{Chapter 11: Watermelon Juice Ends with Kisses}
"The wedding is coming up isn't it?" Ukyo looks at the calender and sighs.
It's been at the very least two to four months since Nanami and Ema moved in. Time moves rather quickly.
Nanami doesn't look back at the kitchen, instead she focuses on her preparations for her next video. "If I'm correct, next week? But why the sigh? Shouldn't you be happy." She smiled at the thought of the wedding.
Ukyo looked over at Nanami over his shoulder and a frown appears on his face. "Yes, next week. So Happy..."
"That doesn't sound like you're excited Ukyo." Azusa comes down walking down the stairs with a water bottle in one hand and a rolled up magazine in the other.
"Good evening Azusa- Crap." Nanami calls and starts running to the kitchen sink with her hands covered in paint.
"..What are you doing?" Azusa asks and eyes her hands suspiciously.
"Preparing for my next video." Nanami answered casually as she washed her hands.
"Let me guess, has to do with paint?" Azusa chuckled quietly to his own joke.
"Oh, Ha. Ha." Nanami puffed out her cheeks in a pout. "Where Tsubaki anyways? You're almost never..Not with him."
"Out on a date." Azusa seems a bit half disappointed, half worried as he says.
"On a date... Without you?" Ukyo opens his suitcase and shoves in some postcards whilst trying to hold back a smile.
Azusa sets himself on the couch and crosses his legs. "...No comment."
Nanami lets out stifled noises and walks back with a paper towel roll.
"Off to work." Ukyo shuffles up the stairs with a little wave behind him.
"Bye!~" Nanami sets down her stuff and turns to the stairs. "Good Luck!"
Ukyo pauses mid-way and smiles before resuming his walk up the stairs.
Azusa stares at her from behind as Nanami stands with a smile, satisfied with her work. Azusa can't seem to stop himself from smiling, but as soon as she turns around, he wipes his smile off.
Azusa's POV.~
Something was pounding... Something...
Nanami was kneeling on the ground, playing with paint. There was a certain.. Glow to Nanami. I wasn't sure if it was the sunset's light behind the curtain or her smile, but I think she was the source to my heart pounding.
Suddenly her cheeks turned a bit pink and stopped her painting. "W-Why are you looking at me like that?"
That didn't help that much, it made the pounding even more loud. It wasn't like I haven't felt like this before, it's just... For my To-Be-Step Sister?
"N-Nothing.." A small blush crawled to his cheeks. "..Hey Nanami, are you busy tonight?" Why..Did I ask that? Okay, I admit. I felt a bit lonely without having Tsubaki's cheeky remarks, but I wasn't that desperate. I'm pretty sure Nanami had plans anyways.
Nanami returned to her usual self and looked down at her painting, plunging into her thoughts. "Nope, free as always. What's up?" I wasn't sure exactly what to say. Well there was an audition tonight at Natsume's company..
"I was hoping you could accompany me to a audition tonight-" I hesitated. "Never Mind.. It's not something you invite some-"
"I'd love to. Let me go change and we'll go." Nanami stood up with a smile. I almost felt sad when she walked away.
I looked down my magazine. Maybe I should call Tsubaki and let him know my plans for tonight.. After all, I think he was going to stop by at my audition. I personally remember Tsubaki, Natsume, and I talking about going out for drinks.
"Er.. Azusa?"
A voice interrupted my thoughts and I looked up.
Nanami stood with a contemplating look. "I don't mean to be bothering, but..Could you clean up my mess?" She pointed at the table where her papers soaked in water colors.
"Oh Yeah, sure." It wasn't like it would take forever to clean. Just a couple brushes to wash in the sink and just wiping down the table won't take long. I put my magazine and walk over to the other side of the table.
"Oh, you can throw away my papers." Nanami inferred and before I could protest, Nanami hopped up the stairs.
