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Chapter Eight: Spin the Bottle

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It was Sunday, Pilica's last day at Ren's house. Pilica had decided that she would leave in the morning rather than at night so at around 11 A.M., she was escorted by Jun, Ran, and Ren to a sleek black car.

"Why did I have to come out anyway? I'm losing valuable time..." Ren muttered, folding his hands on his chest. Jun immediately sent him a sharp look that clearly said 'Shut up.' Then she smiled at Pilica.

"Pilica-chan, make sure to visit us again, ne?" she said. Pilica smiled back to her.

"Yes, Jun-san," Pilica said as she and Jun embraced.

"It was a pleasure meeting you Pilica-san," Ran said.

"The pleasure was all mine Ran-sama," Pilica replied as, this time, Ran and Pilica hugged. Then the three females looked at Ren expectedly. Ren looked up from the floor and looked at them.

"What?!" Ran and Jun sighed as they pulled him away.

"Say good bye to her!" they hissed in Ren's ear. Then they pushed Ren towards Pilica and went inside the mansion. Pilica looked at Ren and he slightly blushed and looked down. She smiled.

"It was really nice staying at your house Ren...kun," she said, also blushing. Ren's head snapped up at the 'kun'.

"Ren-KUN? Since when did she call me Ren-KUN? She better stop calling me that," he thought but he did not threaten her as he did in his mind.

"Whatever," was all that came out of his mouth as he looked away. Pilica stared at him for a while, looking like she was debating something. Finally, with a bold step, she quickly gave Ren a loose hug and ran to the car.

"Bye Ren-kun!" she yelled to him, laughing, through the window as the car started to leave. However, only when she was long gone did Ren started to think correctly again.

"What just happened?"

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In the car...

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Pilica lightly giggled as she thought of how Ren's face looked when she hugged him. She was breathing rather fast and her face was burning, but she did not regret what she did.

"He he... I'm looking forward to school tomorrow now."

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Finally, the car pulled over in front of a rather shabby house. It was small but homely. Pilica thanked the driver as she got off the car. Taking a deep breath, she opened the house door with her keys.

"Onii-chan, I'm home!!" she shouted. When she heard no reply, she looked around the house.

"Onii-chan? Onii-chan?!" Pilica was just starting to get worried when she saw a small note on the refrigerator.

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Pilica, I'm sleeping over Yoh's house. I took all my homework so you don't have to worry. Can you give me a call when you come home? Maybe you should come over too Pilica!

-Your Dashing Brother Horo Horo

By the way, Yoh's phone number is 123-4567.

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Pilica smiled at how he signed his name while she threw out the piece of paper. Slowly, she made her way to the phone and dialed 123-4567.

"What a weird phone number," she thought as she heard the ring from the phone. After a few rings, a woman's voice answered the phone.

"Hello, this is the Asakura residence. How may I help you?"

"Ah... My name is Pilica Usui. May I speak to my brother Horo Horo Usui?" she asked.

"Oh you're the sister of Horo Horo, are you? Yes, please wait a minute," the woman said. Pilica heard faint voices calling for her brother through the phone. Finally, someone answered the phone.

"Pilica?" It was Horo Horo.

"Hi onii-chan!"

"Hey! How was the sleepover?"

"It was great! How about you?"

"Oh... Everyone is over at Yoh's house now! You come too!!"

"Nah, it's ok. I think I'll just rest today. When are you coming home?" Horo Horo frowned.

"Awww... Come on Pilica! Come!" he whined.

"No, really. I'm tired today," he heard his sister answer over the phone. He pouted and sighed.

"Well, that can't be helped. I'll be home around 6 or 7 P.M. Take good care of yourself! There are some fish in the refrigerator and some warm rice in the rice cooker," Horo Horo said. Then, he heard his sister laugh.

"I'm alright onii-chan! I'll be perfectly fine. I'm not a kid anymore you know!"

"But when you're not with your ultimately handsome brother, you tend to loose some shine, you know?" Horo Horo joked. Again, Pilica laughed.

"Oh whatever. I'm not going anyway. You have fun, Ok?"

"Ok! Bye Pilica!" After saying their good byes, Horo Horo hung up.

"Oi Horo Horo!" The said boy turned to see Yoh. "Is she coming?"

"No, she said she's tired," Horo Horo replied. Yoh slightly frowned but smiled again.

"Oh well, I guess we'll have to have fun ourselves. Come on, let's go. Everyone is waiting for us," Yoh said, turning his back as he started walking. Horo Horo followed.

