Hey, guys. Wow. Three new stories in two days. I'm going overboard. And I have more coming! I just don't know what they are yet. Somehow they're bugging me anyway...
Anyway, this is what might have happened if the frontier gang went to camp in America rather than the digital world.
And Tommy's 12 just so you know. I wanted him to be the same age as the others. And I've switched things around a bit. Anyway, enjoy and, as usual, lines are open for interviewing characters.
And there will be hints of Kouizumi in later chapters!
Don't you guys know that I only own my OCs by now?
Digimon: Frontier Parent Trap
Chapter One
Ne'er Sahll the Brothers Meet?
The grounds of Camp Frontier (Cheesy, yes, but I couldn't think of anything else.) were thronging with boys and girls, all ranging from the ages of ten to fourteen, most of which were pouring out of one or other of the three buses lined up side by side on the wide, tree-lined road.
As the camp instructors tried - unsuccessfully - to calm everyone down, the bus drivers threw duffel bags of all kinds into a large pile.
The main instructor - Marva Kulp - grinned as she climbed onto a small platform, megaphone in hand, "Alright, children, welcome to Camp Frontier. My name's Marva Kulp, your camp director, and this is my daughter, Marva Junior. Please find your bags quickly as we haven't got all day and I'll sort you into your bunks. Marva? The list, please?"
Marva Jr. nodded, taking the megaphone from her mother and lifted it to her mouth, "Campbell, Adam! Cabin Wood, bunk nine! Zyto, Nicole! Cabin Wind, bunk seven!"
As Marva continued to call out the bunk and cabin names - much to the displeasure of her mother's ears - a pale, twelve-year-old boy, Koji Minamoto, made his way up to the pile of bags, his long, thin, dark blue ponytail bouncing off his back as he tied his blue-and-grey bandana around his head, surveying the pile with his cobalt eyes.
His yellow t-shirt was mostly hidden by his blue sports jacket - which had a yellow stripe running down either arm - while his grey Khaki trousers fell to just above his ankle, barely meeting his navy socks and his blue-and-white trainers covered his ankles.
After spotting his blue bag in the middle of the pile, he scowled, shoving his hands into his pockets, "Well, I found the bag. Now I just need to get it out."
After finding the strap, he reached forward, tugging at it with all his strength, but eventually relinquished, scowling as the brunette wearing a pair of goggles beside him chuckled slightly, "What?"
"Nothing," the brunette insisted, grinning widely, his hazel eyes dancing with amusement. "I just find that kinda thing funny. You must be new here."
"What gave you that impression?" Koji grunted, tugging on his bag again.
This time, the brunette reached in a gloved, tanned hand to help him, "Anyone who's been here before knows to get their bags before the driver does… Man, that thing's stuck."
Heaving an exaggerated sigh, the brunette dropped the strap, grinning as he glanced up at Koji's bandana, "Nice bandana."
"Thanks," Koji muttered, glaring at his bag. "One of my friends back home gave it to me… a long time ago…" He trailed off as the brunette grabbed the strap again, but to their dismay, the driver threw another dozen bags onto the pile. Glaring at him, the two resumed their struggle until they deemed it completely hopeless.
"My… name's Takuya Kanbara," the brunette panted, extending a hand, grinning.
Koji smirked slightly, grabbing the hand, "Koji Minamoto."
Takuya grinned again in response, but his eyes widened as a heavyset boy about a year older than them wearing a blue-and-yellow jumpsuit reached into the middle of the pile and grabbed a yellow duffel, pulling it out with ease.
"How the hell did he do that?" Koji gasped, his eyes wide as Takuya cupped his hands around his mouth, yelling after the boy.
"Hey, buddy! Do you think you could give us a hand here?"
The heavyset boy turned around and glanced at the bag Takuya was pointing to and nodded, grinning as he dropped his duffel…which - unfortunately - landed on Takuya's foot.
"You okay?" Koji queried as Takuya yelped in pain.
