Chapter 6- The 'Welcoming' Party:

Third Person:

The night of the 'welcoming' party, all three members of the Carter family were working hard to get everything prepared. Well, two of them were. Natalya insisted that her room was done and since she couldn't cook, she was just sitting on the couch with her nose in a book waiting for the hosts to arrive.

Sabrina, however, was helping their father out in the kitchen. Like usual, their father wore his now-pink apron and Sabrina wore a bright blue apron. The two were moving back and forth through the very large kitchen gracefully, fixing the food. Sabrina, of course, was making various vegan-friendly dishes that she could enjoy since her father was making food that the others would enjoy (the meat-trio pizza being one of them).

As they finished up the last of the snacks and main course, the doorbell ring. That would be them, the two girls thought.

"You go greet them," their father said, "I'll be here finished up the last dish. Now get your booty out of my kitchen!"

He smiled as he practically shouted that. Sabrina kissed his cheek as a thank you, took off the apron, and dashed out into the living room where her sister was already letting everyone in. All of them had some type of overnight bag. Haruhi, thankfully, was still dressed in more gender-neutral clothing so that Ritsu and Akira didn't know her secret (a heads up given to her when Natalya texted her). Tamaki was already dressed in blue silky pajamas and had an overly large overnight bag with him, but it was better than the twins who had three large bags each. Hunny was the other one who was already dressed in pajamas. Akira looked at the hosts, plotting something in his head.

The twins stuck out their tongues in distaste as they pointed to Ritsu and Akira,

"What are they doing here?"

"Because," Sabrina said cheerfully, "Dad said to invite our club members and friends! Ritsu is my friend and Akira is in my club, but the other two guys couldn't make it."

She pouted slightly as Natalya looked at her in amusement. In fact, she was looking at everyone in amusement, anticipating the moment her father would walk through the door and see the men.

Sure enough, their father walked through the door with a vibrant smile on his face and his pink apron.

"Hello darlings~," he greeted cheerfully and then his smile dropped.

He frowned and put his face in his hand,

"..."

Sabrina and Natalya shared a look and then bit their lips to keep from laughing.

"Girls," their dad said slowly, "... Why are there men in my living room? Two of whom isn't even properly dressed?"

Hunny frowned slightly and their father looked at him and pointed,

"Expect him! He's adorable!"

Hunny smiled brightly and the girls gulped.

"Well, you said to invite the club members and friends."

"...You're in a club full of men?"

"Yes," the girls said bluntly.

"..."

The girls backed away slowly, slightly fearing their father's reaction. Suddenly, he smiled brightly and engulfed them in a large hug,

"Oh my darlings! THAT IS SO WONDERFUL! AND HERE I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T MEET ANY CUTE BOYS TO BRING HOME!"

"Dad," the girls protested, horrified.

Their father simply laughed and let them go. He turned to the boys and waved a finger,

"But if any of you try anything... Oh, forget it!"

He laughed,

"You won't do anything."

He was laughing as he started to leave the room.

"Why doesn't he think we don't do anything," Hikaru whispered and Kaoru shrugged.

"Simple," their father called out, "Because if you do, I know the girls will kill you before I get a chance!"

Natalya and Sabrina smirked as Tamaki, the twins, and Ritsu paled slightly.

"Anyway," Natalya said, "Let's go eat. I'm starving."


Not too long after they arrived, the group was gathered in the living room comfortable- perhaps a bit too comfortably.

"Ha ha!" Natalya taunted as Takashi took of his pants.

They were in the middle of a game of strip poker, which she had mastered, all for the reason of keeping her scar covered, so losing her shirt would be the last thing she lost, and hopefully the only thing.

Sabrina laughed as Takashi had to take off his pants, since it was his hand last turn that was the cause of the loss of her shirt- which made Akira and Ritsu very red.

At the moment, Hunny was in nothing but his underwear, as was Akira. Tamaki and Ritsu lost their shirts, the twins lost their pants, and Kyoya and Haruhi weren't playing. Instead they were sitting in the couch talking with Sabrina and Natalya's father.

