Chapter 16
"So, what is it again? Um…lets see. A bit of this. And that. Arrgh! Why can't we just dump them all in and mix them?" cried the frustrated Samantha, who happened to be sporting a very messy bun with loose tendrils framing her flushed face. Trishna noticed for the first time that there was a smudge of flour on her snub nose.
"Because if we did that, then the batter would not be able to come out nicely. After all, you wouldn't want to have another recurrence of that chocolate cake do you?" Trishna was mentally thanking her stars that she remembered just in time to remind Michelle and Shantona to get two extra boxes of laxatives during their expedition to buy five extreme mochas and two vanilla lattes.
"Oh not again! Keep it down will you? Some people have some studying to do!" Preet's face was clouded with annoyance while the amused Sunny looked on.
The madcap foursome were sitting in the kitchen; Preet and Sunny were getting ready for their study group which consisted of both of them and Ayako, who was about to arrive anytime soon after basketball practice. Meanwhile, Trishna and Samantha dominated the kitchen because Trishna wanted to cook up a special dinner for all of them, while Samantha just had another one of her weird cravings to bake. When Trishna heard about it, she made a silent vow to keep a very sharp eye on Samantha just in case she doesn't land every person who was unfortunate enough to sample, let alone finish her cooking, into the hospital. After all, surely no one was that bad in their past lives to go through such a punishment.
"Hmm…so…just to let you guys know, the most scrumptious dessert that I am going to prepare for your benefit tonight is…" Samantha pause dramatically, completely oblivious to the looks of pain Preet was giving to Sunny, "Blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies and…. cheesecake!!!"
"Uh-huh…I think you have told us that like five times since the last half hour." Sunny lifted one of her eyebrows at Samantha.
"Oh…yeah," said a chibified version of Samantha rubbing her head. Sunny sweatdrops.
There was no talking after that. Sunny resumed her discussion with Preet over the intricacies of Calculus problems, while Trishna and Samantha resumed their culinary exploits. Occasionally there was a sudden explosion that soon followed by a cloud of smoke from the oven, and loud "Oh my god! My muffins! Wait…I think they can still be salvaged…" while Trishna busied herself by alternating between attending to her aromatic chicken curry and lasagna, and helping to extinguish the rapid flames that shot out from the oven. To her relief, the damage to the oven was minimal and could still be used, but judging from the determined expression on Samantha's face to continue her baking, Trishna wondered if it was better for the oven to be damaged instead and pay for the cost of repair, and escape Samantha's baking 'treats'.
*ding dong!*
The loud doorbell echoed shrilly in the house. Instantly Samantha dashed out of the kitchen and raced to the door, thinking that Michelle and Shantona had returned with her extreme mocha. Samantha had been mocha- deficient for a week, and was left feeling edgy and restless.
When she opened the door and saw it was not Michelle and Shantona, she closed it instantly.
"Who's it?" cried a high pitched voice laced with a thick Indian accent.
"Not Michelle and Shantona," said the dejected Sam.
"Have you let whoever is standing outside in?" asked Trishna curiously, while wiping her hands with a dishcloth.
"OH MY GOD!!" exclaimed Samantha and raced to the door, not heeding Trishna's cries of shock, "YOU DIDN'T LET THE PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE THE DOOR IN? YOU BAKA!"
"I am so sorry. I didn't notice it was you," apologized Samantha to a somewhat amused Ayako, who by now understood Sam's weird character and her unpredictable ways. "Sam's is just suffering from mocha-deficiency. Do come in. Preet and Sunny are waiting for you in the kitchen," explained the ever- prepared Trishna.
"Hey…" a foot was jammed in between the door as Samantha was prepared to close it. "Wait…I wanna go in too," pleaded Miyagi, as he walked into the house after Sam pulled the door backwards.
"Oh…didn't see you either Miyagi. And Akagi. Hanamichi. Mitsui. Rukawa, wow! Its nice seeing you here! And you too Kogure! Sunny is in the kitchen by the way," added Samantha with a wink, "And…" she continued but stopped in surprise, "Sendoh! How do you know where we live?"
"Well, I was just hanging around when I heard Ayako telling Miyagi that she is going to your place for a study group. And since Trishna said before that I am always welcome to visit all of you," to this he gave a conspiratory wink to Trishna, who answered with another wink, "I thought I'll just drop by. By the way, you have flour on your nose." He brushed his forefinger at Sam's nose.