"Nope," Takuya shook his head, biting back another yelp. "Nope."
The heavyset boy smiled in apology before yanking Koji's bag out of the dog pile and handing it to him, "Sorry about that. My name's JP Shibayama."
"I'm Koji, he's Takuya," Koji murmured, seeing that Takuya was in no state to talk without whimpering for at least another five minutes. "What cabin are you in?"
JP grinned, picking up his duffel again, "Light."
Takuya nodded, signalling that he was the same as Marva Jr. called out over the megaphone, "Minamoto, Koji! Cabin Light, bunk one!"
Koji smirked, nodding as JP and Takuya bumped fists with one another, satisfied that they would be sharing a cabin with one another for the next month.
"So, you're Japanese? Do you live near a Nintendo factory?" JP - having read the tag on Koji's bag - queried as he led the way up to the Light Cabin.
Koji nodded, "I live in Shibuya, though. Not Tokyo, or anywhere near where Nintendo is stationed."
Takuya nodded, still not thinking it safe to talk without wincing as he limped up the stairs.
"Either of you know how to play poker?" Koji queried as they reached the Light cabin. Both JP and Takuya shook their heads, making Koji smirk, "No? Hope you brought plenty of cash then."
As the three boys opened the door, a large, black car pulled up beside the buses and a tall, formidable, balding man in his mid to late thirties stepped out, his elegant posture adding to the affect of his grey, pristine suit.
Straightening his jacket momentarily, he reached to open the back door, but was beaten to it as the boy inside pushed it open himself and climbed out.
The man sniffed as the boy reached into the back again and pulled out a black, duffel bag and he glanced out a the throng of kids, speaking in Japanese, "We came 5,000 miles for this?"
Koichi Kimura grinned good humouredly, tucking a lock of his dark blue hair behind his ear. He wore a teal shirt - open - over a wine-coloured, long-sleeved top. His tan jeans hadn't a rip or tear in them and his green-and-yellow trainers were dust free.
He turned to face Masaru, making his pale face visible; he looked exactly like Koji Minamoto.
Same eyes, same face, same nose, same height, same hair; save the length, Koji's hair being halfway down his back and Koichi's being merely chin level.
Koichi still had no idea why his mother insisted on Masaru helping him out of the car when he was perfectly capable of it himself. That was why he had asked to come to Camp Frontier; he would be completely independent for the month.
Masaru sighed and pulled out the list Koichi's mother had given him, "I'm guessing you don't want me to read this, then." Koichi shook his head, making Masaru grin and shake his head in mock exasperation before pulling something from his coat pocket and handing it to the bluenette, "Something from your grandmother; a new deck of cards. She may prefer your abilities with cards, but I wonder if you could find someone who could finally thrash you at kendo on this continent."
"I doubt it," Koichi's smirk quickly turned into a genuine smile, "Thanks, Masaru, and thanks for bringing me here."
Masaru nodded and pulled the boy into a tight hug, "If you change your mind and want me to pick you up at the end of camp, I'm only a phone call away."
Koichi shook his head as Masaru pulled away, smile still on his face, "I'll be fine. See you in six weeks."
Masaru nodded, echoing his statement before climbing into the car and waving at him as he drove away.
Koichi sighed contentedly as the car turned to corner, driving out of sight. He was on his own.
"Koichi Kimura?"
Whipping around, Koichi smiled and nodded politely as Marva Jr. came up behind him, list in hand, easily switching to English, "Yes. Sorry I'm so late. My plane from London was delayed."
Although Koichi, his family and Masaru had originally come from Japan, they had been living in London for nine years and had learnt to speak English fluently, although both he and Masaru preferred to speak Japanese when conversing with one another
"You don't have much of an accent…" Marva studied him for a moment, "Oh, well. Welcome to the U.S of A and Camp Frontier! You're in cabin Dark. Come on, I'll show you where it is."
