Naoto was sitting on the inn bed while Kanji was looking through the backpack at the edge of the bed. They ended up in here alone together by a coincidental event. Now Kanji was getting irritated he couldn't find his toothbrush in the bag. He growled and dumped the bag's contents on the bed.

The girl turned around, looking through the things now spread on the bed. She held up a toothbrush that had the end shaped like a teddy bear. "It's cute."

Kanji blushed and snatched it out of her hand, "Ah, yeah, well thanks." He grabbed his pajamas and went towards the bathroom. "Change your clothes. Tell me when you're done so I can come back out." He shut the bathroom door behind him and began to brush his teeth.

Naoto's phone buzzed and she picked it up. "Hello. Grandpa?" This is sudden. "Uh huh. Uh huh. I understand. Oh no, it's fine. The end of the month? Okay." She pouted and turned off her phone. Crappy timing.

Kanji came out ten minutes later and found Naoto on the bed halfway asleep. Kanji walked to the bed and looked at her. She was in a light blue sleeping gown and her hair was messy. Kanji thought she was adorable. He blushed and smiled.

Naoto peeked at her boyfriend from the corner of her eye. She saw him staring and blushing so she turned towards him. After a quick glance at Kanji, she blushed too. Kanji's pajamas consisted of gray sweat pants and that's all. "T-that's all you wear to bed?"

Kanji looked down as if to check if he was wearing any clothes at all. "Uh. Yeah." He frowned slightly. I usually only wear my underwear. But she don't need to know that. "I'll put on a shirt if ya want."

"No, it's fine. I understand it is a bit hot." She started to fall back to sleep but she opened her eyes once she realized Kanji wasn't coming to bed. "Are you coming to sleep? You should rest so we can have fun tomorrow." Naoto looked at the young man slowly nodding his head and laying down.

His heart pounded against his chest, "A-are ya sure it's alright if I sleep here? I can sleep on the floor.." You're a man! You can sleep in the same bed as her 'nd not be nervous AND not lose control. Kanji looked at her and bead of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Naoto raised an eyebrow. "Are you alright?" She scooted closer and gently touched his forehead. "You feel hot and tense."

He jumped back from Naoto so fast he fell off the bed. N-no I can't! I'm nervous dammit! Kanji sat up and tried to pretend like he had done it on purpose. "I'm fine dammit!" He blushed and scowled at Naoto.

She looked perplexed, "Uh, sorry?" Did I upset him? I wonder what happened.

"Nah. I'm sorry. " He got up and stood in front of the bed. "I shouldn't be flipping out and cursing at you. I'm jus' nervous and all. But I'll calm down." Seriously, don't need to be pissy at her 'cause I'm nervous. He laid back in bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her.

Naoto smiled. "Oh, alright then. Goodnight then." She turned off the light then cuddled close to Kanji.

Kanji was still having a miniature panic attack on the inside. Geez, she's so close. Without a considering what he was doing he pulled her closer. Ah, crap. They're so squishy and squeezed against me. He blushed and pushed the thought aside. Ain't the time to be thinking about her breast!

Naoto looked up at her boyfriend who was currently sweating, blushing, and holding her extremely tight. "Kanji...you're thinking too much and squeezing just a little to tight. Just relax."

"Just relax? O-okay." He loosened his grip and took a deep breath. "Okay, I'm relaxed. I'm sorry for freaking out. I jus' don't want to mess up what we got going. You really mean a lot to me. I-I lo-"

A loud thump right outside their door interrupted Kanji. It was followed by a quiet whimper and Chie yelling, "And stay out!"

Their door opened and Teddie peeked in. "Hey, can a stay in here?"

Kanji sighed and threw a pillow at Teddie. "Causing trouble for the girls huh? You can stay as long as you're quiet and you gotta sleep on the floor." Teddie nodded half-heartedly and laid down on the floor. Kanji ran his fingers through Naoto's hair. He kissed her briefly then whispered, "I would finish what I was saying but I don't want anyone else to hear except you."

