I looked at my bandmates, receiving nods of affirmation from each of them.
"One..."
I looked up at the window, finding Sachi looking at me with a smile on her face. I smiled back, then looked down at my Gibson Les Paul.
Get ready, old friend.
"NOW!"
————————
We started to play Colors of the Heart with Yuuki and I starting out with our guitar duet. A few moments later everyone else started to join in. We started to die down our instruments just for me and Asuna to start singing our parts. After the 1st verse ended, we all came in for the chorus. We sang beautifully.
--Time skip, end of the song--

As the song ended, I could see my vision getting all blurry. Well this is a song about some of the most gruesome thing that happened to my old band I can see why I would start to cry.

I looked over at Yuuki seeing how she would take it and surprisingly she was crying as well. I could hear Klein, Eugene, Sachi, Argo, and Egil applaud us from their seats in the other room. "Congrats Kiri-Kazuto! I don't think that song needs to gold any way because I liked it! think I will make that deal with you." Klein told me.

"Really are you sure?!" I said with excitement while trying to hold back a few tears. "Yes I'm sure! I just need to know what you guys were wanting to do and I will see if I can get that contract your way." He told me.

I called my bandmates over into a group huddle along with Argo, Sachi, and Egil. "Well what do you guys want to do?" I asked them.

"Well we need to have a reasonable pay check" said Argo. "And we will need gigs at some of Japan's greatest sites." Said the Auburn haired girl. "I'm good as long as I get to drive you guys to your concerts." Said Egil. "I think that's good enough for now." Said Yuuki. "I'm cool with whatever you guys want to do." Said a certain girl with glasses.

We broke from our huddle and looked at Klein and Sasha. I told them what we wanted and they agreed.

"You got yourself a deal Kazuto!" Said Klein. "Hell yeah!" We all said in unison. They went to make our contracts. "Hey Kazuto, can I speak with you privately for a moment?" Yuuki asked me while walking up to me. I could a bit of sadness in her voice. I immediately knew why she wanted to talk to me about. "Sure. We'll talk out side of the booth." I told her as we walked out of the room.

As soon as I closed the door behind me she started to burst into tears. I pulled her into a hug to comfort her. "It's okay. You can tell me what's wrong. Even though I might know why."

"I can't hold these tears back any longer Kazuto! I-We both just sang a song about our past and only we know what happened. I just want to curl up into a ball and cry! I can't even imagine how you feel knowing that you saw it all happen!" She cried out.

I started to lean my back against the wall and slid down until I was sitting down. I started to rub her back to comfort her as I could too feel a tear rolling down my cheek.

"I know Yuuki, but look on the bright side. We are living out your sisters old dream. And only we can make that happen. I just wish that the others could be here to see how much we've improved. And I promise that I will try to get your sister out of the house so she can go with us to our concerts." I said.

"Now let's cheer up and head back into the booth with the others. We wouldn't want them seeing us like this now do we?" I said hoping to cheer her up.

"Okay. And thank you for being here and comforting me Kazuto." She thanked as she wiped away her tears. It's a good thing that she didn't wear any makeup or else it would be streaming down her face right now. "No problem Yuuki." I helped her onto her feet and we went back into the recording booth.

We returned to a quiet room with a sad look on everyone's face. Just as I was about to say something, Klein walked in with a contract ready for signing. I took the pen and, instead of writing my name, I signed Infinty Moment.

Well there we go. Our first deal. "It's done guys!" I told my friends with excitement in my voice. "Yeah!!!!" They all yell back, including Sachi and Egil.

"Hey Kazuto? How come you wrote the name of the band and not your name?" Asked Eugene. "I did it to let you know that I'm not the one who calls all the shots around here. And that we are all one family with everyone picking eachother up. We don't have one person leading us all. We are all leading this family." I explained. "That's right!" Everyone shouted.
-------------------------------------------
After a few minutes of explaining to Eugene and Klein that we work as one, we decided to head to Egil's café. "I think this is the first time I've ever been here Kazuto." Said Asuna to me.

"Well me and Yuuki have been here with our old band after some of our concerts. Also I've been here a couple times before the band formed together with my family just to visit Egil every once a while." I told her.

