The next day has arrived.

The day has met with another such bright day. But rays of light did not shine through the closed curtains of Himawari's room. But it was enough to glow the curtains externally. The room itself, however, is still shrouded in slight darkness. All the while, the occupants inside are still asleep.

The wall clock shows that the time is nearly at 7 o'clock. The supposed time that both Himawari and Sakurako should be awake. But considering that this is the weekend, they don't have to worry about school. Every weekend is vacation, Saturday, and Sunday. Usually, on Saturday, there are extracurricular at school. But Himawari and Sakurako don't have extracurricular unless they are needed at school.

They didn't even bother to have an alarm clock set. Himawari dislikes alarm clocks and doesn't have one. She preferred to wake up naturally than by surprise. But in case that Himawari doesn't wake up, her little sister will wake her up. Or at least, anyone else who's inside the house.

Any sound is unheard of from outside. But a moaning of the waking up Kaede does. The little girl opened her mouth wide, and she groaned softly. She then stretches her arms in the air with a cute groan. She then gently rubs her half-sleepy eyes with her left hand. She then opens up her blanket and folds it into a square.

After putting it at the end of her bunk bed and tidying up her pillow, Kaede then looked over to Sakurako on the futon and her elder sister underneath her. Sakurako is still sleeping, of course, with a bubbling snot coming in and out from her nose. Then her sister, Himawari, is sleeping on her back and speck of saliva dripping on the edge of her mouth. It looks like both of them had had a lovely sleep.

Kaede climbs down, using the ladder next to her bunk bed and walks over to the sleeping Himawari. She climbs over Hima's bunk bed so she could shake her awake. Kaede holds her shoulder and shakes it in front and back. Himawari only groaned as she's still asleep.

"Hima-chan," Kaede gently said. "Wake up."

"Hnggh," Himawari only responds as she struggled to wake up.

"Onee-chan, wake up!" Kaede continues to shake her. "Onee-chan, it's already morning."

"Hnmmmm…?" Himawari slowly opens her eyes and looks up to Kaede. "I'm up, I'm up."

Himawari lifts her back off her bed and gently rubs her eyes. She then pats Kaede on her head with a smile.

"Thanks for waking me up, Kaede," Himawari complimented with a smile.

"Hehehe," Kaede giggled by the compliment.

Himawari then puts her hand onto the bed. "Is Sakurako up yet?"

"No, she's not," Kaede replied with a shook, then looked at the sleeping Sakurako. "I woke you up first."

Himawari sighed with her eyes closed. "At least it's school holidays for the weekend."

"Do you want me to wake her up?" Kaede asked with a raised brow.

"No, let me wake her up," Himawari replied as she sits at the edge of the bed. "Why don't you go ahead and take a bath?"

"Yay!" Kaede then hops off the bed bunk and walks out of the room.

Himawari stands up from her bed and begins to walk over to the sleeping Sakurako. Sakurako looked pretty happy in her sleep; her hands can be seen lie on the sides of her pillow. Himawari then sits next to her and puts a hand on her shoulder. Himawari then began to shake her gently.

"Wake up, Sakurako," Himawari replied as her eyes looked up the clock. "It's already at seven."

Sakurako only mumbled in response. Gibberish mumbling as her head fell to her right.

"Hey," Himawari shakes her again. "Wake up already."

"Hehehe," Sakurako laughed softly. "Lick my hand, Oppai-baka."

Her unconscious rambling was enough to piss Himawari off. With a dagger-angry look, she changes from sitting to crouching. She then puts her left hand on Sakurako's right shoulder. At the same time, Himawari's right open palm aims at Sakurako's face.

*PLAK*

Voila. Sakurako is awake and almost suffered a heart attack.

With a "pinch" of pain on her aching face.

"WAAAAAAAA!" Sakurako grips her aching cheek before she looked over to Himawari. "D-did you just slap me?!"

"You bet I am!" Himawari retorted with her arms, crossed.

"What was that for?!" Sakurako asked despite her anger. "I was just sleeping! I didn't even bother you!"

"I know you were just sleeping," Himawari sternly added as she looked away.

"Then why did you slap me in my sleep!?" Sakurako asked as she glared at her.

"You said that I should lick your hand when you're sleeping," Himawari replied with a sour look.

"What?!" Sakurako asked with wild eyes as she got her back off the floor. "Since when?!"

Himawari glared at her with empty eyes. "Just about now."

"Eh?" Sakurako asked curiously, then gave out a mischievous smile. "That must be a nice dream."

"In your dreams," Himawari annoyingly replied, looked away again with indignant. "Baka."

"Anyway," Sakurako said as she ignored Himawari. "What time is it?"

Himawari decided to be sarcastic, since how annoying Sakurako is. "It's 5 AM."

"WHAT?!" Sakurako retorted, her fists are ready. "Then why wake me up, Baka?!"

"How about you check the clock?" Himawari asked with a glare.

"Heh, Himawari, why even you want me to-" Sakurako halts after she sees the time is not like what Hima said. "Wha- hey, it's already past seven, Baka!"

"I know that already!" Himawari replied as she looked away again. "I can't believe you'll be that stupid just to believe what I just said."

Sakurako only gives a cute sour look at Himawari, with both of her cheeks full of air. "Hmmm! Meanie!"

"Whatever," Himawari then calmed down. With a sigh, she looked back at Sakurako. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"Omelette," Sakurako lazily added and then lay back to the futon.

