Chapter Two
I walked into my room and flopped onto my bed. I've been home for a total of twenty minutes and I've already gotten grounded. Wow, thanks mommy.
"Mitsuko?" Honey asked knocking at my door.
"Yeah?" I asked him sitting up. "What do you need?" I asked tilting my head.
"I'm sorry." He said coming in and sitting beside me. "I couldn't keep you from coming back home." He said.
"Ha, I was thinking of it anyways. I mean I never get to see anyone and well…I don't like getting bullied." I scrunched my nose up.
"You were getting bullied! By whom?" he asked hugging me.
"By Benio Amakusa. Her friends and she are not a walk in the park." I said sighing. "Well Takara said she'd take care of it, but I told her I would. Which I can't threaten them or anything, it's wrong." I sighed flopping back again.
"Knock, knock." Said a voice at the door. "Can I come in and join the party?" asked Chika from the door.
"Of course, come here." I said laughing as we all cuddles up on my bed. "I miss when we were all small and would cuddle up in here." I said thinking.
"Well, you two are still small but I have grown." Stated Chika.
"We are not small." Honey and I pouted. Looking at each other we looked towards our little brother.
"W-what are you doing?" he asked nervously as we grabbed pillows off my bed.
"PILLOW FIGHT!" we giggled and hit him.
The pillow fight went on for about twenty minutes, when the super-duper tall 'servants' of ours came in.
"You guys are having a pillow fight without me?!" said Toshi joining in our fun.
"Mitsuko, should you really be having pillow fights? You could get hurt." Takara said.
"Kara! Come on join in. It's really fun! Mori you too!" I said standing up on my bed and dodging one of Honey's blows.
"Mitsuko, Mitsukuni. Don't you think this is childish?" said Takara.
"But it's fuuuuuuuuun!" I said tripping over my blankets and falling face first on the floor. "Ow…" I muttered.
"Mitsuko, I told you, you could get hurt." Takara said rushing over to me. "How you can do your studies without hurting yourself I have no clue." She said sitting me up. "Please be more careful." She sighed resetting my nose.
"Are you okay?" Honey asked jumping off the bed and looking at my injuries.
"I'm fine honestly." I said trying not to cry. Blinking away tears I stood up. "I'm going to go change." I stated grabbing a spaghetti strap and sweats.
Mori's point of view
I watched her dash out of the room to a bathroom down the hall. She was going to cry when we weren't there. One difference from her brother.
"How has she been lately?" Honey asked Takara.
"Well, it's hard to say. She's been taking her medication and checking her levels regularly. But…when it comes right down to it…she's broken. Her innocence is all natural. She asked me what a bitch was the other day. I told her it was a female dog. Which technically it is but the way the girls at Lobelia treated her…" Takara trailed off.
"Satoshi, Takara, Takashi, are you three staying over?" Mrs. Haninozuka asked coming in.
"Can they Mother?" Chika asked her looking up at her.
"Yes, tonight they can if they wish, but no messing around. That twit has already gotten hurt." She said walking away and pushing her daughter into the wall on the way by.
"Are you okay?" I asked her. She nodded and past by.
"So…you three are staying over?" she asked hopefully.
"I am!" Toshi answered her bouncing on the bed.
"Takashi are we aloud to?" Takara asked not willing to leave her best friend.
"Takashi, can you? Please?" Mitsukuni asked with puppy dog eyes. All three of the siblings had the exact same look.
"Please?" they all asked.
"Let's call Dad." I said taking out my phone.
Later that night we were watching television in Mitsuko's room and we were watching some movie that Mitsukuni and Mitsuko choose from the movie collection.
I looked at all of their faces. They were so absorbed in the movie; it was an animation of kung fu. I believe it was Kung Fu Panda.
I looked at Mitsuko's face. She already had dark purple circles under her eyes and with her newly broken nose it looked like she just got the shit kicked out of her.
Honey and Chika were on either side of her they watched her every few minutes to make sure she was okay. Takara was sitting cross legged with her head in her lap playing with her hair. Then Toshi was throwing popcorn at her.
