"Mikuo? Are you up? We're going to be late for school."
Groaning, Mikuo slowly pushed himself off his bed, 'Curse you Saturday classes.'
"I'm up." Quickly picking up his school uniform from off the floor, he started getting dressed. Groggily, he tugged his blue and black plaid pants up his legs as he began to reflect on what Akaito had said yesterday. If he wanted everything to turn out well, than he better think of a plan.
After he had finished pulling on his dark blue sweater vest he ran his fingers through his thick green hair as reached for the door knob. As it was still early May, the weather still wasn't all that warm enough for him to dig through his closet for his summer uniform.
He pulled open the door, but paused and turned towards his bedroom window with a grin and small wave. The curtains from the window across from his were quickly snapped together and a shadowy figure could be seen.
Smile dropping, he tiredly rubbed his eyes and stumbled down the hall, he managed to drag himself slowly into the bathroom.
Reaching for his toothbrush he diligently started working on scrubbing his teeth clean as well as getting the disgusting 'morning' taste out of his mouth.
'If I want this to end up well, I have to make sure everything works out perfectly.'
"Good morning Mikuo." Miku greeted as Mikuo went to sit at the kitchen table.
"Morning Miku-nee." Miku smiled softly at her brother's monotone greeting.
"Mom and Dad already left for work, here." She placed a plate of eggs, bacon and toast in front of him.
"Oh, and by the way, Len-kun and Rin-chan are coming over so we all can go to school together."
The twins happened to live next door to them, so they had used to go to school together all the time from Elementary to Middle School. They hadn't really done that since the twins and Mikuo had entered High School. Miku would sometimes leave early for club or Rin just didn't want to deal with Mikuo picking a fight, so they had usually gone to school separately.
The twins wanting to go to school together was odd to him and also making him anxious as he stared down at his half eaten toast.
What should he do?
"Miku-sempai! Good morning!" Rin cried as she jumped into Miku's open arms, giving the older girl a big hug.
"Good morning Rin-chan, Len-kun." Miku smiled at the blonde girl who still had her arms around her.
She turned to Len, "So? Have you figured out your problem?"
Len smiled, "Uh, no. I'm still stuck." He replied with an uneasy look.
Miku had begun to say something, however, the sound of metal grating against the pavement reminded the three that there was still one more person unaccounted for.
Hands still resting against the metal gate of the house, Mikuo shot the twins a haughty grin.
"Morning Len..." he nodded to the blond who rolled his eyes, but he had nodded back with his own greeting to the smirking Mikuo. Mikuo turned to Rin, who still had her arms wrapped tightly around his sister. "Shorty."
Rin scowled and did not reply; she simply glared at him and began to start a conversation with Miku.
Len shook his head, and began walking. Miku and Rin followed behind while Mikuo walked slowly behind the pair.
"So then Sora asked me-"
"Hey, Shorty."
Rin scowled, angry that Mikuo had cut her off so rudely, "...What?"
"Where's my 'good morning'?" Mikuo asked with a grin.
"Why should I say good morning to you when all you said was 'Shorty'?" she huffed angrily.
Mikuo snorted, "Don't be so childish."
"I'm childish?" She exclaimed angrily, "Don't accuse me of being childish you-!"
Mikuo sighed, "It's just a 'Good Morning Oh Great Mikuo'. I'm not asking for a good morning kiss."
Rin spluttered indignantly, "What? I would never do either! I would never, ever want to kiss you ever!"
There was an awkward silence as the four continued on walking.
"Oh...um...I don't think I've told you yet Rin-chan, but sign up for Choir is starting on Monday and if you and Len are still interested..." Miku's voice trailed out at the end as she noticed that the neither of the twins seem to pay any attention to what the older girl had to say; Rin was busy trying to avoid making any eye contact with Mikuo while Len had slowed down to match Rin and Miku's pace, lips twitching slightly.
"Miku-nee, are you trying to drag them into your stupid little glee club? Even though it's full of idiots, I don't think they're stupid enough to let them in." Mikuo looked at his sister with a smirk on his face.
Miku sighed and shook her head, "Mikuo, just because you lack any singing talent doesn't mean that they do too."
Rin giggled at the comment while Len simply pretended to not hear the comment, not wanting to get into verbal fight with the green haired 'bully'. Mikuo shot her a glare, "What's so funny shorty? You don't seriously think you have a good voice do you?"
Rin bristled at the comment, "What's that suppose to mean?" Len sighed, "Rin, you get baited way to easily..." Rin glared at her twin, "Stay out of this Len!"
"See, there it is." Mikuo smirked at the older twin, now standing directly behind her, "Whether it's singing or screaming like a banshee, your voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard." He reached out to grab at the black ribbon tied on top of her head, "You are so annoying."
Rin's face flushed red with anger, "Why you-!" Spinning around, she pushed the green haired boy hard, managing to force him to take a few steps back. "Asshole! I told you to stop pulling at my ribbons and I am not the annoying one, jerk!" Turning her back, she started to speed up her pace, seeing that the school was only a block away now and Kaiko was most likely waiting for her at the gate.
Len groaned, running his hand across his face, "Dude, how old are you? You really pissed her off this time." He turned to give the taller boy a disapproving look, "If I were you, I'd steer clear from her for the day. She'd totally flatten you with her fist."
Mikuo shrugged with a bored look on his face; pushing past Len and Miku, he quickly made his way to Akaito and Nel, who were waiting for him at the corner across the street from the school.
"What a dumbass, I can't believe he's your brother." Len raised an eyebrow, watching Mikuo punch a grinning Akaito and putting a blushing Nel in a headlock. Miku smiled, highly amused with her brother's antics and the 'little fight' that had occurred. "I think it's because I dropped him once when he was a baby."
Len rolled his eyes, "Right. Well, I see Sora, I'll see you later Miku-sempai. Oh, and Rin and I will be there on Monday for sign up." Waving at Sora and giving Miku a small smile, he dashed towards his friend, leaving the older girl to wonder how Monday will turn out. If Rin and Len were there for sign ups, what kind of people would be dragged along too?
"Well, now I really can't wait for Monday." She giggled to herself as she made her way to the gates.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews everyone...and sorry for the really late update.