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Who's that girl:chapter 7
"So what are you gonna do now?"Rukawa asked , spinning the basketball on his finger as they walked home.
"Well...I've got a babysitting job in about an hour.So...I guess I won't be hanging around with you for the rest of the time."She said looking at her watch.
"I see.So what time will you be back?"
"Around 6 or 7."
"Right then."
"You wanna come?"
"Where?"
"Babysitting."
"Babysitting? Nah...I'm not good with kids."
"Oh c'mon!I'll be so lonely there.We don't really have to do nothing.The kids will probably be taking a nap during this time.What's more is their parents let us raid the fridge."
"You're really queer on raiding fridges, aren't you? A real raid freak."
"Are you coming or are you coming?"
"Yeah, yeah...I don't have mush of a choice ,do I?"
"No,I don't suppose you do."
"Alright.Here we are.Stop looking so nervous.Their only children."Kaeze said as she pressed on the doorbell.
Rukawa straigthened up his back and tried to smile but found it very difficult when he heard crying coming from inside.'They're not asleep?'That thought rather disturbed him.
A middle aged woman swung the door open.Her plum husband stood behind her.
"Oh Kaeze darling! You've finally arrived! We're having a little trouble with Ryohei.His teeth are coming in so he's quite grumpy.Keita's asleep in her crib which I'm sure you know where and Tsuru is in her room playing with her dolls.And this boy is?"The lady said it in such a hurry you come hardly make out a word she was saying.
"Oh this is my brother, Kaede."Kaeze said.
"He's very nice."She added when the children's mother inspected the boy with utter disgust as he wasn't his tidiest that day.
"Tuck your shirt in boy! An untidy boy is a lazy boy.Didn't your mother ever tell you that?"
Rukawa was going to say 'no' but Kaeze dug her elbow into his side.
"Yes m'am, she did."He said, reluctantly tucking his shirt in.
"You shouldn't be doing that in the presence of a lady."she added.
"Sorry m'am."he mumbled.'Geez..What's wrong with her?'he wondered.
As soon as the couple left, Kaeze said,"Why don't you take the girls? The boy's a hard one.Trust me."
"I thought you said we didn't have to do anything."
"Oh did I? Well...its quite different today.They really do usually sleep through the afternoon you know.But Keita and Tsuru are real angels, you won't have much of a problem with them."she said.
"I hope you're right."
"Here."Kaeze brought him to a room painted baby pink and was full of baby toys and diapers and a crib.Whatever a baby needs.
She pointed to the crib and whispered,"That's Keita.She's alseep now so you'll just have to take care of Tsuru."
"And Tsuru is?"
"Upstairs."
She led him up the stairs and the first door to the right.
Kaeze knocked on the door.
"Come in."came a small, squeaky voice from inside.
Kaeze opened the door and revealed a small browned haired girl sitting on the floor surrounded by all sorts of dolls and stuffed animals.
The little girl looked up at them and smiled.
"Neechan! You've brought a friend,"She said getting up excitedly to greet them.
"This is my brother, Kaede.He'll be looking after you today."Kaeze said, ruffling her hair.
Tsuru frowned and plopped down on the floor.
"She's all yours."Kaeze whispered as she closed the door behind her leaving the 2 of them in the room.
"So uh..what do you wanna do?"he asked, deciding it would be a good idea to sit down beside her since he was more than twice her size.
"Play dolls."Her answer was straight as could be.
"Would you rather do anything else?"he asked.
"No."
"Why not?"
Tsuru just shrugged and continued to dress her dolls up.
Rukawa just watched her for awhile and then he got tired.
Before he knew it, he had fallen asleep against the wall.
When he woke up he found Tsuru's head resting on his thigh and she was asleep.
He was going to get up and go downstairs but found it very difficult to do so without having to wake her up.So he just stayed where he was.
He looked down at her and brushed her hair away from her cheeks.Her cheeks were just as pale as his were.She had obviously been in the house all the time.
He felt like he was having a cramp in his leg for sitting down so long.
'Would she wake up if I carried her?"he wondered picking her up.
She didn't wake up so he cradled her down the stairs.
Kaeze was in the living room, sitting on the coach with Ryohei sleeping next to her.She was stroking his light brown hair, humming to herself.
Rukawa could see that she was really upset over something because each time she smiled at the child a frown would then appear.
After a while, he saw what she saw. Ryohei had the same brown hair and the same eyes as Fujima.He looked exactly like him just smaller and chubbier.
"You miss him alot ,don't you?"he whispered.
Kaeze looked up at his with confusion on her face.
Then she realized who he was talking about and nodded.
"I've never ever told him that I love him but I do.Really."
"So why don't you tell him?"
"Then it'll be all over."
"Why?"
"What if he doesn't love me?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Kenji...he was seeing another girl before he was with me.And he was still seeing her when we were together.Then he broke up with her so he could be with me."
"Isn't that good?"
"No...I told him we had to take a break for a while until we were settled and he got over her.But when he saw me with you that day, I had a feeling he wanted it that way.He wanted the break up."
"You know that's not true.You saw how hurt he looked when he saw us."
"I don't know anymore."