"Hey Kazuto, when was the last time you were at my bar?" Asked Egil. "If I remember correctly, I think it was a few days before the incident." I replied while the last part was in a quiet tone.

"Oh, I'm sorry for asking. I forgot that you don't like bringing up the past." Egil apologized in a sad tone. "No it's alright you don't have to worry about it." I said making sure that he didn't know why I stopped going there.

"Hey Kirito, do you think you can tell us what happened? You know we are always here for you just like your always there for us." Said Shino. "I'm sorry Shino I don't think I'm ready to talk about it yet. That and I don't think that Yuuki and I can handle with what we've been through." I said in a bit of a sad tone.

"Okay. But remember that we are always here for you guys(A/N: if you remember in my other story I have a hard time saying/writing you guys instead of y'all) and will be forever." She said in a reassuring tone of voice. "Thanks Shino" Yuuki and I said in unison. "Well guys sorry to interrupt this touching moment but we're here." Egil informed us.
-------------------------------------------
There it is. The Dicey Cafe and Bar. We started to get out of the car and walk into the cafe. "Egil where were you? I thought you said you would be back ten minutes ago!" Said his wife. "Sorry I was out with Kazuto and his friends at the recording studio." He replied. He always has to apologize to her whenever something is wrong.

"Wait is he here?" "Yep and so is Yuuki and their friends!" She makes her way into café and greets every one of us. "Kazuto, Yuuki, it's been so long!" "It has. Let me introduce you to Infinity Moment. This is Asuna, Shino, Liz, Argo, and of course you have Yuuki and I. And we've brought a close friend of mine. Her name is Sachi." I introduced her to everyone.

"Well let me get you all something to eat. I just have a feeling that you guys didn't have breakfast today." She offered smiling. But as soon as she said that my stomach started to growl. "Wow Kazuto, was that true for you? I thought that you of all people would have eaten already." Said a joking Yuuki. "Well I would've if I wasn't too worried about the song we were recording." I said back to her. Just then I immediately regretted what I said as I felt a small yet sharp pain go through me. I looked back over at Yuuki to see a worried look in her eyes.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that." I went and put a hand on her shoulder trying to comfort her. "Yeah I know. You would never say anything like that to hurt any of us. Uh, could I speak to you for a sec?" She asked. "Of course let's go in the back."

We started to go to the back. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked as we were sitting on one of the spare beds that Egil has for his breaks. "Well, I think we should tell them about what happened to your old band and to my sister."

A-Are you sure you feel ok talking about that?" I asked her, feeling my body go light as if I were about to faint or burst into tears. "Yes I'm sure, but on one condition." "And what is that?" "That you tell them about it."

I started to feel my heart beating faster as she said that. She really wants to get it off her chest doesn't she? I rubbed my eyes making it look like they were sore but really wiping away the tears.

Well, if she wants me to, then I will. "Ok I'll tell them about it. I'll tell them the whole thing... even about the blood that was shed that night." I said mumbling that last part. "Okay well let's go. And thank you again for being there for me." As she thanked me, she pulled me onto a hug. One that was about trust and happiness and thankfulness all at the same time.

We walked out the room when Liz said, "So what went on in there? Hmmmmm?" as if she were trying to make it seem as if we were having a makeover session. "Guys, we have something really important to tell you that I hope you can all take it seriously, since this means so much to Yuuki and I." I said avoiding Liz's question and with a small sad look on my face.

I looked at Yuuki one more time, making sure that she wanted me to talk about this. She gave me a nod and a smile. I took in a deep breath, preparing for what I was about to announce. "It's about what happened to my old band and Aiko, Yuuki's sister. There was a band called Yami No Sekai and I'm sure you've all heard of them before right?"

They all gave a few words of agreement. "There were 5 members. Aiko Konno, Eugeo Sekai, Arlis Zenai, Kodashi Fernandez, and a younger boy named Kazuto Kirigaya."