"Well, you see, I was baking a cake, muffins and chocolate chip cookies. Want to try some?" Sam offered while leading Sendoh into the small kitchen, which was packed to the max with basketball players and the residents of the house.
*bing!*
"Yay! My muffins are done! Say hello to Samantha's homemade blueberry muffins! I concocted the recipe myself you know! Just like the chocolate cake I made before!" said the excited Samantha who bent over to take out a tray of muffins from the oven. A look of distaste and well-concealed disgust started to spread over the faces of the occupants in the kitchen as they looked at Samantha's 'muffins'.
To their surprise, they looked normal. Like blueberry muffins. Very yummy ones too. They seemed quite delectable, having blueberry jam oozing slightly from a hole at the top and appearing as light as air. Trishna grinned, thinking that for once Samantha has managed to get a hang of the baking business.
As time went one, everyone was amazed that Samantha didn't screw up her baking skills. The cheesecake came out looking creamy and absolutely mouthwatering while her cookies were temptingly appealing to the palate.
While Samantha left her astounding creations to cool at the windowsill, she joined Sunny and Preet in their animated discussion with Ayako and Miyagi. Miyagi, however, did not do much talking but was watching Ayako more intently now, taking note of her flushed face and loose curls that escaped to her face, obviously thinking that she's the most wondrous creature he had ever seen. Samantha stared at Trishna, who knew instantly what she was thinking and both silently agreed to pair them up one day; one way or the other Miyagi will eventually get his Ayako.
Meanwhile, Hanamichi was sitting in the living room, loudly laughing his head off when he beat Akagi for the tenth time in a row in Playstation. Samantha interestedly noticed that Rukawa wasn't asleep, as he sat on the sofa facing the television screen, but was looking at Hanamichi. Sam sensed attraction, and wondered whether it was possible for Rukawa to be gay judging from how he observed Hanamichi's deliriously delighted figure. But she was unable to continue staring as Rukawa got up from his position and moved over to sit at Akagi's newly vacated postion, who had left because he couldn't stand the loudmouth redhead any longer, and challenged Hanamichi to a game. Sam smiled when she turned her head, hearing Hanamichi's loud "How dare you call me d'aho, you kitsune! I will thrash you here, just wait and see…afterall, I am the great TENSAI! HAHAHA…Nani? What did you call me again?" as she focused her attention at Trishna's movements among the steaming pots and pans.
"Someone's quiet today," Samantha turned to look at Sendoh. "Don't tell me that she is suddenly shy around me, not after what happened yesterday," said Sendoh with a smirk as he patted his head gently.
"Don't be silly. Me? Scared of you? If you want, I could give you a rerun of yesterday," she replied with a mischievous glint in her eyes. She chuckled when she heard Sendoh's mock horror of "No, no! Spare me!"
"So, why are you so quiet?" Samantha bristled a bit when she heard the sudden concern in his voice. //Why is he being nice to me? This feels strange…// She forced herself to relax and replied, "It's nothing. I haven't had my mocha in ages and now, I seriously need one." She rested her head on the table and gave Sendoh a smile, which she hoped was enough to pass off as a tired smile, hoping he would just ignore her and leave her alone. At the moment, her head started to ache a bit, and she felt the sudden urge to be alone. //Oh no! It's back…think of happy thoughts, think of sunshine, little happy Teletubbies being squashed under your feet…// but before she could continue with her thoughts, Hanamichi stormed into the room. It was quite evident that Rukawa had managed to defeat Hanamichi in the video game they were playing. // Rather severely, I must add…// thought Samantha as she saw a smug Akagi walking into the kitchen after Hanamichi. Rukawa on the other hand, was being…Rukawa. Silent but…// What was that in his eyes? Damn it's gone…must find out later// promised Samantha silently.
Suddenly, a bird landed on the windowsill and Sam instantly jumped to her feet, nearly knocking Sendoh down as she tried to save her cheesecake, on which the bird was perched. Judging by the way the bird was standing on the cake indicated that Sam's efforts had been a waste because there is no way anyone was going eat the cake, once the bird flew away.
The bird wasn't the only creature that was going to do any flying. Samantha flew (A/N: Ignore the pun. Sounds corny) into a violent rage, and grabbed a nearby knife, brandishing it wildly in front of the bird. Everyone backed away from Samantha, as she yelled out curses at the bird. "You friggin bag of feathers! Wait until I get my hands on you and turn you into a bird pie!!!" and with that, she lunged towards the bird.