Koichi nodded and grabbed his duffel, watching as Marva struggled to climb the stairs to the cabin. "As you can… see the cabins are named according to elements, water, fire, etc. Rec room's to the right, showers on the left and the canteen is just… down that path," she wheezed, coming to a halt outside the door. "Meals are at seven, twelve fifteen and half six. Marva Kulp gives… demerits for tardiness, so don't be late…"
Koichi nodded, waiting patiently for Marva to catch her breath before she pushed open the screen door, revealing the two kids unpacking inside, "New arrival, kids."
Koichi smiled warmly, glancing around the room. It was plain, three metal beds with white sheets, three white bed stands each with a cream lamp and a facecloth, and a small notice board just above each bed for sticking up posters or pictures.
A blonde girl dressed in purple grinned warmly at him, "That's your bed."
Marva Jr. nodded, standing up to her full height, having regained her breath, "Change into your uniform, food's in ten minutes. Marva Kulp's a stickler for neatness, so make your bed each morning and police your area regularly. Marva gives demerits for-"
"Tardiness," the room's second inhabitant, a tall, lanky boy in a pumpkin hat with mouse brown hair, cut her off, smiling warmly as she chuckled and nodded.
"Well, introduce yourselves, you two. Be sociable."
The girl nodded, biting back her laughter as Marva tripped over her own sneaker and was almost sent tumbling down the flight of stairs, only saving herself by latching onto the door frame… which she hit her head off a moment later.
As soon as the door closed, all three of the burst into uncontrollable laughter, the mouse-haired boy having to clutch the bed for support.
"The scary thing is that she's in charge," the blonde commented, smiling warmly at Koichi. "I'm Zoe Orimoto and this is Tommy Himi."
Koichi nodded, grinning widely, "Koichi Kimura."
The dining room was full of kids, most having to shove people out of the way to move. Two lines led up to an enormous buffet and six tables were shoved together in a line with two benches on either side.
In one line, Koji was selecting a bowl of tomato soup, while in the other, Koichi was reaching for an apple.
As they moved closer to one another, they turned their heads away from their friends to choose something else and would have seen one another… had Marva Kulp not stepped in between them, her own plate spilling over with food, "Excuse me, boys, but I must get more of those blueberries!" She turned to Koji, a dripping spoon of blueberries with sauce in her hand, "Care for some?"
"Can't. I'm allergic," Koji replied before moving to one end of the canteen with Takuya and JP as Marva turned to Koichi.
"Pity. What about you? Blueberries?"
Koichi glanced at the spoon and shook his head, smiling apologetically, "I would, but I'm allergic. Sorry."
Marva frowned, glancing towards the line where Koji had been as Koichi left the buffet with Tommy and Zoe, "Oh, yes, you just told me that. But how did you get over there? You'll have to forgive the old girl. First day of camp always gets me rattled. At least I'm not putting salt in the-"
She paused, glancing at the line Koichi had been in, only just noticing that he was no longer there. "Now where'd he go?"
The following day, everyone stood outside their cabins, watching the kendo match between a boy from cabin Dark and a girl from cabin Wind. The boy obviously had the upper hand and within two minutes he had knocked the girl out of the ring.
Pulling off his helmet, he revealed himself to be Koichi.
"The reigning champion, Koichi Kimura, is still undefeated!" Marva Jr. announced as Koichi smirked. "Do we have any more challengers?"
"I'll give it a shot," Koji smirked and pulled on his own helmet, much to Takuya and JP's surprise.
"Buddy, he's the champion and you've never done kendo before!" Takuya whisper-shouted. "Back down!"
Koji smirked again, grabbing a kendo stick as Koichi replaced his own helmet on his head, "No way."
"Ready?" Marva queried, before blowing her whistle as the two boys nodded and bowed to one another.
Koichi lunged for Koji, aiming for his left side, but in a flash, Koji's stick was blocking his.
Smirking again, Koji pushed the other boy back, lunging at him, but Koichi ducked and rolled out of the way, moving to the left side of the ring.