End of chapter 7
Who's that girl:chapter 7
"So what are you gonna do now?"Rukawa asked , spinning the basketball on his finger as they walked home.
"Well...I've got a babysitting job in about an hour.So...I guess I won't be hanging around with you for the rest of the time."She said looking at her watch.
"I see.So what time will you be back?"
"Around 6 or 7."
"Right then."
"You wanna come?"
"Where?"
"Babysitting."
"Babysitting? Nah...I'm not good with kids."
"Oh c'mon!I'll be so lonely there.We don't really have to do nothing.The kids will probably be taking a nap during this time.What's more is their parents let us raid the fridge."
"You're really queer on raiding fridges, aren't you? A real raid freak."
"Are you coming or are you coming?"
"Yeah, yeah...I don't have mush of a choice ,do I?"
"No,I don't suppose you do."
"Alright.Here we are.Stop looking so nervous.Their only children."Kaeze said as she pressed on the doorbell.
Rukawa straigthened up his back and tried to smile but found it very difficult when he heard crying coming from inside.'They're not asleep?'That thought rather disturbed him.
A middle aged woman swung the door open.Her plum husband stood behind her.
"Oh Kaeze darling! You've finally arrived! We're having a little trouble with Ryohei.His teeth are coming in so he's quite grumpy.Keita's asleep in her crib which I'm sure you know where and Tsuru is in her room playing with her dolls.And this boy is?"The lady said it in such a hurry you come hardly make out a word she was saying.
"Oh this is my brother, Kaede."Kaeze said.
"He's very nice."She added when the children's mother inspected the boy with utter disgust as he wasn't his tidiest that day.
"Tuck your shirt in boy! An untidy boy is a lazy boy.Didn't your mother ever tell you that?"
Rukawa was going to say 'no' but Kaeze dug her elbow into his side.
"Yes m'am, she did."He said, reluctantly tucking his shirt in.
"You shouldn't be doing that in the presence of a lady."she added.
"Sorry m'am."he mumbled.'Geez..What's wrong with her?'he wondered.
As soon as the couple left, Kaeze said,"Why don't you take the girls? The boy's a hard one.Trust me."
"I thought you said we didn't have to do anything."
"Oh did I? Well...its quite different today.They really do usually sleep through the afternoon you know.But Keita and Tsuru are real angels, you won't have much of a problem with them."she said.
"I hope you're right."
"Here."Kaeze brought him to a room painted baby pink and was full of baby toys and diapers and a crib.Whatever a baby needs.
She pointed to the crib and whispered,"That's Keita.She's alseep now so you'll just have to take care of Tsuru."
"And Tsuru is?"
"Upstairs."
She led him up the stairs and the first door to the right.
Kaeze knocked on the door.
"Come in."came a small, squeaky voice from inside.
Kaeze opened the door and revealed a small browned haired girl sitting on the floor surrounded by all sorts of dolls and stuffed animals.
The little girl looked up at them and smiled.
"Neechan! You've brought a friend,"She said getting up excitedly to greet them.
"This is my brother, Kaede.He'll be looking after you today."Kaeze said, ruffling her hair.
Tsuru frowned and plopped down on the floor.
"She's all yours."Kaeze whispered as she closed the door behind her leaving the 2 of them in the room.
"So uh..what do you wanna do?"he asked, deciding it would be a good idea to sit down beside her since he was more than twice her size.
"Play dolls."Her answer was straight as could be.
"Would you rather do anything else?"he asked.
"No."
"Why not?"
Tsuru just shrugged and continued to dress her dolls up.
Rukawa just watched her for awhile and then he got tired.
Before he knew it, he had fallen asleep against the wall.
When he woke up he found Tsuru's head resting on his thigh and she was asleep.
He was going to get up and go downstairs but found it very difficult to do so without having to wake her up.So he just stayed where he was.
He looked down at her and brushed her hair away from her cheeks.Her cheeks were just as pale as his were.She had obviously been in the house all the time.
He felt like he was having a cramp in his leg for sitting down so long.
'Would she wake up if I carried her?"he wondered picking her up.
She didn't wake up so he cradled her down the stairs.
Kaeze was in the living room, sitting on the coach with Ryohei sleeping next to her.She was stroking his light brown hair, humming to herself.
Rukawa could see that she was really upset over something because each time she smiled at the child a frown would then appear.
After a while, he saw what she saw. Ryohei had the same brown hair and the same eyes as Fujima.He looked exactly like him just smaller and chubbier.
"You miss him alot ,don't you?"he whispered.
Kaeze looked up at his with confusion on her face.
Then she realized who he was talking about and nodded.
"I've never ever told him that I love him but I do.Really."
"So why don't you tell him?"
"Then it'll be all over."
"Why?"
"What if he doesn't love me?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Kenji...he was seeing another girl before he was with me.And he was still seeing her when we were together.Then he broke up with her so he could be with me."
"Isn't that good?"
"No...I told him we had to take a break for a while until we were settled and he got over her.But when he saw me with you that day, I had a feeling he wanted it that way.He wanted the break up."
"You know that's not true.You saw how hurt he looked when he saw us."
"I don't know anymore."
End of chapter 7