He opens the jewelry box and there's an Astro Switch inside. It's not numbered; instead, where the number label would go, there's a picture of a rabbit. He stares at it for a moment and then lets out a delighted whoop, pulls it out, and slaps it against his front door, where it promptly sticks. When he flips the switch, there's a beat, and then a faint electronic voice says, "Door on."

He very nearly charges through the door right away, stops himself, takes a moment to check his hair, straighten his clothes, and grab a different white box from the kitchen counter, and then pulls the door open and runs through the newly-revealed tunnel of light.

At the end of the tunnel he pauses for a second, checks his hair again, makes sure he's got a grip on the gift in his hands, and bursts through the door with a gleeful shout of, "Hey, Kengo, I didn't know you were re--oh wow, is that a couch?"

Kengo wheels back from one of the computer consoles with a pained sigh completely at odds with his tiny smile. "Yes, it's a couch. I decided that if I was going to rebuild this place I might as well make it more comfortable, since obviously you're all going to insist on hanging out here."

"Yeah, you made a whole little lounge area, that's awesome. Oh, did you move it a little, the view's even better--"

"I tracked down some of my father's notes and you have no idea how complicated it was to reconstruct this at all, let alone improve on it or design the door switches." Another, more affectionate sigh as Gentarou immediately starts putting his hands on everything in the new Rabbit Hutch, and then Kengo unfolds his cane and stands up from his chair with a suppressed wince. "So are you going to say hello to me or what, Kisaragi?"

Gentarou comes thundering over, there's a brief and only somewhat grudging execution of the handshake, and then he pulls Kengo into a hug and says, right into his ear, "Why didn't you tell me? I would have helped."

"It was a surprise. Something is poking me in the back."

"Oh, that, yeah you remember what day it is tomorrow, right?"

Kengo frowns at him. "I...no, what day is it tomorrow?"

"Valentine's!" Gentarou holds out the little wrapped box. "I was going to mail these to you today, but then I got the switch, so I figured I'd just bring them here. Happy Valentine's Day, Kengo."

Kengo takes the box of chocolates with a puzzled nod, says, "Thank you," and then makes a startled noise as Gentarou leans forward and kisses him. "Kisaragi," when his mouth is free, "Gentarou, give me some warning when you--look, here." He digs a remote out of his pocket and presses a red button on it, and Gentarou feels everything lighten. "I turned off the artificial gravity, can you help me get over to the couch? If you're going to insist on kissing me then I'd rather be sitting down."

"I mean, I don't have to kiss you if you don't want me to."

"I didn't say I didn't want you to, I've just had to do a lot of standing up today and if I don't get some rest I'm not going to be able to get in and out of the bath tonight."

"Right, ok, here we go--man, I've missed being able to bounce like this. So this means I can kiss you more?"

"Yes, it means you can kiss me more, didn't I say that?"

Ten minutes later the switch-entry door hisses open, there's the faint slap of sneakers on the floor as someone else bounces through, and JK says, "Oh, so the party's already gotten started."

Gentarou pulls back and says, cheerfully, "No, if Kengo had told me he was rebuilding the Rabbit Hutch we could have had a party. I would've brought a cake. Maybe a really big cake and I could turn into Fourze and pop out of the top of it. You know, like," gesturing, "it's the new Rabbit Hutch!"

Kengo stares up at him. "I don't think that would be very appropriate."

"Why not? We've been friends for years now, don't you want to see me jump out of a cake?"

"More to the point," JK says, plaintively, "don't I get a kiss?"

"I don't feel any particular need to see you jump out of a cake, no."

"It would be so fun, though. Plus, then there's cake."

"We can just have cake, Gentarou, I don't see why anyone needs to jump out of it. Besides, it'd be a fire--"

"Who's jumping out of a cake?" Miu says, stepping delicately through the entry door, her shoes clicking on the floor. "Everyone else is right behind me, I should--Shun, don't step on my heels."

"Sorry, Miu--here, Yuuki, do you need a hand?" Shun helps Yuuki over the doorstep, and then Ryuusei and Tomoko step through together behind her and the door shuts with a click. "What about cake? JK, what are they talking about?"

The others all look up at JK, now perched on the edge of the loft space, and he grins and waves at everyone. "Hey hey hey, all my girls, gays, and theys," he says in his best I-have-a-podcast-now voice, "it's your boy J to the K, currently languishing in the newly rebuilt Rabbit Hutch while one of the hottest guys he knows completely refuses to give him any sugar in favor of making out with this mad scientist he just found."

Kengo, red-faced, says, "We weren't making out, we were just, just taking a second and then JK got here early."

"I was going to jump out of a cake," Gentarou says, helpfully. "As Fourze. You know, to celebrate the new Rabbit Hutch, and also because it's Valentine's."

Ryuusei pinches the bridge of his nose. "Gentarou, putting the Fourze suit inside a cake would be a fire hazard."

Kengo nods vigorously. "That's what I was trying to tell him, but he kept getting hung up on whether or not I wanted to see him jump out of a cake."

"I'd just like to point out," JK says, "that I still haven't gotten any kisses, despite having asked very nicely."

"Would someone please get up there and kiss JK so he stops asking."

Yuuki bounces up to the loft, kisses JK on the cheek, and then bounces down again with a gleeful cry of, "Oh, the view's even better now!"

"Oh, come on, is that all I get?"

"Maybe if you came down from there one of us could give you a better kiss," Nozama says, and she speaks very softly, but everyone turns to listen to her anyway. "You know Yuuki isn't interested in kissing. Also," she holds up a white paper box, "we have cake, Ryuusei and I were about to have it when the switches arrived and we thought we'd bring it along to share with everyone." A dreamy smile. "It's red velvet with black frosting."

"It looks very ominous," Ryuusei adds, as if this is a selling point.

Gentarou whoops delightedly and bounces off Kengo's lap. "All right, we can have a party. JK, come on down and I'll kiss you and then we can all have cake. Here, let's pull the table over, Kengo's not doing standing up right now--"

"And if you get crumbs in my equipment I'll kill you."