They all gasped at the realization of the entire band except Yuuki and Egil. "The lead singer was Aiko. She had the most beautiful voice I've ever heard and if she was in this room doing a sing off with Asuna, I'd think she would win." "Excuse me?!" "Calm down Asuna." Said Sachi. "Because while she's singing, you can hear all the emotion she puts out as if she were in that person's position. The two lead guitarist were Kodashi and I. We were always in sync and never missed a single string. I was also the co-singer along side Aiko. Eugeo was the bass. Comparing him and Shino, it would be a tie because she plays it just like him. They both get so into the moment when they are playing. And then there was Arlis. He was the drummer, and my god, he would beat Liz in a competition any day." "HEY!!!" she started to bolt at me until Asuna grabbed her collar. "Liz if I can't beat him to a pulp right now then neither can you." Liz started to sit back down as I started to continue. "Because he put all of his soul into it as he does his parts. Together, the band were truly amazing. But not enough for someone from Nightfall Records, like Klein, to come. One day they got into a major argument which then led to a huge brawl. Eugeo was getting angry because we weren't getting as much attention as he hoped. He wanted to make more songs as soon as possible about things that didn't even made sense. He also trained us day and night w/o hardly any rest. No one was liking what he had turn into so we started to come up with the idea to dissolve. But when Eugeo got word of this he was furious. He started to beat us till we were bleeding. Then a total war broke out including me and Aiko. Once it was over I was the one walking away while taking Aiko to the hospital. She was lucky to only lose her memory about the band. But I was the one who remembered it all. I remember that brawl and the blood that was shed and...and..." I started to burst into tears with Yuuki joining me and and pulling me in a hug. It was one of forgiveness and sadness. As I looked at everyone they all had a shock look on their face even Egil, since he didn't know the full story. "I-I'm sorry" I apologized and started to walk out of the café with Yuuki behind me, totally forgetting about breakfast we were going to have

"Why do you wish to follow me." I asked her. "Because I know what you are going through but I know that you will go home and continue to beat yourself up for it knowing that you were the one who walked away. So I just wanted to let you know, that I'm hear for you." She walked up to me and gave me a warm hug which I returned. I then felt something soft touch my cheek. "Yuuki?" She started to walk away with a small blush on her cheeks. Then she stopped and looked at me. "Thank you for being there for me and for bringing me back up." She thanked. I started to turn back around and go to my place, which wasn't far from here. "No problem Yuuki, and thank you for getting the truth off of our chests." She smiled and went back into the café.

-----------------------------------------

Once I reached my house I saw that my parents car was there. "Well they're home early." I mumbled to myself. I walked in to meet a happy little girl, mom, and dad on the couch.

"Well how'd the tournament go Sugu?" I asked not expecting an answer. "Well I won and since we were finished early I thought we should return so I could say I'm sorry for being such a jerk." She apologized and hugged me.

She started to feel the dampness on my shirt and then pulled away from the hug. "What's wrong Kazuto?' She asked obviously leaving some worry in her voice.

As soon as she said that my mom and dad started walking over with concerned looks on their faces. "Nothing I just had a great yet dissatisfied day. Great because my new band got a record deal at Nightfall Records. Dissatisfied because I had to uncover a bad truth behind my past." I replied mumbling that last sentence.

"Well congrats Kazuto!! Did you know that we got our first deal there too? "My mom asked while pointing at dad. "We sure did honey. We had a great time until two things so great came, two years after each-other, which brought us more happiness than we could've ever imagined." My dad said.

"Well I'm going to go to my room and get a good nap in. I just returned from Egils and I'm feeling tired." I said walking up the stairs. "Next time you see that man, tell him we said hi!" My parents said in unison. I walked into my room a and fell on my bed immediately going to sleep.

-------------------------------------------

I started to dream about that one unfaithful night. I was just a different person that night. I started to grab Aiko and run to the hospital until Eugeo grabbed a chair and hit my head with it. He pulled Aiko off of me and started to beat the hell out of her until she stopped breathing. "Is this what you wanted, kid? I guess not." He picked up the chair and brought the chair-leg down towards my eye. "Noooo!" I screamed but no one could hear me.

-------------------------------------------

"Aah!" I yelled as I woke up. I could feel tears in my eyes. I looked around and saw Sugu staring at me with tears in her eyes.

"Kazuto? Are you ok? I was walking to your room to get you for lunch but when I walked in you looked like you were having a nightmare." She said in a sad tone.

"I'm fine Sugu. Just had a bad dream about my past. But it didn't go like it originally did." I explained. "So what's for lunch?" I said trying to change the subject.

