Hey! It's me! Okay, I know my followers are thinking, "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SYAY ON A STEADY FANDOM?!" I apologize for that, but I promise that there ARE more HaruMichi stories coming your way (after I stop being too lazy to upload them). I already had this uploaded on Wattpad, but I decided to upload it here, as well. So, things you should know before you read this story... Well, the beginning is in italics because it's a flashback. Also, this story's rating might, in the future, change to "mature". The "mature" parts of the story won't be coming for a while, and, actually, they may not come at all. I'm still a bit indecisive about the direction of this story at the moment. However, if, and when, there are "mature" parts in this story, they will be completely skippable. Another thing that, I guess, would be nice to know, but isn't exactly important, is that I'm trying to make the chapters of this story like episodes Disney Channel would actually air (except, obviously, the ones that have more mature moments) if they weren't so set on avoiding the LGBTQIA+ community like the plague. I hope I did a good job at that. There will be another AN after the story. For now, I'll let you read.
Even though Marisa had just saved her from a renegade spy, K.C. avoided her attempt to hug her. Tears formed in Marisa's eyes and rolled down her pale cheeks. After what she had done, K.C. had every right to act this way. Still, Marisa felt as if someone was squeezing her heart.
"I'm so sorry! I-I just-"
"Forget it." K.C. interrupted her, her voice cold as stone, "You SPIED on me and put me and my family's lives in serious danger. You know, it's kinda funny. This time I'M the one who doesn't wanna be friends with YOU."
It was a week after that incident, and K.C. was sitting on the couch, watching reruns of "Real Houseboo". Ever since she decided to end her friendship with Marisa, this was just a normal part of every day.
She heard small footsteps behind her and turned her head. Judy was coming down the stairs. K.C. felt just a bit of excitement rush through her body. She watched as her robot sister grabbed her hot pink headphones from the kitchen counter before trying to dart back up the stairs. But, just when her foot had touched the first step, K.C. whined, "Juuudy."
The robot sighed, rolling her eyes before turning to look at her "sister".
"What do you want?" She asked with just as much attitude as usual, her hands on her hips.
"Come watch Real Houseboo with me."
If Judy's memorybanks were working correctly, then K.C. had asked her that yesterday. And the day before. And the day before that- ever since the day after K.C. had decided to call it quits on her relationship with Marisa. Yet, her reply had always been the same.
"No."
Why was K.C. so persistent? Judy didn't understand humans, and if understanding humans meant lowering herself to THIS level, then she didn't want to.
"Come on, Judyyyy!" K.C. whined, her voice more annoying this time than before, "you're my sister, and I wanna spend time with you!"
"First of all, keep whining like that, and I'll give you a real reason to whine." Judy replied, making K.C. cringe, "second of all, don't even bother with all that "sister time" stuff. I wasn't built yesterday. You're just doing this because, for whatever reason, you actually miss that Marisa girl."
"What?! Pssh! No!" K.C. tried to play it off. She had never been very good at that. "I just wanna spend time with my little sis!"
"Yeah, well, your "little sis" would rather go listen to Beethoven, right now. Maybe later?" With that, and the sickeningly sweet smile she only gave when she was lying, Judy turned on her heel and dashed up the stairs. K.C. sighed and turned back to the TV. Only a second later, K.C. heard footsteps again. She whipped her head towards the stairs, glad that Judy had come around.
"Judy," she said, "you really do- care..." Her enthusiasm died mid-sentence as she learned that it was just Ernie. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day where I would be mistaken for an 8-year old robot." K.C. rolled her eyes as Ernie laughed loudly at his own joke. He walked ridiculously over to the refrigerator, still proud of himself for what he considered to be his most clever reply of the week, and opened it up before sticking his head inside.
The next day, at school, Marisa heaved a heavy sigh. Nothing was the same without K.C. Here she was, alone, at the same lunch table they had always shared together. She stared down at the pizza on her plate.
"You look pathetic." Marisa turned her head to look at the source of the voice. It was Ernie.
"-and that's coming from me." He added. Marisa let herself crack a little smile at his joke.
"Maybe this will make you feel better," he said, helping himself to the chair next to her, "Judy wants you to come over to give her a makeover."
Marisa sighed. "Ernie, don't lie to me like that."
"I'm not lying! I'm serious. She told me to tell you this morning."
