Candy: Thumbs up and smile! Chapter nine's here! Please review!

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Chapter nine: Brotherly hands.

            Sendoh gave Mitsui a teasing smile.

"And what if I AM her knight?"

"Then go to hell."

"Mitsui!" Kyande said. She stood up and faced Mitsui. But she just can't look properly with her condition. It's not this worse earlier! My head hurts more!   

"If you're gonna stop me, Kyande, you better not. I like my friends. And you're one of them. Sendoh's an enemy."

"Am I?... Oh. I shouldn't have asked, right?"

"YOU GUYS! Stop!" That's all I can do for now. And what I did even seems to be difficult. If only my head doesn't hurt, then I might've stopped them. This is bad.       

"RYOTA! Help me!" I really am weak. I'm as tall as Ryota. And I'm not as brave as him.

            Ryota immediately came. He felt the tense. With the two girls behind him, they saw Kyande barely standing up with her hand on her head. They ran to her and forced her to sit down.

"What are you two doing?!" Ryota asked them. But none of them spoke.

"Just stop this nonsense and let's finish this early!" Ayako said.

"No we won't. I'm gonna teach this Ryonan rookie guy a lesson."

            They heard a footstep. It was Rukawa who entered the room. He punched Mitsui and went to Sendoh.

"Oi, Rukawa! Don't tell me you're going to his side!"

            When he was close to Sendoh, he gave him a look too and then punched him. Then he went to his sister and said "There. Now you two are even. Just get you dumb heads working. Stop making my sister worry."

"Phew! For a second I thought he's gonna punch me too!" Kyande said with chibi dot eyes and sweat drops.

            He looked at her for a few seconds. Maybe even a minute because of the silence. Then he went to the door and stopped. He looked at them again and he closed his eyes.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Are you cleaning our house or not?"

            Everyone came to their senses. That sentence was really stupid. But it sure did a lot to them. Kyande walked to Mitsui. Mitsui was only looking at her. Maybe he was only predicting what she's going to do. When she looked up… her eyes became a 'cat's eyes' and Mitsui began worrying… for his self.

"MITSUI!!! WHY ARE YOU WEARING MY APRON?!!" Then she drew her hand and punched him.

"Kyande!" Ayako said. Ryota smiled and placed his hand on the back of his head. Megumi smiled too and approached to Kyande. Mitsui… who cannot stand up… is feeling dizzy.

"Why? Why are you concerned at her instead of me?"

"Kyande! Are you alright? You used all of your energy!" Megumi said.

"Maybe we should take Mitusi to the hospital." Sendoh said.

"Hahahaha! You're right, Sendoh! So, let's finish the task?" Kyande said.

"No. WE'LL finish the task! You go to sleep." Ayako said.

"Thanks for the offer… or the warning, Ayako. But I'm feeling fine now. ^^"

"Well… Let's start! It's already 9:30! We should be able to finish at 10:30. It's your fault that you have a very big and uneasy to handle house! Maybe we should try the public bath. One block away after this then go straight to the mall!" Megumi said.

"But, Megumi, nobody takes a bath there!"

"Exactly! Then we have the place by ourselves!" Ayako said.

"….. I CAN'T WAIIIITTTTTTT!" Ryota said.

"HAHAHAHA! Ryota! The boy's room and the girl's room are separated! You can't take a look at Ayako's…." Kyande didn't get to finish.

"STOP THAT DIRTY TALK! Now, let's finish." Ayako said, about to draw her fan.

            They all went downstairs and saw Kaede cleaning. When they finished, they excitingly picked up their towels.

            In the girl's bathroom, at the public bath…

"Oooh! Ayako! You have a very great skin! You're so sexy!" Kyande said!

"Thanks. But look at Megumi's skin. It's very rosy. I'd like to have a complexion like that!"

"Kyande looks good with her hair wet! She looks so sexy!"

"Megumi and Ayako look sexy! I envy you guys! But I must admit, I'm the most sexy girl in here."

"Whatever, Kyande!" Megumi said and pushed the water to Ayako and Kyande.

            In the boy' bathroom…

"I can barely hear what they're talking about!" Ryota said with his head on the wall. The wall's just a wood. But it's a little bit thick. It's a really old public bath.

"I heard what Megumi said. She said Kyande looks good on her wet hair." Mitsui said.

"I heard what Kyande said. She said Ayako is so sexy and she has a very great complexion." Sendoh, who was beside Ryota, said.

"Oh! Sendoh! I didn't think you like this hobby of Ryota's too!" Mitsui said with chibi eyes.

"I did this because I can't do anything. What will I do? Talk to Rukawa?" Sendoh said as they all looked at Rukawa who was making bubbles.

"PLEASE OPEN UP! IT'S ME!" Said the man who's standing in the door said.

            Sendoh placed a towel around his waist and went to the door. Ryota and Mitsui was looking who could that be. When Sendoh opened the door, he used  chibi eyes and blushed.

"Kyande! This is the boy's bathroom!" Sendoh said. Mitsui and Ryota dropped their jaw.

