Disclaimer: Do I really need to repeat myself? I mean come on people, if
I really did own Gravi, you would be seeing more episodes by now......
Okay a little disclaimer on pronouncing names.Eiri's nickname is Ei- chan.sounds like the exclaimation 'EH'..Mirei's nickname is Mi- chan..pronounced like the word 'ME'
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The rest of the time in the airport went without incident. None of the three had any real luggage (other than the huge duffel bags that they carried on the plane) so as soon as they cleared customs we were off to the cars.
Tohma had managed to steer Mika away from the group, presumably to preserve Mirei's life. By the time we had reached Yuki's Benz.they were gone. So we piled into Yuki's car, me sitting shot-gun next to Yuki, Yuki's two cousins in the back, Tatsuha, and Mirei (who had conveniently placed herself on Tatsuha's lap).
The car ride home was filled with chatter. Every now and then I would turn to look at Yuki, positive that he would snap any moment, yelling for everyone to be quiet. But every time I did, all I got as a response (if you could call it that) was the standard Yuki Eiri stoic stare. I was sure he caught me once or twice, but if he did he made no notice of it.
Yuki was definitely mad at me. 'I shouldn't have gone'...I thought miserably to myself as tears sprung to my eyes, hanging my head so no one else could see my face.
"Ne, ne Shu-chan! We never introduced ourselves properly," I felt a tap on my shoulder and before I could wipe my tears away, I was staring directly into two golden eyes.
Her beaming face was suddenly darkened by a frown. In one swift movement, she had stuck her head on the other side of Yuki's face, the side next to the door. The car made a sudden swerve to the right, throwing all of us for a loop. Yuki had quickly regained control of the car and as soon as my heart jumped back down out of my throat, I turned to see what had caused his distraction.
Ever so gingerly, I saw Mirei's right hand, more precisely her right pointer finger and her right thumb, grasping Yuki's right ear. As she let go, I could swear I saw nail marks.
Yuki's eyes shifted from the road to me and then back again. "Don't do that!" he hissed keeping his voice low. Mirei responded in English, equally low in volume, and patted Yuki on the head.
She popped her head back between the front seats, once again smiling and continued her introductions. "Hajimemashite.my name is Uesugi Mirei and these are my cousins, Yatsuri Shun and Akiyama Nanami."
With the mentioning of their names, I received a curt nod from Shun and a very enthusiastic giggle from Nanami. I guess that dry humor didn't only run on the Uesugi side of the family.
I thought it better to distract myself with the ongoings of the backseat than sit facing forward. I was positive I would be getting dirty looks for what Mirei did......
As I tried to follow the conversation, most of it being in English, I silently observed Yuki's family. Shun reminded me of Yuki, at least in his mannerisms. He was quiet for the most part, but every now and then he would interject with some snide comment (at least his tone sounded snide....he was speaking in English after all). He had jet-black hair and blackish gray eyes. I think he was as tall as Yuki, he was definitely taller than Tatsuha. The only thing that was "out of place" with his appearance was that he had that same rumpled look as Mirei. Tousled hair, shirt untucked, tie undone and still hanging from his neck, and he was walking on the back of his shoes as well.
'Maybe it was an American thing?'
Nanami was....cute? She had her hair pulled back neatly in two pigtails, shirt neatly tucked, knee socks pulled high, and the biggest grin a person could muster. She was also walking on her shoes, though.
I could tell Tatsuha didn't follow the conversation any more than I was but he looked content with resting his head on Mirei's shoulder as she talked. Even in English, she had a very melodious voice. It sang with emotion.
I guess she noticed I was staring, and probably guessed that it was because I had no idea what she was talking about, because she suddenly shifted back to Japanese.
"We were just talking about some people we knew from school. A few of them joined dance companies and a few received commissions to join orchestras," Mirei supplied.
I merely nodded. I still was unsure of how to act towards her. After dealing with Tohma for so long, I was mildly suspicious of anyone who was so sweet to me right of the bat. Especially when it came to Yuki's family........
