This is my first fic, so be gentle. This takes place after the end of the series and at the end of the school year. I will try and keep them in character as much as possible.

Disclaimer: I do not own Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna and its characters and I never will. So stop reminding me. TT

Lives had been at risk before. But it was in the form of deadly games. Another life might be at risk now, but this time, not in the form of a game, but in real life. And this time Ayumu's God like thinking may not be enough to save the one person that he strives to protect.

Hiyono sat at the table, watching Ayumu mix the cake batter and singing her song, with five empty bowls stacked in front of her. She had tried to help, but had ended up dumping milk all over herself, drenching her hair and clothes in the white fluid. The apron that she has borrowed from Ayumu has turned out no better. So now both her clothes and the apron were being washed, while she was dressed in his clothes and a safe distance away from the cake being made.

A white button down shirt, with a couple of the buttons left undone at the top and the sleeves rolled up, till they reached her mid forearms. The dark blue pants hung low at her waist and the ends were rolled up till they cleared her feet.

"Nee Narumi-san?" Hiyono called. "What type of cake is it going to be?"

"Chocolate."

"Can we write Happy 16th (1) Birthday on it?"

"Ah."

"In white frosting?"

"What other color would we use?"

"Well we could use pink frosting because Rio's a girl or we could also use blue frosting..."

Ayumu stopped listening to Hiyono talk. He knew from experience that Hiyono could go on for ages when she was like this and he only had to nod along or give the occasional hai, so it would look like he was listening. Something he had also picked up from listening to Neesan talk. It seemed that most females shared a common trait to be able to talk for hours on end. (2) The only female that he had seen that did not do this was Sayaoko, but past experiences could also be the reason for this abnormality.

"Narumi-san! Are you even listening to me?" Hiyono asked.

"Ah."

"What was I talking about?"

"The different colors of frosting we could use on Rio's cake."

"Is it done yet?"

"Almost."

Ayumu took the cake batter and poured it into a circular pan and put it in the oven.

"It should be done in an hour. What time is the party?"

"Oh, it's at 4 o'clock and its 10:30 now so we have lots of time. I got Rio a present from both of us."

"Your clothes should be done washing by now." Ayumu walked past Hiyono in the room where the washer and dryer were located.

"Hey, hey, doesn't Narumi-san even want to know what the present is?"

"What is the present?" Ayumu asked in a deadpan voice.

"Narumi-san doesn't care what the present is!" Hiyono cried. "Take this!"

And she started hitting him with a squirrel puppet.

"Ouch!" Ayumu exclaimed as her puppet connected with his head, "Stop. What happened to the other two puppets?" Ayumu said while protecting his head with his arm.

Hiyono stopped to explain, "They were getting too worn out, because I was constantly hitting Narumi-san so I had to go get a new one!"

"Maybe you should stop hitting me so much."

"No, no. Narumi-san can be so heartless sometimes, Narumi-san didn't even cry after watching Patash! (3)" Hiyono exclaimed.

Then she looked at him expectantly, squirrel slightly raised to a height at what could be considered a threat. Ayumu pointedly ignored this and continued walking towards the washer. He took her clothes and his apron out and hung them up on a near-by clothes line. A little growling sound emitted from Hiyono's throat was all the warning he had before a solid punch hit him at the back of his head. Ayumu turned around and gave Hiyono a stoic glance.

"I got Rio a box of chocolates and a cute little bear." She announced as she put the squirrel away. Ayumu could tell that she was slightly frustrated that he hadn't asked what the present was. She had always had this thing about presents, but she knew him too well to not get too worked up over it.

"You're clothes are not going to be dried in time for Rio's party."

"That's too bad; I'll just have to borrow some clothes from Takamachi-san."

Ayumu gave her a look.

"What does Narumi-san's look mean?" She inquired.

"You are shorter than Ryouko and of different build; it is unlikely that you will fit into any of her clothes."

"Narumi-san is mean! Saying that I am short." Hiyono pouted, "Hey wait where are you going?" She called to his back as he walked towards the kitchen.

"Too make the frosting." Ayumu answered without even glancing back at her as he continued walking.

-End Ch.2-

(1)I don't know how old Rio actually is. But since she is a junior in high school then I'm guessing that she would be turning 16. But she looks so young that it's hard to believe that she's in high school isn't it?

(2)Girls don't get insulted! I'm female too. Its just that from Ayumu's point of view, females must seem to talk a lot. Well don't many guys think that? Don't get insulted guys.

(3)Not too sure about the spelling, but I mean the movie that they watched with the dog and the boy and Hiyono was crying at the end and when Ayumu didn't, she called him a cold heartless demon.

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