"I know! But don't worry! I'm not planning to peep on you guys! I'm gonna scrub Kaede's back!"

"Scrub his back? Don't worry. I'll scrub his back for you. Cause… you're…"

"What's the matter? I'm wearing a swimsuit anyway! That's okay, right?"

"It is… but…"

"Nah! It's okay!" Then she walked to Rukawa who was immediately asleep. Mitsui and Ryota dropped their heads under the water like they hid.

"Rukawa! Wake up, darn you! Grrr!!!! (screaming on his ear.) Hey Mitsui! Ryota! Would you help me take him out of the water?"

            Mitsui didn't bear it and went up to breath.

"You see… Kyande… we're not wearing… uh…. Uh… how shall I say this…. We're…" Mitsui said.

"Geez! Just tell her we're naked!" Ryota suddenly appeared.

"…Oh… I see…." Kyande said and she and Mitsui blushed. She went out of the water and walked out of the bath room. Sendoh smiled and said "Don't worry! We're not ashamed."

            After their bath, they went to the mall. With Kaede, of course. How can he refuse his sister? Although he's a little bit mad at her (continue reading and you'll know why.)

            "This gown is SO cute! It's like Princess Mia's gown in princess diaries! Maybe this is her gown. It's colored blue, too. What do you think guys?" Megumi said.

"It's perfect for her! I'll do the hair work. I'm so excited to holding her hair!" Ayako said.

"Err-right. Play with my hair, yup. Are you sure you guys are helping me… or… KILLING ME!" Kyande yelled like mad.

"It's just a dress! How could it kill you?" Megumi argued.

"The spray nets and the 'touching my hair' thingy! DOI!" Kyande said.

"We are not… I repeat… we are NOT killing your hair!"

"Megumi! It's not my hair you're killing! It's ME you're killing!"

"Whatever! So you think the gown's cool?"

"That's cool." Ayako said.

"I second emotion." Sendoh raised his hand.

"O… kay. This is getting weirder. Sendoh's…. a guy, right?" Kyande said.

"DUH!" Megumi said. She placed a hand on her head and continued.

"He's the Ryonan MAJOR CUTIE."

"Cutie?" Sendoh said.

"Girls' life." Mitsui whispered.

            They bought the dress and went home. In the bullet-train, Kaede was obviously thinking about something. Kyande can't figure that out. She's really worried. She haven't been with Rukawa for two full year. She took a deep breath and talked to him.

"Kaede, are you okay? Do you have a fever? Are you hungry?"

"No."

"… Kaede." I think what I did was wrong. Maybe I shouldn't have left him for two years. Now I don't know what happened. If only I know what… NO WAY!    Something went to her mind.

"Y-YOU'RE…. INLOVE! Kaede, tell me the truth!" All the people looked at her. They thought it was really pathetic. So what if the guy's in love? Nobody cares. He's college. They thought.

"… What's that?" Kaede said

"I thought so. So tell me, what's wrong?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Of course I do!"

"I'm worried about you."

"Why would you be worried about me?"

"None of your business."

"Are you kidding?! It's MY business! You're worried about ME!"

"Just shut up." Then the train stopped. Kaede stepped out of the train. Kyande followed him unconsciously. It's not Kyande that's moving. God, he was serious. Did I seriously do anything wrong? Is he really worried about me? Kind of impossible.

            Then she followed him. They were walking to their house with a distance to each other. Kaede was just looking down. When they arrived at the door, Kyande was just looking at Kaede and Kaede was looking at her.

"Kyande… aren't you going to open the door?" Kaede said. Kyande widened her eyes with full disbelief. He called her Kyande. Sure he did that many times. But why would he do that now that he's serious? I want to talk, Kaede. But I can't spill these words inside of me. She searched her pocket and picked her key and opened the door. Kaede went straight to his room. Kyande looked at him. … Maybe he needs to be alone. People do sometimes…  then she disregarded what happened.

"If you need anything, just go knocking at my door. Oyasumi." Kyande said.

            Kyande who was resting her head in the table, can't think of anything. She's totally absent. Then her phone rang. It took 5 rings before it got her attention. She answered it and sighed.

"Hello?"

"Kyande! It's Megumi! Where were you? You're not answering the phone!"

"Oh. Sorry. I'm in the middle of a…. meditating… thing."

"Right. Have you placed the cream in your face? It's 9:00. You have to apply that in 8:45."

"Oh… oh… THAT cream?..." She stood up and went to look for the cream and started putting it in her feet. "Yeah. Sharp."

"Cool. Hey, tomorrow's Monday! Are you ready to expose your beauty so that all of the people will see it?"

"Yeah."

"Cool. Oh! Wait!"

"Sure." Then she answered the call in the other line. She came back to Kyande and…

"Kyande! Sorry. It was my Mom. I have to talk to her now. Goodnight!"

"Um. Okay. Goodnight!" Then they both hang up. Kyande placed her eyeglasses in the table and went to her bed. There she slept.

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