It was already the 28th of August and I couldn't decide whether the time was flying by too fast or it was moving way too slow, at one point I was dreading the Valhalla arc, and just wanted to have it over with as soon as possible, but on the other spectrum, I just wanted to keep staying in those peaceful times a tad longer.

Then again would Valhalla fight even be a thing? Maybe without Kazutora perhaps, because I was trusting him to make a sound judgment. He still was iffy around Mikey and Draken, but was there any reason to pick a fight with Mikey if his life got better? However, Kazutora was sometimes displaying certain worrying behaviors that kept on repeating. He never voiced his true feelings to any of the family members, was he afraid we would be weirded out to know he wasn't feeling too dandy as he was letting on? But we weren't expecting him to be happy at all times. Every time I tried to make him open up about his mental state he always brushed away the topic.

As I was sitting on my bed worrying about the uncertain future a voice in my head suddenly told me to focus on the here and now, how the future worries were up to future me to solve.

"Guess I needed that reminder," I told myself, realizing I was about to ruin my whole day with those negative thoughts spinning around in my head.

Right on cue I also received an unexpected invitation from Yuzu-chan that changed my mood for the better.

"Since summer break will end soon, how about throwing another sleepover...TODAY! What are your thoughts about it?" The idea was superb since someone like Hinata would be busy with her afternoon classes as soon as the school would begin once more. She truly lived the average Japanese studious kid life out here.

"Where do you plan to hold it?" That was my question because I doubted I could manage to get permission on such short notice. Besides Keisuke may have already been here since he was rotating between Chifuyu's and our place like a satellite as if he didn't have his own house to hang at.

"At my place," Yuzuha replied, the house was spacious indeed, but there was one certain someone I was worried about, but as if she could read my mind, she added to the conversation.

"Be assured that Taiju won't pop up today, he's most likely hanging at the church?" Did she think her brother was some kind of priest? No normal Christian would spend this much time at a church, he probably just attended the morning assembly and most likely was doing something else right now.

"Don't worry he doesn't pop up here on Sundays." Was this some sort of trick for Taiju to refrain himself from hitting his siblings on this holy day at least? I decided to stop guessing what this guy was thinking, what if I became so intrigued by his strange thought progress I would spend the rest of my life with him trying to figure him out? Like no, thank you.

"What about Hakkai?" As soon I clicked send a response came with the speed of light.

"You're not asking because you're interested in him, right?" I stared at the content of this peculiar message in perplexion, but the only reply I could think of was.

"The only Shiba sibling I can see my future with is Yuzu-chan." I then proceeded to add a bunch of hearts and kissing emojis before delivering the text message. I couldn't do anything but giggle, finding myself hilarious.

"You're trying to change the topic, answer me!" I couldn't with her overprotective ass whenever it came to Hakkai. Then a mission popped up.

'Would you rather ask Yuzuha Shiba what she would do if you were interested in Hakkai Shiba or tell her you do prefer her older brother Taiju Shiba?' What were those choices even? Both looked like digging my own grave.

"What would you do if I said I was interested in him, huh? Would you try to stop me?" I even added a mischievous emoji, since that's how I felt at the moment.

"I would try to shift your attention onto Mitsuya." Was her honest answer, she could totally join forces with Luna and Mana when she was at it.

Once I arrived at the Shiba residence I was shocked to find the neighborhood so quiet, hence somehow Taiju always managed to be present here with his gang of his when I came around. This made me also wonder, could Taiju's rowdiness make prizes around this area drop, since it was a more luxurious location they probably wouldn't want some kids running around pretending they are hot shit, right? I scratched my head at my thoughts and walked inside.

Inside I found an additional familiar face, whose eyes I once met, which made her face so much brighter. Then Emma began.

"Momo, say hello to Michi!" The girl in question leaped in for a hug while yelling at top of her lungs.

"My angel!" She seemed so much more outgoing than I remembered, then again who would date a delinquent if not a quite bold person.

"So you two know each other?" Emma seemed shocked at the discovery, which one could consider a strange reaction, with the reason being how many people I already knew in her circles of friends. I nodded my head realizing how the poor girl that was still hugging me froze in shock acknowledging how she kind of outed me to everybody. I didn't mind her mistake, she was just a cute kid who was excited to see me since I was the person that she thought saved her life from endless years of pain.

"But why did you call Michi an angel? What's that about?" She must have realized my name was Michi since I never revealed it to her previously, then again she never asked me and it didn't cross my mind in the hospital to share such information.

"She's so kind, like an angel." I wasn't sure whether Emma would buy this or she would connect the dots and conclude I was Momo's savior.

"Totally true, she was the reason I ended up with Draken, with the guy that couldn't see anything else besides his precious bike previously." If she only knew the truth, that the same guy had a crush on her for ages.

We began the outing right after with some movies and popcorn, everything seemed great until the system decided to rain on my parade.

'Would you rather prank call Haitani brothers again or go out and buy some ice cream?" I sighed but felt iffy about the second choice, it seemed too easy to be true. As if there was a certain trap out there somewhere. Rather than messing with two morons, I selected to buy those treats.

"I'm really craving some ice cream, lemme go to the store and buy some." I wanted to run fast in case Yuzuha decided to remember she had some in the freezer. But Momo stood up and said all enthusiastically.

"Lemme accompany you!" Yuzuha did indeed check her freezer but found no ice cream inside.

"Maybe Hakkai ate it all." She seemed confused and so the two of us went, getting some requests from the other girls that decided ice cream at the end of summer was a good idea. So the way to the store was peaceful, but once we paid and walked out I found two dudes dressed in Black Dragon uniforms following us back like two bodyguards.

