Does Blood Make a Family

Luca and Makoto, now best friends, would spend the next few months together as summer drew near. On a walk back to their apartment the two are standing outside a store as the birds fly over their heads and they look up at the blazing sun. Makoto exhausted and sweaty lets out a loud exaggerated sigh

 -Alright what's wrong now?

Makoto jumps at Luca's question

 -It's this freaking heat man! I can't stand it one bit, freaking hate it, look at me I'm soaked

Luca pulls his collar forward as the heat slowly gets to him too,

 -Well you're not wrong, it's ridiculous how hot it is right now, but hey one more week and it'll be summer vacation, got any plans?

They throw away the sticks from their ice lollies and continue their walk home,

 -If you think I'm going out of my room in this heat, you're sadly mistaken my dear friend, at this rate I may get heat stroke I swear.

 -pfft try not to get sick though I don't think Misha will be happy about it.

 -Hmph whatever let's just go home hurry up slowpoke

Despite the blazing sun, Makoto begins to run off as Luca takes off his jacket and runs after him trying to catch up to him.

That very night Luca talks to his friends online about summer vacation,

 -By the way, have you guys got any plans for the summer or are you guys stuck working?

Klaus answers with a hint of exhaustion,

 -Nero and I could always take a break off work if you guys come up with anything, truth be told we do need a break at this rate especially me.

Elena chimes in energetically,

 -GUYS LET'S BOOK A SUMMER HOME

Nero excitedly agrees with Elena,

 -Oh hell yeah I'm down for that, any objections anyone?

Jane and Astra agree to the suggestion leaving just Luca,

 -A summer home sounds fun, there's a place in mind I can think of, over here they're a bunch of summer homes you can rent out and the beaches are pretty, so umm if you guys want then maybe you could come over umm I know it's short notice and all so it's fine if you can't

Jane types out her response,

 -I'll be there, I've always wanted to visit your town, if you'll accommodate us then I look forward to it.

She ends it with a cute emoji as Luca can't help but smile from ear to ear, with that they decide on a summer home and prepare for their visit on the day Luca finishes the semester.

The week ahead was anything but cool sadly, a heatwave swept across the place, poor Makoto was rendered bedridden with heat stroke and for the first time in a longtime Luca went to campus on his own.

Luca drops by to check on Makoto before he heads out, Makoto exaggerates his illness as Luca just laughs it off before dropping off some food he made for him, so Makoto doesn't need to worry about feeding. After a brief five-minute self-motivational session he heads off to campus.

The day goes by smoothly, Luca even tries to talk and get to know his other classmates, they're kind and friendly as Luca feels truly accepted by the class, at last the school day ends as Luca begins to leave campus he receives a text from Jane that reads,

-I may be lost…where are you, I think I'm at your campus

Luca mildly panics and looks around trying to figure out who Jane was in the crowd, suddenly he sees a girl in a large black hoodie, her twin tails sway from side to side as she looks from left to right in search of someone. She sees Luca as their eyes meet and suddenly she brings out her phone and types out something, suddenly Luca receives a text as he laughs awkwardly, he reads out the text,

 -I seem to have locked eyes with someone, I require assistance please

Luca types out a reply saying that person she may have locked eyes with was him, she puts away her phone and walks over to Luca, she looks him head to toe before bringing out her phone once more, she types out something and shows the phone to him as it reads,

 -Aha I found you!

Luca lets out a laugh as he just agrees with her statement making her proud of herself. The two begin to talk as they start leaving the campus.

 -Still though didn't think I'd meet you this early, it was just a few nights ago I told you my campus

She types out her response again and shows him her phone,

 -I was eager to meet my companion, you and I have fought many battles till now after all

She nods excitedly as Luca bursts into laughter once more, their joy is cut short though as Shinso, Sakura and Yusuke cross their paths. Sakura notices Luca laughing with Jane and calls him out,

 -Woah is that you Luca, you're not clinging on to some other chick are you, talk about gross

Yusuke joins in on the insults,

 -Look at him, Alice is gone now so he's just clinging to any random girl just to feel better about himself, heh now that loudmouth friend of yours ain't here to stick up for you either, why can't you just drop out, you freaking leach?

In the past Luca would just cower away at their provocation but this time he just seemed disinterested in it all, Shinso notices and urges the two of them to leave,

 -Yusuke, Sakura let's go, we have work to do don't we?

 -Geez such a buzz kill Shin, wanted to make fun of Luca and his new friend some more, maybe he'll get another girl to leach off next week who knows, still gross though can't believe Alice put up with his ass for so long

As Sakura stopped talking and laughed jane snaps and slaps Sakura,

 -You talk too much for a dirty pig you know that, and you the giant emptyheaded oaf you're so freaking loud shut the hell up would you, don't make me beat the hell out of you like your used friend here. Apologize to him right now and get the hell out, HURRY!

