You had enjoyed your Friday evening with Akaza and he had taken you home, walking you to your door where he just stared at you taking a piece of your hair and twirling it in his hand. 

"Thank you for the time we spent together Akaza. I really enjoyed myself." He hummed watching you with a closed expression. You couldn't get a read of him even though you continued to smile at him. After a minute he finally smiled at you letting go of your hair in the process. 

"You're welcome sweetheart, next time we got time to hang out you can choose what to do." He lingered a little longer before turning to go back to his car. You opened your door and stood in the doorway waving to him as he drove away. Maybe it was your lack of experience with guys but, your heart was going thump thump with him. This was dangerous.

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It was Saturday and Tengen said he was coming to pick you up with his girlfriends. You were beyond nervous and your parents knew you were hanging out with friends but, they were his girlfriends that you never met. They must be nice people. Tengen was nice and he wouldn't date three women that were mean. You were thinking way too far ahead of yourself. Relax. 

'I'm here.' 

You took a deep breath and left your home through the front noticing a white SUV with decals on it and eyelashes on the front. You couldn't help but smile and it got bigger when he rolled down the window waving excitedly at you. 

"HI Y/N!" You walked up to the car more confidently as he got out and, opened the door for you. Once inside you got a good look at the women in the seat and they were very pretty. Beautiful even. You caught yourself staring, blinking a few times you forced yourself to say something. 

"H-Hi! My name is Y/N, it's a pleasure to meet you guys." You kept looking between the three of them stuck between wanting to shake their hand and wanting to hug them. They all seemed familiar but, not. You felt like you met them before but, you couldn't figure it out. 

"Uh, I'm Suma, that's Hinatsuru and she is Makio." Suma was the closest one to you and was staring at you quite intensely. 

"It's nice to meet you guys even though it feels like I met you before. That's so strange." You giggled trying to ease the rising tension but, it was broken with Suma throwing herself at you. You weren't ready but, still wrapped your arms around the girl hugging her back. 

"SUMA DAMMIT YOU CLINGY GIRL" That was Makio and for some reason that made you laugh harder as you gently let go of Suma who leaned away, red in the face, embarrassed. Before she can be embarrassed anymore or Makio berates her you patted her thigh in sympathy. 

"It's okay, I love hugs. You can give me a hug anytime you want. That goes for the rest of you too." You weren't sure what transpired between the four of them but, whatever it was it had them relax a bit and the tension in the car was no longer. You were glad though because tension when you had no idea what caused it is the worst. The five of you ended up talking about anything and everything. They talked about how their relationship worked, taking turns, and the works. It was decided that you guys were going to go to a buffet which was perfectly fine with you. 

"You should try and guess each other's favorite foods!" It was Suma who suggested it, and honestly, it was so silly but, fun at the same time that you found yourself smiling at her enthusiasm. You had a feeling that Tengen asked her out first. 

"Fiiiine, yours is Yokohama-styled ramen, Makio's is Hitsumabushi, Hinatsuru's is chankonabe, and Tengen's is Fugu Sashi." It was silent. Dead silent in the car. Judging by their shocked faces, yours dropped right along. "I JUST PULLED ALL THAT OUT OF MY ASS! I WAS RIGHT???" You squinted at all of them trying to see what the fuck. 

"How the..." You looked them all over suspiciously. 

"You're fucking with me." They all denied it vehemently. You rubbed your eyes and leaned your head back at the sudden onslaught of images. An estate, pretty kimonos, smiles, cooking, fighting. It was a lot and it left your head pounding for a few. Every time you talked to someone that feels familiar that happens. You really wished you knew what it all meant. 

"You're okay there Y/N?" You leaned back up to smile at a concerned Hinatsuru. 

"I'm okay darling, just had a bit of a headache. I get them quite regularly." You were surprised when Makio pulled you down to lean against her as she looked out the window. 

"Take a little nap. We won't make it to the place for another 40 minutes. I'll wake you up." Not one to say no, plus your head really was hurting. You snuggled more into her side and within minutes you were dead asleep, light snores filling the silence of the car.

"Is she asleep?" Makio nodded and Hinatsuru took a deep breath "I want her to both remember and not remember at the same time...I feel it would be too much, what if she has someone already?" Tengen was quick to answer that. 

"She doesn't, but having such an onslaught of memories will be too much, and judging by her sudden headache I think she is already having images. She just can't make it make sense and probably thinks she is going crazy." That made sense and the rest of the car ride was spent in silence with Suma holding Y/N's hand. She looks the same. Even if they all are different, their looks never changed. 

"Do the others know about her yet?" Tengen took a breath.

"Mitsuri and Kyo do, I'm curious to see how the others would react even though I want to be selfish and keep her for myself. I know that's not right and until she gets all her memories we have to tread carefully." Nothing else was said officially until they parked at the buffet and Suma gently woke up Y/N who sat up rubbing her eyes to get rid of the sleep. All five of you got out of the SUV and walked to the buffet. You've never been here so you looked around taking in the scenery and, the decorations. It seemed fancy, a little bit pricey too. You really hoped the food was worth it. 