Lunging for Koji again, Koichi smirked as he raised his kendo stick, I've got him this time.
Unfortunately for him, Koji quickly sidestepped the blow.
Regaining his balance, Koichi whipped around, but he didn't anticipate Koji's stick coming at him, and so he was left defenceless and was thrown into the water through.
Growling, he forced himself up as everyone around him laughed, smirking as Koji reached down a hand to help him up.
Grabbing the other's hand, he tugged at the boy, sending him sprawling into the water beside him, making everyone else laugh even harder.
Growling, Koji stood up, turning around so that his back was facing Koichi, glaring at the ground as he pulled off his helmet and squeezed the water from his ponytail while Koichi just shook his chin-length hair dry.
"Alright everyone! It seems like we have a new champion; Koji Minamoto!" Marva announced before glancing at the angry boys, "Alright, shake hands now."
Rolling their eyes, both boys turned around to face one another… and froze, Koichi's hand in mid air.
Taking it slowly, Koji forced the look of surprise to slide off his face so that it became devoid of emotion as he glanced around at everyone else and the lunch bell rang, "Why are they all staring?"
"Are you really that blind?" Koichi snapped, releasing the other's hand.
"What?" Koji growled, his eyes narrowed.
Koichi shook his head, rolling his eyes, "The resemblance between us."
Koji smirked and raised one eyebrow, "Between us?" When Koichi nodded, he smirked again, "Turn sideways."
Confused, Koichi obeyed.
"Now the other way."
Once again, Koichi obeyed, beginning to get exasperated.
"Alright, your eyes are wider apart than mine, not to mention larger making you look like a kid, your ears stick out, your eyebrows are thinner and crooked and your nose…" Koji paused, glancing away from the bluenette. "Don't worry, those things can be fixed."
Koichi growled as Takuya and JP shared a short laugh and Zoe stepped up beside him, "You want me to take care of him for you?"
As Koichi shook his head, Koji glanced back at him, his arguing nature getting the better of him, "You want to know the real difference between you and me, Minamoto?"
"I have brains and you don't? Or I can actually use a kendo stick?" Koji smirked as he tied his bandana around his head. "Take your pick."
Koichi growled, clenching his fist and taking a step forward, but Marva got in between them, "Okay, boys, break it up." She glanced at the two, unsure who was who, much to their annoyance, "Koji… Koichi… Koichi… Koji?"
As the lunch bell rang again and Marva left, Takuya and JP had to drag Koji away to stop him getting into a fight with Koichi.
"That guy's such a looser," Takuya commented, hands behind his head. "You've never even used a kendo stick before now and you managed to beat him!"
"Yeah, pity you couldn't look identical to someone cooler," JP agreed. "Like David Tennant (Sorry, but he's just so awesome! :D)!"
Koji scowled as they moved towards the Light cabin, still angry with the English boy, "We are nothing alike!"
Koichi growled, watching the two brunettes drag Koji away before he followed Zoe and Tommy up to the Dark cabin in the opposite direction, "Are we really as alike as I think we are?"
Tommy shrugged, grinning widely, "Probably just a coincidence. Hard luck on loosing to him."
"You'll win next time, though," Zoe interrupted hurriedly, smiling. "It was just a fluke on his part."
Later that evening, a game of poker was going on in the rec room, Koji seated at the table and winning big time against two girls and a boy, "Sorry, guys. Read 'em and weep." He smirked and shoved the money into his pocket as the three groaned, stood up and walked away, "So, that's it? No other takers?"
Takuya glanced around, anime sweat dropping, not noticing that Koichi had slipped into the room, "You've already taken everybody…"
Koji sighed and was about to pocket his cards when a crisp, five-dollar bill landed on the table, "Not everybody."
He looked up to see Koichi smirking as he pulled out his own deck of cards and broke the new seal, quickly placing ten dollars on the table and raising Koichi.
