This is my first story, so apologies if it's not very good.

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I blinked drowsily as I was woken by a loud beeping. After a few seconds I realised it was the sound of an oven timer going off- someone was cooking. I glanced over at my sister's bed- we still shared a room at fourteen, to most people's surprise- and saw that it was empty. After a short while I forced myself to get up, and threw on some clothes. Where was Rin? For as long as I could remember she had relied on me to wake her up in the mornings. As if on cue, she burst into the room, her best friend Neru on her heels.
"You're finally awake then?" she asked sarcastically.
"What do you mean by that, Little Miss 'I'm too tired to go to school today Len, just let me sleep a bit longer'?"
"It's one o'clock!"
"'Do I have to get up now Len? There's still ten minutes until school starts, that's more than enough time to get ready.'"
I have to say, I thought my imitation of Rin's voice was very good. Apparently, however, she didn't agree.
"Fine, I just hope you're ready to be sleeping in the spare room tonight- Neru's sleeping over. So get out."
"Fine, fine. Where are mum and dad, anyway?"
"Upstairs."
"Doing what?"
"Guess. I'll give you a clue- it's something very tiring for them and loud enough to wake me up."
"Also sweaty." Neru piped in.
"Ew. I didn't need to know that."
"Feel sorry for me," she told me, "I walked in on them 'cause Rin made me guess what room the toilet was in!"
Rin chuckled, "I still don't get how you didn't know that already. You've been here loads of times."
I slipped out as they started arguing about whether or not Neru had ever actually used the toilet there or not. I made my way to the kitchen and grabbed a couple of bananas when Neru walked in.
"We're gonna go to the beach in a sec, Rin told me to ask you if you wanna come?"
"Sure, whatever."

Half an hour later, I was seriously regretting my decision. The circumstances which I had found myself in were marvellous, yes- on the beach with my sister's best friend who I had never realised looked so good in a bikini- but the problem was the direct result of that. A problem which had very quickly... arisen, is probably the best word for it,and which I had been forced to hide by lying on his front. It was less than comfortable, and I had a crappy view of the one thing I was trying to see- trying to ogle- but was better than the alternative. I was just considering buying an ice cream when my phone rang. Quickly I grabbed it and answered.
"Len, hi!"
"Oh, hi Mum."
"I'm just phoning to tell you me and your dad are going away for the week, starting tomorrow. We made some arrangements with Neru's parents and Neru will be staying for the week! All three of you together for the week! I'm sure you'll have loads of fun!"
"Wait, so Neru is staying over for the whole week?"
"Yes, honey. Come home soon!"
Well, that was just great. As if it wasn't going to be bad enough tonight, I would be stuck with two girls for the whole week. Normally this would be perfect, but in this case one girl was my sister and the other would probably knock me out if I tried making a move on her. In fact, she definitely would- I remembered when Mikuo had tried it a few years ago. He hadn't been able to walk properly for two days. There was only one hope- flaunting the gift that I possessed known to man as a six-pack. I stood up and checked to make sure there was no noticeable bulge at my crotch, before making my way to the ice cream stand. Two ice creams in hand, I took a second to ready myself and walked over to where Neru and Rin were sunbathing. Kneeling down I whipped the sunglasses off Neru's face, to her surprise. Sitting up quickly, her long blonde ponytail caught me in the face and I took the moment to inhale her scent (and then reflect on how creepy that sounded) before thrusting the ice cream at her.
"Happy birthday, oh wonderful one. I come bearing gifts of which Kaito would be jealous."
As if on cue, a cry of "MY ICE CREAM IS MELTING! MELTING! OH WHY GOD, WHY?" came from further down the beach. Rin shot up in surprise.
"What? What's happening? Why did you wake me up so early? Why is my bed so uncomfor- Oh, yeah, we're at the beach!"
"I have some marvellous news for you two!" I told them sarcastically.
"What?" Neru asked- Rin had laid back down and was ignoring the world again.
"You get to stay for the whole week, with just me and Rin. Mum and Dad are going away and your parents said they wanted you to stay at our house for the week."
"That was kind of them. Can you see how valued I am as a child?"
"I'm sure there are lots of people that value you." Damn it- that was clumsy. I quickly stifled a blush and continued on, "Not as much as they value my six-pack, of course."
She grabbed her sunglasses, wiped some sand off of them and gave me a long, hard stare.
"Do you know just how douchebaggy you sound right now?"
"Is douchebaggy actually a word?"
"Do you have any idea how little of a shit anyone gives?"
"That was rude."
"So was bringing up your six-pack in normal conversation."
"Oh, I can assure you, this conversation is far better than normal."
"If you don't back off I will kick you in the balls far harder than I kicked your friend Mikuo."
I tried to think of something good to say, thought of nothing, and backed off. No one else had reacted like that when I flirted with them. Why was Neru different? Oh well. I had a week to work on her. I hurried to give the second ice cream to Rin and went back to sunbathing. It was going to be a fun week, I could tell.


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