Nanasuke reached for a sky blue crayon that lay in the plastic box at the center of the small, yellow 'Arts and Crafts' table. Carefully holding it in his hand, he started adding yet another colour to his drawing. The fierce look of concentration on the boy's face drew a chuckle from the red haired teen sitting opposite him.

They had entered the playroom (" Fifth door to the right, next to the wall with the pictures of dancing cats!" Nanasuke remembered Hiroto nii-san saying) to find it completely empty. Checking the schedule taped to the door, the group would be returning from 'Story Time' in 10 minutes- give or take. So, to amuse the toddler, Hiroto gave Nanasuke a sheet of drawing paper and a choice of markers, crayons and colour pencils. Now, Nanasuke had a pretty decent drawing/scribble of what looked like a whale eating candy floss on top of a satellite dish.

"That's a nice drawing you have there!" The teen said, giving the four year old an encouraging smile. "Mind telling me what it is?"

"A bird flying with a... a..." The boy paused, trying to remember the name of the item he had drawn. "...! A banana!" He said proudly, holding up his finished picture (though, upside down) for Hiroto to see.

Just as Nanasuke was about to ask for another sheet of paper, there was the sound of laughs and shrieks echoing behind the door in the hallway. Slowly but steadily getting louder. Strangely, above the laughter, one could begin to hear the sound of little feet running.

"Looks like they're back!" The redhead got up and was reaching to open the door when...

WHAM

The door shuddered from the impact on the outside. All was silent for a few seconds, Hiroto was taken aback by the shock, then whimpering and sobbing started.

Snapping out of it, Hiroto quickly opened the door. Nanasuke saw a boy keeled over on the ground, holding his head in his small hands and letting out a few painful sobs that could be heard over the laughter coming from further down the hallway.

"Satoru!" Hiroto knelt down to stroke the boy's black hair before lifting him back on his feet. The boy sniffed and started to wipe his tears away.

"Awww... you bumped your head..! Does it hurt?" The red head asked kindly. Nanasuke could see the boy better, now that he was off the floor. He had soft looking black hair, that stuck up at two points on top of his head, making him look like he had cat ears.

"Want me to get some ice to take away the pain?"

The boy called Satoru looked up at the red haired caretaker with large, rich green eyes. He barely opened his mouth to say "yes" when he spotted the unfamiliar face staring at him. Forgetting his pain almost instantly, the black haired boy ran up to Nanasuke.