When I was done putting away the paint, all that was left was Nanami's paintings. I didn't want to throw them away..So.. I folded it and placed it into one of the cabinets on top of the huge albums that was filled with old photos.
Before I could wipe down the table, Nanami already got downstairs and beat me to it. Taking the paper towel into her hands, she bent down to wipe the towel. During this, I grabbed my script off the counter of the kitchen and shoved it into my pocket. When I turned to the tables, I caught myself just staring at Nanami.
Even if it was just an audition, it seems Nanami went all out on this.
She wore a sleeveless blue dress with a denim short cut blazer. She had sliver earrings and nice blue flats.
"You look pretty.." I said without thinking. Nanami stopped moving her hands and looked up at me, batting her lashes at me. "..Thanks." Her glossed lips curved into a smile.
We locked eyes for a couple seconds before she sheepishly looks away. A smile traces to my mouth. "We'll be taking my car."
In the car~
"This car is quite big isn't it?" Nanami placed her seat belt on after entering the red van.
"Well, we all have to have vans since there are a lot of us." Azusa chuckled at her statement and places onto his seat belt before starting the engine.
"So where is this audition anyways?" Nanami rested her hands into her lap and grinned happily like a puppy. Afterall, Nanami hasn't been outside for what seemed..days..
"Natsume's company." Azusa answered and glanced over to Nanami when he saw a frown at the corner of his eyes.
To be fair, last time Nanami seen Natsume was at Subaru's Birthday Party, but last time they spoke, Natsume was soaking her chest in tears.
Doubt flickered through her eyes. "Oh.." This left the conversation dead leaving the exception of small talk.
When they were almost to their destination, Azusa finally took the courage to speak. "You don't like Natsume?"
"Don't you remember-"
"The past is the past, it's better to remember good memories.." Azusa cuts in. "It's hard to accomplish, but light burns out the dark."
Nanami seems to gleam at Azusa with astonishment. "..So Wise.." At those words, Azusa turned pink. "I didn't mean for that.."
Before Nanami could respond, the car came to a stop and Azusa quickly went to the next side of the car to open Nanami's door.
"Thanks.." Nanami hops down to the cement ground. She finally seemed to notice that they were parked inside a parking building. "The company can afford this..?"
"The company has over hundred of devoted employees, and I'm pretty sure there is a bus downstairs." Azusa closes the car doors and locks them with a push of a button.
Nanami and Azusa started off walking to the elevators when a voice rang throughout the room.
"Azusa! Random Girl! Hey!"
The two stopped in their tracks in front of the elevator and looked back to the voice.
Tsubaki came running, and before the two could greet him, Tsubaki shoved the two, including himself, into the elevator and slammed onto the buttons.
"Eh!? Don't leave me behind!-" The voice screamed getting nearer, but just in time, the elevator doors closed. Before so though, Nanami caught a glimpse of a beautiful woman in a long red dress, silver jewelry with diamonds gemstones, and her makeup was almost done as if she was a celebrity. Her heels were being held by her hands oddly.
"Woh.." Azusa and Nanami says after recovering from the slam to the wall thanks to Tsubaki. It seems Azusa seen the same thing, but his comment didn't match Nanami's.
"You...Went out with Linda..?"
"Linda?" Nanami shot her head upward at that name. If no one could remember, Linda was the one Natsume was calling out when he being sad drunk while gripping onto Nanami like a plushee doll. Nanami could recall that it was his Ex..?
Tsubaki paused to realize that the random girl was Nanami and take in her appearance. "..Yeah Linda.." He said nonchantlantly and a grin crept to his cheeks.
Azusa caught his stare and rolled his eyes. He couldn't blame Tsubaki so he gave him a few minutes of stare time before hitting him on his head. "Focus Tsubaki! It's Linda we're talking about."
