"Yeah... could you come right now? Great! Thanks," Trowa said. He hung up the phone. "She'll be here in a few minutes."
"That's good," Quatre responded. Trowa chuckled inwardly at his friend's dreamy state. It was obvious to everyone except Catherine and Quatre that they liked each other.
"I'll go wake her up." Trowa left his friend in the living room to walk over to Mari's room. He gently and quietly opened the door and found Mari sleeping. He quietly walked over to her side. He shook a bit and her eyes fluttered open. She panicked and let out a small shriek.
"Mari! It's okay! Remeber me? You're staying with me," Trowa reassured her. Mari calmed her breathing and nodded. "I'm going to take you shopping for new clothes alright?" Mari nodded as the doorbell rang. They heard the door open and Quatre greeting Catherine in a shy way. Trowa could not help but chuckle at the way they were both stuttering and stammering. He lead Mari outside into the living room where they found the two sitting on the couch away from each other and blushing.
Trowa raised his eyebrows and intorduced Mari and Catherine to each other. They instantly became friends. "Shall we go now?" Quatre asked. The others nodded and piled into Quatre's car and drove to the mall. Catherine and Mari linked arms and headed off to the stores.
We find the group two hours later at the Sweet Factory, where Trowa and Quatre were buying candy for the girls. "Thanks," Catherine said shyly.
"Yes, thank you," Mari thanked in a small voice. They walked around a bit more before Catherine stopped the group in front of a electronics store and went in.
"Let's buy this!" she exclaimed. She held up a game that came with mats. Trowa and Quatre read the title.
"Ddr... I think I've heard of it before," Quatre said.
"Mari, you want to buy any games?" Catherine asked. Mari nodded. She walked over and picked up a game.
"Are you sure you want that?" Quatre asked at the strange choice. Mari nodded. Quatre shrugged and bought both games.
They piled once again into the car and drove home, Trowa and Quatre alert to dangers of Mari's father. The ride home was pleasant and without any dangers. They found Duo waiting for them in the living room.
"Did ya guys buy any candy?" he asked eagerly.
"Sure," Catherine said. "But I think I ate all of mines." Duo pouted and Mari giggled, but was barely audible. She shyly held out her bag of candy to him.
"Ah! Thank you!" he cried as he took the bag of candy and gobbled it down. Catherine, Quatre, and Trowa shook their heads at Duo.
"Well, let's leave Duo to his candy and get you dressed," Catherine said to Mari. She nodded and they both left for her room. The two boys, excluding Duo because he was busy eating candy and getting hyper, heard some laughter and stomping coming from Mari's room. They looked at each other and decided to see wat was going on.
They peeked through the door as soon as they reached it. Inside, they found Catherine and Mari stomping on the mats they had recently bought and laughing. The two boys could see the tv screen moving with arrows that lit up in bright colors. The laughing got louder when Catherine fell down. "Okay! That's enough," Catherine said through laughter. "You play your game and I'll shower." Mari nodded and Catherine walked towards the door.
Quatre and Trowa quickly hid in Trowa's room as Catherine headed for the shower. Inside, mari had opened her game and started playing right away. Before they could return to the door, Duo snuck in, but Mari did not seem to notice. He sat next to her and watched the screen. Trowa and Quatre came in too, but still she did not notice them. She was focused on the game.
"What's this game about?" Quatre whispered, not wanting to distract Mari from her game.
"It's about a ninja who was exiled into a dark forest that was full of danger and magic both dark and pure. There was never a single human who has ever survived in there except you, as the ninja. A few years later, a dark force takes over your former home and you have to go back to save it," Duo said in a hushed voice.
"How do you know so much about it?" Trowa asked.
"I wanted to buy this," was the quiet response. And so they sat there, watching as Mari played, unaware of what the future would bring.
Sorry, that was crappy.