Normal POV
After school Kuki went home to grab her backpack and put her school bag in the house. She went into Mushi's room, grabbing Mushi's favourite hairclip and placing it in her hair. She then shouted goodbye to her parents and walked out the door, taking a small stroll towards the tree house. Thinking about Mushi and how her family actually used to know of her existence.
A car horn made her jump and she stepped back as a green pick up truck pulled up alongside her. She frowned in curiosity. Her frown turned into a smile when she saw Wally hop from the back of it.
"Thanks Joe." Wally smiled.
Wally beamed as he walked alongside her. "Hey Kuki!"
Kuki gave a small smile. Wally noted that Kuki wasn't her usual self and playfully placed an arm over her shoulder, making the two best friends blush.
"Wanna see something cool?" He asked excitedly.
Kuki shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
"You okay?" Wally asked.
Kuki managed another smile. "I'm fine."
"Come on!" Wally beamed, letting Kuki go and running behind a cafe. Kuki ran after him.
She gave a chuckle. "Numbuh 4 why have we come back here?"
Wally rooted in his bag and pulled out a small, black pistol. "Look what I found in Bruisers cupboard, I was looking for the soccer ball which he'd taken off me."
Kuki gasped and took it from his hand. "Wow, is it real?"
Wally nodded. "45."
Kuki examined it.
"Look, hold it like this," Wally showed her. "This is what you do to shift the next bullet."
"Has he got bullets too?" Kuki asked, aiming the gun at the wall.
Wally nodded. "Bruiser will just think he fired them when he was drunk."
"You're not actually going to use them are you?" Kuki gasped.
Wally shrugged. "Just shooting them for fun."
Kuki pulled the trigger, imagining herself as a famous, successful spy. She screamed as the gun unexpectedly fired a real bullet.
"Run!" Wally yelled, grabbing the gun and pulling her arm. He shoved the gun in his bag as he ran
"It was Kuki, Kuki Sanban she lives at..." Wally shouted out loud, laughing as they ran.
Kuki hit him. "Shut up!"
They got around the corner and slowed down. Kuki leant against the wall and panted. Wally stood in front of her chuckling.
"Man your face was a picture!" Wally snorted. "Man that was funny!"
"That was real mean Wally! You knew it was loaded! Now I'll get into trouble!" Kuki shouted.
"Come on Numbuh 3, no-one even saw you!" Wally shrugged.
Kuki glared at him, about to storm off. "Well you yelled my name loud enough for them to know who it was!"
Wally stopped her by grabbing her arm gently.
"Kuki, I honestly didn't know it was loaded." He sighed.
"You swear?" Kuki asked.
He nodded. "I swear."
"Pinky swear?" She ordered.
He sighed and held up his pinky. Locking it with Kuki's, "Pinky swear."
Kuki blinked and then smiled at him.
Wally grinned back. "Come on, let's get to the tree house."
They walked together.
"Great." Wally muttered as he noticed his cousin Francis and one of his friends in front of them, they were leant against the wall, each smoking a cigarette.
"Hey dwarf where are you going?" Francis scoffed, narrowing his eyes at Wally, then noticing Kuki. "You playing male escort?"
Francis grabbed the clip in Kuki's hair and pulled it out. Holding it in the air to stop Kuki from being able to reach it.
"Hey! Give that back." Kuki shouted, grabbing for the clip which he was holding out of Kuki's reach. "Come on, it's my sisters"
"Well, now it's mine." Francis shrugged. Dodging Kuki's grab for the accessory.
"Don't be such an ass hole Francis." Wally growled, stepping forward. "You must be gayer than I thought stealing someone's hair clip!"
Francis scoffed, putting the clip in his pocket and stepping towards Wally.
"You'd better take that back squirt! I'll give you five seconds." He threatened.
Wally glared at him, not saying a word.
Francis suddenly grabbed Wally, pinning him to the floor. Wally bumped his face on the ground as he resisted and hissed in pain.
"Take it back." Francis chuckled, taking the cigarette from his mouth and moving it closer and closer to Wally's eye.
"Stop it! You're hurting him!" Kuki ran forward, only to be held back by Francis' friend. "Just quit it! You could blind him!"
"Let go of me you ass hole!" Wally squirmed as Francis' burning stick of tobacco was about an inch from his eye.
"Wally just do it!" Kuki shrieked.
Wally closed both of his eyes tightly as he gave in. the cigarette now almost a centimetre from him."Okay, Okay I take it back!"
Francis chuckled, flicking the cigarette away and standing up, then picking Wally up like a rag doll and placing him on his feet.
"There, I feel a lot better now, how about you? See you at home loser."
The two walked away laughing evilly.
Kuki bit her lip. The closest thing which she had to her sister had just been taken away. She watched them leave.
"Come on, forget it, I'll get it back later." Wally told her, turning her the opposite way and then wiping a trail of blood from his mouth onto his sleeve as they began to walk.
Kuki nodded and then looked at him. She gasped. "Wally you're hurt!"
She placed a careful hand on his face as she stared at his bloody lip, her fingertips on his cheek and her thumb just by his wound.
"It's just a scratch." He shrugged, "I'll be fine."
"He's so mean. I can't believe you have to live with him," Kuki sighed.
Wally chuckled. "Yeah well...what can you do? Come on, the guys will be waiting for us."
With that they quickened their pace and made their way towards the tree house.