"Soushi?" Kazuki acknowledged the newcomer. "...Don't read what?"

"Just don't read it." Soushi marched across the cafe to the counter and reached out to grab the file, but Sakura was faster and pulled it away before he managed to get a hold of it, and Soushi shot a bit of an angry glare at her. "Give me that."

Sakura grinned. "Oh, not for Kazuki to see, even with the contents being what they are? You're really something, you pervert. First you write all that, and..."

"It's not very polite to read other people's personal logs," Soushi pointed out. "Now give it to me."

"Why are you calling Soushi a pervert?" Kazuki inquired, slight annoyance in his voice. Soushi glanced at him, and Sakura was about to give him an answer when Kazuki, taking eye contact with her, reached out his hand and took the file from her. "That's not very nice, you know."

Sakura just shrugged, and Soushi looked like he didn't know if he was supposed to bash his head on the counter for the fact that Kazuki was being himself or walk around the counter, grab the file from him and get out. Obviously, usual Soushi logic dictated that he should have done the latter, but for some reason he just stood there without moving.

"Well, Mr. Pervert," Sakura said and patted Soushi on the shoulder. "You might have some explaining to do to your boyfriend, here." She headed back to the table, where Kenji looked like he wanted to build a fort out of cups and plates for whatever reason.

"Ignore that," Soushi mumbled, looking at Kazuki. "At least I finally found that file. Had to run around for a while because of that stupid thing."

"Really?" Kazuki asked. "What happened?"

"I mixed it up with something else," Soushi told him. "Really, never mind that. The part where it ended up all the way here is complicated enough."

Kazuki was about to hand the file to Soushi when he caught his own name on it. He tilted his head and quickly scanned a few lines of the text. There was something about him invading Soushi's shower and how the two ended up making love there.

Since Kazuki knew quite well that this had just happened last week, he was suddenly feeling a little hot, and he gave Soushi a questioning look. Well, that certainly explained why Sakura had been calling Soushi a pervert. This file was... He glanced at the file again, closed the currently open entry just to learn there were others, all organized by date.

"What... is this?" Kazuki managed to say, his face gaining a red hue, and Soushi looked down, took off his glasses with one hand and covered his face with the other.

"I told you not to read it," Soushi stated, defeated. "It's a log. Just don't..." He tried, raising his head and looking at Kazuki.

Kazuki ignored him and clicked the file to open another entry, which described mutual masturbation in Soushi's bed. Another entry analyzed how many times Kazuki had kissed Soushi outside the privacy of Soushi's room, and yet another entry chronicled a little adventure they had had in the Fafner hangar.

The look on his face turned into a serious one - as serious as he just could put up to cover his shame. "Soushi. This..."

Soushi looked to the side, seemingly bothered. "It's a personal log. I'd really prefer if you didn't read it, unlike practically everyone else who have gotten theirs hands on it."

That was not what Kazuki wanted to hear right now. "Personal log about what?" He insisted in a lower tone of voice, leaning closer to Soushi and trying to pretend there weren't other people around. Personal log of some very mortifying content, obviously.

"Your..." Soushi started, seemingly struggling with his answer. "Well, more like, our..."

Kazuki considered his options for a moment before straightening his back and looking at Maya. "Mr. Mizoguchi should be back soon, right? Will you tell him that I had to leave early? I need to... take care of something." He took off his apron, circled around the counter and grabbed a hold of Soushi's wrist then forced him to come along as he headed for the door. "We're going to continue this talk in private," he hissed at Soushi and gave Maya a pleading look. "Please?"

"Uh huh." Maya said with a nod. Canon meanwhile was still giving Kazuki that weird look from earlier, Kenji looked awfully relieved, and Sakura grinned at them as they passed and Kazuki opened the door.

"Good luck!" She wished in Soushi's direction, but Kazuki just walked out, dragging Soushi with him, not that much dragging was really needed as Soushi was simply following him like a child who had been caught trying to steal candy and was now about to be reprimanded.

Akira was outside, trying to hide around the corner of the building for whatever reason, but at least Kazuki had been right and Mizoguchi was actually back. He had just returned, and when the two passed him, he took a look at them - and the file in Kazuki's hand - and started laughing. "Ahaha, so that's how it actually went," he commented, shaking his head. "It was that little devil Minashiro all along..."

Kazuki didn't feel like saying anything and just headed home with Soushi in tow. He also didn't speak a word until they finally reached the Makabe residence - on the way passing Hiroto, Seri and Rina, out of whom the last two gave Kazuki the longest stare. Once home, Kazuki opened the door, pushed Soushi inside the house and followed.

"Kazuki, I..." Soushi began, his voice somewhat weak. He looked uneasy, quite unlike his usual composed self.