After passing a few doors, the duo stopped in front of one sliding door and opened it. It was a huge room with a low big round table in the middle. Everyone, which included Stacy, Anna, Hao, Tamao, Manta, Jeanne, and Lyserg, were seated on the floor with their feet under the table. Yoh took a seat between Hao and Tamao as Horo Horo sat between Anna and Lyserg. Hao was next to Stacy who was next to Anna who was next to Horo Horo who was next to Lyserg who was next to Jeanne who was next to Manta who was next to Tamao who was next to Yoh who was next to Hao.

"Took you long enough," Anna said with a bored expression. Horo Horo weakly laughed.

"Ahahahah... I'm sorry for taking so long Anna-sama," he said with beads of sweat running down his forehead.

"Hmm... So, can we do something now?" she asked. Yoh nodded.

"Yep. We all agreed to play Spin the Bottle. Where is the bottle?" Yoh said, looking around.

"Ah! I have it!" Tamao said. Yoh smiled and took the bottle from her.

"Thank you Tamao," he said. She blushed deeply as she mumbled a 'You're welcome." Horo Horo frowned, but it was gone as soon as it came.

"So... Let's start the game!" Stacy said, enthusiastically," I can't wait to get to kiss MY Hao-sama!" Hao visibly paled at her statement and he coughed. Then, someone spoke up.

"WAIT! KISS?! What exactly are the rules to this game?!" Everyone looked at the blond bodyguard of Jeanne who was seated against a wall of the room. Jeanne sighed.

"Well, someone spins the bottle, and kisses whoever the top part of the bottle is pointing to," Manta explained.

"WHAT?! I WILL NOT ALLOW MISTRESS JEANNE TO 'PLAY' THIS IMMORAL GAME!" Marco said, jumping to his feet.

"Marco!" Jeanne spoke up, "This is a perfectly harmless game. You do not have to worry."

"Yes, she is right, Marco-san. We're all friends here and all we're going to do is kiss each other on the cheek," Lyserg agreed.

"BUT-"

"Shut up." Everyone turned to where the cool voice, laced with impatience and anger, came from. Anna, who was leaning on the table with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes and glared at Marco. "Shut up. You're giving me a headache."

Marco took a step back as Anna continued to glare. Everyone held their breath in fear of what was going to happen to Marco. The bodyguard mumbled but sat down quietly and Anna closed her eyes again. Then, everyone let out the breath they were holding and smiled slightly. An uncomfortable silence settled down.

"...Umm... Let's play now!" Stacy shouted loudly, disliking silences. Everyone smiled gratefully and brightly.

"Who wants to go first?" Yoh asked. Everyone shook their heads, no besides Anna, Hao, and Stacy. Anna opened her eyes and looked around. Sighing, she took the bottle from Yoh.

"I will go first as these KIDS are afraid to do so," she said as she set the bottle down and turned it. It felt gruesomely long as the bottle turned and turned and turned and turned. The bottle started to slow down and everyone's attention was focused on the bottle. Finally, it stopped and it was pointing to... HORO HORO!

Everyone looked at Horo Horo, wondering what his reaction would be. His forehead was filled with sweat as he nervously looked at Anna. Her eyes were closed, as if trying to calm herself. She slowly turned her head towards him as every pair of eyes stared at her. Anna opened her eyes and kissed Horo Horo's cheeks with lightning speed, her lips barely touching his skin.

Horo Horo sighed in relief that it was done and over with. Now, it was his turn. He reached over the bottle and turned it. It spun and stopped on Manta. Everyone looked a little disgusted.

"Ewwwwwww!" Stacy exclaimed as some people started to cough. Horo Horo looked quite offended as he reached out and took Manta's hand and, also in lightning speed, lightly kissed his pinky finger. Manta and Horo Horo both sighed.

Manta spun the bottle which stopped at Stacy. He kissed Stacy on her hand. Stacy excitedly took the bottle and spun it. Hao gulped. A few seconds later, the bottle stopped... at Hao.

"YES!" Stacy shouted. Everyone else just shook their heads at Hao as he banged his head on the table. Now, he had a red mark on his forehead. Stacy looked at Hao.

"Hmm... I really want to kiss your lips but you have that big red thing on your forehead. So I'll kiss your forehead to make it go away!" Stacy kissed Hao's forehead and Hao let out his breath.

"Thank GOD she didn't take away my first kiss!" Hao thought. He then spun the bottle and it stopped on Tamao. He kissed her cheek and Tamao spun the bottle. It landed on Lyserg. She kissed his cheek. Lyserg spun the bottle which landed on Hao. Lyserg, copying Horo Horo, kissed Hao's pinky finger. Hao spun the bottle and it landed on Yoh. Hao ALSO kissed Yoh's finger. Yoh spun the bottle and it landed on...

