(3pm)
(Suzuno)
I sat down heavily on the bed, completely exhausted from work as per usual, at least it was Sunday- we closed early on Sundays. I laid down, just staring up at the ceiling, I could hear the shower running ferociously across the hall. 'He's wasting all the hot water again.' I thought to myself before letting out a small chuckle, Haruya always has the hottest showers, I'm surprised he's not managed to burn himself yet.

I reluctantly got up, pulling my chef's whites out of my work bag and throwing then into the laundry hamper. My ears picked up to the sound of the water shutting off, and Nagumo humming a small tune to himself. I walked out of our bedroom and down the hall to the bathroom, just as I was about to knock he opened the door, jumping back in fright as soon as he saw me.
"Jesus Fuu!" He exclaimed, hastily re-wrapping his towel around his waist. "Hey Haruya." I replied, suppressing a small chuckle, he was just so easy to scare.
"I didn't know you were back." He said, calming down a bit and smiling at me. He planted a quick kiss on my lips "How was work." He asked, and I just shrugged "Same as always."

He perched on the bed as I helped blow dry and tame his mess of hair "Oh, I just remembered!" He yelled over the noise of the hairdryer. I switched it off, gesturing for him to continue. He scratched his cheek "Uh I meant to text you about it earlier but I forgot." He turned so he was facing me, looking a little sheepish "Reina called me earlier."

"Reina?" I asked and he nodded. "She kinda asked if we could look after Eichirou and Osami for a couple of days whilst her and Kaoru go on a little trip." Reina was like a sister to us, well to all of us Sun Garden kids- we were all one big, dysfunctional family. We were all still very close, even though we were grown ups now, making families of our own...
I gave my husband a small smile "That's fine I guess, when are they coming round?" I asked and he scratched his neck, laughing nervously "Well...they're on the way now, I kinda said they could just swing by whenever." he said and I raised an eyebrow at him "That wasn't very forward-thinking of you Haruya." The house was still messy and he was still very much nude. He waved a hand in front of my face "I know I know my bad, but they did only tell me this morning so..." he tried before giving up. "Let's just try and get things ready shall we?" I stated cooly and he nodded, jumping up and looking for some clean clothes to wear.

I won't lie, I really wanted to spend today with my husband, since we've hardly seen each other all week, but when I opened the door to Reina and her family I forgot all about that.
"I'm so sorry to put this on you two so last minute, we're usually more organised than this and I couldn't get a hold of Kiyama to ask him." Reina said apologetically but Nagumo just grinned at her "Don't worry about it, you two just go have fun together!" He exclaimed and I shook my head lightly 'Of course Hiroto didn't answer his phone. Well, it's probably for the best anyway, I'm sure he and Midorikawa just want to spend as much time alone as possible.'

Kaoru opened the car door and let the kids out, Osami had a huge grin on her face as she jumped down and ran straight at me. I barely had time to react as she flung herself towards me, I picked her up in my arms and she giggled happily, seconds later Eichirou appeared and clung tightly to Nagumo's leg. Kids sure do grow up fast, I'm certain it was only a few years ago that they were both tiny little babies, hard to believe they're already six years old.

"All their stuff is in their bags." Kaoru said, placing two small rucksacks at our feet. "They both have after-school club so you can pick them up at 4.30pm okay? Oh, and Eichirou has a piano lesson on Tuesday after school, I'll text you the address." Reina added, piano lessons for a six year old? 'They're trying really hard to give their kids everything.' I nodded in agreement. They told us a few more things after thanking us both many, many times whereupon they finally said their goodbyes and left.

The kids were very excited to see us, Osami refused to let go of my hand and Eichirou was talking non-stop to Nagumo - strange as he's usually such a shy child. We put their bags upstairs and then looked at the time- 4pm. "So what do you guys wanna do first?" I said, looking down at the teal-eyed girl who was currently playing with my fingers. She looked up at me happily.

(Fubuki)
"I'm coming!" I yelled as I paused the TV and hurried over to the front door. I opened it to reveal a good friend of mine- Afuro. "Hiya!" I said happily and welcomed him inside, he said a small hello which was strange considering his usual, extroverted, flamboyant self. "Is everything alright Afuro?" I asked noticing the saddened look on his face.

He sighed and looked at me, he looked so devastated and on instinct I rubbed his back. "What's wrong?" I asked again and he finally said something "Well it's just...last night, at the party, I had so much fun, felt so at home with all of you but...this morning..." he stopped and sniffled a bit "God why am I crying!" he said angrily to himself but I didn't care and urged him to continue. "...This morning... I-I woke up and... there was no-one t-there, I-I'm so lonely Fubuki... I have no-one."
I saw tears beginning to prick in his eyes and I immediately took his hand and sat him down on the sofa. I felt so sorry for him, I really did, he's been single for a while now and even when he did go on dates or was even in a relationship he never seemed happy and they were always short-lived. I sighed. He was desperately trying to wipe his tears with his sleeve jacket but I gently moved his arm away and he looked at me sadly.

I gave him a small smile and told him everything was going to be just fine "You'll find the one for you, these things just take time is all, don't cry I don't like to see anyone cry."
"This just-this isn't supposed to happen to me, I'm Afuro Terumi for heaven's sake!" He said, sobbing angrily, I knew what he meant. Afuro, he was the kind of guy everyone wanted to be with- men and women, they were just drawn to him. "Is it so much to ask that someone actually wants to stay with me for once? Is it my fault, am I not good enough?" I shook his shoulder, trying to get him to stop crying "There's nothing wrong with you Afuro, you just haven't found the right person yet."

He scoffed at me "Seriously Shirou? I'm pretty sure I've slept with half of all the single people in this stupid city, I'm out of options!"
I shook my head, lowering my voice a little "Don't say that."
He looked like he wanted to say something, but he hesitated and looked at his hands instead, "What is it?" I asked but he just shook his head, I asked him again, a little louder and he finally gave in. "It's really embarrassing..." he said but I just gave him that Just tell me kind of look and he sighed hiding his face in his hands. "Do you...or Gouenji...know anyone..for me?.." he said quietly and I sat still for a second "You want us to set you up with someone?" I said and he shrugged his shoulders "Clearly, my methods, or possibly my judgement isn't working."

As if by magic my husband soon entered the room, greeting Afuro and then asking him if he was okay, noticing his upset manner. My friend just stayed silent so I figured I would tell him myself. I lead him into the kitchen and told him about the whole situation after I was done he looked at me worriedly "Fubuki I'm not a matchmaker. I don't want to put him with someone who's just gonna break his heart again."
"Well I don't have a single clue." I said and thought for a moment. I mean, I love Afuro, he's great! But he can be...well, he tends to hide behind his outgoing persona a lot, what he really needs is someone caring and understanding and won't just leave when things get too much. Those qualities can be genuinely hard to find in people nowadays.

"Wait a sec.." he suddenly told me and I looked at him expectantly.