Hi! Sorry if I wasn't able to repy to your reviews lately.. I've been swamped with crazy deadlines. Anyway, here's chapter 4... freshly squeezed from the depths of my insanity. Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks to anitsirhc, ThierryMyst and kawaiighurl! You just don't know how the review prompts on my inbox make me insanely happy. Hope you guys love this!

Just a little side story: I was really really happy when I read chapter 93 of the manga a few days ago(if you haven't read it, go check it out).. it was really sweet and there was this scene where Sunako got drunk so my question last chapter about what she would do if she got drunk, hehehe well.. my question got an answer and it was really a nice answer too. :D Oh yeah, I kind of mentioned last chapter that it was one hell of a Sunday.. well, I think it's really one hell of a fluffy Sunday. hahaha. Anyway, onto the story...

Chapter 4: Mr. House Guest

Sunday was meant for bumming around, sleeping in till noon, waking up late, lounging around the house, doing absolutely nothing - the only way to ruin a beautiful Sunday as this one would be to have a massive headache and Sunako was having the worst one right now.

Kyohei was not an early riser, no, he was certainly not a morning person but the carrot disguised as dinner last night did not satisfy him at all. His stomach woke him up early to scavenge around the kitchen for anything edible, oddly enough; he was topless even though it was slightly chilly. (He must've been too hungry to even bother with clothes.)

"Stupid idiotic bloody bitch, she just had to go ruin my last meal with that equally stupid idiotic sorry excuse for a vegetable." Kyohei ranted while opening his third cupboard, he couldn't find any edible food and he was a few minutes from eating anything from the uncooked meat to the fresh vegetables.

Sunako, on the other hand, couldn't take her headache anymore and decided to go find some painkillers in the kitchen. It was her first day with the potion in her system and to say that she was surpised to see a topless Kyohei in the kitchen is a big understatement.

Sunako's POV

A burglar?! Urgh! I can't deal with this right now, this stupid headache is killing me. Wait-! When did burglars start stealing without their shirts on?

Normal POV

She grabbed the closest thing which just happened to be a big heavy wooden chopping board and then hit Kyohei in the head with it, hard.

"Ow! Bitch! Why'd you hit me!?"

"Get out of my kitchen, before I call the police." Sunako rubbed her forehead, Kyohei's loud voice and the sudden bright light (Kyohei turned to face her) made her head throb more.

"What?! Hey! It's not a crime to look for breakfast, especially since you stupidly cooked carrots for dinner last night!"

"Would you please stop yelling!" Sunako said while she looked in cabinets to look for the painkillers, "Now, Mr. Burglar, Stranger or whatever, kindly leave my kitchen before I mince you for breakfast. I'm positively sure I did not cook for you last night seeing as I've only met you today."

"What? Oh yeah, the potion thing. So you don't really know me?"

"If I knew you, I wouldn't have hit you with the chopping board, right?" Sunako pointedly answered, she was still searching for painkillers, "Uh... can you move? I need to look for painkillers before my brain decides to self destruct."

Kyohei moved and was now beside Sunako, he had his back to the cupboards while Sunako was facing the cupboard, "So, how come you haven't called the police yet? You don't know me, right?"

"I'm having the worst headache and you being here is the least of my worries. I'm pretty sure I can beat you up later when my head's pretty cleared up anyway." Sunako said, "Now, where in the fucking world are those painkillers? I'm dying here!"

Kyohei turned to Sunako when she swore; he was shocked at the sudden outburst. He was about to say something but then he noticed the first aid kit at the topmost shelf of the cupboard. It was beyond Sunako's reach and she couldn't even see it. She was still muttering curses under her breath while savagely searching the cupboard.

Kyohei moved behind Sunako to reach for the first aid kit, Sunako suddenly stopped her rant speech and found herself sandwiched between Kyohei and the counter.

'Is he a rapist?! A burglar-rapist? A rapist-burglar?' Sunako thought, just then Sunako felt Kyohei move closer (to reach for the first aid kit) and a sudden onslaught of pain shot through her head and she moaned.

Kyohei froze when he heard her moan. 'What the hell was that?' Kyohei thought. He felt the warm crazy feeling at the pit of his stomach again. He grabbed the first aid kit then quickly moved away from Sunako. He handed the first aid kit to her and noticed she was gripping the cupboard for support, her knuckles turning paler.

"Oi! You okay? Here's the kit, there could be some painkillers in here."

"I know..." Sunako whimpered, the pain was already too much.

Kyohei felt the crazy feeling at the pit of his stomach turn to a frenzy of some sorts as if there were butterflies dancing, flying and partying inside him. He shook himself out of his reverie then proceeded to open the first aid kit and finally found some painkillers. He grabbed a glass of water and then set it at the countertop.