"Mi-chan, where are we dropping them off," Yuki spoke for the first time since the ear incident.
"At the restaurant," Shun yawned in response. "Nanami is staying with us for a few days."
I could see Yuki visibly grimace.
Tatsuha chuckled, "I guess you're going to say 'hi' to obassan, aniki."
"Oh goody! I could really go for some grub!" Mirei clapped her hands in glee.
"We are not staying."
"Mo, Ei-chan.... come on we are hungry! Please!" *Blink**Blink*
"No...DON'T YOU DARE!!!" Yuki slammed on the brakes, almost sending Mirei slamming into the back of his chair. Tatsuha had luckily grabbed her before any damage had been done.
"AHO!.Watch what you're doing......."Tatsuha's face was flushed with anger, arms still protectively around Mirei's waist. I couldn't help to giggle as I looked in the rear view mirror only to see Mirei's fingers dangerously close to Yuki's ear, mimicking a pinching motion.
The next thing I heard were the back seat doors opening, and giggles as all four occupants fled the car.
"Damn it, get back here!" Yuki had lunged to grab his sister as she made the mad dash from the car but only succeeded in "gently" rolling into the car in front of us as he accidentally let his foot slip from the brake.
*Thud*
I slowly turned to Yuki and saw him staring ahead, eyes wide. I had never seen such a look of shock on his face before. I watched in horror as the gentleman in the car in front of us, jump out and begin to yell obscenities at Yuki. I was suddenly very afraid.....of Yuki.
I jumped as my car door unexpectantly opened and I was yanked out into the street. "You'd better run." I felt Tatsuha's warm breath in my ear.
With one final glance at Yuki, who had now slammed his door and wearing his best death glare, I didn't need to think twice.
With that, I did my best to keep up with the others as we made our way down the streets of Tokyo.
Sorries its so short but I have an interesting thing starting in the next chapter that will begin to explain Yuki's strange tolerance of his sister's behavior..
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Okay a little disclaimer on pronouncing names.Eiri's nickname is Ei- chan.sounds like the exclaimation 'EH'..Mirei's nickname is Mi- chan..pronounced like the word 'ME'
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The rest of the time in the airport went without incident. None of the three had any real luggage (other than the huge duffel bags that they carried on the plane) so as soon as they cleared customs we were off to the cars.
Tohma had managed to steer Mika away from the group, presumably to preserve Mirei's life. By the time we had reached Yuki's Benz.they were gone. So we piled into Yuki's car, me sitting shot-gun next to Yuki, Yuki's two cousins in the back, Tatsuha, and Mirei (who had conveniently placed herself on Tatsuha's lap).
The car ride home was filled with chatter. Every now and then I would turn to look at Yuki, positive that he would snap any moment, yelling for everyone to be quiet. But every time I did, all I got as a response (if you could call it that) was the standard Yuki Eiri stoic stare. I was sure he caught me once or twice, but if he did he made no notice of it.
Yuki was definitely mad at me. 'I shouldn't have gone'...I thought miserably to myself as tears sprung to my eyes, hanging my head so no one else could see my face.
"Ne, ne Shu-chan! We never introduced ourselves properly," I felt a tap on my shoulder and before I could wipe my tears away, I was staring directly into two golden eyes.
Her beaming face was suddenly darkened by a frown. In one swift movement, she had stuck her head on the other side of Yuki's face, the side next to the door. The car made a sudden swerve to the right, throwing all of us for a loop. Yuki had quickly regained control of the car and as soon as my heart jumped back down out of my throat, I turned to see what had caused his distraction.
Ever so gingerly, I saw Mirei's right hand, more precisely her right pointer finger and her right thumb, grasping Yuki's right ear. As she let go, I could swear I saw nail marks.
Yuki's eyes shifted from the road to me and then back again. "Don't do that!" he hissed keeping his voice low. Mirei responded in English, equally low in volume, and patted Yuki on the head.
