Disclaimer: All characters are original, so please ask me before using them in your stories. This story was inspired by a dream.
Warning: This story is rated M for sexual content, which includes sexual activities. If you are under the age of 18, then please read with caution since you are under-aged. You have been warned.
Chapter One: The Mall
"I guess we'll see you next Monday," a teenage boy mumbled. He watched as both of his cinnamon-haired parents were in the doorway to the apartment room. Each of them was holding a pair of tan suitcases and bags.
"Don't forget to do your chores," the mother sneered. Her silver eyes gleamed, and she was the mother of the Inette family. "Especially you, Itsu." She glanced at the long white-haired girl that was standing obverse of her. Itsu was the oldest of four siblings, and she always had innocent looking teal eyes. Kotoko, or the kid that seemed to always mutter, had short sapphire hair and brown eyes.
Dokuro was next, but he was asleep at the time, along with Kuri. Kuri's hair was always in pigtails with pink ribbons that contrasted her light rose-colored hair. Dokuro's silver eyes didn't match his amber hair at all, but he didn't mind. "Bye!" Both of the siblings said at once, beaming with delight and also disappointment.
"Take care of the kids for us," Mr. Inette coolly responded, almost like he wasn't expecting anything to go wrong, and totally nonchalant about the whole thing. He then sauntered out into the hallway with his wife, and locked the door behind them.
"Well, we better get ready for school," Itsu razzed with her hands on her hips. She was wearing a black jacket and mini skirt, along with a white blouse under the top to cover up her v-neck. Pale leggings went up to her knees as her onyx shoes tapped against the crimson carpeted floor. She was eighteen years old and about five feet five inches tall.
"I guess," Kotoko grumbled. He was wearing a black shirt as well with long sleeves and flaxen buttons along the chest. His pants were also dismal along with his shoes. They were wearing uniforms for the academy, which were several floors beneath their apartment. He was eighteen years old and five feet six inches tall.
The school and their house were in a grand pale mall. The academy was on the opposite side of the building, but they didn't mind the walk past the various shops and all. It was almost like the hotel was attached to the mall itself, stacks and floors full of other apartment rooms.
The apartment that they lived in contained six floors: the exercise room, the entrance to the house, the kitchen, some bedrooms, the family room, and the sunroom. However, the exercise room had a pool, but other guests could use it. The kitchen was beside the living room and dining room as well. Dokuro's room was beside the almost always-abandoned parent's room. Kotoko and Kuri's rooms were on the same floor, and Itsu's room was on the top along with the sunroom.
Each floor was a different size as well. The exercise room was about seventy feet wide by fifty feet long. The entrance is a narrow hallway with an elevator, and the exit to the mall. The kitchen and relaxing rooms were eighty feet wide and made a u-shape with miniature walls separating each area. The rest of the floors were about twenty feet wide by fifteen feet long.
The Inette family was used to the parents leaving for trips. Their business takes them almost around the world each month. Mrs. Inette is an interior designer, and Mr. Inette is a baker that makes a lot of cakes. The children see them during the weekends, but they have to fend for themselves during the long, lonesome week.
The two teenagers of the family then went into the slick elevator, and Kotoko leaned against the far wall. The inside was all gray, and a little bit dim. The buttons were on the left, and took the guest to each floor of the apartment. Floor four and five were selected as Itsu folded her arms, sensing the elevator increasing in height. They departed from the pale walled and scarlet carpet, and then landed on a pile of clothes.
"He still didn't clean this up!" the girl grunted. Along the thin hallway wall were piles of clothes that needed to go into the laundry room. She stepped and dodged the clothes as she reached the sibling's bedroom door. "Hey! Time for school!" Kotoko didn't budge as he shut his eyes for a moment and rested his head against the elevator wall.
"I'm awake!" a voice exclaimed from behind the white door. There were a few picture frames along the walls, along with some illuminating lights on the ceiling. Itsu didn't like this floor very much since it was constantly messy on Mondays. The boy opened his door a minute later and stepped out. "Is Kuri up?"
"No," Kotoko replied with a gentle groan. Dokuro was eleven years old and four feet six inches tall. He hadn't really gone through a growth spurt yet, so his voice was still screechy. The two figures went back onto the elevator, and then watched as the doors shut.
