim stared at the falling water. The weather fit his mood at the moment. Like always, Misha was in their room, playing her Xbox but who knew how long that would last? Once Haru gave up on trying to reach Kei, he'd be right back in his lab and Misha'd be right there with him. Ahsim's hands tightened into fists. Oh jealous was not a good look on him. The door that led to the roof slammed shut, letting in Ana.
"Why are you wet?" he asked.
Ana dropped a basket of laundry, wet from the rain, on the table.
"I'm a woman at heart," she said with a completely serious face.
With that she headed to her room. Ahsim sighed. If only he could be that complicated but simple. Maybe something so stupid like this wouldn't bug him so much.


Kei blinked away sleep, rubbing his hand over his face. He looked around, wondering where he was. He went to move, only to discover Ariha was sleeping on him. Kei nudged her awake.
"Hey," he whispered.
Ariha woke up with a few grumbled of disappointment. When she saw his face though, she managed a smiled.
"What?" she asked.
Kei stretched, sitting up.
"What time is it?" he asked.
Ariha shrugged. It was then Kei's phone erupted into a seizure of vibrations. Kei rolled his eyes, picking up the phone.
"What Haru?" he asked.
He listened for a few minutes before he gave Ariha a serious glance.
"Understood," he muttered.
Then he hung up.
"What does Haru want now?" Ariha asked.
"He gave Nobu a weaker version of Project Mew."
"So?" Ariha inquired.
"It can be tweaked," Kei explained. "We have to move."
Ariha crossed her arms.
"That's all fine and dandy but I have a little problem," she announced.
Kei glanced at her wearily.
"In case you didn't notice, I have no clothes," she said.
Kei's eyes went wide.
"Hn," was all he could think of.
"If it cheers you up any, you were really good."