Hey peoples!! This is Kohiro here! Well, we finally got the second chapter all typed up, thanks to Bakani and
Ame! I got the easy job of submitting it here and Koori did the usual job of writing a wonderful entry! (I gotta
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Bakani:
Ame smiled at me! ^v^ Yes, its pathetic to be this happy, but still...
She avoids me. Kohiro tries to hide it from me, he doesn't want me to be hurt. But I know. How
could I not? More and more, she hangs out with those other girls instead of Koori, Kohiro, and I. But, I know
she still talks to Kohiro (and even sometimes Koori, and they're never gotten along). I also know what those
girl friends of hers say about me...
I pushed back the tears that were threatening to spill. One escaped down my cheek and I quickly
wiped it away before Kohiro could notice.
The day passed quickly. Lunchtime came and went:
"Ne, Kohiro! What're you hiding?"
"Uh, um, eh? Nothing!"
"I wanna see!"
"Oi, Baka! Get off. Ow. Let go already!"
"No! almost..... hah! Got it!"
"Hey!"
"Oooooh! Pocky! Can I have some?"
"I guess... -.- a little..."
"Yay! Arigato!"
"Hey, Baka! I said 'a little' not half the box. Here, give that back!"
"But, Kohi- oops!"
*crunch* . . .
"gomen..."
"*sigh* I knew this was going to happen, that's why I was hiding it. -.- "
Koori didn't try to get his revenge yet, but whenever I looked at him he glared at me. Actually, he
forgot about it for a little during lunch because he got caught up in an argument with Kohiro. He made up for it,
though, in our next class together by glaring at me even when I wasn't looking at him. It's really hard to
concentrate when you feel that icy gaze piercing through you.
Maybe if I gave him a hug he'd stop loathing my existence quite so much. Then again, it might just make
things worse.
After school, I considered keeping Ame to her promise of 'seeing me later', but I decided against it.
She probably wouldn't be pleased to see me and I didn't feel like going through all of that and becoming
depressed right now. 'Later' could wait for a different day... maybe tomorrow ^-^.
I also didn't want to stay around the house. Avoiding the little brother when he's out for blood is a
natural survival instinct of the Bakani. So I went to Kohiro's house.
"No one's home but you?" I asked looking around his quiet house.
"Yeah. My tou-san's recording with your tou-chan and Am- uh, Fujisaki-san." I didn't comment on
his avoidance of Ame's name, I know he's just worried for me. "And my kaa-san's visiting her parents in
Kyoto."
"What about the little ones?" Kohiro's little siblings.
"Oh, they're still in school. When they come home, though, you get to help me baby-sit." He smiled
cheerfully and I sighed. I should charge him for it, with all the times he gets me to help watch them.
"Hey Kohiro," I grinned at him, "why don't you come over and help me baby-sit my little brother?"
He looked at me for a second, and then we both burst out laughing.
"He would kill you if you tried, Baka."
"Now, now, Koori." I imitated a stern voice. "Make sure you finish up all your dinner. And no
staying up past your bedtime young man, or tou-san will give you such a spanking!" Somehow I
managed a straight face. Kohiro almost fell over laughing.
"Baka, you're pretty good at that. The theatre company's auditioning for the play, you should try out."
He managed after calming down a bit.
"You think?"
"Yeah! Definitely."
"Hmmm, maybe.... knowing me I'll just make a fool of myself."
Kohiro put an arm around me. "Just think of it this way: The whole school already knows how big a
fool you are, you've got nothing to lose."
"Gee, thanks a lot..."
"Tadaima!" I called, coming in the door at home. No answer. I popped my head into Tou-san's study
where he was sitting in front of his computer.
"Tadaima, Tou-san."
"Okaeri."
"Where's Koori?"
"In his room."
Phew. Good, at least I won't run into him, he'll probably stay in there. The evening went by. It was
late before Tou-chan finally came home.
"Tadaima." He announced tiredly. Tou-san, who had been relaxing in the living room, stood up and
went to greet him. Tou-chan practically collapsed into Tou-san's arms.
