I followed the boys into the house. I couldn't help but to notice how well the garden was arranged, and how everything was so stylish and in time. The twins lead me through some rooms and down some stairs, before they opened a door where something was written in kanji. "This is mom's working room," Hikaru said and opened the door. The sight that met me was simply overwhelming: it was filled with clothes and fabrics, hats and beautiful jewellery. One of the walls was covered in shelves and drawers, full of make-up and hair products. I stared awestruck over the room, which was huge, and like a zombie I started to walk along the lines of clothing, taking all the sights in. "Hikaru, Kaoru, is that you?" a female voice said from behind the endless rows of items. "Hai, Mother!" they said in unison, before a woman with short, red hair appeared in front of me. I could see where the twins had their looks from, she was so pretty!

Mrs. Hitachiin froze as she was about to hug me, and looked at me like she had seen a ghost. "You," she stuttered, and after a minor pause she exclaimed: "Oh my, those eyes of yours are so beautiful! And your lips are like pink, are you seriously not wearing lip-gloss? Oh gosh, your face has such a foreign feel to it." Without waiting for my response, she began to draw something on a paper attached to a board, taking a look at me from time to time. "What's she doing?" I whispered to your friends. "Drawing," Hikaru said and shrugged his shoulders. "It looks like our plan worked: She's got so much inspiration right now, her face is glowing," Kaoru explained and put an arm around my shoulders. "Thank you," he whispered. I looked up at him, and saw happiness in his eyes. He really loved his mother, didn't he?

Hikaru woke me from your deep thoughts by suggesting a game he called the Who-can-do-Rosemary's-hair-best-game! I looked at him sceptically, but deep inside I thought it sounded like a really nice idea. I had never really had a cool haircut, it had always been done by my mom, and it just ended up in a boring, kind of a short cut bob-thing, down to my ears, though in different lengths, so it could easily be mistaken for a boy's hairdo. I looked at Hikaru with a suspicious look. "How is this game?" The brothers looked at each other with that mischievous look again, and dragged me with them to a new room with mirrors and scissors, hair products and more that I didn't know. In unison they asked me to sit down in the chair in front of one of the mirrors, and I could feel Hikaru point at the place where my hair parted naturally, to the side. "I'll take this side of the parting, and since it's the smallest area, I get to do her fringe." "You got it!" Kaoru said exited. "Just remember: don't ruin my alias as a boy, ok?" They both nodded, and I saw them part my hair in different ways, and I could hear scissors cut through my brown hair.

I was truly amazed by the twins' skills. Even though they had been cutting it in two different styles it looked so awesome! My fringe was the style they called "scene" back home, covering half of my right eye. My left side was cut so that one could still see how straight my hair was, but it was done in layers: the outer layer short, while the inner layer was down to my ear, as usual. "Well done, Hikaru!" Then I turned my head to see Kaoru's side and my eyes widened. It was the same across the whole side, and I actually found it great looking: my hair was really short, so short that the little remaining stood right out. I simply loved the contrast between the two hairdos, and I was so glad that I couldn't help it. Swiftly I dragged one by one into a huge hug. "Thanks a lot!" I squealed. As I looked at the two brothers I noticed something: Kaoru had gotten a slight blush on his face. I thought about it for a moment and chuckled. He probably hadn't been hugged by a girl like that before, since he and his brother had been so closed up. I really hoped they would open up more, and I was looking forward to a year at school with them.