FASH: Woo-hoo, another chapter is up. :)
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Sena tapped the end of his pencil against his desk impatiently as he stared at the clock, inwardly willing time to go by faster.
'I wonder who I get to play with today?' At first he'd been very wary about the whole 'play-date' idea, but Takami had been nice to him and so surely whoever he was going to be with today would be nice too, right?
So just like he had the day before yesterday he began packing up a minute before the bell, springing out of his seat as soon as it rang and making his way out the door before any of his other classmates.
Life, for the first time in a while, was good. He was following along with what his teachers said in English and Math class better, yesterday he was able to do his homework without asking his parents for help, and today he was going to be able to play around with a couple of new friends after school. That's right, today he wasn't just going to meet one new potential friend, he was going to meet two.
Kongo Unsui and Kongo Agon, a pair of twins that were in their second year of middle school. And if they both were as nice to him as Takami was then Sena was sure he'd have loads of fun over at their house. When he arrived at home he put his school supplies in his room and changed out of his school uniform, throwing anything that looked comfortable on before rushing downstairs and excitedly asking his mother if it was time to leave.
"Yes, yes, we'll leave in just a minute Sena, remember to have patience." She smiled down at him, overjoyed at how excited Sena appeared to be.
They took the train to get to the Kongo abode, Sena sat on the edge of the seat and swung his legs back and forth excitedly. 'I hope they're as nice as Takami-niichan.'
Little did Sena know that only one of the twins would live up to his expectations.
When they got off at their stop it was only a ten minute walk until they reached the front door of the Kongo household which his mother knocked on in a pattern of quick, gentle taps. The door opened moments after the knocking had ceased and a woman with very dark eyes and hair greeted them.
"Mihae, it's been far too long." The woman said as she gracefully strode forward and enveloped the other woman in a hug. "Oh well, we can make up for all the lost time today." Mihae grinned as she stepped out of the embrace to tap at Sena's shoulder.
Sena smiled brightly as he took a step forward, bowing lowly to the woman in front of him.
"How do you do, I'm Kobayakawa Sena." The woman clasped her hands together and moved to the side so she wasn't blocking the door. "Aw, what a sweetheart, I'm Kongo Yomi, and just inside are my twos sons, the one with the bleached hair is Agon, the other one is Unsui." She gestured inside the door and the two of them bowed politely and Sena immediately reciprocated the gesture.
Yomi hooked arms with Mihae and they began making their way off the property. "Bye Sena! Have fun!" "Bye boys, and Agon, play nice."Yomi threw a hardly noticeable glare over her shoulder before Sena walked into the house and shut the door.
"Che, why do I have to take care of some kid." Agon muttered darkly, the facade of a polite young boy vanishing instantly. "Agon, don't be rude." Unsui whispered furiously before turning back to Sena with a small smile glued in place.
"Don't mind Agon, we're very happy to have you over." Agon snorted and ran a hand through his bleached hair before making his way to the door, glaring at Sena as he passed.
"Agon, where are you going?!" "Wherever the fuck I want." Agon replied before slamming the door shut.
Sena shivered, that guy was even scarier than the bullies at his school.
"You'll have to forgive Agon for being so rude, he just doesn't like anyone." Unsui said, coming forward and resting his hands on Sena's shoulders. "So, that would you like to do?"
Sena shifted his weight from one foot to the other nervously. "Uh, what would you like to do?"
"Well, we've got a lot of board games, do you want to play one of those?" Sena nodded slowly. "Alright, I'll go grab a couple and you can make your way to mine and Agon's room, just go down that hallway, second door on he left." "O-okay."
Sena made his way towards the room, shuffling his feet and cautiously opening the door and crack and peering inside before opening it all the way and switching on the light.
It was a fairly large room with dark blue walls and two beds, one with a grey comforter and one with a red one, on either side with a large night stand between them that had two reading lamps and an alarm clock and there was a large dresser against the wall near the foot of the red bed.
'I wonder what it's like to have a twin...' Sena thought to himself as he glanced at the beds, not quite sure if he should sit on either one in case he sat on Agon's and ended up messing up the covers.
So he sat on the floor, in front of the night stand, patiently waiting for Unsui to come back with the board games.