"Damn it," Natalya muttered as she took off her pants, revealing her boxers that had all of the Bat family's symbols, like Batman, Robin, Red Robin, Nightwing, etc.

"What? I don't like girly underwear," Natalya muttered as they all looked at her confusedly.

Sabrina just laughed.

"Trust me, I'd rather have that on than this," she gestured towards her baby pink bra with blue lace over it.

"You really don't mind them playing that," Haruhi asked their father.

"Nope," he laughed, "I find this all amusing! Besides, like I said, if anyone tries anything, my girls can take care of themselves!"

There was a ding from the kitchen.

"My cookies," their father wailed as he ran off.

"Are they chocolate chip?" Natalya called as he ran to the kitchen.

She only got the sweet smell of his cookies as a reply. She shrugged and went back to her game.

As Natalya reached down for the bag of chips she let out an ear splitting scream and leaped into Takashi's arm.

It was a spider. Not a very big one, in fact, only about as big as a baby's pinky nail, but it was enough to scare Natalya. She buried herself deeper into his chest, whimpering a little as the shocked Takashi tried to comfort her.

"Kill it!"

The twins leaned down to get a better look at the arachnid.

"It's so tiny," Hikaru said.

"How can you be afraid of something so small?" Kaoru added.

Sabrina smacked them on the back of their heads.

"Have you already forgotten about how bad her arachnophobia is?"

She looked at the spider and shivered, inching away a little bit and towards Ritsu and Akira,

"Honestly, do you really blame her."


As their father headed to bed, the girls headed to their rooms to change and offered up their bathrooms for everyone else to change in.

When everyone went back to the living room, they were changed into night clothes- all except for Sabrina, who had yet to show up in the living room.

"What is taking her so long," Natalya said as she tapped her foot.

"I'm here," Sabrina called out as she came out.

Her body was hardly visible as she carried so many different boxes of games in her arms. Akira huffed slightly, but grabbed the first two boxes while Ritsu grabbed the rest. Sabrina was left with nothing in her arms and a shocked expression on her face.

"Awe," she said cheerfully, "Thanks guys!"

The two guys in question blushed slightly, but everyone got a bit red in the face (minus Haruhi, Natalya, Takashi and Kyoya) at her pajamas. She didn't wear her usual Hello Kitty pajamas (she knew that Natalya would make her change, refusing to be associated with her). Instead, she wore simple black booty shorts and a small baby blue tank top that hugged her chest and curves. She gave a cheerfully smile as Natalya just shook her head.

"I brought Apples to Apples, Quelf, Cards against Humanity, and more! What do you wanna play?"

Haruhi's sweat dropped at all the games.

"Why not a simple game of Truth or Dare?"

Sabrina's expression showed disappointment to which Ritsu shyly patted her back.

"We could play one of your games next," he said, coughing slightly.

"Really," she asked with large hopeful eyes.

Akira shot a glare at Ritsu,

"Yes," Akira answered, "I don't mind playing your games."

Though they are a bit childish, Akira thought. Sabrina cheered and hugged the two boys tightly,

"Awe! Thanks guys!"

"So," Sabrina said, rubbing her hands together evilly, "Who wants to start Truth or Dare?"

It wasn't long before the group was seated in a circle on the floor. Sabrina had grabbed some spring rolls, pokey sticks, and cookies for her to nibble on. Of course, she shared her stash with her twin who sat across from her. It was a bit odd for the girls since they were used to be seated together, yet during the game, Sabrina sat between Akira and Ritsu while Natalya was between Takashi and Kyoya.

"Akira," the twins smirked evilly, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare," he said, narrowing his eyes.

"We dare you to play pokey with Sabrina," they said in union with maniacal laughter.

Sabrina wasn't even phased, expecting the pokey game to be dared sooner or later by the twins. Natalya glared at the twins, but didn't protest too much since she knew that Sabrina didn't really care.

Sabrina just shrugged, though Akira was blushing madly. She grabbed a pokey stick and the two started nibbling on either end of it. They both pulled apart when their lips brushed together. Akira was red and his fists were clenching. Ritsu was glaring heavily and Sabrina was just licking her lips as she grabbed another pokey stick.

