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Greetings, minna-sama! Here I am to again trouble you with another chapter ヽ(•̀ω•́ )ゝ✧. I hope that despite the wait, you'll still be willing to endure this with me. (・・。)ゞ I again would like to give everyone my sincerest 'thank you' for all the support and advice you provided. m(＿＿)m Those likes, follows and comments fill me with more pleasure and gratitude than I can possibly express. (＿ ＿)
This is another comparatively short chapter but the rest are in the works, I s-swear! (((((( ;ﾟДﾟ))))) Please forgive me if this doesn't give you much (〃ノ∇ノ). Again, the story is very slow in pacing (even I, was just wondering, "we really haven't gone anywhere, yet, huh" XD) but I hope this chapter can be a source of amusement as this is like a door for more fun things to come! 《《o(≧◇≦)o》》
And as Valentine's day is just around the corner, I hope all you good people will feel the love that is KanZe in the air! My fellow fujoshis, I'm happy to be able share this story with you and as long as you feel that this is a story worthy of our beloved OTP then I'd be happy to continue it. (シ_ _)シ
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Without further ado, dozo~! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
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Chapter Seven
Table for Four More Please
Zero felt a heavy weight on him as he struggled from the realms of fitful dreams that are filled with sienna colored eyes and the smell of roses and back to the world of the living. When he realized that the cumbersome thing pressing him against his bed was a warm body, he immediately thought of the vampire king who's occupying his mind since weeks ago, Kaname!
He immediately opened his eyes at this and was greeted by a pair of amethyst eyes instead on the face of his carbon copy, he yelled in surprise, "Ichiru! What the fuck are you doing on my bed?!"
His twin only pursed his soft lips before playfully lying with him on his bed and hugging his waist, "Mean, mean, nii-san. You already talked to Yuuki, right? She looks even better than I would have expected. So how about me, eh? I'm part of this, too! Talk to me! And make some food while you're at it since I don't want to eat the Chairman's hard rock muffins and be sent to the clinic in no time."
Zero pushed his twin's face away from him with his hand, feeling his heart starting to abate from its fast thumping due to the earlier surprise, "Fuck, Ichiru! What's with you? I'll go cook something so get off my face! I'll shoot you, stupid otouto!"
But Ichiru seems determined to tease him so early in the morning as he even draped his left leg over him for extra support, and that was how Yuuki saw them together when she threw open the door of his room and ran enthusiastically inside.
"Zero! Quickly get your lazy bum out of be—" she stopped dead at the sight of them and then gave them a look, "Ugh! What's with you two? Bromance at this time of day?"
Zero rolled his eyes before sitting abruptly up causing Ichiru to lose his hold on him and toppling out of his bed with a yelp. He scowled at the two intruders while scratching his neck. "What the fuck is with you two so early in the morning?" he yawned.
Ichiru sat up on the floor while massaging his head and giving him a frown, "Mean, nii-san. Let's go see your children. Don't you think it's cold that you haven't visited them, yet? Come on! We can't go if you won't! You're the ticket!"
"Yeah, Zero! I want to do that as well! And the Chairman's saying that he's getting desperate to see them." Yuuki added.
And as if to offer evidence, the idiot blond guardian himself also rushed inside his room and even tackled him which he tactically avoided so that the ex-hunter tumbled face first into his pillows and straight to the headboard, but the blond immediately recovered as if it's nothing to him and passionately exclaimed, "Son! Have you no heart?! Until when will you deny me my grandchildren! Why do you think I even gave a holiday to first year and second year students? We must go see them! They're missing their Grandpa, I'm sure of it!" he then procured a white silk handkerchief and dabbed his eyes to wipe away imaginary tears.
He glowered at the three childish adults surrounding him, "I never said that you can't go visit them! And we have a three day weekend because of the nationwide mock exam of third years, stupid Chairman, don't go hogging the credit."
"Oh, there! Nii-san said he'll come with us! Perfect!" Ichiru announced, twisting his words, and the three rejoiced.
"Oy! Don't get too excited, idiot! And they're vampires; they should still be asleep at this time of the morning." Zero hastily countered.
"It's already mid noon, you oaf!" Yuuki scoffed before adding, for some reason, slightly coloring, "And Ichijo-senpai said that they're already awake at this time, making that spell or whatnot. So let's go!"
The Chairman only whimpered as huge hazel puppy eyes on a youthful face stared at him beseechingly which he pushed away from him with his palm before scratching his head irritably.