I smiled at them from my place on the stairs.
"Oyasumi." I whispered, careful not to disturb the little isolated world my parents had just gone into.
For all their differences they really love each other. I snuck back up the stairs to my room.
Koori:
"ACHOOO!" I sneezed. Ow, that hurt. Absently I rubbed my nose. I seem to be coming down with
a bad cold, I remember having a horrible sneezing fit yesterday.
"Well, at least I'll have an excuse to stay home tomorrow..." I muttered to my pet snake. He seems to
like me as much as I like him. Or is it a her? How do you tell a snake's gender anyway?
Anyway, my snake ignored me and continued soaking up the sun's rays.
"Good idea." I agreed and went back to dozing. Why bother with math class anyway? The teacher's
brand new out of college and very easily persuaded that I should pass. Showing up in class isn't necessary.
I heard a thud on the rooftop. A good eye-roll was required. What did she want now? Carefully, I
schooled (puns are evil .) my face into my best 'What the hell do you want?' face and rolled to the edge of
the roof. I stuck my head over the edge and glared at my teacher: a typical beauty. Quiet, demure... I made a
face. How boring could you get? The sensei blushed and stuttered out her message.
"Ah... you see...Yuki-kun...the bell..." The bell signaling the next class rang.
"Why didn't you say so?" I growled, and as I scrambled up to the roof I saw her shrink back. I
grabbed my snake off his spot on the roof and my pack, then flung myself back in the window. I actually had to
go to my next class, the teacher's a total pain in the ass. Just one more thing... I turned to my sensei.
"Thank you..." I said in my best 'charming' voice. The teacher looked like she was in shock. I never
get why that happens. I just assume it's because I look like my tou-san. Hey, if it means I don't have to waste
time in a stuffy classroom: power to me. I waved in front of my sensei's face, but nothing happened. I sighed
and pushed her out of the classroom to wait for my history teacher. He's such a stiff.
"Hey Koori!"
"Hey Aki."
"Did you remember that picture?" Aki asked. I sighed and pet my snake. I really need to get him a
name
"Nope." I murmured. Aki flopped down next to me in the park.
"Jeez! That's the second day in a row!" She complained.
"You finished photo-copying Hiro's interview?" I asked. And waited. Aki had gone into worship mode,
and her eyes were already glazing over.
"Hello? Aki? This is earth. Have you been here before?" I frantically waved a hand in front of her
face. Last time this happened I had to take her home. Shudder. Luckily my mission was a success; Aki
smacked me upside the head.
Kohiro:
It's sometimes nice when you're the only one home. I could read over the lines for the part I wanted to
do in the play and no one would distract me. I wanted to make sure that I had them memorized because the
tryouts were the next day.
I had finished all my homework in an hour. I could've finished it sooner but I actually had some trouble
on my math. Math is probably my weakest subject in school; getting the concept is easy enough, but I have a
little trouble applying it.
School was boring and uneventful, as usual, except for the argument I had with Koori at lunch. I know
it's mean, but its fun to get a reaction out of the guy other than his normal expression of being bored and annoyed
at the same time. And I lost most of my Pocky to Bakani...
I had just finished going through all the lines for my part, when I heard the doorbell ring. It wasn't too
hard to figure out who it was: my family wouldn't ring the doorbell at their own house, so I knew it had to be
Bakani coming to see me.
Sure enough, there he was, smile and all.
He looked around confused and asked "No one's home but you?"
"Yeah, my tou-san's recording with your tou-chan and Am- uh, Fujisaki-san, and my kaa-san's visiting
her parents in Kyoto." I mentally slapped myself. Many people think Bakani is dense, but I know he's not.
Just like I know that he easily caught my slip of the tongue in my attempt to avoid Ame's name. Though, to my
relief, he acted as if I had never said it.
"What about the little ones?"
