Living as a Karasuma

Plot: Before she leaves for a long time, Panda-chan decides to visit her fellow Kamichama Karin friends one last time before she takes off…and she decides to stay in the Karasuma household for a week…trouble surely to ensue.

Rating: Teen, for dirtiness and language

Genre: Humor/Romance

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Karin, Kazusa, and Himeka Kujyou were outside of the Kujyou residence, tending their garden. Now that it was one week left until school let out, they decided it was time to impress their neighbors with their awesome gardens for summertime. As they were watering various flowers and vegetables, they heard…music…

"Is that…Gwen Stefani I hear?" Karin stopped watering a rose bush and looked around. The tune of "Wind It Up" by Gwen Stefani was echoing in the distance…and it only meant one thing. "Of all days…" Karin sighed.

"Hey, we haven't seen her in a while. It'll be nice to see her again." Kazusa stated. Himeka nodded in agreement. The song was getting closer to them…until a gold van stopped in front of the Kujyou residence, pulled into the driveway. Panda-chan rolled down her windows.

"It's Britney, bitch."

"That's not Britney…" Karin sighed again. Panda-chan got out of the car.

"Yo!" She called over.

"Panda-chan! Long time no see!" Himeka called over, putting down her shovel. She ran over to hug the whacky girl, but Panda-chan noticed the many dirt and mud stains on her clothes, and just gave her a friendly handshake. She didn't care if there was radioactive acid on Kazusa; she gave her a big bear hug.

"Panda-chan, how long has it been?" Kazusa questioned.

"Less than two months." Panda-chan answered, adjusting her white sunglasses.

"You've certainly changed in that short amount of time."

It was slightly true. Now that summer was finally here, Panda-chan brought out her summer style. Bright tank tops, colorful short shorts, and flip flops galore. Today, she was wearing a turquoise tank top, sea green shorts, yellow flip-flops, and various silver jewelry. And, of course, she also had that crazy smile on her face.

"Is it me, or is Karin not too happy to see me on this bright and sunny June day?" Panda-chan whispered to Kazusa.

"I believe it's her time of the month." Kazusa responded quietly.

"I heard that!" Karin snapped.

"But, Karin-chan," Himeka said. "Panda-chan won't be able to see us too much anymore. She's going to Maine for her summer vacation, and as soon as she returns, she has marching band camp, correct?" Himeka faced Panda-chan, who proudly put her fist on her chest.

"Damn straight!"

"Really, Maine?" Kazusa asked.

"B-I-N-G-O."

"What's there to do?" Karin asked.

"Um…bird watching and…blueberry picking and…swimming…"

"And we can't do that here?" Karin asked.

"Shut your pie hole! Do not diss the awesomeness of Maine!" Panda-chan snapped.

"What's all this noise? First I hear flipping Gwen Stefani and now—," Kazune's voice shouted from inside. As he continued talking, he came outside, and immediately shut up once he saw the strawberry blonde-haired girl. "Panda-chan, what brings you here?"

"Visiting, biotch!" I hugged Kazune, who took time to return the hug. "Where's everyone else?"

"What do you mean? We're all here. Well, Q-chan is grocery shopping and Shi-chan is asleep in the house." Kazune replied.

"No, no, no. I mean the other folks. Like, Micchi and those peoples."

"Out and about, probably." Kazune responded.

"I wanna see them!" Panda-chan insisted. She continuously glanced around, until she ran towards her car. She got in the front seat.

"Wait…YOU DROVE HERE?" Kazune asked in shock. Soon, the others became aware that a fifteen-year old insane young woman DROVE to their home. How did she do it? They were afraid to ask.

"This is fictional. We can all dream, right?" Panda-chan turned on the vehicle.

"Where exactly are you going?" Karin asked.

"That's classified information." Panda-chan answered. Suddenly, she began to giggle. "Didya hear how I said that? I was like, That's classified information…I sounded like a freaking secret agent! Coolness!"

"She's such a dork." Karin muttered, but had to chuckle and grin as Panda-chan drove away.

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"1985" by Bowling For Soup was blasting throughout the vehicle, Panda-chan obnoxiously singing along with the lyrics. There was no way that she would survive American Idol, that's a fact.

As she continued to drive, also stuffing in some French fries in her mouth from the McDonalds she picked up earlier, she drove into another driveway. The Karasuma household…

She was quite stunned that no one was running outside asking what the loud noises were all about, like at the Kujyou house, and even honking the horn didn't attract anything. Panda-chan sighed, putting a piece of Spearmint gum in her mouth, and got out of the car. She walked up to the door and knocked on it three times. Nothing. She looked around for a few seconds before knocking on the front door three more times, louder this time. No response. Panda-chan was literally standing there for about ten minutes before she noticed a little note on the door.

