Hm… this is a completely new coupling. I'm not sure how well I'll be able to do this but I'll give it my all. Since I doubt that they'll have much of an interaction with each other, I'll make this chapter a bit lighter than the others, just so everyone knows. I like to keep things somewhat natural and realistic to the series.

This coupling was chosen by icecream456, for the theme of Vacation

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the laptop that I typed this out on.

21 Vacation (Ken x Haru)

"We're here, byon!"

"Yes you didn't have to shout so loudly in my ear, animal."

"Geh, want to say that again you four-eyed kappa?"

"I would but that requires for me to waste even more oxygen talking to you." Chikusa sighed and he walked off ahead.

"Please stop fighting you two..." Chrome silently asked for the two of them to comply with her request.

"Che."

"Haru is starting to think that she should not have intruded on this trip." Haru whispered to the lavender haired female.

"No, it's fine Haru. They just fight a lot. It's normal." Chrome argued.

"Haa… is that so? Well then Haru will just put up with it then." Haru said stepping on something hard. "Ow! What is this?" Haru looked down to see a brown object.

It looked dry and somewhat twisty, like a very old branch. She grabbed onto it and pulled until a long, brown stick was unearthed from the sandy beach floor.

"Haru stepped on this stick-desu." Haru pouted rubbing her poor aching foot.

"Are you okay, Haru?" Chrome asked her worriedly, wondering if she should take out the first aid kit now and bandage her foot.

"Yes, I'm fine, no need to worry about me Chrome-chan." Haru smiled at her. "Well Haru doesn't like this stick." Haru grimaced and she chucked the stick as hard as she could, with all of her spite behind it.

"Gyahoo!" Someone had suddenly jumped into the air and caught the stick. It didn't take much brain cells to know who caught the stick.

"You animal."

"Shettep, kabpa.(Shut up, Kappa)" Ken grumbled landing on all fours. He had used a channel of his, but Haru wasn't sure which one he used.

Ken with a flick of the head tossed the stick back at Haru. "Throw it again." He asked her almost too demandingly.

"Ah…hai-desu… he's so weird." Haru mentally shrugged and she tossed the stick again and Ken went running after it.

"Ken is like a dog." Chrome commented with a small chuckle.

"You're right-desu. He is like a dog." Haru giggled along with her watching as Ken jumped up to grab the stick in his mouth. "That must taste awful." She cringed at the mere thought of having to eat a stick.

"Throw it again." Ken barked when he threw it back at her.

Haru just shrugged and she pretended to chuck it and Ken went off running when he realized he didn't see the stick in the air and he ran back over at Haru scowling at her.

"Haru's sorry, she didn't mean to tease you." Haru giggled and she chucked the stick and it fell into the water and he still dove in for it.

Ken came back soaking wet. He shook himself and got rid of the excess water and his hair poofed out.

"You look like a fluffy dog." Chrome sniffled a small chuckle.

"He is!-desu!" Haru giggled touching the ends of his still damp hair. "It's really soft too-desu. Like an actual dogs. Haru wishes her hair was this soft." Haru pouted, jealous of his hair's softness.

"I'm going to go for a swim." Chrome said.

"I think I'll join you Chrome-chan. I didn't buy this swim suit for nothing." Haru giggled and the two females ran off towards the beach and they first started to jump over the waves splashing each other with water.

"That's so cold-desu! Well then let's see how you take this~" Haru used both of her hands to splash Chrome with a mini wave of water which Chrome reciprocated back to Haru.

The two continued to do this until Ken got really bored.

"Stop playing with the water already and let's do something else!" Ken complained.

"Like what, Ken?" Chrome asked him curiously.

"Beach volleyball!"

"Oh~ Haru does love that game~" Haru smiled quickly wading out of the water and she ran over towards him and Chrome was following closely right behind her.

"I will be with Chikusa." Chrome said walking over to where Chikusa was.

"That leaves Haru to be with Ken then." Haru smiled walking over to him.

Chikusa was sitting on the sand reading a book. It didn't really seem like he was in to play the game.

Haru served the ball and it was directed over at Chikusa, who had just hit the ball with his forearm and it went up and Chrome spiked it down, though Ken was right under it and served it back.

For a guy who was just sitting there reading a book he wasn't that bad, Chikusa was surely an odd specter.

The game ended with Chrome-Chikusa's win. Ken got too excited and he accidentally popped the ball with his nails.

Haru didn't mind since she only cared about the fun she had while playing.

"Well it's getting late, I suggest that we all go now." Chikusa said as he had just finished his book and wanted to get another one to read.

"Aw… It's dark already? No fun." Ken grumbled.

"You can stay if you want. I'm leaving. Animal."

"Why you, get back here kappa!" Ken went running after Chikusa who would just berate him with words.

Chrome slowly approached Haru, "Haru-chan did you have fun?" Chrome asked her carefully.

"Yes, of course I did, why? Is there something wrong?" Haru asked her noticing how careful she was being right now.

"Nothing is wrong. I just…wanted to say…" Chrome trailed off and she started to fidget a bit."

"Chrome-chan what is it? You can tell me." Haru pouted a bit worried for her friend.

"Ken bathed today." She said.

"Ha?" Talk about a totally unexpected line that tore down all anticipation! "How is that relevant, Chrome-chan?" Haru questioned not understanding the importance of what she had just said.

"Ken doesn't often like to bathe, but he made a special attempt today to do so. Since…" Chrome looked from side to side to make sure Ken wasn't around. "He knew you were coming." Chrome flashed a small smile.

"Ha-hahi? That's um, very sweet-desu… Haru thinks." Haru chuckled nervously.

"Ah! Chrome what did you tell her-byon? Don't tell her unnessecary things!" Ken barked and started to chase after Chrome who had already went on running.

"You know you should visit more often. I can finally live then." Chikusa commented.

"Ha… well… perhaps Haru will visit more often then." Haru said watching as Ken continued to chase after Chrome who was stuttering her apologies to Ken.

"Chrome-chan! Can I visit tomorrow as well?" Haru shouted over to her friend.

"Welcome anytime-byon!" Ken shouted in response in Chrome's stead.

"Well then Haru will definitely come to visit more often." Haru giggled.

"My life has just gotten brighter." Chikusa said with an almost satisfied look about his face.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT! Hopefully I did this justice. I didn't know how to really write one for Ken, so I think it ended up a bit shorter than usual? I dunno. Sorry about that people...

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Next theme: Mother Nature

Winner: Anon user, Angie, for Alaude x Haru