Hearing a strong knocking, Fia made her way from her room to open the front door.
"Oh, hey, Fia." A familiar computer science student stood, leaning against the doorframe.
"Kavi!" The girl timidly stepped behind the door to give the tall male room to enter the apartment.
He chuckled. "You're as shy as ever."
Reddening, Fia mumbled, "I take it you're here to see Haven? I can go get her - I think she's getting ready…"
Kavi laughed as he put his hands in his pockets and surveyed the apartment. "Yeah, we have plans today. Don't worry about it, though. She can take her time."
Fia smiled slightly, but she wasn't sure how to go about making small talk, so she brought up one of the campus's currently, most hotly discussed topic. "Are you going to the Spring Fling?"
"I intend to. What about you?"
"I'm hoping that I can convince Haven to go," Fia admitted. "I don't know who else would want to go with me."
Eyes twinkling, Kavi smiled bemusedly to himself. "I'll see what I can do."
Fia was taken aback and wanted to speak, but Haven emerged from the room just then.
"Kavi, I wasn't expecting you for another ten minutes." Haven looked surprised to see him.
"Well, if you still need time to get ready," Kavi rubbed the back of his head.
"Nope, I'm ready," Haven confirmed before leaving the apartment with her tall classmate.
"That was Kavi, wasn't it?" Nagisa sighed as he exited his room.
Fia locked the front door and nodded at her housemate. "Yeah, it was… Are you hungry?"
The two took seats at the kitchen table together to eat. They ate in awkward silence for some time before Nagisa pushed his empty plate away and looked to Fia.
"Are you alright? You seem a little down," he observed aloud.
Fia sighed. "Oh, you know… My stutter came back and I got so flustered that I got really awkward… I'm working on a little mental trick to give myself confidence in social situations," she murmured.
"That sounds just like you," a voice said. Karma approached the pair with a teasing smirk. "Finding a ridiculous, silly way to solve your problems."
Fia blushed and stuck her tongue out at the redhead. "A.S.S.H.O.L.E. stands for 'Akabane's Sarcasm and Sadism Has Obtrusive Loathe-some Effects' on my self-esteem!" She crossed her arms and huffed, cheeks growing redder.
Nagisa grinned. "Did you come up with that just now? That was impressive."
"M-Maybe…" The Italian picked up her fork and poked at the last of her food as she tried to avoid either of the guys' gazes.
Somewhere between irritated and amused, Karma sighed and walked off, his hands locked behind his head.
"Are you going out, Karma?" Nagisa asked.
"Something like that." Karma waved it off dismissively. "See ya later." The door swung shut behind him.
Nagisa sighed. "If only they knew."
Fia tilted her head questioningly. "Knew what?"
"How do I put this lightly? There are always a lot of girls attracted to Karma and his good looks, but his bad behavior always made them wary." He sweat-dropped.
"Oh…" Fia lowered her fork and sighed. "I don't think I'm hungry anymore…"
"I need to talk to everyone in the kitchen," Haven called to her housemates.
Karma raised an eyebrow from where he was leaning back in one of his chairs at the kitchen table. "What's up? It's not like you to call a house meeting."
Taking their seats, Fia and Nagisa put down their books on the table and turned to listen to Haven intently.
"Starting tomorrow, a friend of mine will be staying with us," Haven said. "He's interested in going to college here. He'll be here for a week, his spring break… I've told him he could stay on the couch," Haven explained.
"Oh, okay." Fia nodded in understanding and smiled. "What's his name? Should I clean up a little?"
"It's Earnest. There's no reason to clean up for him," Haven sighed.
Fia tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Really? Earnest is coming?" She smiled slightly. "This will be fun!"
"Fun… that's one way to describe it," Haven muttered. "If I didn't love him," she sighed under her breath, leaning her head on her hand.
"But you do love him," Fia gently reminded her.
"No point denying it," Haven muttered as she placed her head on the table.
While Nagisa and Karma exchanged glances, Fia rose to her feet. "I can't wait to see him." Smiling to herself, Fia turned to her housemates. "I'll clean up and cook as soon as I get back from my training session with Ms. Jelavic." She waved and headed back to her room to get ready and leave.
"I guess we're done here," Haven said, lifting her head and walking out of the kitchen.
Karma shot Nagisa a look. "Do you know what that was about?" he asked his roommate.
"What are you talking about?" Nagisa asked, not looking at the redhead.
