Lazily sitting upon the couch, Sui sat with his head on hand, elbow on knee—half asleep at the time. It was Saturday and somewhere around nine in the morning. Kei had gone to the main office of the Takishima Corporation in Osaka and had promised to be back around 9:30, if there weren't any delays with trains and such. This wasn't unusual for Sui to hear from his brother. What as unusual was what interrupted his half-conscious thoughts.
Buzz, the doorbell rang. Sui shook his head, wondering if he was awake and really hearing the doorbell or not. Again, it rang.
The blonde sat up straighter, suddenly pushing to his feet and carefully peering out the peephole before nearly throwing open the door.
"Hikari!" Sui cried, nearly jumping to embrace the dark-haired girl. Hikari's eyes widened with delight as she hugged the boy tightly, a smile plastered on her face.
"Sui!" the older teen cooed, happy to see the boy after many years of little to no contact. A moment later, Hikari looked up, tilting her head in confusion. "Where is Takishima?"
"Nii-chan had to drop something off at 'tou-san's office," Sui replied, crossing his arms across his chest and nodding in a serious manner. "But what is a stupid woman like you doing here?" the blonde grinned deviously.
Hikari's shoulders stiffened. "You really are like a mini-Takishima…" she said in a strangled tone, a deadly expression on her face as she struggled with not smacking the boy. "I see you haven't changed, stupid woman," Sui commented upon Hikari's subtle rage.
"Neither have you, chibi-Takishima," Hikari smirked. The two glared at each other momentarily before both laughing. "Ne, Hikari. Really—Why are you here?" Sui asked again, his tone lighter this time.
Hikari beamed to herself. "Takishima said that Sui was going to be staying for awhile, and because he's always working, I wanted to have fun with Sui."
'Fun? The girl really is naïve…' Sui sighed.
"Hm?" Hikari hummed, tilting her head in a confused manner. "What's wrong, Sui?"
Sui's eyes widened slightly as he shook his head. "Nothing, nothing. What do you have planned?"
Hikari's eyes sparkled brighter than before as she clasped her hands together in a very Akira-like-fashion. "An amusement park!"
"Huh?" the blonde boy echoed out of confusion. For a moment, the young teen covered his face with his hand, looking down before a soft, throaty laugh escaped him.
"S-Sui?" Hikari took a step back. Sui looked up quickly, his eyes bright with laughter.
"You realize that neither you nor I are eight years-old, right?" he murmured, still chuckling half to himself.
"Of course not, but no matter what age you are, it's about having fun. Right?" the cheerful girl replied with an innocent smile.
Sui looked taken back before his expression softened slightly. "Right," he paused "But what about Nii-chan?"
Hikari frowned slightly at the mention of her boyfriend. "Takishima is busy, I'm sure. He probably won't co-"
"Who is too busy?" a familiar and smooth voice sounded from the stairs to the far right. Light brown eyes with soft sandy blonde hair caught Hikari's eyes and Kei's gentle smile, she swore, could steal her breath away every time.
"Takishima..." Hikari whispered, surprised to find the blonde teen here—in person, at that. She paused, reaching out and touching his arm, just take make sure he was real and not a ghost. Kei eyed her oddly for a moment before patting her gently on the head. "The amusement park, was it, Hikari?"
Hikari nodded vigorously in a flustered fashion before glancing back at Kei, concern filling her blue-gray eyes. "Are you sure you aren't too busy?" she asked in a soft voice.
Kei smiled. "It's nothing I can't handle, No. 2."
A vein popped in Hikari as all hell broke loose. "Damn you, Takishima! One day, I will beat you! Be prepared!"
Kei chuckled, listening to Hikari vent her normal anger from the mention of being Number two. There was something about teasing her that made it so much cuter than teasing anyone else—even if she was his girlfriend. "I'm prepare, Rank 2. The question is—Are you?"
Sui laughed as Hikari made several failed attempts at striking Kei and threw herself so hard that she nearly fell over. The more he looked at it, the more sense it made as to why Kei loved Hikari so much—They were both impeccably childish.
'Ah well. Let the children play at the amusement park. It'll be good for all of us.' Sui grinned to himself, seizing the two by the arm and dragging them towards the street.
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