"Don't sleep," Himawari quickly added with a blank stare.

"I'm not sleeping," Sakurako denied. "I'm just resting."

"You rested enough, Sakurako-chan," Himawari just sighed. She then stood up and headed for the door. "I'm heading for the kitchen. Go ahead, take a bath before breakfast."

"Yeah, yeah," Sakurako lazily replied and waved a hand to her. "Go on out already."

Himawari lets out a sigh once more before she stands up and heads for the door. "What a fussy girl…"

Sakurako ignored the comment she made and continue to stare at the ceiling. She was comforting herself on the futon with her arms under the pillow and her head. She's resting even from all the sleep she had. Her sleep wouldn't have been ruined if Himawari didn't slap her. Maybe she should hit her back after that.

But then again, she just forgets about it. She decided to think about the sleepover party at her house tonight. It would be a lot of fun considering how many kinds of games Sakurako has in store. This sleepover party compliments very much about her cheerful and playful personality. And Himawari should be with her in case of Sakurako screws over her own party.

Decided that she had enough lying on the futon doing nothing, in particular, she stood up from the futon lazily. She didn't even bother to tidy up the futon to compliment more of her laziness. She grabs a fresh set of clothes from her bag and put them on Hima's bed; the underwear is for the bathroom. She then walked out the door and headed out for the bathroom.

Of course, she didn't forget to borrow Himawari's towel.

It was just a simple walk to the bathroom. Sakurako hummed to the rhythm as her feet are skipping a little along the way. She met Kaede on the way, who already finished taking a bath and in her daily clothes. She continues to skip along until she reached the bathroom.

Upon entering the bathroom, the first thing she does is fill the tub with warm water. While waiting for the tub to fill, she "borrowed" HImawari's toothbrush and cleaned her teeth. She then drinks a cup of water and gargles in her mouth, before spitting out to the sink. She then cleans up the toothbrush as best as she can, so Himawari won't suspect anything out of the ordinary. Well, that's what she thought.

Once the tub is full, she began to undress. And after she is fully naked, she enters the tub with a bit haste. She rinses herself with the water provided to her body and her hair. She then grabs a shampoo and rubs her hair with it. After her hair is all full of shampoo, she grabs the soap and rubs it all around her body. After cleaning herself with all the soap, she rinses herself with the water of the tub to wash away the soap.

Decided that it's already enough in the bathtub, she pulls the plug in the tub and drains all the water out. She steps out from the bathtub and grabs the towel and dries up her hair. She then rubs it around her petite body and ignores the small breasts she has. She filled her cheeks with puffing air, mad that her breasts aren't the same as Himawari's.

Pushing that thought aside, she wears on her underwear and wraps a towel around herself. She exited the bathroom and headed back to Himawari's room. She enters the room and closes the door behind her, to which then she shamelessly throws the towel to Himawari's bed. Not even bothering to cover her exposed assets even she's alone, she wears on the clothes on the bed.

Sakurako wears an orange shirt with an image of kanji words meaning "idiot," and we have no idea why she's okay with that shirt. Along with short green jeans to cover her bottoms and half of her thighs. She puts her dirty clothes into the bag she brought. Of course, not so tidy about putting her dirty clothes into the bag. Without even minding about Himawari's towel, she headed out the door and headed straight to the stairs.

She sang la-la-la until downstairs and reached the kitchen. Sakurako found Himawari already prepared the breakfast, and Kaede is in her chair. Three plates of Omelette are ready on the table with tomato sauce on the side. And, oh boy, how delicious it smells. Himawari's cooking still the best; even what she cooked is just the basic.

Sakurako already went for her seat next to Kaede. Himawari only sighs when Sakurako has a spoon and a fork in both of her hands.

"Hey, wait for me in a bit," Himawari said before she puts the kitchen utensils on the counter and sits down across them.

"Don't you take a bath first, Onee-chan?" Kaede asked with a raised brow.

"I'll take a bath after breakfast," Himawari replied with a smile. "It still gave me sweat even for cooking these Omelettes."

"Oh, Himawari," Sakurako commented with a smug smile. "You rather eat a lot than taking a bath, huh?"

"What the hell did you say about me?" Himawari asked in an irritating tone, and the word "hell" is supposed to be inappropriate since Kaede is present.

Sakurako only chuckled thrice. "Nothing."

"Let's eat!" Kaede interrupted, to which all the three girls clasped their hands together in a prayer gesture.

The three say out loud. "Itadakimasu!"

The three then began to eat, with Sakurako already finished a quarter of the Omelette.

"Sakurako, don't eat too fast," Himawari advised after cutting a small part of the Omelette. "You can get choked."

"Huh?" Sakurako asked, with food is still in her mouth. "What?"

"Nothing," Himawari replied, giving a cursory look as she downed the Omelette in her spoon.

"Onee-chan," Kaede asked curiously. "What do you want to do for today?"

"For today, I'll be helping Sakurako out, Kaede-chan," Himawari replied to her. "And I'll be sleeping over Saku-chan's house tonight. What about you, Kaede?"

"I'll be heading out to the cinema in the noon with mommy," Kaede replied happily. "And then I'll play with Mari-chan at the playground."

"Oh?" Himawari raised both eyebrows to the reply. "That movie is already out?"

"Mm-hmm," Kaede nodded as she eats, then gulps it down. "I really want to watch it."

