Patricia held her baggage in her hand, very tightly. Kathryn was standing next to her, watching for Dev. She looked over at her friend.
"Pat, what's wrong?" The blonde blinked and looked up.
"Wah? Oh nothing. Just thinking." Kat glomped her.
"You think too much."
"Yup. Oh there's Dev!" They hurried over to him, grabbed their plane tickets and were off.
Their flight consisted of chicken, beef, soda, and movies. Dev held Pat's hand when turbulence toyed with the plane. Kathryn chewed her gum to pop her ears. Before too long, the sun was rising in front of them. They got off sleepily, and headed to the baggage claim, then headed outside. There, in front of them, stood Daiuske, and Riku. Dev smiled and hugged his cousin, then bowed to the girl next to him. He introduced his friends' and they bowed in turn. Daiuske heaved the girls' bags over his shoulders and headed to the cab waiting all of them. He dropped the bags into the trunk, and the group piled in. Soon they pulled up in front of Daiuske's house, and everyone got out, complaining of being cramped. They filed into the house and found rooms to sleep in. Dai's mother smiled happily but looked knowingly at Pat and Kat. The girls' looked at each other with question, but decided it was a fluke.
"Dai sweety you're late!" Daiuske's mother called just as everyone finished eating. Daiuske groaned and grabbed his bags, followed closely by his cousin and that crowd.
"Wait, you all are coming too?" Pat grinned and nodded happily.
"Yeah I wanna hang at your school." Kathryn flushed lightly. Daiuske shrugged and set off, he didn't really have time to argue, plus he didn't mind the company. Riku seemed to like the new girls' anyway. They all dashed out of the house together, on their way to Dai's school.
Kathryn beamed brightly and whispered to Pat. "OMG! He's here!"
"Dude chill, you blonde of course he's here. (Note: I can make a blonde joke cause I AM A BLONDE MUAH HAHAHAHA! So don't take offence… k:-P.) This is his school too."
"You think he'd be scared of I glomped him now?"
"Of course but that's the fun." Pat and Kat ran up to Satoshi and hugged him tightly. He looked a bit perturbed. Kathryn just blushed and Patricia laughed. Satoshi looked at Dev and Dai.
"What is this; my American fan club?" Pat smacked him upside the head.
"That was rude." He just glared at her. She decided it would be fun to glare back. But evidently, Satoshi wasn't too keen on the idea. He quickly looked to Daiuske and said in a voice dripping with poison.
"We're going to be late for class." With that he turned on his heel and walked off.
"Alright, that's it; he's on my hit list." Pat breathed, not at all happy. Kathryn sighed and shook her head.
"Just don't hurt my man too much." The girls' laughed, no one else understanding why. This, of course, made them laugh harder.
"So, Risa says Dark is supposed to steal something tonight. She also said there was gonna be some dude named Shadow, joinin him." Pat winked playfully at Daiuske and kissed Dev's cheek. Dai blushed and Riku looked mad. "Don't worry Riku; I like Dev, not Daiuske. And I joke with my female friends like that too. So don't be jealous." Both Riku and Daiuske blushed and everyone laughed. They were all enjoying the lunches Daiuske's mom made. Kathryn looked up to the roof and noticed Satoshi sitting alone, randomly glancing down at them. She poked Pat, who nodded, and Kathryn was off. Dev looked at her questionably.
"She's going to sit with Satoshi. You know how hot she thinks he is." Dev laughed and nodded, turning back to his food. Riku got up to go the bathroom. Pat grinned. "Oh Daiuske…. Hmm… mind if I call you Dai?"
"Nah, you can call me Dai."
"K, cool. Anyways, so yeah, I know you're Dark, that's why I winked at you." Daiuske spit out the juice he was drinking. "Careful man, don't spew." He looked at her in total shock.
"Y… Yo… you know?"
"Hahahaha yeah, I also know Dev's Shadow. And Satoshi's Krad but that guy's scary. In fact, Kat and I know everything." Daiuske gulped.
"H…how?" Pat laughed.
