*clears throat* Happy belated birthday, Belgium (April 19)! Also, thank you for all the follows! It really means a lot to me! I'm overjoyed! *hugs you all*
After the gunshot, Emma couldn't hear anything but her rapid heartbeat. It wasn't as if it sort of deafened her, it was more like the neighbourhood had gone completely silent. Even the trees and bushes stopped rustling. Before she knew it, Emma was in her house, in front of Lars. She could tell the sound had surprised him.
"What the hell was that?!" he asked, after a moment of silence.
"I don't know. It was loud, though..." Emma said, though she knew exactly what had happened: she had been standing in front of the apparently crazy man's house, when a person (probably the crazy man himself) walked out of the house with a gun, and shot at her. It was quite far from hitting her, though.
Lars nodded, "Well, if that happens again, I'll file in a complaint." he muttered.
Emma smiled nervously at her big brother, "So, is everything in place?" she asked, trying to get rid of the awkward silence.
"Yes, even the electricity." Lars said, "I also set up your computer, and the kitchen utensils." he added.
"Oh, okay! I'll prepare moules-frites for dinner, and chocolate cake for dessert!" Emma chirped, and walked around the new, unfamiliar house to find the kitchen.
As Emma was finishing her chocolate cake, someone rung on their door bell. As Emma was busy, Lars went to greet the visitors. When he opened the door, Lars looked down (a bit) to see an angry-looking short guy with blond hair and mint green eyes glaring at him. Besides the fact he looked miniscule compared to Lars, the man still gave off an intimidating aura. Next to the man was a little girl, who looked to be around 13 or 14. She smiled up at Lars, who merely grunted.
"What do you want?" Lars bluntly asked.
"W-well, me and my brother came here to say sorry to the lady who wanted to visit us." the little girl explained. The man - supposedly the little girl's big brother - nodded, but didn't say anything.
"My sister?" Lars asked, raising a brow. "What did you do to her?" he added, glaring at the man, who glared back.
"We'll explain, a-as soon as we see the lady." the girl said. She felt the air getting more tense. Something told her that Lars was an overprotective brother - just like her own brother.
"Fine then, wait a second." Lars said, though he sounded somewhat sceptical. He closed the door, and called Emma. Soon enough, Lars opened the door again, and Emma peeked at the visitors from behind her brother's back. "Hello there!" she said, smiling. The smile was soon wiped off when she recognised the man. He wore the same green clothes, and had the same white beret.
"Don't be scared! We came here to say sorry!" the girl said, noticing Emma's not-so-happy facial expression.
"Sorry? O-oh, okay... But, why did you... err, do it in the first place?" Emma asked. She knew that if her brother found out about the shooting incident, these people would be doomed.
"My brothers afraid -" the girl started, but she was cut off by the man:
"You mean I don't like strangers. I'm not scared of anything, and certainly not strangers." he said.
Emma nodded, 'Oh, that's understandable... Why don't you come in? I just finished making dinner!" she exclaimed. Lars wanted to ask what exactly the man had done, but Emma was already dragging in the two people into the house before he got the chance to.
"So, what's your name?" Emma asked as she quickly set up the table, "I'm Emma." she added.
"I'm Lilli, and this is my brother, Vash." the girl said.
"Emma smiled at them, "Well, your sister's really cute, Vash." she said. Vash slipped his hand into his sister's protectively.
"Of course she is." he snapped, and Emma chuckled while putting her hands up in retreat:
"Okay, okay, there's no need to be so aggressive." she said, though she didn't really expect him to be a nice, gentlemanly person. After all, he did almost shoot her. "So, um... I hope you like mussels." she added. Vash nodded, he didn't really care - as long as he was saving money, it was fine with him. However, he worried that Lilli wouldn't like it.
"That sounds great!" Lilli chirped, and this erased all doubt in Vash's mind.
The longest chapter so far! However, I think this was more of a filler... To me, it sort of trailed on and on, and I don't like that. Tell me if you share the same opinions with me, and I'll change it.