Tsubaki held his head in pain and pouted a bit. "So cold Azusa.." Yet the grin held on his face. "Okay, I ran into Linda...On accident... She asked me to a 'date' I was hopping it was just a friendly meeting until she kissed me.." Tsubaki's face dropped as he leaned on the back of the elevator. "I decided to ditch here as soon as I got here."
"By running into an elevator? If we hadn't opened the elevator beforehand. you would be stuck with Linda still." Azusa mentions.
"Well...I was just going to say I needed to be there at the audition for Azusa and that you only wanted me.. But she spotted you before I could say so. I just ran for it after." Tsubaki slightly chuckles at this.
"Wait." Nanami cutted in. "So she kissed you and you ditched her?" Tsubaki and Azusa's eyes went back to her and Tsubaki slightly nods. "Isn't that a bit harsh..?"
"But it's Linda Nanami, Natsume's Ex girlfriend..He's going to kill me if I stayed-" Tsubaki looks troubled at this notion.
"I'm pretty sure he's going to kill you as soon as you mention kiss-" Azusa mutters. but it was loud enough for the three of them to hear.
"Not helping Azusa!" Tsubaki shouted in protest.
"Natsume is probably gonna ask about your date.. You know he wants to know everything that happens at home." Azusa cuts in. "And, how does one invite another to a date and think it as a friendly meeting."
"Dunno..Azusa, just drop will you? I'll tell Natsume when I want to." Tsubaki shrugged a bit just before the elevator came to a stop.
"Late as always you two-" Natsume came into view and completely stopped talking at the sight of Nanami who looked down at the floor while biting onto her lower lip. "Hello.." She softly greeted with a slight bow.
Tsubaki and Azusa glanced at Nanami and Natsume for just a second before seeing the tensity of the office.
"Uh...Natsume." Tsubaki turned back to Natsume. "We should get going or we'll be even more late."
"Yes..Yes.. We should." Natsume walked to his wooden desk and pressed a few buttons on his computer before running into the elevator between Azusa and Tsubaki and in front of Nanami.
Nanami shuffled off to the back of the elevator, but Azusa pulled her over to his side of the elevator when he saw her discomfort.
Unfortunately, thanks to Nanami's high heels, she tripped onto Natsume and instinctively grabbed onto him for balance. Shock came throughout the elevator with widened eyes.
"S-sorry!" Nanami balanced herself and bowed furiously apologetically.
Natsume's shocked face transitioned to a soft smile. "Always tripping aren't you Nanami?"
"U-Uh!" Nanami was a lost for words and yet again her cheeks turned a bit pink.
Tsubaki and Azusa just watched in amazement as the density of the air just disappeared.
"So, Nanami, I've been watching some of you videos." Natsume added.
"R-Really? What..What do you think?" Nanami looked up at Natsume with her eyes almost sparkling with interest.
"They're quite fun to watch. I can see why you're so popular." Natsume looks to meet Nanami's eyes.
"Thank You." Nanami's frown was obviously replaced by a grin. The bell of the elevator unwelcomingly rang and opened to reveal a hallway of closed and open doors. There were red lights near the opened doors. Staff were waiting by this one opened door but there was no lights near this one.
"Natsume!/Azusa!/Tsubaki!" Not to mention that most of the staff were females... Well despite some security that were mostly muscled guys. The things they all had in common was that they were wearing some headsets and black short sleeved shirts that either said staff or security on it.
Tsubaki stepped out with a devious smile, but Azusa and Natsume hesitated a bit before stepping out of the elevator.
They don't seem to notice Nanami because the triplets made a wall between her and the female staff. Nanami kept a distance from the crowd, and even when the triplets did notice her distance, they couldn't really get to her without attracting attention..Or..
Too late.. As soon as the triplets glanced at Nanami, someone would notice.
"OH MY..KYAHHH!" A controlled staff who was holding a conversation with Azusa went a squealing mess.
The others followed their eyes only to see a suddenly tensed Nanami. She waved nervously when phones whipped out and staff, even some security, ran toward Nanami hoping for pictures. Nanami pasted on a smile and actually signs some autographs for others.
