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Maiko was overfilled with excitement as they stepped to his door once again. She was actually going to meet Eiri Yuki, for a second time! And her older brother was in an intimate relationship with the novelist! How much else could a sixteen year old girl think of wanting? Well, the relationship with him herself, but that was a different story.
"Hey! Shuichi!" shouted a familiar voice. Up behind them came running Hiroshi. "What you doing here?"
"We're going to see Yuki," said Shuichi bluntly. "What are you doing here Hiro?"
"I got a call from Yuki to come over," Hiroshi said.
Shuichi shouted "How did he get your phone number! You better not be cheating with him on me, Hiroshi! My best friend! AHH!"
"It's not like that," Hiroshi said, waving his hand. "He said to come over. He didn't call you since he knew somehow that you were coming over. But his exact words were 'That stupid moron is going to come over every morning no matter what I say so I don't think I'll waste time and call him'. Or something close to it. Oh! I got to talk to Haru too!"
"Could we go in already!?" Maiko said, she was jumping up and down in excitement. "PLEASE?!"
"Isn't she the cutest thing?" Hiro ignored her statement. "She said that I was the cutest of the two. But than again I heard Yuki's voice to telling her to say that...."
"Dammit. Does the ridicule never stop?" Shuichi said to himself. "Anyway, Haru's cool. Cute kid. And I don't believe that she said that and meant it. It's obvious that I'm the favorite of the both of us! No offense."
"No way, man! I'm better looking in every way, form, and shape!"
"You wish."
Hiroshi put a pocky stick in his mouth. "You wish. I know."
"You're really pissing me off Hiro!" Shuichi yelled at him, holding out his fist at his friend.
"Hello! Is anyone listening to the hormone crazed girl that's going to scream right now if the moron's keep on ignoring here!?" Maiko shouted between them. She was becoming really impatient. "I want to meet Eiri Yuki- sama right here and now!"
They sighed. They couldn't keep ignoring her and her supposed needs.
Before Shuichi knocked on the door it swung open and there stood Tohma Seguchi and Mika Seguchi. Behind them was Yuki, Tatsuha, and Haru playing Go Fish. What the hell was this? A family reunion or what? Maiko fainted when Yuki looked her way.
"She going to be okay?" asked Mika, raising an eyebrow as they came in. Maiko was stiff as a board, walking baby steps. "Uhhh....don't do that. You're going to freak HIM out."
"Sorry. Already freaked," Yuki said. "Got a 7 Tatsuha?"
"You're looking at my cards!" Tatsuha accused his brother. Yuki smirked, that meant he was admitting he did it. "That's it! I'm not going to pray for your sorry butt anymore!"
"Shuichi-kun!" cried Haru in happiness and she ran up to him, still in the shirt that Yuki had given her. "I'm so happy to see you! How are you doing?!" She looked at Maiko who was red in the face. "Uhhhhh.....is that your sister that you spoke of? Maiko-san I believe it was."
"I'm here," Maiko blurted out. She looked at Yuki who was staring at her strangely. *Uh oh! He probably thinks I'm so strange for being stiff as a board! I have to make it up or I'll never be good friends with Yuki-sama!* Maiko thought to herself. *I have to talk!* Before she could say anything....
Shuichi whispered to Maiko "Yuki's looking at you strangely. I suggest you stop acting like a dork in front of him and talk for a change."
"Shutup! I was about to say something to, dammit!" Maiko yelled and hit him over the head.
Yuki smiled. "Good hit!"
"So? Are you Miss Maiko?" Tatsuha asked and walked over to her and took her hand in his. "You're awfully cute. I'm Tatsuha Uesugi! It's awfully nice to meet you. Do you happen to have a boyfriend because I'm open tomorrow night and you're so beautiful, it would be a waste for us not to try eachother. Wouldn't you agree."
"Ohhh....little brother. I think that you've upset big brother," Mika pointed out. She nodded her head to Shuichi who was obviously upset at him hitting on his sister. "I suggest you move away before he explodes on you."