"How come your hallway is dirty again?" Itsu wondered.
"I forgot to clean it yesterday," he explained. "I'll do it later." A voice then interrupted them as Kotoko winced.
"Where are you guys?" Kuri's words interrupted them over an intercom. Itsu pressed a button on the wall of the elevator as she spoke into a miniature speaker.
"We're coming up to your floor," she told her. The girl also was wearing a black headband in her hair, trying to hold her bangs from falling across her eyes.
"I'm at the door already," the speaker answered. Kotoko then rolled his eyes as he stood upwards. Being at the "Door" meant that the person was at the exit of the house, prepared to head into the mall itself.
"We'll be right there, Kuri," Dokuro smiled. He didn't understand why Itsu and Kotoko were grumpy, but he was in an excellent mood. The elevator reached the second floor as the silver doors opened. The three of them exited as Kuri was sitting by the door with a teddy bear in her petite hands.
"You guys are slow!" she spat. The bear was cinnamon with an azure bow around its neck. Her parents gave it to her about a month ago after going to the largest mall in the world. "I've been here for ten minutes." Kuri's room contained stairs to the second floor just in case there was a fire and she couldn't get to the elevator.
"Sorry," Itsu whispered. "Come on. We'll be late." She watched as the siblings departed from the hallway, and then she locked the door. They then heard the bustle of the people from below, ignoring the twenty or so floors below them. The carpet outside of their door was red as well, and connected each floor to an elevator and stairs. They were living beside another apartment, so each door had to be unlocked with a key like a hotel.
The four kids went down the path and into another elevator. This one had a transparent back so the mall could be seen from inside. The students packed themselves into the device, heeded the doors closing behind them, and watched as they rapidly drew closer to the mall ground below.
"Kuri! You were supposed to leave your teddy bear at home!" Itsu roared as she broke the long silence. The young sibling had the stuffed animal in her arms as she firmly squeezed it, showing that she didn't want it removed from her.
"I'll put it in my bag when we get there," she argued back. Her pink pigtails bounced as the elevator reached the bottom floor and shook for a moment. They departed from the device and then immediately joined the crowd of sauntering people. The school was in the northern direction, or also on the other side of the building. Itsu was almost running as the other siblings attempted to keep up with panted breaths.
"Itsu! You're going too fast!" Dokuro bellowed. The family overlooked the various shops and venues while keeping eye on the leader. The floors were smooth, reflective, white, and contained thin box lines made of gold. The walls were gray, except for the advertisements scattered all over the place. Plants of different sizes sat on the sides as decoration.
"I can't be late," Itsu barked. "I'm meeting up with Suzu." She didn't even look back as the group went past the center of the mall, or the place where there was a fountain on the left and right. Dokuro glanced upwards to see that the ceiling was way up high, and the azure sky was unfading.
"Suzu? He's never shown up 'til now. So why would he do it today?" Kotoko razzed. Suzu was a close online friend of Itsu that constantly spoke with her over instant messaging services. He had mentioned coming to the mall before in person, but never stuck with his word. "Well I do have to talk to Meigel about something…" Meigel was a real friend that Kotoko had known since they first moved to the mall. They were in every class and liked to talk about basically anything. Meigel seemed to have something fresh to discuss about each week, so Kotoko too was rushing towards the other side.
"We're here," Kuri mumbled. "Finally…" She took off her violet backpack, unzipped it, and stuffed her teddy bear into it. She didn't want the other classmates to play with the bear.
The school entrance looked like a store with glass double doors and windows. Inside was a lady behind a desk obverse to the pale school walls. The family headed through the doors and into the place. The room led to two different hallways, which also contained other areas. Dokuro and Kuri headed left while the other two went right.
"See you later!" Itsu beamed as she waved at the departing siblings. "Just make sure to head back to the house when you're done. And no surprising shopping on the way back."
"Okay," Kuri shrugged. She then pivoted and went down the hallway, which contained black smooth flooring with tan walls. Dokuro was beside her as he shook his head. Itsu and Kotoko went down a similar hallway. They were heading to the high school portion of the school, which was opposite to Kuri's elementary school and Dokuro's middle school.