"Eh?" Sakurako expressed her displeasure. "What's the movie?"

"The Roundabout Roses," Kaede replied, excitedly put her both fists near her cheeks. "It's an awesome movie that I really want to watch."

"Oh, that movie?" Himawari asked since she recognized the movie. "It's a delightful movie, Kaede. You really should watch it."

"I know, Onee-chan!" Kaede excitedly replied. "I can't wait!"

"Ah, that's too bad," Sakurako added arrogantly; her open palms raised in the air next to the shoulders. "At least I got a chance to play with Himawari-chan today."

"Yeah, I know," Himawari added with a nod. "Alright, after breakfast, we'll be heading out to the store to buy some snacks."

"Ooh, snacks!" Sakurako quickly commented happily.

"That's for the sleepover, Sakurako," Himawari reminds her.

"Aww…" Sakurako trailed off in disappointment.

Himawari sighed in irritation. "Fine, you can have one later, but that's it."

"Yay!"

They continue to eat their breakfast before venturing onto their daily plans.


Chinatsu's House. 16:00 PM.

"Chinatsu-chan, I'm here!"

"Ah, Akari-chan. Since when are you here?"

"Hey, I've been here for the whole 15 minutes!"

"Oh, sorry, Akari-chan. You ready to go?"

"Yes, I'm ready. You?"

"Give me a moment. I want to grab my bag first."

"Okay, I'll be here."

Akari is standing and waiting at the front porch of her friend's house. Akari is in her radiant uniform that consists of a yellow shirt and a green skirt. She has a backpack and a handheld bag in her hands. She brought her clothes and her books for the sleepover. She waits for Chinatsu with her shoes on and hums playfully to herself.

The plan is that Akari pick-up Chinatsu from her house before heading out to Sakurako's house. Both Akari and Chinatsu had received an invitation from Sakurako, and they could say that it was a bit sudden considering she made that invitation last night. Nevertheless, both Akari and Chinatsu agreed to go since this is the weekend. Akari wants to see Hanako again for sure; she admires her pretty much.

Akari found it funny whatsoever. Sakurako is the only lazy-bottom girl in her family. At the same time, her sisters are smart and diligent, maybe because Sakurako is the only person who can find some fun like Kyouko. Although, she's pretty gullible than Kyouko. Sometimes she wondered how Sakurako's sisters are doing well with her childishness and antics.

Akari snapped when she heard footsteps coming from inside the house. She looked up to see Chinatsu already brought her bag.

"Alright, Akari," Chinatsu said as she wears on her shoes. "Let's head out."

"Alright, then."

Both the girls said their leave to Chinatsu's mother in the distance, which she replied with a confirmation. They then leave the house together and headed straight for Sakurako's house. It might take them for about 10-15 minutes just by walking down the road. They don't have to bother bringing a map around because they know well Sakurako's neighborhood is.

They are pretty much happy to visit Sakurako's house since they got nothing to do for today. Alas, they bring some books around because they nearly finished their homework and figured that Himawari could help them. There's no need to explain Himawari will also be present in the sleepover. It is apparent from a single glance that they both are neighbors, along with their families, it seems.

Halfway on the road, Chinatsu began to converse. "I wonder what Sakurako is planning now for the sleepover."

"I think it's just her usual thing," Akari suggested with a finger on her chin. "Playing games and relaxing all we want."

"I think that's all she does every single day," Chinatsu replied as her head tilted. "While we do study for some of our time."

"Well, we are both members of the Amusement Club," Akari replied with her open palm raised in front of her shoulder. "It's also our thing as well about playing games, right?"

"Hmm, I guess you're right," Chinatsu paused for a moment. "I wonder if Sakurako did her homework."

"Sakurako said that they both had finished their homework yesterday," Akari replied as she glanced at her. "But, I can guess Himawari did the most of their homework."

"Well, I'm not so surprised about that," Chinatsu replied with a shrug. "Although we had almost to finish three kinds of homework due for next week."

"I'm sure Sakurako is so hyped up to get the sleepover running," Akari added with a smile. "The last thing she needs is to forget the homework the next day."

"I'm curious how that turned out with Himawari," Chinatsu commented, she gives an obvious concern to the subject.

"What do you mean?" Akari asked with a raised brow and an awkward smile. "They seemed very close."

"We both know that they bickered a lot with each other, you know," Chinatsu replied as she rubs her arm. "But I guess I can't deny that they're close."

"I know, right?" Akari agreed with her eyes close.

Chinatsu seems to contemplate for a moment before asking her friend. "Do you think I can be so close to Yui-senpai?"

"Mm… I think you're already that close, Chinatsu-chan," Akari stated, shedding a sweat of concern.

"No, I mean…" Chinatsu paused for a moment. "I want more with Yui. Like, she's mine."

Akari closed her eyes with an awkward smile. "I guess kissing her just not enough for you, isn't it?"

"Oh, Akari-chan," Chinatsu then proceeds to pat Akari's back, albeit it's hard and made Akari winced in pain. "You're embarrassing me!"

"China-chan, that hurts!" Akari stated in pain before she stopped patting her.

"Sorry, sorry," Chinatsu apologized as she scratches her head. "I got carried away again."

"Oh, China-chan!" Akari pouted cutely. "That was hard."

"Sorry, sorry," Chinatsu apologized again with a smile. "I really can't help when it's about Yui-chan."

