The final day of school was nearing its end, Ren was sewing an outfit for a Gumi Megpoid figurine she made last week, Misa was impatiently waiting for the bell, and Ash had his notebook set up so that it blocked the view of the rubik's cube he was taking apart. Misa's ruby nails tapped the desk incessantly, which irritated Ash to no end. As much as he liked Misa, she wouldn't be his first choice to sit behind. He poked the back of her neck with the eraser of his pencil in hopes of stopping the repulsive tapping. She leaned back and tilted her head to look at him.

     He mouthed the words "Stop tapping." while he mimicked her tapping movement; to which she pouted in response. He held up one finger, silently telling her to wait a moment, before sliding his hand into his bag and pulling out some cherry swirl candy. Her caramel eyes lit up like the stars at night. He amusedly exhaled as he dropped one onto her begging hand. She silently thanked him and quietly behaved for the rest of class with a silly little grin on her face.

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     Once the bell had rung Misa shot out of her seat and gathered all her things, her pigtails bounced adorably up and down as though they had a mind of their own.

"Woah what's the rush?" Ash asked teasingly. He was busy collecting the mess he made out the rubik's cube.

"To get out of here, why else?" She answered cheerfully grabbing his hand pulling him out of the classroom, rubik's cube bits clattered to the floor.

"Wait! I haven't finished gathering the pieces! I need all of them to put it back together!" Ash yelled reaching for the colored pieces in distress. He tilted his head to the side to pout at her.

"Pfft fiiine, but you have exactly 30 seconds to do it!" She said letting go of his hand with a mishievous glint in her eye.

"Really? You can't be serious?" He said teasingly.

"29!" She yelled. Epinephrine rushed through him.

He quick ran over to his desk and tried to slide everything into his bag. Renata tiredly walked over to Misa with the tiny two piece outfit in hand. Her hands were sore from working with such a small needle and her brain was bored of the teacher's mind numbing voice, but she was relieved that it was finally done.

"Oh so cuute~ Is it for Gumi?" Misa said admiring the delicate stitches and lace. Her fingers traced the ruffles and buttons.

"Yup, I think I did pretty well." Renata answered with a sigh.

"You sure did! Hey, Mutt, you done yet? We'll ditch you!" Misa said and turned to Ash with a smirk. He had just finished shoving it all in his bag when he looked up to her from his position on the floor.

"Keep dreaming, Bunny. You'll never escape me." Ash said walking up to them, bag in hand.

"Alright, let's be off then. Who's house?" Renata asked.

"Why not your place? We haven't had any of Mr. Iola's food lately." Ash said looking at Renata for an answer. Mr. Iola made really good food, that he couldn't get from the restaurants in Japan, or at least not in their area.

"I'm ok with that!" Misa exclaimed bursting with enthusiasm.

"My place it is then." Renata said smiling at them.

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     They walked down the cherry blossom covered path with their arm's linked, leaning side to side on each other making it harder to walk in a straight line. Their laughter danced though the flower filled air.

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"I'm home with friends!" Renata yelled as she entered the house and took off her shoes. Misa slipped her red flats off and Ash took off his checkered shoes. 

"Welcome! We're having white chicken enchiladas tonight." Her dad said entering the room with his usual friendly smile.

"That's awesome Mr. Iola!" Misa and Ash said, Misa with more enthusiasm.

"Good to hear. I'll let Mrs. Iola know we have guests tonight. Have fun, Cubster." Mr. Iola said heading to the living room couch.

"Will do, Dad!" Renata said walking to her room.

"Alright what'll it be? Mario cart, drawing challenge, manga, or youtube?" Renata asked sitting on the Kirby plush rug next to her bed.

"Mario cart."" Youtube!" Ash and Misa answered at the same time then glared at each other.

"Hmmmm how about mario cart and then youtube until dinner?" Renata said a bit nervously.

"Alright!""Fine." They said in sync once again.

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       They sat on the floor leaning on her bed. Renata and Misa leaned on each other while Renata's legs rested on Ash's lap as they watched Markiplier play FNAF VR on the laptop that lay on Ash's shins. Misa's eyes wandered away from the screen to a piece of paper peeking out from underneath the bed. She pulled it out and poked her best friend's arm.

"You've gotten a lot better at drawing him." Misa held up a drawing of L.

"Oh, that? Thanks, Cinna-bun, I stayed up late drawing it."

"Who's that?" Ash asked pausing the video.

"Her soulmate." Misa said pointing the drawing. She smirked at her bestie, knowing how embarrassed Renata got when it came to the subject.

"What makes you think that?" He asked confusedly. He never really understood the concept of soulmates.

"Well she doesn't know who he is, but he's always in her dreams." Misa said as her smirk grew ever bigger.

"Is that true, Ren?" He asked turning to her.

"Yeah...." Renata flushed answering the question. She knew the day Misa saw L would be the end for her.

"That's rather odd, but hey dreams are weird. That is a really good drawing. You should illustrate for your future world renowned books." He said calmly. He was never one to judge others, especially in subjects he wasn't an expert in.

"Dinner's ready!" Mr. Iola's voice rang from downstairs, ending the conversation.

They quickly got up and raced each other down the stairs.