It was a weekend afternoon. Yuji was on the couch watching One Piece while Megumi was at the kitchen table, trying his best to study for the upcoming history test and copy all the notes he had missed.

"Hey Megumi" Yuji called over to him. "Can you get me some potato chips?" He asked. 

Megumi grabbed a bag of chips on the counter and handed it over to him. Yuji accepted it graciously.

"Thank you!" Yuji smiled. Megumi began walking back over to the table. "Mii-chan~" Yuji called out in a teasing voice. 

"Hmph." Megumi turned back at Yuji and glared at him. 

Yuji was unfazed and continued. "Hey hey, do you think you can wear your maid outfit at home?" He said giddily. 

Megumi blushed and turned away quickly. "No way! Like I'd ever do that!" He stomped all the way back to the kitchen table. Yuji just kept laughing giddily to himself. He could tell Megumi wasn't mad, just embarrassed. It was cute. 

Yuji noticed that the air between them had gotten lighter and more comfortable. Megumi was a lot more expressive and open, and he would occasionally blush, which made Yuji's heart skip a beat. They took turns cooking, doing laundry, they ate together, and they even watched tv together sometimes, although it was hard since they didn't have the same tastes. Yuji liked shounen anime and action movies while Megumi preferred documentaries and the news. But they both liked Studio Ghibli so they binged watch 3 movies together. 

Ahh that was fun, Yuji thought. It was almost like we were an old married couple. 

Yuji's cheeks turned red. Woah woah woah, a married couple? Isn't that a bit too fast. I mean I don't even know if he likes me back. Wait I like him? Do I have a crush on him? I'm in love with Megumi!? 

Yuji shock his head. Let's not think about this for now and just enjoy what we have currently. Even if it's only temporary. And soon he'll get his own place. And it'll just be me here again..

 And Yuji started feeling down. If only there was some way I could stay by his side. If he even wants me by his side.

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Fast forward to school. It was lunch time. 

Megumi said he was going to ask the teacher for some extra help to boost his grade up, so Yuji ate with his two friends. It had been a while since he ate with them, since nowadays he was spending all his time with Megumi. He lowkey felt bad not hanging out with them as often.

"Hey Yuji," Tanaka said. "Why do you never eat lunch with us anymore? You're always hanging out with that guy, what's his name again? Megumi?" Tanaka kept munching on his rice ball, while Nishinoya was playing with his chopsticks. 

"Yeah we're friends." Yuji responded. We're friends. Just friends. Yuji felt a weird pang in his heart. Only friends. He subconsciously felt disappointed. 

"Since when though?" Nishinoya asked him. "I noticed you guys got close all of a sudden even though you barely talked before. Did something happen between you two?"

"Uhhh," Yuji scratched his head nervously. "It's kind of hard to explain. But yeah we're close now." It took a while, but we're close now.

"So what, you ditched him for us?" Nishinoya pouted. "So he's your new best friend now? You forgot all about us?" Nishinoya made big puppy dog eyes at him and started fake sobbing. They made so much of a show that people started looking over at them. 

"Come on guys, you'll always be my best friends," Yuji reassured him. "I'll never leave you guys. I promise!" Besides I don't want Megumi to be my best friend. I want him to be..

"Then we have to hang out today!" Tanaka slammed his fist on the ground, making some of the food knock over from the impact. "To prove you haven't forgotten about us! No if's, and's, or but's! You have to!" He looked at Yuji with a fire in his eyes, he wouldn't take no for an answer. 

Noooo I don't want to, Yuji complained internally. I wanted to visit Megumi at work today because there was this special event happening.

"But-" Yuji started. Nishinoya interrupted him. "No buts!" He yelled. "You have toooooo!!"

"Pleaseeeeeeeeee~~~" Nishinoya and Tanaka said in unision, looking at Yuji with pleading eyes. Yuji sighed. I'll just give in since it really has been a while when just us 3 hung out together. 

"Fine, let's hang out after school today." Yuji conceded. "But I'm not paying for your meals!"

"YESSSS!!!" Tanaka got up and pumped his fist in the air. Nishinoya did a little wiggle in his seat as his happy dance. 

I guess they really did miss me. I'll hang out with them today. I missed them too, Yuji admitted. 

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Yuji, Nishinoya, and Tanaka decided to hang out at the arcade after school. Yuji was always the best at fighting games, Tanaka was good at hoops, and Nishinoya was best at racing games. After a few hours of playing they won a few prizes: Yuji won a game console and Tanaka won a giant teddy bear. Nishinoya didn't win anything so to make him feel better they decided to treat him to a meal.

The three of them were waiting outside the arcade. Tanaka called his older sister. "Hey sis can you pick us up?" He asked through the phone. 

"Ehh but I'm busy! There's this special event I'm going to-"

"C'mon please!" Tanaka pleaded. "Just pick us up. If you're going to a restaurant then take us with you. We're hungry anyways."

"You won't even like it!" His sister argued. "It's a maid-"

"Just take us there!" He demanded. "Ehem," he coughed, "I mean, take us there please. It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, it can be anything. We're just hungry." As if on cue, Nishinoya's stomach growled. It probably wasn't loud enough to hear through the phone however.

