PS. There's another A/N at the bottom .
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Hoshi walked to the door. She was about to go in, when the voice said, "How are you going to explain your red and puffy eyes to them?"
"I… I'm not going to tell on Ryoichi. If I told on him, he'd get even more mad. So…" Hoshi said.
She looked around and it came to her. She would run up and down the side walk, until she fell and scraped her knees. It would hurt, yes, but it was better then saying her brother had yelled at her.
Hoshi took a deep breath and began running.
As she ran she thought about what he brother had said.
"Hoshi, for once in you life, SHUT UP! Stop asking questions, and just leave everyone alone! And just so you know, EVERYONE hates when you ask questions. You're so stupid."
Ryoichi had said that. And it had hurt Hoshi's feelings. He had never yelled at her or said anything that mean to her before.
Hoshi knew it was because of their mother. She knew now that she was dead. That her mother wasn't coming back. Ever.
While Hoshi was in the process of running and thinking, she finally tripped.
She whimpered slightly as she hit the hard pavement. She pulled herself up after a minute of laying there.
She looked down at her knees when she had sat up. They were bleeding, but not to bad.
Hoshi smiled slightly at them.
They would work perfectly. They would help her tell everyone that she had fallen.
Hoshi stood up slowly and limped inside.
She limped over to where Takato and her father were sitting. And now Ryoichi, Jeri, Kiyoshi, and Haru were sitting there.
Haru and Kiyoshi were Jeri and Takato's kids. Kiyoshi was a fairly quiet child, but Haru on the other hand, was louder then thunder.
Hoshi smiled slightly and limped over to the table.
Haru was the first to notice Hoshi had come in.
"Hoshi? What happened to your knees? Did you trip?" asked the seven year old boy.
Hoshi smiled and nodded.
She walked around the table and tugged at her father's arm.
Ryo looked down at her and she pointed to her knees.
Ryo looked over at Jeri. "Jeri, do you have anything that I can clean this with?"
Jeri nodded. "Yeah, but how about I clean it up? I can take Hoshi in the ladies restroom and fix her knees right up." Jeri smiled.
Hoshi walked over to where Jeri was sitting. Jeri stood up, grabbed her purse and walked to the ladies restroom with Hoshi.
As they entered the restroom, Jeri picked up Hoshi and sat her down on the counter, in between two sinks.
Hoshi sat there, kicking her legs slightly as Jeri looked through her purse.
Jeri pulled out a few band aids and sat them down on the counter.
She walked over to the paper towel dispenser and got two paper towels.
She walked back over to Hoshi and smiled.
Jeri wet the paper towels and then started to clean Hoshi's scraped knees. Then Jeri put two band aids over each scrape.
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When Jeri had finished cleaning Hoshi's scrapes, she helped Hoshi off of the counter and they left the ladies restroom and went back to the table.
Hoshi climbed up on her fathers lap and saw that their food was finally there.
"Yes!" Hoshi said, smiling.
Hoshi glanced over at her brother before she began eating.
He was eating slowly and looking at a spot on the table.
Hoshi frowned and began eating her cheese burger and fries.
As she ate, Hoshi thought about the voice she had heard outside. Why hadn't it tried to stop her, when she planed on running, falling and scraping her knees? Could it even read what was going through her mind?
Hoshi didn't know, so she thought she'd try and ask a question-not out loud-to see if the voice answered.
/Hey…uh…. Someone…or is it No one? Or maybe it was Anyone… Oh forget it! Hey voice! Can you hear me? Can you read my mind/ Hoshi thought.
"I can hear you. I can also read you mind. And I know that you are wondering why I didn't try to stop you from scraping your knees. I'm not sure why I didn't stop you. But, if you ever try to hurt yourself like that again, I WILL stop you." the voice said.
Hoshi stopped eating. She looked around, confused.
"What's wrong, Hoshi?" Ryo asked, looking down at his daughter.
Hoshi shook her head. "Nothing's wrong, daddy." She smiled.
Hoshi went back to eating a second later.
/Were you just talking inside of my head? Or… Were you talking outside of it? Cause if you were talking outside of my head, I'm surprised no one heard you./ Hoshi thought giggling slightly.
Ryo looked down at his young daughter.
Ryo put down his cheese burger and felt his daughter's forehead.
She wasn't hot, but she was acting strange.
Hoshi blinked. "Uh, daddy? What are you doing?"
Ryo shook his head. "Nothing, Hoshi. You've just been acting weird since you got back inside. Are you sure that your ok?"
Hoshi giggled and nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure that I'm ok, daddy. So don't worry."
Ryo nodded, not sure if his daughter was telling the truth.
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After everyone was finished eating, Jeri took Hoshi, Haru, Ryoichi, and Kiyoshi outside to play on the play set.
Hoshi climbed up the rope ladder and up to one of the towers.
She decided to sit there for a few minutes. /Hey voice? Do you have some name I can call you? 'Cause I think its kind of disrespectful to call some one voice. That just doesn't seem very nice, so do you have a name I can call you/ Hoshi though, as she sat there.
"You may call me, Ai, if you'd like." the voice said.
Hoshi nodded. /Ok. So is Ai you real name? It's cute. Way cuter then my name./
"Ai isn't my real name. It's just something you may call me."
Hoshi blinked. /Wow… She's weird with a capital W./ Hoshi thought. Hoshi nodded in agreement with herself.
"I heard that!" Ai snapped.
Hoshi covered her mouth. "Opps… Sorry, Ai."
Haru crawled over to Hoshi.
"Who are you talking to?" he asked, making Hoshi jump, because she didn't know he was there.
Hoshi gasped and looked over at him. "Good grief, Haru! You scared the Holy Water out of me!"
Haru looked at her. "Hoshi… Eww"
Haru backed away from her about a foot.
Hoshi blinked. "Haru, I didn't mean that I like…went to the bathroom! It's an expression! Jeez." Hoshi rolled her eyes.
Haru sat there for a minute, and then said, "Ohhh. I knew that."
Hoshi giggled slightly. "I'm getting sleepy. I think I'm ready to go home."
Haru looked at her. "Aw, but you like, just got here. You can't go yet."
Hoshi crossed her arms. "And why CAN'T I go?"
"Because… I want you to stay. I haven't seen you since Ryoichi's eighth birthday. I really want to play with you. Hoshi, you're my bestest friend in the whole world!" Haru said, smiling. (A/N: hes like...seven...deal with they way he talks...O.O)
Hoshi smiled sweetly. She bit her bottom lip and then did something that she NEVER thought she'd do…
Hoshi kissed Haru on the cheek.
Both kids were blushing madly.
Hoshi pulled away from Haru's cheek and crawled around him, so that she could leave.
When Hoshi had gotten to the end of the tunnel, she turned around and saw that Haru was still sitting there. Hoshi giggled and climbed down the rope ladder. (It was at the end of the tunnel.)
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A/N: Ok like sorry about this chapter being so short. Ok…for those of you who are wondering about things…. I shall explain…
Here are profile thingies.
Name: Hoshi Age: five Gender: female
Name: Ryoichi Age: eight Gender: Male
Name: Ryo Age: 27 Gender: Male
Name: Takato Age: 27 Gender: Male
Name: Jeri Age: 27 Gender: female
That about raps that up…. Uh… next I guess I should explain the whole…. Rika dieing. Well…. I'm not going to, cause it'll be explained in the next chapter. If I should fail at putting why she died in, I'll put it in the A/N… deal? Deal….
Well, I have home work to do, so I'll see you all next chapter
Bye byes