"..So professional staff you got here Natsume.." Azusa looked to Natsume who frowned deeply.
"Shall we get security to handle it?" Natsume whispered so the others wouldn't hear.
"She's like a celebrity.." Tsubaki's expression turns grim when he saw the male staff talking to Nanami. "Azusa, your call on the security"
Before Azusa could answer, Nanami's voice came clear.
"Um..Excuse me, could you please..clear the path? My step brother is having a audition that I really want to listen to." Nanami sounded a bit desparate as she tried to escape the crowd.
"..." Instead of calling for security, Azusa walked into the crowd, grabbed Nanami's hand, and pulled her into the recording studio despite Tsubaki and Natsume's staring.
Security made a wall behind Tsubaki and Natsume so no one could follow the four into the recording studio.
"Hey Tsubaki..Don't you think Azusa changed?" Natsume glanced over Tsubaki who seemed even more troubled at him saying it aloud.
"..Maybe.." Tsubaki barely mutters.
"He isn't the only one that has changed has he?" Natsume looked ahead at the recording studio door and sighed. "It's amazing what a couple of minutes could do."
"..Yeah." Tsubaki answered more clearly.
"Oh, Ukyo informed me you had a date today, don't you need to go meet her?" Natsume looked at Tsubaki who just squeezed his lips tight.
"Tsubaki?" Instead of answering, Tsubaki walked a bit faster toward the studio door to see Azusa setting up in the recording box.
(Note: Recording Box is where, I think, they record the person. Recording Studio is where they can auto tune his voice or something...I'm not good with this so..}
Nanami was standing close to the glass window that was in the wall that separated the recording studio and the recording box with a huge smile that seemed to spread over to Azusa while putting on his headphones and turning on the game so he could read his script. Tsubaki noticed Nanami holding the practice script.
Azusa was supposed to a couple pages of the script. Tsubaki walked his way over to Nanami and they both gave him encouraging gestures.
"You know, it's too bad you weren't here when I auditioned..Azusa gets a cute cheerleader.." Tsubaki pouts when Azusa was taking a water break.
"You two are auditioning for the same part?" Nanami asks and looks over to Tsubaki who shook his head. "Nope, we're auditioning for different parts in the game, Zombie Fire. The one you modeled the cover for."
"Oh?" Nanami questioned.
"These parts we're auditioning for are new characters. If we get these parts we have the opportunity to record for more of the games under contract." Tsubaki explained.
Nanami's POV.~
As Tsubaki explained, I saw something that I haven't seen ever since I moved into town. Tsubaki was determined to get this part he had auditioned for. I hope he does.. He looked down at me as soon as he realized he was blabbering on and on about what would happen if he got the part. I ended up just staring at Tsubaki a bit mesmerized.. I couldn't look away and neither could Tsubaki from what I could see.
"Hey Azusa." Natsume knocked on the glass quite loudly. Tsubaki's head whipped around at the noise. Natsume and Azusa were staring at Tsubaki, slightly glaring, for seconds before the two turned to meet each other eyes.
"We're going to start recording again." Natsume informs which Azusa responds with a nod.
I watched Azusa with a smile to show my support. He seems to be smiling whenever he glanced back at me.
I hope Azusa gets this part too. Tsubaki and Azusa make such a good team...But it brings me to wonder what would happen if one got a part then the other doesn't? ..Nah, I'm pretty sure they had this problem before being such amazing professionals.
"Okay, your last line is, 'We can't say goodbye till forever and a day is up' Okay?" Natsume says into a small microphone so Azusa could hear.
Azusa nodded. "We can't say goodbye till forever and a day is up." He stared at an animation so he could say his names on time. Azusa seemed troubled at his result.
"And..Do-" The producer was going to say the recording when..