The bird, being the quicker of the two, frantically flapped its wings and flew away, leaving Samantha flying with the knife in her hands, aimed towards the cake. Everything happened in slow motion. Trishna threw her dishcloth in the air, which subsequently landed on Mitsui's startled face, as she tried to save Sam. Sendoh, tried to pick himself up from the ground but was knocked down again as Mitsui accidently tripped over him, his brain was trying to register the alien presence of the dishcloth on his face. Preet and Sunny watched in fascinated horror, alongside Hanamichi whose grin was growing wider in excitement. Kogure's mild expression grew to that of shock. Miyagi instantly dived onto Ayako, fearing for her safety in case she might be stabbed by Sam, while Akagi slapped his hand to his forehead, giving up all hopes that these girls, especially Sam, would ever be sane. Rukawa, was just leaning against the kitchen wall. Asleep.
As Sam's knife plunged into her cake, a strange thing happened. The cake deflated. With a loud hissing noise, the cake sunk into a pathetic object, the remains of what had been the most delectable cheesecake that Samantha had ever saw. Being devoid of air, Trishna could safely pass the cake as a perfect golden version of a pancake.
Sam staring in utter horror at her cake, just dropped to her feet and started wailing in frustration. //All my work and efforts…gone!// thought a chibified Samantha beating her fists on to the hard kitchen floor tiles. Trishna rushed to pick Samantha up, and tried to cheer her but Samantha was too caught up with her wailings to even notice.
Hanamichi, being the darling he was, tried to cheer his upset friend. Looking at the plate of blueberry muffins, he instantly got struck by another one of his marvelous Tensai ideas.
"Look at me Sam," he cried, causing Sam to stop crying and turn her head at his direction. Trishna turned too, and a very large sweatdrop appeared.
Hanamichi's great idea was to pick up three of Sam's muffins and juggle them, while sticking chocolate chips up his nostrils. On a normal day, Sam would have found this hilarious and would allow Hanamichi to carry on with what he was doing. But now, she was tired and upset, and watching Hanamichi's simple gesture of cheering her up was the last straw.
"So you think my cooking is funny, do you?" her voice was suddenly low, and very soft. Everyone looked at the new Sam, who was moving very slowly towards Hanamichi. Suddenly, they felt afraid, as they have never seen her in this mode before. "I would like to see what you think of this!" and with that she picked up one of muffins sitting on her windowsill and hurled it at Hanamichi.
Thankfully, her aim was poor, as her cake was not the only food baked by Samantha to have gone wrong. As she threw her muffin at Hanmichi, it hit the wall, just a few inches away from a sleeping Rukawa, and a hard heavy noise emitted from it. The muffin then dropped on to the floor with a loud klunk!
Hanamichi looked at Sam, chocolate chips flying out of his nostrils as he gasped, and whispered, "Oh my god…killer muffins."
And that disintegrated Sam's last vestiges of control.
"Ow! Ow!" cried a writhing Hanamichi as he tried to avoid the sudden onslaught of rock hard muffins on his head and back, which was thrown viciously by an insulted Samantha. He ran into the living room and was running round and round it, being pursued angrily by Samantha, who yelled at him to stop running and let him be beaten by her.
"I think you should try to stop her," whispered Sendoh to Trishna.
"Why don't you? I have my curry to attend to…" Trishna returned to her original position in front of the stove. //No way am I going to be the smart one to stop her. I am just going to let her cool down for a while, and then check up on Hanamichi. Dear god, I really hope he will survive after this.//
With a sigh, Sendoh went into the living room and waited until Sam had finished her supply of muffins to be thrown at Hanamichi. Once, the supply had finished, he walked carefully to her and flung his arms around her body, trapping her so she won't hit him or do anything nasty to him. Sensing his chance to escape, Hanamichi fled to the safe confines of the kitchen while Sendoh grappled with the doorknob, trying to open the front door and lifting Samantha outside of the house with him.
"Let go of me! I am not done with Hanamichi! Let go or else I'll kick you so hard that you'll regret doing this to me…" cried Samantha, as she tried to struggle out of Sendoh's vice-like arms.
"I will but only after I have taken you somewhere Sam-proof and faraway from the kitchen," explained the calm Sendoh as he carried the wriggling Samantha in his arms down the road, away from the house.