They continued to raise one another, first five, then ten, then twenty, and then they continued even in various items they found in their pockets, such as a chocolate bar.
Seeing Koichi rummaging through his pockets for something else, Koji smirked, "Seeing that you're running low, I'll make a deal with you. Loser jumps into the lake after the game."
"Okay," Koichi smirked. "But let's make it more interesting. They jump in naked."
"Perfect," Koji nodded and shook Koichi's hand, positive that he had the game, "Royal flush. Beat that."
Koichi smirked and laid down his own hand, raking the items and money on the table into his pocket, "Four of a kind. Beat that. I'd start unzipping if I were you."
As Koji's uniform dropped onto the sand, his bare feet stepped away from it as he walked towards the edge of the dock.
He glanced back at Koichi and the boys he had played - and won - against - boys and Zoe only. The girls had accumulated a rather severe nosebleed when Koji had taken his shirt off and had left. Koichi was right there in the middle, an amused smirk on his face.
Saluting him with two fingers, Koji smirked and neatly dived into the lake, his head popping up several metres from where he had jumped.
As he swam back towards the shore, Koichi ran forwards and grabbed every item of his clothing - save his sneakers - and ran back to the Dark cabin with Tommy and Zoe, laughing uncontrollably.
Koji kicked up to the surface of the lake, taking in a deep breath and swam to the shore, glancing towards where Koichi had been, an 'I Told You I'd Do It' smirk on his face, but he froze when he saw that that area of ground was completely bare.
Shrugging, he walked over to where he left his clothes, gasping in outrage as he found everything - save his sneakers - missing.
Kimura has to have done it, Koji growled, picking up his sneakers and running for the trees, hoping he could get back to Light cabin unspotted, "He wants to play? Fine, then. Let's play."
The next day, Koichi, Tommy and Zoe grinned as they walked back up from breakfast at the canteen.
"I swear I heard Minamoto sneeze across the room!" Tommy exclaimed, making the other two laugh.
"Ugh, I didn't sleep at all last night, I was so giddy," Zoe stretched, yawning. "I wonder how he got back to the Light cabin last night?"
Koichi shrugged, grinning as the blonde yawned again, "Maybe you should take a nap before the hike."
Zoe nodded in agreement and walked over to her bed as they walked into the cabin, falling onto her back as she closed her eyes, but squealed as her pillow burst beneath her, completely soaking her hair and bed, "WHAT THE HELL?!"
Tommy frowned, picked up his own pillow and pressed down on it, scowling as he felt a rubbery surface beneath the fabric, "Someone switched the pillows for water balloons."
"And I know who it was," Koichi growled, glancing out the window as he spotted Koji and his friends howling with laughter. "Let the games begin."
Koji smirked contentedly as he lazily threw his towel onto a bench and walked into the shower, turning the heat on full blast. No matter what the season or temperature, he always loved a hot shower after a five mile walk… which was why he let out a yelp of surprise as the ice-cold sprinkles hit his back.
Glancing at Takuya - who was hurriedly turning off the water - and JP - who was towelling himself dry, teeth chattering - Koji growled, pulled the towel around his waist and walked over to the pump, grinding his teeth when he discovered that the hot water had been turned off.
Hearing a slight giggle, he whipped around to see a strand Zoe's blonde hair whip around the corner. And most likely, Koichi was with her.
"So he wants to play some more?" Koji growled through gritted teeth as he turned the hot water back on. "Fine. He can have it his way."
A few days later, the boys' pranks on one another were still running, and growing steadily worse.
First Koji put hair dye in the Dark cabins' shampoo bottles and all three inhabitants had emerged from the shower with pink hair.
Then Koichi had changed the time on Koji's alarm clock so that it went off at two AM rather than half six, and it took all three boys about ten minutes to figure out what had happened - due to the fact that the black curtains were closed and they had gotten dressed, thinking breakfast would be starting in half an hour.
Next, Koji would retaliate by setting the Dark cabin alarm to go off at half eight rather than half six, earning all three of them five demerits.