"Fine! Just let me take a shower first!" he growled.
"Okay!" was the three annoyingly cheerful reply.
When Zero was finally by himself again, he sighed before going out of bed and heading to the bathroom for a shower, thankful that he went to sleep at the chairman's house instead of in his dorm room since he really didn't want to go out of his way to go to the communal bathroom probably full of rowdy teenagers by now. He relaxed in the warm spray of the showerhead as he let his mind wonder at the three impossibly beautiful faces of his future children. It's not as if he forgot about them, as if he could. He just doesn't know how to face them even though he said that he doesn't mind having them.
How do you even bear children, as in mother them? How many men do you get to tell that to without being strangled to death? And it's with that bastard king, too, no less. He groaned when he remembered the irritating brunette and every single detail of what happened between them yesterday and even the days before that, the memory refusing to dim or blur. He can't help from blushing at the recollection. He wondered if he'll have any luck drowning himself now, and then shook his head; the Chairman might come in and attack him first before he succeeds. But he's not the type to just go with the flow. And there are still questions that he wants to clarify if he's to walk down this road.
He was again assaulted with images of three pale angelic children. Their children, huh. Perhaps he'll take this time to return those bento boxes and teach them how to prepare the proper amount of food for one individual.
He didn't realized he's smiling until he caught a glimpse of his reflection in his bathroom mirror as he emerged from the shower stand, he grabbed a fluffy towel and buried his face against it.
Crap.
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They were met at the door by the vice-president of the dorm himself and Zero was relieved at seeing him back to his smiling cheerful self instead of throwing daggers at him. He informed them that the children just woke up and are having a proper meal in the Moon Dorm's dining area with their father. When the hunter heard this, he wanted to go back-tracking as fast as possible. He didn't really think that the pureblood will be up at this freaking hour and didn't expect to see him at all. They're vampires, for Pete's sake, why can't they sleep when he expects them to? He would have been out of the door the next minute if not for the two prefects who, rightfully sensing his intent, took each of his arm and towed him with them with the Chairman cheerfully following from behind. He scowled at the lost chance of escape.
"Otou-sama!"
He was greeted by three bright shouts of joy coming from the triplets now enthusiastically running to him. He can't help the slight smile that spread on his lips at the warm welcome. Well, he can always just leave later.
The silverette tried to brace himself but still failed to hold steady as six arms wrapped themselves around him all at the same time and threw their weight on him when the trio tackled him. He fell on his ass and felt three angelic faces nuzzling against him.
"Aw, nii-san you lucky dog! They like you!" Ichiru smiled as he watched the cute picture of his older brother being smothered by love from his children.
"Kyaa~! Me next!" the Chairman called excitedly and crooned at the sight of his grandchildren.
Yuuki just smiled at the tender picture and exchanged a smile with a certain blond vampire who's observing her with soft green eyes before returning her smile.
Zero saw a particular pureblood walk over to where he is with the trio through all the mass of silver and brown hair in front of him.
"Sato! I thought you don't like tackling Otou-sama, then why are you here instead of demurely standing over there?" asked Hiro who's trying to get a more firm hold on their father's clothes.
"Silence, you! Otou-sama looked like he'd seen it coming this time so how can I betray expectations? I just don't like it when you surprise attack him every single time!" countered Sato who held on tight to his neck.
"It is lamentable that you two don't seem to remember proper etiquette during such moments, then you would recollect that it's always 'ladies' first'! piped in Hime who fiercely hugged his arm and shoulder.
A small huff of amusement escaped from him despite himself which joined in the laugh of the other adults in the room (Kaname and Takuma are not the only vampires awake at this hour), including an equally quiet one from the vampire king now standing in front of him.
"Now, now, you three, you should all remember how to greet Zero without making him forcefully land on the ground every time." Kaname's rich, velvet tone made Zero's stomach squirm uncomfortably. Did the Chairman add something in his omelet when he wasn't looking?
"Ah, hai~!" obediently replied the three without moving an inch from their silver haired parent, if ever, they only tightened their hold on him.
Zero relented. He raised his right hand and caressed the brunette hair burrowing on his neck before going for the brown hair cuddling his chest while his left hand stroke the long silver mane of the princess snuggling his left shoulder.
"Err, morning. How were the three of you?" he murmured quietly, just for his children, using the most gentle voice that he could manage.
Three overjoyed smiles reached him like the pleasant rays of sunlight.
"We're fine, Otou-sama." Came a unified chorus.
"Weren't you eating? It's not good to keep the food waiting." Zero added.
