(Suzuno)
I sighed as I looked up at the clock, almost 10pm, Nagumo still wasn't back yet. I picked up my phone and called him for the third time, again it went to voicemail and I sighed deeply. I turned my attention back to the TV although I didn't really know what was happening since I hadn't been paying attention.

Suddenly I heard my phone go and I saw it was from Nagumo, I rushed to answer it.
"Nagumo?" I asked and I was relieved to hear him reply, but he sounded tired and weary. "Sorry Fuu, we had lots of staff off sick so everyone had to pull a late, Sorry I missed your calls but I'm finished now so I'm coming home, I'll see you in a little while kay." He said yawning slightly at the end. "Of course, I'll see you later then, I love you"
"Love you too, bye" he hung up.

I yawned a bit, it wasn't even that late, but I was just so exhausted from work as usual. I blinked my eyes trying to stay awake, but it just made me more sleepy. Subconsciously I moved my body so I was lying on the sofa, the soft, soft sofa. My eyes slowly fluttered shut and everything began to fade away....

(Nagumo)
I unlocked the front door of the house and stepped inside. Removed my shoes and popped my coat on the banister of the stairs before enjoying the soft feeling of slippers on my tired feet. I yawned quite loudly and padded across towards the living room.

I called Suzuno's name but I heard no reply. I didn't think much of it-it was late after all. The tv was still on but Suzuno was slightly curled up on the sofa with a peaceful expression on his face. I smiled and sat down carefully next to him, as not to wake him. I pushed a stray hair away from his face and admired it, he was just so perfect.

I got up again and walked over to the kitchen, there was a bowl of pasta waiting for me. I laughed at the little label Suzuno had left for me 'Fettuccine Alfredo' yeah, well pasta's pasta to me!After a quick nuke in the microwave (and burning my tongue as a result) I instead decided to wait until it had cooled down a little, carrying it with me into the living room. After I had eaten I turned off the tv and gently shook Suzuno's shoulders.

He stirred, bleary eyes adjusting to the sudden light. I smiled down at him and he gave me a sleepy smile back, reaching up and hugging me tightly. We were both so exhausted that I ended up toppling over him, he just laughed lightly as I sent him an apologetic smile.
"I'm glad you're back, I missed you." He said in a voice just above a whisper as I got off him, helping him to his feet. He yawned "Sorry I was asleep..." he mumbled sleepily, interlacing our fingers and placing a chaste kiss on my cheek. I shook my head lightly "It's fine, I'm just glad to be back. Now let's go get some sleep" I said as we both headed upstairs.

I was so tired, too tired to change out of my work clothes but eventually I did getting into my cozy striped pj bottoms and a black t-shirt. I looked over at Suzuno who was tucked up in the covers already half-asleep. I smiled happily as I got in next to him and wrapped my arms around him, pulling him into a hug. I lightly kissed his forehead and said goodnight. "I love you Nagumo, sleep tight" I heard him whisper softly and I slowly drifted off to sleep...

(7am, Saturday morning)
(Nagumo)
I slowly opened my eyes, then hissed slightly at the beaming light coming from the bedroom window. I turned to see no Suzuno, I rolled over again when I heard a familiar voice say good morning. Suzuno was standing in front of the wardrobe buttoning up his shirt. I squinted at the alarm clock on the dresser, 7:05 it read and I rubbed my head as he sat on the bed, now fully dressed.

"Why, are you up so.... Earlyyyy?" I said and he scoffed, ruffling my already messy bed-head. "Well I got up early to feed Cookie, but their was no cat food left. Also we have no milk, or fruit, or bread for that matter so I thought I should quickly go to the shops to buy some.

I felt a pang of guilt as I remembered that I was supposed to buy all of that yesterday. "Sorry " I mumbled. He smiled at me again "Nah, don't worry about it it's no trouble." he kissed my cheek quickly before nipping downstairs.

I quickly sat up and followed him downstairs, he waved and opened the door and left; only to come back a few minutes later "Oh uh and before I forget, can you make sure to text or email everyone about the party tonight, thanks I love you," and he shut the door again. I quickly remembered the party and dashed upstairs to find my laptop, Cookie following at my heels.

(Suzuno)
It was only supposed to be a short shop but after I had grabbed what we needed I remembered the party and had to go around buying stuff for it. I was just about to pay for it when I saw someone in the aisle, doing their shopping also, Midorikawa.