"I don't know. But mom said it would be special. She said that you should call you friends and Egil and his wife to come over and join us." She said in excitement.

"Okay, I will." I said to her walking towards my room to get my phone. I picked it up and started to text my mom asking if we were going to have a party for everyone to celebrate.

Mom: Yes we are going to. And make sure everyone is there tonight.
Me: Ok, I'll make sure they're there.

I started a group text with everyone.

Me: Hey guys.
Shino: Hey
Asuna: Hi
Liz: Sup
Argo: Hello
Yuuki: What's up?
Me: Well I wanted to know if you guys wanted to go over to my house tonight for a group party. My parents are going to cook or grill for us celebrating our new record deal.
Everyone: Sure I'm in.

Great. I start to text Egil.

Me: Hey wanna join me, the band, and my family tonight for a party?
Egil: Sure. And would it be okay if my wife could come too?
Me: Sure, in fact I was about to ask you to bring your wife along.
Egil: Alright. Thanks for the invite. We'll swing by at 6.
Me: Okay

I went back downstairs to visit Sachi. "Sugu! I'm going to invite Sachi too! I'll be back okay!" I shout out to her letting her know where I'm heading off too. "Okay. Make sure she joins us." She says back.

I open the door to walk towards Sachi's house. I was about to knock when I saw a blue heeler puppy about to get hit by a car.

I run out in the middle of the road, not caring about my own life, and picked up the puppy and dive onto the sidewalk. "Whew! That was a close one!" I shout as I start to check the dogs neck to see if she had a collar around her neck. To my surprise, she was a stray.

"Here. I'll take you over to my house and we'll take care of ya." I tell her as she licks my face. I pick her back up and start to walk back to Sachi's to get her. I knock on her door and she answers the door. "Who is it?" She asks for safety reasons.
"Would you like to buy some girl scout cookies today?" I jokingly ask without cracking up.

"Kazuto, what brings you here, and who is this!?" She asks me. "She's a stray. I found her on my way over about to be hit by a car." I answer her second question. "And I was also wondering if you wanted to join us tonight for a party?" I ask her.

"Sure! I'll join!" She says happy. "Great. Wanna come now so I won't have to fetch you later?" I ask her. "Yeah sure. Just let me get better clothing on than what I have on now." She says. She is wearing a tank-top and some jean shorts. "Okay." I tell her as she lets me in.

I sit on the couch as she goes to her room to get dressed. "Now what should I call you?" I ask the little pup. "How about Lisa?" The dog shakes her little head in disagreement. "No? Then Denise?" Nope. "Hmm. How about Lucy?" The dogs wags her tail and licks my face. "I'll take that as a yes." I laughed out. "Well Lucy, welcome to the family!" I tell her.

Soon Sachi comes in. She is wearing a pink shirt covered by a pink sweater. She also has skinny jeans on. "Ready to go?" She asks. "Yeah, let's go." I say walking towards the door.

We start to walk to my house. "So what's her name?" She asks, breaking the silence. "Her name is Lucy." I answer. Lucy wags her tail and starts to lick my face once again.

I start to laugh. "Well hello Lucy!" Sachi says towards her. Lucy lets out a small bark letting Sachi know that she said hi back. Sachi starts to scratch behind her eyes and Lucy seems to like that. We make it to my door.

I open the door letting Sachi enter before me. I let Lucy down so she can get used to the place and so she can smell around to know the scents.

I walk over to the kitchen and grab a bowl and put some water in it. I put the bowl down for Lucy to drink out of, and to my surprise, she starts to drink out of it really fast.

"Well you must've been thirsty." I say. I walk over to Sachi and start to tell her who will be joining us tonight. "The band, Argo, Egil and his wife will be joining us tonight and it will be out in the backyard." I tell Sachi letting her know.

"Kazuto? Are you back already?" Sugu asks walking downstairs. "Yes I'm home Sugu!" I tell her, "And Sachi is here too! And I have a small gift for the family also!"

"Oh? And what is this small gift?" She asks. "Sugu, I would like you to meet Lucy. Lucy, this is Sugu." I introduce the two of them to eachother. "Aww. She's so cute!" Sugu says.

