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I stood in front of our doorstep as the wind blew all around the streets. Brr! My scarf and jacket were already on, but the cold could still pass through. Guess it's just a few more months before winter would come, then Hiroyuki-san could play with me again. Looking at my watch, it showed that it was 7:20 in the morning. Oops, school's almost starting. Gotta run!

My eyes kept on looking at the road ahead, me running towards the bus station to Kazenari. While passing through the shopping arcade, there was Kouya-onii-chan, sitting in front of the candy store as he sipped from a steaming cup of what looked like coffee. Turning around and dashing towards him with a greeting and a hug, onii-chan patted my head after grabbing him.

"Ah. Good morning, Shun. On your way to school?" he asked.

"Yeah!"

Then it came back to me; I needed to get to school. Letting him go, my little self started running again while waving onii-chan goodbye.

"Bye. Be careful on your way," onii-chan said as we got farther from each other.

After running for minutes through town and riding the bus to Kazenari, the school was meters away from me. My body was near exhaustion as I ran when the guard was about to close the gate, the clock showing that it was ten seconds before 8:30. Come on, just a little more! Three. Two. One. Yay! I made it inside! Now, off to my class.

***

"Stand. Bow."

With the homeroom teacher greeting us goodbye, the school day was over. Having classes end at 11:30 is gave us students a lot of time to do whatever we need for the day. There was no homework due for next week, so I have the rest of the day to myself. Now, the question: what to do?

Thinking of all this while passing by the soccer field, Soutarou-kun waved and called me from the playing field, Kyouji-san looking towards me also. We exchanged greetings as Soutarou-kun explained what's happening in their game before Kyouji-san asked me if I had any plans for today.

"I... don't have any."

"Then, would you like to watch us practice for a while?" Kyouji-san said, smiling at me.

Soutarou-kun grabbed my shoulders. "C'mon, Shun-kun. It'll be fun!"

Since there wasn't any plan for today, why not? It'll be exciting to see Soutarou-kun and Kyouji-senpai going at it against each other in a game. Agreeing to watch them, Soutarou-kun pulled my hand as he led me to the nearby benches.

***

Yay! At last, I got it! After waiting since summer vacation, the shipment for the new game arrived to Gaku's store. Holding the game in my hands, all that's left is to play it back home. But first, let's pay a visit to Ten-san and Juuichi san in the dojo.

I put the game into my bag while walking towards the dojo. From the front entrance, a thud on the floor was heard along with a groan. Sounds like Juuichi-san's having a hard time today. My feet felt the cold wood floors while walking from the entrance towards the training hall. Greeting them with a big smile on my face, Juuichi-san waved at me while Ten-san went near me and knelt on one knee. If only he could stop doing that.

"Shun-sama, a pleasant afternoon to you." Ten-san said.

After Ten-san gave his greeting, he turned and peeked at the entrance, as if expecting something to be there. Is there something that should be there? Or maybe he just felt something.

Juuichi-san called out to him. "Uh, Ten, you alright over there?"

"Yeah." Ten-san said to him before turning back to me. "Shun-sama."

"Yes?"

"Kouya's not with you today?"

Did I hear that right? Did he just ask if onii-chan's here? Well, that was a surprise. Never thought Ten-san and onii-chan would get so close in such a short time. But it's sad that onii-chan's not here with me today.

"Sorry, no."

"I see," Ten-san said before standing up, his face showing what looked like a little frown.

Seeing Ten-san's unusual expression, Juuichi-san grinned at him. "Oh? Never thought you'd let such a matter get to you."

Ten-san's ears twitched as he got up, turning to Juuichi-san and glaring at him. Uh-oh. This is bad! Come on Shun, think. How can we avoid this? Think... Think... I got it!

"Ten-san!"

"Yes, Shun-sama?"

With Ten-san going closer, we shared in whispers what my plans were for the next day. He raised his brows as the ends of his lips curled up a bit, almost smiling. Whew, mission accomplished!

"... Got that?"

"Understood."

"Be nice to Juuichi-san now okay? Bye!"

And that's done. Next stop: Minasato.

***

It was 1:30 in the afternoon when the bus arrived at Minasato. My legs were numb from sitting so long with the bus driving through a bumpy road. Shigure-ojii-san should have that road fixed.

