„I really can't take the nerve of that woman anymore!" Shane ranted while her fist crashed against the poor, defenseless punching ball, causing it to swing backwards with a lot of force. Shane turned around to look at Haruka and lamented: "Who does she think she is?" "Dad, watch out!" Haruka called out, but it was too late: the punching ball swung back forward and hit Shane in the head. "Ow!" Shane cried out and took one step forward before the punching ball could hit her again. Haruka couldn't help herself, but chuckled at the expression on her father's face. "Don't you laugh at me!" Shane scolded her daughter, luckily with a grin on her face, showing that there were no hard feelings left. Before she turned around and whacked the poor ball once more, almost hard enough to make it burst. "And don't you hit me anymore!"
"I can't believe she did that!" Michiru raged, her calm and cool composure dropped as soon as her mother was gone. "She just comes over here and slaps Haruka!" "Hey, calm down." Kaori replied from where she stood at the oven, making tea. "Your mother is gone now, and she probably won't come back…not after the things Shane said to her." Michiru chuckled when she remembered what Shane had said. "Did your mother throw you in the air three times and only caught you twice?" she repeated, giggling. "My oh my, I nearly cracked up at that line. Where on earth did she get it from?" Kaori grinned at the aqua haired girl. "She learned it form her weird cousin." The redhead then explained. "Oh, I see." Michiru replied, smiling. "I think I have to memorize that line for later use." She then mumbled. Kaori giggled and nodded. "Do that, I'm sure that Shane won't mind." "Nope, Shane won't." came the said woman's voice from the doorway. Both Kaori and Michiru turned to look at Shane and Haruka who now entered the kitchen. "See?" Kaori smiled, looking at Michiru, who smiled back. "We need to discuss something." Shane now said, shooting a glance at Kaori, who nodded. "We'll be right back. You two stay here." The redhead then ordered. Haruka and Michiru nodded in unison, and the two women left the kitchen. "What do you think they want to discuss?" Michiru asked Haruka, a slightly worried tone in her voice. "They won't kick me out, will they?" Haruka shook her head. "No, I don't think so. We just have to wait." Michiru sighed and walked over to Haruka, leaning against her. "I love you." The aqua haired girl whispered. "I never want to leave you again, Haruka…" "I love you, too." Haruka replied, gently stroking her hair. "And I won't let anyone take you away from me."
Half an hour later, the kitchen door opened and Shane walked in, only to find herself looking at Haruka and Michiru kissing passionately. "-_-() *cough cough* Excuse me!" the blonde butted in. Haruka and Michiru jumped apart, both blushing heavily. Kaori entered the room soon after her husband and of course saw that Haruka and her girlfriend were blushing, but decided that it would be safer not to ask. "Haruka, Michiru, there's something really important we have to tell you." Shane announced. Haruka and Michiru exchanged worried looks, causing Kaori to giggle. "Don't worry, it's nothing bad. In fact…Shane and I came up with the idea that Michiru could move in permanently here with us." Michirus jaw fell and hit the floor. Shane immediately gave her a worried look. "If you don't want that…" she started, but got interrupted when Michiru picked her jaw up started to shake her head. "Of course I want that! I was just…surprised." She then spoke. Both Kaori and Shane grinned at her broadly, as well as Haruka. "But…I'm so happy!" Haruka pulled her into a strong hug. "You'll stay here with us!" she cried out, happy. Shane and Kaori grinned even broader when Haruka started a victory dance, very much like Chandler from "Friends ™". Finally, Shane couldn't help herself and started to laugh. "Haruka, stop that!" Kaori commanded while she watched Shane's face turn red. "Your dad will die from laughter if you don't!" Haruka stopped dancing and stared at her dad, whose face was almost purple by now, and could feel a big sweat drop forming on her head. Michiru giggled, then reached over and experimentally touched the drop, causing it to go *PLOPP* and vanish. Haruka gaped at her O_o like, and that caused all the others to crack up.
"I'm so happy I can stay here…with you." Michiru spoke later that day, snuggling up to Haruka on the living room couch. "Yeah, me too." Haruka replied, smiling. The two of them sat in front of the TV, with Kaori on the big comfy chair reading a novel and Shane on the floor, her gaze glued to the TV screen where Xena: Warrior Princess™ was kicking the butts of some bad guys. "Are you watching the show with the warrior chick again, honey?" Kaori asked without bothering to look up from the novel she read. "Hm-hm." Came Shane's short reply. "I like the blonde one, that Gabrielle person." Haruka commented, earning a little poke from Michiru. "No way!" the aqua haired girl protested. "Xena is way hotter!" Shane of course didn't think that, and soon a not-so-serious argument had started between Haruka, Michiru and her. Kaori just sighed and shook her head. "I don't know what's wrong with all of you, but no one of you is right. Because Callisto is the hottest!" "No way!" it came back from the remaining three in unison before all four of them cracked up.