(Home again - 4)
Shuiichi would come home with Erica. He was a little quieter; apparently his first day in America hadn't been what he thought it would be. The only time that he found his excitement again was when Erica's mom said they could walk down the street to Burger King and let them buy dinner.
Kate didn't really know what to do with the pair of them, they seemed to be getting along great, which was good, but where the hell were they going to put him tonight, her mother would never allow them all to stay in her house.
"Where am I sleeping tonight?" Shuiichi asked Erica.
"Under my bed, I will go to bed early tonight, and you can climb in my window since it is right by the porch and get under my bed. I will try and get you something to eat." Erica said.
"Is it always going to be this way?" Shuiichi asked. Taylor didn't have an answer for that. "Well if it is, I might as well enjoy it right?"
"Yeah!" They walked home slowly, talking about this and that. Erica wanted to hear all about the other members of Bad Luck, and all about Nittle Grasper, and all about Eiri Yuki since she had never read any of his books, and Shuiichi was perfectly willing to tell her all about it, even though it did make him a little home sick.
"Erica it is time to come in." Her mother said coming to the door, it was eight o'clock and her mother had given her a bit of time later than normal since she was just sitting on the back pouch with a friend of hers. She told her mom that she was going to walk him around the front of the house and then she would come in. When they went to the front she showed him her window by the porch and told him to just sit on the other side of the wall until she called him.
She had to wait a little bit before calling it a night, telling her mom that she was going to watch one of the anime's on tape that she had in her room before bed. She would have normally borrowed Gravitation from Kate, but it seemed somewhat… well… inappropriate. Instead she took DNAngel and told Kate what she was doing. Kate only agreed because she knew that the kid had nowhere else to go. Taylor went into her room and called Shuiichi in, who luckily didn't blunder coming in. At nine she would have Shuiichi hide under the bed and come out for a snack that she just gave to him since she didn't know if she would be able to feed him tomorrow.
(End the day - 4.5)
Eiri and Tohma had spent all day trying to find Shuiichi, and since he wasn't back by the time Eiri came home he was really worried now. Where was he? Was he hurt? He was such a little clutz, could it be that he had gone and gotten himself into real trouble. All of this and more in mind, he would finally curl up in bed and stare at the ceiling, unable to sleep all night.
