"We are--"
"WE'RE HOME."
I sighed softly as we stepped in. I watched as the big brute threw off his shoes and stomped into the kitchen, followed by a loudmouth call for food.
I too came in behind him, slipping my shoes off gently and replacing them with slippers.
"You just ate ice cream, you stupid cat. In fact, two."
Kyo shot a catty glance my way but I knew that was expected, so I simply began to make some tea.
Shigure sat comfortably on the ground by the table, glasses propped neatly on the bridge of his nose, long legs crossed neatly in front of him. He held the morning paper and seemingly was engulfed in the news of the day, but I knew better, though I said nothing.
"Kyo, Kyo, Kyo, Kyo. My dear Kyo, you are so demanding! Learn to be a little nicer." He lowered the paper and looked over the rim of his glasses, smiling deviously like always.
"Shut up, no one asked you!" I swear I could see the steam rising from his head. Maybe his brain with the overload was giving though, not his anger. I sweatdropped as I set the now-made tea on the low table and sat down.
"Ohohoho! So anyway, did you two have fun with Momiji and Hatsuharu?" Shigure picked up the cup as he placed his paper down and sipped gently.
I didn't say anything but a soft mumble. Of course, our trip wouldn't entirely be of a mystery to Shigure, not with Kyo here. He plunked himself down at the opposite end of the table and crossed his arms, not even bothering to look at the either of us in his company.
"The stupid kid thinks he can just make us do anything he wants. I don't know how that stupid Hatsuharu puts up with him." He grabbed a cup of tea and guzzled it down.
"Haru!" Momiji ran to greet his favourite person with a skip in his step.
"Hey, Momiji…Oh hey, it's you guys. What's up?" Hatsuharu spoke coolly.
"Hello Hatsuharu. Momiji asked us to come along."
"More like forced--" Yuki elbowed the temperamental Kyo, and smiled down as if nothing were any problem.
"And then, some girls passed by. Just the luck as we were getting ice cream with the stupid kid and his over-sized pet!"
Two girls passed by the ice cream parlor, but stopped suddenly in mid-step."Oh my…"
"That's so…."
There was a small pause before…
"Cute!"The two ran over t the small group of boys.
"Aren't you the cutest ever! How old are you, little boy?" The one girl with long brown hair squeaked as she cupped her head in her hands, eyes not moving away from the boy with blonde hair.
Momiji smiled cutely and warmly and simply said, "Well, I'm in the ninth grade! What about you?"
Their faces dropped slightly, in a bit of shock. "Oh…ninth grade? Wow…you're just so cute! We would never have guessed!" They blinked and the phase seemed to pass. Kyo and Yuki sweatdropped, though expressions very different…Hatsuharu just stood, unaffected by the randomness that was.
"And you! Aren't you two handsome." Said the girl with shorter hair, eyes twinkling Kyo and Hatsuharu's way. "And oh my gosh, look Moko, It's the Prince!"
"What a nightmare! And you know what? It was all YOUR fault, you stupid rat! You and your dumb prince act crap, it makes me sick." Kyo finished, just as he had his tea.
I sighed again, trying my best not to kick his mouth shut. "I don't mean or even want the prince title, it just came along at some point in time. It's not my fault."
"Whatever rat breath. We all know you're some conceited little brat. You don't have to convince me."
I didn't mean the prince title half as much as I meant what I did next. I guess I don't have to tell you.
"Aaaah, you two. Heh…" I could see even Shigure knew better then to say much of a comment.
Kyo dangled from the ceiling, and the muffled words of anger didn't phase me in the least.
The segment was penetrated by the ring of the phone.
"I'll get it!" Shigure singsonged quickly, surely he wasn't going to stick around, and took the first opportunity to save himself from the tension. I too, finished my own tea quietly, listening only to the sounds of Shigure's muffled exchanged words over the telephone in the next room and Kyo working his way out of the hole above me.
When I had put all the dishes away and cleaned around a bit in the kitchen, Shigure stepped back in moments later, oddly quiet.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Well, for one thing…that was Hari on the other line."
"Oh?" I asked propping an eyebrow.
He actually looked deep in thought as he spoke. It was strange. "He says…" I waited patiently, and even Kyo seemed to listen as he paused his wriggling. " He says that we all, meaning the older of the zodiac members along with Rin for some reason…"
Unusually, maybe because it was the way he was speaking, I'm not sure, but I was actually interested in what he was going to say for a change. I grew impatient but didn't show it.
"All right…you need to…?"
"We need to…"
Finally after what seemed a lifetime, I could hear Kyo's voice as well as my own, "Get on with it!"
"Huh?" Shigure looked up and suddenly clicked. Then his smile returned and he said harmonically, "Oh we've all been summoned for the night at the main house. I'll be gone for the night as well, hee!"
I stood silent.
Kyo finally dropped to the floor, some rubble following, but didn't seem disturbed by his fall at all.
Both pairs of our eyes were locked onto Shigure's figure for that moment.
"Y-you mean…" He started before I.
"Yes, that's right!" Shigure said in singsong, seeming to know exactly what Kyo meant. "I'm leaving the two of you alone, so you'll have to watch the house by yourselves. Tohru-kun isn't here, so you'll be cooking, cleaning and getting along without intervention on your own I trust." He nodded and laughed and went upstairs to pack for the night.
Kyo looked at me, I looked at him.
Eyes wide, thoughts lost.
For the first time, we agreed, and he and I spoke the same thought in silence.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
This is NOT good.