It would look normal to anyone on the outside, but in reality it was far from it. Normally they were fighting over the popcorn and what the people were saying or just pushing each other playfully.
But since Mitsuko got sick…that's all changed. They, well, we are all overprotective of her. She is more the baby of they family than Chika is, but I think it's because she's the only girl ever born into the Haninozuka family.
"Mitsuko, do you have to go to the bathroom?" Takara asked, pausing the movie.
"Yeah, I'll go with you." She said getting up with my sister.
They left and three boys turned to me. "Mori," Mitsukuni said sweetly, only it was a little too sweetly.
"Ah?" I said.
"Let's play a trick on them." The three boys looked devilish at me.
"No." I said looking away from the puppy eyes and pouts.
"But Takashi we could have so much fun." Toshi said persuasively.
"And we'd be able to tell the club about what we did." Mitsukuni stated.
"Don't forget we'd be able to hold it against them, forever." Chika added.
"Please?" they whined.
"It depends on what it is." I said.
"Chika, what's the one thing that Mitsuko is terrified of?" Mitsukuni asked.
"I don't know…could it possible be cute little bunnies?" he replied.
"No, she'll freak out." I said.
"But we'll just say you had nothing to do with it. Please big brother? It'll be so funny. When Mitsuko freaks out, Takara gets all panicked because she's really hard to calm back down." Toshi stated. I looked at the three of them.
"If they hit you, that's your problem." I said lying back on the gigantic bed in the room.
Two minutes later Mitsukuni had gotten his three bunnies and put them on the floor to freely run around.
We all casually walked out and down around the corner out of sight. The two girls came around and walked into the room. Then hearing a whimper we snuck quietly to the room.
Looking in we seen Mitsuko sobbing and Takara freaks out trying to calm Mitsuko. It was pretty funny. "Hi girls." Honey said walking in first.
"What's wrong?" Toshi asked tilting his head.
"We couldn't find Mitsukuni's bunnies. We were going to see if they like popcorn." Chika sighed. "But we couldn't find them."
"Catch them you idiots!" Takara yelled. "Before she passes out."
"I'm f-fine." Mitsuko closed her eyes and breathed in and out deeply.
"Hey, Suko remember that poem you wrote? Why don't you tell me what it is?" Takara said soothingly. "Do you remember it?"
"Y-yes..." she started reciting it.
Bunnies are cute.
Bunnies are fun.
Bunnies have minds.
Their minds are there.
Thinking of thoughts,
And many plots.
These Plots are evil.
Full of mischief,
And little games.
Games of tag,
Of chasing fun,
Fun of Chasing
One and All.
Because they have evil little plotting minds and beady little eyes that stare at you.
Bunnies are scary.
Not exactly award winning but it calmed her down enough until we caught all three. Hopsy, Lopsy and Maighdlin were all put safely into their cage and we were going to be dead meat.
"What were you four thinking?" Takara said with pure venom in her voice. "Do you know how deathly afraid she is of bunnies?"
"Yes." They said guiltily.
"And you should have stopped them." She hissed at me.
"Kara its fine." Mitsuko said with her voice cracking. "They were only trying to have fun." She whispered. "I'm boring and dull I don't blame them."
"You are not boring and dull!" Mitsukuni said jumping on the bed beside her. "You are awesome! You are very…unique is all." He said.
"Yeah!" Toshi and Chika said exuberantly.
"And when we go to school on Wednesday everyone will love you!" Takara said.
"You think so?" she asked looking at my little sister.
"I know so." She said firmly. "Now bed." She said pointing to the pillows on the floor. "Pick them up and get your butt under those covers." Takara said pushing her slightly.
"Fine, are you guys staying in here with us?" Mitsuko asked looking at the four of us.
"Yes" Said Honey. "We will all stay in here with you." He said. "Boys go get your sleeping supplies! March men march!" Honey saluted us as we marched off.
I heard Mitsuko's laughter and giggles floating down the hall after us. It calmed us all as it carried us to our destinations.
Okay there's the second chapter! Please tell me what you think.
XOXO,
LIVIA