Tohma smiled. "He never stops flirting. Now does he?"
"Well, it runs in the family," Yuki announced proudly.
Shuichi broke their holding hands and said to Tatsuha "She already has a boyfriend! And even if she was available, she ain't going out with YOU."
"Who says you get to pick I go out with and who I don't go out with?!" Maiko yelled at her elder brother. "I appreciate your concern but I'm not really in a relationship. I'll take your generous offer!" ^_^
"Strike TWO Shuichi," said Yuki as he lit another cigarette.
"So? Anyone in the mood for a game or something?! I have a cool game that we could all play! It's called Twister!" announced Haru with a smile. She ran upstairs, leaving all of them downstairs. But she stopped at the door. "Uhhh....Yuki-san? Could you come in with me?"
Truth was, Haru was scared to go in. The writings. It reminded her of home. Her horrible home. Yuki understood this.
Yuki was still the only one that knew about the writings and stuff. It was horrible what they wrote on there. He nodded and came upstairs. Thing was, Haru wouldn't go in the room, she shook her head. She wanted Yuki to go in there. So he did and brought out her bookbag.
"Yay!" Haru said and she ran downstairs. Like nothing had even happened.
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This game was new to me. I never played Twister before. You were supposed to put your hands or feet on which ever color the board said. You had to twist. Go under or over people. And four people could play at a time. I found it really interesting and wanted to play. But Haru said suggested that girls go with girls and guys go with guys. The only thing was that there was five guys and three girls. Some guy needed to go in there with the girls. It sure wasn't going to be me! I didn't want to go in there, under or over, with all of those skirts. It sure as heck wasn't going to be me. Of course, Tatsuha came forward, but noyone wanted him in there with the girls. That was obvious. The real situation is what was upstairs.
To me, I couldn't help but wonder what had been so interesting up there? What was in that room? Haru had been scared to go in there? Did something happen? The only two here was Yuki and Haru.....I couldn't come to something reasonable. I know that Yuki wouldn't hurt Haru for his life. Since she was always holding on to his pant leg and that sort. It was cute. Like he had a little sister(A nice one at that). Or maybe even a daughter. Maybe he would adopt here?! Now I wondered how I got from that room to adopting....Okay. I'm confused. I shook my head to get rid of all of that stuff that ran through my head. Nothing happened(I hoped). Nothing will happen(I wished). And I am not going in there with the girls(heck no!)
Well, it was time for someone to decide. Little Haru was getting impatient, so was Mika, and Maiko. Seemed that the girls were a tad bit short tempered. I, and the other boys, were nervous. No duh we were.
"Hey! Could you make a decision before we all are dust in the wind?!" complained Mika. "It's not that bad. And if anyone looks up one of our skirts I'll kill em'."
"That means you Hiroshi," I nudged him jokingly as I said it. He rolled his eyes.
Hiro replied "More like you."
"Yeah right. Perv."
"You're the pervert!" Hiroshi said. Luckily, noyone heard us. They were all to busy talking. "Why don't you stay back here and I go ahead."
"No way. I'll go," I replied angrily.
"Yes. We have a volunteer," Yuki said and he pushed me forward. "Be tough little guy. Women are animals and will rip you apart if you don't do what they say."
"I learned that the hard way," Tohma said. Mika shot a look at him. "See?"
"Oh, fine. I'm going."
I stood at the edge of the short side of the plastic cover, it seemed like that was what it was, to me anyway. It had yellow(second to left), red(on the very end of the left), green(on the end of the right), and blue(second to the right) on it. I was between Haru(On my left) and Maiko(On my right). With Mika facing me on the other side.
"So, what do we do with this board thing?" asked Hiroshi as he spun the flipper in the middle.
Haru explained "You spin that. And whatever color it lands on, you say 'right foot on whatever color'. They also have left foot, right hand, and then left hand. With each of the colors. Whoever can stay up the longest without falling, wins. Do you understand?"