She stared at him in disbelief. "Really?!"
"Yeah. I guess she finally got serious about her cover. Still, Marisa, if I were you..." He pat her shoulder, "I'd watch my back."
He flashed her his usual toothy grin before he got up from the chair and went over to his table, leaving Marisa alone to think up thousands of makeover possibilities for Judy.
Right after school, Marisa walked up to K.C.'s house with a smile on her face, something she was sure she would never do again. She knocked on the door, careful not to be too loud.
"Coming~!" Kira's voice, from behind the door, sounded cheerful- like she hadn't had a visitor in years. And, Marisa knew, she probably hadn't.
Kira opened the door with a smile on her face, but it dissolved so quickly that Marisa almost hadn't noticed.
"Oh. Marisa." She said, clearly not thrilled to see her.
"Hello, Mrs. Cooper," Marisa replied cheerfully, not letting that destroy her mood, "could you tell me where Judy is?"
"Well, she's upstairs, but-"
"Thanks!" Marisa pushed past her and rushed up the stairs.
"That girl..." Kira grumbled to herself.
"Judy!" Marisa yelled, "I'm so glad you invited me over to give you a makeover!"
Judy stood in front of Marisa and put a finger over her mouth. "Shhh!"
"Oh, sorry," Marisa replied, quietly, "I'm just so excited! It's so nice that you finally came around!"
"Marisa," Judy sighed, lowering her finger, "there's no makeup."
Marisa smiled. "That's okay! I brought my own!"
"That's not what I mean!"
Marisa blinked, confused, at the young robot.
"That's not the real reason I invited you over." Judy explained.
"So, no makeup?" Marisa said, pouting.
"No! No makeup!"
"Not even a TINY bit of makeup?"
"No!"
"Not even a TEENSY bit of makeup?"
"No, Marisa!"
"Not even an itty bitty, teeny tiny-"
"Ugh! Would you just shut up?!" Marisa's mouth closed completely, so tightly that her lips pursed.
"Good. Now, allow me to explain. The real reason I invited you over is to talk about K.C."
Marisa sighed and started to walk away, "no, thank you!" She didn't want to feel even more guilty than she already did.
"Wait!" Judy grabbed her arm, "look, ever since you two stopped being friends, she's been driving me nuts and bolts!"
Though Judy was clearly serious, Marisa couldn't help but to smile at the robot-related pun.
"Judy, come watch Real Houseboo with me!" Judy continued, doing a bad impression of K.C., "Judy, come spend time with me! Judy! Judy! Judy!" By the end of her rant, Judy had reverted back to her normal voice.
"Well, that sounds horrible. Maybe you should try actually spending time with her." Marisa said, a bit of worry in her voice.
"Yesterday, she asked Ernie to watch TV with her and said he could watch whatever he wanted."
"Oh, yeah, this is baaaad." Marisa said, her eyes going wide.
"Exactly!" Judy agreed, "And you're gonna help- by becoming her friend again!"
Marisa blinked. "But, Judy, K.C. hates me!"
"She doesn't hate you. She-" Judy stopped to cough in disgust, "loves you. She just needs to be reminded of how much she does."
Before Marisa could ask how, Judy walked over to her box and pulled out a paper. She handed it to her. Marisa glanced at it.
"Umm... Do I have to-"
"Just read it!"
Marisa looked down at the paper and began to speed-read. Judy grinned, proud of herself.
"It's my guide to becoming K.C.'s friend. I've been studying humans since I was built, and K.C. is no exception." Judy said, "If there's anything to know about K.C., I, unfortunately, know it. If you follow those steps perfectly, this plan should be foolproof."
Marisa looked up from the paper at Judy, her eyes wide. "Judy, you're amazing!"
"Well, I would prefer "genius", but I'll take it!" Judy said, beaming.
"But..." Marisa handed back the paper.
"'But'?!" Judy asked, confused as to why the girl wasn't just rushing off to try the plan already, "but, what?!"
Marisa sighed. "I... I shouldn't do anything behind K.C.'s back." She said, looking down at her feet, "That's the whole reason any of this started in the first place. If I want to become K.C.'s friend again, I'll need to earn it myself."
Marisa looked back up to see Judy staring at her, dumbfounded.
"But, umm... Thanks, Judy!" Marisa said, not sure if she could hear her, before walking downstairs and out of the Coopers' house.
