Nothing says conversing with your girlfriend like Musaki and Summer.
Chapter 8: Inviting Summer
Musaki knocks the door and he's definitely anxious to send this invitation to his girlfriend, but he knows that a birthday boy would want to invite his girlfriend over to a party to celebrate his special day and when the door opens, one of Summer's brothers opened and he asked, "Hey, Musaki. What do you want?"
"Hey, Roshi. Is your sister here?" asked Musaki.
"Why? So you two can suck faces with each other?" Roshi sneered, then made some kissy noises.
Musaki sighed heavily with Roshi's attitude towards him and Summer's relationship and was determined to not let it get to him and he said, "Is she home?"
"Yeah, she's home." Roshi said, sarcastically.
As Musaki came in the house, Roshi looks up at Musaki and asked, "Why would she fall in love with a geek like you?"
That thought pretty much intrigued him, but he never saw himself as a geek and he said, "You think I'm a geek?"
"You look like one to me." Roshi pointed out.
"Roshi...be nice."
Soon enough, Summer walked downstairs and she looks up at her little brother and she said to him, "Don't you have someone else to annoy?"
"Don't you think you need a new boyfriend?" Roshi said, in a snooty voice.
Musaki wasn't really thrown off by Roshi's opinions about him because he knows that he loves her a lot and no matter what he says, he's happy to have her as his girlfriend and Summer said to her brother, "You're too young to know about love."
Roshi folded his arms and said to her, "But not young enough to know that he's a geek."
Summer dropped her jaw in shock and she said to him, "Musaki is not a geek! He's a sweet guy."
Roshi released a fake gag sound and said, "I think you need a strong, muscular man like one of the Furious Five! Or any other kung-fu master!"
"What does that make me?" asked Musaki.
Roshi looks at Musaki and he responded, "You're just...eh."
Roshi left the room and went upstairs to his room and after that, Summer looks up at Musaki and she lets out an embarassed chuckle and she said, "You have to excuse my little brother. He can be kinda obnoxious at times."
"I heard that!" Roshi shouted, from a further distance.
"Stay in your room before I give you a girl noogie!" Summer exclaimed back.
Musaki lets out a little smile and he said to her, "How you deal with him?"
"I don't know. He thinks he knows everything than everyone else, but he's only 9 years old. He can barely eat fruit." Summer replied.
"Imagine that."
Both pandas chuckle softly and they looked at each other in the eye and Summer asked, "So...what brings you here?"
Musaki finally got back to the reason why he was here in the first place and he said to her, "I'm having a birthday at the Jade Palace in a few days."
That fueled Summer's excitement for that and she said, "That's amazing! How old will you be?"
"18."
She gasped in surprise and shock that Musaki's gonna turn 18 soon and she said, "Even more amazing! I'm so happy for you!"
She then hugs him tightly and Musaki graciously accepted the hug as he embraced her deeply and she said, "I bet it must feel great to reach that age!"
"It does. Although...I'm really scared." Musaki suddenly said.
She got curious as to why he's scared about turning 18 years old and they both sat down on the couch and Summer said, "Wanna tell me why?"
"I'm over the moon happy that I'm gonna be 18 soon, but...at the same time, I'm afraid. When they get to that age, they move out of their home in hopes to find their own. My brother's coming and we're gonna celebrate it together and then...out of the blue, it says that I'm going back to live at Shanghai Secluded Valley." Musaki replied.
As soon as Summer heard that come out Musaki's mouth, she was silent because she never expected her boyfriend to leave the Valley of Peace and she asked, "You're not considering it, are you?"
"I haven't really made up my mind yet. But part of me says that I want to go so I can be close to my relatives, but another part of me says that I have it good here in the Valley of Peace. There are so many things I wanna do, see, experience and everything before I even make that leap. I just...I just don't know what to do. But the thought of leaving everything I know and love behind...that scares me the most. Including you." Musaki replied, ending it with a huge sigh.
Summer puts her paw on his shoulder for comfort and she said, "Saki...you gotta do what you gotta do. It's what you want to do. Not what I want, but what you choose to do. No matter what, I still love you. I'm still your girlfriend."
Musaki looks at Summer in the eyes and it feels like he's getting lost in them so quickly and he said, "Well, I know I do love you so much."
"And that will never go away." Summer added.
Hearing those words made Musaki feel a little better and that definitely helped him out and he said, "So...will you come to my party?"
He then gives her the invitation to the party and she responded with a kiss to the lips and that pretty much says it all and he froze for a second and couldn't believe that just happened to him. She giggled and said, "What should I wear?"
Then, Musaki fell down to the ground, still in awe and in daze over the kiss and he said, "You can wear whatever you like."
"Thanks, Musaki." she replied.
Suddenly, her adopted mom walks in with a bag of groceries and she said, "Hello, Summer."
"Hi, mom."
Then, she noticed Musaki laying down on the floor and said, "Hello, Musaki."
Musaki gets himself up and tried to keep himself under control and replied, "Hello, ma'am."
I thought of the little brother thing in this chapter to have someone under Musaki or Summer's craw when it comes to their relationship. Stick around for more!
