Sakura02: Haha, oh Matt…

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Sorry that it's kind of short...

"I'm not eating ramen again." Hiroko grouched, glaring viciously at the innocent looking pack of noodles.

Matt looked back in the almost bare pantry. "We've got macaroni and cheese…"

Naoko opened up the fridge. There wasn't much in there except for a jug of water and some lunchmeat. She looked over at Mello who was busy on his laptop. "Mello-san, we need groceries."

"We don't have time for that." Mello clipped out, his gaze never wavering the screen. "You'll just have to make do."

Naoko chewed on her lip for a moment, debating whether or not what she was about to suggest would earn her a shock. "Hiroko and I could go…" She flinched away when Mello looked up sharply. When she didn't feel a sharp jolt of electricity through her body, she dared to look up and continue. "We can disguise ourselves. We wouldn't try and run away."

"I am getting pretty sick of ramen." Matt piped up, earning a sharp glare from Mello.

Mello looked at the three pouting and pleading faces staring him down. He sighed irritably and closed his laptop. "Fine, but there are rules…"

xXx

Hiroko looked nervously down at the sidewalk. She was awfully close to the edge due to how crowded the sidewalk was. She rubbed nervously at the bracelet on her wrist, hoping she wouldn't receive a nasty shock. She had to resist the urge to scratch at the long blonde wig she was wearing. "I hate wigs."

Naoko smiled good naturedly at her sister. She was wearing a short red wig. "I seriously doubt they'll shock you if you just step off the sidewalk."

"I'm not taking any chances. He said he'd shock us if we strayed from the route, and I'm not going to be the guinea pig to see how far is too far." Hiroko grouched, barely managing to keep her balance when she was roughly shoved into. "Mello has some of the dumbest rules I've ever heard! Does he really think we're going to run off?"

"Well, yeah…they did kidnap us." Naoko reminded. "This would be the most opportune time for us to try and make a break for it."

Hiroko muttered angrily under her breath, but didn't say anything else. The two eventually made it to the grocery store without either of them stepping off the sidewalk. Hiroko leaned against the shopping cart and whined. "How long is this going to take? I'm hungry."

"We just got here." Naoko said, rolling her eyes at her sister. She pulled out the grocery list she'd made since all Mello wanted was more chocolate, and Matt just wanted food. "This shouldn't take too long. Come on. You can even get a candy bar."

"Mello better not try and eat my candy bar…" Hiroko sulked. She followed after her sister through the entire grocery store, obediently getting down whatever Naoko told her to. She frowned when they came to the chip aisle. "I can't reach them…"

Naoko began looking around for an employee, when the bag of chips were suddenly being held up to her. She took the bag and smiled gratefully at the man that had gotten them down. "Thank you, sir."

The man nodded. He had shoulder length black hair and wore glasses. He wore a black business suit. "Where are your parents?"

Hiroko huffed indignantly. "We're not kids! We're thirteen years old!"

The man nodded again. He frowned thoughtfully after a beat. "Shouldn't you two be in school?"

"We just moved here from America, so we haven't enrolled yet." Naoko said quickly, hoping the man would believe them. She gave him her most charming smile she could muster up. "Thanks again for the help…"

"Ah, I'm Mikami Teru." The man said, inclining his head to the two girls.

"I'm Togashi Nadeshiko, and this my sister, Togashi Hotaru." Hiroko said, both girls bowing politely to Mikami. "Come on, Hotaru. Mom is probably wondering why we're taking so long."

"Right." Naoko bowed again to Mikami. "Thanks again, Mikami-san!" The two girls made their way to the checkout as quickly as possible. While Hiroko was busy picking out which candy bar she wanted, Naoko happened to look up from putting the groceries on the conveyor belt. She blinked and poked Hiroko in the side. "Hiroko, isn't that one of the guys that works for Near-san?"

Hiroko looked up. She noticed the black haired man staring down the aisle they had just come from. "I think so…we should probably get out of here."

The two quickly paid with the cash Mello had given them and bolted out of the grocery store as fast as they possibly could. They ran up the apartment stairs with the groceries, and banged on the door until Matt finally answered.

Matt raised an eyebrow at the twins' eschewed wigs. "What's up? Did something happen?"

"We saw one of the guys that works for Near!" Hiroko said, dumping the groceries onto the counter.

Mello closed his laptop and frowned. "Are you sure?"

Naoko nodded, already starting to carefully put the groceries away. "Yes. It was the dark haired guy. It looked like he was watching someone…"

Mello irritably bit into a piece of chocolate. "Did he see the two of you?"

"I don't know." Naoko answered honestly. "We had our wigs on the whole time, so if he did, he probably didn't recognize us." She looked at all the groceries, trying to decide what to make for dinner. "I'm going to make spaghetti. Oh, here, Mello-san." She tossed him a chocolate bar. "This is your favorite kind, right?"

Mello nodded and muttered a quick thanks. Who was Near's crony following around. He bit into the chocolate bar Naoko had just tossed him. "What a pain…"

"Goggles, play Mario Kart with me!" Hiroko ordered, already setting the game up.

Matt plopped down next to Hiroko. "Of course, your majesty."

"And no cheating this time!" Hiroko hissed.

"I never cheat."

"You electrocuted me when I was about to win last time!" Hiroko whined as the game started up.

Naoko rolled her eyes and started preparing dinner. She glanced over at Mello who was completely absorbed in whatever was on his computer. She looked outside and was surprised to see it had started snowing. "Oh yeah…it's almost Christmas…"

Mello glanced up from his laptop. "What?"

Naoko quickly smiled and focused on cooking. "Nothing. Nothing at all."