Trala.

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I find myself waking up, again, but this time alone. And without Hikaru, the bed feels strangely. . . Empty. Which is strange, of course, because it's my bed and she's not even in it that much.

. . . I really need to work on my phrasing. . .

I wonder if she's gone home or not; I can't tell. Looks like her stuff is still here, but maybe she just forgot it. Again.

That's why it's here in the first place. The first actually planned sleepover was when she brought it, but she just keeps forgetting to take it home and it's not very helpful on telling me where she is.

S'pose I should take a shower then...

. . .

Curse you, warm blankets!

. . .

Guess I'll stay in bed, then. . .

Beep, beep, beep.

Right, alarm clocks are now on my list of things that are pure evil solely because they make you get out of bed.

1) Parents.
a. Moms
b. Dads

Beep, beep, beep.

2) Friends.
a. Max
b. Hikaru
c. Hiromi
d. Kai
e. sometimes Rei
f. Takao

Beep, beep, beep.

3) Loud noises.
a. construction work
b. shouting neighbors
c. new cooks
d. idiots who mow their lawns in the early morning
e. ALARM CLOCKS

Beep, beep, beep.

Resigning myself, I stand and get across my room to my alarm clock, turning it off.

Wait. . . Wasn't it. . . ?

I guess she plugged it in before she left.

It's already 8:00 AM, I should take my shower, I'm an hour off schedule. (Hikaru, obviously, doesn't know what time my alarm is usually set to. . . I'm not sure if I should be glad or not. . .)

Grabbing some clothes, I head to the bathroom connected to my bedroom. The mirrors are fogged, which is strange, considering the water isn't ru-

Oh.

"Eep!"

. . . I just squeeked, didn't I?

So, Hikaru, who is only wearing a towel - yes, it's covering all of her, - merely turns and glances at me over her shoulder. (She'd been facing the other direction)

"Oh, you're up." She says, offering a smile before brushing past me and rummaging through her bag of stuff that's at the end of my bed. I turn and stare at her for a moment.

"Most girls would react more." I tell her after a moment. She offers a wry glance over her shoulder - yet again, she faces away from me - before lowering her towel to her waist and putting on her- Eep!

Not looking, not looking, not looking. I have turned around, and I've broken my blushing record. . . I think my nose is bleeding. . .

"I'm not most girls; most implies more than half, right?" Hikaru says, there's a ruffling of clothes. "I'm decent." She says, almost mockingly.

I turn back around, somewhat hesitant. Last time she said 'I'm decent' before putting her dress on. And then Rei tried to murder her for 'corrupting my innocent little mind.'

Those two are constantly trying to annoy eachother; but it's not in a serious-conflict kind of way. It's really quite amusing...

"Okay, my tummy aches for edible goodness." Hikaru informs me, patting said 'tummy' and practically skipping towards my bedroom door. . .

Only to jump back as it opens. For her brother.

"Hey." He says to her, and gives me a nod. "Mom wants you to come home; we have to paint m - err - your room." Oh, that's right. She mentioned it a while ago. When her brother moves out she gets to repaint their shared bedroom to whatever colors she wants.

We haven't talked about it much; my guess is she's upset about him leaving.

And immediatly, Hikaru is in my face. "Kyoouuu, you must help us paint - if not just sit and watch." Wait. . . She's shortened my name to 'Kyou' now? How strange. . .

"Wait - you want me to be there, basically only to amuse you, even though by being there I'll get unhealthy fumes in my system because of the paint?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. Hikaru nods entheuseastically, obviously missing my sarcasm. After a moment of looking up in thought, my response is an oh-so-reasonable: "Okay."

Hikaru practically jumps for joy. Actually, she does jump for joy. Her brother just shakes his head before taking out a cell phone - it amuses me that it has a pheonix on it - and calls their mom to inform her of an extra presence.

"Hey, mom, is it okay if one of the brat's friends comes over to paint with us?" He asks into the phone, giving Hikaru a glance at 'the brat,' which basically tells us that he only said that to annoy her. It works.

Hikaru fumes and stomps over to Tsubasa - he has a pretty name, means wings, you know, - and attempts to kick him, which he merely dodges and presses against her ankle from behind with his foot, completely dropping her to the ground. That was actually really cool looking. . .

Hikaru stays on the ground and rolls onto her stomach, pouting as Tsubasa continues to make small "Mmm-hmm"s and "Yeah"s through the phone. After a moment of him mindlessly walking around my room while talking, he hangs up and stands next to me, staring at Hikaru, who's staring at the clock as though it holds the answers to the universe.

"I can see your panties." Tsubasa says, almost blankly. I hadn't really noticed, but her dress has been moved from her rolling. I really didn't need to see that, and I think my nosebleed may come back again. . .

Hikaru, of course, merely shrugs. "So?"

"Stand up, Hikaru, you're corrupting his innocent mind." Tsubasa motions to me. I think he and Rei agree on my 'innocent mind' being corrupted by Hikaru. . . Who says I have an innocent mind?

. . .

Crap, I do have an innocent mind, don't I?

. . .

Hikaru stands up and straightens her skirt before pointing to the door as if outside the door is a great adventure. "We embark on our journey to. . ." Silence. Hikaru blinks and turns to us, her eyes dots. "Where are we going again?"

Tsubasa hits himself in the forehead before a murmer of "No, I shouldn't be hitting me, I should be hitting Hikaru." and a pointed look to Hikaru - who doesn't notice and remains oblivious. ... Now she notices. They stare at eachother a long while before almost at the exact same time, Hikaru lets out a high pitched shreik, runs out the door, and Tsubasa starts running, chasing.

It's strange how they start running at the exact same time and. . . Hmm. . . If I look out the window, I can see them both chasing eachother around in circles.

I suppose I should go stop them, Hikaru's just attempted to bite off Tsubasa's hand. . .

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Hiromi appears again soon. -^____^-