"I can see why," Akari added in agreement. "I hope I don't have to find any picture of her for you."

"You don't need to worry about that, Akari-chan," Chinatsu replied, looked away with a blush and a smile. "I have five bags of Yui's photos."

Akari made an awkward smile, all the while shedding a sweat of concern. "H-how many again?!"

"Oh, Akari," Chinatsu called in wonder. "Did you bring your pajama?"

"I did," Akari replied with a nod. "I hope both Hima-chan and Sacchan brought their pajamas as well. Because I think Sakurako said they had used them yesterday."

"Eh?" Chinatsu raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that dirty?"

"I think she said that she cleaned them a bit fast than we thought," Akari replied with her head tilted. "I wonder how'd that happen."

Chinatsu shrugged. "Looks like they both don't want to waste their time for a sleepover."

They enjoyed the walk so far as the evening light comforted them. Roads are lonely, and they're its occupants, No noises along the walk but birds in the air. Not even in a moment's notice, they reached Sakurako's house without getting tired. They look towards Himawari's house across, which is in pristine condition, before they head toward Sakurako's house.

Akari pressed the bell first next to the door and waited. They both only hummed as they wait for Sakurako to open the door. Frankly, in less than five seconds, the door is opened from the inside. And like they expect, it's Sakurako who opened the door.

"Akari-chan, Chinatsu-chan!" Sakurako greeted happily. "Konbawa!"

"Konbawa, Sakurako-chan," Akari and Chinatsu greeted back with a soft smile.

"You're here just in time," Sakurako added, then gestured them towards her house's interior. "Come on in."

"Sure," Chinatsu replied with a nod before they enter the house.

They wear off their shoes before stepping onto the interior floor. They then walked to the living room and put their bags on the couch and pull out their books onto the table. Sakurako is more than happy to bring their bags up to her room. While they wait for Sakurako to come back, Himawari enters the room with a tray of drinks in her hands.

"konnichiwa, Himawari-chan," Akari greeted with a bow.

"Konbawa," Himawari greeted back as she put the tray on the table. "I'm glad that you come over."

"I could say the same for you," Akari agreed with a nod. "Are you helping out Sakurako again?"

Himawari only sighs sincerely. "As usual, Akari-chan."

"I hope we didn't give you both much trouble," Chinatsu said as they took a cup of tea.

"Don't worry, Chinatsu-chan," Himawari replied with a smile. "You're our guests, after all."

"By the way, Hima-chan," Akari said with a curious look. "Did you finish your homework?"

"Oh, we finished them yesterday," Himawari then gives an annoyed look to herself. "Why?"

"We both nearly finished our homework," Chinatsu replied as she opens her math book. "I wonder if you could help us with English and Math."

"Ah, I see," Himawari lifts her head in acknowledgment. "I could help you with that."

"Alright!" Sakurako said as she came into the room. "The bags are in my room!"

"At least don't scream when you come into the room," Himawari scolded to her.

"She's right, Sakurako," Nadeshiko said as she and Hanako came in from the direction of the kitchen. "You just annoy people."

"Heeey!" Sakurako responded indignantly.

Hanako looks up to their guests, to which she attracted and eyed up to Chinatsu. "Ah… her hair looks so fluffy today."

"Konbawa," Akari and Chinatsu greeted to Sakurako's sisters before Akari added. "I hope we're not giving you any trouble."

"Oh, don't worry about that," Nadeshiko replied, then glared at Sakurako. "There's someone else who's giving us a problem now."

"Eh!" Sakurako shouted as she felt insulted. "I'm right here!"

"Just keep it down, will you?" Himawari added in the sisters' defense.

Akari and Chinatsu both only shed sweat to this exchange. This is somewhat awkward for them both.

"What a family" is the only thought that crossed Akari's and Chinatsu's mind.

Himawari looked over to the clothes that the sisters are wearing, and she raised a brow. "Oh, are you leaving now?"

Nadeshiko nodded flatly. "We will be having a trip to some places. We will be back at night."

"I see," Himawari replied understandably. "We'll look over the house."

"We know," Hanako nodded flatly. "Just make sure Sakurako nee-chan doesn't do something stupid."

Sakurako pouted upon these words. "Why do you think I would do something like that?"

Nadeshiko and Hanako gave their glare at Sakurako. "Isn't that written on your face?" Nadeshiko asked unamusingly.

Akari giggled as she covers her mouth with her fist. "It must be fun to have Sakurako around, isn't it?"

Nadeshiko and Hanako look over to Akari with an uncertain look. "I can't tell if that's right or wrong."

"Hmm... probably," Himawari added with doubt.

"What's that?" Sakurako asked with a mischievous grin. "Is that a compliment?"

"More like an unassured fact," Chinatsu replied. Then paused after everyone looks at her in confusion. "Wait, what did I mean by unassured fact?"

Hanako gave a blank look at her. "A doubt that it is fun to have Saku nee-chan around?"

Himawari raised a brow to Hanako. "Sounds more like it, Hanako-chan."

Nadeshiko then checks her wristwatch. "Anyway, we need to leave now. We don't want to be late."

"I see," Himawari smiled at the sisters. "Have a safe travel."

"We will, Himako," Nadeshiko replied as both youngest and eldest sister headed to the front door. "See you later. And make sure Sakurako doesn't turn the house into a mess."

"We will," Chinatsu happily replied as the others smiled.

Sakurako could only pout again. "Whatever, just leave already!"

