Disclaimer: The author of this story doesn't own Daa Daa Daa! Or any of its characters.

Author's Notes: English isn't my mother language, in fact, I'm brazilian. Nonetheless I still tried my best, though, and if there is anything wrong, feel free to say so. I rated this M because I intend to make this something kind of spicy, though it'll take some time for me to arrive at that point in the story. I made them older for this reason. I wish to make their relashionship develop naturally, from friendship to love, so of course, that won't happen in just one chapter.

Two Of A Kind

First Chapter

BAM! And they were gone, just like that. She couldn't believe they had done that. How could they leave her there, at some place she didn't even know and, not only that, with some stranger her age but of the opposite sex? Do normal parents even do that? Oh, wait. Right. She had forgotten. Her parents weren't exactly what you could call normal. As a matter of fact, really, she always felt like she was the one who took care of them, rather than the other way around. She sighed. Going to the market for food shopping, cooking, cleaning, and reminding them of the bills they had to pay… These were all daily things for her. The cure to cancer was nothing compared to the mystery of how Kozuki Yuu and Miki managed to become NASA's astronauts.

'I mean, they are smart when it comes to space and universe related things, but still…' As the situation started to sink in, she felt an unnerving sensation. The stranger who she supposedly would have to live together with had been there all this time, apparently doing nothing but staring at her. When she was thinking about what she should say to him, he suddenly spoke first:

"̶ Hey, are you a comedian or something?"

'What? She just stood there, looking at him and wondering if she had heard him wrong. Since she had given no response, he just spoke again,

"̶ Well, I was wondering, since you've just been there stupidly, making really strange expressions ever since your parents walked out the door."

As he finished speaking, he sticked out his tongue to her and went to somewhere else in the house.

Her mind went blank for a minute, but then her blood boiled and she blushed furiously as soon as his words hit. 'WHAAT, now I even have to put up with this kind of rude guy? Oh my God, wait, calm down Miyu.' She closed her eyes tight, bracing herself. 'Don't go down to his childish level. You're already a seventeen year-old girl, be mature, mature. Yeah, take a deep breath… Yes, just like that. It's even good that he's rude. Yeah, yeah. If he had been the kind type, it would've been much more complicated…' She opened her eyes again and almost choked, because he had come back and was now back to staring at her, but now much closer, with his back curved, his face only a few inches away from hers.

"See, I knew it. There you are at it again. Should I ask for your autograph? Who knows, with that face-shifting talent of yours you might become famous someday", he said while grinning.

She was taken aback at first because of his sudden proximity, but then she decided she wouldn't back down this time. If they really were going to live together for a while, she wouldn't let him treat her like an idiot.

"What's wrong with you?" she said, with grinding teeth, "We don't even know each other and you're already insulting me like that! This whole situation seems to be quite amusing to you, but I should tell you, that's not the case for me and…" Her aggressiveness towards him seemed to have quite an impact, but he soon recovered and interrupted her by saying,

"What, now you went up a few levels on the nuts scale. This situation, amusing? To me? HA. As if. I didn't want this, as much as you didn't. Don't get me wrong, I'm only doing this because my old man asked me to. This totally sucks. And even when I thought I would finally be able to live alone at that… Besides, who in their right mind would want to live with a crazy girl like you? If it had been up to me, I assure you, the other party would have to be at least a cute girl, not a crazy face-shifter one."

His words hurt her pride like it had never been hurt before and she felt like crying, but she kept that in. Miyu wouldn't cry in front of that jerk, she wasn't that weak. Instead, she gave him her worst glare. That took him aback, made him hesitate. Almost seemed like the stranger had regretted what he had said, but she was so mad and hurt that she failed to notice. She passed through him, stopped a few meters behind and asked, in a low controlled voice, with her back still turned to him:

"̶ What's your name?"

Surprised, he answered almost immediately, but still, with some carefulness:

"̶ Kanata. Saionji Kanata, actually. And your-"

"̶ Mine's Kozuki Miyu.", she spoke before he could finish the sentence, "So, Saionji-kun, I'm sorry for being such an inconvenience to you. You don't have to mind me much; I'll get to my room myself. Not only that, I'll take care of myself, so you can live normally, like you would if I wasn't here. You can even pretend you're living here alone, because I'll do the same. I'm totally aware now of how you feel about this whole thing, so we shouldn't make this harder than it already is. It'll be just two people using the same house, nothing more and nothing less. And don't worry; I'll leave as soon as possible. Now excuse me."

She left him there, and went inside, shaking, trying to hold back her angry hurt tears, while at the same time looking for what supposedly was her room. Miyu finally found one who seemed to have been prepared for a guest, closed the door, and finally let a few tears out silently. Just a few, though. Her eyes got red easily, so she still held back, she didn't want him to know she had been crying.

Kanata stood still for a few minutes, processing what had just happened. He had exaggerated on his jokes. He didn't mean to say those hurtful things or make her feel bad; his initial plan, on the contrary, was to do just the opposite! She seemed upset because of her parent's way of doing things, so he just wanted to help! Well, in his own way at least. But then, her expressions started to change so quickly that he found it funny. 'Heh', he smiled while remembering. 'She's an interesting one.' Yeah. In fact, she was right. He did find it quite amusing. Not the situation exactly, but her. She was amusing. But he didn't really intend to go and tell her that. No way… But he did intend, though, to make things right.