"Not done." Natsume cuts in and pauses to glare at the producer before taking the microphone into his hands. "Azusa, are you okay with this or shall we do another take?"
"One more take please.." Azusa seemed a bit too tensed on his first take..
I looked at Tsubaki who seemed to trying to find the issue.
"Read-" Before the producer could say anything, without thinking I shouted out the word. "Wait!"
...Poor Producer, he has absolute no control of his own studio with Natsume around..If Natsume weren't here, I would be kicked out of the studio without a thought.
"What's the matter Nanami?" Natsume asks in question.
"Umm..." I wasn't even sure what I wanted to say.
"Okay then. I'll start-"
"Wait!" I slapped my hands onto my mouth. What was wrong with me.. "I wanted to say...I wanted to say..." Oh my gawd, what am I going to say.. I look to Azusa trying to find something to say. "Good Luck Azusa!" I put a thumbs up.
Oh my gawd.. I felt a blush of embarrassment traveling to my cheeks. At this point, I wanted to crawl into a ball into a corner.
Oddly Azusa was smiling like how he first started the audition. I felt better seeing that and smiled myself.
"That's all I wanted to say ." I bowed to the mid-aged man in front of the recording equipment.
His frown was replaced with a smiling chuckle. " ? Okay then.. You ready Mr. Asahina?"
"Yes." Azusa was staring at me as he said. "We can't say goodbye till...Forever and a day is up."
"Finished and..saved." The producer announces. "If you'll excuse me, I'll send this one with the others to the director." He got up from his chair and left the room while Azusa put down his headphones and walked into the room. "Shall we get some drinks?"
"Drinks?" I actually can't drink because of Japan's age requirement for alcoholic beverages. I don't think the triplets see my dilemma though.
"Do you not want to go out to drink Nanami?" Tsubaki asks.
"No, I mean..Yes...Wait No.." I answered. If I go, maybe I can sneak away and get a taxi home. If I leave right now, I might spoil the excitement.
"It's settled then, let's go. Nanami which car will you be going with?" Natsume asks before taking out his keys in his pockets.
"I'll go with.."
{This part will be saved for another time~ ^...^ Due to my late deadlines, I will be extending this chapter than I usually have it. You're Welcome}
I got out of the car to see a flashy nightclub...What happened to bars? Well I guess it's better than some strip club..
"..I'm not dressed for this." I murmured looking as groups of people wearing very.. exposed clothing.
"No worries, you look amazing." Tsubaki swung an arm around my shoulders and walked me forward into the club, just into the club without even checking with the bodyguard and the huge line besides him.
Azusa followed with Natsume flashing some sort of card at the bodyguard and following along.
Music blarred in my ears as soon as Tsubaki opened the door. Teenagers around my age are jumping up and down and drowning drinks down their throats from what I could see. Lights are all over the place.
Now I'm thinking that, it'll be easy to sneak away from the triplets, but it's going to be hard finding the exit.
Being around all these people wearing such formal clothes makes me a little self-conscious.
Natsume grabs at my wrist and shakes Tsubaki off of me. "Make sure not to get lost here!" He leads me through the crowds and I know more than three pairs of eyes are on me.
"We're gonna get the drinks, you guys sit at our usual!" Natsume shouts to Tsubaki and Azusa who nods and waves off to some other part of the crowd.
Natsume leads me to a lit up bar with heat lamps everywhere.
A girl with black curls and golden earrings and yellow lit eyes turns to us. "What'll it- Oh my gosh-" Not exactly what she said. "Nanami!"
When she said my name, I was pretty sure she was a fan until I recognized her by her words. "Orianna?" Who was Orianna? An old classmate at the university, she was one of my seniors.
"Yup! So glad you remember me!" Orianna puts down her shake bottle and grins as we hug over the counter. "I heard you got married, who's the lucky man?" Orianna looked over to Natsume with a smile. "Is that him?"
"Wait what!" I shouted, before she could repeat, I cut in. "I'm not married, who did you hear that from?"