As if on cue, a pair of strong lean arms detached the silver princess from him as Kaname straightened her then proceeded to help him on his feet while kindly telling the two young brunettes to let go of him so that they can continue with breakfast. "Join us." The vampire king whispered low in his ear before calling out an invitation for the Chairman, Yuuki and Ichiru. He felt heat spread in his cheeks as he winced when the pureblood held his arm to stir him to the table that he and the children occupy prior to their arrival. The triplets greeted their Grandpa, aunt and uncle warmly and led them to their table.
Zero had to watch a comical skit for a minute or two as the Chairman made for his daughter and gave her a dramatic hug as though they didn't meet just the night before last, afterwards taking out his white hanky and dabbing his dry eyes while holding on to her hand as if they just met after a lifetime of separation. What made him raise his eyebrows was the way the female silverette took out her own silk handkerchief and, shaking it out of its neat fold with the hand not imprisoned by the Chairman, also undertook a look of utter misery while saying a dramatic line full of grief about wasted years – like a very well-rehearsed play. He looked at the pureblood who gave him an amused look. He shook his head; his guardian might corrupt the children.
When Zero next looked, he was seated at the head of the table with Kaname who took the seat beside him after ensuring that his other three companions are well taken care of by a good-natured Ichijo with the Chairman getting busy in capturing several images of his grandchildren remarking how a demon in the name of his son Zero and work came in between him and the cute angels hindering him from coming to see them before.
When the children finished their meal, except for Sato who still has two plates of pancakes waiting to be eaten, the younger brunette and the female silverette stood beside Zero, who was drinking coffee, and told him all about their progress in the spell-making.
A very serious-looking Aidou seemed to hang on to their every word like a kid listening to the answer of a very important assignment, though, if Zero bothered to look, he would have seen him frequently darting a look at the other side of the table where Ichiru and Yuuki are sitting which would have been enough for the blond to lose track of the complicated things the twins are saying if not for his genius mind.
"Probably just two more days and we would be able to initiate the spell." Hime announced cheerfully.
"They've been working hard." Kaname kindly supplied in support of his daughter.
"But, of course! They got that from me." chimed Kaien in proudly, while taking a picture of Sato munching on a huge bite of pancakes.
"Shut up, Chairman." Muttered Ichiru, still having the stomach to have toast even after eating a large brunch, "Don't go butting in in odd places."
"It's a wonder you have the energy to still cook a lot." said Zero, remembering the lunch he was given yesterday.
Hime and Hiro was ecstatic and began asking if he enjoyed it - if he was satisfied, if he would like them to make another one next time and what particular dishes he would like to have.
Zero tried to answer one enthusiastic question after another. The two couldn't seem to contain themselves from their excitement which made Zero notice the comparatively subdued atmosphere of his eldest as he looked at them after finishing his meal. The silverette stared at him and the young brunette noticed the question in his lilac eyes, "Ah, I'm alright Otou-sama, but I'm afraid the current topic is not part of my field of expertise and therefore commenting is impossible for me."
"Eh? Why, Sato-kun?" Yuuki asked while sipping cocoa, risking a small peek at a certain blond noble sitting in front of her. Her auburn eyes meeting green ones. She immediately turned back to her savior's son.
Satoshi colored a bit and didn't answer, so his dearest twin brother did it for him, saying it in the worst possible manner.
"He's a disaster in the kitchen." Hiro supplied, "We all wanted to cook for Otou-sama but Sato gets too careless or…err, serious, I mean. And we didn't want to make a huge mess in this timeframe. Reparation fee could be substantial. He'll embarrass himself."
"And I need not bother doing that myself since you're doing it for me." Sato gritted.
Hime shook her head. Well, it is a shame considering her brother's love for food, but how can someone step into a kitchen and set the whole place ablaze in a matter of minutes? It's an inability bordering to a curse. And the result is simply criminal damage.
"You should have asked nii-san to teach you." suggested Ichiru while putting a generous spread of marmalade on a new toast, his lilac eyes searching the table for a key ingredient but, of course, there won't be any red-bean paste here. He sighed a little, what a shame. He tried some ketchup, instead.
The children looked at Zero who's just observing the conversation. "We were all taught by Otou-sama, but it's just that Sato needs more extra lessons." Hiro explained.
Heaps. Hime thought.
"Well, there are people who just don't have the talent for it and those who do." kindly offered Takuma, refilling his cup with coffee.
