“But how come one of you couldn’t do it?”

“Because Ohno, you lost fair and square.”

“But Sho-chan, I don’t even lead or anything.”

“And that’s why it works.”

Ohno looked confused, “but I still don’t get it, how come none of you guys could be the leader.”

“Because Ohno, it just wouldn‘t work,” Sho looked him in the eyes, “we would have led.”

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“Nino? What are you doing?” Jun asked, watching the younger man concentrating intently on his laptop.

“I’m checking my eHarmony account.”

“eHarmony? Why do you have one of those?” Sho asked.

“Because, I just wanted to see if it worked.”

“Well, have you met anyone yet?” Sho asked, glancing at a certain oblivious leader.

“Not yet, but I’m about to check my compatibility matches.”

The group went back to doing their own things as Nino scrolled through the profiles of matches.

“Hm,” Nino made a soft noise as he came across an interesting looking profile.

“What is it?” Aiba asked from his spot next to Sho.

“This one looks good, it says that we are 100% compatible. I think I’ll call him right now.”

“Right now?” Sho was surprised, “but we’re still at work.”

“Well it’s not like we have desk jobs, we aren’t even on call right now. And I think it’ll be ok,” Nino said dialing the number on the screen.

The group sat silent for a second before a ‘ring ring’ sounded throughout the room.

It was Ohno’s cell phone. “Moshi moshi,” Ohno answered.

“Hello Satoshi-kun, I found your profile through my compatibility matches, would you like to go on a date with me?” Nino asked from the other side of the room.

“Sure,” Ohno smiled happily.

“K, I’ll pick you up today around 8.”

“Ok, bye bye,” Ohno said hanging up his cell phone. “Hey you guys, I’m going on a date tonight!”

“Really, with who?” Nino asked, smirking at the shocked expressions of his band mates.

“My soul mate!” Ohno shouted excitedly while glomping Nino at the same time.

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“Sho! Sho look,” Aiba whispered loudly from a couch in the lobby of the hotel they were currently staying in.

“Is that Nino?” Sho asked disbelievingly.

“Yeah, what’s he doing?”

“He’s sleep walking,” Sho said incredulously.

“Come on,” Aiba said pulling Sho up off the couch.

“Where are we going?”

“We’re following him.”

“Wait Aiba. Why?”

“Because, I want to know where he’s going, we were supposed to be sharing rooms,” Aiba said with a pout.

“Fine fine let’s go,” Sho said following after the young sleepwalker.

The duo followed as the prankster walked along, eyes half lidded and steps heavy. They stopped just behind a corner as Nino came to a door in the middle of a hallway.

“Hey Sho,” Aiba whispered, “Isn’t that your room?”

“Well, that explains it all,” Sho said matter-of-factly.

“What explains it all?” Aiba asked.

“I’m sharing a room with Satoshi.”

“Huh? Ooooh,” Aiba said knowingly.

“Wait, how is he opening the door? Does he have a key?” Sho asked as Nino entered his room.

“Come on, let’s see what he does.”

“Aiba, you are disturbing.”

“But this is exciting,” Aiba whined.

“Fine,” Sho rolled his eyes.

The pair quietly entered the room as Nino came to the side of the bed that Ohno was sleeping on.

Still sleeping, Nino carefully climbed over Ohno and under the covers, pulling the small man close as Ohno cuddled into Nino’s added warmth.

“Awwww, Sho-chan, that’s so cute. Let’s be cute,” Aiba whispered excitedly.

“Ok, ok, we’ll be cute. Just be quiet, you might wake the cuties up,” Sho said pushing Aiba out of the room. “We can be cute in your room.”

“Yaaay!” Aiba exclaimed as he and Sho pretended to sleepwalk all the way to his room.

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“Oh-chan, you are so lucky,” Nino said to a drunk Ohno.

Ohno furrowed his brows, “You’s luuucky too Meemo,” Ohno giggled.

Nino smiled as he rolled his eyes, he was once again stuck being the designated driver for his friends.

“You’re lucky that you don’t know how to drive,” Nino said.

“But I do,” Ohno frowned.

“Ok, ok, you do,” Nino smiled. “But you don’t ever have to be the designated driver.”

Ohno was silent for a second as if thinking about what Nino just said, “YOU”RE RIGHT!” Ohno exclaimed, “it’s like I won the lottery or something.”

Nino just laughed, Ohno really was too cute for his own good.

“So why am I lucky?”

“Because,” Ohno hiccupped, “you are one of the prettiest people I ever saw,” the pitch in Ohno’s voice went up at the end of the sentence.

Nino laughed, “thanks Oh-chan.” Nino leaned forward to peck Ohno on the nose.

“Ninoooo, you missed,” Ohno pouted.

“But you have beer breath,” Nino said.

“Didn’t you want to drink?” Ohno asked like a little kid.

“Good point,” Nino smirked capturing Ohno’s lips with his own.

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