"Here. Drink this." Kyohei said while offering the tablet, Sunako just turned but was still gripping the cupboard, "You can let go of the cupboard, you know."

He pryed her fingers off the cupboard, Sunako then gripped his hand instead. She was squinting from the pain and did not see Kyohei hold the tablet near her mouth. He gently touched her lips to feed her the tablet, his stomach suddenly did somersaults. Sunako opened her mouth to receive the tablet then Kyohei grabbed the glass of water to let her drink too.

"Thank you..." Sunako said weakly, her grip on Kyohei's hand was loosening but she did not let go.

Kyohei blushed. He guided Sunako's head to rest on his shoulders then leaned on the cupboard for support. They silently stayed like that for a couple of minutes.

"You're not a burglar, right?" Sunako softly asked.

"No, I'm a... house guest."

"Oh? How come I didn't know you were coming?"

"It was a spur of the moment thing." Kyohei said, "Are you feeling better?"

"A little bit, the painkiller hasn't taken effect yet." Sunako answered then asked, "If you're just a house guest, how come you were raiding our kitchen, topless?"

"Ah, I'm that kind of a house guest." Kyohei suddenly remembered his hunger but his stomach was in no mood to eat, it was satisfied doing back flips and front flips for the stupid little dancing butterflies in it. "I'm really surprised you haven't bled or fainted yet."

"Huh? Should I?" Sunako said in a confused tone, "Although I think I'm about to, this stupid headache is killing me."

"Hey, when you're all better, can you cook brunch?"

"What a demanding house guest." Sunako said but with a smile.

"Well, what can I say; I'm one hell of a house guest."

Just then, Takenaga entered the kitchen.

"Suna-" Takenaga stopped, jaw-dropped then yelled, "KYOHEI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SUNAKO?"

"Don't yell, Takenaga." Sunako winced. "I have a massive headache and Mr. House Guest here helped me look for the painkillers."

"Mr. House Guest?" Takenaga asked then gave Kyohei a confused look, then remembered the potion, "Ah, oh yeah. Anyway, Ranmaru, Yuki and I will be going out today (to be with girlfriends) so there's no need to cook lunch for us, Sunako."

"Ok." Sunako answered from Kyohei's shoulder.

"We're going then, bye." Takenaga gave a meaningful wicked smile to Kyohei then left.

Kyohei and Sunako still did not move from their position when Ranmaru and Yuki dropped by to say their goodbyes. Takenaga told them Sunako and Kyohei were getting intimate in the kitchen so they went to see it for themselves. They all left with wicked smiles on their faces and even called their girlfriends to share the gossip.

"I think I'm feeling better now," Sunako moved and let go of Kyohei's hand, "What do you want for brunch?"

Kyohei felt the sudden rush of cold air hit his arm and shoulder where Sunako was earlier, he did not want her to move and was about to voice it out when she asked about food, "Shrimp! But anything without carrots would be fine."

"We don't have shrimp at the moment, so sorry we can't have shrimp, and all the carrots are oddly missing." Sunako looked puzzled, "I must've cooked them already. So, it must be your lucky day."

'Oh yeah, it already is.' Kyohei thought, he smiled and the butterflies in his stomach affirmed his thoughts too.

"Aren't you chilly?" Sunako glanced at his bare torso while chopping some vegetables.

"No, why? Are you distracted?" Kyohei teased, "Can't take your eyes off?"

Sunako gave him a murderous look and Kyohei almost saw the old Sunako, "Just go wear a bloody shirt!"

"Fine, fine. You won't probably finish cooking with me here anyway."

Kyohei left the kitchen then went back to his room. He took a bath and finally clothed himself - fully clothed himself. After that, Kyohei went to the dining room to find brunch was served but Sunako was nowhere. He started to eat while thoughts about Sunako were swimming inside his head.

Kyohei's POV

I shouldn't have had my hopes up. Just because she's changed and she's seemingly not so affected by my presence anymore, doesn't mean she'll eat with me or spend more time with me. Wait, it's not like I want her to spend more time with me.

Uh-huh, yeah right. You finished bathing in record time just to be with her again.

Shut up stupid conscience. The water was cold in the bath, it wasn't because of her! And I was hungry, I wanted to eat. It was absolutely not because of her!

And speaking of the fucking devil...

Normal POV

Sunako entered the dining room dressed in a gray razorback tank top and khaki capri shorts, her hair was tied in a messy bun up on her head. Kyohei quickly picked his jaw up from the floor before Sunako could see his drool drop.

