"Alright then, honey. You take care now, okay?"

"Mhm. Have a safe trip mom!"

Mrs. Fukushima Hikari gave a worried smile to her daughter. "Remember to call when you can and need to. And it's almost time for school, so get ready soon!"

"But mom, I want to see you take off at the airport!" Fukushima Hoshi complained.

Mrs. Fukushima gave a small sigh and thought for a bit. "Okay then. But straight to school after that alright, Hoshi?"

Hoshi pouted, but then brightened up and ran to get her school bag. "Fine, fine. I promise," she exclaimed as she ran off.

Hoshi's mother smiled at her daughter's retreating figure and was then interrupted by the door bell.

"Yes? How may I help you, young man?" she asked the person as she opened the door.

"Hello, Mrs. Fukushima. Is Fukushima Hoshi here?" the boy asked.

"Why, yes. May I ask for your name?" her mother replied.

"My name is Saishoin Kizamaru. I'm in the same class as your daughter and I am also here to pick her up for school."

Mrs. Fukushima stared at Kizamaru for a second and then gave a slow, confused nod.

"Mom, I'm ready! Let's-, " Hoshi cut off her sentence midway and stared at Kizamaru with wide eyes.

Finally registering who was at the front door, she lowered her eyelids into a slight glare. "What are you doing here, Four-Eyes?"

Kizamaru shrugged and pushed up his glasses. "I'm here to get you to school on time today. Luna-san told me to come get you while she went off to get Hoshikawa Subaru. This is a way for her status as president to be increased as she will be nominated as student council soon!"

Hoshi stared at the boy with no interest present in the air.

"Have fun. Doesn't concern me and it never will," she answered straightforwardly.

The rose pink haired girl waved her hand as she walked past her classmate with her mother following her. Kizamaru stood in front of the house with disbelief written on his face.

"This is for Luna-san and I will not give up so easily!" the short boy exclaimed, grabbing the girl's arm.

"WHA- HEY! LET GO!" Hoshi yelled as she got pulled back.

Kizamaru began to drag her off to the opposite direction she was heading with all his might as Hoshi's mother stared at the two with concern for her daughter.

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"I'll go get that."

The boy walked over to answer the door only to see a girl in front of his house. "Yes? Hoshikawa residence, how may I help you?" he asked, blinking several times.

"Hoshikawa Subaru-kun?" the pigtailed girl asked.

"Uhh, yes, that's me... Who are you?" Subaru asked, confusion written all over his face.

"I'm Shirogane Luna, your class president of Kodamasho Elementary School, Class A-2," she announced.

Luna pounced in front of her classmate and grabbed his arm. "Well, let's get to school now!"

Subaru's eyes grew wide with shock as he struggled in her grip and tried backing off. "H-HEY! LET GO! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!" he exclaimed as his mother appeared behind him.

"Subaru? What's going on?" she asked.

"Oh! You must be his mother! Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Hoshikawa! I'm Shirogane Luna, the class president of Kodomasho Elementary School, Class A-2! Don't worry. I'll take care of you son right away, so you can rest easy!" Luna chirped happily as she began to drag him to school.

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"Let. Go. Of. Me. Already!" Hoshi said between her clenched teeth.

"Not until we get to school," Kizamaru told the girl.

Hoshi, who was now very displeased and angry, threw her arm in a downward motion and got her arm out of his grip.

"Oh, Kizamaru! You got her?" Luna called over as the two shot their heads over to her direction.

"Yep! She was about to leave with her mom to go somewhere, so I decided to take a chance and drag her here," he said proudly.

Hoshi shot a glare at the boy. "I was going to take her to the airport until you came along and interrupted," she hissed.

"Oh, well... So this is Hoshikawa Subaru. The boy who has been grieving over his father's disappearance on the satellite, Peace, 3 years ago and now refuses to go to school.." Kizamaru said as he studied the boy.

Subaru frowned at this and pulled his arm away from the girl. "I SAID LET GO! I'M NOT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL!" he yelled as he walked away only to be stopped by another boy that was 10 times his size.

"You're not going anywhere until Luna-san says so," he told the smaller boy, lifting him off his feet by the shoulders.

"Nice timing, Gonta! Now let's go to school," Luna said, grabbing onto Hoshi's arm once more.

"H-hey! I already said that I'm not going right now! I'll go to school later!" Hoshi said, pulling her arm away from the platinum-blond haired girl.

"I'm n-not going- Ah! -Either!" Subaru grunted with pain as he struggled to get out of Gonta's grip. The boy pushed off from the boy's stomach and tried running past him only to be blocked, pushed down, and sat on.

"You're coming with us!" Gonta commanded.

"Get off him! You're going to hurt him like that!" Hoshi exclaimed as she ran over to the two.

"Gonta? Is that you? What are you doing to that poor boy!" someone yelled in a distant.

"It's our sensei!" Luna exclaimed worryingly while the other two boys panicked.

Subaru took the chance and pushed Gonta off him, grabbing Hoshi's wrist while he was at it and took off.

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"Ha.. ha... haa..." the two panted.

"T-thanks.." Hoshi said, catching her breath.

"It. It was. Not a problem. At all," Subaru said between each breath he took.

Standing up straight, Hoshi pulled her bangs back and allowed it to fall back into place. "Are you okay?" she asked the brown haired boy.

"I-I'm fine.. Though he was quite heavy.." Subaru said with a small chuckle, adjusting the visualizer on top of his head.

Hoshi stared at him and then giggled a bit. "I think I can tell."

She poked his shoulder and chest, receiving a wince from the boy.

"Take a rest soon, you'll need it after all that. I'm Fukushima Hoshi. Pleasure to meet you," she said as she stuck out her hand.

Subaru stared for a bit and then gave a small smile. "Hoshikawa Subaru. Nice to meet you too," he said, taking her hand into his.

"I think I'll head to AMAKEN now."

Hoshi perked up at this. "Oh? You visit AMAKEN sometimes too? I never seem to see you there. Are you interested in space?" she asked.

Subaru stared at the girl and then nodded. "I want to become an astronaut someday, you see, and find my dad. I know he's still out there somewhere," he said with a serious tone.

Hoshi gave a reassuring smile and laid a hand onto his shoulder carefully.

"I'm sure he is.. Well, we should take our leave now. I'll see you around Hoshikawa-kun," Hoshi said waving.

"You can call me Subaru, Hoshi," he said waving back.

"Fine with me!"