The latest trick was Koichi's; he had somehow managed to replace all of their uniforms with sun dresses and their shoes with high heels so the three boys had to find their things - which had been hidden in the supply shed by the lake - in either a towel - Koji wouldn't wear the dress - or the dresses.
Now, the Dark room mates had just returned from the weekly, five-mile hike and were talking about Koichi's latest endeavour.
"Oh my God, I wish I had a camera to capture the look on Minamoto's face!" Tommy chuckled as Zoe shook her head.
"No way! That goggle head in the pink dress was way more priceless! That was pure genius of you, Koichi!" Koichi nodded and smiled in thanks as Zoe diverted the conversation in her usual manner, "Ugh, I'm exhausted after that hike. I'm just going to skip the swimming and sleep until lunch!"
Koichi shook his head, chuckling at his friend's usual exhaustion, "What else is new?" The blonde was always tired, unless there was a trick on the Light cabin being planned. Then, she went into overdrive.
Tommy froze as their cabin came into view, his eyes wide, "I don't think you're going to be able to do that, Zoe…"
"Why no-" Zoe cut herself off as her eyes wandered to the roof of the cabin.
Following his friends' gazes, Koichi gazed at the roof, his jaw dropping to make a perfect 'O', "No. Way."
On top of the roof were the three beds and nightstands in the exact same position as they had been inside - Zoe and Tommy beside one another, Koichi on the other side next to the window - and on top of the weather vane, the Japanese flag was flying with the kanji symbol of light painted in blue in the middle of the sun.
Koji, Koichi growled, narrowing his eyes, his hands balling into fists. The inhabitants of the Light cabin were dead.
All of Camp Frontier was coated in darkness, save the occasional brighter spots were beams of moonlight had managed to seep through the trees.
Each child and instructor was sleeping peacefully, curled up under the white sheets of their bed as the bats swooped silently passed the window… each child but three.
Koichi smirked as he, Zoe and Tommy crept towards the Light cabin, a tin of treacle and whipped cream in his hand. It was time for payback.
Slowly opening the door, he smirked again and motioned for the latter two to follow him in and they set to work, tying string in any possible place and winding it around the room in a criss-cross pattern, spraying whipped cream everywhere, setting a pile of feathers next to the fan which was ready to go off when someone broke the string attached to its 'on' button, pouring treacle all over the floor and lastly, balancing the large tin of treacle delicately on top of the door.
Giggling softly, the three exited the room and crept back to the Dark cabin, setting the alarm clock for six fifteen so they could be at the Light cabin when its inhabitants woke up to survey their handiwork.
Koji sighed as the alarm clock went off beside his pillow and he reached up a hand to turn it off, "Guys, wake up."
JP groaned, blinking his eyes open and sitting up wearily, yelling in shock as he was caught in the sticky, treacle-soaked threads.
Koji frowned, sitting up himself, growling as a dollop of whipped cream fell from the top of his head to his nose and Takuya escaped the threads, but let out his own yell of shock as he skidded on the treacle and was sent sprawling into the wall, "Kimura!"
Hearing a slight commotion outside, after he shook the whipped cream from his head and ponytail, he opened the screen door to hear Koichi telling both Marva's that someone had been violently sick in the Light cabin.
Smirking, he glanced at Koichi's panicked face. There's no way I'm bailing him out of this one.
Koichi let out a short burst of laughter as he walked up to the Light dorm with Zoe and Tommy in tow, hearing its inhabitants' yells of surprise and outrage, "Now, we're even, Minamoto."
Suddenly, Zoe grabbed his arm, her eyes wide in fear as two figures walked towards the Light cabin door, the taller of which was saying it was surprise inspection day for the Light cabin.
"The Marvas," Koichi breathed in horror before sprinting up the steps and blocking the instructors from entering the dorm.
"Mister Kimura, what's the meaning of this?" The elder of the two growled impatiently.
