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Kiku stared at the board. Those scribling did seem familiar, after all...

"Please, Heracles, don't erase it yet." he asked his friend, while taking the marker on his hands.

"Huh? Is this another puzzle?" he asked, but even without receiving an answer, he knew it was true.

"I know this puzzle.." Kiku muttered, after he solved it.

"You remember it then?" a voice was heard, and both he and Heracles turned to face the newcomer. Blond hair, piercing evergreen eyes, taller than Kiku, slightly shorter than himelf, Heracles noted to himself.

Kiku's eyes widened. "Have you really forgotten me, Kiku?"

"As if I could ever do that.." the Japanese boy shook his head, making the stranger smile a bit.

"Have you recovered from your illness?" he asked the slightly taller person, earning a nod.

"I did" he replied. "It's nice to see you're in a good health, too."

"Isn't that a World Academy uniform?"

The blond boy smiled. "After I recovered, I returned there to finish high school."

'World Academy? The international gerous school? You mean Kiku knows someone from there?' some students muttered, surprised.

"Hey, Kiku, is he the one you told me about before?" Heracles asked, walking towards the two, stopping immediately. There was a reaction he never expected from his calm, rarely showing emotions friend.

He was smiling. Both were smiling at each other.

"Arthur!" he shouted and, completely out of character, he hugged the blond. "That was a really big surprise, Arthur! I haven't seen you in a while!"

"Nine years, to be exact." Arthur replied.

"And what brings you here?" Kiku asked. "I'm not complaining for it, of course.."

"I just came to see you." Arthur replied with a smile.

Kiku was genuinly surprised. "No way.."

~

"Actually, you've been chosen for a short-term scholarship in World Academy in England." the headmaster explained to Kiku shortly after.

"I came to pick you up." Arthur added, and even though he couldn't see it, Kiku was sure Arthur was smiling.

"I never expected that you two knew each other..." the older man muttered.

"I mentioned before I knew someone in England who made amazing puzzles, haven't I? That's Arthur. He's trully amazing."

"You're far greater, Kiku." was his reply, true admiration for his chlidhood friend could be heard in his words.

~

"To England?" Alfred yelled, surprised.

"Don't be surprised, Alfred-san." Kiku replied. "I lived there for a while in the past, you know. It's like I'm going home."

"Please, Kiku! Don't go! At least, don't stay there for long!"

"You seem to have so many friends, Kiku." Arthur commented.

"Is Artu one of Kiku's friends, too?" Feliciano asked.

Before Kiku could give any answer, Arthur started. "Kiku had lost his parents. The person who took him in, brought him to World Academy. That was where we first met. He was playing with a wooden puzzle."

"And you were making one on the soil with a stick." Kiku commented, earning a laugh from his childhood friend.

"Such a cool puzzle! Can I solve it?" Kiku had asked. Arthur had let him.
From that day on, every lunch break was spent like that. Arthur made puzzles, Kiku solved them.
But after lunch break ended, Arthur had disappeared. And even though there was only one dorm for all students, Arthur was never there.

"That way you always disappeared, I thought you were a ghost at first." Kiku commented.

"I had to take special classes, because I had a much weaker body." Arthur replied, noticing a sigh of relief exhailing in relief. (He must have a fear of ghosts, Arthur concluded.) "I spent all my time alone. So I was really glad when we became friends."

"Me too." Kiku confirmed, and it was obvious to everyone that this reunion with his long lost friend was the reason he radiated happiness. "But then you transfered. It's a pleasant surprise that we met again. I can't wait to solve one of your puzzles, as well."

~

Arthur had left, waving to Kiku and his friends, Feliciano, Heracles and Alfred.

"Well, I think I need to start packing." Kiku said after a while, heading to his house.

"Wait, Kiku!" Alfred shouted, running behind the raven-haired, leaving only Heracles and Feliciano behind.

"He really seemed happy.." Heracles muttered, noticing Feliciano was lost in thought. "Something wrong?" he asked.

The usually bubbly Italian was wearing a serious expression. "Are Kiku and that boy really friends?" he wondered. "They seem too far apart.. Kiku is a blue sun. And he's like a red moon."

"Blue sun and red moon?" the Greek boy wondered aloud. It sounded really philosophical.. Was Feliciano trying to say that Kiku and Arthur were too different, that the time they spent away from each other drove them apart? That phrase could have many meanings.