"Okay, I've got Snakes and Ladders, Battleship and Monopoly, which one would you rather play?" Unsui asked as he walked into the room, closing the door behind him with his foot.
"Snakes and Ladders I guess..."
They were in the middle of what seemed to be a never-ending game of Snakes and Ladders when Agon burst into the room, a grin on his face.
"Did something good happen while you were out?" Unsui asked, moving his piece five spaces forward, frowning when he landed on yet another snake while Sena just tried to ignore the younger twin's presence all together.
Agon fell back onto the red bed. "I think I'm going to join the baseball team next semester." He stated, Unsui turned to look at him, eyebrows raised. "Didn't you like soccer this year?" "Ha, as if. Everyone was complete trash but me and every time we went up against a tough team they always made me be the goalie because of my reflexes." Agon glared up a the ceiling darkly. "No one cares about the fucking goalie!"
During Agon's mini rant Sena had rolled the die and moved three spaces forward, smiling when he landed on a ladder.
"Sakura-chan liked it when you were the goalie." "I went out with her ages ago, her opinion doesn't matter anymore. Besides, the ladies love baseball players-" Unsui rolled the die and moved six spaces forward. "I saw a game going on at the park and a whole bunch of girls were there." Agon grinned. "I've even got a date with one of them tomorrow night." He suddenly frowned and turned to look at Sena who froze in the middle of moving his piece.
"Hey kid, when's your mom coming to pick you up, hasn't he babysat you enough?" He asked rudely, jerking his thumb at Unsui.
"Agon, mom told you to play nice."
Sena bit his lip and moved his piece the remaining two spaces. "I win." He said quietly, hoping that either the tension in the room would dissolve or that his mother would burst through the door and take him home.
Neither happened.
A scary smiled started to grow on Agon's face. "Hey kid, wanna do me a favor?" Sena, who was used to being asked that type of question and knew answering 'no' meant pain, nodded.
"Agon, whatever it is, don't even think about it." Unsui said as he folded the board and began putting it back in it's box while Agon pouted rather childishly.
"But it's only fair, we're taking care of him and not even getting paid for it."
"You haven't done anything to 'take care of me.'" Sena muttered, only realizing he'd spoken out load when he looked up tp find Agon glaring down at him darkly.
'Uh-oh.'
"You know what kid, for some reason, you really piss me off." He said before darting forward and grabbing a hold of Sena's hair, wrenching Sena's face upwards and ignoring Unsui's demands to let Sena go.
"You ought to learn not to talk out of turn, or there'll be hell to pay." He said lowly, yanking Sena's hair once more before stomping out of the room.
"Are you alright?" Unsui asked gently as he tenderly rubbed the crown of Sena's head, Sena shook his head no, tears welling up in his eyes.
"You'll have to forgive Agon, he's got a short fuse." "W-w-why do I have to f-forgive him? Why are y-you making up excuses for him?" Unsui sighed. "Because he's my younger brother and even if he sometimes deserves it, I don't want anyone to hate him."
Sena looked up and smiled weakly. "You're a good big brother Unsui-san." The older boy smiled. "I try."
Afterwards the two began to play a card game that Sena could not for the life of him remember the name of, playing undisturbed until their mothers came home.
"Sena, did you have a good time?" His mother asked and Sena nodded his head, not trusting himself to speak.
"Are you sure? If Agon didn't play nice I can discipline him for you." Yomi said, throwing a look over at her blonde son who was leaning against a wall, flipping through a sports magazine.
"No, it's fine, we got along great." Sena lied smoothly before turning to face the brothers.
"Goodbye Unsui-san, Agon-san." He said before moving to his mother's side. "Goodbye Kongo-san." "Goodbye sweetie, bye Mihae-chan."
On the ride home his mother asked him many questions which he answered with half truths or full out lies, he new better than to tattle-tale on someone who could easily get him back for it.
'Unsui-san was nice but distant and Agon-san terrifies me.' One thing was for sure. 'I never want a play-date with them again.' Because having to deal with Agon was too tough even if Unsui was there.
'Actually, to be on the safe side I shouldn't let mom arrange any more play-dates with people neither of us know.' He nodded to himself, satisfied. 'No more play-dates with anyone other than Takami-niichan, ever.'