I went over to him and tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around, smiling weakly at me as he said hello. I asked him how he was and he just said he was 'fine' although I could tell that there was something bothering him. I considered asking him what was wrong but knowing him he probably wouldn't want me to worry and just shrug it off.

Instead I told him about the party because I suspected that Nagumo hadn't got around to telling anyone yet. "Oh yeah, I heard about that." He said ( I guess I was wrong) he looked away. "So, are you gonna come?" I asked him trying to figure out what had him so down. "Um well.... It depends...um if I'm busy or not you know?" He said rubbing the back of his neck. "Ah well that's cool I guess I might see you there then, bye" I said to him as he walked off into another aisle. I rubbed my head then gave up and walked over to the till to pay.

(Tachimukai)
I sipped my cup of coffee trying to wake myself up as I stared out of the kitchen window at the people below. I was so glad it was a Saturday today, my day of relaxation, well it was until my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out seeing it was Tsunami and answered it.

" 'Sup Tachimukai! " he said happily "Nothing much really, I miss you" I replied, it had been at least a week and a half since we'd been able to properly talk. "Miss you too, and hey did you hear?"
"Hear what?" I replied not understanding. "Suzuno and Nagumo are having a party tonight, and everyone's invited! Are you going?" He said excitedly.

"What, a party, okay sure I guess-"
"Great! I'll come over at seven so we can both go together!" He said interrupting me slightly but I just giggled at this, he was really happy about this wasn't he? "The party starts at nine so I thought we could spend some time together before it starts!" Tsunami said, I began to smile. He said he had to go so we both said goodbye to each other and I hung up. I smiled to myself and proceeded to tidy up my apartment for Tsunami's arrival. Even though there was still hours to go I just couldn't wait to see my Tsunami again.

(Suzuno)
I unlocked the door and pulled the heavy shopping bags inside, sighing as I was finally back home and could now relax, scratch that - we still had to get everything ready for the party... But that was ages away, I could still relax I thought to myself.

A soft meowing woke me from my thoughts as Cookie drifted between my legs, seeking attention, I petted her head and she purred contently. Then I remembered the reason I had gone out. I swiftly picked up the bags and headed to the kitchen with cookie following. I grabbed the big bag of cat food-her yellow eyes seemed to grow impossibly large as I chuckled and poured some of it into her bowl. "Eat up Cookie." I said then walked out of the room to find my husband...

Said person bumped into me as I walked out of the kitchen. I rubbed my forehead then he quickly drew me close to him in a hug. "Sorry, I didn't see you love" he said into my hair. I pulled away laughing a little "It's okay!I got the stuff anyway, but I haven't put it away yet" I said looking into his warm amber eyes. "On it!" Nagumo said as he dashed into the kitchen "You just put your feet up okay Suzuno?" He said from somewhere in the room.

I chuckled as I headed towards the living room and lied down on the sofa, closing my eyes and letting out a contented sigh, then Cookie jumped on top of me and proceeded to 'make herself comfortable' on my chest. I smiled and closed my eyes.

(Midday)
(Genda)
"Wakey, wakey" I told the lump that was Sakuma on the bed as I walked in holding two mugs of green tea and setting them on the bedside table. I'd been on a bit of a health kick lately, I'm trying to get Sakuma to join me as well but he's been a bit slow about it.

There was no reply but instead I heard a faint sniffling sound from under the covers, like a crying sound...crying? Sakuma was crying? Oh no this is bad. "Sakuma?" I asked, gently peeling the covers off him. "What's wrong? Please tell me."

He looked up at me, his hazel eye was red and puffy with tear stains all down his cheeks. I just looked at him for a second before holding him tightly in my arms. He gripped onto the back of my shirt shaking, I rubbed his back and comforted him, he sniffed and shook violently but didn't cry- I suppose he must've been too exhausted if he's been up here by himself for god knows how long.