"The internet, duhh!~ Unlike most of our old classmates even after graduating at the university, not many even made as high as you did in society. You're all over the university website and even made it to the success website." Orianna explained. "You put up so much pictures of your step brothers."
"Oh hah, my dad and his mom are getting married, not me silly. I don't think I'm ready to even think about marriage right now." In the corner of my eyes, I see Natsume fiddling and uncomfortably squirming. "Sorry, but can we get our drinks now? I don't want to keep everyone waiting."
"Of course, what it'll be?" Orianna looked over to Natsume, pretty aware that I can't drink.
"Just a couple of beers..What'll you get Nanami?" Natsume gets out his wallet.
"Um I can't drink so I'll drive everyone home afterwards so no worries." I uncomfortably said as I take a seat a stool in front of Orianna.
"You're not coming back to the table?" Natsume takes the pack of beer into his hands and gives Orianna the payment.
"No, I think I'll stay by the bar." I answered and turned my attention at Orianna.
Normal POV.~
Orianna was cleaning some glasses with a white clean towel, and after she noticed Natsume was gone. "He's hot isn't he?" Orianna giggled.
Nanami mentally sweatdrop at this comment. "I don't think of him that way."
"Oh don't say that..But then again, you were always the blunt one when it came to guys." Orianna smirked, reminding her of someone familiar. "Though girls like that are like guy magnets...That decides it, I'm bringing you somewhere next week and you're gonna be my wing woman.." It seems Orianna was talking to herself.
"I can't, I've got a wedding coming up-" She paused for a minute. "-Not my wedding, but my father's. You're welcomed to be my plus one though."
"Accept! I bought this really cute dress and I really need a reason to wear it. Your brother, er.. In the video where you sang in the hospital-"
"Masaomi?" Nanami corrected.
"Yes the doctor, you better introduce me next week.. He was so hot." Orianna's smile seems to flash through the lights.
"Fine, but I'm pretty sure he has a girlfriend or something." Nanami rested her chin in her palm.
"Oh, I see I'm not the only one who thinks your brothers are cute.." Orianna smiles.
Looking at it now, Nanami notices that Orianna can probably see over the crowds due to her high heels. It makes her look like a super model.
"Hm? What can you see?" Nanami turns hoping to see her brothers, instead she sees a bunch of partying people that are hooking up within the dance floor... Not a pretty sight...
"Bunch of girls smothering your brothers with their bodies, probably drunk as hell." Orianna explains just as it was. "Hey, Nanami, do you have a boyfriend?"
"No why?" Nanami glances behind at Orianna who looks to her side.
"Looks like someone is checking you out.." Orianna pointed a finger at someone across the bar. Nanami followed her finger to see a young man with brown, slightly spiked, hair with black jet eyes. He fitted quite in with his headphones around his neck. He wore a white undershirt under a tanned golden jacket that he didn't even full wear, half of the jacket was pulled down. He wore shorts almost the same color and running sneakers.
He looked familiar, but Nanami couldn't put her finger on it. The young man wore a cute grin before coming over to Nanami.
Orianna seemed to slip away when seeing this.
"H-Hello." To be frank, Nanami never really had a boyfriend.
"The name is Rikki."
At this, Nanami tensed up. "Rikki? R-I-K-K-I?"
"Yup." Rikki took her hand and kissed the top then froze. "S-Sorry, must be strange to greet you like this..I don't usually attend this kind of stuff." Rikki lets go of Nanami.
She giggled releasing her tension. Guess she can figure out who he reminds her of. "My name is Nanami."
"Nice to meet you Nanami." Rikki took a seat besides Nanami where they chatted flowy.
"You look beautiful Nanami." Rikki even says Nanami the same as Rikki, the guinea pig, says it, it was almost incredible.
"Thank You." Nanami felt a blush. She suddenly thought of Ema and how complicated it will be to explain that 'Rikki' made Nanami blush. "You live around here?"