Naoto smiled and nodded her head. "Goodnight then. Have pleasant dreams." She laid her head next to his chest and he rested his head above hers. They drifted to sleep peacefully.

When Naoto woke up, it was a bit after sun rise. She still hadn't broken her habit of waking up early and she didn't plan to. Kanji on the other hand was still asleep. He had been waking up earlier than he would for school every other day of the break but today he didn't have his alarm clock.

She looked at her sleeping boyfriend's face and smiled. He looks so relaxed and happy. He's smiling. Naoto giggled quietly. Should I wake him up? Should I not wake him up? Should I? Should I not? I should. Sorry. She gently shook Kanji and his eyes opened. "Good morning, Kanji."

"Huh," he gathered his thoughts then smiled. "Yeah, good morning Naoto."

Kanji was about to kiss her forehead but Teddie dived onto the bed before he could. "Gooood morning. Naoto, I'll take my good morning smooch now." Teddie closed his eyes and puckered his lips towards Naoto.

"Oh no you don't!" Kanji grabbed the back of Teddie's shirt and pulled him back. "Those are MY good morning kisses." He grinned and kissed Naoto. Naoto giggled and Teddie started flailing and screaming something about it not being fair.

Naoto smiled, "You guys are as full of energy as ever." She stood up and stretched. "Oh! Geez, I should arrest that bed for murdering my back.."

Kanji stood up too and immediately wished he didn't, "Crap! You're right. This is why the inn was so damn cheap." He leaned back some and popped his back.

Teddie raised an eyebrow, "Huh? My back's fine. See?" He stood up and tried to do a back bend but lost his balance.

The two just grimaced at him for a moment before Naoto grabbed her clothes and walked into the bathroom. "Let's grab some food then go to the beach, Kanji." She seemed to glare at Teddie a moment as if to tell him he wasn't invited but the boys weren't sure if they were just seeing things or not.

Twenty minutes later Kanji and Naoto were walking down the street together trying to find the closest place for breakfast. It turned out she didn't want Teddie to come, when he tried to follow she looked at him like he was an annoying mosquito following her. He looked upset but they knew he'd get over it.

Naoto was looking upset too and it was worrying Kanji. When he tried to grab her hand she'd suddenly swing her arm more so he couldn't reach it. Kanji eventually gave up and shoved his hands in his pockets and looked away from her. It hurt his feelings a lot even though he'd never admit it.

When they finally got to a place that looked like it sold acceptable food they got a table and ordered some food. It was on the expensive side but it looked good. Naoto wore a straight face she hadn't worn for months. It looked so serious and expressionless it scared Kanji.

"Last night, " Her voice was monotonous like it was when they first met. "I received a phone call. I was summoned to a city on the other side of J-japan." Her voice cracked and her bottom lip quivered. "I-I d-don't t-t-think we c-could m-manage a l-long distance relationship this e-early in ours." It was more than obvious she was trying not cry. I don't want to leave..but I can't give up my job. Especially a request directly from Grandpa.

Kanji's eyes widened and he held his breath a moment. "...Are you saying we should break up?" Naoto opened her mouth to say something but Kanji interrupted her. " 'Cause that's fine. I wouldn't want hold up your career. A punk like me ain't that important." He pulled out his wallet and put some cash on the table. "Ah, yeah, I just remembered. I, uh, gotta..go..do something..somewhere else." He got out of his seat and tried to walk towards the door but he ended up running.

Naoto got out of her seat and tried to run after him but by the time she was outside he was almost out of sight. "Kanji!" She yelled out to him but he kept running. "Kanji..." She slowed down until she was standing still and looked in the direction he ran. She bawled her fist as tears spilled down her cheeks. I didn't mean it like that..

