Ring ring. Shigure picked up the phone. "Hello? Oh, Haa-kun. Do what do I owe the pleasure? Oh. Oh my. I see, I see. Come over here at once."
"What'd Haru do this time?" Kyou asked, looking up from the food in front of him.
"Now Kyou-kun, you shouldn't assume Haa-kun has done something bad. It could have been your lovely little sister."
Kyou's eyes flashed angrily. "And what is that supposed to mean?"
"It seems little Reina-chan couldn't contain her love and it just busted out." Shigure couldn't help annoying Kyou. It was one of his pastimes.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kyou yelled.
"It seems Haa-kun and Reina-chan were caught when exchanging very passionate kisses." Shigure sighed. "Ahh, young love. What a beautiful thing."
"So…who caught them?" Kyou asked.
"It seems one of the servants that works closely with Akito." Shigure turned serious. "Unfortunately, you know what that means."
"IDIOTS!" Kyou shouted. "How could they be that stupid! I'm going to kill Haru!"
"Kyou-kun, there you go again, blaming poor Haa-kun. Your sister started it, you know."
"What?" That seemed to piss him off more. "What is she trying to do?"
"Calm down. You hardly know her at all, Kyou-kun." Shigure said wisely. "Perhaps you should think from her point of view. She's not used to having people who love and want to protect her around. She probably assumes she'll be on her own again soon enough, and so she's not thinking about the worry she could cause others."
Kyou stared at his cousin. Damn I hate when he's right! "Fine." He said. "I won't do anything. I'll just try to help with Akito."
Shigure smiled. "You know Kyou-kun, you're going to make a fine big brother, even if it is a bit late start."
"Yeah whatever."
A while later, Haru and Reina arrived.
"Hello you two!" Shigure said, too enthusiastically. "How are things? What have you been doing?"
Kyou and Reina both glared at him. "Uh…umm…Haa-kun, they're scaring me!" He whined as he tried to hide behind him.
Haru shook his head. "Sensei…."
"Oh, you came here because of your little run-in, didn't you? Well let's get to it!" He turned to Reina. "Show me exactly what you were doing when the man saw you through the window."
Both Kyou and Reina smacked him. The impact sent him flying. "Pervert…" Kyou muttered.
"Ow…"
"Sensei, are you going to tell us what to do?" Haru asked, exasperated.
"Well, there's not much you can do. The servant will tell Akito. Akito will request your presence. You'll have to explain it to him. If you'd like, I'll wait outside in case he tries anything."
"That's all you can do?" Kyou sounded upset. "We just have to let them go in there with that bastard?"
"Yes. Does that bother you Kyou-kun?" Shigure had a faint smile on his face.
Kyou ran his hand through his hair. "I'll go too." He said. "When Akito summons…tell me, I'll come."
"Okay." Haru said seriously. Reina still hadn't spoken. "We'll go back home and wait…"
Haru and Reina headed home, when they arrived, there was a note on the doorstep. Reina picked it up and opened it.
"Akito wants to see us…tomorrow."
"I'll let Sensei know." Haru said.
Reina looked at him. "Haru…I'm sorry."
"It okay."
"But what if…"
"Hey. We're going to get through this. Together we'll be fine. I promise."
She smiled. "I promise too."