Reina headed over to Haru. "He's such a pain in the ass!" She muttered.
He handed her a towel. "You can be too, you know."
She glared at him. "What does that mean?"
"I mean maybe you two argue so much because you're so alike. You should try putting yourself in his place for a minute. You're his sister he didn't even know about. He was trying to protect you."
"Yeah, from you." She giggled.
"I'm serious Reina. Think about how he feels. What would you do?"
She closed her eyes and really thought about it. Haru was good at making people do that. I guess…I wouldn't want my sister doing stupid things. Maybe I would be an over-protective lunatic too. Aw shit, I have to apologize. She opened her eyes and looked at Haru. "How do you do that?"
He shrugged. "So what are you going to do."
She sighed. "I'll go talk to him."
Haru smiled. "Don't loose your temper again. I don't want you to scare the little kids making sandcastles down the beach."
She grinned and whacked him gently on the head. "I'll try to be good."
Reina walked over to Kyou, who was sulking on a rock. Without a word, she sat down next to him.
"What do you want?" He growled.
"When I was in 8th grade I had a friend in 7th. She was dating a guy in 10th grade and I didn't like it, so I threatened to throw him in front of a bus if he did anything stupid. She got so pissed at me we stopped being friends."
"What's your point?"
"I didn't get it at the time, because I was the one trying to protect her. But now that I'm the one being protected, I see why she got upset. I also see what you're doing. I'm sorry."
He stared at her. "You know…when I was younger, I used to wish Mom would have another kid. I promised myself if she ever did, I'd show that kid the love she never gave me."
Reina smiled and leaned back, basking in the sun. "It's funny. We argue because we care. Most people do. But I never really thought about it before."
He messed up her hair. "That's because you're a selfish brat."
"Hey!"
"Kidding."
She grinned. "Love is so screwed up, isn't it?"
He glanced over to the waves, where Tohru was, before saying "It's hard. When no one ever gave it to you before you don't know how to receive it."
"True." She noticed him looking at Tohru. "And it's hard to give too, isn't it? You don't know how to tell her."
He turned around. "Her?"
"I'm not stupid, big brother." She said smugly. "You don't know how to tell her."
"So what if I don't?"
"I could help…"
"NO! I'll seem like a wimpy sissy boy then."
Reina laughed. "You're so worried about your image. Be yourself. Tell her. She wants to know who you are."
"Why is my little sister giving me advice?"
She stood up and started to walk away. "Because I'm smarter!" He through sand at her as she laughed and ran away.
"That went well, huh?" Haru said, noting Reina's smile.
"Uh-huh." She sat down on the blanket next to him. "My life has changed so much. All thanks to you."
"You changed it yourself. I just helped along."
"I don't know where I'd be without you, Haru." She said seriously. "I love you."
"I love you too."
That's all folks! This was the last chapter. Hope you liked it!