"Let's just say, There's stories of you that are published, but don't worry, no one will come after you." Dev laughed at the look of complete confuzzlement on Daiuske's face. Pat was laughing so hard she had tears in the corners of her eyes. "Just… don't… worry…" She managed to choke out.
Kathryn walked up to the roof and sat down near Satoshi. He looked over at her and raised his eyebrow. "Uh Hello?" Kathryn grinned at him.
"Hi, I thought you could use some company. Are you eating bread?"
"Uhh yeah… what are you..."
"Do you always only eat bread?"
"And water… its good…"
"How about this, I'm a good cook; I'll cook you some dinner." He blinked at her, and nodded slowly, thinking she was another one of his fan girls.
"Ok so I struck a deal with Satoshi… well more like I told him I was gonna cook dinner and he nodded to make me go away. But I'll win him over." Kathryn and Patricia laughed, the rest of the group looking at them like they're insane, which they are. Pat stretched out and groaned.
"Well, I'm dead. I'm gonna go back to Dai's… anyone with me?" Kathryn and Dev nodded.
"We'll catch ya at home, Daiuske. See ya later Riku." Dev started to walk off, Pat and Kat gave Riku and Daiuske hugs then followed Dev, with their arms across each other's shoulders. Dai and Riku looked after them.
"Your cousin dates and befriends the weirdest people." She stated, shaking her head. "I love them." She added as they walked back into school.
Satoshi wandered over to Daiuske. "Hey Daiuske, what's the deal with that blonde friend of your cousin's?"
"Who, Patricia?"
"No, the other one."
"Oh Kathryn. She's just really weird."
"Not one of my insane fan girls?"
"Well she's insane, but no not one of your fan girls."
"Oh, when you see her could you tell her to come by tonight? You know my address." Daiuske looked at him weird.
"Uhh, y… yeah sure." Satoshi smiled slightly.
"Thanks." And he was off back to his desk. Daiuske blinked. Well that was odd, he thought to himself.
Kathryn walked over to the apartment Daiuske directed her to. She uneasily knocked on the door. "Satoshi? It's Kathryn; I'm here to make you dinner." He opened the door and looked out suspiciously. After a few moments he nodded.
"Alright, come on in." She followed him into the dark apartment (after sliding off her shoes), carrying her ingredients. The light flicked on and she looked for a pan, and then dumped her ingredients in. After a few moments, she slid the pan into the oven and sat down on the couch by Satoshi. Her face turned to his and she opened her eyes wide and said "boo." Satoshi just blinked at her. He lowered his glasses and glowered.
"What's your deal?" Kathryn was taken back. She nervously turned her head to the floor and sighed. He stared for a moment, analyzing her, and then he spoke again. "Sorry for ridiculing you. I'm just not used to someone caring, without obsessing." Kathryn started to look better. "How about you call your friend while we're waiting for the food?" Kat smiled and wandered to the phone, dialing Daiuske's number.
The timer went off just as Kat got off the phone with Patricia. She walked to the kitchen to see Satoshi had pulled the lasagna out and was sniffing it. She laughed and pulled out a spatula to cut through and serve. Satoshi was eating before she had ever served herself. They ate at the table and ate in silence, till the pan was empty. Satoshi offered to help with the dishes so he washed and she wiped. He turned to her and smiled. "Thanks for dinner, it was really good." Kathryn blushed and smiled back.
"You're welcome, anytime."
"You really mean that?"
"Yeah." She smiled at him. "Uhh well I should go, it's getting late and I know you have stuff to do." Satoshi agreed and walked Kathryn back to his door.
"Yeah, I got a thief to catch." He playfully winked at her, catching her, and himself, completely off guard. "Heh heh heh." He scratched the back of his head nervously then stopped himself from chuckling. "Well have a goodnight."
"Heh, yeah, you too Satoshi." She headed out the door and suddenly he was beside her.
"I thought I should walk you to your bus stop." He stated, with a small smile. She beamed
"Arigato!"
"Hahahaha you know some Japanese!"
"Heh, barely." They laughed genuinely for a moment as her bus pulled up. He squeezed her hand then let her go.
"Goodnight." She smiled at him.
"Goodnight Satoshi."