Arata just stared ahead in shock before answering, "N...N-No reason" he squeaked out as he began to stare out of the window. Kaoriko glanced at the younger oddly before going back to her music.

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Kouji shrugged lightly, listening to the music as he drove. Soon enough he was pulling into Arata's driveway, glancing back at Arata for a moment before glancing at Kaoriko. Towa had pulled into his own driveway by this point, locking his car as he headed inside his brother's house, giving a short wave to his older brother before heading upstairs to the room he would be staying in that held all his belongings. He quickly found his charger, hooking his phone up to it, watching as the screen lit up. He smiled to himself, sending a text to his friend.

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"Bye" Arata mummbled distractedly, getting out of the car and heading into his house. Just as he walked in, his phone rang and he quickly turning off the ringtone. No one was home as usual, his mother was probably hooking up with some rich guy and wouldn't be home for a few months and his drunk jerk of a father was most likely in some alley, drunk out of his mind. The brunette groaned as he fell onto his bed and pulled his phone from his pocket, sighing as he tried to figure out what to say. "Towa, ne?"he breathed out, deciding he'd just go to sleep- he could figure out what to do in the morning. (Time skip?)

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( Okays ^_^ ) Kouji yawned lightly as he got out of bed, turning the alarm off and making his way to the bathroom to take a quick shower. He knew Towa would probably still be asleep at this point, so he knew he hat time for a shower before the two had to plan out what to do today like always.

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Kaoriko groaned as she felt someone shaking her, "Ten more minutes~" the groaned, trying to wiggle away from the person. "No, wake up now~" "Five more minutes?" "Kaori, open your eyes" "Two?" The tealette heard a sigh, then was suddenly lifted up and swung over a shoulder, finally motivating her to open her eyes, "Daddy~" Kaoriko sqealed, knowing that gray hair anywhere. "So you're finally awake, huh?" Akihiko spoke, walking down the stairs with his daughter still over his shoulder. "Misaki was about to splash water on you ya know, you should at least thank me for saving you from such a dreadful fate" he spoke with a laugh. Kaoriko just giggled as they finally reached the bottom and he put her down, "You're home~ and Mum is too?" she spoke, being answered with a hug from behind, "Yes I am, now both of you come and eat breakfast" the brunette spoke with a smile. Akihiko immediately latched onto his wife's neck, trying to convince her to let him help with her make lunch- but was obviously denied. Kaoriko just laughed at her parents, heading over to the table in her long blue shirt, her parents bickering playfully as they headed to it as well. Arata yawned as he left the bathroom, already having taken an shower and changed. He grabbed a bagel from the kitchen, noticing his father unconscious on the couch, but just ignored him and left the house. The brunette began to slowly nibble at his breakfast, heading towards the park with a sketch book under his arm. (chatzy?)

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Towa yawned, turning over in his bed, through regretting it when a wave of sunlight hit his face, causing him to open his eyes, in return waking him up. He sighed, sitting up and looking around, yawning again before getting out of bed and getting dressed, heading out into the hallway. He glanced at the closed bathroom door before shrugging, grabbing his phone from his room and heading downstairs to the kitchen where his older brother was getting ready for work.

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Sighing, Arata dropped to the grass and laid down on his back, pulling his phone out and deciding he'd text Towa back. 'Let's talk face to face. I'm at the Namimori (couldn't think of a name, so I used the one from Katekyo xD) park, can you come?'  Arata sat up and sighed once more, smiling a little as he realized how much he'd been sighing lately, then beginning to draw a squirrel who was running up and down the nearby tree.

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Towa glanced at his phone as he stuffed the last piece of the toast he had made in his mouth, reading over the text, hesitating a moment before shrugging, replying, ' Yeah, I can be there in about ten minutes.' he sent and made his way upstairs to grab his shoes, glancing at Kouji who was coming out of the bathroom . " I'll be back later, got to go meet someone." he said before hurrying down the stairs and out of the house, making his way down the sidewalk. He didn't need to use his car, seeing as the park wasn't far at all.

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Arata groaned, looking up from his drawing for a second in order to stare at a small group of friends who were messing around not to far away. The brunette smiled slightly, but suddenly frowned, 'I can't believe I'm doing this, it's so much trouble' he thought before going back to shading the squirrel he was working on.

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Towa made his way down the sidewalk until he was at the park, glancing around at the few people there, walking down the trail. He stopped for a moment when he spotted the familiar person from last night, watching Arata from where he stood, wondering what he was doing there. He glanced around once more before shrugging lightly.

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