Chapter 5
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Another Impromptu Sleep-Over
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"So..." Uo started as she, Hana, Kyo, Yuki, Haru, Momiji, and Tohru walked out of school. "Who are these new people at your Shigure's house again? Yesterday, you said there was just one."
"Oh!" Tohru piped up. "Kai-San is Shigure-San's friend from high school and college."
"And Kisa is another cousin," Yuki added.
"Sissy!" a familiar voice said as Kisa ran up to give Tohru a hug. "Are these your friends, Sissy?"
"Oh, Kisa-Chan! You found her!" Kai said, walking the way Kisa had just come up. "Hope you don't mind if I brought Anji-Chan."
"Nah, he's cool," Kyo said, ruffling Anji's fur.
"Ah, something Orange-Top likes, huh?" Uo asked. "Is that a positive or a negative?"
"I think that counts as a squiggle," her monotonous friend concluded.
"Eh?" Kai asked, extremely confused.
"Actually, Tohru seems to like Orange-Top, better make that a positive."
"Oh, brother," Kyo muttered.
"Kai-San, Kisa-Chan, this is Uotani Arisa and Hanajima Saki," Tohru explained. "Uo-Chan, Hana-Chan, this is Kaigara Gentou and Kisa Sohma."
"Nice to meet you," Kisa said with a small bow.
"I don't think we can all fit in our room, Kai-San," Tohru said with a sweat-drop.
"We can all room in the living room, I guess," Kai said with a shrug. "Does anyone need to get anything from home before we go?"
"Can I stay over too?" Momiji asked.
"Sure, for a few hours, I don't think Shigure-San's house is big enough for four extra guests," Kai explained.
"Haru can come over, too, and make it an even ten!" Momiji suggested.
"That's not the point I was trying to get at...demo..."
"A few hours won't be too bad," Haru commented.
"We'll make some rice balls!" Tohru exclaimed.
"And maybe I could teach you how to play Go Fish," Kai added.
"Yay!"
"I completely forgot!" Tohru said. "My part-time job! I'll see you in a few hours!" she finished, hurrying off.
"Say hello to Papa for me!" Momiji hollered after her.
"I will, Momiji-Kun!"
"Your vibes tell good things about you, Kai-San," Hana declared out of the blue.
"Ano...forgive me, I'm an artist, but what are vibes?"
"Oh, you're an artist, I suppose you would call vibes an aura."
"Don't worry about the interrogation, though," Uo assured her. "Tohru's like our little sister. We've been together through everything."
"Completely understandable. That's the way Anji and I are, actually."
"Your dog?" Haru asked.
"I'm not exactly social. But, I've had Anji for two years now, and he's been like a defensive younger brother."
"Tohru said you were friends with Shigure in high school and college," Uo explained.
"How did you meet our happy novelist?" Hana continued.
"I ran into him, actually," Kai answered.
"What's wrong with the Prince, Orange-Top, and the Sophomore?" Uo asked, noticing Yuki, Kyo, and Haru seemed to be holding their breath.
"Actually, I think I know where I'm going and know how to get there, and they thought it was funny. And apparently they thought it was rude to laugh in public," Haru lied, but not obviously, of course. After noticing the strange look from Uo and the strange vibes from Hana he said, "I have no sense of direction, don't mind me."
"What are you doing here, Sophomores?" Uo asked.
"Hatsuharu Sohma, nice to meet you," he said rather flatly.
'Oh, man! Don't tell he's gonna go Black!' Kyo thought.
'Not in public, please, Haru, stay White in public,' Yuki practically prayed.
Yuki and Kyo mentally sighed in relief as Momiji jumped in. "And I'm Momiji Sohma!"
"Heh, yeah, I think we've met you before," Uo explained.
"Hm, the Sohmas seem to be a very large, traditional Japanese family. Many cousins that all attend the same school, and depending on the age, at the same time," Hana pondered.
"Yeah, we're pretty old-fashioned," Yuki admitted.
"Kai-San, may I hold Anji's leash?" Kisa asked.