She popped her head back between the front seats, once again smiling and continued her introductions. "Hajimemashite.my name is Uesugi Mirei and these are my cousins, Yatsuri Shun and Akiyama Nanami."
With the mentioning of their names, I received a curt nod from Shun and a very enthusiastic giggle from Nanami. I guess that dry humor didn't only run on the Uesugi side of the family.
I thought it better to distract myself with the ongoings of the backseat than sit facing forward. I was positive I would be getting dirty looks for what Mirei did......
As I tried to follow the conversation, most of it being in English, I silently observed Yuki's family. Shun reminded me of Yuki, at least in his mannerisms. He was quiet for the most part, but every now and then he would interject with some snide comment (at least his tone sounded snide....he was speaking in English after all). He had jet-black hair and blackish gray eyes. I think he was as tall as Yuki, he was definitely taller than Tatsuha. The only thing that was "out of place" with his appearance was that he had that same rumpled look as Mirei. Tousled hair, shirt untucked, tie undone and still hanging from his neck, and he was walking on the back of his shoes as well.
'Maybe it was an American thing?'
Nanami was....cute? She had her hair pulled back neatly in two pigtails, shirt neatly tucked, knee socks pulled high, and the biggest grin a person could muster. She was also walking on her shoes, though.
I could tell Tatsuha didn't follow the conversation any more than I was but he looked content with resting his head on Mirei's shoulder as she talked. Even in English, she had a very melodious voice. It sang with emotion.
I guess she noticed I was staring, and probably guessed that it was because I had no idea what she was talking about, because she suddenly shifted back to Japanese.
"We were just talking about some people we knew from school. A few of them joined dance companies and a few received commissions to join orchestras," Mirei supplied.
I merely nodded. I still was unsure of how to act towards her. After dealing with Tohma for so long, I was mildly suspicious of anyone who was so sweet to me right of the bat. Especially when it came to Yuki's family........
"Mi-chan, where are we dropping them off," Yuki spoke for the first time since the ear incident.
"At the restaurant," Shun yawned in response. "Nanami is staying with us for a few days."
I could see Yuki visibly grimace.
Tatsuha chuckled, "I guess you're going to say 'hi' to obassan, aniki."
"Oh goody! I could really go for some grub!" Mirei clapped her hands in glee.
"We are not staying."
"Mo, Ei-chan.... come on we are hungry! Please!" *Blink**Blink*
"No...DON'T YOU DARE!!!" Yuki slammed on the brakes, almost sending Mirei slamming into the back of his chair. Tatsuha had luckily grabbed her before any damage had been done.
"AHO!.Watch what you're doing......."Tatsuha's face was flushed with anger, arms still protectively around Mirei's waist. I couldn't help to giggle as I looked in the rear view mirror only to see Mirei's fingers dangerously close to Yuki's ear, mimicking a pinching motion.
The next thing I heard were the back seat doors opening, and giggles as all four occupants fled the car.
"Damn it, get back here!" Yuki had lunged to grab his sister as she made the mad dash from the car but only succeeded in "gently" rolling into the car in front of us as he accidentally let his foot slip from the brake.
*Thud*
I slowly turned to Yuki and saw him staring ahead, eyes wide. I had never seen such a look of shock on his face before. I watched in horror as the gentleman in the car in front of us, jump out and begin to yell obscenities at Yuki. I was suddenly very afraid.....of Yuki.
I jumped as my car door unexpectantly opened and I was yanked out into the street. "You'd better run." I felt Tatsuha's warm breath in my ear.
With one final glance at Yuki, who had now slammed his door and wearing his best death glare, I didn't need to think twice.
With that, I did my best to keep up with the others as we made our way down the streets of Tokyo.
Sorries its so short but I have an interesting thing starting in the next chapter that will begin to explain Yuki's strange tolerance of his sister's behavior..
REVIEWS REVIEWS REVIEWS!!!