"Uhh...think so," Hiro spun it. "Left foot on green."
All of did as commanded. Haru had it hard with the green on the end of the right. I had difficulty since my left foot wasn't made to twist to the right..
Tohma said "Left hand on red."
I had to do somewhat of a crabwalk pose to do that with it being on the opposite side. Everyone else also had it down.
"Right hand yellow," said Tatsuha.
By this time, I didn't care where I went. I just wanted to win. Just when I thought that it was easy I ended up in a spot where I didn't want to be. My face was right next to Mika's behind. I looked away just in time before she looked at me with fierce eyes. I sweatdropped.
"Who's the pervert now Shuichi?!" shouted Hiroshi with a laugh.
"Shutup Hiro!" I shouted at him. "I'd like to see you in my position."
Yuki and Tatsuha shot him a look. "Don't you dare say anything about switching spots. Or it will give us a perfect reason to seriously and unmercifully cripple you," they said together. Hiro took that as a threat and shutup for the time being.
Before Yuki could give out the next order, all three girls fell at the same exact time.
"I've decided it's not a good idea to play," Maiko said with a fake smile.
"Same here," Mika said as she patted herself off.
Haru just jumped into Yuki's arms and smiled.
"What do I do?" I asked, trying to keep myself up. Hopefully this was over. "Can I fall now?"
"Yep," Haru said.
Before I could fall Tatsuha added "If you're a chicken."
"Hey! Don't make me get off of here and kick your little ass Tatsuha!" I shouted. I was really pissed because I was in no position to argue. Even though I wanted to fall, I wouldn't, not if they would call me a chicken. "Okay. What do you guys want me to do?"
"Let's see how long you can last," Yuki suggested with a smile. "Doesn't that sound good?"
Everyone nodded besides Haru. She shook her head.
"We should make sure this is what he wants. If Shuichi-kun doesn't want to do it than he shouldn't have to do it. Besides, that's not what the rules say," Haru broke in. "Shuichi-kun? What do you want to do?"
"Don't you worry about me Haru. I'll make them sorry they ever challenged me to this!" I replied as I looked at her. She smiled at me. "Alright. Now, give me your best shot. If I don't fall in five turns, I win. And if I win I get bragging rights and something else but I'll deal with that later."
"And if we win you have to do the chores at home for one week," Maiko said proudly. "Which also means cleaning all the rooms, mister."
"And the other thing is then is Maiko and Hiro have to do chores for a week," Shuichi said under his breath.
"How in the hell did I get into this?" Hiroshi asked.
"I'm not sure...." I replied.
"Shuichi-kun! Don't worry. You can do it!" Haru cheered me on. Atleast SOMEONE was. Then she turned to Hiroshi and said "Don't you worry. I'll help clean. And it just so happens that cleaning is my specialty!"
"Left foot blue," Yuki said.
I barely made that. I was shaking from trying to keep myself up. I was never good at the crabwalk and now one foot is underneath me! Darn it all. I didn't want to do all the chores in the house for a week. That was a lot of crap to do too.
After a three more turns, I was left hand green, left foot blue, right foot red, and right hand yellow. Stomach facing the floor. I found it was easier for me to operate stomach down. I sighed. Only one more to go! Then I saw Hiro whisper something into Maiko's ear. Then she got 'that' grin that meant they had an idea. Then she nodded to Hiro. Hiro smirked. Uh-Oh. They were going to do something.
They stepped by me. "Ohhh....Shuichi. Will you take back the chore thing if you make it?" asked Maiko with a smirk.
I said "Heck no."
"I heard what they're going to do. I suggest you take their generous offer before-" asked Tohma.
"Like heck I will!" I was being persistent. Nothing was going to change my mind.
Hiro bent down to me and looked at me straight in the eyes. "Last chance. Sure you won't take it back?"
"I meant what I said," I said.