"Go ahead, Kisa-Chan," Kai said, handing her the leash
Their conversation quieted down as they continued down the path. The Sohmas of the group noticed Kai was strangely distracted by something they were passing. Upon following her gaze, they found the Sohma Main House.
"What's wrong, Kai-San?" Hana asked. "Something seems to be troubling you."
She shook her head. "Nothing, Hana-San. I've just had a lot on my mind lately."
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"Sorry I'm so late, Minna-San," Tohru greeted everyone, hurrying in. "Your Papa is very hard to track down, Momiji-Kun."
"Oh, you found him?" Momiji asked, looking up from a four-way game of Go-Fish with Kai, Haru, and Kyo. Kai was proving, that in fact, she could do two things at once. While she was braiding the two longest strands of Kisa's hair into two small plaits, she had Kisa holding her hand of cards.
"Kyo-Kun, is that as hard to play as rich man-poor man?" Tohru asked, setting her things down.
"Not really, it's like mooching off your friends, and who hasn't done that?" he replied.
"Momiji, do you have any threes?" Haru asked.
"Go Fish!" Momiji nearly shrieked. "This is fun! It's like a new way to say no!"
"I'm glad you like it, Momiji-Kun," Kai said with a laugh. "What do we have, Kisa-Chan? Hm, Kyo, do you have any kings?"
"Of course your friends could also mooch off you," he added flatly, handing Kisa two cards.
"Okay!" Shigure said, coming in. "How's the party going?"
"No, Momiji, for the last time, I don't have any fives," Haru said flatly as a response.
"The rice balls are ready," Yuki announced, walking in, carrying a tray of black snacks.
"What did I tell ya?" Kyo asked Kai, motioning to the charred rice balls. "It's like a se---uh, some kind of course or something."
"Here, Yuki, let me help you make another batch of rice balls," Tohru suggested, herding him into the kitchen before he could clobber Kyo.
"I asked a question a minute ago, and no one answered it," Shigure announced rather dramatically.
"Haru, do you have any---"
"No fives, Momiji."
"Fine, it's okay, you can ignore me, after all, I put this roof over your head and let you stay with no charge!" Shigure continued.
"Oh!" Kai said, looking up. "Did you say anything, Shigure-San?"
"Nothing of importance, Kai-San."
"If you want, you can join us after this game..."
"Don't mind me, I'll be over in a corner, sulking..."
"If you don't want to you don't have to of course..."
"Maybe I could give you some strategy advice, Kai-San!" he suggested, sitting next to her and Kisa.
"Strategy in Go Fish?"
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"I think the sophomore over here is cheating," Uo said, walking over to Haru.
"Arisa..." Hana said, shaking her head.
"Trust me. I'm not."
"Then, what's this?" she asked, holding up a card that had apparently fallen from his books.
"That's a card from my own deck."
"It don't look like it, Sophomore," Uo countered.
"I'm---not---cheating---Yankee."
"Kai, do you have any Jacks?" Kyo asked. "My only Jack is BLACK!" he added with a scowl to Haru.
"WHAT'D YOU SAY, YOU BRAINLESS CAT?!"
"TAKE IT OUTSIDE!" Kai and Shigure shouted before their fight got out of control.
"The Main House finally agreed to fix my door only if it's broken once a month!" Shigure added.
"You just broke it yesterday!" Kai continued.
"STOP ACTING LIKE @#$% NEWLY-WEDS!!!" Kyo screamed, sprouting cat ears.
Shigure and Kai gasped. "How could he have figured it out?" Kai asked.
"We eloped last night in secret, our secret is out!" Shigure added.
"For cryin' out loud...."
"Oh!" Momiji suddenly exclaimed. "I had all four of the fives all along!"
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"Thank you for jumping in to save the day, Honda-San," Yuki said as Tohru got out the finished rice balls.
"Oh, no, don't thank me!" Tohru said, waving her arms. "I should be thanking you for being so patient and waiting for me to come back."
Yuki smiled as Tohru walked out the door with the rice balls. "I'll always wait for you, Honda-San."
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(AN: that wasn't too mushy, was it? Wait, this is shojo. Gomen! This is my first shojo fic...)