Slowly, but surely, another torturous week slipped past. Judy couldn't take it anymore. If K.C. bothered her one more time, she would probably end up spilling her whole hard drive.
This was exactly why, ever since Marisa had disagreed with her plan, Judy had been hiding upstairs. She only came downstairs for breakfast, dinner and other snacks if she needed them. When she did, she would try to be as quiet as possible.
One day, when Judy came downstairs for a Fruit by the Foot, she was just a bit too loud. K.C.'s head turned swiftly, and Judy's impulse was to rush up the stairs. However, she realized it was too late. She'd been caught.
"Hello, my dear, dear sister." Judy forced herself to say, giving K.C. that sickeningly sweet smile.
To her surprise, the girl sighed sadly.
"Oh, save it, Judy. I know you've been avoiding me." She said, turning back to the screen.
Suddenly, Judy felt a pain in her chest. It was impossible for her to have a heartattack. Was this another one of those human emotions? Judy sighed. She didn't know much about them, but she knew that human emotions were a pain. They often caused her to do stupid things- like what she was about to do now. She walked over to the couch and sat next to K.C.
"Hey, don't be sad. I know it makes you humans feel better when you have someone to blame, so blame Marisa. If she would have said 'yes' to my plan, she could have become friends with you again and you wouldn't have had to annoy me. But, noooo. She had to 'earn' your friendship back and not 'do things behind your back'."
K.C. turned to look at Judy. "She... She really said that?"
The robot blinked, confused as to why her sister was so transfixed on that detail. "Yeah. You humans. I will never understand you people."
"Wow..." K.C. said, ignoring Judy's comment about humans, "that was so sweet of her."
She thought for a second before nodding to herself. "You know what? I think it's time for me to forgive her."
Judy abruptly stood from the couch.
"What?! If I had known that would make you wanna be friends with her again, I would have told you that a week ago." She said angrily, looking at her sister in disbelief.
K.C. didn't even blink at her sister's attitude, having become used to it, and replied,"It's just... I've never heard Marisa say something so mature. She really does want to be friends again."
She stood from the couch and took the remote, turning off the TV. "It's settled. I'll make up with Marisa at school tomorrow."
The next day, after school, K.C. walked up to Marisa, who was packing her things up at her locker.
"Hey." She said.
Marisa almost dropped the things she was packing when she heard K.C.'s voice behind her. She couldn't understand why K.C. could possibly want to talk to her.
"H-Hey, K.C." she said as she turned around, trying to be as casual as possible, "what's up?"
K.C. smiled, having noticed the way Marisa was acting. "Look, I know things between us have been kind of... Bad... Lately." K.C. said, rubbing the back of her neck.
"Really bad." Marisa added, nodding in agreement.
"But, uhh... I actually wanted to... Grab some froyo, and... Maybe you could join me?" Marisa felt her jaw drop. K.C. actually wanted to try being friends again! She was so overjoyed that everything else around her suddenly seemed to disappear, leaving only her and K.C. in the huge hallway.
But, suddenly, a realization hit her like a pile of bricks. She snapped out of her daze.
Marisa sighed deeply. "K.C... I would love to, but-" Before Marisa could finish talking, she was already there.
"Marisa, are you ready to-" When she saw K.C., her smile faded and she looked at her.
K.C. blinked. She couldn't believe her eyes.
"Alexis?"
"The one and only." The girl replied with a prideful grin.
"Why are you hanging out with Marisa?"
"Oh, didn't she tell you?" she replied, her grin growing even wider as she threw an arm around Marisa, pulling her close, "Marisa and I are best friends."
"You don't say. Well, have fun." K.C. said, giving them her best fake smile before turning around and walking out of the school, hot tears threatening to spill onto her cheeks.
It's me, again! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this story. I can never format the way I want to on Fanfiction. For those who don't remember, Alexis is the girl from the episode "Undercover Mother" who thought she had a better GPA than K.C. For those who have never seen the episode, all you really need to know is that Alexis has been K.C.'s rival since they were kids, and Alexis is always trying to 1-up her. K.C. may have been a little OOC here, and I'm sorry for that. I'm already working on the 2nd chapter. As for the update rate of this fic... I JUST got back to school, so it will probably be slow. But, considering I have no life, it might be quick, sometimes. Who knows? I hope you guys will be looking forward to the next chapter!
- shadowheart09