Written for the February prompt at fanfic_bakeoff on Livejournal.


Kohta was setting the table for breakfast when the yelling started.

"Nana will walk you to school today, Mayu!" Nana called for the whole house to hear.

"Okay!" was Mayu's response, slightly quieter yet no less enthusiastic. "Let's hurry!"

"Nyuu!"

The banging overhead as they rushed around upstairs sounded more like a stampede of wild elephants than the small feet of three girls. Kohta shook his head. It wasn't easy living with a house full of women. At least Yuka was probably still asleep. There was a particularly loud crash, and Kohta dropped one of the bowls he was holding onto the floor. Gritting his teeth, he walked over to the stairs and called up.

"What's going on up there?" he asked.

Nana and Mayu came barreling neck and neck down the stairs with Nyuu close behind them. Nyuu's feet became tangled beneath her as she ran, sending her toppling straight into the other girls. One of Nana's prosthetic legs came loose as they fell together, and Kohta caught it as it flew up into the air toward him.

The three girls landed at his feet, limbs tangled and skirts flipped up. Feeling a blush rising in his cheeks, Kohta dropped Nana's leg and went back to setting the table.