"We were thinking it might be hereditary already." muttered Hime while giving Yuuki a sideways glance, Hiro was doing the same with his Chichiue while Sato's burgundy gaze quietly went to Ichiru. All three sighed, the two pitying their brother. Yep, it runs in the family, it's a miracle four of them were unaffected. One unlucky sacrifice to the family jinx.
"Really, though, all those times that I can remember when Sato-nii stepped into the palace kitchen are eventful." Hime thoughtlessly uttered, more to herself.
"Sounds like a story." Kaname said amusedly, curious at his children's everyday life.
"I'll tell you, Chichiue!" Hiro exclaimed enthusiastically, even raising his hand as if wanting to answer a question in class.
"Try it. I'll reveal every little embarrassing thing you did since we were four in vampire years." threatened the chilling voice in the shadow directly behind him as Sato let out an aura that promised a world of pain, "Remember that that consists of several years of shame."
"I'm sorry, Chichiue, I can't, after all." was the hasty retreat from Hiro who looked away, cold sweat appearing in his forehead. The hand that he raised earlier now lowered, with his palm arranged in a gesture of refusal and apology.
Kaname chuckled. It seems fun. "Don't worry. I'll know of them in the future, I'm sure."
"Of course, Chichiue!" Hiro agreed positively as his brother's deathly aura rescinded, "You're in a number of them, after all!"
This caught the attention of everyone in the room. It could have been taken for a great many interpretations but all came to one conclusion. The attempt to imagine the Dorm leader in the kitchen and the chaos that would follow is almost visible on top of everybody's head. Kaien looked close to laughing as if he himself is not a plague in the kitchen.
Zero wanted to laugh at seeing the pureblood's frozen expression. To prevent himself from even smiling, he redirected his gaze at the slowly getting depressed Sato and tried to cheer him up instead, "It'll be fine Sato, you'll manage. Even the chairman, Ichiru and Yuuki are still alive despite being such pests in the household." Three audible protests followed this which he ignored, "It's just your luck to inherit Kuran's curse besides his looks." He then reached out to gingerly ruffle the little boy's dark head which made the young heir smile at him.
Hime and Hiro again gathered in front of him patiently waiting for their turn and Zero awarded the little angels half a smile in return, not really ready to say anything that would hint the brewing affection alongside the acceptance inside him anymore than he already had. Especially not when a certain pureblood is watching his every damn move and seems to be waiting for a moment of weakness to pounce. He just placed a palm against the soft cheek of the silver cherub in front of him who immediately pressed herself against the warmth, not aware of the admiring glances from the girls in the room at the tender look from the usually grumpy hunter (though they themselves don't wish to admit that they're fascinated). The chairman's camera's continuous flashes toward the rare image almost blinded some.
"Aw, nii-san, you make a pretty picture! Like mother, like daughter, eh?" Ichiru hooted in a distance.
Zero grabbed a coaster from the table and threw it at his embarrassing brother who just had to say the 'M' word. Stupid otouto.
Ichiru just dodged, laughing.
"Son, you just have to get used to the idea already. You know you'll have them anyway. What's one night of torturous labor and childbirth?" the Chairman soothed, or tried to.
Ichiru turned to Yuuki, "Does it really hurt?"
Yuuki gave him a look, "Try to ask me again once I've experienced it, stupid Ichiru." She snapped at him. She paused and then thoughtfully added, "But they said that it'll be painful…they have to open you up, you know, to take the baby."
All three prefects flinched.
"Ah, eh, well, nii-san, it's just once, right?"
Hime raised her hands to Zero which he took as a request to be carried and he unconsciously bent down to pick her up when he realized a second later that it was a gesture to placate and not to request anything. Then she said in a very slow way as if afraid of startling him, "There are two deliveries, Otou-sama."
Zero froze. He's seriously confused. He tried again, "But you're triplets right? You should all come in a single birthing?" Isn't that the advantage of having twins, like two birds with one stone?
"We are five siblings, Otou-sama, not just three. Our youngest are the cutest and most adorable fraternal twins in the world!" Hime replied in a soothing and would-be jolly voice, obviously worried at his reaction.
Zero was petrified and is aware that there's a comical look on his face. Sudden recollections of dark-haired cherubs from Sato's vision from when they first arrived flooded his mind. He could only blink.
He slowly looked at Kaname who gave him a smile that looks to be designed to irritate him out of his skin; it was too sweet and silently charming that he's sure the bastard was teasing him.
"It seems that we were busy." Kaname said smilingly with quiet cheerfulness.