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Another Impromptu Sleep-Over
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"So..." Uo started as she, Hana, Kyo, Yuki, Haru, Momiji, and Tohru walked out of school. "Who are these new people at your Shigure's house again? Yesterday, you said there was just one."
"Oh!" Tohru piped up. "Kai-San is Shigure-San's friend from high school and college."
"And Kisa is another cousin," Yuki added.
"Sissy!" a familiar voice said as Kisa ran up to give Tohru a hug. "Are these your friends, Sissy?"
"Oh, Kisa-Chan! You found her!" Kai said, walking the way Kisa had just come up. "Hope you don't mind if I brought Anji-Chan."
"Nah, he's cool," Kyo said, ruffling Anji's fur.
"Ah, something Orange-Top likes, huh?" Uo asked. "Is that a positive or a negative?"
"I think that counts as a squiggle," her monotonous friend concluded.
"Eh?" Kai asked, extremely confused.
"Actually, Tohru seems to like Orange-Top, better make that a positive."
"Oh, brother," Kyo muttered.
"Kai-San, Kisa-Chan, this is Uotani Arisa and Hanajima Saki," Tohru explained. "Uo-Chan, Hana-Chan, this is Kaigara Gentou and Kisa Sohma."
"Nice to meet you," Kisa said with a small bow.
"I don't think we can all fit in our room, Kai-San," Tohru said with a sweat-drop.
"We can all room in the living room, I guess," Kai said with a shrug. "Does anyone need to get anything from home before we go?"
"Can I stay over too?" Momiji asked.
"Sure, for a few hours, I don't think Shigure-San's house is big enough for four extra guests," Kai explained.
"Haru can come over, too, and make it an even ten!" Momiji suggested.
"That's not the point I was trying to get at...demo..."
"A few hours won't be too bad," Haru commented.
"We'll make some rice balls!" Tohru exclaimed.
"And maybe I could teach you how to play Go Fish," Kai added.
"Yay!"
"I completely forgot!" Tohru said. "My part-time job! I'll see you in a few hours!" she finished, hurrying off.
"Say hello to Papa for me!" Momiji hollered after her.
"I will, Momiji-Kun!"
"Your vibes tell good things about you, Kai-San," Hana declared out of the blue.
"Ano...forgive me, I'm an artist, but what are vibes?"
"Oh, you're an artist, I suppose you would call vibes an aura."
"Don't worry about the interrogation, though," Uo assured her. "Tohru's like our little sister. We've been together through everything."
"Completely understandable. That's the way Anji and I are, actually."
"Your dog?" Haru asked.
"I'm not exactly social. But, I've had Anji for two years now, and he's been like a defensive younger brother."
"Tohru said you were friends with Shigure in high school and college," Uo explained.
"How did you meet our happy novelist?" Hana continued.
"I ran into him, actually," Kai answered.
"What's wrong with the Prince, Orange-Top, and the Sophomore?" Uo asked, noticing Yuki, Kyo, and Haru seemed to be holding their breath.
"Actually, I think I know where I'm going and know how to get there, and they thought it was funny. And apparently they thought it was rude to laugh in public," Haru lied, but not obviously, of course. After noticing the strange look from Uo and the strange vibes from Hana he said, "I have no sense of direction, don't mind me."
"What are you doing here, Sophomores?" Uo asked.
"Hatsuharu Sohma, nice to meet you," he said rather flatly.
'Oh, man! Don't tell he's gonna go Black!' Kyo thought.
'Not in public, please, Haru, stay White in public,' Yuki practically prayed.
Yuki and Kyo mentally sighed in relief as Momiji jumped in. "And I'm Momiji Sohma!"
"Heh, yeah, I think we've met you before," Uo explained.
"Hm, the Sohmas seem to be a very large, traditional Japanese family. Many cousins that all attend the same school, and depending on the age, at the same time," Hana pondered.
"Yeah, we're pretty old-fashioned," Yuki admitted.
"Kai-San, may I hold Anji's leash?" Kisa asked.