Luca places his hand on Jane's shoulder which startles her,

 -AHH WHY'D YOU DO THAT

 -Calm down Jane, I appreciate you sticking up for me truly but it's fine, I don't need an apology, it means nothing to me now, come on let me take ya somewhere cooler though

 -I.. Sure let's go

Luca and Jane leave the defeated three as Jane sends one more threatening glare at Shinso. They arrive at the coffee shop, the old man sees Luca,

 -Luca my boy, welcome welcome seems you brought a friend today, how are you my boy

Luca waves at him at the counter as Jane follows behind him,

 -Grandpa Aoki, I'm doing great thanks, this is my friend Jane, she and a few others made plans for the summer, how's work going by the way

 -Work's been great as usual don't you worry about that

Luca stands at the counter with jane,

 -Nice to meet you young lady, I run this humble shop, thanks for being a good friend to Luca here

Jane returns to communicating through texts,

 -The pleasure is mine sir, Luca is a great friend, he's a little bad at fighting enemies upfront but fret not I will teach him better.

 -She's not talkative around people much, so she's more on the shy side

 -Hoho that's all good, miss Jane keep being a good friend to Luca and I hope you take care of yourself too okay

Jane smiles and replies with her voice

 -Thank you mister

Suddenly Rin returns to the shop with some bags in hand, she walks over to some elderly customers and hands them some books that have been wrapped up before joining Luca at the counter.

 -Welcome Luca, who's your friend

 -This is Jane I told you about, the one I met online.

 -Ahh the online battle maniac, nice to meet you

Jane punches Luca to the side as she smiles at Rin, the three of them head into the backroom as they continue chatting. Luca puts on an apron and helps with the cooking as he tells Rin about their planned trip.

 -So you guys are heading off for the beach huh, sounds fun

 -Mhm wanna come with us Rin?

Rin laughs off Luca's request,

 -Sorry no can do, I'll be busy over the summer, next time you have a trip let's go through okay

Rin beams a warm smile at Luca who blushes and agrees, Jane though just sits and smirks at the blushing Luca.

After a few hours of Luca helping, he and Jane prepare to leave,

 -Luca my boy thanks for helping in the shop, are you sure you don't want to be paid?

 -I'm fine Grandpa don't worry, I get paid in other ways, you and Rin, the customers, being able to experience it all is more than enough pay for me

 -Hmm well alright, you two have fun over your break okay

Rin walks out to meet Luca,

 -Stay safe on your trip you hear, call me if you need anything I have my license and everything so just

Luca gives her a tight hug,

 -I'll miss you too, when I get back maybe we could plan our own vacation someday, in the meantime you take care of yourself

Rin clenches her fist and hugs him back,

 -It's a promise.

With that Luca and Jane leave before Luca eventually bids farewell to Jane as he finalizes his packing ahead of his trip tomorrow.

Tomorrow becomes today, the birds chirp once more ahead of the anticipated meeting, Luca arrives at the train station as he sees a familiar face, Jane waves at him signalling him to come closer and meet the others, he climbs the steps and sees two young men standing side by side, both in beach shorts and shirts, the taller one with a larger muscular build and blond hair packed into a man bun as he hangs sun glasses on his head, the one to his side sighs and smiles back at him, his long black hair reaching his back, his height similar to Luca's but not as muscular as his friend.

The energetic blond screams at the sight of Luca,

 -Woah is that you Luca, how's it going bud!

Luca looks at him confused,

 -It's me Nero, oh and this one here's Klaus

 -Luca, glad you could make it man, nice to finally meet you in person, you already met jane yesterday

Nero and Klaus smile and talk to Luca as all three of them laugh ecstatically. Two young women walk in on them carrying drinks,

 -What is going on here, doing something fun?

Jane walks forward and points at the one in the shorts and a tank top, her hair tied up in a bun and her sunglasses covering her face

 -That's Elena, she's Astra

The wind blows Astra's yellow sundress as she and Elena attempt to not drop the drinks, Astra speaks up confused,

 -Oh my is this Luca.

Luca blushes at the sight of them all together,

 -Hi, I'm Luca…nice to meet you all

Elena hands the drinks over to Nero as she walks over to Luca and looks at him as if she were investigating him, she smiles brightly and ruffles his hair before giving him a hug,

 -So you're my cute little brother Luca.

 -Ah Luca, nice to meet you in person, I'm Astra, happy to have you here

After a few minutes of catching up, Elena beams with excitement,

 -ALRIGHT GUYS LET'S GO, NEXT UP SUMMER VACATION!