Yoshikazi
"Don't laugh too hard, Bea, or you'll pee your pants again," I warned as I chewed on my cheeseburger.
"Shut up, Yoshi!" Bea quickly stopped laughing. "I brought you guys all this food anyway."
Aaron and Brayden rolled their eyes and chorused; "Thank you, Beatrice."
She smiled smugly. "So, how do you know who's who?" she asked for the tenth time.
"Woman! It's Halo. You just play it. And kill people." Aaron said as he blew up Brayden's unsuspecting player.
Bea then launched into some more girl-droning about how she didn't see why boys need to blow up stuff and see blood. I turned up the volume until it shook the entire room when someone used a weapon.
"Alright! I give up!" Brayden shouted and got up from his Love Sac to grab some chips. I quickly grabbed the opportunity to beat Aaren at his own game.
"Yoshikazi Takahara!" I jumped at the reprimand.
"Yes?" I sat up straight, expecting to see my Dad glaring at me. Instead it was my sister's face that I saw.
"Aww, Akemi? What? I thought you were in bed 'cause of jet lag."
"Well, I was," she said grumpily, "until all your bombing woke me up!" she pointed at the TV where a burning tank was crackling.
I scowled and threw a continuous stream of bombs from my inventory.
"I'm sorry! I can't hear you!" I screamed at her over the explosions. She yelled angrily at me in Japanese. I smirked at her. There was nothing she could do.
Akemi crossed the blue shag carpet to where my X-Box sat. she popped the disc out. And snapped it in half.
"You little witch!" I leaped up and charged after her. She darted out of my room and slammed the door.
"What a batch," Beatrice yawned sympathetically.
"Where'd she come from?" Aaren asked as he held the two disc halves together.
"Came in from Japan this morning." I fell back onto my Love Sac.
"Sweet! Hot foreign-exchanged girl!" Aaren and Brayden high-fived.
"Hey, Dez," Brayden added and looked back at Dez in his normal spot on my bed. "You can stop staring at the doorway now. That chick will not be comin' around soon."
"Okay, guys, don't even!" I whined. "That 'chick' is my sister!"
Dez snorted a mouthful of soda out of his nose. "But your sis is a tomboy! Not a supermodel!"
"Enough about her!" Bea snapped. "Let's plan what we're doing tomorrow."
"Swimming and indoor surfing!" Brayden imitated catching a wave.
"Nah, come on, it's October. Let's do something freaky." I pushed Brayden over.
"Like the Blair Witch Project," Dez agreed.
"Hmm? Witch? You mean like cast spells and stuff?" Aaren was confused.
"I think it's where these people took a video camera out in the woods and camped there…. Like, looking for some witch."
"Ooh, sounds scary. Let's do it!" he paused. "But no one has a camera."
"Scavenger hunt!" Dez fell back onto the bed and closed his eyes.
"I'm in!" Aaren said. If Aaren was in, Brayden was in. Dez nodded with a faint smile on his lips. So he was in. and everywhere Dez was, you would find Bea.
"Ok, so when's this gonna be?"
"right on Halloween." Aaren was getting way into it. "And you're not allowed to bring anything. Which means no phones, either." He looked over at me as I texted. I scowled at him and turned away.
"Um, do we get partners?" Bea reached tentatively for Dez's hand.
Everyone ignored her.
"Hey, Yoshi," Aaren had one more thing to say.
"What?"
"Bring your sister."
"No. Sorry, Bea, but you gotta go. It's twelve and Dez's already passing out." I sort of kicked her out of my room… but she wasn't supposed to be here anyway. This was our sleepover. Guys only.