"Oh, they're still at school. When they come home, though, you get to help me baby-sit." I smiled
cheerfully. I always have Bakani help with babysitting. I learned long ago that to baby-sit alone is setting
yourself up for trouble when it comes to twins. Why might you ask? Two against one was never good odds,
even more so when you have two hyper-active children and a decent-sized house. Besides, the twins like Bakani.
Bakani looked over at me grinning. "Hey Kohiro, why don't you help me baby-sit my little brother."
We looked at each other, and I, trying to keep a straight face and failing miserably, burst out laughing
along with Bakani.
"He would kill you if you tried..." ...That and I can't stand being around him, even for the small amount
of time that I am.
"Now now Koori, make sure you finish up all of your dinner. And no staying up past your bedtime,
young man, or Tou-san will give you such a spanking!" He said all this in a stern voice and with a straight face.
I was amazed at his acting skills. Here I'd known Bakani all my life and only then did I find this hidden talent of
his.
"Baka, you're pretty good at that! The theatre company's auditioning for the play, you should try out."
It would be great if he got a part! Maybe it would help boost his confidence a little.
He looked at me, surprised. "You think?"
"Yeah! Definitely."
"Hmmm, maybe... knowing me, I'll just make a fool of myself."
I put an arm around his shoulders and grinned at him playfully. "Just think of it this way: the whole
school already knows how big a fool you are, you've got nothing to lose."
He gave me an annoyed look. "Thanks a lot..."
Just about then the twins came home and kept us too busy to talk about it more.
Ame:
"Tada—" Wait. No one's home. Sigh. Every single day…………Would it kill Dad to come home in
the afternoon before me? Probably. Oh well.
I set my books on the Kitchen table only to find a note from Dad:
'Hi sweetheart. I hope you had a pleasant day at school.' Huh. I wish. 'Shuichi, Hiroshi, and I will be
working late tonight. I'm not quite sure what time I'll be home. You can start dinner at 6:00 tonight as
usual, but I'm not sure if I'll be home to join you. Have a good afternoon and evening. I'll see you later
tonight or tomorrow morning.
Love, Dad.'
Sigh. "Yet again, another evening alone." Oh well……
Plopping down on the couch, I pulled the blanket that resides on it around my waist. The History of
Japan. As if I haven't read enough text books on our history all these years. What the hell, lets read another
one!!!!!!! Urg. Emperor this……I snuggled deeper into the couch, getting all nice and cozy warm. Farmers
that………As I read I could feel my eyelids drooping and my head getting heavier and heavier, but I didn't
care. I really had no desire to read history at that moment anyway. Samurai…….
"……It's been so long since I last saw you. I had begun to wonder if you would have forgotten about
me while you were gone."
"Your smile, your laugh, your humor. How could I? Your gorgeous brown eyes, your beautiful skin,
your soft lips…….." The last word was ended with a gentle kiss. "I would die before I would ever
allow the mere thought of forgetting you even enter my mind. I love you."
"And I you."
The two kissed once more, but what started out as a kiss turned into a madly passionate feeling of
ecstasy. Robes were undone and slid down bodies. "Let me have you…………….."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I sat up
faster than ever before, panting so hard I thought I was going to start hyperventilating. I clung to my chest,
afraid that if I didn't my heart would pound its way out.
What the hell………That's the third time in the last two weeks that I've had that stupid dream. Why is
it that I don't ever have any other dream like that and the one that I always happen to have has me and Bakani
in it? Dizzy……Maybe I should lie back down for a bit.
"Tadaima!" Dad's home? What time is it? I looked at the clock that occupied the wall to my right.
7:30!? CRAP CRAP CRAP!!!! I jumped off of the couch and almost hit Dad.
"There you are Ame. I was wondering were you were. What happened to dinner?"
Sorry. I fell asleep on the couch while trying to read that stupid history book. It really is incredibly
oring."
Dad laughed. "Aren't textbooks suppose to be? Come on. Let's go out for dinner tonight."
"Good thinking Dad." I got my coat from the closet and followed Dad out the door all the while
thinking about that stupid dream. Sigh. Every time I have that dream I wake up feeling dizzy and lightheaded,
but not in a bad way. Why………