While passing through the shopping arcade again on my way home, the area was full of people compared to this morning. Looking around, there was Kounosuke-san and Yukiharu-kun inside the crafts store. What could they be doing there?

"Kounosuke-san! Yukiharu-kun! Good afternoon."

Yukiharu-kun bowed. "Ah, Shun-san. Good afternoon."

Kounosuke-san smiled as he greeted me. It looked like he was choosing some bottles of paint from the counter. "Yo Shun! Doing anything today?"

"Er-"

"Great. Wanna come with us to Tatsu-nii's? He's gonna be teaching me how to paint."

"Uh-"

"All right! It's settled. Just wait for us outside."

Didn't have much of a choice there, or rather, he didn't let me have one. Well, it's always fun whenever Tatsu-nii's around so let's go anyway. As I waited for them outside the crafts store, there was Shin-san on the other side of the street, carrying a green shopping bag. Let's call him here.

"Shin-san! Good afternoon!"

Shin-san turned around and gave a greeting in return."Ah Shun, perfect timing. Your mom wanted the recipe for the cake I gave the last time, right?"

"Uh huh."

He took out a notebook from his bag and flipped through the pages, stopping at one before ripping it out and giving it to me. What's written was a recipe with the name "Black Forest Cake" on top of the note.

"Tell your mom I said 'Hi' okay?" he said, placing the notebook back.

"Okay!"

We waved goodbye to each other before he went back to the other side. Just after that, Kounosuke-san and Yukiharu-kun came out of the store carrying small bags with some brushes sticking out.

"We got all the paint we need. Now, let's go!"

Me and Yukiharu-kun shouted. "Yeah!"

***

When we arrived at Tatsu-nii's house, the things that were needed for the lessons were already laid out on their garden. Kounosuke-san helped him set up the rest of it while me and Yukiharu-kun played some games.

With everything set up, they started the painting lesson. Kounosuke-san stared for a long time at the fruit bowl in front of then while Tatsu-nii taught him. Taking a peek from their back, what was on the canvas was some lines and shapes that didn't resemble the bowl at all. Don't worry, Kounosuke-san, you'll get the hang of it!

Thirty minutes passed and they decided to have a break. At that time, me and Yukiharu-kun decided to ask Tatsu-nii to come and play with us. He agreed and took a hold of both of our hands. Wait, what's going on?

"Hold on tight, you two." He said as he started to spin.

"Wha- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

His spinning was so fast; my grip on his hand almost gave out. Yukiharu-kun, on the other hand, kept laughing and told Tatsu-nii to go faster. Faster? Any faster and I'll fly away here, Yukiharu-kun. Glancing to my side, Kounosuke-san was taking pictures of us with his camera.

"And that's another one for the album," Kounosuke-san said. "Hey Tatsu-nii, don't go too fast. Mom's gonna kill me if Yukiharu gets hurt."

"Relax! I know what I'm doing here." Tatsuki-san said.

While they were talking, the inevitable happened. His spinning went too fast for me and my grip gave out, me flying across the garden. My flying stopped with me hitting something soft, me and the object falling on the ground. Getting up and dusting myself, the object was Chuukichi-san, lying on the ground in a daze.

"I'm sorry, Chuukichi-san!"

***

Ah, home sweet home. Playing with Tatsu-nii was fun, but now it's time to play the new game. But first, let's change our clothes.

After changing clothes and taking the game from the bag, I went to the phone and called Torahiko-san. Since the new game was a fighting game, he'll like playing this one with me. Beating me in a game though, was another story. Nobody can beat the great Shun-sama when it comes to games.

Minutes after the call, Torahiko-san arrived to our house. His favorite controller was already plugged in as was mine with the game already in the console. With both of us pressing start, we chose our characters and started playing. Torahiko-san's playing was clumsy as usual. None of his punches and kicks had a flow and his defense was open. Alright, let's do this combo.

The rounds were finished. Torahiko-san stared at the screen with his mouth open, surprised at my win. "What!?"

"Hmph. You need more practice, Torahiko-san."

"Grr! One more!"

"Bring it on!"

***

And the day's done. It was now bedtime. In my pyjamas and lying on the bed, my thought right now was plan me and Ten-san had for the next day. Heh, it's gonna be fun for sure. Well then, good night.