"Go ahead, Kisa-Chan," Kai said, handing her the leash
Their conversation quieted down as they continued down the path. The Sohmas of the group noticed Kai was strangely distracted by something they were passing. Upon following her gaze, they found the Sohma Main House.
"What's wrong, Kai-San?" Hana asked. "Something seems to be troubling you."
She shook her head. "Nothing, Hana-San. I've just had a lot on my mind lately."
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"Sorry I'm so late, Minna-San," Tohru greeted everyone, hurrying in. "Your Papa is very hard to track down, Momiji-Kun."
"Oh, you found him?" Momiji asked, looking up from a four-way game of Go-Fish with Kai, Haru, and Kyo. Kai was proving, that in fact, she could do two things at once. While she was braiding the two longest strands of Kisa's hair into two small plaits, she had Kisa holding her hand of cards.
"Kyo-Kun, is that as hard to play as rich man-poor man?" Tohru asked, setting her things down.
"Not really, it's like mooching off your friends, and who hasn't done that?" he replied.
"Momiji, do you have any threes?" Haru asked.
"Go Fish!" Momiji nearly shrieked. "This is fun! It's like a new way to say no!"
"I'm glad you like it, Momiji-Kun," Kai said with a laugh. "What do we have, Kisa-Chan? Hm, Kyo, do you have any kings?"
"Of course your friends could also mooch off you," he added flatly, handing Kisa two cards.
"Okay!" Shigure said, coming in. "How's the party going?"
"No, Momiji, for the last time, I don't have any fives," Haru said flatly as a response.
"The rice balls are ready," Yuki announced, walking in, carrying a tray of black snacks.
"What did I tell ya?" Kyo asked Kai, motioning to the charred rice balls. "It's like a se---uh, some kind of course or something."
"Here, Yuki, let me help you make another batch of rice balls," Tohru suggested, herding him into the kitchen before he could clobber Kyo.
"I asked a question a minute ago, and no one answered it," Shigure announced rather dramatically.
"Haru, do you have any---"
"No fives, Momiji."
"Fine, it's okay, you can ignore me, after all, I put this roof over your head and let you stay with no charge!" Shigure continued.
"Oh!" Kai said, looking up. "Did you say anything, Shigure-San?"
"Nothing of importance, Kai-San."
"If you want, you can join us after this game..."
"Don't mind me, I'll be over in a corner, sulking..."
"If you don't want to you don't have to of course..."
"Maybe I could give you some strategy advice, Kai-San!" he suggested, sitting next to her and Kisa.
"Strategy in Go Fish?"
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"I think the sophomore over here is cheating," Uo said, walking over to Haru.
"Arisa..." Hana said, shaking her head.
"Trust me. I'm not."
"Then, what's this?" she asked, holding up a card that had apparently fallen from his books.
"That's a card from my own deck."
"It don't look like it, Sophomore," Uo countered.
"I'm---not---cheating---Yankee."
"Kai, do you have any Jacks?" Kyo asked. "My only Jack is BLACK!" he added with a scowl to Haru.
"WHAT'D YOU SAY, YOU BRAINLESS CAT?!"
"TAKE IT OUTSIDE!" Kai and Shigure shouted before their fight got out of control.
"The Main House finally agreed to fix my door only if it's broken once a month!" Shigure added.
"You just broke it yesterday!" Kai continued.
"STOP ACTING LIKE @#$% NEWLY-WEDS!!!" Kyo screamed, sprouting cat ears.
Shigure and Kai gasped. "How could he have figured it out?" Kai asked.
"We eloped last night in secret, our secret is out!" Shigure added.
"For cryin' out loud...."
"Oh!" Momiji suddenly exclaimed. "I had all four of the fives all along!"
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"Thank you for jumping in to save the day, Honda-San," Yuki said as Tohru got out the finished rice balls.
"Oh, no, don't thank me!" Tohru said, waving her arms. "I should be thanking you for being so patient and waiting for me to come back."
Yuki smiled as Tohru walked out the door with the rice balls. "I'll always wait for you, Honda-San."
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(AN: that wasn't too mushy, was it? Wait, this is shojo. Gomen! This is my first shojo fic...)