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"" - speech

italics - memory

[ ] - thoughts

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Water Fights and Drying Hair

"Take that!" Nami yelled out as she aimed her water gun at Kazuya.

"Not if I can help it!" He dodged to the side and sprayed water at her face.

Himon laughed out loud. He grabbed his own water gun and sprayed at both relentlessly. "I'm going to win!"

"Survival of the fittest!" Nami yelped, running like a maniac in the backyard of her house. However, Kazuya was faster. He quickly jumped in front of her, effectively stopping her from escaping.

His grin hinted a scent of mischief. "Got you." Before Nami could dodge, he sprayed it at her as she blocked with her gun and arms.

"Me too, me too!" Himon ran towards her and aimed at her back.

"Two against one isn't fair!" Nami managed to blurt out.

"Nami." "Nami-nee." The two chorused together. "Life is never fair."

"Tch." Nami rolled her eyes before squeezing the water out of her hair. Ever since Kazuya began visiting her on a weekly basis, Himon has taken a shine to him with pure awe. He even once told me that his goal was to be like Kazuya-nii.

[I suppose it's a good thing that he has a role model to look up to...]

"Here are some towels. Lunch will be ready in a few minutes." Maria approached the three with a pile of towels in her arms.

"Thank you, Maria." Nami handed one to Kazuya and then to Himon. She squeezed the water out of her shirt before grabbing a towel for herself. Quietly wiping the ends of her hair, she contemplated to herself if she should get a haircut once she enters middle school. Once her hair felt relatively dry, she continued to wipe her bare skin, watching Himon's eyes sparkle as he asked Kazuya various questions about baseball.

"Himon." Nami called out to him, grabbing the towel from him. "You need to wipe properly or else you'll catch a cold." She led the two indoors and proceeded to dry Himon's hair with a hairdryer. Kazuya quickly changed into the new dry clothes that Sebastian brought over and kept the towel on top of his head as he sat down on the chair, watching her thoughtfully.

"There. Now go change into your clothes." She pointed to the pile of neatly folded clothes on top of the table.

"Okay!" Himon jumped down from the chair and dashed to his room with the pile.

Nami's clothes continued to drip water onto the floor, but she ignored it. "Miyuki-kun, I'll dry your hair now, so sit over here." She pat a different chair near her. He nodded and sat down, waiting for her to dry his hair. Surprise flickered in her eyes. She never expected him to agree. Shaking her thoughts away, she smiled and took off the towel on top of his head. In silence, she felt the warm air from the hairdryer as her fingers caressed the locks of his brown hair.

"Nami." Kazuya broke her focus.

Noticing that his hair was finally dry, she turned off the hairdryer and looked at him. "Yes?"

"Go change your clothes and I'll dry your hair." She gaped at him in disbelief.

[Did he just say that he'll dry my hair...?]

His eyebrow raised. "Are you listening?"

"Ah, yes. I'll go do that." She blinked at him blankly before heading to her room to change. Once she put on a nice summer dress, she headed to the living room, finding Himon snoozing on the couch and Kazuya looking at the hairdryer.

"Miyuki-kun." Nami whispered out to him. He looked up with a grin, waving her over. She sat down quietly and felt his fingers massage her scalp before touching her long locks of hair. Soon, the hot air from the hairdryer warmed her. A sense of comfort and security waved over her, slowly slipping her into a state of sleepiness. She sighed pleasantly to herself, enjoying the rare moments of normalcy.

[The other Kazuya never did this for me before...]

[I almost feel like I'm being pampered by this Kazuya in some ways. It's... It's nice.]

"Lunch is ready, Nami-sama. Miyuki-sama." Maria called out to them.

"Just give us a few more minutes." Kazuya continued to thoroughly dry her hair as he spoke out. "We'll also wake Himon, so leave that to us."

"Understood." Maria bowed before walking back to the dining room.

"We..." Nami murmured to herself.

"Almost done." Kazuya whispered in her ear as to not wake Himon. "Your hair is soft - like a puppy."

She almost snorted out loud. "I prefer to be a kitten." She then forced him to turn off the hairdryer as she grabbed the front of his shirt, pulling him down near her. "Plus, I think your hair feels more like a puppy than mine. But then again, your image fits more with the lion or the bear."

"Then what's your image?"

She tapped her chin thoughtfully before responding. "An eagle... Or maybe a raven."

He smirked. "A very far stretch from the kitten suggestion."

"Oh, shut it." She playfully punched him in the shoulder.

"Then I guess I'll have to throw a rock at you if I need to talk to you." He put down the hairdryer and pulled out the chord.

"HEY!" Nami pouted before glaring at him.

Kazuya chuckled to himself. "Yelling works too."

"Ugh. I'll just use you as a bed since you'll be big and furry." She pointed out.

"If you can." His voice was light and sounded very amused.

"I can too."

"We'll see about that."

"Just you wait, Miyuki Kazuya! I will use you as a bed one day." She stood up tall and pointed at him.

He quickly wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "But I doubt you'll be that fast as an eagle, compared to a lion."

She pinched his cheek playfully. "What if you're a bear?!"

"And what if you're a raven?" He ruffled her hair.

She paused before grudgingly agreeing. "Good point."

"Let's wake Himon now."

"Fine." Nami turned towards him. "You win this time, but I'll win the next time."

"We'll see about that." He smiled boyishly at her before tugging her towards him as they walked over to Himon together.

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