—-5's POV—-

"What a wonderful day to be alive!" I say as I sit down on my bed. Seven is still asleep on the bed across mine. Well, we didstay up a bit late so waking up at 8 o' clock would be ok. I get up to wake Seven when he suddenly sat up.

"Lucky me! Waking up on my own right when you were supposed to wake me up!"

"Let's go on our usual morning walk, Seven."

"Breakfast always first!"

We walk down to the kitchen and eat our breakfast. It's a little bit.. awkward, since we're sitting on opposite sides of the table, staring into each other's... eyes?We quickly looked down at our food at the same time. I can hear Seven chuckling a bit before eating noodles.

"It's lucky you're such a good cook."

"Well, I don't know about that.."

"Try your noodles! They taste so good!"

I take a spoonful and put it in my mouth. Oh my gosh. The flavor, the texture, and the soup all complement each other.

"It tastes perfect."

"Told you!" We finished our food in silence. Before heading out to take a walk, Seven said

"Oh wait! We forgot to check the news! It's lucky that I remembered."

I turn on my phone and search for the news.

"Oh no... we've got 85 new cases overnight!"

"What?!"

"Umm.. maybe we should bring masks and alcohol when we go out.."

Seven goes upstairs and returns with two face masks—one baby blue, the other colorful as a rainbow—and a container of alcohol. I take the blue one and put it on. Seven does the same with his and we step outside. It looks a teeny bit cloudy today. As I look up, I see something flying in the sky..

"Hello Ten!" I shout at her. She usually hears me, so she's probably in a hurry because she just flew away. We continue walking. After a few minutes, we're going past Six and Eight's house. We should visit them sometime. Oh, whose house is that..? Oh it's Nine's home! I've been checking in for the past few days and he hasn't been home. What's happened to him, and why is he not home yet? Why did he not tell us? Has he gone somewhere—

"Hello? Five? Hey!"

"Oh!" Seven has been waving his arms in front of me for the past 2 minutes.

We continue walking. "Hey Seven, where do you think Nine is right now?"

"Good question.. Let's go ask Somenumber we meet on our way to park 26."

"Okay." We were halfway there when we met Ten and 22 Ones playing soccer in park 37.

"Good morning Ten! Five and I just got something to ask you." Said Seven.

—-10's POV—-

"Where do you think Nine is?"

...why...

They're walking towards me. They then sit on the same bench as I'm sitting on, waiting for an answer.

How can I answer that? Nine never told me what I supposed to do in this situation!

—-7's POV—

Ten stayed silent for a few seconds. She's probably watching the soccer match

since she's the scorekeeper. As I took off my mask, She finally said

"Didn't Nine go on a vacation?"

"Ooh, a vacation? Where?" I ask.

"I don't know. I'll ask him later because I have his contact."

"How long will it take until he gets home?" Asks Five.

"I'll ask him."

"Why didn't he tell us?" I ask.

"No idea. I'll ask him."

Taking off her mask, Five looks at Ten dead in the eye. "How come he didn't tell anyonewhere he is, how long he'll be away, what he's going to do there, or if anyone is going with him—"

"Ok bye~! See you tomorrow! Got a game to finish, see? Bye!"

And she sat there waving us goodbye. We had no choice. I grab Five by the arm and start walking home. Five was reluctant, but followed. When we were far enough that Ten couldn't hear us, Five told me

"Ten was acting really strange."

"Yes.. she doesn't usually push others away like that."

"Do you think she actually knows what happened to Nine?"

"I don't know."

We walk in silence. And I suddenly notice that we're.. holding hands?We swiftly took our hands away from the lock and continue walking home. But I couldn't help but chuckle.