Chapter 2- Shampoo and Tripping

"This is exciting! I'm going to a Japanese school!" Minnie literally skipped to school while Billy and Kiri fast walked to keep up with her.

"Relax onii-chan, it's not that exciting…" Kiri ran up and grabbed Minnie's wrist.

"Sorry, I've never been to a Japanese school…so it's thrilling!" she started jumping up and down.

"No more strawberry ice cream for breakfast…." Billy said.

"Awww I'm sorry Kiri-sama and Billy-chan!" Minnie apologized as she pouted.

"Lets get to school." Before the moved another muscle a loud, annoying voice filled their ears.

"HEY MUSSY HEAD!" The turned and saw Narumi.

"Ciao Naru Naru…chan…" Minnie greeted with a smile.

"DON'T CALL-" he sighed, "Oh never mind!"

"Wanna walk to school with us?" she asked.

"Whatever." Minnie ran over and took his hand, "What are you doing?"

"We're running to school!" Minnie suddenly broke out into a fast run with Narumi dragging behind her.

"SLOW DOWN!" Narumi shouted but (of course) Minnie didn't stop running.

"She's insane." Kiri said with a sigh.

"Well watching her mess with Narumi is interesting…" Billy commented before running after them.

"LET GO OF ME YOU FREAK!" Minnie laughed and ran the rest of the way to school while pulling Narumi close behind her.

"Here we are!" Minnie stopped abruptly and Narumi tripped and fell on her. "Ow…"

"You shouldn't have stopped so soon!" Narumi argued.

"I'm sorry…" Narumi got up and helped Minnie get up to.

"AH!" Kiri and Billy ran up, "YOU'RE BLEEDING!"

"I am?" Minnie touched the cut on her forehead and sighed, "I'll go to the nurse."

"I'll go with you!" Billy blurted out.

"OK!" Minnie waved and walked off with Billy.

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"NURSE LADY!" Minnie screamed as she threw the nurse's door open.

"Yes." She replied with a cheery tone, even though an insane girl just burst through her door screaming.

"I need a band aid." Minnie said wearing her oh so contagious smile.

"OK!" the nurse searched through all her drawers, "Oh my…I can't quite remember where I put them…wait! Here they are!"
"Thank you ma'am." Minnie began to walk over to get the band-aids, but she tripped. When Billy tried to catch her he ended up tripping and they both fell to the ground.

"Mmmm…your hair smells like vanilla…" Billy (Who probably wasn't thinking about where he was or who he was talking to) stuck his nose in Minnie's hair and sniffed it, "Yum…"

"Thanks!" when he realized it was Minnie he immediately got up.

"Are you two OK?" the nurse asked.

"Uh…yeah." No, Billy thought while helping Minnie help, I was just sniffing Minnie's hair…that's awkward…

"May I have the band aids now?" Minnie asked. The nurse nodded and handed her one. Minnie tried to put it on, but she wasn't sure where to put it, "Am I close."

"Here." Billy took her hands and placed the band-aid on her cut.

"Thanks Billy-chan!" she smiled and he blushed a bit.

"No problem…" Minnie grabbed his hand.

"We better get to class!" she ran out the room and (much like that morning) was dragging someone behind her.

"Don't run, I don't wanna go back to the nurse for another band aid…" Billy warned as she laughed.

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"They look so adorable together!" Minnie cooed as her and Billy watched Narumi, Kei, and Kiri talking.

"Who Kei and Narumi?" Billy joked.

"Oh you know what I mean!" she pinched him, "Kiri-sama and Naru Naru…chan…were made for each other!"

"Sure…" Billy winked as Minnie puffed her cheeks out.

"I'm so hooking them up." She pushed Billy gently, "I'm hungry lets get lunch."

"Alri-" when Billy started walking he tripped over his own feet and (like at the nurse's) Minnie tried to catch him, but fell also in the process. They both let out a scream and fell to the ground, "Oww…"

"Your hair smells like strawberries Billy-chan!" Minnie cheered, taking a whiff of his hair, "Mmmm…"

"Do I want to know?" the pair looked up and saw Narumi, Kiri, and Kei staring at them.

"Oh ciao Naru Naru…chan…" Narumi twitched but ignored her.

"So you tackled Billy just to smell his hair?" Kei said.

"No…we tripped!" Minnie stood up and extended her hand to Billy, but he just got up on his own, "Hmmm?" Billy blushed and walked off.

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"Your cousin is weird." Narumi said, sketching a new hairstyle for practice.

"Naru Naru…chan…you need to practice drawing heads! You do it all weird." Narumi screamed when Minnie popped out of nowhere and commented on his drawing.

"WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?" he shouted.

"Well…I was in LA, but before that I've been living with my parents in Italy. I'm not sure if I was born there though…I don't even know where I was born. In fact, I don't even know where my parents are!" she explained cheerfully.

"You just said they lived in Italy…" Narumi replied, thoroughly confused.

"She was adopted," Kiri clarified, "End of conversation."

"Kiri-sama I'm perfectly fine talking about it." Minnie smiled and Kiri sighed.

"Whatever…" Kiri got up and left.

"What's her deal?" Narumi asked.

"I was adopted at the age of six. I was pulled out of my home because I was abused, and Kiri-sama hates them for that." She laughed, "I don't let it bother me though!"

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"Arrivederci everyone!" Minnie waved to Narumi, Kei, and Ochai as she, Kiri, and Billy left school, "That was fun!"

"Oh and guess what?" Billy asked with fake happiness in his voice, "We get to do it all again tomorrow! With less tripping hopefully…"

"I just want to go home and sleep." Kiri said, yawning.

"The night is still young Kiri-sama!" Minnie pinched her, "You need to do your homework too!"

"Yeah, yeah." Kiri replied.

"If you need help just ask OK? I'll always help you!" Minnie said reassuringly.

"Thanks onii-chan." Kiri smiled and Minnie returned it.

"Anyway, I'm not quite sure what to make next. I want to start drawing friends as I make them, but I don't know anyone well enough to do that. I also have to be looking at them to draw, but it's they might think I'm weird if I'm sitting there staring at them…" Boom. Minnie ran into a pole, "AH!"

"Are you OK?" Billy asked.

"NO!" she shook her head, "Agh my head hurts!"

"Should've watched where you were going." Kiri folded her arms and 'tsked' her.

"We should get you home…" Billy grabbed her hands and began to run, pushing past the tons of people on the street.

"AH! SLOW DOWN!" It was too late. Billy almost ran into a girl and tripped dodging her, and he brought Minnie down with him, "OW!"

"I'm sorry Minnie-san!" she just laughed.

"It's OK! It didn't hurt…that bad." Minnie sniffed his hair, "Yum strawberries."

"You can get of now…" Billy said.

"Oops sorry." They both got up, " I just like you…I MEAN YOUR HAIR! It um…smells good!"

"Right that's totally it." Kiri commented sarcastically, "Before you ask, I was running behind you guys."

"OK…I know what you meant Minnie-san, so don't sweat it!" Billy laughed as she blushed.

"Congrats." Kiri clapped her hands, "You've conveniently tripped in front of our house."

"YAY!" Minnie ran in while Kiri jogged behind her while warning her to be careful.

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"Thanks for the great dinner!" Billy smiled, "I'm gonna take a shower now!" When he entered the bathroom he noticed a different shampoo bottle. He picked it up and read it, "Vanilla…" He laughed and remembered how many times him and Minnie tripped, but what he liked most was what she had said. "I just like you…."

That was all it took.

Billy was love struck.