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"So, what is it again? Um…lets see. A bit of this. And that. Arrgh! Why can't we just dump them all in and mix them?" cried the frustrated Samantha, who happened to be sporting a very messy bun with loose tendrils framing her flushed face. Trishna noticed for the first time that there was a smudge of flour on her snub nose.
"Because if we did that, then the batter would not be able to come out nicely. After all, you wouldn't want to have another recurrence of that chocolate cake do you?" Trishna was mentally thanking her stars that she remembered just in time to remind Michelle and Shantona to get two extra boxes of laxatives during their expedition to buy five extreme mochas and two vanilla lattes.
"Oh not again! Keep it down will you? Some people have some studying to do!" Preet's face was clouded with annoyance while the amused Sunny looked on.
The madcap foursome were sitting in the kitchen; Preet and Sunny were getting ready for their study group which consisted of both of them and Ayako, who was about to arrive anytime soon after basketball practice. Meanwhile, Trishna and Samantha dominated the kitchen because Trishna wanted to cook up a special dinner for all of them, while Samantha just had another one of her weird cravings to bake. When Trishna heard about it, she made a silent vow to keep a very sharp eye on Samantha just in case she doesn't land every person who was unfortunate enough to sample, let alone finish her cooking, into the hospital. After all, surely no one was that bad in their past lives to go through such a punishment.
"Hmm…so…just to let you guys know, the most scrumptious dessert that I am going to prepare for your benefit tonight is…" Samantha pause dramatically, completely oblivious to the looks of pain Preet was giving to Sunny, "Blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies and…. cheesecake!!!"
"Uh-huh…I think you have told us that like five times since the last half hour." Sunny lifted one of her eyebrows at Samantha.
"Oh…yeah," said a chibified version of Samantha rubbing her head. Sunny sweatdrops.
There was no talking after that. Sunny resumed her discussion with Preet over the intricacies of Calculus problems, while Trishna and Samantha resumed their culinary exploits. Occasionally there was a sudden explosion that soon followed by a cloud of smoke from the oven, and loud "Oh my god! My muffins! Wait…I think they can still be salvaged…" while Trishna busied herself by alternating between attending to her aromatic chicken curry and lasagna, and helping to extinguish the rapid flames that shot out from the oven. To her relief, the damage to the oven was minimal and could still be used, but judging from the determined expression on Samantha's face to continue her baking, Trishna wondered if it was better for the oven to be damaged instead and pay for the cost of repair, and escape Samantha's baking 'treats'.
*ding dong!*
The loud doorbell echoed shrilly in the house. Instantly Samantha dashed out of the kitchen and raced to the door, thinking that Michelle and Shantona had returned with her extreme mocha. Samantha had been mocha- deficient for a week, and was left feeling edgy and restless.
When she opened the door and saw it was not Michelle and Shantona, she closed it instantly.
"Who's it?" cried a high pitched voice laced with a thick Indian accent.
"Not Michelle and Shantona," said the dejected Sam.
"Have you let whoever is standing outside in?" asked Trishna curiously, while wiping her hands with a dishcloth.
"OH MY GOD!!" exclaimed Samantha and raced to the door, not heeding Trishna's cries of shock, "YOU DIDN'T LET THE PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE THE DOOR IN? YOU BAKA!"
"I am so sorry. I didn't notice it was you," apologized Samantha to a somewhat amused Ayako, who by now understood Sam's weird character and her unpredictable ways. "Sam's is just suffering from mocha-deficiency. Do come in. Preet and Sunny are waiting for you in the kitchen," explained the ever- prepared Trishna.
"Hey…" a foot was jammed in between the door as Samantha was prepared to close it. "Wait…I wanna go in too," pleaded Miyagi, as he walked into the house after Sam pulled the door backwards.
"Oh…didn't see you either Miyagi. And Akagi. Hanamichi. Mitsui. Rukawa, wow! Its nice seeing you here! And you too Kogure! Sunny is in the kitchen by the way," added Samantha with a wink, "And…" she continued but stopped in surprise, "Sendoh! How do you know where we live?"
"Well, I was just hanging around when I heard Ayako telling Miyagi that she is going to your place for a study group. And since Trishna said before that I am always welcome to visit all of you," to this he gave a conspiratory wink to Trishna, who answered with another wink, "I thought I'll just drop by. By the way, you have flour on your nose." He brushed his forefinger at Sam's nose.