Eventually, Kanji found himself lost in a town he was unfamiliar with. Nothing looked like anything that was close to the beach and it was even harder for him to tell with tears in his eyes. He angrily wiped his eyes. C'mon Tatsumi, you're a man. You can take a girl breaking up with you. Even if she was amazing. Even if she beat any other girl in every way. Even..even if I did like her a lot. He looked around again but tears quickly swelled in his eyes again.

He walked up to a local after wiping the tears away, "Uh, hey which way is the-"

The man looked startled, "I-I don't have any money!" He turned as quickly as he could and ran from Kanji.

Kanji sighed and shoved his hands in his pocket. See? I said I was just a punk. A big scary punk that ain't worth shit. He ended up just standing there, crying.

What snapped Kanji back to reality was something small smashing into him. He turned to look and it was just a little girl, at the oldest, ten years old. The little girl looked scared at first but when she looked at Kanji she calmed down. She squeezed the stuffed bunny she was holding, "Hey mister, are you alright?"

He forced a smile for the girl, "Yeah. I'm fine."

The little girl puffed up her cheeks. "You're lying! What's wrong? Was someone mean to you?"

Kanji crouched down, "You're smart. No one was mean to me, really. My girlfriend just broke up with me, really upset me." No shame in admitting it if the girl doesn't know your name and won't even remember you.

The girl gasped, "What?! That is mean. She hurt your feelings!" The girl pouted and seemed confused by the situation.

Kanji just shrugged. "That's the way it goes sometimes. Not saying I wouldn't have expected sooner or later. I mean I ran out of the building cryin'.." Why the hell am I saying all this to a little girl?! He smiled slightly, "So why are you out here alone?"

She smiled and held out the bunny to show him, "I'm going to give this to the boy I like. He says he likes bunnies. So I bought him this. Do you think he'll like it?"

"Sure he will." Kanji laughed wryly. "If he doesn't jus' tell him give it back. Shouldn't let a bunny that nice go to waste."

She giggled. "Yeah! I like it so he better too!" She smiled at Kanji, radiating her positive energy.

Oh, yeah. She seems happy with bunnies. I'll give her something since I don't need it anymore. He reached into his pocket and pulled out two cute bunny phone straps and held it out to her. "Here. I make stuff like this so you can have these two. Give one to someone special and keep the other." He dropped them in the girl hand.

"You make these?! That's so cool!" She studied them for a moment. "Oh yeah. I should pay you. How much, mister?"

Kanji scratched the back of his head, "Just tell me how to get to the beach from here."

She pointed behind her, "Straight that way." She giggled and hugged Kanji's leg. "Thanks mister. Good luck getting your girlfriend back."

He smiled at her awkwardly, "Good luck with the guy you're gonna go see." The girl waved goodbye and ran down the street. "Getting my girlfriend back huh?" He went down the street the girl directed.

Kanji walked back with a scowl on his face. He was thinking about what he would do. Hell, I'll do whatever I feel is right. I remember I told Senpai I'd be myself and make people understand me. No one will understand me if I put on a show. Ain't no need to worry so much. He quickened his pace.

Meanwhile, Naoto went back to the inn. When she was walking in her friends were walking out.

"Hey Naoto, you're going the wrong way." Chie tapped her shoulder and pointed out the door. "The party's heading this way."

Naoto looked up, bewildered. She hadn't even noticed her friends there. Silently, she followed them out to the beach. She took a seat under an umbrella away from everyone else.

After a few minutes Rise came over and sat next to her. "Hey, what's wrong? You missed Souji and Yosuke's awkward apology slash coming out the closet speech." Rise looked at Naoto's eyes and the puffiness around them. "Oh, something really is wrong." She seemed to be putting the pieces, Naoto is upset and Kanji isn't here, together. "Did you and Kanji get in a fight?"

Naoto shook her head. She briefly explained what happened, leaving out that she was crying and that she was pretty sure Kanji was too. "I-I don't even want to go. And I don't know where Kanji is and I'm worried about him. I didn't mean I wanted to break up. I was afraid that was what is was going to come to though. I mean, I can't tell my Grandpa no without any reasoning and Kanji can't come with me because he has his mother and has to stay in school at Yasogami." She wiped her dampening eyes and drew her knees to her chest. Taking a deep breath after her long-winded explanation.

