Chapter 9: So?
The front door being slammed could be heard, making Cagalli jump and yelp a little. Not a second after that did the little kids jump her and search her pockets for candy.
She stammered for a second. "W-w-waha! What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Amanda and Christopher gasped. "Oooooh! You said a bad word!" They then started laughing and taunting her.
"Okay, okay, okay!" she shouted. "Now, what were you searching my pockets for?"
"We thought you might have chocolates in your pockets," Christopher said, looking up at Cagalli and smiling at her innocently.
"Eheheheheh, cute, kid," she commented, smiling a fake smile at him. She then looked at the schedules and whatnot in her hand and tossed them over her shoulder. "Screw the schedules! You two go play...somewhere. Stay out of whatever you're not supposed to be in...stay away from fragile things...uh...no kickball inside the house! And...uh...be where I can see you!"
Cagalli grimaced as the duo started running around the house. The sheer size of the place was going to make it hard to keep up with where those two were headed, and the price of many of the things inside made it imperative that she keep up with them. The grimace increased in size when Cagalli heard something made of glass break and an "Uh, oh" follow it.
Meanwhile, back at the Yamato residence, Kira and Hikaru were vegetating in front of the television. Kira kept flipping back and forth between channels, which was driving Hikaru insane. George was sitting in Kira's lap and was staring at the TV, panting happily and enjoying the variety of colors that crossed the screen. Hikaru noticed this and was dumbfounded.
"Is that dog watching TV?" Hikaru asked slowly and cautiously.
George looked over at Hikaru, smiling a cute doggy smile, and turned back to the screen. Kira looked up curiously, putting the remote down.
"Uhh..." Kira was silent for a bit. He watched George pant happily as the television stopped on a cartoon channel. It would seem that George was rather fond of the really old American cartoons. "I think he is watching television..."
"..."
Kira and Hikaru remained in silence as George would cock his ears to the sound of someone getting whacked with a frying pan or other sound effects and staring intently at the screen. The two were rather hesitant to say anything in fear of disturbing the golden cocker spaniel that was wagging his stub of a tail, and since he had no tail, his whole rear end was wiggling. He even started barking when he'd hear a cat mew on the TV. Adorable, but still a little baffling...a dog that enjoyed cartoons...
Cagalli glared down at Christopher and Amanda. The two smiled back at her, sipping on their wine glasses filled with grape juice. Cagalli was stuck. She was really stuck. The blood was rushing to her head. It felt like she had a head cold, but that wasn't the case. It was more like rage building up inside of her and no way to release it. Not while she was caught in a crude trap set up by the little devils...that actually worked...
"YOU LITTLE BRATS LET ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" she shouted as she wriggled to untie herself. She continually tried to lift herself up to reach the binds on her ankles, but she couldn't stay up. And she couldn't grab them for they were standing a good deal away from her. So, she hadn't a chance to swing towards them and choke their thin little necks.
Amanda cackled evilly. "Come, Christopher! This is our time now!" She then ran off, dragging Chris by the collar, and soon after more things broke and messes were made and it would be Cagalli's ass.
"I knew I should've applied for a job at IHOP..."
While Cagalli was going through hell, Kira and Hikaru were walking George in the park because...well...what else was there to do? Cagalli and Timmy weren't there to play cards, and Hikaru loved to play cards. Sadly, to her dismay, Kira sucked at them, so that was right out. All she could do was take George for a walk and have Kira tag along. And to keep that walk from getting too quiet, she had to ask the question that had recently been bugging her.
"Say, Kira, has Cagalli always been so...out of whack?"
Kira eyed her curiously. "What do you mean?"
"Don't give me that. The question is rather direct. I never expected Cagalli to behave so randomly. Especially when she saw George sitting on the doorstep."
"Well, she has been rather fond of English cocker spaniels..." Kira looked off into the sky as he put his index finger up to his chin in thought. "And ever since you and Timmy arrived on the scene, things have been a little weird. Maybe it's just a side affect." He looked back at Hikaru, letting his arm drop to his side. "What did you think it was?"
Hikaru stopped walking has George timidly padded over to a tree and left his mark. "To be honest, I just thought the girl was off her rocker."
Both remained silent as George finished his business and moved forward. They started walking again.
"Kira?"
"Yes, Hikaru?"
"What're you going to do about Lacus's tango lessons? Without Timmy you're stuck without an accordion player."
"Yes, but I still have Athrun on the piano. And a piano shall suffice."
"Well, yeah, but I thought the accordion would give it a more...authentic feel." Hikaru smiled at Kira. "You know, my mother had me taking accordion lessons when I was younger."
"You're saying you want to be an accordion player for me?" he inquired.
"Well, I guess temporarily...but I don't have my accordion with me. It's back in Tokyo."
Kira sighed. "Then I guess you can't play the accordion when you don't have it."
Hikaru groaned. "You killed the fun." She frowned at Kira and pouted until a bunch of little kids showed up, all wanting to pet George.
Kira laughed and shrugged. "So?"
Eh, I think this chapter's kinda iffy. I'mma try to make the next one funnier, though. And George's behavior was derived from my new dog's behavior. (I got a new one just before Christmas) I swear she watches TV. She seems to like Zeta Gundam a lot. Anywho, leave any comments, suggestions, w/e. Ja ne!
Kazumi: Seriously. Any suggestions at all would be greatly appreciated. Ms. Sloth here has been really lazy and has also been suffering chronic writer's block. Pretty please review.