"Well, you see, I was baking a cake, muffins and chocolate chip cookies. Want to try some?" Sam offered while leading Sendoh into the small kitchen, which was packed to the max with basketball players and the residents of the house.
*bing!*
"Yay! My muffins are done! Say hello to Samantha's homemade blueberry muffins! I concocted the recipe myself you know! Just like the chocolate cake I made before!" said the excited Samantha who bent over to take out a tray of muffins from the oven. A look of distaste and well-concealed disgust started to spread over the faces of the occupants in the kitchen as they looked at Samantha's 'muffins'.
To their surprise, they looked normal. Like blueberry muffins. Very yummy ones too. They seemed quite delectable, having blueberry jam oozing slightly from a hole at the top and appearing as light as air. Trishna grinned, thinking that for once Samantha has managed to get a hang of the baking business.
As time went one, everyone was amazed that Samantha didn't screw up her baking skills. The cheesecake came out looking creamy and absolutely mouthwatering while her cookies were temptingly appealing to the palate.
While Samantha left her astounding creations to cool at the windowsill, she joined Sunny and Preet in their animated discussion with Ayako and Miyagi. Miyagi, however, did not do much talking but was watching Ayako more intently now, taking note of her flushed face and loose curls that escaped to her face, obviously thinking that she's the most wondrous creature he had ever seen. Samantha stared at Trishna, who knew instantly what she was thinking and both silently agreed to pair them up one day; one way or the other Miyagi will eventually get his Ayako.
Meanwhile, Hanamichi was sitting in the living room, loudly laughing his head off when he beat Akagi for the tenth time in a row in Playstation. Samantha interestedly noticed that Rukawa wasn't asleep, as he sat on the sofa facing the television screen, but was looking at Hanamichi. Sam sensed attraction, and wondered whether it was possible for Rukawa to be gay judging from how he observed Hanamichi's deliriously delighted figure. But she was unable to continue staring as Rukawa got up from his position and moved over to sit at Akagi's newly vacated postion, who had left because he couldn't stand the loudmouth redhead any longer, and challenged Hanamichi to a game. Sam smiled when she turned her head, hearing Hanamichi's loud "How dare you call me d'aho, you kitsune! I will thrash you here, just wait and see…afterall, I am the great TENSAI! HAHAHA…Nani? What did you call me again?" as she focused her attention at Trishna's movements among the steaming pots and pans.
"Someone's quiet today," Samantha turned to look at Sendoh. "Don't tell me that she is suddenly shy around me, not after what happened yesterday," said Sendoh with a smirk as he patted his head gently.
"Don't be silly. Me? Scared of you? If you want, I could give you a rerun of yesterday," she replied with a mischievous glint in her eyes. She chuckled when she heard Sendoh's mock horror of "No, no! Spare me!"
"So, why are you so quiet?" Samantha bristled a bit when she heard the sudden concern in his voice. //Why is he being nice to me? This feels strange…// She forced herself to relax and replied, "It's nothing. I haven't had my mocha in ages and now, I seriously need one." She rested her head on the table and gave Sendoh a smile, which she hoped was enough to pass off as a tired smile, hoping he would just ignore her and leave her alone. At the moment, her head started to ache a bit, and she felt the sudden urge to be alone. //Oh no! It's back…think of happy thoughts, think of sunshine, little happy Teletubbies being squashed under your feet…// but before she could continue with her thoughts, Hanamichi stormed into the room. It was quite evident that Rukawa had managed to defeat Hanamichi in the video game they were playing. // Rather severely, I must add…// thought Samantha as she saw a smug Akagi walking into the kitchen after Hanamichi. Rukawa on the other hand, was being…Rukawa. Silent but…// What was that in his eyes? Damn it's gone…must find out later// promised Samantha silently.
Suddenly, a bird landed on the windowsill and Sam instantly jumped to her feet, nearly knocking Sendoh down as she tried to save her cheesecake, on which the bird was perched. Judging by the way the bird was standing on the cake indicated that Sam's efforts had been a waste because there is no way anyone was going eat the cake, once the bird flew away.
The bird wasn't the only creature that was going to do any flying. Samantha flew (A/N: Ignore the pun. Sounds corny) into a violent rage, and grabbed a nearby knife, brandishing it wildly in front of the bird. Everyone backed away from Samantha, as she yelled out curses at the bird. "You friggin bag of feathers! Wait until I get my hands on you and turn you into a bird pie!!!" and with that, she lunged towards the bird.
