Four Seasons Chapter 7: Friends, a joker/clover/heart no kuni no alice fanfic

Four Seasons

Summary: Ever since their parents abandoned her and her siblings, Haruka has been doing part time work and various odd jobs. One day, she and her four other siblings- Natsume, Maki, Saki, and Mafuyu- are accidentally sent into Wonderland! What do they do?!

VI. Friends

"Gotta pee." Haruka yawned, walking through the hallway. Suddenly, she heard piano music coming from the main room. "Could it be?" She began to tiptoe down the staircase and her eyes widened at the scene.

Black was playing the piano. It was a beautiful yet sad melody, and he played it so passionately. The melody gave Haruka an image of a man who loves a woman, but cannot convey his feelings because he does not return his love. Black finished the song, and sighed deeply.

"That was nice." She said, causing Black to shriek.

"What the hell?!" Black panted, frantically standing up.

"You're really good at the piano!" Haruka exclaimed, walking over to him.

Black stayed silent, and averted her gaze.

"How did you learn to play like that? Ah! Could you teach me? That was really amazing!" She beamed.

"Look, isn't it past your bedtime?" Black sighed, quite irritated.

"I don't have one." Haruka replied with a smile.

"... I'm going to bed." Black grumbled, walking past her.

"Wait! You haven't answered me!" Haruka whined, following behind.

"I'm not going to teach you." Black said.

"But why not?" Haruka frowned.

"Because I said so." And he slammed the door in her face.

"Hmph! Fine!" Haruka pouted, puffing her cheeks as she stomped over to her room. "Oh wait. Gotta pee."

Haruka walked into her classroom and was greeted by Elliot again.

"Haru-chaaaaaaaaan~!" He exclaimed throwing his arms around her.

"Hello Elliot." She giggled. "Hyper as usual ."

"Yup!" Elliot laughed.

"Ah! That reminds me! I got a phone yesterday." Haruka said, taking her phone out of her pocket. "Will you add me?"

"Seriously?! That's awesome! Okay! Let's beam then!" He took out his phone and beamed his number to her phone and vice versa. "You can text me whenever you want! I'll reply right away!"

"Okay!" Haruka smiled.

"Oh! And let's eat lunch together today! You can invite your brother and friend! I wanna meet them!" Elliot exclaimed, holding her hands in his own.

"Oh, I'll ask them. During break." Haruka promised.

"Why not do it now? We have self-study for first period today." He said, pointing to the chalkboard that had "Self-study Period" written on it.

"Oh! Well, I don't want to bother them so I'll just text my brother and ask." Haruka began to text.

"Okay! Wait! I told you I wanted to be the first on your contacts list!" Elliot pouted.

"Sorry Elliot, but he's my brother, so it can't be helped." Haruka smiled wryly. "Sorry."

"Hmm? It looks like someone is in the contacts list before your brother though." A voice said from behind Haruka.

"Ah! R-Russell!" Haruka stepped away, hiding her phone.

"What?! Who is it?" Elliot whined. "Haru-chaaaan!"

"It's... Charles.." She answered, blushing.

"Charles?!" Elliot cried, looking over to the blonde, who was quietly reading a book at his desk. "Why him?!"

"Could it be that you two are dating?" Russell suggested.

"W-what? N-" She tried to protest, only to be cut off.

"And what of it?" Charles asked, looking up from his book. He stood up from his seat and walked over, hugging Haruka from behind.

"WHAT?! You're really dating?!" Elliot cried.

"Who would've thought..." Russell blinked.

"W-wait! You're wrong! C-Charles!" Haruka looked up at him with teary eyes.

"No! You can't have Haru-chan! She's ours!" Elliot pouted, trying to pull Haruka from Charles, who pulled back. It was like a tug of war, but with Haruka instead.

"W-wait! Guys!" Haruka cried, and the three accidentally toppled over.

"Oi..." Russell sighed, trying to pry Elliot off.

"Onee-san, we got your text. I don't know who-" Mafuyu walked into the classroom with Alice and stopped in his tracks. His face darkened in anger.

"Oh my." Alice giggled.

"W-wait! This isn't what it looks like!" Haruka cried.

"So can someone remind me why I'm eating lunch with you bunch?" Charles asked, arms crossed.

After the incident in the morning, Alice suggested the group eat lunch together so Haruka could properly explain what was going on. They were eating lunch in the cafeteria.

