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A teal haired teenager woke up on a beautiful Thursday morning to the feeling of something wrapped around his waist. It felt vaguely familiar to him, as if it wasn't the first time that it had happened and that in the past it had been a normal occurrence, but the more sleep left his system the more he recognized what turned out to be an arm; that of a female, to be precise.
He already knew who it was; no other girl he knew would be bold enough to sneak in his bed at night, but for safety measures, he lifted the comforter to see the arm and was glad to recognize the tattoo on said female's wrist.
He let out a content sigh and turned to face to the girl, with a small smile present on his face.
"Naomi… Wake up Naomi."
'Naomi' didn't even budge, so the boy concluded she must've been really tired, since in a normal situation she would've been woken up by his movement, and let her sleep.
He lay there in silence, staring at her face. God, had he missed her. Three years, that was the time they spent away from each other, and now he couldn't believe that she finally came back and was right next to him, sleeping soundly.
A slight vibration coming from behind him made him turn again, and he picked up his phone.
He wasn't really surprised to see that he had received a message from his red-head of an acquaintance, asking him where he was and why he hadn't come to school that day. He was however surprised to learn that he was missing school. Why was he late? Was it too late to go there?
His suspicions were confirmed when he looked over at his alarm; not only was he late, but he already had missed half his classes for the day. He remembered he had Japanese History later on that day, but preferred staying home. He could always catch up later.
He sent a reply, telling him he was busy, and asking him to neither tell anyone but their teachers, coach and captain, to not call him nor come visit him at all.
He then put his phone on silent mode and set it on the night-table, where it had previously been and turned back to face the girl before him. He frowned at the sight of the slightly dark rings under her eyes, but disregarded it, suspecting he had his own pair after being sleep deprived for a while.
He always reprimanded her on the phone for not taking care of herself properly and overworking, but he couldn't bring himself to do it just then without being hypocritical.
He sighed once more and let his mind empty itself as he focused more on her presence.
He quickly noticed the changes that took over her physique the past few years.
First, she seemed a lot taller than she was before; judging by the way she was laying down, she probably was an inch or two shorter than him. It also seemed that her facial beauty hadn't slacked either. Her lashes were longer, a few almost unnoticeable pimples were here and there, and she had a much sharper jaw-line and slightly full eyebrows. Even if there was prominent change, he was happy to remark that her button nose was still the same; her pink and plump lips hadn't changed either, her high cheek bones remained and her cheeks! Oh, those chubby-wubby cheeks, still adorned with their usual and natural rosiness, looked as cute as ever (she however hated this trait, preferring to have the half shallow ones that bring out your cheekbones and eyes, while he found them adorable).
'I wonder if they're still so soft…' he poked at one of her cheeks, and chuckled silently as she squirmed in discomfort. 'She seems to still hate having her face touched in her sleep.' he mused happily.
In the midst of squirming, she managed to tangle her legs with the boy's, something that made him momentarily uncomfortable, but once she stopped moving, he warmed up to it.
Again, God had he missed her. He couldn't wait for her to wake up. She'd say something totally random, then she'd smile that lazy grin of hers and—
"You're being a creep, aren't you Tetsuya?"
Tetsuya looked down at the girl in front of him.
"Says the girl who sneaks into my bed while I'm asleep." Kuroko responds, removing the arm around him and sitting up.
"Hey! It's not my fault that someone decided to move into an apartment with only one bedroom when he left the family house to live in Tokyo! I could've slept on the couch, but we both know I'm way too good for that, and I wasn't going to kick you out either so I jumped in. Quite literally. Remind me to get you a more comfy bed when we move out; yours is like this carpet: hard and uncomfortable."
"You seem pretty comfortable in it right now." Tetsuya sassed.
"Don't start! I'm too tired, that's all! Besides, it's been a long time since we've last done something like this. It's nostalgic."
The girl sat up and ran her hand through her unruly teal bed hair, and giggled noticing the very same problem Tetsuya was having.
"Come on, Naomi, we can't be doing this. We aren't—"
"I know, I know, but it reminds me of the time we've shared our mother's womb, our cribs and all that jazz!"
Tetsuya laughed softly at his twin sister. "You don't remember anything beyond our 5th birthday."
"Way to ruin the mood! And I actually thought you were going to say something heartfelt." Naomi pouted cutely and got off of the bed, heading toward the many suitcases she placed in a corner of the room.
Tetsuya followed her example and rose, but instead of going to get his stuff, he brought out a couple of towels and handed them to her as she took out a toothbrush and toiletries.
"You know… I really missed you!" she smiled caringly, giving him a bear hug as she took the towels from her brother.
"Yeah… I missed you too." he patted her head and pointed to a door. "That's the bathroom. Go take a shower and clean up. You stink."
"IDIOT!"
óThe Other Kurokoó
"What do you mean, 'there is nothing here'?! What have you been eating?!"
"Maji Burger isn't very far and it's on my way home from school so…"
"Tetsuya! What about proteins?! The veggies, and milk, and all those nutriments you need?!"
"Maji Burger sells fries, which are potatoes, so veggies. Also, I daily consume vanilla milkshakes there and the food there is pretty rich."
"Tetsuya! Now is not the time to be a smart-ass! You tell me to eat healthy while you've been living off of junk food ever since you moved in here!"
"Sorry."
Tetsuya wasn't sorry, and Naomi knew it.
