Ahah next chapter! Capter three isn't it…ack I'm bad at counting… OH WELL!
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Chapter three
Broken appliances and wandering eyes.
"Ugh where the hell am I!" Cody grunted loudly as he picked himself up off the floor.
His whole body a stiff as a wood plank "Cooooody!" the familiar voice of Haruko cooed "The heaters broken and its freezing fix it pleeeeeeaaase." Glancing over to her Cody sighed loudly Haruko sitting in the kitchen wrapped up tightly in a large blanket "Why you look pretty warm there..." he replied looking away "But I cant move from this spot common please!" shaking his head he walked into the hall opening what looked like a broom closet with the heater in it "Haruko bring me a screwdriver!" he yelled "No its too cold to move!" "Just get it you pink haired lunatic." He growled looking back at her the sight of a Phillips head flying towards him the handle cracking him in the arm "thanks." he mumbled as he started to work at it.
Haruko couldn't help but smile he was actually fixing something like an adult instead of sitting there and whining like she expected. Looking away she heard an explosion followed by loud yell she turned back only to see Cody sitting on his rear the front of his hair slightly singed his eyebrow holding a small flame at the very tip "ugh... Well fixed that problem..." he mumbled stunned "so why no heat Cody?" Haruko asked "The tank is out of kerosene... I'm going to have to call John" he said walking towards the phone picking it up he heard another question "Who's John?" "A friend." He replied punching numbers into the phone and putting the receiver to his ear pausing for a moment before he spoke "John... yeah... uh yeah... yes... again thanks bye." Hanging up the phone he heard Haruko's sarcastic voice drift towards him "Oh Cody your conversations are sooo interesting!"
Shaking his head he sighed "I keep myself too myself that's how I am..." He said crossing his arms as he leaned against the wall "Letting a girl you barely even know into your house is keeping yourself to yourself?" she teased looking over at him. Glancing back at her he half grinned "I don't know I guess I'm turning over a new leaf."
The moment she saw him smile she looked away a tinge of pink slowly crossing her face.
'Wait a second am I blushing? Get it together Haruko eyes on the prize!' Glancing back in his direction she noticed he was moving towards the fridge pulling a carton of milk out setting it on the table behind him. Turning he grabbed a bowl from the shelf setting it down with a slight clatter. She wondered what he was doing until he removed a box of cereal from the shelf pouring it into the bowl followed by the milk.
Raising a spoonful of cereal to his mouth he glanced back at her a low growl coming obviously from her stomach. Pushing the cereal slowly over to her he walked into the living room flopping down on the couch with a slight groan his joints still extremely sore.
Haruko looked down at the cereal in front of her before quickly eating it down.She felt grateful, he passed up the food to her without thinking twice but a quick knock at the door shook her out of her kind thoughts. A boy much younger than Cody about thirteen or so walking in the kitchen "Hey Cody I got it here." He said passing Cody a large milk carton full of what she could only think of as kerosene "Thanks John." Cody said taking the kerosene from him and shaking it with a slight smile in Haruko's direction "See you can depend on John when it comes to desperate situations." John turned his head to the direction Cody was beckoning to his eyes widening as he saw Haruko.
As Cody was working on the heater John slowly extended his hand to Haruko "Hi my name is John Peterson." Haruko slowly looked at the hand with a dull annoyance in her eyes "Can't you feel how cold it is?" John kept his hand outstretched as a slight frown crossed his face "Yeah..." "And can't you see I'm wrapped in a blanket?" She said glancing down at his hand as if there was a pile of bugs in it. "...Yeah..." He said still clueless to where this conversation was going.
"If you do then why do you think I would remove my hand from the warm security of this blanket to shake yours?"
John sighed his hand dropping to his side his pride dropping even further "Ah... I see your point." He mumbled walking into the living room the heat turning on the instant he stepped on the carpet. Cody sweating slightly stood up a satisfied look on his face as he glanced over at John and Haruko "There we go!" he said closing the door to the heater the room getting warmer by the second. John looked over to Cody giving him a thumbs up his mouth opening to say something but his words catching in his throat as a scantily clad Haruko walked by him in only her underwear towards the bathroom bumping up against Cody in no way accidental "Ill be in the shower. If you need anything you know where to find me." She said winking to Cody before she continued walking.
John stood there stunned at what he just saw before receiving a smack over the head by Cody "Better shake your head your eyes are stuck boy." He said amused as he pushed him towards the door "Actually Cody I was thinking if I could stay for a little whi-" "Goodbye John." "But Cody its cold I ca-""Goodbye John!" he repeated pushing him out the door the last words coming from Johns lips was "But the way they jig-!" as the door was slammed in his face.
Leaning up against the door he sighed the sound of the shower being turned on getting to him 'Ill be in the shower. If you need anything you know where to find me.' The words repeating in his head "Ah get it together Cody your letting the girl mess you up..."
Reluctantly he sat back on the couch fumbling with the remote for a minute before turning the television on watching it silently.
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Arr har har thank my friend John for that chapter we talked for an hour trying to figure out a nice way to introduce him into the story .
I have to think about my next chapter... I wonder if I may include some romance much later in the story or keep the way Haruko and Cody act towards each other like this. Heck how about you decide for me R&R!