A/N: Here's Chapter 2! It's a bit boring, but Chapter 3 is much better! Please enjoy!
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Virtual Reality – Chapter 2"All right, Aelita. This is the kitchen, where we eat, cook, bake, and stuff. These are my parents. If you want, you can also call them 'Mom' and 'Dad'," Yumi suggested as she led Aelita on a tour throughout her house.
"Okay," Aelita agreed, cheerfully greeting Mr. and Mrs. Ishiyama. Yumi led Aelita out of the kitchen and across the hallway to the living room.
"This is the living room, where we watch television, set up the Christmas tree, and casual stuff like that," Yumi explained, receiving a nod from Aelita.
Yumi then led Aelita down the hallway, past the staircase, and into a bathroom.
"This is the downstairs bathroom. You'd shower, bathe, wash your hands, go to the bathroom, and stuff like that."
Across the hall from the bathroom was the guestroom.
"Normally, we'd have you stay in here, but I figured it'd be much more fun if we share my bedroom. Besides, we need this room for when my relatives visit," Yumi told Aelita, whom grinned in return.
At the end of the hall was the laundry room.
"This is where we'd wash our clothing, andkeep our winter-wear and rain stuff. Across the hall is the bedroom in which my parents sleep. Don't ever enter their bedroom unless you've got permission," Yumi instructed. Then she led Aelita back down the hallway and up the staircase.
"This is my bedroom. Or in this case, our bedroom," Yumi opened the door to reveal a simple bedroom.
The walls were red and white and had three windows. There were two beds, about four feet apart from each other. There was a stereo and a small library. There were two workdesks, two computers, and two closets, one of each for Yumi and one of each for Aelita. Across from this bedroom was Yumi and Aelita's personal bathroom.
"And now, it's time to change into pajamas, and then we'll eat dinner," Yumi announced. "It's a weird schedule, but oh well."
Yumi handed Aelita a yellow silk tanktop and blue silk shorts, then changed into her own white silk tanktop and red silk pajama pants and tied half of her hair into a bun. Aelita changed into her given clothes and then the two went downstairs and entered the kitchen.
"So what's for dinner, Mom?" Yumi asked.
"We're ordering out for pizza tonight. It should be here any moment," Mr. Ishiyama answered.
"All right!" Yumi shot her left arm up into the air as Aelita grinned.
As if on cue, the doorbell rang. Yumi stood up from the table and ran to answer the door, shouting over her shoulder, "I'll get it!"
But instead of seeing the pizza man at the door, Yumi found that it was Ulrich at the door! Yumi blushed, "Ulrich! What are you doing here?"
"Jeremie and Odd sent me to check up on you girls. Is Aelita settling in okay?" Ulrich blushed and diverted his gaze away from Yumi.
"Yeah, we're doing fine, thank you. Aelita will be sharing my bedroom and I gave her some clothes and a tour of the house," Yumi told Ulrich, struggling to hide the embarrassment of being seen in her pajamas.
"But aren't all of your clothes black?" Ulrich joked.
"No, not all of them, as you can see," Yumi pointed to her pajamas.
"Well, your pajamas aren't exactly day clothes," Ulrich blushed harder.
"No, I guess not," Yumi chuckled. She and Ulrich finally made eye contact, and after a few moments of staring, broke out laughing.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow," Ulrich said, breaking the awkward silence that had followed their laughs.
"Okay, good night," Yumi waved and watched Ulrich walk down the walkway.
Yumi closed the door, only to have to open it after hearing the doorbell ring again.
"Yes, what is it?" she greeted the man at the door politely.
"Here's your pizza. Ten bucks, please," the pizza man spoke in a geeky-boy type of voice, handing Yumi the box of pizza. Yumi in turn handed the pizza man the ten dollars deposited between her fingers.
"Thank you," Yumi closed the door and walked back to the kitchen.
"What was that all about?" Mrs. Ishiyama asked.
"Ulrich came to check up on Aelita, then the pizza guy came," Yumi answered, setting the pizza on the table and sitting down in her chair.
"Ulrich knows Aelita?" Mr. Ishiyama inquired.
"The guys came with me to pick up Aelita at the airport," Yumi quickly made up an excuse. "Come on, the pizza's here. Let's eat."
Mr. Ishiyama divided the pizza between them four. Yumi showed Aelita different ways to eat the pizza, telling her parents that Aelita's never eaten pizza before.
Later on that night, Yumi and Aelita tucked themselves into bed.
"Yumi?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah?"
"What will school be like, tomorrow?"
"Most of the time, it's pretty fun, but it has its faults. I couldn't tell you about your classes, though. I'm one grade above you and the others."
"Oh."
"…Okay, well… good night."
"Good night, Yumi…"
A/N: I know, I know, it was pretty boring, but the next chapter will be better, I promise!
