Yuri grumbled as he carried his grocery bags into the apartment complex. The elevator was out, so he was going to have to carry the heavy bags all the way up eight flights of stairs to the fourth floor. And it was very difficult to get the doors open with his hands and arms loaded with bags.
He was trying to get the door to the stairwell open and failing miserably, when he heard a voice behind him ask, "Need help?" He looked toward the voice and saw a young man with hair that was blue with yellow banana bangs approaching him.
Normally Yuri would reject any help offered, not wanting to look weak. But… he thought he recognized that voice. "…Yugo…?"
Yugo lit up when the cabbage-haired man said his name. "Oh, hey! You're Yuri, right?"
"Yeah," Yuri said. Yugo grinned and grabbed some of Yuri's grocery bags. "Let me help you!"
Yuri blinked, but since Yugo had already grabbed the bags he allowed it. Then the door to the stairwell opened, and a young man with spiky purple and black hair almost walked right into the two. "Oh, sorry!"
Yugo lit up at the voice. "Yuto!" he exclaimed. "You're Yuto!"
Yuto blinked, then realized who he was. "Oh, hi Yugo. And…?"
"This is Yuri!" Yugo said. "I'm helping him bring his groceries in! The elevator's out."
"Oh, here, let me help too," Yuto said, grabbing some of Yuri's bags and holding the door open. The three of them started heading up the stairs, and Yugo looked around thoughtfully. "I wonder if we'll see Yuya too?"
"Did someone say my name?" A tomato-haired young man looked down over the rail of the stairs two flights above them.
Yugo grinned. "Yay! We met Yuya today too!" Yuya blinked, then smiled. "Oh, hi Yugo! And I'm guessing you two are Yuri and Yuto?"
"Yep!" Yuto said, waving to Yuya. The tomato then noticed all of the grocery bags, and hurried down to help. Together the four of them were able to get all of Yuri's groceries up to his apartment.
"Thanks," Yuri said as he unlocked his door and led his neighbors into his apartment. "That would have been a nightmare to have to do all alone."
"No problem!" Yuya said. "I needed some time away from my computer anyway. But at least I don't have to work in an office."
"Oh, what do you do for a living?" Yugo asked curiously.
"I make 3D animated videos online," Yuya replied. "Have you ever heard of Sakaki Shorts? I make those videos!"
"Oh! I've seen those videos!" Yugo said excitedly. "They're so cool! All I do is build robots and sell them online."
"Oh, that's cool too!" Yuya said, intrigued. "Robots are probably really hard to make too! What about you guys?" He looked at Yuto and Yuri.
"I'm a freelance painter," Yuto said. "I make most of my money from commissions."
"I'm a garden blogger," Yuri said.
"Wow, you're all pretty cool!" Yugo said in admiration.
Yuya smiled. "So are you!"