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Silently, Uesugi snuck his way downstairs, into the living room. It was pitch black, making him almost blend in with his short, dark hair. It was the middle of the night, his family was sleeping upstairs. He came down here to write one thing. This one thing would be something that would scar him, his family, and his friends for the rest of his life. A suicide note.

~March 12th, 7:03, the day after~

The Sun rose above the sleeping town, the light filtering through the blinds of Nino's room, falling onto her face, slowly waking her up. Nino opened her eyes and slowly sat up, looking around the room. A knock came from her door as her sister Yotsuba's voice came through announcing that breakfast was ready.

"For goodness sake, I just can't get a good night sleep, can I?" She mumbled to herself, flipping herself up and stretching her tired muscles. It was Saturday, the best time of the week to sleep. But, of course, Yotsuba couldn't let that happen. She wouldn't let that happen.

Nino hopped off her bed and headed towards her dresser. After putting on something befitting of her style, she put in her two ribbons and grabbed her phone before walking out. Looking off the balcony of the second floor and saw Miku and Itsuki already started on breakfast, to her left she could hear Yotsuba struggling to wake up Ichika.

"Noooooo, leave me alone…" She heard, knowing very well that it was Ichika. Nino snorted as she heard Yotsuba let out a scream of anger and exhaustion. Abruptly, Ichika's door was kicked open, revealing a bright red Yotsuba dragging a sleeping Ichika across the floor. "You….Will...Eat….Your...FOOD!" The hyper girl shouted as she threw Ichika onto a chair at the table.

"Took you three long enough" Itsuki said with a mouth full of food, Miku scolded her about talking with food and Itsuki just huffed. On the plates were a simple breakfast, Pancakes with scrambled eggs, something not even Miku could screw up. The sisters dug into the breakfast, not knowing what was to come of this quiet Saturday Morning.

~Uesugi's House, 7:30~

"Now, just what the hell are you doing down here?!" His father shouted. In front of the adult was a wide eyed, broken Uesugi. He didn't look right, it looks like he didn't eat right, but most importantly, he didn't FEEL right. The boy scruffed his messy hair, not alarmed at all about the fact that he was just caught sleeping downstairs. He had messed up ALL of the pillows, and made a mess of the entire living room. "My god boy, learn to sleep still." Uesugi's father sighed, gathering the pillows and putting them back where they were meant to be. Little did he know, his son's written wish for death was right under his nose.

Uesugi's sister Raiha sleepy stumbled down stairs, awaken by the yelling of her father. After touching the cold floor, she stared at the scene. The first thing she noticed was how out of place Uesugi looked, but she chalked this up to her tiredness. "What's with all the yelling?" she asked with a tired tone.

"Your brother messed up all the pillows, that's why I've been screaming like a banshee. I try so hard to keep this place squeaky clean, and then you just go and mess it up." Isanari sighed, setting everything back up and beginning to stand. "Say, what are you doing in here, anyways? You have a break, spend it wisely. Go outside, have some fun." He exclaimed, stretching. "...I can't today, Dad, I'm….I have to do something really important today." The blank boy sighed, accidentally letting out a slight sob. "Completely unacceptable! You need to go out and have a good time with your friends!" Isanari shouted, raising his fist into the air. "Until you message Itsuki, or anyone else you know, asking if they want to hang out, you aren't allowed upstairs!" He smiled, forcing Uesugi to….Delay his plans.

Uesugi took out his flip phone while sighing heavily, he didn't want to drag this out more than it had to, and if those girls got involved, it could only cause more problems. He looked through his only eight contacts and forced himself to make a choice. He decided to go with the safe bet of Yotsuba, knowing her, she wouldn't make things worse than they already are.

~The Nakano Apartment, 7:45~

Yotsuba perked up as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She pulled it out while scoffing down the rest of her delicious buttermilk pancakes. Well, they were good to her at least. "Do you wanna hang out today?" She read out loud, alarming the sisters. 'Oh god, oh god, what the hell do I say? Just play it cool' She told herself, taking a deep breath and texting back, simply saying "Sure".

The other girls gazes fell upon the bunny eared sister as they assumed who the text was from. Yotsuba felt a death glare from Miku as she got ready to leave, it unnerved her as it wasnt usual for her to send those types of glares. As she walked out of the Apartment, she didn't notice the shadow looming behind her.