"Yeah, she is. I found her walking around. She was crossing the street and was about to get hit by a car. I ran out in the middle of the road not caring about what would happen to me, picked her up, and dove out of the way of the fast moving car." I tell her letting her know how I got her.

"Well that was sweet of you!" A certain blue haired girl on the couch says to me. Yeah, well Egil and his wife should be here soon. So should everyone else." I say.

Not even two seconds later, a knock could be heard from the door. I look through the hole to see who it is. "Kaz, bud, you in there?" Said a low masculine voice. I open the door to reveal Egil, his wife, and Yuuki. "Welcome guys!" I greeted them.

I let them into the house. Yuuki sat next to Sachi and Sugu while Egil and his wife sat on the couch across from them. I walked over to Lucy and petted her on the back. She rolled over to let me rub her belly. "Hey Kazuto, who's that?" Yuuki ask me. "Say hello to the newest member of the Kirigaya family, Lucy." I told them.

Lucy rolled back over and ran over to Yuuki. She starts to jump up and lick her hand then puts her head in it. "Looks like she likes you already Yuu." I tell her with a new nickname I thought of. "Who's Yuu?" Yuuki asks. "I think you are." Sugu answers her question.

Yuuki's cheeks start to turn red as she realized that it was her new nickname that I gave her.

I hear the doorbell ring rapidly letting me know that it was probably Asuna at the door. I run towards it with Lucy chasing behind me. I was about to open the door until I thought that Lucy might run away. I quickly pick her up and answer the door.

My justification was right. It was Asuna ringing the bell with Argo, Liz, and Shino behind her. "You can stop ringing Asuna." I tell her. "Bout time you ans-, who's this?" Asuna asks. "The new member of the Kirigaya family, Lucy." Answered. "Aww. She's so cute!" They all say in unison. "Well let's head out to the backyard. I'm pretty sure that my parents are back there making food already." I tell them.

We were walking to the backyard, and I was right. My parents were already making food for us. "Hey guys!" My mom says. "What took you so long?!" My dad asks.

"Well Remember that I have a cafe to run." Egil answers. "I had Egil pick me up from my house." Yuuki replies. "I was here, it's just that were waiting on everybody else to get here." Sachi says. "We all walked here." Asuna, Shino, Argo, and Liz say in unison. "Well then that answer that." My mom, Midori, says.

"Ye- wait. Kazuto, who's that?" My dad asks pointing to the blue heeler puppy. "This is Lucy. I found her on the street on my way to Sachi's house." I answer his question. "Dad, can we keep her?" Sugu asks, doing her little puppy dog eyes.

"Alright we can keep her. As long as you train her Kazuto." He tells me. Seems that dad can't handle Sugu's act just like how people can't handle my death glare. "Don't worry, I will." I answer.

"Ok. Well foods about to be ready so if you guys want to, you can go towards the dojo over there and hang out or spar with eachother." My dad says, making sure we aren't bored.

"Wait, YOU HAVE A DOJO KAZUTO?!" Yuuki asks me, while shouting at me. "Um, yeah. I do. It's mainly for Sugu though for her practice. I sometimes go there with her just to for some fun when I'm not writing lyrics." I answer her. "Well come on guys, I think we should let the adults have their fun and go to the dojo." Sugu suggests.

-------------------------------------------

We all agree to go and, of course, Asuna wanted to spar Liz and Sugu. We all go inside to watch. "Asuna, Liz, do you guys want it Kendo style, or fencing? Cause we have enough equipment for both." Sugu asks. "We're going to have it fencing style." Liz answers.

Sugu leaves the room to go get the equipment, while I start to talk to Yuuki. "So Yuuki, about today, how are you and your sister feeling?" I ask her. "She's feeling a lot better than she normally was and I'm feeling better than I was today." She answers my question. "Well I have another thing to ask you about but it can wait till later." I tell her.

Sugu comes back with the equipment. "Alright the first match is Asuna and Liz." Sachi says, as if she's announcing the match. Asuna and Liz went to the dressing room to get changed while Sugu was already dressed. About 30 seconds later, Asuna and Liz come back out with their helmets in hand and their fencing coats on.