Face-palming, Karma smacked Nagisa upside the head. "I know you heard her, Nagisa."
"That would mean Kavi was wrong about who she liked," Nagisa sighed and turned to Karma. "Now what do I do?"
"Stick to the plan," Karma said flatly. "I've never seen you care this much about someone before. Really, you'll regret it if you don't man up and just tell her how you feel."
"I don't want to intrude though," Nagisa protested. "If she's already taken, I don't want to come between them…"
Karma sighed as he stood and shoved his hands in his pockets. "You deserve to at least get your feelings out," he asserted, "but do what you will, Nagisa. It's your life." With that, Karma headed for the front door, waving over his shoulder.
At about three, there was a knock at the door. Haven went to answer it.
"Oh, Earnest," she greeted him. "We weren't expecting you till tomorrow."
"Haven! Weren't you just 'springing' to see me? I hope I didn't 'break' your heart by taking too long!" Earnest smiled as he squeezed the petite girl and made his way inside. She began chasing him trying to poke him in the side. The tan boy laughed as he dodged her. He ran into the living room, where Nagisa was sitting on a couch.
"Hey! I'm Earnest!" he waved while continuing to dodge Haven's attacks. "Contrastingly to your name, you're no safe 'haven' for the pun-niest of comedians, are you?" Earnest laughed and Haven stopped, causing him to look at her with a slightly concerned expression. "Did I take that too far?"
"Nope, no more than usual. I'm just done with your… presence for now," Haven sighed as she went into the kitchen. "Want a drink, Earnest?"
"Sure! Do you have grape soda?" he called from where he had flopped onto the empty couch.
"Always grape soda with you," Haven sighed with a smile. "I'll see if I can find some."
"I'm Nagisa Shiota, Haven's housemate," Nagisa introduced himself. "You two seem close."
"Yeah, we've been together for what seems like forever," Earnest smiled. "She seems to get annoyed with me, but we both know she finds me charming," he shot a smug look in her direction as she walked back into the room carrying a can.
Haven sighed and rolled her eyes at him as she tossed him the purple container. "You know where you're staying right? Make yourself at home."
"The couch, got it!" He saluted her and opened the can before shooting it back.
"If you chug that, you're going to get hiccups," Haven sighed and sat next to Nagisa.
Earnest sat up, placed the can on the coffee table, and began rummaging through his backpack. "The next movie in that action series we liked as kids is out on DVD; I brought it with me," Earnest smiled and pulled out a thin plastic case covered in action photos and Chinese symbols.
With a quick click, Fia pushed the front door open to the apartment. Sighing in exhaustion, she dragged her feet over to where Haven and another boy were watching a movie in the living room. She glanced over at the screen to see characters fighting fiercely, yelling in Chinese. Deciding not to disrupt the pair's intent focus, Fia left to find Nagisa.
"那个女孩很可爱,(That girl is cute,)" Earnest pointed to one of the girls on the screen.
Haven looked at him with a sigh, "你平常觉得一样她的女孩很可爱。她是你的类型你觉得他很可爱。(You often like girls like her. She is your type.)" Earnest rubbed the back of his head bashfully before trying to change the subject.
"Haven, 你觉得他帅吗?(Haven, do you think he's handsome?)" Earnest pointed to a guy on the screen and looked at Haven. "他是不是你的类型?(Is he your type?)"
"哎呀!(What!?)" Haven looked away, blushing, "你的问题太麻烦。别的人是我的类型。(Your question is unpleasant. Someone else is my type.)"
"是吗?是吗?Haven 喜欢有人!(What? What? Haven likes someone?)" Earnest began wiggling his eyebrows at the white haired girl. "Haven 喜欢谁?我是他吗?(Who does Haven like? Is it me?)" He winked at her, which caused her to blush more and throw a pillow at him. He caught it, laughing at her pouting face.
"闭嘴,(Shut up,)" Haven looked at the screen, still pink faced. "我想要看这个电影。(I want to watch the movie.)" Earnest laughed and went back to watching the fight scene with her.
Fia knocked on Nagisa's door tentatively.
"Come in!" the bluenette called.
Turning the knob slowly, Fia poked her head in through the doorway. She saw Nagisa sitting on his bed with a couple of short stacks of books spread out in front of him. Smiling, she let herself into the room and closed the door softly. "Still studying?"
Nagisa nodded as he closed a book and set it aside. "Yeah, I only have a couple more days, after all. Spring break is already this upcoming weekend, huh?"