"Alright fine!" She conceded. "But don't complain once you get there!" She hung up abruptly. Tanaka looked at Yuji and Nishinoya and gave a thumbs up.  

"So she's taking us to a restaurant? Which one?" Yuji asked.

"No clue!" Tanaka admitted. "But wherever it is apparently something special's happening there. She said she couldn't miss it. Well I don't care as long as the food's good!" He laughed.

Something special? Like an event? 

"Yeah as long as the food's good!" Yuji laughed along nervously with him. He had a strange feeling about this..

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Ding ding, ringed the familiar entrance bell of the maid café. 

"Welcome Masters and Mistress!" The girl at the entrance greeted them. She was wearing a white dress and had a halo on. "Table for 4?" She asked.

Yuji sweated nervously. Oh no, I had a feeling this was the place. He felt a sense of dread in the pit of his stomach. Maybe it's not too late to leave, there's another restaurant down the street so maybe they could-

"Nah," Tanaka's sister responded. "I'm gonna get my own seat. I'll take the top floor. You boys have fun though!" She waved them goodbye as her server led her upstairs. 

"But wait!" Tanaka called out, but she was already out of sight. Tanaka crossed his arms and pouted. "Can't believe she ditched us. Now we're gonna look like perverts, three guys sitting at a maid café all by themselves!" He held his face in his hands.

"You're right it does look weird, just three dudes at a maid café!" Yuji agreed with a tone of urgency in his voice. "Maybe it'd be better if we-"

"Thank you for waiting," Another server interrupted him. "Right this way." Before Yuji could object, Nishinoya pulled him by the arm, forcing him to following along with the server and his two friends.

She led the three of them to a table near the back. She brought them to their table and they all took a seat. "I'm so glad you could join us for Angel Day! Another server will be with your shortly. In the meantime, here are your menus." She places 3 menus in front of them and took her leave.

"Wait I thought this was a maid café?" Noya said in confusion. "They have angels here too? What they heck is going on?" 

Yuji answered reluctantly. "No no, you're right it's a maid café. There's just uh, an event going on where they dress as angels instead of maids." And I really, really didn't want you to know about this place. 

"That's interesting. Anyways, check out the girls here, they're all super cute!" Tanaka ogled the passing server girls dressed in angel outfits. "You think I should ask one of them out?"

"No way, you'll get rejected on the spot!" Nishinoya said. 

"C'mon at least one of them will like me." Tanaka insisted. "I'm gonna ask out the next angel who comes up to us. She's probably gonna be super hot." He continued to eye the different servers walking around the tables.

Noya and Tanaka scanned the room and giggled to themselves. Yuji looked over at them and sighed. 

Just then, their server walked up to them. A familiar black haired beauty who was wearing angel wings, a white dress, and a halo. All too familiar for Yuji. 

"Wha-what are you doing here?" Megumi asked in horror. He slowly realized the situation they were in. He was pretty sure Yuji wasn't going to come today, much less other people from their school.

"Megumi I-" But Yuji got interrupted.

"Megumi!?" Tanaka shrieked. "That's you? What the heck? You look, wow. I don't even know what to say!" Nishinoya was equally as awestruck. Yuji hid his face, knowing Megumi would be mad at him. 

"Why did you bring them here, I thought I told you I didn't want you or any of your friends to find out about this place! Especially during my working hours!" Megumi shouted. If any of them start any weird rumors at school my life will be a living hell.

Yuji started, "Megumi I can explain-

Nishinoya whistled. "Wow, so you really work here? This is not some weird prank Yuji's pulling on us. This is for real?" He asked.

Megumi gulped, he stood there in shame, not knowing how to respond. 

"Haha you really look like a girl Megumi! You're so cute~ Or are you secretly a girl? Come on do a twirl! Or call us 'Master'" Tanaka made fun of him. Nishinoya laughed mockingly.

"No wonder he's always so quiet, he's been hiding this secret all along!" Noya added. "And I'm guessing Yuji found out about and that's why he's always hanging out with you. Or maybe your just forcing him to because you have no friends." He babbled on. 

"Guys-" Yuji tried saying.

"No wonder you have no friends!" Noya continued. "Who would want to hang out with a guy that does something like this. Hey Tanaka, are you still going to ask out the next server you see?" He asked.

"Pff no way." Tanaka made a big gesture of mocking disgust. "I only like real women. Not cross-dressers."

"GUYS!" Yuji bellowed. He slammed his fist on the table. He yelled so loud that people from the nearby tables heard him. 

"Shut. The. Fuck. Up."

Noya and Tanaka stopped laughing. "Hey, we're only kidding. Don't take it so seriously-"

"I don't give a fuck. Leave. Right now." In one swift motion he grabbed the hem of Tanaka's shirt, looking him straight in the eyes. His gaze was filled with fury. "And never speak to me again." He let go of Tanaka and pushed him away. Noya followed and they ran out the door. 

Yuji looked hesitantly at Megumi. "Megumi I-"

But Megumi had already turned away from him. Yuji heard his quiet sobs as he walked away.