A/N : I want to say thank you very much for the silent readers out there that always read this fic :D

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Chapter 9

"Homework"

Ken was visiting Odaiba at Sunday morning. He had already sent a message to Takeru and Daisuke to pick him up.

The train stopped, and when he went out, two silly grin were thrown at him.

"Welcome!"

"So, what do you need, buddy?" Daisuke asked as he took a sip of his iced cappucino.

"Well…" Ken nervously rubbed the back of his neck. Seeing this, Takeru grinned.

"Don't be shy Ken. Just tell us who," Takeru sneered, earning a how-did-you-know glare from Ken.

Ken sighed.

"First, don't laugh at me," he said slowly, pushing the hot black coffe in front of him.

"Now I'm curious," Daisuke threw a grin at his troubled friend.

"Uhm…" Ken suddenly couldn't put up a word.

Takeru and Daisuke remained staring at him with confusion at its max limit.

…

"… would you two mind…" Ken started and felt more nervous when he saw his friends staring at him like they wanted to interrogate him off.

He sighed, once again, before took out a book.

"… share your mind with me about love," he finally finished, throwing his look bashfully.

…

The three of them remained silent, and it was before Takeru couldn't hold his laugh and it made Daisuke laughed too.

"Stop laughing at me!" Ken raised his voice, but to no avail stopping the duo.

"Well…" Daisuke coughed. "For what?" he smirked as he glanced at the blond, gesturing him to playfully intimidate the blue-haired boy.

Ken gulped.

"… to be honest, it's only for my homework," he showed his book that written with a few question.

"So that it," Takeru read the book carefully, and Daisuke just stared at it for awhile.

"But we're just eleven to know that thing," Daisuke stated, and Takeru gave him a little nod.

"Maybe, it means love for family relationship," the blond said, handed Ken the book.

"Just give me your opinion," Ken smiled as he took out a pen.

"Okay," the duo nodded, made their word for the answer.

"Uhm, let just pretends the person as 'A' for easier way," Ken said. Takeru and Daisuke nodded, knowing what Ken meant.

Daisuke : Love is when you feel comfort, safe, and calm around A.

Ken had to resist his laughter ; he didn't expect that goggle-boy would have that answer.

Takeru : Love is when A is happy, then you'll be happy too.

Both of the answer were true, but Ken had to search more for the exact answer which would make him satisfied.

"How is that?" Daisuke asked proudly, clearly wanted to compare his answer with Takeru's one.

"Yah…" Ken smiled. "This will be a good information, but still isn't enough," he rose from his seat.

"And so, you're going to look for another answer?" Takeru stood up too, putting the teaspoon on his empty mug.

"Probably," Ken simply replied.

"The question is ; where?" Daisuke curiously asked.

Ken just gave them a reassuring smile.

"I'll be back for your new game, Dai. See you two!" Ken waved goodbye as he walked out the café. Daisuke was still unsure where Ken was planned to go, but Takeru just poked his shoulder and reminded him to went home.

Really, it's his most embarrassing time in his life.

He gulped nervously before knocking the door.

"Keep calm Ken. It's only a question," he thought to himself.

The door opened by a lavender-haired girl wearing glasses.

"Hey Ken!"

"So, what took you faraway to come here?" Miyako asked curiously, pouring a hot coffee for him.

"Err… it just…" Ken thought for a words.

"Hey, you're alone?" he tried a different topic.

"Not really…" she replied as she took a sip of her tea.

The silent moment gushed in, as both of them just stayed in silence, looking at their mug.

"Uhm… Miyako-san…" Ken started as he took out the book from his bag, the same book that he showed before.

"Yes?" she tilted her head a bit, trying to gave him a gesture that she's still unsure of why did he come here.

"… please… help me," he stuttered, before sighing in relief that he had already said it out.

"Hey, don't be shy," Miyako grinned as she shook the nervous boy's shoulder.

"I'm your friend, so if you need help it goes without saying," she smiled.

Ken finally smiled too, regaining his confidence.

He handed her the book and the pen.

Miyako then took a good look, and amused of how good his writing, compared for the boy at his age.

She then widened her eyes when she stared at the question.

'What it is love?'

The girl looked at Ken with an unreadable expression, before wrote down a few words.

She smiled, widely, as she handed back the book.

Ken carefully read her answer.

Miyako : Love is you.

A simple, meaningful three words that made him almost knocked out.

"Easy. I'm just kidding," Miyako suddenly said, almost laughed about how pale and also bad-blushing his face was.

She skimmed a new page, and wrote down her answer.

Miyako : Love is a true feeling that you have to protect the person that cherishes you the most.

Ken smiled. The three answers were enough to made him come to a conclusion.

He bowed down, and politely said that he had to go home.

When he reached home, the first thing that he did was he sat down, and open the book.

He still gazed at Miyako's answer.

Not the second,

But the first one.

"Miyako-san, is it true? Or not?" he smiled to himself as he wrote some words beside it.

Ken : Love is when you say that you love me.

A silly one?

Like that he cared about.

That day, Ken was smiling all the way before remembered ;

"HEY! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE AT DAISUKE'S APARTMENT FOR THE NEW GAME!" once again, he rushed down and dashed madly to the station.

What love could be compared with family's love? It's one of sentence from a song that I've really gotten myself into.

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