Sitting gingerly on the edge of his bed, Fia laughed. "I guess so. Do you think you'll go to the Spring Fling?"
"The dance?" Nagisa blushed slightly and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I'm not the best dancer, but I think it could be fun. I'll probably go. After all, it's not something I've done before. Are you going?"
She shifted uncomfortably under the weight of his gaze. "I'm not sure. I've never had the best time at dances - mostly because I never had anyone to go with, but… Now I have friends like you, and it might be a good change of pace!" Fia smiled hopefully. "Especially after all this studying," she added.
Nagisa chuckled. "That's true. Don't you have finals to study for?"
The Italian girl giggled. "I've prepared for most of my classes. I think I only have a little more work to do on my final project for art." She held up her stained hands as proof.
The bluenette blinked a couple of times and showed his friend a concerned expression. "Fia, what happened to your hands?"
"What do you mean?" She looked down and laughed. "Oh, you mean the bandages? Ms. Jelavic and Mr. Karasuma really went hard on the training with me today, and, although I have more bruises on my butt than I'd like to admit, I think I'm finally getting the hang of close combat. I'd actually appreciate if you'd do some drills with me," Fia said with a wry smile.
Sweat-dropping, Nagisa sighed. "I'll definitely help out where I can, but Karma is more adept at fighting. I can understand why you might not want to ask him for help though. What changed your mind?"
Fia scratched her cheek with a finger. "Well, reliving my past made me realize that I have a lot that I want to protect. It's not just for others, but also for me, you know? I think I've spent a long time regretting, and I think this challenge will help me feel like I have some ability to be an active agent in my own life." The girl's cheeks began to burn a scarlet red. "D-Did that sound weird?"
Nagisa shook his head. "Not at all. I think being in E class helped me in a similar way," he admitted, smiling softly. He brought his gaze back to his companion. "Are you okay now, Fia? You weren't lying before but…"
"I see where you're going with this…" Fia smiled wryly. "No, I wasn't lying when I said I was alright, but thinking that you're alright is different than actually being alright, right? It was just a huge shock to experience everything again… Leaving Italy, being isolated at school, seeing my brother leave and die, watching the affection drain from my mother, begging my sister to stay, and becoming the person you know as Fia today. It was a lot, and I'm pretty sure that I still haven't come to terms with it completely."
"That does sound like a lot," he admitted. "But there's always another morning after a dark night."
Fia smiled. "You can say that again. I'm not trying to say that I'm unhappy with how things turned out… I mean, I have four 'cute' little siblings, don't I?" She laughed dryly. "Being a big sibling is a bittersweet blessing. I'm really glad they're taking to Karma though."
"I'm an only child, so I'm not sure that I can relate but… You and Karma are close, aren't you?" Nagisa noted.
"What do you mean?" Fia tilted her head slightly.
He smiled. "Well, it just seems like you've opened up since we met you, and I thought that came from him. He seemed to know a lot about you and your family. Karma wasn't surprised at all when you were a child and had difficulties. I figured that you must be comfortable talking to him. S-Sorry, I didn't mean to assume."
"It's fine… I do think it's easy for me to be open with him, even if some of that is because he's so incendiary at times." Fia laughed flatlywith a sweat-drop forming on her cheek. "I think I could say the same about Angel, thanks to you."
"Me?" Blue eyes widened.
Fia smiled cheerfully. "Anyway, I know it's a little late, but I wanted to ask you what you wanted for dinner."
"Oh, um." Nagisa thought for a few moments. "Would udon be too much to ask?"
"Not at all," she responded, "but I usually have Karma help me out with Asian foods. Where is he anyway?"
Shoulders visibly slumping, Nagisa answered hesitantly, "He's on a date. I don't know if he'll be back anytime soon…"
"Oh…" Smiling disappointedly, Fia sweat-dropped. "Well, it might not be as authentic as you're used to, but I'll do my best!"
After talking for a little while longer, Fia and Nagisa exited the bedroom together. Fia waved at Haven and a boy with a familiar face, talking on the couches as the credits scrolled down the television screen.
"Oh, Earnest!" Fia made her way over to the couches to greet Haven's companion.
The boy turned to greet Fia with a goofy smile. "That's me! You're Haven's roommate, right? And, hi, Nagisa!"
Nagisa waved in greeting at the same time that Fia, suddenly self-conscious, shyly stepped back behind him. He gave her a questioning look but her gaze stayed fixed on the other boy.
