Chapter 4: Home of the Suedes

(Emma's POV)

"So Lag, do you live with anyone?" I asked. "Yeah, I live with a girl named Sylvette Suede, she also has an older brother named Gauche. He's also a Letter Bee." I hope their nice…

"Hey sis'!" I turned around, it was a figure of Taylor! "Wow your shift's already done?" "Yup! Did you pass?"

"Of course I did! And I was the fastest to finish." Taylor smiled and hugged me. She had straight (not too straight) dark blonde hair, it's medium length. And cerulean colored eyes like mine. "Hey isn't that Zazie?!"

"Yeah! Zazie, you remembered my sister right?" "Of course I do! Nice to see you again Taylor-san." He shook her hand. "So are they your friends you've been talking about?" I nodded and said: "That's Lag, Jenn and Connor." "Oh, yoroshiku ne!" Her smile instantly made the boys blush, I never knew Taylor was this pretty. "Are you really the Taylor Hanson?! I'm such a big fan, I also love Emma's drawings!" I never expect Jenn was also a fan of our's. "Yeah, I'm happy to hear that you like our novels, so thank you very much."

"Tay, do wanna come to Lag's place too?" I asked her. "You guys just go on ahead, I have to do something, right Emma?" She tilted her head to my head. "Huh? Oh yeah-yeah, good luck! Fingers crossed." "Yeah. Well, have fun!" She waved us a bye.

"What's she gonna do?" Zazie asked. "She'd kill me if I told anyone—she's going on a date with Jiggy Pepper!" I can't believe I just told them.

"REALLY?!" The boys screamed in unison. "How come nobody told me that Jiggy-san already has a kanojo?!" "Their still friends you idiot. Anyway, please don't let them know that I just told you guys" What kind of sister am I? All of them nodded "Who's this Jiggy guy?" Jenn asked. "He's an express Bee. So he uses his-" "His awesome motorcycle! He can also use his shindanjuu at the same time, he's just so cool." I was immediately cut off by Zazie by his compliment about Jiggy. "Zazie's a fan of Jiggy-san by the way." Lag whispered in my ear. "Ah, I see." Why can't he just like a girl instead of a boy? "And he's very hot." "Eh really?!"

"Not that you mention it, how come you know about Jiggy-san?" Connor asked. "He saved Taylor from a gaichuu, that's when he first met her. I think he starts to like her, so he'd stop by to visit us at day offs. It's a short story, but it's music to my ears." I answered.


We finally arrived. Lag opened the door and I saw a beautiful girl with silver hair like Lag and ocean blue eyes. "Oh you're all done from work? New Letter Bees?"

"I'm Jenn, yoroshiku." "I'm Emma, yoroshiku ne." We both smiled. "Really?! Me and my brother really love your novels. I can tell that you're a Hanson because of your beautiful blonde hair. My name's Sylvette by the way." "T-thanks." Like really, how big is the 'The Relentless Trail' fandom?! I mean like, I've already met a lot, like A LOT of fans from time to time.

We went inside and I take a look at the apartment. It has many wooden furnitures, it looks simple but I like it very much.

"Onii-san, a few of Lag's friends will have dinner with us. And he also brought new Letter Bees, and one of them is Emma Hanson!" I went towards the dining room, and I saw a young man with silver hair and violet eyes like Lag, maybe he's Gauche-san. Me and Jenn instantly turned around to hide our faces.

"I think he's still hot as Jiggy-san." I whispered. "I should so see this Jiggy guy." Jenn whispered back to me. "Is there something wrong?" He asked. "N-n-nothing." We were stuttered. "Well good then."

I sat beside Zazie and Connor, Jenn sat at the short side of the table, while Lag sat between Sylvette and Gauche (I'm still not sure). Then, they start introducing themselves. Guess Lag and the others gonna introduce themselves again.

"My name is Gauche, Gauche Suede. I'm a Letter Bee who works in Akatsuki. And this is my younger sister, Sylvette Suede. This is my dingo, Roda." He picked up an animal who looks like a white fox, so cute.

"I'm Lag Seeing. This is my dingo, Niche and that's Steak. Being a Head Bee is my dream!" I don't mind if he mentioned his dream again. I still don't what kind of animal Steak is though. "I'm Zazie. This is my dingo, Wasiolka." I still can't believe that's really Wasiolka. "And I'm Connor Kluff, and this is Gus."

"I'm Jenn, Jenn Claydon. This is Tucker, my dingo. I'm 15." Still Tucker's so cute! "I'm Emma Hanson, this is Finn. And as you all know, I'm an illustrator. I'm also 15. If you're wondering where my sister is, she's on a date right now. With who? I will never tell anyone again. By the way Gauche-san, do have somebody in mind?"

"I-it's Aria." "REALLY?" Gauche-san blushes.

Sylvette finished cooking the soup. Gauche-san seems to enjoy it, but... Lag, Connor, Jenn and Zazie all had the same faces. That is, unpleasent faces. And when I tasted the soup, I can finally realize why they had those faces. Even Niche and Steak had the same faces. I think there's something wrong with their taste buds.

"N-nice soup S-Sylv-vette..." Jenn was teared up.

After all that, Sylvette washed the dishes, while Jenn and I helped tidy up the dining table. "Do you both wanna have a talk after the boys go home? It's okay if you have to go early." "Oh it's fine-it's fine! We don't mind." "Alright then." I have a bad feeling about this. I saw Zazie sleeping peacufully, he was actually kind of cute.

Mate, NANIII?

After a few minutes, we woke up the boys. Sylvette woke up Lag, Jenn woke up Connor, while I woke up Zazie. "H-hey, you're gonna hit that lamp." I pulled Zazie's arm so he won't hit that lamp. "Thanks." He smiled at me. "Sleepyhead..." Connor and Zazie left together with their dingoes.


"Well now that the boys are gone, let's have a little girl talk." And... I was right.

"You like Zazie-kun don't you?"

"Eh NANIII?! I don't like him one bit! I just consider him as a good friend that's all." I'm trying so hard not to blush, but I'm glad that I succeed.

"You're just denying the fact that you like him! Looks like somebody's a tsundere~!" (A/N: Tsundere is a character that hides their true feelings or hides their softer/sensitive side)

"Am not! What about you Jenn?" Even though I didn't blush, they will still say it. So I tried to reverse the situation.

"I think I kind of actually like Liam." "NANII?! Y-you like him?! B-but h-he's... Oh well never mind. I should probably apologize to him for what I did to him."

"What did you actually do?!" Both girls asked. "Well... I was kind of rude, and... I smacked him with a giant fan-"

"YOU, WHAT?!"

"Oh come on, he was annoying! How about you Sylvette?" "Mine's actually a crybaby." Sylvette looks like she doesn't care about what people think.

"Even though you guys were such a pain the neck, you can still have this." I gave them a few of my older drawings, they screemed with glee.

"Y-you actually drew this all? Sugeeeeeee!" "Of course I did! Sylvette, how old are you? And what about Gauche-san, Lag, Connor and Zazie?"

"I'm 13, onii-san's 20, Lag's 13 too, Connor's 15 and as well as Zazie."

"Ah. I think I should be going right now." "Me too"

"Alright then, see you both some other time!" "Yeah!"

Sometimes when people tease you like that, they're almost uncontrollable. It's kind of weird actually...