They walk up to their sides of the dojo. "Ready?" I ask. They put their helmets on and get into their fighting stance. "Begin!" I shout. They started going at it as soon as I say that.

Sachi is announcing, Sugu's getting ready for her match, while Yuuki, Shino, Argo, and I are watching off to the side. Whatever Sachi is saying, we can't hear because of the sword play going on.

"Hey Kazuto, is it alright if I lean on your shoulder for a bit? I'm a bit tired from today and I didn't have enough time to take a nap." Yuuki asks me. I didn't want her to be tired for today. "Sure, you can lay your head on my lap for a bit if you want." I tell her, making sure that I want her to be comfortable. "Okay, thank you." She says while we walk over to a good spot to sit down at.

I sit down and lay my legs out for her head to rest on my lap. She puts head down on my lap while I pet her hair making her comfortable. I look back at the match to see that Asuna won. Sugu walks up to the arena getting her stuff ready.

"Ready?" Sachi says. "Begin!" She yells out while both girls went at it. I look back down towards Yuuki to see that she's blushing a bit. I move a strand of hair out of her face and see that she's smiling while sleeping.

I smile and lean my head back and start to doze off until I hear a certain crazy girl shouting as she comes up for an attack. I jolt my head towards the match to see Sugu dodge Asuna's attack and swing her sword, hitting Asuna on her hip. Sugu won the match then congratulated Asuna on her style.

I decide to wake up Yuuki. "Hey sleepyhead. The matches are over and it's time to wake up." I say, loud enough to wake her up. But, she doesn't. "Oh well. Guess I'm carrying you up to the house." I tell her. Nothing.

I pick up her unconscious body and put her on my back piggyback style. She rests her head on my shoulder while she's still asleep. We all walk out of the dojo with the food ready. "Well looks like someone's tired." My mom says. "Yeah. I'm gonna lay her down on the couch then I'll head back out." I tell them making sure they don't think I'll do anything stupid.

I walk into the house on my way to the living room. I open my room and lay the sleeping Yuuki on my bed. I put some blankets over her and start to walk out until I feel someone tugging on my arm. I look back to see Yuuki holding my arm.

"Don't leave yet. Please?" She asks. I don't want to make her think I'm a bad person so I decide to stay with her. "Are you ok Yuuki? You aren't acting like your usual self today." I say to her. "I'm fine. What about you? How are feeling after this morning?" She asks. "I'm... okay." I answer. She pulls me into a hug.

"Thank you, for just being you and always being there for me when I need it most." She says. "No problem Yuuki. And thank you for being here for me when I'm in the slumps." I say to her. We stayed in that position for a few minutes until she falls back asleep. I lay her back down and stand up walking out of the house.

"What took you so long?" Said Shino. "Yuuki just needed some comfort so she pulled me into a hug. That's what took me so long." I answer her question. "Well how long of a hug did she need?" Asked Argo. "Apparently a few minutes." I reply. "Well I'm starving." "Let's eat!" Asuna and Liz say.

-------------------------------------------

After a few hours of partying, I decide to head towards my hangout spot in a tree. I usually go there to just clear my head or think of new lyrics to write. I start to climb up to the branch where I have a great view of the neighborhood. I start to hum Colors of the Heart again.

I look up at the skyline and see the sky full of stars. Each of them have their own color. They are shining brighter than usual. I then think about new lyrics to write for our next song. "That's it!" I mumble. "What's it?" Said a voice.

I look down and see Asuna staring at me. "Asuna?! How'd you know I was up here?!" I asked, a bit shocked that I didn't hear her climb up the tree. "I saw you walking over here and started climbing the tree. So you want to tell me about what it was that you were thinking about?" She asked me.

I start to tell her what I came up with for new lyrics. "Sounds good. I think we should work on the choreography, the music, and everyone's part tomorrow." She said, confirming my idea. "Okay. It's getting a bit late and I think you guys should start to head home now." I say noticing that it was almost midnight. "Ok. I'll ask Egil for a ride." She replied.

"Alright. I'm gonna go check up on Yuuki and wake her up. I'll take her home." I tell her so she wouldn't have to worry about our friend. "Ok we'll make sure she gets there safe or I will come after you." She says in a scary tone of voice. "Y-yes mam!" I say. I climb down the tree helping Asuna down. She walks over to Egil and asks if he can take her, Shino, and Argo home. He nods in agreement.