"Yes," Fia mumbled, "It's good to see you again… You've grown quite a lot, haven't you?"
Earnest looked from Fia to Haven and back. "Have we met before? Oh! You're the girl from the Chinese New Year's festival!" He laughed. "I don't think I've grown that much since then, only my fighting spirit!"
Fia blushed, remembering that particularly embarrassing moment. "Well, you've grown a lot since camp."
"Camp? Oh, those were good times, weren't they, Haven?" He grinned enthusiastically at Haven, who rolled her eyes at his statement. "We went to camp together?"
"Yes, I, um…" Fia quickly put her hair into pigtails and clasped her hands together. "S-Seeing you makes me quite the happy camper," she began, "I 'lake' to think that our meeting was f-fated, and that we had quite a 'pun' time together. Hopefully, this will make you fin-ally remember me…"
"FISH-PUN GIRL! Camp leader's little sister!" With that outburst, Earnest glomped the girl, causing her to become flustered to the point that she was reduced to incoherent stutters.
Haven sighed. "Earnest, let go of Tsu-chan."
"Why?" He asked. "Should I hug you instead?" Earnest threw his arms around the white-haired girl with a laugh.
"EARNEST!" Haven knocked him on the head with a slight scowl.
Nagisa, sweat-dropping, placed his hand on the pigtailed girl's shoulder. "Are you alright, Fia?"
She nodded slowly. "I-I think so. I was just surprised…"
"Fia?" Earnest let the name roll off of his tongue. "As in we're going to use our powers to force Haven into a pun-ny fia-sco?"
Nagisa and Fia sweat-dropped as Haven, having face-palmed with a particularly annoyed expression, began to chase Earnest around again, all while yelling at him in Chinese.
Stifling a giggle, Fia twirled her long locks around a finger. "Some things never change."
"They've always been like this?" Nagisa inquired with a strained expression.
"Mhmm. They've always been this close," she admitted. "I've never seen him without her by his side."
Earnest hadn't even been there for a full 6 hours and Haven was already regretting it. What should have been a quiet dinner evolved into an all-out pun war between Earnest and Fia once he'd mentioned that he wanted to work with animals for a living.
"I have all the right koala-fications, so when I get the offer to be an intern, 'alpaca' my bags!" Earnest said as he slurped down another huge bite of noodles.
"Are you 'kitten' me right 'meow'? This is a cat-astrophe!" Fia said between between strangled gasps for air. "You know puns 'quack' me up too much! Keep it up and I won't be able to 'duck' out of this conversation!"
"That's the seal-iest thing I've ever heard! You must be 'sea-lion.' There's no such thing as too much! Your lies are un-bear-able im-paw-sible to stand. Panda-monium will only happen if you fur-get to tell puns!"
"Toad-ally. I frog-get how ribbet-ing you are with words! Who would have 'trunk' that you'd be so good at this; resistance is ir-elephant, indeed." Fia nodded matter-of-factly. "But 'toucan' play at this game!"
"There you go!" Earnest cheered. "No need to be sheepish. If you wool-d, please do offer up some more jokes. No one's 'counting' points!"
Haven groaned audibly and Nagisa sweat-dropped, trying to ignore the excessive amounts of laughter coming from Earnest and Fia.
"Don't you mean 'gopher' it?" She giggled.
"I can 'sea' that everyone 'otter' know that those puns are too 'main stream,'" he replied as he waved his hand dismissively. "I 'whaled' those puns." Earnest winked.
"But you were a little slow on the uptake, so I'd say that you only 'snailed' it," Fia retorted.
"But 'buck' standards, I 'deer' say that ordinary is boring, so much so that I'd rather just 'fawn' and take a nap."
"How phila-sloth-ical… I think even cliche puns are a 'hoot,' and 'owl' see what I can do to change your mind!"
"An emu-sing thought," Earnest grinned.
"How about a-moose-ing? Our friendly b-antler is so punny, it has me hoof-ing for air and my throat is 'horse' from laughter!"
"Do you 'sea' the hu-manatee in this?" He laughed.
Haven jabbed Earnest's side. "This is cruel and unusual pun-ishment!"
"Would you say," Fia began, "that we're 'giraffing' you crazy?"
"Now you've beak-ed my interest!" The boy grinned. "I thought this was going to get hawk-ward!"
"You think animal puns are all I need, acorn-y joke will do just fine!" Fia mumbled, avoiding Haven's glare.
