Achara's notes : This takes place right after episode 21, the episode where Rumina gave Chelsea shell earrings (except for the part where the red-haired intruder appeared... it never happened, kay?)

Tokyo Underground : Gravity

Rumina POV : "She... she looks real cute when she's asleep... Heh, only when she's sleeping, of course! Gah! What's happened to me? Why am I even thinking of these stupid things?! Must be dreaming already..."

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"HEEEYYYY!!! Rise and shine, slowpoke!" yelled , the kid who has been nothing but trouble, uh, I mean, the kid who started tagging along with Rumina and Chelsea. He was trying so hard to wake Rumina up, but the teen didn't even budge. This time he tried to shout straight into Rumina's eardrums to see what would happen.

Arising like a zombie, Rumina just barely recognized the kid on top of him when he started yelling like mad. A split-second later, the two were already rolling on the floor trying to grab each other's hair, all the while yelling nonsense as if the world belonged only to them.

Naturally, their voices rang all through the halls, waking up everybody in the shabby inn.

Downstairs...

"Why, who could be making such ruckus so early in the morning?" the owner of the inn had wondered out loud.

"Umm... well... hehe..." was all the blondie could respond, knowing full well whose voices where shaking the place. Fearing the floor might crash, she rushed paying their overnight fee and stormed upstairs to see it for herself.

"Well, well, well, what have we got here..." she whispered maniacally to the two on the floor.

Sensing the doom about to fall on them, the two quickly separated and acted like innocent lambs.

"What the heck is going on in here?!!" she thundered.

As Rumina watched the volcano about to erupt, he tried quickly to explain himself. The attempt was unsccessful, of course.

"Well... This kid just tried to SHATTER MY EARDRUMS!"

"Did not! I was just trying to wake you up, you lazy bonehead!"

"Did too! I'm gonna be deaf before I could even wake up! Are you out of your-"

"Nee-san told me to wake you up! But you won't even-"

"That's still no excuse! Ooh, I'm gonna-"

This time, it was the spectator who interrupted.

"SHUT UP! BOTH OF YOU!!!"

At this instant, the two boys obeyed, without a word of complaint even as they packed their things and went out of the inn.

End of Prologue

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Achara's notes: Wee! Finished my first fic at last! Actually, I think I made this one a year ago, I can't even remember! I was browsing through my notes and this popped up, and wee! I typed it up! PLEASE review, criticisms welcome, flames as well... I'm kinda desperate, aren't I? Enough ranting now, thanks for reading!