The bird, being the quicker of the two, frantically flapped its wings and flew away, leaving Samantha flying with the knife in her hands, aimed towards the cake. Everything happened in slow motion. Trishna threw her dishcloth in the air, which subsequently landed on Mitsui's startled face, as she tried to save Sam. Sendoh, tried to pick himself up from the ground but was knocked down again as Mitsui accidently tripped over him, his brain was trying to register the alien presence of the dishcloth on his face. Preet and Sunny watched in fascinated horror, alongside Hanamichi whose grin was growing wider in excitement. Kogure's mild expression grew to that of shock. Miyagi instantly dived onto Ayako, fearing for her safety in case she might be stabbed by Sam, while Akagi slapped his hand to his forehead, giving up all hopes that these girls, especially Sam, would ever be sane. Rukawa, was just leaning against the kitchen wall. Asleep.
As Sam's knife plunged into her cake, a strange thing happened. The cake deflated. With a loud hissing noise, the cake sunk into a pathetic object, the remains of what had been the most delectable cheesecake that Samantha had ever saw. Being devoid of air, Trishna could safely pass the cake as a perfect golden version of a pancake.
Sam staring in utter horror at her cake, just dropped to her feet and started wailing in frustration. //All my work and efforts…gone!// thought a chibified Samantha beating her fists on to the hard kitchen floor tiles. Trishna rushed to pick Samantha up, and tried to cheer her but Samantha was too caught up with her wailings to even notice.
Hanamichi, being the darling he was, tried to cheer his upset friend. Looking at the plate of blueberry muffins, he instantly got struck by another one of his marvelous Tensai ideas.
"Look at me Sam," he cried, causing Sam to stop crying and turn her head at his direction. Trishna turned too, and a very large sweatdrop appeared.
Hanamichi's great idea was to pick up three of Sam's muffins and juggle them, while sticking chocolate chips up his nostrils. On a normal day, Sam would have found this hilarious and would allow Hanamichi to carry on with what he was doing. But now, she was tired and upset, and watching Hanamichi's simple gesture of cheering her up was the last straw.
"So you think my cooking is funny, do you?" her voice was suddenly low, and very soft. Everyone looked at the new Sam, who was moving very slowly towards Hanamichi. Suddenly, they felt afraid, as they have never seen her in this mode before. "I would like to see what you think of this!" and with that she picked up one of muffins sitting on her windowsill and hurled it at Hanamichi.
Thankfully, her aim was poor, as her cake was not the only food baked by Samantha to have gone wrong. As she threw her muffin at Hanmichi, it hit the wall, just a few inches away from a sleeping Rukawa, and a hard heavy noise emitted from it. The muffin then dropped on to the floor with a loud klunk!
Hanamichi looked at Sam, chocolate chips flying out of his nostrils as he gasped, and whispered, "Oh my god…killer muffins."
And that disintegrated Sam's last vestiges of control.
"Ow! Ow!" cried a writhing Hanamichi as he tried to avoid the sudden onslaught of rock hard muffins on his head and back, which was thrown viciously by an insulted Samantha. He ran into the living room and was running round and round it, being pursued angrily by Samantha, who yelled at him to stop running and let him be beaten by her.
"I think you should try to stop her," whispered Sendoh to Trishna.
"Why don't you? I have my curry to attend to…" Trishna returned to her original position in front of the stove. //No way am I going to be the smart one to stop her. I am just going to let her cool down for a while, and then check up on Hanamichi. Dear god, I really hope he will survive after this.//
With a sigh, Sendoh went into the living room and waited until Sam had finished her supply of muffins to be thrown at Hanamichi. Once, the supply had finished, he walked carefully to her and flung his arms around her body, trapping her so she won't hit him or do anything nasty to him. Sensing his chance to escape, Hanamichi fled to the safe confines of the kitchen while Sendoh grappled with the doorknob, trying to open the front door and lifting Samantha outside of the house with him.
"Let go of me! I am not done with Hanamichi! Let go or else I'll kick you so hard that you'll regret doing this to me…" cried Samantha, as she tried to struggle out of Sendoh's vice-like arms.
"I will but only after I have taken you somewhere Sam-proof and faraway from the kitchen," explained the calm Sendoh as he carried the wriggling Samantha in his arms down the road, away from the house.
~*~