"Yeah, yeah," Nadeshiko replied from the front door. "We're heading out."

"Be careful out there," Himawari replied again, before looking over to her friends. "Alright, where were we?"

"Hey guys, let's play!" Sakurako exclaimed aloud.

"Hold that for a moment, Sakurako," Himawari quickly replied. "I need to help Akari and Chinatsu on their homework."

"Really?" Sakurako asked as she leaned forward. "I didn't know you're that lazy."

Akari and Chinatsu shed a sweat of concern. But Himawari is already pissed to hear that.

"Don't compare them with you, Baka." And at this moment, the house is under control of Sakurako. She doesn't have to worry about her sisters. The house belongs to her, for now.


A few hours later.

Now they are all in Sakurako's room and are currently playing card games. They already went through several games Sakurako had in mind. Most of them are really fun, and they can enjoy it while sitting at the Kotatsu. All that while a small TV in the room is on to which Sakurako goofs around to watch it.

They are all in their pajamas, including Himawari and Sakurako. Apparently, Hima's and Saku's pajamas are not that dirty that they have no problem cleaning it again. Again, like Sakurako's previous sleepover in Himawari's house, their pajamas resemble cute animals. Akari's pajama resembles a cute cream-colored dog, and the cuteness fits Akari well. Whereas Chinatsu's pajama resembles a black and white cat, which fits her personality well about the obsession of one person than anything else.

Sakurako is just lazing about on the floor. She watches the show on the TV, a slice-of-life theme show for the moment. Himawari, Chinatsu, and Akari are conversing with each other at the Kotatsu. They have enough playing cards for the moment while they wait for Sakurako to think of something else to play. This is Sakurako's house; after all, they're not here to have a tea party.

As Sakurako watches the show with some kids in it, Himawari conversed with the rest. "This is such a blast."

"We've been busy with school for a while," Chinatsu added as she tidies her pack of cards. "So, this is a great way to spend a lot of time together."

"Mm-hmm," Akari nodded in agreement. "I'm so happy that we could have a sleepover again."

"Say, Sakurako," Chinatsu called to her. "Don't you get tired of having fun a lot?"

"What do you mean?" Sakurako responded in confusion. "I always have fun."

"Oh, she gets tired a lot, Chinatsu-chan," Himawari replied with a sense of pride. "Every time after she's goofing around."

"Heeeeyy!" Sakurako pouted at her and still lay on the floor. "That's not true! I don't goof around that much!"

"Oh, you're saying that you study sometimes?" Himawari asked unamusingly as she glared at Sakurako."

"I do study!" Sakurako then uses her fingers to give how much she studied. "Only a little."

Himawari gave a blank stare. "Knowing you, that's not enough time for you to study."

"Noisy!" Sakurako instinctively responded.

"Oh, that's how it is, then?" Himawari asked back to her sarcastically. "Just keep calling me noisy every time I'm stating everything you about you."

"Shut up already!" Sakurako automatically pouted back.

"Hai, hai," Himawari replied with a tired sigh before drinking the tea in her hand.

Chinatsu leans back with her arms supporting on the floor. "Ooh, it would be greater if Yui-senpai is here."

"Hmm?" Akari raised a curious brow. "Why don't you go sleepover in her place?"

"Well, I don't want to bother Yui-senpai much," Chinatsu replied back. "She's probably with Kyouko for now."

"You really like Yui-senpai, don't you?" Himawari asked with a smile before sipping her tea again.

"Of course, I am," Chinatsu happily replied, clasping her hand together, closed her eyes, and looked up to the sky. "I love her so much that she looked like a prince to me."

Himawari shed sweat to the statement. "I'm sorry, she's a prince for you?" she then continues to sips her tea.

"Yeah," Chinatsu nodded, her hands are under her chin. "She's so cool, so elegant. I really want to marry her."

"Pfffftt!"

If getting choked wasn't enough, Chinatsu's statement caught Himawari off-guard. "T-that… How can she be that blunt?!"

Akari tilts her head with a smile. "You're still not ready for that, aren't you?"

"Heeey!" Chinatsu said out to Akari. "Don't embarrass me!"

"By the way," Akari added. "Do any of you are free for tomorrow?"

"Why bother asking that?" Sakurako asked as she turns her upper body to Akari. "We are always free on Sunday."

"Not always, Sakurako," Himawari added to her displeasure. "I'll be busy with my mother and Kaede for tomorrow."

"Chinatsu?" Akari asked with a raised brow and a flat smile.

"I'll be free for tomorrow," Chinatsu replied to her. "Do you want to have a walk together, Akari-chan?"

"Sure," Akari replied with a nod. "How about at noon?"

"Agreed, Akari-chan," Chinatsu replied, then leans forward to the Kotatsu.

The girls continue to converse with each other as Sakurako becomes absent to the talk. Sakurako continues to watch the small TV she had in her room. A show that depicts how fun a school life is. She takes a liking to that, even she's ironically the Student Council.

Her session of watching the TV came to abrupt when Himawari called her. "Hey, lazy-pants."

"What the hell did you call me?!" Sakurako automatically replied in retort.

"Instead of doing nothing there," Himawari said to her, ignoring her first response. "Why don't you try to find any games for us to play with?"

"Oh, your boobs can't help you with that, huh?" Sakurako asked her, intending to provoke her.

"What is it with you and my boobs?" Himawari asked with an angry tone.

