Beck struggled against his leash trying to lick you as you approached Ryusuke's house. You laughed and walked over to him.
"Hi Beck. Hiii! Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?" You hugged him as he licked you. Your gaze rose as you heard the screen door open.
"Hey Annie." Ryusuke said with a small wave.
"Hi there!" You grinned at him. Beck barked wanting you to pay attention to him. You made a few strange noises, snuggled him and then rubbed his belly. He curled up contently letting you get up.
"He loves you." Ryusuke said thoughtfully looking at Beck.
"Who couldn't love me?" You asked laughing. He shrugged with a chuckle. "So what do you wanna do today?"
"I don't know, something." He said shrugging again.
"Wow, that's specific." You sarcastically with a smile. You walked over to the doorway where he was standing and planted a kiss on his lips. He kissed you back placing his hands on your waist. You nuzzled his nose affectionately and went into his house.
"Man I'm tired." Ryusuke said following you inside. He plopped down onto his bed and rested his head on the pillow.
"Awww, why?" You asked with your head tilted to the side.
"Maho kept me up on the phone all night." He replied yawning.
"That sucks." You said making a face. "About her liking her friend's boyfriend?"
"Yeah." He answered with his eyes closed.
"She said you were no help at all and you fell asleep twice." You said chuckling.
"Oh well." He said with a smile. "I'm bad at giving advice."
"Eh, you're not so bad." You said smiling.
"Well that's a relief." He chuckled and opened his eyes to look at you.
"Hell yeah." You grinned and lay down next to him. "I'm tired too, my mom was staring at me all night." Ryusuke raised his eyebrows questioningly. "She had the door cracked and was watching me trying to go to sleep. It was the creepiest thing ever."
"Whoa, seriously?" He asked with a freaked out expression.
"Yeah! it's not just me right? That's a pretty weird thing to be doing." You said nodding.
"Strange... is she okay upstairs?" He asked pointing to his temple.
"No idea." You replied chuckling. Then Beck started barking. You cocked your head to the side and looked to the door. "Do you think he's hungry?"
"Nah, I just fed him." Ryusuke said propping up his head with his forearm. "He probably just wants to go for a walk."
"Yay! Let's walk him." You said sitting up happily.
"Kay." He said pushing himself up. He walked to the door and went out to get Beck. You followed him and looked down at Beck who was happily wagging his tail.
"Hey there Beckles." You said squatting down to pet him. He happily barked and nuzzled your legs and then put his head up against your crotch.
"No Beck, that's a private area." You said standing up and putting your hands on your hips. Ryusuke laughed.
"He really loves you." You laughed, stuck your tongue out at Ryusuke and started to the sidewalk.
You walked Beck for a while then dropped him off at the fishing hole before you and Ryusuke started wandering around, searching for something to do. You hadn't had much luck, but then you noticed a familiar face.
"Oh ma gods! It's 'ze Taira!" You yelled happily seeing Taira walking across the street you were approaching.
"Hey guys." He said chuckling. "What's up?"
"Nothing much, just finished walking Beck, now we're wandering around trying to figure out something interesting to do." You replied with a slight yawn.
"Cool, I'm just heading over to the coffee shop where my girlfriend works." Taira said with a thoughtful smile. "Do you guys wanna come?"
"Sure." Ryusuke said with a shrug.
"Then we can all go back to Ray's house and gleefully dance on the roof." You said with a serious face. Taira and Ryusuke laughed and you all started towards the coffee shop.
"Hey Taira, I've been waiting for like 10 minutes, but I got off early anyway... who are your friends?" Asked a girl with long brown hair in a pony tail and hazel eyes.
"Oh right, this is Minami Ryusuke and Osagawa-Kemph Ann." Taira replied gesturing to each of you.
"Oh killer. So you're the guitarist in Beck or something right?" She asked looking to Ryusuke.
"Yeah, one of them anyway." He replied nodding.
"No shit." She smiled and turned her head to you. "I know Taira told me something about you but I completely forgot, I have the worst memory ever." She said apologetically with a sheepish grin. You laughed.
"It's fine, I have a sucky memory too. I'm just a girl."
"Oh my god! ME TOO!" She said grinning.
"Like, no way." You said in an overly girlish voice. You both laughed and she stood up extending her hand.
"I'm Egami Kaiya, friends call me Kai."
You shook her hand and grinned. "Oh I know. Taira told us ALL about you on the way over here."
"Ooo la la." She replied looking to Taira with a mischievous smile.