Koichi shook his head, "Um… one of the boys was… violently sick last night. Highly contagious, you shouldn't go in!"
Marva Jr. nodded and would have left with her mother… had Koji not opened the main door at that moment, glaring at Koichi, "Actually, we're all fine. So, unless Kimura has something he wants to say…..?"
Koichi shook his head urgently at Koji, eyes wide in alarm, but Marva Sr. mistook the action and pushed him out of the way as Koji stepped back from the door, "Well, if no one's sick, then I have an cabin to inspect…"
She trailed off as she opened the door and the tin of treacle fell on her head in - what seemed to both bluenettes like - slow motion. Next she took a step forward, pulling the tin off her head as the end of its contents spilled onto the rest of her body. Narrowing her eyes, she froze as she heard the sound of a thread snapping beneath her heel. Turning her head, she spat out a mouthful of feathers as the fan blew them all over her treacle-covered body. Taking a final step forward - and ignoring Koichi's protests - she let out a loud screech as she slipped and crashed into the wall.
When she stood up, her face was contorted with a rage that could only be described as that of a bull when he lets out his loudest, angriest bellow, "KIMURA! MINAMOTO! My office. NOW!"
"Never,in all my years here have I seen such reckless and disobedient behaviour," Marva growled, wiping some of the treacle off her face with a facecloth. "And from brothers at that."
"We're not brothers," Koji glared sideways at Koichi, who nodded.
"We never even met before we came here."
Marva glanced at the disbelievingly, but when her daughter whispered something about different continents and surnames, she nodded, "Very well. But I'm afraid that because of this behaviour, I'm going to have to resort to drastic measures."
Koji's eyes widened in horror as Koichi gasped, "You're… sending us home?!"
Marva Jr. raised one eyebrow and turned to her mother, "That would seem like we failed, mom. It might give Camp Frontier a bad reputation."
Marva Sr. nodded, tapping her chin thoughtfully as she gazed at the two bluenette, "Hm… true. Let me just think for a moment…"
"WHAT?!" Both bluenette yelled in outrage as the two Marva's led them away from the rest of the cabins and towards one that was completely alone and dubbed 'Secret' cabin.
"That's right," Marva Sr. placed her hands proudly on her hips. "You're being isolated. There are five weeks of camp left and you're going to be spending every waking moment of them together. From now on you'll eat together, sleep together and do activities together until you learn to get along. And if you don't learn, you'll punish yourselves more than I ever could."
Glaring at one another, the two boys - Koichi balancing his duffel bag on his shoulder - climbed the steep steps to the Secrets cabin, each trying to get there first so they could choose which bed.
Being the more athletic of the two, Koji reached the door first and smirked as he pushed it open and threw his bag onto the bed closest to the window.
Pulling out his phone, he glanced at the message Takuya had sent him; 'Hrd luk getting stuk wit Kimura. If u want, we can hav a campout 1 of da days 2 get u away from him. Marva sed we cud hav 1 if we wanted.'
Quickly texting back 'Sur. Dat wud b gr8.' Koji sighed and unzipped his bag, emptying the contents onto his bed like he was opening a bag of chips.
Koichi sighed, opening and unpacking his bag more neatly before pulling out his own phone and glancing at a text from Zoe almost identical to the one Takuya had sent Koji. Grinning and replying 'Sure. Tanx.' he placed a book on his nightstand before climbing onto his new bed and opening it.
Unfortunately for him, Koji hadn't slept well the previous night and was completely exhausted, so the longer-haired boy carelessly switched off the light, not noticing Koichi reading.
Koichi frowned and flicked the light switch on his side of the room on again, but was countered when Koji switched it off.
On.
Off.
On.
Off.
On.
"Will you cut it out?!" Koji cried, glaring at Koichi. "I'm trying to sleep!"
"Well I'm trying to read," Koichi replied more calmly, turning a page in his book while glaring at the other.
The next five weeks were going to be the longest either of them had ever imagined.
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