"I still can't believe you two are dating." Russell said, causing Mafuyu to choke on his lunch.

"Onee-san! Seriously?!" Mafuyu growled.

"No! I already told you we're not!" Haruka cried, flustered.

"I wouldn't see the problem with it. I think they suit each other." Alice smiled, causing Haruka and Charles to blush.

"Not interested." Charles muttered, turning his head.

"Coming from the person who was clinging to her." Mafuyu spat.

"Oh? Really? I don't want to hear that coming from a guy with a sister complex." Charles retorted. Mafuyu began to fume.

"It's fine! That means I can have Haru-chan!" Elliot chirped, wrapping his arms around Haruka's waist.

"Oi!" Mafuyu groaned, trying to pry the pink haired boy off of his sister.

"That aside, graduation for the seniors is coming up soon, huh?" Alice changed the subject, completely ignoring Elliot and Mafuyu.

"Yeah. Hopefully we won't have to disband the light music club." Russell said, eating a french fry.

"Ah! That reminds me! I'm going to join the light music club!" Haruka announced, causing the entire group to become silent. "W-what?"

"No way! Seriously?! Haru-chan, thank you!" Elliot exclaimed, crying tears of joy as he once again, embraced the tiny girl.

"Onee-san, you can't be serious. You haven't played an instrument since you were five." Mafuyu frowned.

"It's fine! Haru-chan can just sing!" Elliot said.

"Sing? My sister?" Mafuyu scoffed.

"H-hey! What's wrong with my singing?!" Haruka pouted.

"Oh, nothing." Mafuyu replied, quietly eating his lunch.

"That aside, I'll be joining. I'd feel bad if the club was disbanded. Also, I'm trying to convince Black to teach me piano." Haruka exclaimed, determination in her eyes.

"Black can play the piano?" Alice asked.

"Mhhmm! I heard it myself last night! I was on my way to the bathroom, and I heard him playing! I asked him to teach me, but he ignored me." Haruka sighed. "Well, not like I'm gonna give up."

"That's great! We only need to find one more member and we'll be safe!" Russell beamed, looking at Alice and Mafuyu. "Either of you two interested?"

"No." Mafuyu immediately shot his offer down.

"Sorry, but I was thinking of joining the literature club." Alice declined. "I'm not a really a fan of bands anyways."

"I see. That's too bad. Then what about you, Charles?" Russell asked, turning to Charles. "Charles?" He was not there.

"When did he..." Alice blinked.

"A little while ago." Haruka answered with an innocent smile.

"You should've said something then!" Elliot whined. "It's urgent we find another member!"

"It can't be helped." Haruka said, patting Elliot's head. "We'll keep trying."

An announcement was made that classes were cancelled for the rest of the day, so students could go home. Haruka walked back to the classroom to get her briefcase. When she opened the door, she saw Charles with his head down.

"Is he sleeping?"She thought aloud, walking over. 'Though I can't really tell since he doesn't have eyes. Either way, he's cute.'

She moved a lock of his hair behind his ears and smiled.

"W-wait! What am I doing?!" She blushed, stepping away from him.

"Ngghh... Haruka?" Charles stretched. "Oh. I fell asleep. Huh? Why hasn't class started?"

"A-An announcement was made. Classes have been canceled for the rest of the day, so we can go home." She replied, trying to hide her flustered face.

"Oh. I see. Then we should go home." He smiled.

"Y-yeah." She nodded.

The siblings arrived home, though they weren't greeted as usual. In fact, nobody was home.

"Where is everyone?" Haruka asked.

"Dunno." Mafuyu shrugged, walking straight to his bedroom.

Haruka sighed and went to change.

She changed into a navy colored romper with a white, short-sleeved blouse underneath. She put on black knee high socks, and wore brown ankle boots.

Haruka let her hair down as she walked down the staircase to the main room. Still, it was empty.

"I wonder where everyone is. Even the faceless servants aren't here." She thought aloud. "It's kinda... Lonely."

She laid down on one of the sofas and turned on her phone.

"Maybe I'll text Elliot." She smiled, beginning to type. She sent it, and got an immediate reply. "Music lessons. Can't text. Sorry." She sighed. "I'm bored. Oh! Then I'll text Charles!"

Sure enough, there was a reply.

From: Charles