(This is set in the duration of season 5 of Mystreet; Aphmau's year)

Sunlight, coming through his window onto his face, was what woke Zane. Blinking and squinting he collected his thoughts, what did he have to do today? He made a mental list:
-It was his turn to cook breakfast for him Garroth and Laurance. (Probably pancakes again)
-check up on Aphmau. (He was constantly worried about her in Aaron's absence)
-go grocery shopping. (They were out of cupcake ingredients)
-Look for a job (again)
-Cook dinner for Aphmau with-

Zane's eyes grew large as he remembered what happened last night. He groaned and rolled over, pressing his pillow over his head and nuzzling into his mask. He didn't want to do today anymore. He was still processing what had happened and he was very sensitive about these kinds of things. She probably hadn't meant anything by it, it was just how she was. But for Zane…
He lay there for a while longer until he heard a knock at the door.

"Zaaane, why aren't you up yet? It's your turn to make breakfaaaast"

"Go away Garroth…" Zane whined, but as he still had the pillow over his face, it sounded more like "gawah arroh".
The door opened and Garroth walked in, an eyebrow raised.

"What's up baby brother? You're usually up and ready before me. Well, since… Aaron had to go"
A sad silence filled the room. Garroth cleared his throat.

"Uhm, well… come on! You need to get cooking!" he said with renewed excitement. Zane groaned in reply.

"You need to go check on Aphmau, remember?" Garroth said. And as if he had uttered magic words, Zane sat up, made sure his eye was covered, and started getting ready for the day.

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Garroth watched as his brother moved around the kitchen, making pancakes. There was a certain stiffness in the way he moved that he hadn't seen since before Zane's friendship with Aphmau formed. Garroth's brow crinkled as he thought. What could be wrong? He thought about asking right then and there, but even though his and Zane's relationship had improved a lot, Zane still wasn't a fan of Laurance, who was sitting across from Garroth, on his phone. No, Garroth decided he would ask him later.
Zane separated the pancakes into 3 piles and set them out on the table. Sitting down and reaching for the maple syrup, Zane looked unfocused and deep in thought.

"Hey, you're going shopping later, right Zane?" Garroth asked, trying to sound inconspicuous. Zane looked up.

"Uh, yeah… I am" he stared blankly at Garroth.

"Mind if I tag along?" Garroth asked, putting casualty into his voice. Laurance glances up, raising an eyebrow.

"Brotherly bonding with cyclops over here?" Laurance chuckled "yeah right, no way he would agree to that" he barked a laugh before stuffing almost half the stack of pancakes in his mouth. Zane growled.

"Suuure, bro" Zane said with a smirk "I'd LOVE it if you came" at these words, Laurance spat out his pancakes into a soggy mess.

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Kawaii~Chan woke to the sound of grunts and hits. Her eyes fluttered open and a smile spread across her face. Another day. When the punching sounds subsided, she sat up and stretched, a yawn escaping her lips. She picked up her favourite kitty plushie and shuffled towards Katelyn's room. She knocked at the door and it swung open to her bluenette housemate who was also still in her PJ's. A red flush crept up her face from exercise.

"Hey KC" she wiped her forehead "Did I wake you?"
Kawaii~Chan ignored the missing apology.

"It's ok Katelyn~Sama" she gave a small smile and an ear twitch "I was just wondering what you wanted for breakfast" Katelyn opened her mouth to give an answer when KC interrupted her.

"Is Katelyn~Sama ok?" Kawaii~Chan enquired, concerned "you're still in your pajamas and you're already beating up the punching bag". Katelyn sighed.

"Yeah, I just woke up thinking about my family" she looked behind her to her room "I keep remembering the time Kasey got really badly hurt and sent to the hospital back in high-school" a disgusted look came up on her face. "I never properly got to beat up that guy who did it to him. He was expelled and arrested before I got the chance.
Tsk" she growled. Kawaii~Chan gave a sympathetic sigh.

"Nothing like a sweet serving of Kawaii~Chan's special sprinkle waffles and ice-cream to take your mind off things, huh?" KC purred. Katelyn chuckled light-heartedly.
"Just as long as there's strawberries"

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Mmmhm Katelyn loved Kawaii~Chan's special sprinkle waffles. Just the pick-me up she needed. She stretched and watched intently as her Mei'fwa friend finished up the last of her waffles, sliding her finger through the remaining syrup and savouring the last of the sweetness.

"I'm gonna go take a shower" Katelyn declared, standing up slowly. KC nodded in assent.

"You got plans for tonight or do you wanna join me in my Once marathon and pizza night?" Katelyn asked lightly, looking back at the cat-girl. The response was an apologetic smile.

"Sorry Katelyn~Sama" she perked up "I'm have dinner at Aphmau~Senpai's place with her and Zane~Kun". Katelyn noted the almost dreamy look KC had on her face at the mention of the middle Ro'Meave. She raised her eyebrow.

"Date night with Signor Angst?" she laughed, going back upstairs. She caught a glimpse of the pink-haired woman blushing profusely and the strangled cry;

"NO! IT'S NOT A DATE! A-AND ANYWAY, APHMAU~SENPAI WILL BE THE-"
The rest was drowned out as Katelyn closed the bathroom door and turned on the shower, a smirk plastered across her face.

Notes

Yay first chapter~. Thanks for reading. This chapter is a bit all over the place but I promise that they'll be more straight-forward and (hopefully) longer from now on. The first chapter of a fic is always hard to write and messy.
You're probably wondering what 'happened last night' with Zane. It's not too huge but it sets up for stuff later. (IM ALREADY PLOTTING!)

Anyways, that's all for now.

Comment, tell me what you like and what you want me to improve on or what you might want to happen later in the fic.

Love,

~WishfulThinking~