"What games did we finish?" Akari asked Chinatsu.

"Umm, Chess, Marbles," Chinatsu paused. "Monopoly and Cards."

"Well, that's fairly a lot of games for a day, isn't it?" Akari asked.

"I know," Chinatsu agreed with a nod.

While those games are fun, Sakurako still feels that it's not enough yet. She feels that it like the same games they have played for every day. As if her innovation for playing games wasn't enough. She needed a game for this one night. Not only a usual game.

A wild game.

Sakurako hysterically… sorry, deviously grins her teeth as her eyes stare at the TV. Sakurako lazily straightens her back to sit. She then patiently turns around to the Kotatsu with a funny face to her friends. She has one game in mind. And, like what just stated above, it's a wild game. An exciting one for her if everyone doesn't mind about running.

"Hey, guys!" Sakurako called as she leaned forward and landed her forearms onto the table. "I know what game we should play right now!"

"Really?" Chinatsu asked after she sips her tea. "What game?"

"I hope it's nothing stupid, Sakurako," Himawari added bluntly.

"I haven't said anything yet!" Sakurako pouted quickly.

"Calm down, Sakurako-chan," Akari added innocently. "What is the game do you have in mind?"

Sakurako proudly stands up and stays in her position. Hands are on her hips, and her head lifted straight. Her eyes are closed and gave out a chuckle to show her cunning side. But still, Himawari is not amused yet to Sakurako's naughty expression.

Himawari stares flatly at her childhood friend. "What's with the cheeky smile?"

Sakurako ignored her question, either she didn't hear that, or she pouted back to her through her heart. Aside from that, she said, "let's play Tag!"

"Eh?" everyone's reaction in particular.

"I don't think we can play Tag," Akari doubted with a concerned look. "It's already dark outside."

"Yeah, Sakurako," Chinatsu agreed on Akari's account. "What if something happened to us while playing in the night?"

"Ha, ha, ha!" Sakurako selfishly laughed like a boss. "I didn't say we'll play outside."

They fell silent. Apparently, it took Himawari another five seconds to register the full sentence into her brain.

"W-wait!" Himawari quickly said, leaned forward like lightning as right forearm laid on the Kotatsu. "You wanna play Tag here?! In your house?!"

"Yes," Sakurako replied with pride. "It will be very exciting."

"B-but, what about your sisters, Sakurako?" Akari asked with concern, and she doesn't like the idea of playing that in the house.

"Oh, don't worry about them," Sakurako coolly replied with no concern whatsoever. "This is my house, after all."

"This is also your sisters' house!" Himawari retorted, but also worried. "Are you out of your mind!?"

"What do you mean?" Sakurako asked, again with no concern. "I'm not out of my mind."

"Yes, you are!" Himawari retorted again. "Do you realize how much mess we might make if we play that in here?"

"Oh, don't worry about that," Sakurako replied with a stylish composure. "We'll clean the mess right before my sisters show up. They took their trip longer anyway."

"That doesn't mean that you can chill out about it," Himawari disagreed as she crossed her arms. "What if your sisters come back home much more earlier than they should?"

"No way, Oppai-chan!" Sakurako pouted with disagreement. "They'll be back late at night, and that's that."

"Hey, just think about it first!" Himawari added Akari and Chinatsu are both smiled awkwardly to the situation. "What if I'm right?"

"Nonsense, Hima-chan!" Sakurako denied the statement. "If they come home much earlier, they should have let me know first."

Himawari opens her mouth, but then no more words come out from her mouth. There's no point in debating against Sakurako for that matter. Knowing how loud and childish she is, she'll let this one slide and just waits on the result of Sakurako's assurance.

"Fine," Himawari gave up with a sigh. "Let's do this your way for now."

"Yay!" Sakurako happily cheered with a fist in the air.

Akari only looked at Himawari with her eyes closed. "It's tiring to talk with her, isn't it?"

Himawari looked back with a smile. "Sure, it does."

"So…" Chinatsu paused for a moment. "When do we start?"


1 minute later.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors!"

The result is… unfortunate for Akari's account.

Akari hands are paper, while the rest are scissors.

"Seriously?!"

Chinatsu chuckled at Akari's expense. "Don't worry, Akarin. You will get lucky next time."

"Oh…" Akari frowned to her reply, then said to herself lowly. "But I'm the main character…"

Ignoring Akari's supposed fourth wall, Sakurako said to her. "Now, now, close your eyes and count to ten, Akari-chan."

Himawari could only look at Akari with blank eyes. "I wonder if Akari always had bad luck, even if she's prepared for anything."

"Come on, Akari-chan," Sakurako said excitedly. "Start counting."

"Okay, I'm counting," Akari then looked at the wall, leaned to it, and closed her eyes there. "One, two, three…"

"Akari is 'it,' Start runnin'!" Sakurako screamed over Akari's voice.

Akari's starting point would be a particular wall next to Sakurako's bedroom. Chinatsu scrambled for the room around the second floor, except Sakurako's family bedrooms. Himawari and Sakurako hide around the area on the ground floor. It's wide but looks smaller when Sakurako and Himawari are bickering about their hiding spots.

"Hey, this is my spot!" Himawari retorted, they both are hiding out in the kitchen.

"No, this is mine!" Sakurako retorted back. "Find your own spot, Baka!"

"I got here first, Baka!" Himawari screamed back again. "Go find yours somewhere else!"