"Yup, just moved a month or so, but I lived around here when I was younger." While Rikki explained, Nanami noticed that it was similar to her story.
Rikki called back Orianna. "May I have watermelon juice, and.." Rikki turned his eyes towards me. "What would you like Nanami?"
"I-.. Wait, watermelon juice?" Nanami chuckled. "Do they even serve that here?"
Orianna herself looked puzzled. "You want watermelon juice?"
Rikki nodded and became quite red. "Do they not have that here?"
"Oh, they do..They do.." Orianna replied softly.
"I guess I'll take some watermelon juice as well." Nanami turned herself to the counter and looked at Rikki.
"You heard the lady." Rikki looked like a child getting a ice cream cone when Orianna turned around to get iced bottles of watermelon juice.
"Here you are.." Orianna puts two bottles on white square napkins.
It wasn't open...
Nanami...Never opened up these kind of bottles and hesitated after picking up, unlike Rikki. Rikki picked it up and...Click.
Rikki took the cap in his palm and slammed it to the counter before chugging down his watermelon bottle..Just like the guinea pig Rikki would..
Rikki notices that Nanami hasn't opened hers and was staring at him, so he put down his almost empty bottle and wiped his mouth with displeasure. "I tend to get carried away when it comes to watermelon...Are you having trouble with your bottle?"
"N-No.." Nanami flushed with embarrassment.
Rikki covered Nanami's hand with his own and gripped it to hold the bottle steady as he snapped the bottle cap open. "You're Welcome.."
Well, now Nanami was blushing because of a different reason.
In the corner of her eyes, she saw Orianna squealing in delight holding a thumbs up.
"Hey." Nanami looked up, thinking to meet Rikki eyes, instead, first thing she sees Natsume waving at Nanami and then glaring at Rikki from behind.
"U-Um, I have to get going, my step brother is calling for me!" Nanami shot up from her seat and accidently threw her bottle onto Rikki, pouring it all over him. "Whoa!" Rikki stood up, soaking with watermelon juice.
"I'm so sorry!" Nanami placed her hands over her mouth in shock.
Rikki looked down at himself. "No worries, I like the smell." He kept his grin. "I'll get home and get it cleaned."
"Send me the bill-"
"I said no worries." Rikki repeated reassuring her. "But, it would make me feel better if I had your number."
Nanami paused to process this. She smiles whilst grabbing a pen off the counter and writing down her phone number onto her napkin. She handed her napkin to Rikki, and just before she walked away completely
"Wait!" Rikki called out. Nanami turned around only to meet his lips.
"..."
The thing is, Rikki also had wide eyes when the two finally realized their situation. When Nanami realized what was happening, she blushed a cute shade of pink.
Rikki took this chance to be a gentleman and took ahold of Nanami's shoulders and pulled her back. "I-I'm so sorry."
Nanami didn't reply instead, she stands in shock and pressed her fingers to her lips quite amazed.
"I'm so sorry!" Rikki bows. "I..I'll call you later!" He rushes away with pink cheeks.
"..M-My First K-Kiss.." Nanami mentions softly to herself.
Nanami turned around to see her three step brothers face to face.
"Some guy stole your first kiss?" Tsubaki say in rage, his breath reeked of alcohol. He staggered his way past Nanami, but Nanami gripped his arm. "Let's go home Tsubaki, you're drunk."
{Another Reference ^...^}
"No." Tsubaki says flatly, but he passed out on the spot not a second afterwards.
"Who was that Nanami?" Azusa had his breath filled with a beer smell, even stronger than Tsubaki's, but it seems he could hold his liquor fairly well.
"..Um, someone I just met." Nanami drops down to the floor to help Tsubaki get onto a stool.
"Haven't you heard of stranger danger? You don't even seem upset that your first kiss was stolen." Natsume grumbled.