He inwardly cursed as he felt a hot blush spread through his cheeks. What's with this bastard, making him feel so messed up inside. He can't help throwing the damn pureblood a look of extremely mortified disbelief and then decided just completely ignore him before he does something that'll cause the children to be fatherless so soon. Not that he cared, of course.
The hunter could hear Ichiru and Yuuki choking against their second breakfast. Takuma, who was chortling deep in his mug, had to stand up to rub the back of the female prefect who spilled hot cocoa over the plate of toasts in front of her while one Hanabusa Aidou immediately got a glass of water and offered it to a red-faced coughing Ichiru, not knowing whether it's alright to pat his back or not. At the corner of his lilac eyes, Zero can see the mess the chairman made after spraying coffee at the table because of the stupid pureblood's words. He can hear the same situation around them and sure that he's not the only one blushing. Damn embarrassing vampire. He can kill half the Moon Dorm just by being stupid. He looked at Hime again, not wanting to meet anyone else's eyes aside from his children, just in time to see her expression change.
Out of the blue, her sweet demeanor and smile vanished, sienna eyes becoming unfocused. Every occupant of the room went still except for Hiro and Sato who immediately went to their sister. And as quickly as it happened, her eyes focused back and lost the misty look that hovered over wine-red depths, color rushed to her cheeks as she gasped.
"Hime? What did you see?" prodded Sato firmly.
She frowned as if she can't quite decide whether she saw something she should be pleased about or not, "I apologize, everything's quite alright. We'll have company. Someone wishes to offer evidence to my claim." She sighed deeply before turning to her brothers, "Your prat of a cousin who's off his rockers has decided to make a visit as well."
"Ichi? When?" Hiro asked, amazed.
"Uh-huh, in 10 seconds." Hime's frown deepened, "I'm afraid I didn't see it coming much earlier. I was distracted."
"Wha—" Zero began to inquire but was stunned when, not a moment later, another quiet explosion was felt all throughout the academy revealing another batch of enormous presence. All of them are on their feet and, after being stupefied for a minute, were running to the point of origin at breaking speed. Zero could hear slamming of doors as the rest of the Night Class, undoubtedly, experienced a rude awakening and flew to support their King, albeit groggily, as another group of intruders seemed to have made their appearance.
Kaname and Zero outrun the rest of them but their children still beat them to it as when they arrived at the clearing where the triplets originally landed, they are already walking towards the heap of dazzling creatures lying on the ground. Everyone else reached them a minute later and stood at the edge of the clearing, observing the new arrivals while trying to avoid too much exposure to direct sunlight.
Hime went straight to a dark-haired girl of about three or four lying on her stomach and Satoshi leaned over a young brunette boy of the same age who's planted spread eagle on the grass covered plane while Hiroshi made to land a merciless smack on the head of a young boy with curiously familiar wavy blond hair, more or less of the same age as them, who's also faced first on the green terrain.
"Get up, stupid Ichi. I knew you were up to something but, geez…" Hiro tried to shake his head in an appearance of serious exasperation while all the while trembling at the effort not to laugh. The reckless cousin, they should have known he'd follow.
The two newly arrived brunettes worked to sit up straight with the help of their siblings. The little dark haired girl held her head within two hands that she held up as an aide to stop her vision from spinning, "….hurts." she mumbled childishly. The young brunette boy just kept blinking up at his older brother as if trying to decipher what he's seeing in front of him.
The pureblood and the ex-human unconsciously walked further out into the clearing after their eldest children while the rest stayed beneath the shadows of the woods, anticipating how everything would play out.
"You sure you won't burn out in the sunlight?" Zero whispered mockingly but perhaps because he said it so low that his tone was not perceived correctly by the vampire walking beside him since he saw Kaname turn a bit towards him with a slight smile.
"I thank you for your concern, but I'll be fine." The pureblooded king murmured, deliberately ignoring how the remark was said.
Zero blushed and all but yelled, "Stupid! I wasn't—", he stopped when he caught how two pairs of lavender eyes found him and after a second of dumbfounded display, the same light eyes filled with tears as the two dark haired cherubs came crying in his direction. It seems to be a family tradition since the two also jumped at him when they were near enough and began to bawl loudly against his chest in heartbreaking consonance. Zero again found himself being hauled to the ground. This is beginning to be an everyday thing. But the usually grumpy prefect can't find even a sliver of annoyance at this, only warmth. He looked up to see the rest of his family watching him with his two new detainers, Kaname was smiling slightly though obviously saddened at the tragic sounds the two children clinging to him are making, Hime has the same look in her face while her right hand cupped her cheek, looking very understanding, while his twin boys are sporting very different expressions as one keeps darting soft quiet looks in his direction before throwing a silent glare at the blond boy still motionless on the ground while the other just gave him a toothy grin as if amused by everything around him. His family, huh. Zero was struck at how real it suddenly feels.