She had decided to make breakfast for the both of them, but Kuroko had nothing comestible in the whole house—the refrigerator wasn't even turned on! It bothered her greatly that her dear brother hadn't been eating properly at all, and pained her that he didn't seem to care.
"That's it! I've decided! I will take over kitchen duties and make food for us every day, and you will stop going to Maji Burger until I decide you'll be responsible enough to go and eat anything but junk food!" Naomi stated. "Have I been clear?"
"Yes, Captain-Boss-Woman." Tetsuya said sarcastically, earning a grunt from Naomi.
He'd forgotten how fun it was to annoy his sister, especially since she had very amusing reactions.
He used to tease her all the time, before she left; he'd mock her constantly, and she'd become flustered, the he'd apologize, and she'd forgive him, then the cycle would repeat endlessly.
"Hello?...Yes, I'd like to order, please…One bowl of ramen, one of miso soup, two bowls of rice, one pack of sushi and a bit of tofu…yes, that's it…thank you!" Naomi sat on the couch and started typing on her phone as soon as the call ended.
"Who was that?" Tetsuya asked, sitting next to her.
"I was just ordering some food, for us; since it's already afternoon, why not have lunch?" Naomi, who had seemingly gotten over her irritation, smiled.
"I see." He smiled back. "Now tell me why you suddenly left America."
"Is it wrong to want to come see my favorite brother?" she asked innocently.
"First of all, I'm your only brother, so favoritism isn't possible. Secondly, it's wrong to use that as an excuse." Tetsuya replied.
Naomi sighed. "I really missed Japan, and you guys, but I have this feeling something is going to happen this year, and that'll have to be here. Besides, my contract expired the day before yesterday, so I took the opportunity to come back. There was no way I was returning to that hell-hole."
"What makes you say that?" Tetsuya asked.
"I… In the studio, things can get pretty intense, and well… it's not really the adrenaline type of intense I'm talking about. A-anyway! Tell me about your basketball! You haven't talked about ever since last year."
"…My basketball is… progressing I guess…" Tetsuya turned away from his twin's questioning gaze.
"Hm… it seems we both are hiding things, huh? We should really open up." Naomi hummed.
"You say that but we have reasons not to. Maybe some other time. You just came back, so staying here and dwelling on the past will just ruin our mood." Tetsuya replied. "Well, I'll go fix my room up, I won't take long. In the meantime, would you mind setting the table, please? The bowls are in the cupboard, and everything else is in the drawers."
"Hai!"
As soon as Tetsuya had left the living room, Naomi got to work. She brought out the unused bowls and washed them (Dust had been accumulating in them), then took out the chopsticks, cups and other things she'd assumed she'd need, when the doorbell rang.
"Coming!" she set everything on the table and rushed over to the door. "Who is it?"
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I'm here to deliver the ramen and miso soup!"
Naomi opened the door and flashed a smile to the deliver guy. "Thank you! I really was looking forward to this! I've been gone for so long, but even though there is ramen a bit everywhere in the world, there's just something heartfelt about having it here in Japan, at home with family, don't you think?"
"Err- yeah!" Naruto, for the first time, met a beautiful girl his age with the same passion for ramen he had. Was it fate? Destiny?
"O-oh, I'm sorry, I was ranting again!"
"N-nah, it is fine! I get what you mean; I feel the same way sometimes!" Naruto grinned in a flustered way, scratching the back of his head.
"How much will this all be?" she asked, taking a peek in to the bag.
"Ah- um, n-nothing! On the house, but only if you promise to order again!" he stuttered.
"Um? Is that all? Okay then, just be waiting on my call, I'll probably be ordering again tonight or tomorrow." she smiled. "Thank you for your services!"
"O-of course!"
The girl closed the door, and Naruto let out a sigh. Sakura would kill him for not bringing back any money, and Kakashi would probably just tease him because he was too shy to ask for a girl—Crap, he didn't know her name!
"What was that?" Tetsuya sent a reprimanding look at his confused twin, who sent everything on the table.
"What was what? Me closing the door?" she asked, pouring her ramen into her bow carefully.
"No, you flirting with that… guy." Tetsuya spat out harshly, as if spitting nails.
"Flirting? Oh, no, that wasn't flirting at all. I was just being friendly and he returned the favor, end of story." She served the white rice after pouring Tetsuya's miso soup in his bowl.
"Dear sister, I, as a boy, can detect when another guy likes a girl and when he makes a move on her. He was trying to get your attention." Tetsuya helped her with the rest of the food, then they sat down.
"Dear brother, why is this bothering you so much? I mean, it wasn't flirting—I've flirted before, and this doesn't even come close. I'm talking from experience, see?" she said, taking her first bite of a sushi roll.
Tetsuya froze that instant. His sister… his poor, poor sister… her mind has been scarred and tainted by the perverted way of males!
"Who is the one who introduced you to such perversion, Naomi?"
Naomi rolled her eyes at her brother's exaggeration. "The one I first flirted with? Listen, Tetsuya, I don't even remember him, and if I did I wouldn't tell you because I highly suspect you'd try to hurt him. Like you said earlier, let's just enjoy now and talk of problems later." she stated, eating some of her rice.
Tetsuya sighed and gave up, but gave her a stern look that said 'this is not over yet'.
She shrugged it off, and ate her ramen; Naomi was just happy to be with her brother again.