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Kiku stared at the board. Those scribling did seem familiar, after all...

"Please, Heracles, don't erase it yet." he asked his friend, while taking the marker on his hands.

"Huh? Is this another puzzle?" he asked, but even without receiving an answer, he knew it was true.

"I know this puzzle.." Kiku muttered, after he solved it.

"You remember it then?" a voice was heard, and both he and Heracles turned to face the newcomer. Blond hair, piercing evergreen eyes, taller than Kiku, slightly shorter than himelf, Heracles noted to himself.

Kiku's eyes widened. "Have you really forgotten me, Kiku?"

"As if I could ever do that.." the Japanese boy shook his head, making the stranger smile a bit.

"Have you recovered from your illness?" he asked the slightly taller person, earning a nod.

"I did" he replied. "It's nice to see you're in a good health, too."

"Isn't that a World Academy uniform?"

The blond boy smiled. "After I recovered, I returned there to finish high school."

'World Academy? The international gerous school? You mean Kiku knows someone from there?' some students muttered, surprised.

"Hey, Kiku, is he the one you told me about before?" Heracles asked, walking towards the two, stopping immediately. There was a reaction he never expected from his calm, rarely showing emotions friend.

He was smiling. Both were smiling at each other.

"Arthur!" he shouted and, completely out of character, he hugged the blond. "That was a really big surprise, Arthur! I haven't seen you in a while!"

"Nine years, to be exact." Arthur replied.

"And what brings you here?" Kiku asked. "I'm not complaining for it, of course.."

"I just came to see you." Arthur replied with a smile.

Kiku was genuinly surprised. "No way.."

~

"Actually, you've been chosen for a short-term scholarship in World Academy in England." the headmaster explained to Kiku shortly after.

"I came to pick you up." Arthur added, and even though he couldn't see it, Kiku was sure Arthur was smiling.

"I never expected that you two knew each other..." the older man muttered.

"I mentioned before I knew someone in England who made amazing puzzles, haven't I? That's Arthur. He's trully amazing."

"You're far greater, Kiku." was his reply, true admiration for his chlidhood friend could be heard in his words.

~

"To England?" Alfred yelled, surprised.

"Don't be surprised, Alfred-san." Kiku replied. "I lived there for a while in the past, you know. It's like I'm going home."

"Please, Kiku! Don't go! At least, don't stay there for long!"

"You seem to have so many friends, Kiku." Arthur commented.

"Is Artu one of Kiku's friends, too?" Feliciano asked.

Before Kiku could give any answer, Arthur started. "Kiku had lost his parents. The person who took him in, brought him to World Academy. That was where we first met. He was playing with a wooden puzzle."

"And you were making one on the soil with a stick." Kiku commented, earning a laugh from his childhood friend.

"Such a cool puzzle! Can I solve it?" Kiku had asked. Arthur had let him.
From that day on, every lunch break was spent like that. Arthur made puzzles, Kiku solved them.
But after lunch break ended, Arthur had disappeared. And even though there was only one dorm for all students, Arthur was never there.

"That way you always disappeared, I thought you were a ghost at first." Kiku commented.

"I had to take special classes, because I had a much weaker body." Arthur replied, noticing a sigh of relief exhailing in relief. (He must have a fear of ghosts, Arthur concluded.) "I spent all my time alone. So I was really glad when we became friends."

"Me too." Kiku confirmed, and it was obvious to everyone that this reunion with his long lost friend was the reason he radiated happiness. "But then you transfered. It's a pleasant surprise that we met again. I can't wait to solve one of your puzzles, as well."

~

Arthur had left, waving to Kiku and his friends, Feliciano, Heracles and Alfred.

"Well, I think I need to start packing." Kiku said after a while, heading to his house.

"Wait, Kiku!" Alfred shouted, running behind the raven-haired, leaving only Heracles and Feliciano behind.

"He really seemed happy.." Heracles muttered, noticing Feliciano was lost in thought. "Something wrong?" he asked.

The usually bubbly Italian was wearing a serious expression. "Are Kiku and that boy really friends?" he wondered. "They seem too far apart.. Kiku is a blue sun. And he's like a red moon."

"Blue sun and red moon?" the Greek boy wondered aloud. It sounded really philosophical.. Was Feliciano trying to say that Kiku and Arthur were too different, that the time they spent away from each other drove them apart? That phrase could have many meanings.