He stuck a hand through my loose sleeve that hung a couple more inches below my arm, and curled a finger under my arm. I couldn't help but giggle. Tickling?! That was against the rules! Wasn't it? I wouldn't do chores for a week. Not because they're giving me a little tickling.
"I won't!" I announced. "This is cheating!"
"Okay then," Hiro said and wiggled his fingers in my under arm. I started laughing.
Haru stepped in, "Hey! That's cheating, you can't do that to Shuichi-kun."
"Just do the-hehehe-the next s-step!" I said between giggles. He didn't stop the torment. "Don't worry about m-me--heeeehe!-kiddo!"
"Okay," Haru said and grabbed the board. She spun the spinner in the middle and it landed on, thank God, an easy one. She shouted, "Left foot yellow!"
I set my foot on it and Hiro stopped and took his hand out. I had won so I fell immediately.
"Shuichi-kun! Yay!" Haru said with a big smile. She jumped off of Yuki's shoulder and hugged me. "But please don't make Hiroshi-kun and Maiko-san do the chores. Bragging rights is enough? Right?"
I couldn't ignore her pleading face. "Fine..."
"Aren't you the sweetest thing?" Maiko said as she ruffled Haru's hair. "Sorry big brother. Hiro and I couldn't resist!"
"Yeah, man," Hiro said with a smile. "Thanks Haru. Guess if I want to get out of something I could use you as my little secret weapon?"
"Ohhh....look...Shuichi, Maiko, and Hiro have a soft spot for the little girl. Isn't that cute?" teased Maki with a smile.
Haru smiled back and trotted over to Yuki and grabbed onto his pant leg once again. She was attached. Mika and Tohma guessed it was true, she was stuck to him like glue. It would be a horrible thing to take her away now that she was so secure to him. And Shuichi too.
I also did. I didn't want her to leave. At that moment I think Yuki wanted to keep her too.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || Narrator POV||
Maiko was overfilled with excitement as they stepped to his door once again. She was actually going to meet Eiri Yuki, for a second time! And her older brother was in an intimate relationship with the novelist! How much else could a sixteen year old girl think of wanting? Well, the relationship with him herself, but that was a different story.
"Hey! Shuichi!" shouted a familiar voice. Up behind them came running Hiroshi. "What you doing here?"
"We're going to see Yuki," said Shuichi bluntly. "What are you doing here Hiro?"
"I got a call from Yuki to come over," Hiroshi said.
Shuichi shouted "How did he get your phone number! You better not be cheating with him on me, Hiroshi! My best friend! AHH!"
"It's not like that," Hiroshi said, waving his hand. "He said to come over. He didn't call you since he knew somehow that you were coming over. But his exact words were 'That stupid moron is going to come over every morning no matter what I say so I don't think I'll waste time and call him'. Or something close to it. Oh! I got to talk to Haru too!"
"Could we go in already!?" Maiko said, she was jumping up and down in excitement. "PLEASE?!"
"Isn't she the cutest thing?" Hiro ignored her statement. "She said that I was the cutest of the two. But than again I heard Yuki's voice to telling her to say that...."
"Dammit. Does the ridicule never stop?" Shuichi said to himself. "Anyway, Haru's cool. Cute kid. And I don't believe that she said that and meant it. It's obvious that I'm the favorite of the both of us! No offense."
"No way, man! I'm better looking in every way, form, and shape!"
"You wish."
Hiroshi put a pocky stick in his mouth. "You wish. I know."
"You're really pissing me off Hiro!" Shuichi yelled at him, holding out his fist at his friend.
"Hello! Is anyone listening to the hormone crazed girl that's going to scream right now if the moron's keep on ignoring here!?" Maiko shouted between them. She was becoming really impatient. "I want to meet Eiri Yuki- sama right here and now!"
They sighed. They couldn't keep ignoring her and her supposed needs.
