--Still In The Present--

IDOLiSH7 and TRIGGER were just finished having their meals and currently in the living room intent to continue their last night discussion as well as find a way to get Riku back. After bidding the high schooler goodbye that is...

Gaku looked at Tenn who is currently staring out of the window. He was unusually quiet today --it's not like he's a loudmouth either--and seemingly deep in thought. Someone tapped his shoulder making him whirled around and facing Ryuu who had worried expression on his face.

Gaku sighed and decided to approach the boy. IDOLiSH7 watched them from the sideline.

"Hey Tenn, are you okay?"

Tenn turned around and frowned, annoyed by the interruption. "Does it looks like it?" Before turning his gaze back to the window, looking at the city's peaceful morning. "You should do your own thing."

The truth is, Tenn is worried about Riku. When he heard that his future-self and Riku's future-self were still stuck with each other and could still able to look out themselves while he's not, he couldn't help but worried about Riku's condition out there.

Tenn looked up when he felt a hand ruffling his locks. Ryuu smiled at him. "It's alright. We'll plan out a way to get your little brother back, Tenn. According to that mysterious man from yesterday, Riku-kun is safe with them. They're just going to make sure Riku-kun's body strong enough after you guys travelled here. No harm done."

Tenn blushed as he swatted the hand away. Ryuu take no offense instead he chuckled at Tenn's behaviour. The rest of the group smiled at them. Seeing the mood has lightened up for a bit, Yamato clapped his hands to gain their attention. "We have work now. Let's go back to our yesterday's discussion." Yamato said.

The remaining members of IDOLiSH7 looked at him in awe. This is one of the rare times when Yamato would act like a real leader to them instead of being a lazy beer consumer person.

And of course, Gaku won't lose either. "Someone please get me some papers and pen please. We're going to write down amount of informations that we have gathered yesterday."

Hearing this, Sougo quickly get out of the room and came back with some papers and two pens in his hands. Everyone start to working seriously. Tenn couldn't help but feel confused yet grateful of their actions.

"Why?"

Everyone stopped thair doings to look at Tenn, a bit bewildered by the sudden question that they don't know why the pale pink haired boy suddenly asked.

Gaku raised his eyebrow. "'Why' what?"

Tenn averted his gaze. "Why did you willingly help me and Riku to go back home even though we were just met with each other?" Tenn narrowed his eyes and continue. "And I believe that you guys also have your own works that you needed to do. Am I right?"

The rest of them smiled. "Of course we'll help. Riku is our friend, our beloved Center." Nagi said as he turned around when he sense that the rest looked at him in tense. "What? Oh! Don't worry! From what the myterious man had said, Riku and Tenn won't remember about the future when they get back to the past.To avoid time paradox happened." Nagi smiled as he sees that the others relaxing a bit.

"And of course you too, Tenn. You're our friend and a perfect Center. TRIGGER won't be complete without you." Ryuu said, grinning widely while Gaku smirked.

Tenn smiled softly. "I'm glad then. Glad that Riku would at least having an experience to be with his friends other than me alone all the time."

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"Riku never have a friend."

"EEEHHH!?!? B-B-B-But he's so..."

"Friendly? Like-able? Yes, he is. What I mean is he never had chance to go out and make a friend."

Unconsciously, everyone started to sit near Tenn, listening intently. "From the day he was born, he never go out from the house. He'll go out only to be taken to the hospital and stayed there for who-knows-how-long. So the only person who always by his side is me if not our parents or the doctors or the nurses."

"Eehh... so that means that your bond must be strong eh?" Mitsuki said, a bit jealous of them.

Tenn chuckled bitterly that sent them shivers crawling down their spine. "Strong? At first of course not. A strong bond needs to have something that happened between or else the bond wouldn't be strong."

"Huh?"

"Did you believe me when I say that Riku had died once because of me?"

Everyone were shocked by the statement. Who will not? The person that they were just laughed and chatted not 3 days ago were already experienced death? And because of the most beloved big brother that he always told them how great he is?

No one uttered a single word.

"Shocked? It's the truth. That incident have changed me to what I am now. I'm aware that some people calling me a brocon but I don't care. They don't know what I've been through anyway." Tenn said.

Gaku and Ryuu looked at each other. Tenn is hurting inside but remain heartless outside. The more they spent time together, the more things that they took notice about the supposed-to-be-a-sharp-tongue human. And so, they nodded to each other, seemingly agreed something silently.

"Hey, you wanna talk about it?" Ryuu said as he nudged Gaku to do the same.

"It's not good to keep it in yourself, you know?" he said while giving a silent signal to the remain group of i7.

Getting the point, Sougo said in a soft and soothing tone. "We're all would be happy to know more about you both."

Tenn looked at them and crossed his legs. "Well, if that what you wanted but there will be some secrets that I would not going to tell you. Because secret is still a secret."

They nodded their head.

"Riku is a sickly child and thus drawing most of our parents attention to him. I'm a child and a child feelings sometimes overpowered the child without them knowing. What I know that time is a jealousy towards my younger brother. Sometimes I would ignore him and act like I'm in rush to go to school since I know he isn't attending kindergarten with me." Tenn said.

Closing his eyes, he continue. "Until that day. The day when I've made Riku died..."