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Hana let his hand linger on Lyra's own for a moment before pulling away abruptly as they reached the mansion. There were very few lights still on and judging from the number of square glows emitting from the house, his siblings were all asleep.

"It was a beautiful sunset, ne Lyra?" Hana smiled warmly at the fair-haired teen walking beside him.

Lyra's only response was to turn a faint pink before murmuring, "I'm glad I came." Turning to face Hana, she gave him a bright smile before running to the door and entering the house before him.

It's a nice night, tonight.

Riku briefly glanced up at his spirit from where he was kneeling, calmly rolling up the cuffs of his jeans. Standing up, he made sure that they would not unroll and gracefully bent down to pick up his shoes, which he had taken off and laid neatly beside him. "Yeah." He agreed quietly, walking over to the water's edge. The salt water was delightfully cool and soothing against his bare feet, tinted silver by the moonlight.

Ever since he was little, he had loved the ocean. He distinctly remembered the first time he had arrived at the Asakura family's beach house. Without any regard for his clothes or dignity, as soon as he got out of the car, he instantly knew he needed to go dunk himself in that big watery mess. It seemed like the water was calling for him, and before he knew it, he was waist deep in the water. And then the big wave came. Riku flushed at the public humiliation he had experienced that day after being rescued from a watery death by his spirit. But he was only of 9 years then. He was much more collected and reserved now, and he sure had a heck lot more sense.

But the pull was still there. The need to go and drown himself in that beautiful deep blue. The ocean was all that he wanted to be. Vast, mysterious, and most importantly, powerful. It was a part of him.

Riku frowned suddenly as he came to a realization. Something felt odd. Without turning his head, he quickly surveyed the area around him, his shaman senses tingling. There was something off about the water today. Furrowing his brows, he slowly backed away from the water, his azure eyes still sharp on the look out. His shaman senses were telling him something was there, but he couldn't tell what.

Suddenly, Riku's eyes widened.

Come into the water... Play with me.

The message was being sent telepathically. It rang clearly through Riku's head, creating a sharp throb and making him double over in pain.

I guess I'm still not used to telepathy. Riku thought and shook his head slightly to clear his head once more. Who was sending him these messages?

Honoku wobbled as he stepped out of the car and and stood up. Being cooped up in the car all day long had not been a good experience. Inhaling deeply, he smiled. This place had such a natural sweet smell to it, it was almost intoxicating.

"Hm."

Honoku jumped at the sound, turning around to see azure blue eyes staring back at him. They were so uncannily alike Pirika's eyes in shape and color, but they still had some of Ren's attributes to them. Like how they could sometimes be so sharp and cold, and how they looked like cat's eyes in the dark. You could almost never tell what Riku was thinking by staring into his eyes. He was a master of hiding his feelings and emotions. But this time, Honoku could see a glint of amusement in his friend's clear eyes.

"D-Don't do that." He stammered, absently running his hand through his rose tinted hair. "You nearly gave me a freaking heart attack." He then promptly flushed in embarrassment as his friend smirked at the slip of his tongue.

"You're hopeless." Riku grinned at his friend, shoving his hands inside his pockets as a slight breeze blew making him shiver. Almost.

Honoku turned an even brighter red to match his hair, mock glaring at Riku. "You'd be paranoid too if you were cooped up for 9 hours with those 4. In the car." He cocked his head slightly to the inside of the van where his sisters and Ponchi and Konchi were sleeping, splayed out all over each other.

Riku merely blinked. "I see your point."

Honoku sighed. "Speaking of..." He half crawled back inside the car and groaned as he tried to pull Takoro out by her feet. Holding her awkwardly, he then leaned back inside to shake Tess.

"Tess, please wake up?" Honoku pleaded.

"NO!" Tess shrieked in reply and promptly rolled over and fell asleep all over again.

Honoku sighed then managed to pull out Tess by her feet. For a moment, Honoku stood there, his two sisters awkwardly placed in his arms, and stared at the distance between the car and the main entrance.

"Tired?" Riku interjected as Honoku gave a big big yawn.

"Yeah-- Thanks." Honoku wearily shifted Tess in his arms as Takoro's weight was blissfully removed from his arms and transferred into the right arm of his friend, who already had Ponchi and Konchi tucked firmly under his other arm. He then stole a glance at his watch, his eyes widening at the inhuman hour they were up at. "Aren't you?"

Riku shrugged, a rather difficult task at the moment as he was carrying probably over half his weight in one arm and a fox and a raccoon in the other. "I took a nap on the way here."

Honoku shook his head disbelievingly, proceeding to follow Riku into the house. "You insomniac."

Another chappie finished. Please review and offer flames, praise, or constructive critizism. XD

+I'm trying to work on updating Unspoken Love, but it's just not coming to me TT;. I may put it on hiatus for another while. (Runs away)