Note: Ei guys! Sorry for not updating for a month or two, I had been so busy the past few weeks so... yeah right uh well Lei-chan joined with me in doing this chapter. She wrote the first scene (before the flashback) after that it's me already. Okay so I hope you'd enjoy reading. Add a review... thanks!

Chapter 3

"Guys, I think we have a problem."

The tension was still very obvious though the actual event had already ceased. Rei slightly clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he watched the blue door close itself from them. He was annoyed; strike that he was pissed and he couldn't quite accept the fact that someone had just ruined his chi. Namely, none other than Kai AKA Mr. Unemotional-and-Uncaring-Bastard. Damn him and his bastardly ways.

The triplets soon found this very... unnerving. If they don't act now who knows what might happen next?!

Eventually, Max was the first brave one to react. "NOOOOOOO!!!!! Rei don't kill Kai!!!!!"

"Of course he WON'T kill Kai! Then we'd be one member short!!!"

"Haha Takao....." Kyouju mumbled as he studied the now oblivious-but-pissed Chinese. 'Uh-oh...' he thought, his ever invisible eyes running over from Rei's apparent irritated expression to his fisted hands. He tried to produce a convincing smile.

"Ne, Rei don't take it seriously. I mean, Kai has always been like that, right? It's already his normal self... so, no hard feelings?"

Thankfully, Rei had finally composed himself when Kyouju had begun talking. And yes, he had considered that getting angry over something trifle was kind of immature. "Ah... I guess you're right. But it was somewhat arrogant of him to walk-out just like that...."

"Well, he is Kai..."

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"Aren't we going to hit the hay?" Max asked nearing to snooze while putting his things in his bag. Eyes were half-closed.

Everybody was crowding in the room again, except Zhang who was still in the kitchen, washing the plates the boys had eaten on.

The boys were all standing; actually they were on a circular path, as if they were getting ready for a game. In a clockwise position, Rei was standing languidly in one leg probably because of the sleepiness he was feeling, and his right arm was on the desk. Kyouju was on his left, with arms crossed. Beside Kyouju was Max who simply stood there, holding his bag. Kai faced the windows, his back facing Takao who was directly on the same line up where he was. Takao was near the doorway and he was at Rei's right side.

Time check: 9 pm. They were all tired. Tired because of the cleaning and arranging they did. Of course, whose eyes wouldn't be irritated if you would see lots of things scattered in a tiny living room and those stuffs were already required for tomorrow?

"Sorry to say but we still can't." replied the tired Chinese boy who was looking at the clothes laid on their bed. "We can't sleep unless we're going to iron these uniforms."

The "owwwws" echoed in the room.

Hearing this, Kai decided to go off in a huff. Huh. Just try to get me involved with that and you'll see.

Everybody was tired. And so was Rei. He's now a bit irritated. He asked in a derisive tone. "Where are you going?"

The triplets were just quiet. In times like this, they should behave well; else they would get involved in the squabble.

Noticing the tension between the two, Kyouju thought of speaking up but still seeking for the right words to say. Hope this would turn out good.

"Ah... eh.. Kai, this is your room, right? Where will you sleep if you'd go out?" He asked, still musing about it. His knees were somewhat shaking.

Kai's eyes widened but in just a quart of a second he unruffled himself. I haven't thought of it! Damn. Uh well...

"You don't need to care, do you?" Kai rejoined frostily. Every time he's angry, his Russian accent would emerge.

Kyouju froze in the mid-air. I guess those weren't the right words to say. E-he-he

Kai then turned to Rei who was looking irately at him. A fed up look crossed Rei's face.

Kai felt a slight rush somewhere in his face, He lip-bit. With his eyes narrowed, he said with great scorn, telling it to the whole group particularly to the Chinese lad, "Don't ever follow. I'm going where I'm supposed to."

The triplets looked at each other and blunted a heavy sigh.