Before Shuichi knocked on the door it swung open and there stood Tohma Seguchi and Mika Seguchi. Behind them was Yuki, Tatsuha, and Haru playing Go Fish. What the hell was this? A family reunion or what? Maiko fainted when Yuki looked her way.
"She going to be okay?" asked Mika, raising an eyebrow as they came in. Maiko was stiff as a board, walking baby steps. "Uhhh....don't do that. You're going to freak HIM out."
"Sorry. Already freaked," Yuki said. "Got a 7 Tatsuha?"
"You're looking at my cards!" Tatsuha accused his brother. Yuki smirked, that meant he was admitting he did it. "That's it! I'm not going to pray for your sorry butt anymore!"
"Shuichi-kun!" cried Haru in happiness and she ran up to him, still in the shirt that Yuki had given her. "I'm so happy to see you! How are you doing?!" She looked at Maiko who was red in the face. "Uhhhhh.....is that your sister that you spoke of? Maiko-san I believe it was."
"I'm here," Maiko blurted out. She looked at Yuki who was staring at her strangely. *Uh oh! He probably thinks I'm so strange for being stiff as a board! I have to make it up or I'll never be good friends with Yuki-sama!* Maiko thought to herself. *I have to talk!* Before she could say anything....
Shuichi whispered to Maiko "Yuki's looking at you strangely. I suggest you stop acting like a dork in front of him and talk for a change."
"Shutup! I was about to say something to, dammit!" Maiko yelled and hit him over the head.
Yuki smiled. "Good hit!"
"So? Are you Miss Maiko?" Tatsuha asked and walked over to her and took her hand in his. "You're awfully cute. I'm Tatsuha Uesugi! It's awfully nice to meet you. Do you happen to have a boyfriend because I'm open tomorrow night and you're so beautiful, it would be a waste for us not to try eachother. Wouldn't you agree."
"Ohhh....little brother. I think that you've upset big brother," Mika pointed out. She nodded her head to Shuichi who was obviously upset at him hitting on his sister. "I suggest you move away before he explodes on you."
Tohma smiled. "He never stops flirting. Now does he?"
"Well, it runs in the family," Yuki announced proudly.
Shuichi broke their holding hands and said to Tatsuha "She already has a boyfriend! And even if she was available, she ain't going out with YOU."
"Who says you get to pick I go out with and who I don't go out with?!" Maiko yelled at her elder brother. "I appreciate your concern but I'm not really in a relationship. I'll take your generous offer!" ^_^
"Strike TWO Shuichi," said Yuki as he lit another cigarette.
"So? Anyone in the mood for a game or something?! I have a cool game that we could all play! It's called Twister!" announced Haru with a smile. She ran upstairs, leaving all of them downstairs. But she stopped at the door. "Uhhh....Yuki-san? Could you come in with me?"
Truth was, Haru was scared to go in. The writings. It reminded her of home. Her horrible home. Yuki understood this.
Yuki was still the only one that knew about the writings and stuff. It was horrible what they wrote on there. He nodded and came upstairs. Thing was, Haru wouldn't go in the room, she shook her head. She wanted Yuki to go in there. So he did and brought out her bookbag.
"Yay!" Haru said and she ran downstairs. Like nothing had even happened.
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This game was new to me. I never played Twister before. You were supposed to put your hands or feet on which ever color the board said. You had to twist. Go under or over people. And four people could play at a time. I found it really interesting and wanted to play. But Haru said suggested that girls go with girls and guys go with guys. The only thing was that there was five guys and three girls. Some guy needed to go in there with the girls. It sure wasn't going to be me! I didn't want to go in there, under or over, with all of those skirts. It sure as heck wasn't going to be me. Of course, Tatsuha came forward, but noyone wanted him in there with the girls. That was obvious. The real situation is what was upstairs.