"Not a word until we're in my room," Kazuki told him, and Soushi went quiet and stayed that way all the way into Kazuki's room. Kazuki put the lights on and closed the door. "Sit," he ordered, and Soushi instantly complied by sitting on the floor right where he had been standing while Kazuki stayed by the door. "Now, please tell me this file does not contain what I think it does."

"That file contains exactly what you think it does," Soushi admitted. "Everything from ever since I came back to the island."

"Why would you keep a log of... that?" Kazuki questioned, slightly red on his face again. "Or, well, I guess keeping a log of everything is your style, but..." He went quiet for a moment. "...Why was this in Rakuen?"

Soushi looked down. "I already told you, I mixed it up with another file. Dr. Tomi took it home and someone making a delivery to the Tomi Clinic must have brought it to Rakuen." He raised his head, just to see Kazuki looking at the file again, but he didn't try to stop him.

There was a moment of silence as Kazuki skimmed through the first entry on the log. "Is... this why you...?" He finally asked, trying to make sense of the words written down on the log. It was horribly embarrassing and yet somehow romantic, in a way. "But..."

"What?" Soushi mumbled.

"It didn't occur to you to..." Kazuki trailed off. "To... ask me." Of course it didn't, he added in his mind. That would have been common sense, and Kazuki wasn't so sure that Soushi understood that particular concept very well.

Soushi shook his head. "No. I was..."

"A fool," Kazuki cut in. "You... stupid..."

Soushi took a moment to consider his next line. "Kazuki," he then said. "I'm sorry. I was trying to do something with that, but it looks like I did it the wrong way." He took a deep breath. "Give me that log," he requested. "I'll delete it and try again, but this time..."

"No," Kazuki declined, and Soushi looked at him, alarmed.

"I-" Soushi tried, but Kazuki took a step closer, knelt down in front of him and wrapped his arms around him.

"Stupid," Kazuki repeated in a soft tone of voice. "You're not deleting this. I'm going to read it."

Soushi tensed a little. "I'd rather have you not read that," he begged.

"You don't get it, as always," Kazuki said with a smile on his face. "No, I'm definitely going to read this," he claimed, holding Soushi's head against himself. "Together with you."

Soushi appeared confused. "What? Why would you...?"

Kazuki let go and moved back a little so he could look Soushi in the face. "See, you don't get it," he stated. "Do you even realize what this is? This is your feelings and thoughts from nearly two years," he explained. "Your thoughts, about me, about... us."

His words were clearly sinking in, but Soushi didn't seem to find a good reply other than a quiet, "Kazuki?"

"Er, I guess it's..." Kazuki added, a little flustered. "Very analytical and such about certain details, but I don't mind since you wrote it." He lowered his head, embarrassed. "I want to read it, Soushi. I want to know everything about you, and this log of yours just might... teach me something I didn't know yet."

Soushi finally recovered and relaxed a little. "All right," he agreed. "But let me put some restrictions on the file first," he continued. "And it's staying in my room from now on. I'm not making a mistake like this ever again."

Kazuki nodded. "If that's what you want." Everything seemed to have gone fine in the end, even though he didn't really want to think about the fact that Sakura and the others had apparently taken a look at the file. In the back of his mind, he also partially feared reading what the log contained, mostly just for the sexual content - which would all be written in Soushi's no-nonsense style. It didn't matter right now, though.

"You really should have just asked," he commented quietly, leaning closer and wrapping his arms around Soushi again. Soushi returned the hug, and Kazuki felt a little calmer. "Although it does explain things," he said. "Like how you are occasionally trying all kinds of weird stuff."

"Weird stuff?" Soushi questioned.

Kazuki laughed a bit. "I don't mind! I mean..." He smiled. "It's a little unfair, you've done extensive research on what I like and I just go by what I think you've liked before."

"That's irrelevant," Soushi stated. "And despite my research, I don't actually..."

Kazuki leaned against Soushi's shoulder. "I'm completely fine just being close to you like this," he whispered, moving his hand onto Soushi's arm and closing his eyes. "As long as you're here."

"I knew that from the beginning," Soushi said quietly, sounding like he was angry at himself.

There was a half a minute of silence before Kazuki suddenly thought of something. "We could do that bondage stuff more often," he informed Soushi, who instantly let go of him and leaned back, staring at him with a bewildered expression on his face. "...What?" Kazuki continued. "I always thought you seemed to like that."

Soushi covered his face with his hands. "Typical," he muttered. His shoulders twitched a little, but Kazuki couldn't really tell if he was amused or annoyed.

"What is?" Kazuki asked.

"Nothing," Soushi said, raising his head and reaching to take a hold of Kazuki again, a smile on his face. "It just looks like my research is lacking, and I ignored a rather obvious point when it comes to your preferences. I guess I'll have to fix that."

"Oh, all right," Kazuki agreed. He smiled back at Soushi and added, "Just make sure to ask me about it the next time."

"This is not something I have to ask about," Soushi said, and while Kazuki wasn't completely sure what he was talking about, he decided to leave it at that.