Yoh gulped. It landed on HER. Everyone looked at HER and Yoh. 'Yoh is DEAD' everyone though.

The bottle had landed on Anna. She looked mildly surprised at first but she covered it up and looked expectedly at Yoh. He slowly crawled to Anna and gave her a shy peck on her cheek.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo Anna! I know you liked that!" Stacy said. Yoh crawled back to his seat, his face burning. Anna glared at her best friend. However, Stacy did not notice it.

"ANNA AND YOH SITTING ON A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! FIRST COMES LOVE! THEN COMES MARRIAGE! THEN COMES THEIR BABY IN A BABY CARRIAGE!" she sang. Anna's patience was getting thinner and thinner. Shaking, Anna finally spoke.

"Stacy... Come here for a second..." she said quietly, motioning Stacy to come nearer. Stacy leaned forward and Anna whispered something in her ear. Everyone stared as Stacy's eyes widen and she quickly nodded her head.

"Ahh... Let's stop playing! I'm bored of it!" Stacy suddenly declared. Marco quickly agreed. Everyone sighed and agreed with her. It was around 6:30 P.M. Then they started to chat with each other. When Stacy was talking with Horo Horo, Yoh tapped her on the shoulder.

"Huh? Oh, Hi Yoh! Do you want something?" Stacy asked.

"What did Anna say to you that made you quickly stop the game?" Yoh asked out of curiosity. Everyone was quiet now and they looked at Stacy for an answer.

"Oh that... She said she would tear and burn all the pictures of Hao- sama I have," she replied smiling.

"You have pictures of ME? Where did you get them?!" Hao asked quickly.

"Huh? Oh... People sell them to me..." Everyone just stared at her blankly.

"This girl... She is probably the only person who would ever buy a picture of Hao paying large amount of money... Then again, no other girls CAN since she would probably break their noses too," everyone thought, sweat rolling down their head.

"Mistress Jeanne," Marco broke the silence, "I think we have to leave now." Jeanne nodded at him and turned to the others.

"Yes, I think it is time for me to leave. I had a wonderful time with everyone here. Thank you and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at school," she said, bowing. Everyone smiled and said their good byes to her. After a while, Tamao spoke up.

"I-I think I have to leave now..." she said. Horo Horo perked up.

"I'll walk you home Tamao! Our house is close anyway!" Tamao nodded and they stood up.

"Bye guys!"

"Good bye everyone..."

Now, there was only Hao, Yoh, Manta, Anna, and Stacy left. Manta left soon after, stating that he had to go to a cram school. Then Anna and Stacy took their leave.

"GOOD BYE HAO-SAMA!! I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOU FOR FOURTEEN HOURS!! DON'T MISS ME TOO MUCH!" Stacy said, hugging Hao tightly. She then turned and ran out.

"I won't miss YOU at all," Hao muttered. Anna silently started to leave.

"A-Anna!" She turned to see Yoh staring at her. She looked at him, expectedly.

"Uhh... Thanks for coming today! I know you didn't really want to..." Yoh said.

"...Bye," Anna said before leaving. Yoh sighed and walked into the house where Hao was waiting for him with a sly grin.

"Otouto! It seems like you already have a crush!" Hao said, teasingly. Yoh blushed.

"I do NOT!" Yoh said, storming off to the dining room for dinner. Hao followed, laughing heartily. After dinner, the twins went to the bathroom where they brushed their teeth and got ready for bed. Then, Hao and Yoh went into the room they shared and they lay down on their respective beds.

"Good night otouto," Hao mumbled while yawning slightly.

"Good night nii-san."

"Maybe... Maybe I do like her. She IS really cute... Oh well... I can't wait for school tomorrow... Oh wait... Crap... I have detention...."

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GoddessLD: I have actually finished this fairly early (worked on it from around 1AM-3AM while doing other things too) because I was feeling a little guilty. From here on, I'm going to buzz through the days and weeks to get to the more EXCITING events.

HYKimPS: i hate dis sn..ok yea..i wuz really gay wen i made dis...[[sighh]] were discussing dis riie now at...3 in da mornin..sad, ne? MWUAHAhaa .....im not longer obsessed wif sk or hao..now i like dis cool japanese rock band called dir en grey =D and im gona go stalk and kidnap kaoru niikura....and also goddessld wunnt lemme ova...so besides da occasional authors notes...im O U T (not dat n3 of u wuld miss me writeing da story .'' )

GoddessLD: COUGH You never WROTE anything... Oh and the 'Don't miss me too much!' 'I won't miss you at all!' is actually what my friend (DarkAngel237) and I say to each other when we go away for a few hours. Hohoho...

GoddessLD and HYKimPS.