Chapter 14

Anna-Chan doesn't own Yumeiro Patissiere.

Me: Listening to Mermaid Melody songs... I really need to re-watch that anime!

Ari stopped dead still when she saw him.

Hanabusa Satsuki.

She figured the best solution to her current problem was to just continue tying balloons. She had seven more...

By the time she got to the grave set before Hanabusa's Father's, she had two balloons.

She tied one on the grave of someone named 'Hanabusa Hatsike,' probably a distant realative of Satsuki's, and handed the last balloon to Hanabusa Satsuki himself, saying at the same time,

"Tie this to your father's grave. I'm finishing what my late brother never got to do. I'm truly sorry for your loss."

"Hawazaki-San..." Satsuki replied, solemnly, "Thank you. We are sorry for yours as well."

"That's okay. After my mom died, I stopped feeling."

As she turned away and started walking away, something glistened on her cheek.

There were two tiny waterfalls coming from her eyes, and she couldn't stop them.

"Kyou..." She whispered, "Why?"

-dream-

Johnny was furious.

"So I have to share a BED with Ari?" He screamed. "Never in a million years! You KNOW that you can't make me do that! Make her sleep on the couch, the floor, even kick her out again, I don't care! But I am NOT under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES sharing a bed with Ari!"

Kathrine laughed.

"Oh Johnny," she giggled, "You always WERE so gullible. Of COURSE you will share a bed with Ari. I like her, and besides, she's an American, with nowhere to go! We can't let her sleep on the FLOOR, can we now." She asked.

"Yes we can!" Johnny replied, getting more and more pissed off by the second.

"IT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION, BITCH!" Kathrine screamed. "All right, I'M the one renting this apartment. Johnny, you can sleep on the couch if you want. Ari gets the guest room. And NO SWITCHING!"

"Gosh, I would have thought my own SISTER would let me stay in the guest room..." Johnny muttered under his breath, in Japanese. Kathrine didn't understand right away, from the Japanese and it being hard to hear, she thought he had said thank you.

"Why, you're very welcome!" Kathrine said happily in perfect English, and walked away.

"What a baka," Johnny replied, just as enthusiastically.

-dream-

Lemon sat on her bed. The comforter was all messed up and there was no way in hell she was gonna make her bed anytime soon.

Her lemon yellow and orange orange [A/N: lol :3 ] striped walls made the entire room feel happy. Her white desk and bed brightened the room. Her room was completely organized by color, and she had shelves all over her walls for hanging books, water and accessories.

The first three days of vacation were spectacular.

She had seen all of her friends from her old school in Kyoto, but their vacation had been last week. She was only able to visit with them on Saturday, Sunday and surprisingly enough Monday, because the schools in Kyoto were weird like that and students had it off. Sunday had been her favorite, Misha was still super-duper lively, happy and full of joy that she shared with everyone and everything around her. They had gone shopping in the mall and had a great time with Luka, Mikuki and Natsuki (the Dysoha twins) and Daisuke, the only male in the group, but had only stayed for lunch. Oh, it was hilarious.

*Flashback*

"Lemon, do you want pie?" Daisuke asked.

"No thanks, I much prefer a strawberry tart," Lemon replied, putting on a fake accent and attempting to sound all dignified and such.

"Oh, shut it, we all know you want some," Luka said mischeviously, taking the pie from Daisuke's hands and placing it in front of Lemon.

"That's okay guys, I'm really not hungry..." Lemon said, pushing the super- delicious lookinh pie away even though her stomach was growling. It was best for everyone else to have the pie, because she had the skills to make an identical one later.

"Please, Lemon?" asked Natsuki. "We know you can make one identical to this later, but..." "We want you to enjoy this pie, the fruit of someone ELSE'S labor, right now. Relax! It's vacation!" Misuki finished. "We don't need it, anyways."

"JUST EAT THE DAMN PIE!" Misha screamed, jumping on the table, picking up the pie in her own two hands, and hurling it at full spead at Lemon's face, where it splattered and slid down onto her chin and shirt. Lemon used her left hand to reach up to her face, wipe off some of the pie, and made a face that clearly stated 'you have GOT to be kidding me' written all over it, even through the pie.

The entire lunch hall went dead silent as people realized what had just happened. The people in the little food booth restaurant things stopped working to stare. Then, in perfect sync, they all burst out in laughter that filled the room with both carbon dioxide and joy. Lemon smiled as she watched her friends and complete strangers alike throw a laughing fit. The building shook with laughter.

Upstairs, in Macy's, an unknowing customer heard first an indistinguishable sound, then experienced the only earthquake she would ever encounter in her life.

"How extraordinary," She muttered.

*end of flashback*

-dream-

Ichigo had to be physically dragged out of bed on Tuesday morning.

"Onee-chan! We're going to the museum today! WAKE UP!" Natsume screamed in Ichigo's ear.

Ichigo stirred. Natsume was filled with hope when she turned to face her, but all Ichigo did was say,

"Vanilla, hit the snooze button..."

Wait, what?

"Who's Vanilla?" Natsume asked.

"HOLY CRAP!" Ichigo said, sitting straight up in bed. "NATSUME?" Natsume waited expectantly.

"Vanilla?" She asked again. Ichigo sweat dropped.

"Vanilla is..." She was interrupted by her mom's voice from downstairs.

"Ichigo , get ready to go! We're leaving in 15 minutes for the museum!"

"Thank you, mom." Ichigo muttered under her great, then realized... FIFTEEN MINUTES?

Ichigo screamed and ran out the door of her room, returning five seconds later, dripping wet. Natsume just stared.

"Onee- chan..." Natsume said in both a 'wow!' and 'scarred for life' tone. "Well, you sure take showers fast. I guess I'll leave now..."

She sprinted out, slamming the door behind her. Ichigo was confused. Was her little sister intimidated by something?

Then it hit her hard, making her blush as red as a tomato. She was never going to live this down.

But she still somehow needed verification.

She looked down and shivered.

Her eyes turned from her right side to her left.

They grazed over her bare body.

What had she done?

Me: feelin kinda perverted today, sorry (-_- ; )

But on the bright side, my writers block is gone! :D

Please review and don't kill me, kindly :3