"Mmm," Sabrina said happily, "Pokey sticks."

"You're weird," Akira said bluntly.

"Don't you know it," she said cheerfully.

"Okay," Hunny said, pointing to Natalya, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to..." he thought for a moment.

He really thought she was gonna lick truth. He glanced at Takashi and smiled, thinking about daring her to kiss him on the lips, but he shook his head. They would get there on their own.

"I dare you to take off your long sleeves!"

Her eyes widened slightly, as did Sabrina's. She always wore sleeves and he wanted to know what she looked like without them. She shrugged.

"Glad I wore a tank top under this," she said as she pulled her shirt over her head.

They all sucked in a gasp, minus Sabrina and Kyoya, as Natalya stole the pocky from the boy twins.

Takashi's eyes widened at the large scar going from Natalya's shoulder down to just above her wrist as she calmly ate the pocky she had stolen from the twins. She gave him a pointed look.

"What? Never seen a scar before?"

"We've seen scars," Hikaru said.

"Just not scars as big as that," Koaru finished. The others nodded in agreement.

"What am I chopped liver," Sabrina joked, referring to the scar that was on her face.

"Yours isn't as along," Natalya pointed out and Sabrina shrugged,

"Too true."

"What happened, Ghoul-Chan?" Hunny asked.

She shrugged.

"Nothing much. Don't worry about it, okay kid?"

He nodded, getting a little teary. Natalya stretched and yawned.

"Now, how about that Apples to Apple's?"


"What," Hikaru protested, "How do you find body piercings more attractive than muscles?"

Sabrina shrugged as Haruhi grabbed the green card that said Attractive (since she was the one that put down body piercings).

"I'm shocked you didn't pick Adolf Hitler," Natalya muttered, "Just to be funny."

"Ah but nothing can compare to body piercings," Sabrina tsk'ed.

I wonder if I should get a body piercing, Ritsu thought, Ma! What am I thinking!

"Well enough of that," Natalya said standing, up, "it's safe to say that Kyoya won."

She gestured towards Kyoya's stack of 28 or so green cards. Natalya came in second place with 26 cards, Sabrina had 15, Akira had 2, Hunny had 1, Tamaki had 5, the twins (Hikaru and Kaoru) had 10, Ritsu had 3, Haruhi had 10, and Takashi had of the traditional game of 'the first to seven green cards wins', they decided to just go through a whole stack of green cards and the person with the most won.

"How about a movie," Sabrina suggested after their over-an-hour-long game.

"What movie," Haruhi asked and Sabrina shrugged,

"I don't know. How about..."

"Don't say it," Natalya interrupted, "I'm not sitting through it again."

"I thought Frozen was a good movie," Sabrina muttered, "But fine! How about The Ring?"


Not even half-way through the movie, it was already three in the morning and the group was fast asleep. Sabrina and Natalya's father walked in with a small smile on his face- just hoping that maybe they might find a boyfriend within the group of boys. He thought they needed a change of pace, something normal.

Still, the sight before him was rather was on the cough (the last to fall asleep) with Natalya resting her head on his chest. There were pillows, blankets, empty soda cans, and bags of chips were surrounding the group and were in seemingly random places. Hikaru and Kaoru were in a sleeping bag together. Hunny was in a small sleeping bag, cuddling Usa-chan. Kyoya was on the lounge chair, his notebook neatly folded in his lap. Haruhi was rolled up into a small ball with the blankets with Tamaki right beside her, his arm over her slightly. Sabrina, however, didn't fall asleep on just one boy. Ritsu and Akira were asleep, leaning against the couch while seated on the floor. Sabria somehow managed to fall asleep in their laps, leaning across them on her stomach. Her pelvis was against Akira's and the boys hands were on the back of her lower thighs while her chest was pressed up against Ritsu's lap. Her arms were stretched forward, as if she fell asleep reaching for the chips (knowing Sabrina, she probably did).

"I can't wait till they wake up," the girls' father laughed to himself.