I just held onto him. I remember the first time I ever saw him cry; we were 14 and Sakuma had broken his arm after falling from a tree, it was my fault really, I dared him to do it. Fudou couldn't stop laughing, Kidou was stressing out and I just stood there like an idiot as Sakuma's laughter turned to tears...
Two years ago I saw him cry again, he tried to hide it from me at first, said it was embarrassing for a guy to be caught crying- I told him I didn't believe in all that macho shit (I've got my mum and big sis to thank for that attitude) and I hugged him. After that point he started to feel more comfortable showing his emotions to me, but lately I've found him crying more and more often. I'm okay with the crying, but it's the shaking that gets me. When he goes all quiet like that- that's when I know something's seriously wrong.

He seemed to calm down a bit after a while, he'd stopped shaking so much at least. I asked him what was wrong. He was still buried behind me, I could feel his breath on the back of my neck. He didn't say anything for a while, but I knew I had to be patient, give him some time. I didn't want to rush him, didn't want to push him "Hey, it's alright if you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to say anything-"
"It's my dad." He whispered, cutting me off.

I didn't need to ask. I knew what had been going on, it's been going on for months now. All because that man decided to show up and ruin everything again, just as Sakuma was finally in a good place. He tried being secretive about it, he'd wince whenever there was a text alert- I picked up on that. I took his phone one day and saw them, all those horrible messages. We argued a lot that day.
He hates talking about it, because I always say the same thing.
Block him
Stop reading his messages
Delete them
But he won't.

"He he sent me this, this morning" he rasped, gesturing to a text on his phone. I sighed, another awful message, and that final sentence 'no one will ever love you.'

I looked back at Sakuma who had tears forming in his eyes, I sighed and stroked his cheek. "Please, please Jirou, just block his number, don't read the messages." I begged, I couldn't stand seeing him get hurt over and over again.
"It's not- it's not as simple as that..." he mumbled and I sighed again and held him tightly, he gripped onto my shirt. "I can't just- I can't just-" he tried before burying his face into my shirt, he didn't cry- he started to shake again. "Shhhh, it's okay, it's okayyyy I'm here shhh..." I cooed gently. I don't understand how he thinks, and that's okay, I don't have the right to intervene in something so personal to him. It's his dad after all.

"Maybe you could...." he lifted his head up and I looked down at him, he turned to the side and mumbled something. "What?" I asked gently. He rested his head on my chest, still not looking at me and brought his phone up to my view "Maybe you could...if you just delete these ones...I ca-" he took a breath "-I can't do it myself...but you could..."
I nodded in understanding, taking the phone from him and deleting the most recent messages, I wanted to delete them all but I had to respect his wishes "I don't care what he says, I love you, and I always will, ain't nothing gonna change that okay?" I said hugging him tighter, and turning his head to face me, kissing him tenderly on the lips. After we parted he stared at me, his grip on me loosening only a little. He rested his head upon my chest again, breathing ragged and voice hoarse "I love you." He whispered.

When he was feeling a little better I told him about the party, I half expected him to not want to go due to what had happened, but he simply shrugged, burying further into my chest. I stroked his head gently and closed my eyes, just enjoying our little moment. The moment was ruined when my phone began ringing in my jeans pocket, I sighed and opened my eyes. Pulling out my phone I saw it was work. Sakuma got up quietly and left the room, probably to get something to eat. I answered the phone.

(Sakuma)
I walked downstairs admiring the framed photographs on the wall of Genda and I. I remembered all of them, all the lovely times we'd spent together. It made me smile as I made it to the kitchen and began looking for something to eat- I didn't realise how hungry I was until now. A few minutes later Genda came downstairs, rubbing his head.

"That was my boss" he started "She asked me to come in for few hours, to fill in for another colleague" he went on.
"Okay well I guess I'll see you later then" I said as I went in to give him a goodbye hug, but he stopped me "I said I couldn't." He answered, getting out a bowl from the cupboard. "I said I had to look after you because you're not feeling great and she understood completely." He stated, pouring out some porridge.
It's kind of a tradition with me, I always eat porridge when I'm sad.

"You don't have to worry about me, I'm not a baby." I said, taking the bowl from him. His work's important and I wouldn't want him to miss out just because I'm being...
I sighed
'Stop with the self-loathing, you're allowed to be upset.'
He took the bowl from me and set it down before wrapping his arms around me again "I know you're not, but that doesn't mean I'm about to leave you alone again, I want to spend time with the love of my life today." he said smiling. I couldn't help but smile too, that smile of his, I've always found it so infectious I can't help myself. It felt nice to smile. It really did.