To me, I couldn't help but wonder what had been so interesting up there? What was in that room? Haru had been scared to go in there? Did something happen? The only two here was Yuki and Haru.....I couldn't come to something reasonable. I know that Yuki wouldn't hurt Haru for his life. Since she was always holding on to his pant leg and that sort. It was cute. Like he had a little sister(A nice one at that). Or maybe even a daughter. Maybe he would adopt here?! Now I wondered how I got from that room to adopting....Okay. I'm confused. I shook my head to get rid of all of that stuff that ran through my head. Nothing happened(I hoped). Nothing will happen(I wished). And I am not going in there with the girls(heck no!)
Well, it was time for someone to decide. Little Haru was getting impatient, so was Mika, and Maiko. Seemed that the girls were a tad bit short tempered. I, and the other boys, were nervous. No duh we were.
"Hey! Could you make a decision before we all are dust in the wind?!" complained Mika. "It's not that bad. And if anyone looks up one of our skirts I'll kill em'."
"That means you Hiroshi," I nudged him jokingly as I said it. He rolled his eyes.
Hiro replied "More like you."
"Yeah right. Perv."
"You're the pervert!" Hiroshi said. Luckily, noyone heard us. They were all to busy talking. "Why don't you stay back here and I go ahead."
"No way. I'll go," I replied angrily.
"Yes. We have a volunteer," Yuki said and he pushed me forward. "Be tough little guy. Women are animals and will rip you apart if you don't do what they say."
"I learned that the hard way," Tohma said. Mika shot a look at him. "See?"
"Oh, fine. I'm going."
I stood at the edge of the short side of the plastic cover, it seemed like that was what it was, to me anyway. It had yellow(second to left), red(on the very end of the left), green(on the end of the right), and blue(second to the right) on it. I was between Haru(On my left) and Maiko(On my right). With Mika facing me on the other side.
"So, what do we do with this board thing?" asked Hiroshi as he spun the flipper in the middle.
Haru explained "You spin that. And whatever color it lands on, you say 'right foot on whatever color'. They also have left foot, right hand, and then left hand. With each of the colors. Whoever can stay up the longest without falling, wins. Do you understand?"
"Uhh...think so," Hiro spun it. "Left foot on green."
All of did as commanded. Haru had it hard with the green on the end of the right. I had difficulty since my left foot wasn't made to twist to the right..
Tohma said "Left hand on red."
I had to do somewhat of a crabwalk pose to do that with it being on the opposite side. Everyone else also had it down.
"Right hand yellow," said Tatsuha.
By this time, I didn't care where I went. I just wanted to win. Just when I thought that it was easy I ended up in a spot where I didn't want to be. My face was right next to Mika's behind. I looked away just in time before she looked at me with fierce eyes. I sweatdropped.
"Who's the pervert now Shuichi?!" shouted Hiroshi with a laugh.
"Shutup Hiro!" I shouted at him. "I'd like to see you in my position."
Yuki and Tatsuha shot him a look. "Don't you dare say anything about switching spots. Or it will give us a perfect reason to seriously and unmercifully cripple you," they said together. Hiro took that as a threat and shutup for the time being.
Before Yuki could give out the next order, all three girls fell at the same exact time.
"I've decided it's not a good idea to play," Maiko said with a fake smile.
"Same here," Mika said as she patted herself off.
Haru just jumped into Yuki's arms and smiled.
"What do I do?" I asked, trying to keep myself up. Hopefully this was over. "Can I fall now?"
"Yep," Haru said.
Before I could fall Tatsuha added "If you're a chicken."
"Hey! Don't make me get off of here and kick your little ass Tatsuha!" I shouted. I was really pissed because I was in no position to argue. Even though I wanted to fall, I wouldn't, not if they would call me a chicken. "Okay. What do you guys want me to do?"
"Let's see how long you can last," Yuki suggested with a smile. "Doesn't that sound good?"
Everyone nodded besides Haru. She shook her head.
"We should make sure this is what he wants. If Shuichi-kun doesn't want to do it than he shouldn't have to do it. Besides, that's not what the rules say," Haru broke in. "Shuichi-kun? What do you want to do?"