"He didn't really steal it, I was the one who kissed him anyways." Nanami admits.
".." Natsume and Azusa went quiet.
"Nanami, here, drive me home." Azusa grabs at her wrist and shoves car keys into her palm.
"Shouldn't I drive Tsubaki home first?" Nanami tried to hold Tsubaki's arm over her shoulder, but he just slid off.
"Here, I'll help you carry him to the car." Azusa volunteered and carried Tsubaki over his back with Natsume following behind.
"I think I'm still good to drive, I'll drive Azusa back and you can drive me back here for my car Nanami." Natsume decides and Nanami looked at Azusa who nodded in agreement. "Sure." Nanami placed Azusa's keys into Natsume's palms.
"I'll be right back to see you off." Azusa ran off with Natsume to his car.
Nanami was placing on Tsubaki's seatbelt when suddenly his eyes opened up. He pouts right away. "Nanami. Why did..Why you..Why didn't you save your first kiss for me?"
Nanami froze her fingers at Tsubaki's seatbelt. "What?"
Tsubaki grabbed the sides of Nanami's head and slammed his lips onto hers. Unlike Rikki, Tsubaki bit on Nanami's lip and got entrance to her mouth. Tsubaki went all out with his tongue until she ran out of breath.
When he sees Nanami's shocked expression, he seemed satisfied. "..I'm use to being second.. But I got to bring my T Game even if I'm second.." He whispered to only Nanami could hear.
Suddenly Nanami was yanked out the car door and against the car. The car door was slammed closed. Nanami met eyes with Azusa who had a grim expression.
"You.." Without saying another word, Azusa pulled her waist closer to him and slammed his lips onto Nanami. Both of the brothers's breath tasted of..Something she couldn't figure out. Maybe it was just the beer.
Azusa pulled back after a couple seconds as if he wasn't sure what he was doing was right. "..." He suddenly ran off leaving Nanami puzzled. "Oh..My.." She slowly made her way into the driver seat. Tsubaki managed to pass out on the way home. Natsume ended up staying on the couch to cut Ukyo's speech on safety at night short. Azusa said he was just sleepy, but Natsume claimed that he passed out as soon as he got in the car. Azusa volunteered to drag Tsubaki back to his room with the help of Natsume's supervision.
Nanami, on the other hand, fled to her room as soon as she got home.
She opened the door and collapsed onto the floor. "So...Exhausted.."
Rikki, the guinea pig, ran over to Nanami with some sort of pink liquid all over his face.
Nanami laid flat on her floor and looked at Rikki with ease. "Watermelon juice?"
"Yup!~" Rikki cheered. "Can we go buy more next time you go to the store?"
{*Cough,Cough* I've been drinking...WATERMELON *cough, cough* Reference!}
"Sure.." Nanami responded.
"Did something happen?" Rikki poked at Nanami's cheek. "You seem unhappy."
"Nope, I'm just..A bit..-"
"Is it because you're on that thing where you bleed-"
Nanami grabbed for a pillow and threw at Rikki. "NO."
Hope you like this chapter!~
That's right, I added HUMAN RIKKI. Rikki is not seen often so why not? I'm squealing right now. Three Kisses One Night Nanami!~
Nanami~ Shut up. Shut up. Shut up... Shut up.
Tsubaki~ My head hurts Azusa! What happened last night?
Azusa~ Oh I dunno..
Natsume~ Mostly bumping into things like the floor.
Rikki [The Guinea Pig]~ People! People! The important question here is... Did You take pictures?
Nanami~ What would I do with pictures?
Rikki~ ...Nothing (Clearly is thinking about selling pictures on Ebay)
Hey I have another question. Is Human Me hot?
Nanami~ ...
Yakura~ Description was a bit hard, but in my imagination yesh.
Rikki~ Okay then. *Curls up in a ball* Wah!~ I'm ugly!
...See You later Peeps~ Yakura285