The young heir of the Kuran bloodline trained a long look at their Otou-sama, seeing the belated realization of their situation reflected on light dazed eyes, wishing with all his heart that their father could fully accept them all and anticipate the future they will all share together, smiling slightly at the thought of how happy they all will if he does before he darted out a hand behind him without breaking his gaze from their beautiful Otou-sama and catching a little blond rogue who nimbly and silently jumped to his feet, curbing his attempt to run away.
All eyes trained on them as a somewhat cold aura seeped through from the eldest of the vampire king as they saw him apprehend the blond interloper by the collar of his shirt.
Said rascal flinched a little before numbly turning to face them, when blue eyes fell upon the rest of the audience, the seraphic face of the boy surprised them all even when it shouldn't. It should have been expected as it seems to be raining beauties the last few days but they couldn't help it even as the adorable face took on a look of absolute surprise himself.
"Sato-nii! Why, I didn't know you were here! What a coincidence, eh? Hahaha," he said in a tone that had the grace to be sheepish even as he saw burgundy eyes narrowly pierce him, he cleared his throat as he averted his eyes and it landed on the same face of his other older cousin sporting an entirely different expression as he identified laughing eyes, "Hiya, Hiro-nii! Little help?"
Hiro laughed outright this time, "Come on Sato, forgive him. The more the merrier! Right?" He knows that now their mischievous cousin is here, it'll undoubtedly be fun. But surely, with the disappearance of six Heosphoros, they would be in a full scale panic on the other side. Ah, no, make that seven, he sniggered.
Sato shook his head and released his hold on their naughty cousin and allowed him to re-arrange himself, "I get the enormous desire of yours to do something dangerous and fun like travelling back in time, but must you really involve someone else's siblings?" admonished the brunette severely, "With your power, you can activate and empower the spell all by yourself. We can all do it alone." He scowled, looking uncannily like Zero as he did so.
"Ah, dear cousin, of course you know of my greatness and I cannot fault you since it's very obvious," cried the blond boy passionately, "but I know you would worry about me if I'm all spent from the powerful feat and you know you're missing Tsuki-hime and Shino-chan so my benevolent heart went ahead and did you a favor, and so, here we are!" he proudly put his small fists on his hips and puffed out his chest assuming a pose of a kid who just did a very good job of himself.
Sato gave him a look, "You just wanted to play! And did that warrant you putting your own brother in danger by bringing him along in an uncertain journey?"
"Eh? What d'you mean?" said the genuinely confused imp, taken aback.
Sato again shook his head as he pointed behind the new arrival while a laughing Hiro clutched his stomach in amusement.
With a frown, the blond cherub turned his upper body to glimpse behind him but saw not one of his siblings and turned back to his older cousin, frowning deeper, "I don't see anyone! Are you trying to fool my genius mind?!" He pouted.
Sato sighed, like older brother like younger brother. "If you would please look over your shoulder, Sherlock, and don't search too far." He said still pointing.
Blue eyes marginally widened as he did as he was told and just twisted his neck slightly to look over at his shoulder. He gave a horrific start when he identified a pale fist clutching at his bag as a flash of silver white hair revealed a toothy smile from a rapturous young boy who finally made his presence known, said cherub gave a hearty giggle, accompanying Hiro's chortle.
"Itsukiiiiiiiiii!"
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And there is the beloved rascal that got more of a positive feedback than I expected from my beloved twin sister who, by the way, promised (and really seems like 99% real this time) an update to be made with her story real soon! ╭( ･ㅂ･)و )))
I suppose my dear readers are now aware that I'm also into HanaIchi. It's just that when we read The Proposal and The Deception by SexybVirgo, we were caught with the pairing hook, line and sinker. Well, twins, you know, have very similar tastes. So sorry that I'll have to disappoint those who were expecting a different couple. (o_ _)o
I hope you'll extend to them the same kindness that you have bestowed upon my OCs so far. (｡-人-｡)
I pray that I'll see you again for the next chapter! Thank you for taking the time to stay with us so far! ~ヾ(＾∇＾)