"I'm not leaving this spot!" Sakurako screamed back again, then began to hit Himawari's breasts. "Get out from here, Oppai-baka!"

"Stop hitting me there, Baka!" Himawari retorted again as her hands held her pained breasts. "Shoo!"

As their ranting ensures on, Akari announced throughout the house. "Ready or not, here I come!"

"Aah!" Himawari quickly grabbed Sakurako and pulls her down behind the fridge.

It seems Akari is currently searching the second floor, so the coast is clear for now. But now, they are still hiding at where they are now. They both didn't either dare to change their hiding spot or bother to find another spot for themselves since this is the only spot they had in mind. Of course, they hide in such an awkward position; Himawari hugged Sakurako so tight that she could feel her breasts.

This did nothing but aggravate Sakurako, who is envious of her breasts. But don't forget that Sakurako feels ashamed to be this close to Himawari. It was apparent something is bothering her, aside from her breasts. She looked back at Himawari, who is also embarrassed in their current position.

"W-what are you doing, Baka?!" Sakurako irritatingly asked, even though her blush is noticeable.

"What is it to you?" Himawari asked back with a glare, then looked away with her eyes closed. "I'm trying to hide us."

"But why are you hugging me?!" Sakurako returns the glare. "I didn't ask you to hug me!"

"Didn't I tell you that I'm trying to hide us?" Himawari asked back with the answer. "It's your fault that we hide like this!"

"Jeez, alright, shut up," Sakurako told her, pouting a look, and they both look away from each other while hugging.

It was really a long wait as they hide there without a sound. Sakurako didn't mind having someone to hide with, just not for Himawari. Himawari is indeed her childhood friend, but they can't quite remember how did they become rivals in the first place. Due to this, their term for frenemies is applied.

But, sometimes, Sakurako felt something about Himawari. Not about her breasts, but something she can't explain. While it is true that she is annoyed by Himawari and also has fun with her, deep down inside her, she has a feeling for Himawari. But what is that feeling is, she can't specify.

Her train of thoughts interrupted when they hear Akari's voice from upstairs. "Tag, you're 'it'!"

Then they began to hear footsteps that are heading to the stairs. With playful giggling is heard in the distance. It seems Chinatsu chases Akari down the stairs. And eventually, Akari runs to the kitchen with the pink girl on her tail. Akari runs around the counter and sees that Himawari and Sakurako are hiding behind the fridge, in a slightly awkward position.

Chinatsu comes into view as her feet drifts on the floor like a sports car. She's excited from the look of her fury face like she's being supported by Prince Yui now. Chinatsu then shifts pass the two hiding girls and straight to Akari. Akari managed to outrun her and ran off from the kitchen. Before Chinatsu continues to chase her down, she first saw Sakurako and Himawari hugging each other at the fridge in their hiding attempt.

The first thing Sakurako does is to throw Himawari at Chinatsu. Much to Himawari's shock.

"H-hey, Bakaaa!" Himawari screamed as Chinatsu quickly held from falling.

"Take that, fatty boobs!" Sakurako responded arrogantly before leaving the kitchen.

Chinatsu then quickly lifts Himawari to her feet, then pats both of her shoulders. "Tag, Himawari is 'it'!"

Chinatsu left her quickly and went off from the kitchen. Himawari just stood there in surprise then blinked a couple of times. But then her expression turned into a resentful one, clenching her fist tight and gritted her teeth out of furious. The next thing she does is to take a 180 degrees turn to her right and run straight forward off to find Sakurako. Just Sakurako, and that's it.

That's when she began her full and buzzing run through the house like a speedboat. And she screamed.

"SAAKUUURAAAKOOOO!"

She is currently mad not only because Sakurako threw her away like a capped bottle to Chinatsu. She is currently mad because Sakurako called her "fatty boobs." Like what just stated previously, Himawari hates being called fat. And she has the right to hit Sakurako in every way possible.

Himawari runs past the living room and then to the front door where the stairs to the second floor are. From there, she spots Chinatsu and Akari running upstairs. But she also spots Sakurako is running under the stairs, heading for the next room under the second-floor platform. Only seeing her was enough to trigger the rage inside her.

"SAKURAKOOOO!"

"Come and get me, Ba-" Sakurako quickly noticed the angry face she had. "Uh-oh."

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Himawari then rushed forward to Sakurako, to which she dodged her attack.

It was a rampage time.

Himawari soon chases her to the next room. She didn't care what room she's in. She only cared about getting the goddamned girl that is running away from her. Himawari has an unreasonable speed that could probably outrun Sakurako, even though she's not sporty. Sakurako forgot what she said to her thanks to her amnesiac memory. But she knew any of her antics or words somehow triggered her.

When Sakurako mentioned that this game would be wild, she didn't mean it would be this wild.

This whole 'tagging' game just turned into a wild goose chase. Sakurako still able to outrun Himawari behind her. She even had to drop little furniture and utensils such as pencil case, pen, jar, and you name it. They both halt at a small table that separates them. Sakurako tries to go around the table to escape, but her moves predicted by Himawari so she couldn't get across.

Sakurako decides to taunt her to lure her to her side. "Hey, Oppai-chan! Still feeling fat, huh?"

It's enough to lure her, albeit indignantly. "YOU GODDAMN BAKA! YOU'RE DEAD!"