"You two are going to be best friends." Ryusuke said smiling.
"Damn straight." Kai said happily. "So what are we doing?"
"Ryusuke's?" Taira asked looking over at him.
"Uh, okay." He said spacing out at the table.
"Wooow, you are really tired." You said pouting. You hugged him and kissed his cheek. He scrunched up his face with a smile making you and Kai aw.
"Alright, let's roll." He said with a chuckle.
After a 20 minute walk you all reached the fishing hole.
"Wanna play a video game?" Taira asked as you all entered Ryusuke's house.
"Okay, sure." Kai said smiling and sat down in front of the TV. Taira sat down next to her and looked back at Ryusuke.
"Are you gonna play?"
"Nah, too tired." Ryusuke replied taking off his shoes. He then lay down and stared at the ceiling. Taira then looked to you, his eyes asking the same question.
"Nah, too hungry." You said with a laugh.
"Man, I could really use some ramen." Ryusuke said with his eyes closed.
"I have a better idea." You said grinning as you walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah?" He asked, his gaze following you. "What is it?"
"You'll just have to find out." You replied happily. He shrugged and got comfortable again.
You opened his refrigerator and looked around. There were a few beers, 2 fish, half a can of some kind of tomato stuff with mushrooms, a tiny wedge of cheese, and an onion. You raised an eyebrow and shook your head. 'I guess this will have to do...' you thought to yourself with a sigh. You then raided the cabinets and finally found salt, pepper, some spices, and olive oil. You grinned and proudly set all your ingredients on the counter, very pleased that you managed to find anything in the kitchen. You then fried the onion with the olive oil and added some salt, pepper, and the little bit of spice you found. Then you dumped the tomatoey stuff in there and poured in some beer.
"I'm making my own version of Spaghetti Boloqesa!" You announced happily, sticking your head out of the doorway.
"What's that?" Kai asked vigorously pressing a button on the controller.
"It's this Italian thing that's fantastico... unfortunately, Ryusuke doesn't really have a fridge stocked full of ingredients so it's a bit different." You then went back into the kitchen and took out a package of ramen and took out the noodles and cooked those. After a while it was all ready, so you poured the sauce over the noodles. You then grated what little cheese there was on top of it and tasted it. It was delicious. You looked down at your concoction with a triumphant smile.
"I've done it!" You practically sang as you walked out of the kitchen.
"It smells awesome." Kai said glaring at the TV screen. "Left, left, left! LEFT GOD DAMMIT!" You laughed and looked at Ryusuke.
"You up, Raybear?" You asked tilting your head a bit.
"Yeah." He opened one eye and you smiled.
"Do you want some food?"
"Sure." He lazily sat up and yawned. You fixed him a plate of it and handed it to him. He took a bite and looked up at you with a surprised expression. "Since when can you cook?"
"Since I was like 10." You answered chuckling.
"You're mean." Kai said pouting at Taira.
"Awww, what happened?" You asked making a sad face.
"He killed me!" Kai said sniffling.
"AWWW!" You hugged her and scrunched up your face at Taira. He laughed and got up.
"Alright, I'm good." Kai said smiling. "Food time."
"Aww yeah." You smiled and made up plates for both Taira and Kai. "There ya are ma dears."
"Oh wow, this is really good." Taira said after swallowing what he had in his mouth.
"YAY! I now feel complete." You said chuckling with a nod as you put some on a plate for yourself.
"Seriously, this is like the best thing I've ever tasted." Kai said nodding as she chewed.
"Aw shucks." You said sitting down. "Oh and I pretty much cleaned out your fridge, so."
"It's okay, most of that was the old lady's." Ryusuke replied shrugging.
"Oooh." You said with your mouth full. "Isn't it weird that I'm at your house more than her?"
"Not really, she goes on tour and takes a lot of trips."
"That's cool, my mom's hawk eyes are never far from me." You said with a sigh. "She's one of the most nosy people ever."
"Yeah, I kind of figured that. Anyone who watches their child trying to fall asleep has issues." Ryusuke replied trying to twirl the pasta around his chopsticks.
"Your mom watches you trying to go to sleep?" Kai asked with her eyes widening a bit.
"Well, last night she did." You replied making a face.
"Yikes." Kai said raising an eyebrow.
"That's totally insane." Taira stated looking at his plate after a yawn.
"Tell me about it. I wouldn't be surprised if one day I'm washing my hair and when I open my eyes, she'll be like standing in the shower, fully clothed just staring at me." Everyone started laughing.
