Later that morning, everyone was gathered around the chore board. Vexen was the one in charge, seeing as no one in the house, minus him and Axel, were really into chores. It's what happens when you get a bunch of kids to work together. He envied the Hallow Bastion Restoration Committee. That Leon fellow ran a tight ship and everyone did their part. Him? He'd be lucky of Vhen and Mangi didn't destroy something every 2 minutes.
"Today's chores are simple. It's team day, so I expect things to be done quickly and efficiently."
"Yes, Vexen." Everyone rolled their eyes. Really he needed to loosen up.
"Bug and Am you two are on kitchen duty all day today. Lunch and Dinner is to be prepared by you two." Bug looked hopefully over at Am, who merely looked the other way. She sighed to herself, Am was still mad.
"Sora and Roxas, you two have the yard. It's atrocious. Ask Marluxia, for help only if absolutely necessary! I trust you two to not screw this up." Sora smiled and Roxas groaned into his hands. Sora was a nightmare to work with, and that was only because him or whoever he worked with got horribly injured. Look at how Mangi turned out!
"I know, I know, me and Mangi get paired up right?" Vhen said making her way towards her partner in crime only to be stopped by Sven.
"Actually," Vexen said smiling cruelly. "You're with him." Vhen dropped her cookies on the floor. "Now! Split up and get to it!" Vexen barked. He stopped only to kiss Am goodbye. Am stalked off towards the kitchen. Bug miserably followed. Am started slamming ingredients and supplies on the counter.
"Set up the dishware I can handle the food myself." She grumbled through tight lips. Bug scrambled to do as she was told. Am whirled her way through the lunch prep. They were having Spaghetti Bolognese, Roxas's favorite to help him get better. She made garlic bread and threw it into the oven, slamming the door closed. She hurriedly made the sauce accidentally spraying some into Vhen's cookie dough without noticing. Bug set up the tables and tried to make as little noise as possible. Am was in her Fury mode which meant she needed another night to stew over whatever had bothered her enough to put her there in the first place. Bug hoped lunch and dinner went by fast.
"NO!" Vhen yelled, clinging to Mangi as Vexen tried to pry her from the other, more rational (for now) girl.
"Stop this nonsense! You and Sven have to clean the bathrooms!" Sven raised a brow at the spectacle in front of him. Vexen had Vhen by her legs pulling as hard as he could, while Vhen had a death grip on Mangi's neck who was rapidly losing air the harder Vexen pulled, and the tighter Vhen's grip got.
"Here's the deal." Sven said, causing the remaining three occupants in the room to look at him.
"Vhen and I will work together, but we'll work in different bathrooms. I can take the ones upstairs, and you can do the ones down here. That way you'll be closer to your cookies." Vhen immediately let go of Mangi, who collapsed unconscious on the ground.
"What are we standing around here for! Let's go!"Vexen sighed in relief. Finally work was going to get done. Vhen dashed off to get the cleaning supplies for the bathrooms.
"What about Mangi?" Sven said pointed at the lump on the floor. Vexen shrugged.
"She had guard duty anyway, she'll do it when she wakes up."
"You think it wise to leave her in charge of that? Didn't she try to ki-"
"So long as no one violates the contract we're fine. Make sure the others, especially Am and Bug, don't find out."
Sven nodded, "Don't worry it'll happen the way it's supposed to."
"SORA!!! Don't kick the leaves! You're supposed to pick them up and put them in the bucket not kick them back around the garden. ARGH!" Roxas was in a bad mood. Axel showing up at breakfast had irritated him. But it was the boy who was at this moment jumping into the pile of leaves he had just painstakingly raked up who pissed him off. "SORA! Vexen said to make the garden neat, you aren't making it neat. Fuck it, ADHD man is not on earth." Trudging off to the house he wound his way through the maze of shrubbery to the backdoor. Something tantalizingly delicious was wafting through the air. Sucking in a big sniff he followed it to the kitchen door. Yum! Garlic bread Amrie style! He peeked into the kitchen, what he saw left him cold. Bug was sitting on the floor crying. His heart stopped. Did something happen? Was she hurt? He shoved his way through the door. Bug stopped mid-sob staring at him. He slid the rest of the way there on his knees.
"What's wrong Bug, are you hurt?" He asked. She shook her head and resumed crying. His heart gave a painful lurch. Pulling her into his lap he cradled her against his chest. Rocking her back and forth rubbing his hand on her back. "Please tell me what's wrong Bug. If you're not hurt then why are you crying?" Sniffling, Bug pressed her face into his chest.
"I made Am mad, I tried to apologize but she said she didn't want to hear it." Rox stopped rocking, Am being mean was a bad sign. She was hardly ever cruel on purpose.
"What did you do?"
Bug burst into tears, "I was being mean and I got carried away!!!!" Roxas resumed his rocking. Bug sobbed into his chest soaking it.
"I'm sure she'll forgive you, she's just upset right now that's all." Bug looked into his face and hiccupped. He smiled and handed her a napkin. She's cute when she cries, he thought to himself. Without realizing what he was doing he lowered his head and captured her lips. He kissed her softly at first, then harder as she yielded to him. He nibbled her bottom lip making her gasp. Heaven, he thought, that's what kissing her was like...heaven.
When Mangi came to, she could smell food. Not just any food. Garlic bread, Am's Garlic Bread. Now there was someone who could cook in this pathetic dump Vexen had the nerve to call home. Right. Standing up, rubbing at her sore throat, she made her way to the kitchen only to stop dead at the sight in front of her. Her blood ran cold, eyes staring wide at the most horrifying thing in her life.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!" Roxas and Bug sprang away from each other. "EEEEEEWWWWWW!! My EYEEESS! EWWWW!!!" Mangi ran screaming bloody murder out of the room. Bug blushed ten times redder than a tomato and Roxas scowled at where Mangi had been.
Why is she ALWAYS ruining the moment,Roxas thought, pouting as Bug mumbled some odd nonsense and ran out the back door.
"I'm going to KILL that bitch!" He growled before stalking out of the room. Suddenly a rake flew threw one of the kitchen windows and he ran back into the room to see the broken glass all over the floor.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" he heard Am yell.
"Oh shit!" Roxas ran out the kitchen back door as well but went back into the front yard and running down the street with Sora. Riku could hide them for awhile.
Vhen hated bathrooms she really did. They held water something she absolutely detested. She bathed sure but that was for the sake of the noses in the house hold. Ealair walked in, rubbing his eyes. Vhen's eyes popped wide as he went into one of the stalls...
"Ealair! I'M IN HERE!" she screeched.
Ealair popped his head out, "And?" rolling his eyes he closed the door again. She groaned and stomped out of the bathroom. Looking at the checklist she saw that the only thing left was to mop the floors. Eesshhh...Water. Rolling her eyes she grabbed the mop and started swiping back and forth.
"EEEEEEEWWWW! MY EYES!" Dropping the mop Vhen sprinted for the kitchen. Mangi ran right by her without stopping. A sound of glass smashing echoed the empty hall. She stuck her head in and saw a window pane laying in pieces all over the floor. Chuckling she went inside and sidestepped the glass. Opening the fridge she pulled out her cookie dough...Placing it on trays she popped them into the oven. Trudging back to the bathroom she hoped Ealair had gone away so she could mop and then go nom her cookies. She hurriedly finished. She got done in time to put away all the supplies for cleaning before getting her cookies. She put them in a clean cookie tin and walked outside.
"Still not clean, Vexen's going to have a fit." She pulled out a cookie and bit into it. Blech!!! Tossing that one aside she bit into another one,"EEEWWWW!" Someone had put tomato sauce in her COOKIES!