"You started without me; you're really one hell on an inconsiderate house guest." Sunako said as she sat down in front of Kyohei.

"Uhh.. yeah. I was hungry." Kyohei couldn't stop staring at her. 'It's not like she's in a dress but she looks simply beautiful, really beautiful. Wait. Kyohei, bad thoughts... very very bad thoughts. She's just Sunako, just Sunako. Get a fucking grip!'

Kyohei shook his head violently to get the crazy thoughts out of his mind. Sunako looked at him oddly but Kyohei just smiled, sheepishly.

"So what are you here for? And whose guest are you exactly?" Sunako asked while eating with noticeably refined table manners.

"Uhm, I'm uhhh.. Takenaga's cousin. I had to do something here, in Tokyo, yesterday." Kyohei lied but he was mentally congratulating himself for coming up with a lie rather quickly.

"Ow, why isn't Takenaga entertaining you if you're his guest? And he didn't treat you like a cousin earlier."

"Uhh, we're really close, you know. That's just how we communicate."

"By yelling at you?"

"It's nothing really." Kyohei couldn't believe he was having a decent conversation without the word gore, scary, horror or blood with this girl at the moment.

"How long will you be staying here? And what are you planning to do today?"

"You're really interested, huh? Well then, I'll probably leave by uhhm... tomorrow." Kyohei said, "And I don't have anything planned for today so I'll just laze around the house." He did not want to say he was pretty broke so he couldn't really leave the house.

"Ow, do you want to watch a movie? I just watched an unedited uncut version of Blair Witch recently and it was really fun. I'm watching it again later." Sunako smiled, her eyes gleamed with happiness as if remembering the screams from the movie.

"Sure. I don't have anything to do anyway." Kyohei said, he already finished his meal and was waiting for Sunako to be done with hers.

"Just leave the plate, I'll clean up later." Sunako said when she noticed Kyohei was waiting for her.

"Oh, okay. I'll be at the living room."

"Sure, I'll call you later for the movie."

Kyohei went to his room to grab a couple of manga volumes and then proceeded to read in front of the TV. He couldn't really concentrate on either the manga or the TV show, he was preoccupied with Sunako-thoughts while sprawled on the couch.

Sunako found him later napping in the couch. She noticed the volumes scattered on floor and the one Kyohei was holding while asleep.

"I thought I lost these long ago, where the hell did you find these?" She asked the sleeping Kyohei then nudged Kyohei to let her sit.

Kyohei slowly woke up then sat up to allow Sunako to sit beside him, "Are we watching (the movie) already?"

"In a bit, I'll just check these volumes. They went missing some time ago and I forgot whatever happened in the chapters. Where did you find these anyway?"

"Somewhere. Hey, can I rest on your lap? I'm still sleepy."

"Sure."

Sunako sat on one end of the couch while Kyohei laid his head on her lap. After some time, Sunako too became sleepy and slept with her head thrown back on the couch, her hands resting on Kyohei's hair and chest. Kyohei smiled in his sleep when she felt Sunako's hands and snuggled closer to her. They slept like that for some time.

"KYOHEI?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SUNAKO?!"

Takenaga's yell woke Sunako and Kyohei instantly. Kyohei sat up from Sunako's lap then turned to glare at Takenaga. He disliked being woken up especially with a yell. Sunako, who did not seem disturbed by it (Takenaga's yell), just stood up.

"What time is it?" Sunako asked while trying to walk through the scattered volumes on the floor.

"Around 5 pm." Takenaga answered in a calmer tone, "What were you doing with Kyohei?"

"We were supposed to watch a movie in my room but I found him here napping with the manga volumes that I thought I lost a long time ago." Sunako explained, "I read a few chapters then somehow slept in the couch."

"With Kyohei in your lap."

"Yeah, it was nothing anyway. I kind of displaced him when I sat down." Sunako answered she was now near the door, "What do you want for dinner?"

"Oh, I just ate, no need to cook for me." Takenaga answered, while he sat beside the still sleepy Kyohei and turned the TV on.

"What about your cousin?" Sunako pointed to Kyohei.

"Cousin?" Takenaga asked; Kyohei then nudged him with his elbow violently. Takenaga glared at Kyohei who was acting all innocent while watching TV, "Oh, he'd eat anything."

"Okay then, I'll call you for dinner later." Sunako said on the way to the kitchen.

"So, you are my cousin, huh?" Takenaga teased Kyohei, "I never thought I had a cousin who'd sleep on Sunako's lap or hold her hand in the kitchen or help her drink painkiller meds."

"You saw that?!" Kyohei gaped, "Hey, I didn't do anything there, she was having a migraine. It wasn't like I was taking advantage of her."