Rise frowned at her friend. "First, that's not how you approach a guy about sensitive topics about your relationship. The defenses automatically go up if you do. Especially if he's Kanji. Second, Kanji is a big boy, he'll be fine and find his way back. Next, if you don't want to go, don't. Just tell your grandpa you aren't ready to leave Inaba, and you might never be. Next, as soon as Kanji gets back tell him you didn't mean you wanted to break up, that you were worried sick about him, and that he should never run away like that again. And it wouldn't hurt to be teary eyed. But still be yourself. Finally, don't even give Kanji the option to leave Inaba with you. He will seriously drop everything for you." Rise patted Naoto's back, "Don't worry it will be alright."

Naoto grabbed Rise in a bear hug, "Thank you Rise. I'll remember all that. I do trust your advice on such a topic would be reliable."

Rise returned the hug. "You're welcome. Hehe, this is the most affectionate you've been towards me in a while at least." She smiled as Naoto let go.

Rise left Naoto alone but every few minutes she would look over to check on her. Naoto was fairly stable the entire time. She would break down again whenever she thought of the worst scenarios but someone, usually Rise, would come cheer her up.

About an hour passed before Kanji came back. Naoto had been keeping a steady watch over the area between the inn and the beach. When she saw a beefcake with bleached hair greased back she hopped to her feet. Naoto ran as fast as she could at Kanji and he didn't even see her. She nearly tackled him head on but he was strong enough to catch her without falling. He held her up and looked at her teary face.

"K-kanji. I was so worried about you. Please, never run away from me like that again. I really didn't mean it like we should break up." She wiped her eyes and pouted like a little girl.

Kanji frowned and blushed. Too cute. "I'm sorry. I just couldn't take the idea of you leaving. I had to go cry like a wuss." He laughed slightly. "Uh, let's go talk about this." He put her down and they went to a bench on the beach.

"There's nothing left to talk about really. Not anymore." Kanji looked sad, like she just hopped on the train to leave. "I've decided to not go. Everything here is more important to me. Especially you."

Kanji's eyes widened. "Huh?! You serious? I would argue but I really don't want you to leave." He smiled a big, goofy grin as his cheeks lit up. "Hey, did you say I was important to you?"

Naoto averted her eyes. "Well, I said you and everything else in Inaba is more important than a case I have zero connection too or any knowledge of. Since it's a comparison, your importance ranges from a little important to the most important thing in the world to me." A small smile played across her lips and she blushed bashfully.

The young man laughed. "I'm just gonna take that as you sayin' I'm very important. You kinda turned it into a math problem and lost me." He seemed weirdly proud after saying that.

"Take it as you please. But remember, you came to that conclusion. If your evidence is sufficient and you used a proper procedure, your deduction may be correct." Naoto smiled, she enjoyed using her detective talk on someone who wouldn't completely understand.

"So you're saying I'm right, right?" He smiled, even though he was slightly confused. Kanji laughed and leaned to kiss Naoto. She leaned back as far as she could to avoid him kissing her blushing face. Naoto ended up on her back on the bench with Kanji desperately leaning over her for a kiss without getting into any weirder of a position. "Eh, I just want a kiss. It ain't proper if I gotta get on top of you and take everything while we're outside and our friends can see us." Kanji laughed as Naoto's face turned beet red.

"Don't say such things!" She quickly sat up and pushed Kanji away, completely off the bench. "We were not even discussing that at all." Even though she was blushing and seemed upset, she couldn't help but smile.

A group of laughter brought them back to the world around them. Kanji looked up from his spot on the ground to see their friends laughing at them. His face turned just as red as Naoto's. "Wha-What the hell you punks lookin' at!?" It only made them laugh more.