"Please don't get into more puns," Nagisa pleaded.
"Well, if you don't like our puns, you can 'leaf,' but you should really try to 'branch' out and tree-t yourselves to a good laugh here and there" Earnest started.
"We're out!" With that, Nagisa and Haven put their noodle bowls down and escaped to their respective rooms.
Looking towards Fia, Earnest asked, "Did I 'bark' up the wrong tree? You know I'm a real 'sap' for plant puns."
"You wood-n't get 'board' with any type of pun," Fia giggled softly. "I photo-sympathize with you."
"Plant-astic! I'm super re-leaf-ed. You're one in a 'melon' and I'm 'berry' glad to have met you! 'Orange' you glad we're friends?" Earnest grinned derpily.
"Of course, as much as you can be with a celebri-tree among pun-ny people. I can really tell that this friendship will blossom with time!"
"Haven! The grape depression is upon us! Where's the grape soda? This isn't a prohibition, is it?" Earnest cried from where he was sticking his head in the fridge.
She sighed. "It's never too early for you to start making puns, is it?"
"I like bad puns and I cannot lie~!" Earnest sang as he grabbed a couple of fruits.
Karma, sitting crankily at the kitchen table, sighed. "I can see why Nagisa went to have breakfast in the cafeteria."
"I should have joined him…" Haven muttered under her breath.
Tying her hair into pigtails and brushing out the tangles with her fingers, Fia entered the kitchen. "Good morning, everyone. Happy Monday!"
"Mornin'~!" Earnest waved excitedly and took a large bite out of the red delicious in his hand. "I see that the apples of my eye are both here now! Now life is just peachy! Should I start on the puns?"
"I think you've already started, but I think we make quite the 'pear,' don't you?" Fia giggled as she took a seat at the table between Earnest and Karma.
"Nothing does 'beet' a really good pun. I love them from my head -" Earnest began.
"Earnest," Haven said sharply.
"'Tomatoes!'" Fia finished with a smile, ignoring Haven's obvious sigh.
Earnest brought his banana to his mouth. "I think your puns are a-peel-ing!"
"Why, thank you! I fig-ured that you'd like a good laugh. It wasn't a big 'dill.'"
Karma quirked an eyebrow. "You two are making quite the dynamic duo, aren't you?"
The pair exchanged smiles and continued to eat their breakfasts, thankfully in silence. It wasn't until Haven put her dishes in the sink and made her way to the front door with her laptop and bag in hand that Earnest jumped up. Before she could escape to her classes, she had to deal with prying a zealously-glomping Earnest off of her.
"Just behave yourself while I'm gone," Haven said with a slight smile.
"I will, I will. I've been here for a couple of days and I haven't destroyed anything yet. Love ya, Haven!" After giving her a peck on the cheek, Earnest waved his white-haired counterpart off and shut the door behind her.
Karma turned to shoot Fia a questioning glance about their guest, but she was already following Haven out of the apartment. Sighing, he rose to his feet and placed his dishes in the sink. He would just have to go to class for now. Questions could wait, but midterms wouldn't.
"Welcome back!" Earnest glomped Fia as soon as she walked through the door with Karma.
"Oof!" Fia laughed lightly as she hugged Earnest. "Hi, Earnest!"
He released her with a grin. "You didn't freak out this time!"
"I-I think I'm getting used to it," Fia admitted as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Oh, really?" Karma smirked. He ensnared Fia in a hug from behind and she squeaked, turning red.
"KARMA!" Fia yelled as the red spread up to her ears and down to her toes. In a flustered panic, she began to struggle.
Dodging a flailing hand flying towards his face, Karma released the girl. "Alright, alright." He ran his hand through his hair and laughed. "You're too easy to mess with, Tsu-chan." Karma emphasized the nickname as much as he could.
She blushed scarlet. "K-Karma!" Fia covered her face with her hands. "D-Don't do that! It's e-embarrassing!"
"You can't 'beet' that shade of red when it comes to cuteness!" Earnest proclaimed as he threw his arms around Fia again. "My turn!"
Fia sweat-dropped and sighed quietly. "You're lucky Haven isn't around to pun-ch you out for that one, Earnest." Sighing and trying to will the red pigmenting her cheeks into fading away, she ruffled his hair.
Earnest grinned as he released Fia again. "I miss her catchphrase." Impersonating his favorite gal, he put on an annoyed face, crossed his arms, changed his voice, and said "Earnest, this is cruel and unusual pun-ishment!"