"All moms are nutty, but yours... whole different level." Kai said chuckling.
"I know... believe me, I know." You laughed and made a face. "She's not that bad compared to my grandma. Thankfully she's getting to old to fuck with my head but still."
"I guess that's a good thing?" Kai asked a bit confused.
"Well, yes and no. It seems the older she gets, the more she can brainwash my mom." You said with a frown.
"Oh that sucks." Kai stuck out her bottom lip and looked to the floor. You laughed.
"It's all good."
"Awwwesome!" Kai said grinning. You clapped your hands and beamed at her.
"Yay!" She said laughing.
You ate in quiet for a few minutes until you spoke up. "Hey, were you at the Beck show last week?"
"Yeah, why?" She asked holding some food in her cheek to speak.
"I think I saw you there." You said with a smile. "You were screaming 'Taira, I want to sex you up' if I'm not mistaken."
She laughed. "Yeeep, that was me."
"How sweet!" You said grinning.
She laughed again and then looked to Taira who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed and then to Ryusuke who was lying on his bed sleeping. Her gaze then went to you. You both chuckled. "Can't help it though, he just looks so hot all shirtless and tan."
"True. I wouldn't mind if Ryusuke played shirtless." You said with a grin as you both started to clean up.
"How hilarious would it be if like they all did some kind of weird striptease at the beginning of their shows?" She asked with a thoughtful expression. You snorted trying not to wake Taira and Ryusuke up with your laughter.
"They would probably be a lot more popular then." You said as you put the dishes in the sink.
"Yeah, it'd be like an Abercrombie and Finch ad."
"Oh god, could you imagine what Chiba would do?" You asked as you leaned against the sink.
"Oh yes I can." She said with a laugh. After you finished cleaning up, you both headed out back to see how Beck was doing.
"Ahhh! No, he got it." You said with a pout as Beck triumphantly put his bone down and lay on top of it. "You're no fun." Beck looked at you quizzically and you laughed. "Don't worry, I'm just messing with ya."
"You know Taira says that Beck always growls at him but he's just the sweetest thing ever!" Kai said as she scratched his ears.
You laughed. "I think he's only like that with guys. He wants all of the ladies for himself, right Beck, right?" You rubbed his back as Kai laughed. "You little ladies' man, you." Beck wagged his tail and licked your hand.
Kai grinned. "Awww, he's just the cutest thing."
After another half hour, you and Kai headed back inside.
"Babe, it's getting late." Kai said as she woke Taira up. He looked around drowsily and yawned.
"Alright."
"What time is it?" Ryusuke asked from his bed not opening his eyes.
"Like 23:00." You said looking around for the clock. "23:09."
"Yeah, definitely time to go home." Kai said smiling. She kissed Taira on the head and he got up.
"Night." You said as they closed the screen door. Kai turned and waved vigorously at you. You did the same and chuckled.
"She's so nice!" You said happily.
"Yeah." Ryusuke agreed snuggled under the blankets on his bed.
"I don't want to leave." You said frowning as you looked at the clock.
"Call your mom and see if you can sleep over." He suggested.
"Good idea. Hold up." You dug into your bag and found your cell phone. You dialed the number and waited for a voice on the other end.
"Hello?" You heard your mom's voice ask.
"Hey, I was just wondering if I could sleep over at Ryusuke's." You replied sitting on the floor.
"Who is this?" Your mom asked.
"It's Ann." You answered incredulously.
"Oh, okay, what?" She asked.
"Can I sleep over at Ryusuke's?" You asked shaking your head.
"Sure." You were about to thank her but she hung up.
"She hung up on me." You said making a face.
"And she didn't recognize your voice? That's sad." Ryusuke said chuckling.
"Yeah, she's weird like that." You shrugged and crawled over to the bed and kissed Ryusuke on the cheek. "I'm gonna go get ready for bed."
"Okay." He said with a yawn.
After taking care of your hygiene, you took off your pants and t-shirt. You were now wearing an undershirt and boy shorts. You came back out and turned off the light. You then walked over to Ryusuke's futon and snuggled next to him.
"Do you wanna get more comfortable?" You asked playfully. He chuckled and took off his shirt and pants, lying back down in his boxers. You looked into each others eyes for a couple of moments before you leaned closer to each other. You felt his lips curve upwards as you kissed him ever so gently. He kissed you back but a little harder. You leaned closer to him and nibbled at his neck. He held you close to him and kissed you again. You melted in his arms and lost track of time as you drifted off to sleep.