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So that was the problem Kyouju was talking about. Kai, the snooty Russian lad, whose persistence and consideration is as long as a PIECE of string and Rei, the Chinese boy, whose job is to stop the arguments, quarreled. That was a hard thing to believe but it happened. As you have seen it was not that wordy but you could feel the pressure and so did the triplets.

Good thing Rei's exasperation subsided.

But there's one more problem though it was just petty.

"Okay okay guys, let's do this quickly. Now, who would iron the uniforms?" Rei's tone changed. It had become some kind of a cool but a serious one. He had already recovered from that event and was ready to finish off.

The triplets looked at each other. Rei looked at them. They were all looking at each other.

"Fine, Kyouju can you do it?" Rei asked unperturbedly, gawking at Kyouju who shook his head heavily, as if his head would be removed from his neck because of that.

"OH no not me, definitely not me! Um.... Eh... ah! Maybe Max can do it!" Kyouju pointed at Max. Max gave a clueless look.

"Eh? I don't know how to do such a thing! Ah... Takao!" Max pointed at Takao. Takao gestured a no no.

"Haha! You can't trust me to do that! Um.. Rei! You just do it yourself I know you can do it ne!" Takao turned to Rei. Rei pointed near his chest.

"Me? Sad to say but no I can't do that. Oh C'mon Kyouju I know you can iron the clothes!" Rei said while looking on the ceiling.

Kyouju winked his eyes repeatedly even if you couldn't see it. "Please, I don't do my chores at home so how can I do that? Max, please do it!"

Max wobbled. "NO! My father didn't teach me how to do that chore. Takao don't be shy. You do the ironing."

"I'll repeat what I've just said. YOU-CAN'T-TRUST-ME-TO-DO-THAT! okaaayy!" Takao bellowed.

"Then who would do it?" Rei asked inquiringly.

They became quiet for a minute, looked at the ceiling then gawked at each other. Eventually, Rei was the first to think of a nice idea.

"C'mon let's have a draw lots. Whatever chore you have picked up will be the chore you have to do for the whole week. Zhang will do the cooking. Deal?"

"Oh yeah, deal! That's fair enough!" Takao bawled over. Max bobbed his head.

Kyouju wanted to say something. "Wait, how about Kai?"

"The one left would be his task whether he likes it or not." Rei said with that ironic tone which lingered all over his character.

Rei got a piece of paper then scribbled there: washing of clothes, washing the dishes, ironing the clothes, cleaning the house, maintaining the cleanliness of the garden, then

tore them into tiny parallel pieces after that rolled them. Then, they picked up the papers.

Max was too happy to see the one written on his paper: maintaining the cleanliness of the garden. Good choice Maxie boy! "I'm going to clean the garden, haha!"

Takao was not that contented when he read the paper. Cleaning of the house. Oh my God this is not it is supposed to be. "Mine is house cleaning, huhu."

Rei almost slumbered. What? Washing the clothes? Fine. Okay. I was the one who thought of this, I don't have the right to complain. "I picked up the washing of the clothes task."

Kyouju looked wasted. "Waaah! So I'd be ironing the clothes. Okay okay I'm gonna do the best that I can but don't whine huh! I'm not good at it. Truthfully, I really don't know how to do it but of course to be fair I must do it!"

Rei looked at the left behind paper on his hand. He closed his fist, scrunching up the paper. So Kai would be the one washing the plates. I hope he won't shatter them up.

Rei's expression changed to a slightly comical but facetious one. He tried to make his voice louder so Kai would hear it wherever he was now. Besides, it's already nighttime and it is more serene than the previous hours of the day. "Guys, thanks for your COOPERATION."

"You're welcome!" The triplets chorused. Rei, Max and Takao looked at each other.

"Kyouju, Max and I are going to sleep now. Can you please do the ironing fast?" Rei requested graciously. Kyouju looked more done in than a while ago.

Then Rei, Max and Takao said at one fell swoop. "GOOD LUCK!"

Kyouju heaved a deep sigh.

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