"Pfft - That actually wasn't a half-bad impression," Karma smirked.
"I can also do one of Camp Leader!" Earnest cleared his throat and put on a little bit of an Italian accent. "Earnest! Stop, before the bear eats you!"
Fia laughed, clutching her sides. "That's not fair! Fratello and I were really worried about you, and EVERYONE was yelling that!"
Solemn orange eyes glanced between the laughing, playfully-shoving-each-other pair. Shoving his hands into his pockets, Karma turned on his heel and made his way towards his room.
Nagisa smiled at Fia, who was intently painting in the living room. "Working on your midterm?"
Fia turned around, revealing that her face was covered in light pigments. She smiled. "Was it obvious?"
The bluenette moved around to see what she was working on. "What's that? A flower?"
"Yes, well…" Nodding slowly, Fia placed her brush lightly in her lap. "It has to do with a family legend, perhaps a blessing or curse, of ours. I would tell you more but…" she trailed off.
"I understand. Your family is a secret. Still, the white lily is quite pretty." Nagisa looked around. "It's strangely quiet in here. Where's Earnest?" he asked.
Fia laughed. "It is, isn't it? We sent him off on a campus tour for prospective students. He's here for more than just torturing us, you know," she said playfully.
"You really like do puns, especially earnest puns," Nagisa noted with an increasing sweat-drop.
"Nice pun, Nagisa~" She giggled and then paused to sip at her drink. "Well, puns were a great way for me to learn English," she admitted. "Puns and mnemonics."
"Like that one you used on Karma earlier?" Nagisa asked. "Have you seen Haven, by any chance?"
Fia hummed. "Angel and Earnest are chatting in our room with Wally. They seemed to be having a lot of fun together so I thought I'd come out here to paint instead."
Nagisa nodded slowly and sat down on the couch. "Mind if I do some reading here?"
With a quick slash of her brush, Fia smiled. "Not at all~."
Haven and Earnest walked through the living room where the other housemates were sitting.
"We'll be back in about two hours," Haven called to them.
"Where are you two going?"
"We're getting some exercise," Earnest wiggled his eyebrows. Haven rolled her eyes and dragged him out of the apartment with her, closing the door behind them.
"What exactly did he mean by exercise?" Nagisa asked. "That was a strange way of saying that…"
Fia's eyes widened. "Didn't they just mean exercise?" Her cheeks flushed slightly. "Wait, you couldn't mean…!"
"Come on, Haven," Earnest called as the two returned to the apartment. "It wasn't that bad."
"I've had it. I'm done with your puns," Haven sighed and plopped down on the couch in the living room.
"Ah, come on, you know you love me," Earnest tackled her in a hug from behind. Haven shrieked incoherently at him as he jumped over the couch and pinned her.
Nagisa entered the living room to see what caused the commotion; he blushed and froze.
"What do you want?!" Haven grumbled as she wriggled her arms free.
"A kiss," Earnest smirked at her.
"Fine!" Haven kissed her hand and then smacked him gently across the face with it. "That's all you're getting right now." Earnest sat up, grinning, still glomping onto the annoyed girl. Haven sighed and relaxed. "The things I do for the people I love," she muttered before smiling at the boy around her.
"Well, I'll just leave you two to your alone time," Nagisa said bitterly as he left the room. Haven went pink and Earnest laughed.
Left Brain: I took the liberty of translating some of the Chinese into what the conversation should feel like rather than its literal translation.
Right Brain: (Holds head) I can't even begin to image how you pronounce that. ~
Left Brain: Well, it goes a little like…
Right Brain: PLEASE DON'T! (OAO) Oh, the hu-manatee!
Nagisa: Are Haven and Earnest still not back? It's getting late.
Fia: (Sweat-dropping) Well, they're back, but it seems like Haven won't be joining us in the comment box today… Apparently, Earnest and I have managed to throw in enough puns in one chapter that she's boycotting us…
Earnest: Well, I protest!
Left Brain: A message from Haven: 'Please say this after the tenth comment: This is cruel and unusual 'pun'-ishment.'
Karma: (Laughing) Does it strike anyone else that Haven knew Earnest would make a joke within ten comments?
Fia: Well, they are super close…
Left Brain: I'm dying here! Stupid heart burn… and stupid short vacations!
Right Brain: Why does spring break have to end so soon…? (T/^/T)