"Table for five please." The waitress nodded her head and took the five of you to a round table. There weren't that many people here so it wasn't too bad. It smelled really good and the food looked good too. You looked up and there was a sign that said they charge 5,700 Yen ($40 U.S dollars, 37 GBP) which was pretty cheap. The five you paid the price and were left to eat as much as you want. You were excited and didn't know what to grab first. 

"Y/N, try this." You had a plate in your hand but, hadn't grabbed anything yet so you jumped turning around to see Hinatsuru holding something out to you. You ate it straight from her chopsticks surprised at whatever it was. "You like it?"

"Yeah! What is it?" She took you to where it was and you placed some on your plate and ended up sticking in the row and getting some more food. You loved to eat so you had a full plate going back to the table to put it down and leaving to get a second plate. This you filled with other foods you saw on the other side. You were so excited to eat. When you got back to the table everyone was already there with their own plates.

"All of you got what you wanted?" All of you nodded and chowed down. You were really enjoying yourself and the food was as amazing as you thought it would be. You had finished plate one in record time not taking the time to talk, just wanting to savor your food. You were unaware of the others sneaking pictures since you were enjoying yourself way too much to pay attention. On the second plate, you decided to relax and eat it more slowly. 

"How's the crab legs Suma?" You were next to her and munching on some tempura when she held out a piece of crab meat with butter on it to you. 

"Try some." Shrugging, you took the meat with your mouth and ate the meat liking the way it tasted. You should have known it wouldn't be bad, it's hard to mess up seafood. "You want another piece?" Before you can say no she already had another piece with butter ready for you and not one to disappoint you took it from her. It was really good. 

"I'm going to get some once I'm done with this plate." You had a big appetite and admittedly you didn't like eating in front of people because you hate the comments but, so far they said nothing. Tengen couldn't because he had three plates and the other women had two plates too. You felt like you were in a safe space. The rest of the afternoon went by with all five of you eating, talking, and enjoying each other's company. You really did have fun and you made connections you didn't know you could make. Once you guys were done, you left the buffet, and you were stuffed. You ate your money's worth that's for sure. 

"Do you have to head home yet Y/N?" You turned to them and they were waiting for a response as you walked slowly to the car. You had a food baby and didn't care about unbuttoning your shorts to make room. 

"No, I don't. I don't care what we do as long as it doesn't involve food, I'm stuffed." They giggled as all of you climbed back into the SUV, this time with Makio sitting in the front with Tengen. You leaned against Hinatsuru feeling sleepy. "Damn itis." You took an impromptu nap waking up half an hour later to weight on top of your head. It seemed you weren't the only one who had the itis. 

"We are here." You smiled at Suma looking around as Hinatsuru woke up allowing you to sit up properly to see what here is. It was a park. A nice park with a view of a lake. Now, this was something up your alley. You got out of the SUV and walked looking around wanting to give them some privacy in case they wanted to be lovey-dovey. You didn't want to stop them. Even though they were doting on each other without even realizing it. It reminded you of your brother with his partners. You can both feel and see the love they had for each other. 

"Hey, don't stray too far from us." You were stopped by a hand on your shoulder and turned around to see it was Makio who had stopped you. "We came as a group so we leave as a group." You liked that mentality so you stayed close with them the rest of the way until it started getting dark. 

"It's getting late, I think it's time we head out and drop you off home, yeah?" For some reason you didn't want the day to end yet but, you didn't want to overstay your welcome. Maybe they wanted some alone time amongst each other but, were too nice to say anything. 

"Of course, I loved today, we can do this another time." Hopefully, you weren't overstepping anything but, judging by the way he glowed at the idea of another time you were just fine. The five of you made it back to the SUV and spent the entire ride just talking about anything and everything. It was very nostalgic and gave you a weird sense of deja vu even though today was the first day you both met and hung out with his girlfriends. So strange. You made it back home in time and hugged all of them wishing them all goodnight. 

"I'll drive off once I see you go inside." That made you feel oddly warm, so when you got out you gave them a sweet smile in response. You turned to walk to your home not noticing the way all their cheeks turned red and the looks they were giving you. You made it to your door, opened it, and turned around once inside to wave before closing the door softly. You peaked out the side window and watched them pull away until you couldn't see the SUV anymore.

"I'm going to guess everything went well with your friends." You turned around to your mom and excitedly told her the things that you guys did and the strange sense of deja vu. You loved talking to her, she was an amazing listener even if she didn't say anything in response at the moment. Now, that was two successful days in a row, you wondered what Kyojuro was going to have in store for you tomorrow. 

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The next chapter is going to be Y/N and Kyojuro hanging out, then after that chapter, the pacing of the story is going to change! I don't plan on making this story too long.