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~Time skip: 1 week~

Makoto quietly typed up his paper while listening to his playlist on Spotify. Haru spotted him then sat beside him. Makoto didn't glance his way. He kept silent as he ate his snack. What should he say? He obviously couldn't be direct about it. Makoto finally looked at him then flashed him a happy smile.

"Hey, class is done?" Makoto asked as he took out his earbuds.

"Yep. Totally not looking forward to my next one. Are you doing anything after your last class? Kind of wanna swim a little." Haru said, hiding behind his snack.

"We can. I'm not doing anything special today." said Makoto then went back to his paper.

"Not going to see the kids? Or stopping by His-" Haru said then flinched at the sound of Makoto dropping his textbook purposefully. "I guess not then...?"

"I don't have much time to visit the kids this week. I have big projects coming up." Makoto said as he picked up his text book.

"Ah. So, you haven't talked about him. Why?" Haru asked.

"Who?" Makoto asked cluelessly.

"His-" Haru started then flinched when he dropped his textbook again. "Can you stop that?"

"Then don't mention that thing." Makoto spat.

Haru kept quiet then texted Chrollo his results. It looked like it'd be harder than he anticipated.

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Haru rubbed his eye as class had finally finished. Makoto still had about half an hour left in class. He needed to figure out a way to pry at his memories without mentioning Hisoka. Should he just ask about his time in the orphanage? What if he figured out what he was trying to do? He really wasn't cut out for this.

Haru quietly waited outside the classroom for Makoto as thirty boring minutes had finally passed. Makoto noticed Haru leaning against the wall and smiled. It wasn't often Haru waited outside the classroom for him. It also meant he had something heavy weighing on his mind.

"What's bothering you, Haru?" Makoto asked as they walked out of the building.

"I call myself your best friend, but there was a whole portion of your childhood I didn't know about. I'm a terrible friend..." Haru said, trying to guilt Makoto into telling him.

"Well it's not your fault. I'm the one who purposefully made myself forget." said Makoto with a chuckle. "I can tell you what I remember."

"Really? That'd make me feel better." said Haru, hoping Makoto wouldn't skimp over memories with Hisoka.

"Hm, I remember laughing and playing a lot with the other kids, mostly Chrollo. Mr. Tsubasu was actually pretty handsome back then. Time really did a number on him." Makoto said as he racked his brain. "Oh, we also went on a trip to someplace. I don't remember where... everyone was missing for some reason."

"Everyone was missing?" Haru asked in confusion.

"Yeah. I remember being with them then I wasn't. I was crying a lot..." Makoto recalled wondering what had happened.

Haru texted Chrollo his findings. Chrollo confirmed Makoto had been missing that day, but obviously he was found since he's here with them in the present. Did he get separated from them accidentally? Makoto laughed then continued mentioning happy times. Not once was Hisoka brought up.

"What about other sad times?" Haru asked as they changed in the locker room.

"Hm, well, Chrollo did mention Hisoka had cut my hair for putting dead bugs in his lunch..." said Makoto flatly.