"We'll be back at 4:00"

"They're not so smart in the 'Preventing-Burglars-From-Breaking-In' department, are they?" Panda-chan muttered to herself. She returned to her car to check the time on the stereo. 1:28.

Great.

She was too lazy to just drive all the way back to the Kujyou home. Besides, if they offered her assistance with the garden work, disaster would just come straight at her. Panda-chan grabbed her purse and McDonalds goodies before heading over to the front stump at the Karasuma front door. She sat there, nibbling on her snack wrap, and listened to her iPod. Waiting…and waiting…

About forty minutes in the waiting session, her iPod battery died. So, now, she was left with listening to silence…well, she also heard little kids playing off in the distance, some rather angry birdies in a nearby tree, and a radio in the next-door neighbors' backyard, where a middle-aged woman with a decent body was tanning. And there was Panda-chan…sitting on pavement in the scorching heat. Nothing was amusing her…not even talking to herself…

"I'm going to take a bite out of this yummy, fattening snack wrap," She started to say. She took a bite out of it, the honey mustard-y goodness overpowering her taste buds. "Oh, no! Every time I take a bite out of this yummy snack wrap, IT GETS SMALLER!!"

Okay, now she was just acting stupid.

It felt like flipping seventy-two decades, just sitting there. It had to be about 4:00 by now…but as she glanced at the time on her cell phone, it only said 2:15.

"Dammit to—!" Panda-chan was about to shout, but a bunch of little kids walked by. "Darn it to heck!"

Another hour went by oh-so-slowly…

Panda-chan was getting absolutely sick of playing Solitaire and Bubble Smile on her cell phone, which was also ironically running low on battery power. Besides, she owed $-2039 in her game of Solitaire…she sucked.

She believed it was finally time to just leave…waiting for fifty more minutes is more like medieval torture methods. As she stood up, wiping French fry grease and tiny stones off of her, she walked towards her car…until she saw a sight that she was wishing to see…

A car pulling up in the driveway…

Panda-chan blinked twice, making sure that she wasn't dreaming. And she wasn't.

"GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS!!" She suddenly shouted, falling to her knees and hysterically crying.

"Excuse me, Miss," A voice exclaimed. "I must ask, why are you on our property?" Panda-chan glanced up to see Kirika Karasuma standing in front of her, with her tomboy-ness. It took a while before Kirika noticed that face…that oh-so-familiar face…

"Wazzup, Kirika-Senpai?"

"Panda-chan! Is that you?" Kirika asked, a tone that had a mix of 'It's good to see you' and 'why the hell are you here'.

"I decided to stop by for a bit." She grinned, and Kirika gave her a big hug (after helping her off of the driveway, of course).

"Panda-chan!!!"

Panda-chan turned around, seeing Himeka Karasuma run up and give her a big hug, too, wrapping her arms around her waist.

"Hey, Himeka K." Panda-chan smiled.

"We were missing you!" Himeka K grinned, looking up at Panda-chan.

"Same here! What a happenstance!"

Suddenly, the Karasuma car door slammed shut. Panda-chan looked up and saw him…

Kirio Karasuma.

Panda-chan lightly let go of Himeka K and slowly walked up to Mr. Glasses Man. He locked the car door and looked up…seeing the perky strawberry-blonde haired girl walk up to him. She smiled widely. He blinked a few times.

"Who are you again?" He asked.

"YOU SKANK!" Panda-chan slapped him.

"I was just kidding, Panda-chan!" Kirio cried out. Panda-chan knew that, but she couldn't resist it.

"Kirika-chan, what's a skank?" Himeka K asked Kirika.

"That's not something you should ask." Kirika scolded Himeka K.

Panda-chan helped Kirio up off of the ground, and she immediately gave him a hug. Kirio stood there immobile for quite a long time before he succumbed and returned the hug. She had to divulge; being in Kirio's was a priceless feeling.

"Panda-chan, you're hugging me as if we haven't seen each other in ten years." Kirio softly said. His whisper in her ear gave her chills, but the good kind.

"Shut up. Treasure the moment." Panda-chan whispered back. There was a long silence as Kirika and Himeka K watched the two keep hugging, and Kirio glanced up, noticing this. He immediately let go and flushed.

"Er…" He stuttered awkwardly. "Shall we go inside?"

To be continued…

I don't even know why I wrote this, but I think it'll be cute anyhow!!!!!