Himawari runs around to her left and quickly reaches for her. Himawari missed her, and Sakurako managed to run away. Sakurako headed back out of the room with the steaming train Himawari on her six. Sakurako decided to run upstairs as Himawari followed her non-stop. Sakurako spotted Akari and Chinatsu are trying to find a place to hide from 'it.' But Akari and Chinatsu decidedly stop after seeing Sakurako is running faster than she should. Their amazement confirmed when Himawari comes into view; her head is steaming hot.

Himawari runs past them, leaving smoking dust in the air. Akari and Chinatsu don't have to bother to run while she's in her rage mode. They always knew that it has something to do with Sakurako's antics. They both blankly stare at where she ran.

Chinatsu only looked at Akari. "Should we run?"

Akari only raised both of her eyebrows with a slight shake of her head. "I guess not. I think she's going for Sakurako again."

Oh, how true her words are.

Back to Himawari, she's still chasing that no-good brat around the second floor non-stop. She ended up chasing her in Sakurako's room. Even the tight space of Sakurako's room, it wasn't enough for Himawari to be able to capture her. They keep running in circles in the room, which results in most of Sakurako's furniture and utensils wreck and flail about in the room. Sakurako even barely avoided Himawari's tackle by jumping over her bed.

Sakurako then ran out of that room and headed for the stairs again. Apparently, this was not enough to outrun Himawari. Sakurako reached downstairs again and headed to the living room. Himawari is still not tired yet, and Sakurako tried to stop her by dropping obstacles in her way. Even so far to turn the table at her. Sakurako then tries to evade her at the kitchen and the dining room, and still, it did not tire her. It's like having a pet Cheetah trying to outrun a lion.

Sakurako did even drop a couple of plates in an effort to stop Himawari.

Sakurako finally began to tire after she ran out of the dining room. Sakurako finally slows down to a jog while passing the messy living room. Himawari is finally catching up to her, even if she's out of breath. Sakurako finally stops at the front door, resting her hands on her knees while catching a breath. Sakurako heard the hasty footsteps behind her and looked back.

Only to have Himawari tackles her onto the ground. So hard that it equals getting crushed by a speeding bicycle.

*THUD*

And painful back and head on Sakurako's account.

"Aaawww!" Sakurako groaned aloud, producing a single tear on her left eye. "B-baka-!"

*SLAP*

Himawari grabs her face tight. She then puts as much pressure she can on her cheeks and stretches it as wide as she can. She then pinches her all over her face to express her anger and hatred to her for what she said. And not only that, Sakurako had done something she shouldn't in her house.

"Sakurako, you goddamned idiot!" Himawari screamed at her face. "How dare you call me that!"

"That's why are you angry with me?!" Sakurako shouted back, albeit her face is being pinched. "Just because I call you fat?!"

"Shut. The hell. Up!" Himawari then lets her face go, but still holding her on the floor. "That's not the only reason why I'm angry at you!"

"Chot-chotto matte!" Sakurako stuttered aloud as she glares back at her. "What's the other reason, Baka?!"

"Sakurako," Akari called from the stairs with Chinatsu, which both Himawari and Sakurako then turn their heads to her. "You do realize that you turn your whole house into a mess?"

"What did you mean that I-?" Sakurako quickly fell silent, like a zap of her memory recovered from all that wild chase.

Sakurako widens her pupils in shock, alas. "Oh, no."

Himawari, finally glad to see how worried Sakurako is, changes her expression a little with hasty concern.

Himawari then finally bowed her head and backed up a little from above her. "We have to clean up the mess you made before your sisters find out what happened."

"Find out what?"

Everyone freezes at that statement. All four girls then slowly turn their heads to the front door. Much to their shock, horror for Sakurako, the sisters have reached home. Now Sakurako's sisters are both giving their glares at Sakurako and Himawari on the floor.

Of course, the person they asked first is straight to their second sister, Sakurako.

"Sakurako, why are you on the floor with Himawari," Nadeshiko asked suspiciously. "And why are you so sweaty?"

"N-Nadeshiko-chan, I can explain," Sakurako nervously replied as Himawari gets off her. She has never been this scared before, and her heartaches if they realize what she had done.

Nadeshiko has clearly not bought it that she winces her eyes at her in suspicion. "Hanako, check the living room."

"W-wait!" Sakurako quickly said as she tried to stand up, crosstalked with Himawari. "Hang on! You don't want to see this!"

Hanako rushed over to the door leading to the living room. Sakurako and Himawari stopped in their tracks as Hanako finally got a glance at the Living room's condition. Hanako's face turned pale and dropped her shopping bag to the sight. Akari and Chinatsu both slowly walked down the stairs and joined Hanako to the sight.

Hanako can't even turn her head from the sight. "Onee-chan… What have you done?"

Her response is enough to move Nadeshiko from where she is. She quickly stood next to her youngest sister and looked over to the room. Everything that happened in this room is a nightmare, along with the other rooms she screwed up.

Broken plates, broken jars and glasses, overturned table, disordered books and utensils, spilled food and drinks, and a lot more lists to go. All of this because of one such girl played too wild and always do nothing good for their family. Akari could only rub her arm as Chinatsu puts her hands on her chest. Himawari looked away with her hands hanging just below the stomach in massive concern. Sakurako stands there and looks to her sister from behind them, like how a stupid girl would do.

Nadeshiko proceeds to clench her fists tightly. She didn't drop her shopping bag yet.

"SAKUURAAAKOOOOO!"