"Yeah right. Any other person would've thought otherwise, you know. You were topless for god's sake" Takenaga reprimanded him, "Kyohei, she may not remember you but she's still Sunako."

"I know. She's still the walking horror freak show but she's seems no longer affected by my presence so she's a better Sunako."

"She's still the same?"

"A little. She still likes horror movies, scary manga and can still cook so damn well. But, she's more... I don't know... normal? You saw how she was dressed today, it's not the usual jersey and sweat pants. And she did not even lose a single drop of blood while she was with me."

"Ow, so... she just forgot about you. Who would've thought that was all it took..."

"Yeah, who would've thought?"

...

Takenaga and Kyohei resumed watching whatever it was that was on TV while Sunako happily hummed in the kitchen. She couldn't explain it but she was very very comfortable with Mr. House Guest. Although she thinks she only met him today, she couldn't shake the familiar feeling of being close to him.

Ranmaru and Yuki came home just in time for dinner. All of them ate dinner peacefully. Takenaga joined them although he did not really eat; he just sat there and talked with them. It was a picture perfect image of a bunch of teenagers, happily eating dinner and for once, with Sunako in it.

The other three guys teased Kyohei repeatedly about the 'kitchen incident' but Kyohei just shrugged them off. Sunako couldn't understand why they were so engrossed with what happened back then and answered their meaningful questions with an uninterested tone.

After dinner, the other guys went back to their rooms while Kyohei and Sunako decided to watch the movie. Kyohei was shocked to see that her room was not so dark, but not so bright either. She had her curtains drawn so that the moon was spilling in from the windows.

"You drew the curtains."

"Oh yeah, I couldn't see anything earlier. I almost tripped just going to the bathroom."

"Ah...looks better." Kyohei said while looking at Sunako being illuminated by the moon's glow.

"You know the screen's right there - not in my face." Sunako said, she sat in front of the TV and motioned for Kyohei to sit also.

Kyohei mentally punched himself for looking like a total idiot then proceeded to sit beside Sunako.

"Hmm.. that's weird. I swear the Blair Witch DVD was right here a few days ago. Oh well, you up for Orphan? I haven't watched this yet but they say its promising enough."

"Sure." Kyohei answered although he really wasn't interested in the movie. Sunako started the movie and was then engrossed with it, she did not notice Kyohei staring at her all throughout the movie.

Kyohei could not concentrate on the movie. There was something bothering him about Sunako, it wasn't the clothes - he saw her already in dresses, a two-piece swimsuit, even naked but right now, she still looked different. She was still the same on other aspects, her room was a little bit brighter but gore stuff was still scattered around. She still cooked the same, talked the same, walked the same but she was somehow more graceful (or not in chibi-form, if you know what I mean). It was like she forgot the darkness-lightness great divide and forgot about Kyohei too.

"Hey, aren't you scared of me?" Kyohei asked after the movie ended and the credits rolled on the screen.

"Huh? Should I be? I know you're a house guest, Takenaga's cousin, and a big glutton but I don't think I should be scared of you."

"I mean, aren't you annoyed at me or something? Don't you see me as uhm... radiant?" Kyohei cautiously asked.

"Uh... I don't find you annoying. It's kind of weird but I'm actually comfortable being with you; and about the radiant thing... "Sunako pondered about what to say, she honestly didn't know what to say, "Hmmm... I dunno really. I mean, you look fine, attractive even but radiant? It's not like you're a walking ball of light or something."

"Ow. Just asking." Kyohei breathed out relief, "Uh... thanks for the movie... Good night!"

He kissed her cheek before dashing out the door leaving a shocked Sunako. 'Shit! What in the fucking world did I just do?!' Kyohei thought, he was also getting more confused but the lazy in him disregarded his confusion and blamed sleepiness.

Sunako was still shocked when the room suddenly went bright (the credits stopped rolling and the default screen was a little bit bright). She couldn't understand the sudden warmth in her face, it was like all the blood in her body rushed to her face. She stayed like that, her hand touching her cheek where Kyohei kissed her while waiting for her face to return back to its normal paleness.

'It's just a good night kiss for god's sake and you don't even know him! Maybe it's his custom to kiss anyone before he goes to sleep.' And then she had a mental picture of Kyohei kissing Takenaga's cheeks and couldn't help but laugh. 'Yup, It was just probably nothing.' and with that, she slept.

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Anyway, next chapter's pretty long because it's about what happened during the week. I'll write about glimpses for each day of the week, I kind of got tired of writing detailed events on a single day so I'll just focus on a cute moment for each day of the week. So, see you next chapter!