„Oh God, I'm full." Michiru sighed, leaning back in her chair. Haruka covered her mouth with one hand to stifle a burp, but she couldn't hold it inside. "Haruka!" Kaori scolded, causing the blonde to blush. "Sorry, Mom." She quickly apologized, earning a smile from her mother. Shane waved for the waiter, who came hurried over. "The bill, please." Shane spoke, and the man nodded, walked off and soon returned with the bill. Shane paid, and the quartet stood up to leave the restaurant.
"Oh, COME ON!" Shane yelled, hitting the buttons of her controller furiously. "Go Michiru!" Haruka and Kaori chanted while Michiru beat Shane's Tekken character up. Finally, Shane was K.O., much to Harukas and Kaoris amusement. "You beat Dad!" Haruka called out, hugging Michiru from behind. "You're the first one who managed to do that." Michiru giggled at the pouting Shane, who was glaring at the screen. "I'll never play with Panda again." She informed her family before she gave Michiru a stern look. "And you're not allowed to play with Michelle anymore!" Michiru laughed and poked her tongue out at Shane, who grumbled. "Okay, winner stays. Dad, gimme the controller." Haruka ordered. Shane handed her the black controller, sighing, and Haruka chose – as always - Paul Phoenix. Soon, a heated fight took place, and Michiru won – again. Haruka grumbled while she handed the controller to Kaori, who was already praying that Michiru wouldn't turn her fav character Liu into a pile of dust. After a short, merciless fight, Michiru had won again. "Tell me, Michiru, did you play that game before?" Shane demanded to know as soon as her wife was K.O. Michiru shook her head. "No. It's the first time I've ever played it." Shane made a weird "Pff" sound, causing Kaori and Haruka to chuckle. Finally, Kaori rose from her seat. "I'll go and cook dinner." She announced. Michiru immediately jumped up. "Let me help you." Kaori smiled and nodded, and the two of them made their way into the kitchen while Shane and Haruka stayed behind. After a few moments of silence, Shane spoke up. "You really love her, right?" Haruka looked at her Dad surprised. "Yes…yes, I do." She then said. "Did you already tell her?" Shane asked, much to Harukas embarrassment. "No, not really." The blonde replied, ashamed. Shane smiled and patted her back. "Don't worry, Haruka. Do you know that it took me five months until I could tell Kaori that I love her?" "Really?" Harukas eyebrows went up while she looked at the spiky haired surprised. Shane nodded. "Yes. I always feared that she would leave me, that she would think I didn't love her…but she just knew. She told me that she could feel the love I felt for her, and that it wasn't necessary for me to tell her. And I think that Michiru is the same." Haruka smiled at her father. "Well…I do want to tell her. But I think that I'm not ready…not yet." Shane just nodded, understanding, before she asked another question: "Are there more people who attack you? Aside from the guy you kicked in the café, I mean." Haruka shook her head. "No…not yet, that is. I'm afraid that there will be more attacks from all that homophobes out there." Shane sighed and nodded. "Sad, but true. Your mom and I had to go through some tough times until we finally found peace here in Japan." Before Haruka could reply, the door opened and Michiru came bouncing in again. "Hey you two. Shane, your wife kicked me out of the kitchen." Shane chuckled before she asked: "Why?" Michiru shrugged. "She said that I'm a guest and that I'm not allowed to work." "That's typical for Kaori." Shane informed Michiru. "She would rather die than let a guest do some work." Michiru giggled at that, and she broke into laughter when all of a sudden a scallion came flying and hit Shane in the head. "Ow!" the American yelped, staring at the doorway from where the scallion had been coming. Kaori stood there, giggling and waving around a wooden spoon. "Serves you right, freaky!" the redhead announced. Shane just grumbled before she picked up the scallion and threw it back. Kaori elegantly caught it, much to Shanes dismay, and returned into the kitchen to finish her cooking. "I don't think this is funny." The spiky haired finally spoke, shooting a fake glare at Michiru – who was practically rolling on the floor with laughter. "Oh yes, it is." Haruka answered for her girlfriend, who was now gasping for air. The blonde knelt down next to Michiru and spoke: "Breeeeathe, Michi. Breeeeathe." That caused the aqua haired girl only to laugh even more, and Shane shook her head. "And I though that I'm crazy." The spiky haired commented, earning a little grin from Haruka.
Shane impaled a piece of scallion, eyeing it suspiciously. "Love, I hope you cleaned the scallion after you threw it at me." She finally said. "Of course I did." Kaori replied, frowning. "Do you think that we want to eat scallion with hair gel on it?" Shane just grinned and shrugged. "Who knows? People have weird tastes." Haruka chuckled at that, but she nearly choked on her fish when Michirus hand wandered between her legs. The blonde shot her girlfriend a shocked look, and Michiru gave her a cocky smile which seemed to promise various….things. A lot of various things.