"Don't you worry about me Haru. I'll make them sorry they ever challenged me to this!" I replied as I looked at her. She smiled at me. "Alright. Now, give me your best shot. If I don't fall in five turns, I win. And if I win I get bragging rights and something else but I'll deal with that later."
"And if we win you have to do the chores at home for one week," Maiko said proudly. "Which also means cleaning all the rooms, mister."
"And the other thing is then is Maiko and Hiro have to do chores for a week," Shuichi said under his breath.
"How in the hell did I get into this?" Hiroshi asked.
"I'm not sure...." I replied.
"Shuichi-kun! Don't worry. You can do it!" Haru cheered me on. Atleast SOMEONE was. Then she turned to Hiroshi and said "Don't you worry. I'll help clean. And it just so happens that cleaning is my specialty!"
"Left foot blue," Yuki said.
I barely made that. I was shaking from trying to keep myself up. I was never good at the crabwalk and now one foot is underneath me! Darn it all. I didn't want to do all the chores in the house for a week. That was a lot of crap to do too.
After a three more turns, I was left hand green, left foot blue, right foot red, and right hand yellow. Stomach facing the floor. I found it was easier for me to operate stomach down. I sighed. Only one more to go! Then I saw Hiro whisper something into Maiko's ear. Then she got 'that' grin that meant they had an idea. Then she nodded to Hiro. Hiro smirked. Uh-Oh. They were going to do something.
They stepped by me. "Ohhh....Shuichi. Will you take back the chore thing if you make it?" asked Maiko with a smirk.
I said "Heck no."
"I heard what they're going to do. I suggest you take their generous offer before-" asked Tohma.
"Like heck I will!" I was being persistent. Nothing was going to change my mind.
Hiro bent down to me and looked at me straight in the eyes. "Last chance. Sure you won't take it back?"
"I meant what I said," I said.
He stuck a hand through my loose sleeve that hung a couple more inches below my arm, and curled a finger under my arm. I couldn't help but giggle. Tickling?! That was against the rules! Wasn't it? I wouldn't do chores for a week. Not because they're giving me a little tickling.
"I won't!" I announced. "This is cheating!"
"Okay then," Hiro said and wiggled his fingers in my under arm. I started laughing.
Haru stepped in, "Hey! That's cheating, you can't do that to Shuichi-kun."
"Just do the-hehehe-the next s-step!" I said between giggles. He didn't stop the torment. "Don't worry about m-me--heeeehe!-kiddo!"
"Okay," Haru said and grabbed the board. She spun the spinner in the middle and it landed on, thank God, an easy one. She shouted, "Left foot yellow!"
I set my foot on it and Hiro stopped and took his hand out. I had won so I fell immediately.
"Shuichi-kun! Yay!" Haru said with a big smile. She jumped off of Yuki's shoulder and hugged me. "But please don't make Hiroshi-kun and Maiko-san do the chores. Bragging rights is enough? Right?"
I couldn't ignore her pleading face. "Fine..."
"Aren't you the sweetest thing?" Maiko said as she ruffled Haru's hair. "Sorry big brother. Hiro and I couldn't resist!"
"Yeah, man," Hiro said with a smile. "Thanks Haru. Guess if I want to get out of something I could use you as my little secret weapon?"
"Ohhh....look...Shuichi, Maiko, and Hiro have a soft spot for the little girl. Isn't that cute?" teased Maki with a smile.
Haru smiled back and trotted over to Yuki and grabbed onto his pant leg once again. She was attached. Mika and Tohma guessed it was true, she was stuck to him like glue. It would be a horrible thing to take her away now that she was so secure to him. And Shuichi too.
I also did. I didn't want her to leave. At that moment I think Yuki wanted to keep her too.
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Wasn't that sweet? Well, hope you all like it so far. There's going to be action soon!
PLZ REVIEW!
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