-----------------------------------------

I walk into the house and over to the couch to where Yuuki lays asleep on the couch. "Hey wake up. I'm gonna take you home." I tell her shaking her a bit. "WHAA!" She yells shooting her head up and hitting my face making us both fall on the floor with her on top of me.

"Well this is embarrassing. It's just like at Argo's house." I say. Her face went from its normal color to scarlet red. "S-Sorry!" She yells in embarrassment and quickly pouncing off my stomach, which hurt a bit. "It's okay." I tell her. "Any way come on. I'm taking you home for tonight so your parents won't get worried." I tell her.

"Also, if you want, I can carry you on my back to your house." She starts to blush whenever I said that. "Can you please? I'm still a bit tired and I'm afraid of just collapsing on the way back." She answers. I turn around and gesture her to jump on. She does it quickly before I even took in a deep breath. I start to walk to the Konno residence.

"You still awake?" I ask her hoping for a reply. Instead I just get a head falling on my shoulder. "I guess not. Looks like I'm walking you in." I mumble under my breath. I start to reach her house. I open their front door with the spare key, they gave me a while back, and walk upstairs quietly, trying to not wake up her mom and Aiko.

I open her door and walked in, closing the door behind me. I gently shook her to wake her up, hoping that she wouldn't freak out again. She started to lift her head and noticed that she was still on my back in her room.

She got off and thanked me for, literally, walking her home. I told her not to worry about it and started to open to the door, only to be stopped by her sister. "What are you doing here so late?" She whispered while giving me a bone-crushing hug. "I was just bringing Yuuki back from my place. She was passed out." I quietly answer her question.

I continue to walk to their front door only to be stopped by the two sisters. "And where do you think you're going?" Aiko asked in a tired voice. "I'm heading back to the house. My family just returned yesterday and I think they'll be worried about me and so will the new dog too." I reply.

"Well you could stay over again knowing that it's half past midnight and you'll be walking alone on your way back." Yuuki says. "Well I could but I can't. I don't want to cause you guys any more trouble." I tell them. "You haven't caused any trouble and I'm pretty sure that you don't want to be all alone out there walking back to your place." Aiko tells me. "And plus, your parents wouldn't mind if you stayed over another night." Yulier came in and said.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." I apologize to her. "Don't worry about it. I woke up on my own. Anyway I'll contact your mother, telling her that your staying over for tonight." She said in a serious tone. I realized I couldn't win and therefore accepted her offer. "I'll sleep on the couch if that's alright with y-" "Nope you can stay in my room!" Yuuki says while going to get a futon.

"Well that happened. Anyway, how are you feeling Aiko?" I ask. "I'm feeling fine. What about you? And how did the recording go?" She asks excited. "Well, we got the contract. And we went back over to a man's cafe. His name is Egil. Remember him?" I ask her hoping that she would. "Yes I do now!" She replies.

"And then your sister and I told the band about what happened to Yumi No Sekai." I tell her. "Let me guess, that was the name of our old band, wasn't it?" She asked. "Correct. I'll tell you about them in the morning okay?" I tell her. She nods her head.

"Well goodnight Kaz, I'm heading off to bed." She says while hiding a yawn. She pulls me into a hug and walks to her room closing her door behind her. Yuuki walks into the hallway in different clothing. "You sure you don't want me to sleep on the couch?" I ask her. "I'm sure! Now come on." She said pulling me into her room. She closes the door and walks over to me. She gave me a hug goodnight and walks over to her bed lying down on it. I lay down on the futon she got ready and pull the blankets over me. And with that, I went to sleep.

-------------------------------------------

A/N: Recap heading count:47 words
Total chapter count: 6409 words (yes I checked)
Well guys here it is. Chapter 5 of missing beat. Also part 3 of colors of the heart. Sorry it took so long but I'm changing this update schedule. It will be every two weeks that this one is updated. Bye guys! Also I don't own any of the characters except for two. All of them except Arrekusu, and Yodashi belong to Rekindle Kowahara. Aiko belongs to the light novels. Yodashi and Arrekusu belong to me.