"Ahem, where are you going miss?" Nino asked, her hands on her hips. 'Overly sassy.' Yotsuba thought, smiling to herself. "I'm hanging out with a few of my friends, I'll be back in a few hours." She explained, ready to rush off before being pulled back by the collar. "Show me your phone." Nino demanded, not letting go of her sister. "No." She sighed, crossing her arms. "I'm gonna count to 3. 1…..2…." She counted. Finally, Yotsuba snapped. "Fine!" She exclaimed, pulling out her phone and passing it over to Nino.

Nino scanned the messages before giving Yotsuba a devilish grin. "Fuu-kun, huh?" Yotsuba's eyes wandered elsewhere as she whistled, "I don't know what you're talking about". Nino scoffed at the clear lie, "You were never good at lying Yotsuba." she stated. Yotsuba snatched her phone back from Nino and turned around, looking to leave. "Nope, you're not leaving without me" She cackled, walking with Yotsuba. Yotsuba just shrugged at this, and carried on walking to Uesugi's house.

~Uesugi's House, 8:12~

Uesugi sighed, opening the door and leaving the house without saying anything. This was the first time he had worn anything other than that plain white shirt in ages, and it felt good. He was wearing a deep purple T-Shirt with bright blue jeans. He had a baggy black hoodie on him as well, hiding his face away from the public. He pulled out a cigarette, now considering this a good time. He only had a few a day. However, he wasn't dead yet. He needed more. He got out his lighter, setting the cigar alight. He exhaled the Smoke, not seeing two small girls sneak up behind him. Luckily, he crushed the cigarette before turning around.

"Huh? What's Nino doing here?" Uesugi asked of the two girls. Neither had a answer for him. Uesugi just sighed at this. 'Great, more trouble' he thought. The note he had in his back pocket felt heavy, "Well, let's go." He said as he started walking, the girls following close behind him.

Nino cleared her throat, quickly catching up to match Uesugi's pace. "What's wrong, Ice Queen?" He chuckled, looking over at the sister. "Hmph, Nothing..Wait what did you just call me?!" She shouted, clenching her fists. Meanwhile, Yotsuba was dead silent. For the first time in months, she felt her heart completely sink. In her hand was a note, stolen from Uesugi's back pocket. Shaking, she put it inside of her own pocket.

She knew she couldn't share this, it would only destroy her sisters, knowing full well that it was destroying her. Nino continued to yell at Uesugi, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Uesugi repeated, his arms over his face. Nino's hands fell to her sides as she sighed, It wasn't worth it she thought, she slowly fell back to where Yotsuba was only to notice her blank, unemotional face "Now what's wrong with you?"

Yotsuba faked a smile, but this time, she had to be believable. "Sorry, I was miles away. Let's go have some fun, yeah?" She smirked, running in front of the two. They were outside a small cafè, with lots of people inside. "Well then. Anyone want something to eat?" Uesugi asked, looking over at the two.

~Cafè, 8:21~

Nino quickly scanned the menu, "I'll have a simple BLT". Yotsuba just nodded "Same for me". Uesugi rung up the order and the three sat down at a outside table. Yotsuba didn't want to bring up the note she stole, it would possibly make things harder for

him if she did. Nino on the other hand wanted to get to the bottom of Uesugi's weirdness and Yotsuba's unemotional face. "You're hiding something from me, Yotsuba" Nino confronted.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about.." She nervously responded, a droplet of sweat crossing her forehead down to her cheek. She gripped the note hard, not knowing what to do. Should she tell Nino? No, Nino would snitch. She always did. "You're lying." She clenched her fists, now visibly pissed off at the fact that Yotsuba was lying. Uesugi overheard the conversation, but shrugged it off. He hadn't ordered anything, just a coffee. He plugged his earphones in, putting on a random song he wanted to listen to. Pumped up Kicks - Foster the People the phone read, and he slightly smiled to himself as the punk-esque beat plagued his mind. Nino swapped her attention from Yotsuba to Uesugi, wondering what he was doing.

Yotsuba's sigh of relief is what turned Nino's attention back to her. "Tell me what you have now". Yotsuba's struggle became visible as she compenplated what to do with the information she had currently in her hands. Nino, spotting this piece of paper, made a move and snatched it out of her hands. "Nino!" Yotsuba whispered yelled. Nino ignored this and started to open up the note, not understanding that in doing so, has changed her world forever.