On the left of the bed Mayu lay on her stomach, head propped up by her hands as she stared out the window. Nana sat cross-legged on the right side, looking a lot younger than she really was, watching her friend. They had been sent up to bed around an hour ago, by rough estimate, and had spent most of that time chatting about the return of their old house-mate before Mayu had decided to get ready for bed. Both had then changed into their nighties, Mayu was wearing a short, silky green one, whilst Nana's was almost identical, apart from the fact that her one was a deep blue.

"So, Mayu dear, when do I get to tell Yuka what you did?"

"You don't." Mayu replied, rolling on her side.

Nana just sat there, smiling innocently back at Mayu, "Oh, I thought I knew the dirty little secret, though…"

At this the brunette just chuckled, and looked her pink-haired counterpart in the eye, "Honestly? With all the stuff you've done, I could get you kicked out."

Nana pouted.

Mayu closed her eyes.

"What about my good-night hug?"

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Across the hall Lucy sat tiredly on the bed, whilst Kouta watched her with a keen interest, head tilted as if he was a puppy.

"Uh, Kouta?" Lucy asked nervously, "What are you doing?"

At this Kouta just frowned, and stuck his hand out to brush Lucy's shoulder, "Nope."

"Pardon?"

"Nope, you are real, Lucy."

"I could've told you that myself."

"No need, just making sure. Goodnight!"

Kouta leant forward, kissing Lucy softly on the lips, before opening up the blanket and sliding into its warmth. Lucy blushed, very slightly, and did the same, turning out the lamp.

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Morning had not yet arrived, but the golden orange glow of the rising sun still illuminated the house. Yuka had been up for a while cleaning, and sorting things out before everyone else got up and ruined her chance. She had slipped outside quietly and fed Wanta, whispering to the dog to ensure he kept silent. It worked, strangely enough, because normally the 'Doggy Alarm' would have everyone up and very upset. In addition, demanding coffee, which was not good for the two teenage occupants.

Yuka let herself relax into a chair before the morning rush for breakfast and the bathroom, and, because she honestly could not be bothered, Yuka had ordered breakfast. A nice collection of sausages, eggs, bacon and some toast she had to pain stakingly put in the toaster, all by herself.

Lucy wandered downstairs bright and early, in some of 'Nyuu's' clothes, a short pink skirt and a lime green shirt, with a collection of yellow shapes printed on it. She smiled and murmured a "Morning" to Yuka, before taking an unoccupied seat in the room.

"Kouta up yet?" Yuka asked, trying to sound casual.

"Nah… Has he been acting weird to you guys lately?" Lucy replied with her own question, turning to Yuka expectantly.

"Not really. He was a little quieter after you left. Why?"

"Well, he was watching me a lot last night. And in bed he kind of… poked me. To make sure I was real."

"Some men are strange cookies," Yuka shrugged nonchalantly.

"Which reminds me, got a man yet?" Lucy smirked and watched Yuka with a keen interest.

"I have a friend," Yuka smiled back at her.

"Who?"

"No one."

"Aw, that's so cute" Lucy practically squealed.

"Oh, shut up." Yuka replied, smacking the Diclonii on the shoulder.

"Morning!" Nana waltzed in, stopped, posed and then continued, "I'm hungry. So is the Rice Queen over there."

Nana was, by then, rummaging through the fridge; the only thing visible was her thumb pointing to Mayu, who had just entered the room, who then followed her younger Diclonius friend into the kitchen, where the two started up a hushed sort of argument.

"Watch this," Yuka whispered to Lucy, throwing a small cushion from the couch into the kitchen where it landed just behind the open refrigerator door, causing the hidden person to scream and jump out from behind her source of food.

"I hate you so much, you know that?" Nana yelled as she returned to her room in a huff.

After the loud slam alerted everyone in the area that Nana, was, in fact, in her room, Mayu entered the lounge, her face going red.

Lucy just blinked nervously at both brunettes, as they suddenly burst into laughter, Mayu actually falling onto the floor.

"I'm surprised Nana hasn't sliced you all up into little pieces yet." Lucy said seriously.

"Oh, she wouldn't." Yuka got over her fit insanely quickly, and just waved her hand in a casual way at Lucy.

"And why not?" Lucy replied, still acting serious. She had a right to. Vectors hurt.

"Blackmail material," Was all Mayu could say before she was consumed with laughter again.

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AN; Enjoy, fellow people. I just had random thoughts. Gotta love blackmail.

Though, I have some explaining to do. I got so many weirded out ideas for this story.

Firstly, when Kouta touched Lucy in that 'Are-you-a-dream' way is from an ad. Its for ANZ bank, anyway, what happens is this couple go to get a loan, and they get a real good one, but then the guy giving it to them disappears. So then they go to ANZ and get real good one so the lady getting the loan reaches out and touches the lady giving her the loan. Its really funny. -

Secondly, when Mayu fell on the floor laughing. May not mean much to you but it did for me. We have this joke with our teacher, in this class, that he has a thing for Japanese chicks (Which is mean. He rocks socks xD) So one day my friend came in with a magazine featuring a story about an Australian man who married an under-aged Japanese girl. I laughed so hard I fell on the floor and got carpet burn on my knees. She did too.

Also, Lucy may seem OOC without killing anyone and being evil, but this you find out the reason for… soon. Sorry about my lie, next chapter I should get the story of Lucy to you. Fingers crossed.

Oh, and I tried to make this chapter a bit light and funny, 'cause I got a lovely review from notasquirt saying I was good at humour. 333 Thankyou.

Made my day. X3

(In other words my days are long, boring and sad.)