The school bell rang. Most of the kids quickly gathered their belongings from the locker, but seven students stayed late, like they always would. The school's game club only had those seven members, but it was more like a daily gathering for them more than a club, the school just allowed them to use the room.
"Alright, the name of the game is Old Maid, as always. You all know the rules."
"Yea yea yea, we know." A male groaned as he plopped into his seat.
"What's the matter Keiichi?" Mion chuckled darkly as she walked back to the table with the deck of extremely used, and marked up, cards for the group to play with. "'Fraid you're gonna get beaten again by a buncha girls?" The older Sonozaki twin smirked.
"...I guess I'm a girl then." Satoshi sighed, slumping in his seat next to Keiichi.
"Ya know, 'Old Man'." Keiichi said, putting his arms on the table, leaning on them as he looked at Mion. He shifted his weight onto his arms. "I'm gonna make a bet with you."
The gang looked at Keiichi, a bit dumbfounded.
"Keiichi...are you sure you wanna do this?" Rika asked.
"You know how bad you are at these games." Rena warned him.
"Yea, listen to her Keiichi." Mion chuckled, leaning back in her chair. "But if you really wanna go at it, then sure, why not. What do I got to be afraid of? What's the bet?"
"If I win all of today's games, you must obey ANYTHING I say no matter what it is." Keiichi told Mion, a driving force behind his words, and a fiery spirit in his mind. He was ready for the games, nothing would stand in his way.
"...I never seen Keiichi like this." Satoko said. She let out her normal laugh. "I feel like I should be sorry for Keiichi!"
Satoshi looked over to Keiichi. "I suggest you don't do this." he warned the brown-haired male.
Mion blinked a few times before she started to slowly snicker, before busting out into a full laughter. She tipped over, falling out of her chair and onto the floor, rolling around. "Keiichi!" She managed to say between her laughing and catching her breath.
"...I think you broke her." Shion said, slowly getting up from her seat and looking at her sister.
The laughing slowly stopped, Mion getting up and getting her chair. "Keiichi..." she said, wiping tears out of her eyes and slowly sitting down. "You are ON!"
Keiichi chuckled and sat back, holding his hand out to Mion. "Lemme shuffle." he said, Mion putting the deck of cards on the table. Keiichi reached over and grabbed them.
"And what happens if Keiichi doesn't win all the games?" Rika asked.
"Well, the same deal with me." The male said, shuffling the deck of cards, seeing Mion wasn't even paying attention, eyes closed and a cocky grin on her face. Smirking as well, Keiichi put the cards on his lap, reaching into his bag and grabbed a new deck of cards. Quickly switching the decks, he resumed shuffling, rigging the cards in his favor. As the club rules said: Anything is fair, so Keiichi was going to do what he needed. "Only rule is this...we must play ten games minimal before anyone can leave?"
"Like anyone would!" Mion chuckled, leaning back in her chair.
"I just hope Keiichi knows what he's doing..." Shion sighed.
"Trust me Shii...I know." Keiichi smirked, dealing the cards to everyone.
Each person took their cards, Mion still with her cocky smirk, Keiichi keeping a level head as the games went on.
The ten games went by, a bit slower than normal since the newly rigged deck was only memorized by Keiichi. The games were deadly and eerily quiet, the only sound was the last game, Mion throwing her cards onto the table. "Keiichi!" She yelled at him, ready to dive at him.
The male chuckled, kicking his feet onto the table and leaning back. "Well well well...look at that. I won all ten games." He said, full of pride.
"You cheated you little rat!" Mion said, about to claw her way to him, only to have Rena and Shion hold her back.
"But...cheating is encouraged..." Satoshi spoke up. Mion growled a bit and slowly calmed down.
Alright, alright...he's right." She said, taking in a few deep breaths to calm down. "Guessing no one else is gonna play anymore?" The older, green haired girl asked, looking around at the others, all shaking their heads in reply. "...traitors."
"Well...as par of the deal..you have to do one thing I want...anything at all." Keiichi said, getting up from his seat and walking to the window slowly.
"Yea yea yea I know, I know...what is it?" Mion asked.
"I'll think about it tonight. And tomorrow at school, I'll let you know." He said, still looking out the window, faint grin on his face.
The group got up and gathered their things, putting the cards away and straightening up the classroom before leaving. Mion left before anyone else did, slipping away during the clean up.
"Alright, got everything for tomorrow Mion?" Rena asked the girl, looking to see she was missing. "...where did she go?"
"I think she left early...she left a bit before we finished." Rika spoke up.
"She's just scared." Keiichi chuckled.
"Keiichi...just go easy on her, okay?" Shion asked.
"I might..might not...I am always the butt of the jokes for her and all that wonderful stuff, so why not get some revenge?"
"Must I remind you of how Mion is...?" Shion replied, crossing her arms. "Just go easy on my sister, got it?"
"Yea yea, I got it Shion..." Keiichi rolled his eyes. "It's Mion..she'll be perfectly fine! What's the worse that could happen if I do anything? She gonna try and kill me?"
"You never know, Keiichi..." Satoshi said, grabbing his things and leaving the classroom with Rika and Satoko tailing behind him.
