"So.."

"Sora...ru.."

"Soraru!"

The ravenette quickly sat up and saw a worried Kashitarou in front of him. Behind him was Un:c trying to help the red-eye brunette up. He then remembered about Mafu, he looked over to see the albino in his arms before he sighed. Relieved, that the male wasn't taken away. But instead, he saw the albino with a black marking, specifically, a bar code.

"Odd.. Hey, Mafu.. Wake up.." He said, trying to wake him up. But nothing came to respond. Kashitarou frowned before speaking softly, "Let's just get home...-"

"Well, well.. I didn't expect to see this." A female voice said in disappointment. They turned to see a girl with blond hair before Soraru was the first to say something, "Lon..?" She gave a tiny smile as she waved at them, "Hey, long time no see." Her attention then went to the albino in the ravenette's arms as she tilted her head, "Who's that?"

Kashitarou gave a small sigh, "We'll explain later, let's just get back home." He said, kneeling down as he gently picked up a certain red-eyed brunette who was currently asleep. Lon then turned to Un:c before helping him up as Kashitarou started leading the way back home.

To be honest, Soraru expected Lon to be upset or even furious with them about the crystal. But he supposed that all she worried at the moment was them themselves. The blond had always put others first no matter what the situation, wich is why they admired het a lot when they were younger.

While they walked, Soraru had the the albino in his arms. He remembered Suzumu stating that Mafu was important for something, so then he wondered. Why didn't they decide to take him? He shook his head at the thought. Besides, he was just relieved that the albino wasn't taken away.

Once they reached to their destination, they saw an umbrella fly past them, almost accidentally hitting Kashitarou's neck. They turned to see a certain masked male and too also notice Luz next to him. Before anything Kashitarou stood up and started to speak, hoping that at least Luz would listen to his explanation.

"Hold up a sec! Eve, it's us. So please don't kill us with your umbrella. And Luz, I know it looks like we might be doing something bad to Mafu but we were attacked and-"

"We know."

The group blinked before Kashitarou was the first to ask, "Wait.. Your not mad?" The blonde let out a chuckle, "No, infact I heard from Eve and Shima that your group helped them and Mafu. So how could I be mad? After all, Mafu left just to help you all." He explained. But then he turned to the swordsman, "But.. Even so, please do hand him over. Not that I hate you, but I'm afraid you may not be allowed to touch him in any way at the moment." He said with a smile.

"How about no?"

Luz turned to the voice as he had a small frown, "Lon.."

She smiled, "Nice to see you again, Luz." The male took a step back from worry before taking out a strong looking sword as he pointed at her.

"What are you doing here.."

"Oh.. I don't know.. I'm perhaps only here to win."

Soraru then quickly turned to Lon, "Hey, now's not the time. I get that you don't like each other, but we've got people to heal up." The blonde only stared at him before she sighed, "R-Right, sorry.." She said with a frown.

Luz only gave her a smirk before following the already moving group. As they entered inside the building, Kashitarou had told both Lon and Luz to stay while the rest would take care of each other. And as Soraru entered his room, he gently sat the albino down on his bed before closing his bedroom door.

"S-Soraru-san..?"

The male smiled before walking towards the albino before sitting down next to him, "Shh... For now, try to just rest up." He said, softly caressing his cheek as he started laying next to the angel on the bed. This of course, left Mafu confused, and even flustered. He tried moving away a bit but the ravenette simply held him in place as he whispered, "Your cheek... There's a bar code on it. Hold on."

Mafu blinked, "Eh?"

Now after hearing his words, how is he going to try to rest now? He only turned at the ravenette in confusion, "What barcode? There's a barcode?" Soraru gave a nod before gently poking the albino's cheek that held it. The angel only burried his face into the pillow, "Why do weird things have happen..?" He asked.

Soraru gave a light chuckle as he patted Mafu's head. He yawned a bit before hearing the bedroom door open to see their friend Sou. The male smiled nervously, "I didn't interrupt anything right?" He asked. But the albino and the ravenette only shook their heads, wondering what he meant. Sou sighed in relief, "Oh good, you guys just looked like you were bonding so I was worried."

"Anyways, sit up you two. I need to go ahead and get you guys healed up."

They did as they were told, the two sat up as they saw Sou hold up a book. He then looked at Soraru's bullet wounds before flipping to a certain page while reading it. Then, he sat the book down before thinking to himself.

"Do you want me to remove the bullet? Since it's not very deep. Or do you just want the wound already closed?" Soraru thought for a second, "If you want to remove it, go ahead." The male nodded before grabbing a pair of gloves and a tool of his. It didn't take very long to take it out since like Sou said, the bullet wasn't too deep.

He then took of his gloves and started to mumble a few words as a bit of magic started glowing from his book, leaving the wound to close and heal. Mafu smiled brightly, he then suddenly turned to Sou, "Could you teach me how to do that?!" The male chuckled before patting the angel's head, "One day."

"Hey.."

The three turned around so see a certain masked male, Sou then smiled, "What's wrong Eve?"

"I.. Want a pat on the head too..." He mumbled. This made Sou have a tiny idea before spreading his arms out to him, "Or would you prefer a hug, Eve?" He asked with a smile. Eve said nothing and went to hug the male while Sou simply patted his head. Mafu on the other hand, was wide eyes from what he was seeing.

"How?! Sou your too dangerous! Your actually making Eve show more emotions with that mask ever since he met you!!!" Mafu yelled, wich led Soraru smacking the angel's head, "Oi. Be glad that he is thanks to Sou."

Mafu giggled a bit, "I know, I know, I was just joking. Sides, I'm glad that Eve is showing more different sides of him. He's usually much more quiet than from what you two have seen him." He explained. Until Eve started handing the three not one, but two cookies.

Sou and Mafu smiled brightly before hugging their friend tightly, "Thank you Eve!"

Eve simply let out a small giggle as he smiled under his mask, "Your welcome, I'm just glad that I can be able to make you all happy."

"Kashi~!" A certain brunette yelled. The group turned to see a very happy Amatsuki. Then Kashitarou came in and smiled at the sight, "Aww~ Seems like you all get along well." He said, but Soraru suspiciously stared at the two brunettes.

"You guys seem.. happy.. Actually, a bit too happy lately."

The two males froze before the ravenette continued, seeing that their friends were going to protest against something, "Let me guess, you two had finally confessed to each other."

"I hate the fact that you know us too well Soraru."

Soraru smirked, "Heh, thought so. No wonder Amatsuki has been acting more like a sweet mother instead of a demon in the morning."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Amatsuki exclaimed. But the male next to him simply wrapped his arms around him as he spoke in a lovingly manner, "Hey, Hey.. Let's calm down now, okay?" This led Amatsuki to turn red as he quietly nodded. But Soraru simply rolled his eyes, "God, get a room you two and don't be so lovey dovey while we're still here."

"SHUT UP OLD MAN!"

"Oi!"

And this is it for Chapter 27! This was actually supposed to be published on Thursday, but I got sick after getting home from being outside while singing in choir. And I wanted to rewrite this chapter since I wasn't very pleased with it.

But I'm okay now! At least I was able to read some stories and still support people. Anyways, thank you all for reading this chapter!

Also, I was planning to make the next chapter about Kashitarou and Amatsuki's confession. Would any of you like to see that? Would it be alright? Go ahead tell me in the comments if you'd like.

Anyways, thank you for reading! And have a good day! ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