"Do you see Suzu yet?" Kotoko joked. They reached the classroom as Itsu sensed her eyes adjusting to the dimmed lights. The room was white and the walls were covered with assignments or notes from the teachers. Twenty wooden desks were in rows with wooden chairs behind them. At the front of the room was a large blackboard, which was behind the teacher's dismal desk.
"No. Maybe he's just late," she responded. Kotoko heeded the slight disappointment in her voice, but he just shrugged instead of saying some comforting words.
"Hey Kotoko!" a student interrupted. Meigel was a bit taller than Kotoko and stared at him with his illuminating crimson eyes. His pale spiky hair complimented his open school uniform jacket. His right arm wrapped around Kotoko's neck as he grinned.
"Good morning, Meigel," the boy smiled. He glanced at Itsu to see if she was still standing at the front door, but she was already sitting down at her desk.
"I think I'm really close to finding a solution," he explained. His right hand patted Kotoko's back as he removed himself from the friend.
"To what?" Kotoko wondered aloud. He was two inches smaller than Meigel, but the youth still felt like that he was tiny compared to the teenager.
"You know…The thing we were talking about last week," Meigel whispered.
"Oh!" the kid nodded, opening his mouth. "That…" The one thing that made Kotoko uneasy about Meigel was that the boy acted like a pervert sometimes. The friend would sometimes discuss about things that seemed completely ridiculous or just too weird to comprehend. Before Meigel had a chance to continue, the first bell rang.
"I'll tell you about it later," Meigel uttered. They both sat down in the middle row as the students began sitting at their assigned seats.
The hours passed briskly as school was over and the Inette family left the school building. Dokuro and Kuri headed straight back to the house with Itsu, but Kotoko was wandering around the mall with Meigel.
The two of them had reached their favorite magazine store as they overlooked the front of it and headed straight to the back. The walls and rug were a shade of gray that contrasted the wooden shelves covered with books and magazines. The cash register sat at the pale counter that was at the front of the store. In the back was the boys' favorite thing to read: manga. Meigel picked up a book and snickered.
"So…Want to hear what I've come up with so far?" he asked. Kotoko just rolled his eyes as he tried to look like he was paying attention.
"Sure." He looked around and noticed that they were the only ones in that section, which he was glad about.
"For our science project, we should make a miniature roller coaster to show how inertia works," he suggested. Kotoko flinched.
"Science project?" The boy was expecting a different type of conversation, but then he felt relieved to be talking about something as normal as that.
"What? Did you forget about that already? I said I would come up with something over the weekend," Meigel jeered.
"N…No…I remembered," the youth stammered. "I just thought you were going to tell me about one of your other ideas. I mean we are somewhere kind of hidden if you get what I mean." Meigel raised an eyebrow and then laughed.
"No way. This store is too open," he chortled. "Plus I'm not in the mood." Kotoko watched as the friend buried himself in another book, turning the pages and examining the various drawings. He then sighed and continued reading the book in his hands.
Itsu's fingers typed crazily as she sat on the edge of her chair with her legs apart. She was in her room on her personal computer as she was instant messaging with Suzu.
"What happened today?" she typed. The girl heeded the sound that the message went through as she leaned back for a moment. Her room was a mix of orange and red as the sunset glimmered through her windows. She could see the outside of the mall, which was bright, compared to the inside of the building. Her room also had two doors, but both of them were open at the moment.
"I couldn't get out of bed." Suzu wrote back. "I don't think this will work." Itsu soberly bowed her head as she lifted it up and typed some more. The walls of her room were white and matched her pale bed. It was long and almost like a couch, the entire right side against the wall and beside the windows. Her metal desk was on the opposite side of the room and beside a wooden dresser.
"That's okay. I'm tired of being disappointed." Itsu sort of wanted to take that comment back, but it was the truth. She anxiously bit her lower lip.
"I understand. Well, I have to go now. I'll be online again soon." The girl watched as his name went from online to offline on her buddy list. Suzu was supposedly living by himself, but sometimes he would randomly have to go somewhere and leave. Itsu thought that maybe he was bored and playing a video game. She had never seen his real face before, but he had explained that he was in high school, too. Itsu sometimes felt like she had feelings for him, but she wasn't entirely sure.
'Whatever. I'll just eat dinner and check to see if he's online later,' she thought. 'I hope I didn't upset him.' The girl glanced out of the window and then heavily sighed.
End of Chapter One