"What's happening I'm scared." Momo soon voiced her concerns, maybe the white uniforms reminded her of the Moebius gang. So I stopped and turned my attention to our tail.

"What's the meaning of this? Why are you following us?" They put their hands behind their backs and looked up while screaming like soldiers.

"Taiju gave orders to protect his girl if we happen to see her in our territory!" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Also, it made me realize that they would probably report what happened to Taiju as soon as their potential mission was over.

"Don't worry Momo-chan they're just acting like my bodyguards strangely enough." She nodded her head but still seemed kind of on edge, thankfully the walk wasn't too long.

"But are you dating that Taiju guy? Why are they calling you his girl?" She asked innocently.

"He's a little bit delusional, thinks all you need to pick up girls a girl is a six-pack." She laughed, making me glad I could make the atmosphere more lighthearted.

Once we returned back I saw one of the guys from the window whipping out a phone and calling someone. Causing me to turn to Yuzuha.

"I have bad news Yuzu-chan," I told her causing her to blink at me in confusion.

"Taiju may arrive." She gasped loudly which made me wonder. Would he piss off if I told him to stay away? Probably not but it was worth a try, right? That's when a notification was letting me know there was a new mission.

'Would you rather let it be as it is or give Taiju Shiba a call yourself?' I looked at Yuzuha and earnestly asked her.

"Do you think Taiju would listen to me?" She seemed skeptical, reminding me that he would probably make some demands to get his way. But I wouldn't lose anything if I tried at least right? I went to another room for privacy since I had no clue what Emma would come up with inside her head if she heard the conversation.

As soon he picked up the phone the first thing he said was.

"Oh, you're already started to fall for my charms?" I seriously wanted to ask if there were even any, to begin with but decided against it. Instead, I used the silent treatment to make him realize how wrong he was. A few seconds later I began.

"What's with your boys following me around?" Yes, that's the first thing I wanted to take up.

"You're so weak, and I don't want anyone else touching my girl." I just sighed at the last part.

"Won't this give me even more unnecessary spotlight? What if someone does believe your delusion that I'm your girlfriend and decides to do something to me to get back at you? What then?" I could totally see him having many enemies.

"Darling, you have a sturdy head on your shoulders I'm pretty sure you can clap them right back if they try anything." What was this strange trust in my abilities? But wasn't this the opposite of what he said before?

"But let me guess, you're actually calling because you miss me right? You're already in my house and all." This guy never gave up, did he?

"More like the opposite, stay away, preferably 100 kilometers away, it would be best if you moved to another country... actually that's too close how about I pinch you up with NASA so they can send you to the moon, then you can stay over there and never come back." He was first silent, but then just laughed.

"If you phrase it like that I want to come over even more." I couldn't with this guy.

"But how about we schedule another date and in return, I won't arrive at the house today." I then quickly added.

"Or tomorrow." we agreed on it.

"Great next date I will plan." My grand plan was to take this idiot to a fortune teller and once and for all make him realize we weren't compatible at all. Yes, the universe had to tell him to piss off right?

I returned back to the girls and upon sharing the good news to Yuzuha, she asked astonished.

"What did you do for him to stay away?" I just sighed.

"It cost everything... one date and my sanity." Her advice was to postpone it as much as I could, but could I really? What if this bozo would try to find me and send Koko Crunch to locate my whereabouts, then he would never leave me alone. If he for example knew which school I was attending.

We started to play some games after this, but at some point, I received another quest to fulfill.

"Senju it's time," I said while glancing at one of the missions.

"For what?" she asked confused.

"Remember how I told you one day you would be required to join my emo band? I want to create it now!" Emma squalled.

"We're making a band? I'm totally in. We can dress in cute outfits, and become popular with our awesome tunes." She nodded her head and was rambling about whatever fantasy that was inside her head, so I added.

"You sing your solo, the crowd is chanting your name, but your sweetheart is standing in the crowd, you notice him easily because he's such a tall beanpole. Your eyes met and your hearts flutter, he told you he had no time to come to the concert because of his gang stuff, but at the end of the day he ran with all his might because you're the most important person in his life." She looked so done with me at the moment.

"Why do you keep calling him beanpole, just stop." So she was fixated on this one tiny detail.

"He is one, I will never stop!" I said determined to keep it going. I even showed her Draken's number while I changed his nickname to tall Beanpole.

My phone was snatched away from my hands, and it seemed like Emma decided to play a prank on me, she changed all the nicknames on my phone, to my annoyance.

"Shit!" I said not remembering which number was who's.

"Why did you name one of them Boyfriend?" Now I needed to waste my time figuring out who was who, but I could always do that by reading the text messages, but it would probably waste some of my precious time.

"So what do you plan to name the band?" Yuzuha asked as she was still devouring the ice cream we bought.

"Solar Blaze, because we all are rays of sunshine." Senju nodded her head remembering what I said previously.

"And then you wanted to hire a bodyguard to be the sunshine protector..." She seemed to be wondering who could take the spot but then Emma suggested.

"How about you ask Keisuke, I'm pretty sure he will accept!" Why was there always someone out there trying to pair us two together?

"Or maybe we can ask your egg to fill in the spot." She nodded but then realized I called her man an egg.

"Michi you're on thin ice right now." We two were bickering like this until we actually started to assign band spots to every member, we asked Momo if she wanted to join too, but since the finish goal of the mission was performing a song in a crowd, she mentioned not wanting to be in a spotlight. So Hinata joined as the keyboardist, Yuzuha got the bass, Senju got the drums as she requested before and I and Emma were both sharing the vocals and guitars.

And so Solar Blaze was officially a thing.

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