"You're just too cute!"
A ninja might have supposed to be calm, cool and collected, but those were the words that Chris and Mikey had heard Yuri say the most. They weren't complaining though, they loved any kind of compliment Yuri gave them. Sure, it seemed kind of weird since boys aren't very comfortable with being called cute. But somehow, when Yuri said it, it seemed ok.
Chris was in charge of dinner tonight. He opened a cabinet with a wave of his finger and soon enough, dishes and cooking utensils came flying out and landed next to him. He smiled at them.
"Alright troops, we have a dinner to make. Are we ready?" He asked them in the manliest voice he could manage.
"Yes, sir!" The kitchenware chimed as they got into action. The fridge flew open and Chris levitated things out of it and onto different plates, which started cooking the foods. With a beaming smile, Chris turned to the radio.
"Radio! A little music, please?" Chris asked.
"I thought you'd never ask, laddie." The radio said in a Scottish accent. The radio switched on and Chris smile grew bigger as he walked up to the appliance.
"Hey, I love this song!" Chris grinned at the radio.
"Ay, lad. That's why I turned it on." It announced as the music filled the kitchen. The kitchenware seemed to dance as they worked. Chris grinned, nobody was looking so it was safe to do what he was thinking.
He picked up a ladle and started stirring what was already in the pan, after he decided that the other kitchenware could take care of it, he held the ladle to his mouth like a microphone and started mouthing the lyrics.
Chris bounced around the kitchen like a rock star, picking up yet another ladle and doing a drum solo on the kitchen table.
"Watch it, kid! You're using my head here!" A ladle complained. Chris gave it an apologetic smile as he flipped it around and used the other end of the ladle to drum on the table.
"Rock on, Chris!" The table happily chimed as Chris dropped one ladle which rolled its eyes humorously and went on with cooking. Chris kept mouthing the lyrics into the other ladle as the song came to an end.
"Thank you, thank you." Chris grinned to his 'audience'. "It was nothing, yes, I know, I am talented. Thank-"
Chris stopped talking as he came face to face with a grinning Yuri. It seemed as though she had been staring at the door long enough to see Chris act like a total idiot. Blood immediately rushed to his cheeks as he blushed furiously.
"I…um…h-how long have you been standing there?" Chris asked Yuri. A huge smile crept to her face as she pulled a very surprised Chris into a tight hug.
"You're just too cute!" Yuri laughed as she buried her head in his shoulder. Chris grinned as he returned the hug.
"So, do you want an encore?" He joked as Yuri laughed. The stove coughed as Chris turned around.
"I hate to break up the adorable moment but, erm, Chris…dinner?" The stove announced.
"Oh, sorry…" Chris grinned as Yuri let go of him.
"If this burns, it'll be your fault and you'd have to go hungry tonight." The stove scolded. Chris turned around to face Yuri, mouthing the word 'whatever' to her.
"I saw that!" The stove announced. A sheepish expression crept to Chris's face as he turned around to face the stove. Yuri just laughed as she watched her friend.
Meanwhile, Mikey was in the backyard with a basketball. He tried his best to get the basketball into the basket, but missed continuously. He sighed of frustration.
"I'm never going to get this." Mikey sighed as he looked up at the basketball net.
"Don't give up now, Mikey," the basketball net reassured him, "come on, one more try."
"Alright." Mikey announced as he shot the basketball one more time, but missed the net. "Oh, no! I'm hopeless."
"No you're not, here." The basketball net said as it lowered itself. "Try now."
Mikey grabbed the basketball and shot one more time, the basketball finally went into the net with a swish. A smile beamed on Mikey's face as he jumped around the backyard happily.
"I got it in! I got it in!" He cheered, happily twirling in circles. His smile grew even bigger as he saw Yuri coming out to the backyard. He called out to her and waved. "Yuri, Yuri, come see what I can do!"
"What are you doing anyway?" Yuri asked as she joined Mikey next to the basketball net.
"I'm training!" Mikey smiled. "I'm going to be the next Michael Jordan!"
"Oh really?" Yuri asked, a smile creeping to her face.
"He's pretty good at it." The basketball net told her.
"I am! Look, watch me shoot a basket!" Mikey grinned as he grabbed the basketball and aimed it carefully, his tongue sticking out of his mouth in concentration. Mikey aimed and shot the basketball, which unfortunately hit the rim of the basket and backfired onto his face. A concerned expression came to Yuri's face as she rushed over to see if Mikey was alright.
"Mikey, dude, you ok?" The basketball net asked him.
"That…was…" Mikey muttered, "AWESOME! Let's try that again! I'm improving already!" Suddenly, a wave of pain rushed over him. "Ow…"
"Aw, Mikey you're still hurt." Yuri told him, crouching down and staring at the red spot on his nose.
"It wouldn't hurt as much," Mikey added mischievously, "if you'd kiss it."
"Aw, Mikey!" Yuri exclaimed as she planted a kiss on his nose.
"See, I'm all better now!" Mikey smiled at her. "You must have super healing powers. Are you sure you're not magic?"
"You're just too cute!" Yuri grinned as she pulled Mikey into a hug. Mikey smiled as he returned the hug, he loved it whenever Yuri said that. Yuri pulled away with a grin.
"Alright, I guess we better go inside, huh?" Yuri asked Mikey, "I'm sure that Chris has got dinner set up already."
"I hope so," Mikey smiled as his hand slipped into Yuri's, Yuri allowed him to pull her to the kitchen, "I'm starving!"
Much later, the three had sat down at the table while Chris put the last of the food on. He smiled at the two other people at the table as he bowed.
"Dinner is served." Chris announced.
"Please, Casanova. You're not going to break out into song, are you?" Mikey asked him.
"Just eat up." He grinned.
"With pleasure!" Yuri grinned as she picked up a chicken wing and took a bite out of it. Her eyes bulged as it burned her tongue. She swallowed it with difficulty and took a big gulp of water. She slammed the cup down on the table and took a few deep breaths. She looked around the table to see Chris and Mikey looking at her with very concerned but confused expressions.
"I…erm…sorry?" Yuri muttered as innocence gleamed in her eyes. A tingly feeling rushed through Chris and Mikey as they bounded out of their seats and towards Yuri, pulling the surprised ninja in a tight hug.
"Yuri, you're just too key-ute!" They both laughed, rubbing their cheeks against hers. Yuri took a while to process what was going on before she burst into laughter along with them.