Teddie seemed to be especially enjoying himself, as expected. "Is Kanji only a softy in private? He always seems so tough and rough but when he's alone with Naoto he's super nice and gentle. I witnessed it!" He seemed to think for a moment. "Last night, he held her so softly while they slept and when he woke up he was nice to her. But then when I tried to get my good morning smooch he got all rough again."

Kanji stood up as quick as lightning. "Hey. Hey! Didn't I tell you to stay asleep on the floor and be quiet!? I'm gonna kill you, ya stupid bear!" Teddie started running and Kanji chased him. When Teddie jumped in the water, Kanji followed, clothes and all.

The others stayed put, laughing. "Oh man," Chie grabbed her gut. "You guys go from doom and gloom to full of energy after seeing each other for five seconds. Seriously, you guys are pretty damn good for each." Naoto wasn't sure if she saw the three girls look at Souji sadly or if it was just a trick of the eye.

Naoto giggled, her face still redder than Teddie's bear costume. "I-I guess so... He does make me quite happy." Even though we do have a hard time communicating and we lack proper experience in a relationship, he does take a lot of time out of his day for me and other such things I would consider very nice. Naoto became so wrapped up in her own thoughts she didn't notice the girls talking to her.

Chie, who had taken a seat next to Naoto, poked the girl in her sides. "Hey! Didn't you hear me!?" Naoto looked at Chie like a deer caught in the headlights. "Ugh. I asked you if you're considering marrying Kanji."

Naoto looked confused. "Aren't we a bit young to get married? There's no point in pondering over such a thing."

Rise and Yukiko sat down too. Rise giggled, "Forget about that Chie! Have you guys gone all the way yet? He seemed pretty interested..."

Yukiko gasped. "As indecent as a question that is to ask Naoto, I actually am interested. He was all over you when you were alone at the inn before we came in yesterday. And you had a room to yourselves last night... before we kicked Teddie out..."

Chie groaned. "You guys... Get your heads out of the gutters..."

Naoto blushed and casted her eyes downward. "No. We have not. We weren't really planning to while we were on the trip."

Chie froze. " 'While we were on the trip'!? Does that mean you have plans to later on!? Naoto, I thought you were innocent..."

Rise laughed, while Yukiko had a laughing fit in the background. "Oh, Chie. For someone reprimanding us, you seem really interested."

"Innocent?..." Naoto looked away from her friends again. "Innocent isn't the same as ignorance. I understand what you guys are asking and if I do wish to think that we won't ever break up I'll think like we'll have to eventually." Naoto scowled. "Unless I am completely misunderstanding this. You are asking about taking part in sexual activities for pleasure, right?"

The three other girls blushed. "Geez, Naoto. You have no censor do you?" Yukiko giggled, making Naoto blush too.

"Well if we are going to discuss such topics why censor yourself? It'd be different if we were talking to our guardians but the environment here is casual. So why bother?" The honest girl shrugged, trying to act nonchalant.

"That's the Naoto we all know and love. Very smart, very unaware, and very very cute.

Kanji smiled at Naoto through their helmets. He just pulled his motorcycle around the front of the inn so they could ride back home. He said something Naoto couldn't understand since the wind guard on his helmet was down then bumped his helmet against hers. He pulled his head back and seemed to laugh. The boy took off his helmet and smiled. "Oops. I forgot my helmet was on. Sorry, just wanted a kiss."

Naoto laughed. "It's fine." She took off her helmet just enough to expose her mouth and kissed him. "Let's go. It seems our friends left us behind." None of their friends were in sight anymore. She got on the back of the motorcycle while Kanji put his helmet back on. She held on tight and within minutes they were passing their friends. Before long they were outside of the apartment building that she lived in.

A/N: I'm sorry I completely forgot about writing this fan fiction. I've been so stressed that I forgot to even look at it for two whole weeks. And who knows how long ago I actually posted a chapter. (Lol) Sorry. Sorry. And I completely forgot to post it. -.-'