"Be nice to her Keiichi..." Shion said, her voice hiding a bit of a grim undertone. She locked eyes the the brown haired male for a while.
"I get it Shion...jeez. Your boyfriend is leaving."
Shion stood still. "Remember..." She said once before, grabbing her things and walking after Satoshi.
"Gah...it's just a game! Why is everyone worried so much?" Keiichi groaned.
"Mion's very prideful, Keiichi...you should know that. Hurt her pride or her image and...well...bad things could happen." Rena said.
"She's gonna be the next head of the Sonozaki family, she needs to handle little things like this if she's going to lead her family." the male said, defending his fairly won deal.
"I know Keiichi..." Rena said, walking up to him slowly, putting a hand on his cheek. Keiichi blinked a bit.
"Rena...?" he asked.
"Be nice to Mion, Keiichi...listen to Shion and Satoshi...they know what will happen." She said, looking at him, eyes locked with his. Her voice sent off a slightly cold, creepy chill up Keiichi's spine.
"R-Rena...?" he stammered, seeing the slit in hers eyes.
"Now..play nice with Mion." Rena giggled, her eyes returning to normal, her normal, happy and joyful tone in her voice. She grabbed her bag and left the school, leaving Keiichi to his own whims.
"...It's just a game!" he yelled out. "Why is everyone so worried about it?" he groaned, grabbing his bag and throwing it over his back, grumbling as he walked to his house.
The sun was setting and the cicadas were out, making their sorrowful chirping sounds.
"Tch...everyone warning me..it's a game guys...calm down!" Keiichi groaned, kicking a rock out of his way as he walked down the dirt path. He would usually walk home with Mion and Rena, or at least until they reached the small creek, then Mion would part ways, but after today, he was alone.
"Whatever..just gonna go home, relax, finish some work and who knows..weekend is the day after tomorrow, so I should try and make plans with Satoshi, get him a break from the leash." Keiichi chuckled a bit. "He might have Shion clinging to him..but eh, it's a cute couple." He said, trailing off from his thoughts as he came to the crossways where he would part with the girls.
"Well...off to home." he sighed, taking a few steps down the dirt road before he stopped. He looked down, lifting his foot. "...a...cicada?" He said, seeing the crushed remains of the winged insect. He shrugged it off before he took another step, hearing a crunch. He looked down once again. Nothing. "This...is odd..." Keiichi muttered to himself before turning around. Before his body could react, he seen something, a blur, from his right eye, being swung at him. "W-Wait!" he managed to yell out before he was promptly struck across the face.
Keiichi rubbed his cheek slowly, in shock from the hit. He slowly looked up, towards the person.
"How DARE you humiliate me like that in front of everyone!" Mion yelled, the birds in the nearby trees flying off in terror from Mion's echoing yell.
"Mion..." Keiichi said, rubbing his cheek still. "Are you still mad at me for the game?"
"No Keiichi! I slapped you and yelled that because I have a crush on you!" Mion growled, gritting her teeth.
"It...was...a...GAME!" Keiichi replied, forcefully at that. A simple card game and this was happening. "Are you THAT mad I won?"
"I'm mad you cheated!" Mion barked at him, taking a step back, mainly for Keiichi's good.
"The rules sa-"
"Yea yea yea I know what the rules say!" The Sonozaki said, cutting him off. "Look Keiichi..if you know what's good for you...call..off...the..bet!"
Keiichi took a few deep breaths to calm down. "You know what...Mii-chan..." Keiichi said, a hefty serving of sarcasm in his words. "I was gonna go easy on you..just bring in Shion's Angel Mort uniform, and just sit back, and act like a waitress for us all...you made me dress like one and did that...so I thought it would be fair to get revenge." Keiichi calmly said, looking at Mion, the older twin holding her arms crossed over her chest, head held high.
"Oh really now?" She scoffed. "What can you do to me that would get even revenge? You know that wouldn't affect me." Mion laughed, full out pride.
Keiichi chuckled. "Well...little miss high and mighty over here talking big, huh?" The male said.
"Whatcha gonna do..Kei-chan?" Mion smirked, leaning towards him. "Huh? Tell me...I bet NOTHING you say can get me to so much as gasp."
Keiichi cracked his back. "You wanna know?" he asked. Once the slap hit him, it's like something evil was thrown into his mind, a demon.
"No..I want you to kiss me...tell me!" Mion groaned.
The male cracked his arms. "Really?"
"Yes, really!" The Sonozaki replied.
"Weeeeelllllll...I want you to st-" Keiichi said, the sudden, loud chorus of cicadas echoing in the sky. The incests seemed to cry for Mion as Keiichi rambled on, trying to mute his words with their song. But, the song fell to deaf ears, and the words hit their mark.
"K-K-K-Keiichi..." Mion stammered. Her body shook, her hands trembling.
The Maebara simply yawned. "Be in the village Saturday morning..okay Mii-chan?" Keiichi chuckled, walking back down the path towards his house, a trembling, frightened Mion standing in her place, looking at Keiichi as he simply trekked home.
