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I saw Kyu-chan sitting on a park bench alone. I thought he would be with his friend, but apparently not. Now that I think about it again, it seems like he just asked me to have lunch together just the two of us. So rather than making him wait too long, I immediately approached him."Kyu-chan!" I greeted him. He turned to me and waved his hand. He told me to come closer to sit with him. "Did I make you wait too long?" He shook his head in return. For a while we were silent together and just stared at the blue sky decorated with various shaped of clouds and small birds flying around.Kyu-chan spoke up. "Muku," his voice sounded a little hoarse. "I’m sorry but ..."I felt that there was something wrong with Kyu-chan’s mood, so I told him to calm down. After he took a deep breath and let it out slowly, then he talk to me again. Maybe more precisely, he wanted to confided in me."Actually, Nii-chan ignored me today. I've been wondering why he's like that and asked the others but their answers were all the same. There's nothing strange about him. So I thought maybe Nii-chan was mad at me. I must have done something wrong to him, Muku!” Kyu-chan lowered his head and holding his face. I tried to remember what happened today when I met Ju-chan this morning. It seemed like nothing was strange, it’s just that….“Kyu-chan,” I called out casually. He turned his head slowly towards me with his face still bent. “How about we go out for lunch first and then buy some cake for Ju-chan? Maybe after we get home his mood will be better and you two can get along again …?” My voice sounded a little hesitant but Kyu-chan seemed to think my idea was a good one. He got up excitedly. Trying to cheer himself up again and once again apologizing for ruining the atmosphere.We went to eat at Kyu-chan’s favorite ramen shop. I rarely eat ramen but once in a while is fine. He ordered tonkotsu ramen while I ordered miso ramen. While waiting for our orders to come, Kyu-chan and I shared a lot of stories, starting from things that happened at school to life in the acting world. We discussed everything. When Kyu-chan was about to talk about Azami-kun, our ramen finally came.“Itadakimasu!” I said while slurping the ramen noodles that were still a bit hot. The savory and sweet taste of the broth mixed together in my mouth. It's a pleasure that I rarely get. I saw Kyu-chan was also really enjoying his ramen. After all, this place was Kyu-chan’s favorite recommendation place. Of course it would taste good.After finishing a full bowl of ramen, we ordered the pudding. It tasted really sweet, the milk and caramel mixed together. I couldn’t stop smiling. Kyu-chan said there were also many sweet foods that could be ordered here, but if I followed my craving, I might get scolded by Yuki-kun for eating too much. So we finished our meal.“Wow! I'm finally full, thank you for accompanying me to eat Muku!”“I should also thanks to you too Kyu-chan. I was able to enjoy my lunch properly.”‘Oh yeah, Kyu-chan was about to buy Ju-chan some cake.’ I tapped my finger on Kyu-chan’s shoulder. Telling him to go to the cake shop before going back to the dorm. When we got there, of course we were both confused about what cake to buy for Ju-chan. The eldest son of the Hyodo family loves all kinds of sweet food no matter what they are. So this time I just left the decision of choosing the cake to Kyu-chan while I waited for him near the cashier. We chipped in to pay for Ju-chan’s cake even though Kyu-chan was very adamant that he should be the one paying.We returned home from the cake shop. I saw Kyu-chan’s anxious face with his hands shaking slightly while holding the cake box. There wasn’t much I could do and could only encourage him. I'm sure this was all a misunderstanding. Until the person who was the main problem appeared in front of us.“Ju-chan!” I shouted, calling Ju-chan’s name who was a bit far away from us. It seemed like he didn’t hear the call, so we walked over to him. We saw that Ju-chan was talking to someone,so instead of walking closer to him, we hid near the wall of the nearby house. As much as possible, we listened to the conversation between Ju-chan and that person."Muku, can you hear what they're talking about?""A little."In fact, it turned out that we couldn't listen to it anymore because their conversation was over. I sighed. "What are you guys doing?" asked Ju-chan who suddenly appeared. "Ju-chan, you're scared me!""Sorry.""Nii-chan...""Kumon...""Kyu-chan!" I suddenly yelled. Telling him to immediately make up with Ju-chan. I listened to the Hyodo family's sibling chatter. Sure enough, it was all just a misunderstanding. Ju-chan had been busy thinking about the gift he wanted to give to Kyu-chan since this morning so he had been avoiding his little brother unconsciously. Meanwhile Kyu-chan, who didn't know anything about the gift, thought he had done something wrong to Ju-chan and wanted to apologize. Well, anyway, everything ended well and we were able to enjoy the cake together with happy hearts.The End