Hey guys second chapter, just another disclaimer I don't own any of the original plots/storyline or characters and to the song which was used in this chapter just my own twists and characters which is the main character; Manami and other characters; Kazuya, Masao for the moment I'll add the new characters as they come in each chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Getting Comfy.
Manami's POV.
"Hey, uh I thought I'd keep you company, Hakkaku's just getting you some food, Kazuya and Koga have gone to set up your room" Ginta's voice, I turned around he looked nervous for some reason maybe he's not used to being around girls. "Uh thanks…" I said I wasn't much for talking I hardly ever spoke I was always on my own besides who would talk to a homeless person, I looked to the ground "Uh… We were talking about some arrangements" Ginta said "Arrangements?" I asked as I looked to him. "Yes well we like to work a lot so we uh figured we could take turns staying with you at the house so you wouldn't be alone" Ginta replied I looked away "I'm used to being alone so it doesn't bother me" I said I frowned and shook my head slightly "Sorry it's just I've been alone for so long being here doesn't quite feel real yet" I said. "Well we're here if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm more than happy to listen I don't judge" Ginta says I looked to him "Thank you" I said "Hey Ginta foods' ready!" Hakkaku called "Come on I'll take you to the dining room" Ginta said with a smile I followed him. Hakkaku sat down and was eating some of the food already "Hakkaku… The food is for Manami" Ginta said "It's ok" I said "See Manami doesn't mind, come on eat with us" Hakkaku said I sat down at the table as did Ginta there was so much I didn't know where to start "Take two or more of each" Hakkaku said with a grin.
"Really?" I asked "Sure, if you're hungry eat, Kazuya will get more food" Hakkaku replied "Gee thanks" I exclaimed and started grabbing a bit of everything I didn't much care of what anyone thought of me. I hadn't eaten in the last two days it was a complete forest and all the animals were much faster than me even the little ones I couldn't catch anything, I went for a couple extra of the things I really liked "You certainly have Kazuya's appetite" Hakkaku said. "Sorry but I don't get to eat everyday" I said "When's the last time you ate anything?" Ginta asked "A couple days ago, I can hunt but not very well, stealing seems to be my strong point, I don't like it but I had to do it to live" I replied "Well you'll be eating every day for now on we'll make sure of that right Ginta?" Hakkaku said. "Yes we'll look after you" Ginta said "Hey what's the big deal eating without us I understand Manami but you guys really?" Kazuya said as he came in with Koga "It was gonna get cold" Hakkaku said "Mhmm" Kazuya exclaimed as he and Koga went to sit down and starting eating. "So Manami did you ever have a foster home?" Kazuya asked "Yep quite a few but I always ended back in the orphanage I got sick of it and after your father came and told me of my last name I kind of just had enough so I thought I was better off on my own" I replied "So none of those families kept you?" Koga asked.
"No, each time I was adopted something bad always happened… After so many times of being thrown back in the orphanage families just didn't want me they thought I was bad luck" I replied "You're not bad luck, they're silly for thinking that way, this is your home now" Kazuya said "Thanks but you still don't me how do you know I'm not going to run off or steal something?" I asked. Kazuya smiled "Even if you don't trust me I trust you, if my father told you we have the same last name than we're family and I trust family" Kazuya replied not long after we had all finished, I was happy to have a decent meal "I'll show you to the bathroom so you can wash up" Kazuya said. He walked off and I followed, we went upstairs and into the bathroom "So I got you some of my old clothes but they're all I have till I can get you some clothes, when you're done come downstairs" Kazuya says "Ok…" I said Kazuya went to walk out. "Uh… Kazuya" I said "Yeah?" Kazuya said "Thanks for everything" I said Kazuya smiled "Anytime, don't rush either relax a bit… Oh and you can just put your clothes in the hamper I'll take care of them later" Kazuya said I gave a nod and he closed the door on his way out, I looked at the mirror to see I had slight dirt smudges on my face and on my clothes.
I ran a hot bath while it was filling up I stripped off and grabbed the hair brush on the counter and brushed my hair to try and get the knots out before washing my hair, I got all the knots out just as the bath had filled up I turned the taps off and hoped in. I sighed as I sunk further into the bath I washed my hair and body thoroughly till I was spotless I spent a couple minutes relaxing just lying in the hot water, I figured I should get out, I pulled the plug and dried myself off completely my hair took the longest to dry though. Kazuya left me his old clothes on the counter, it was a pair of light grey track-pants and a faded red t-shirt, I held the shirt up to me and it looked more like a dress on me, I put it on, it was big on me but it would have to do, I grabbed the track-pants and put them on but they were a little big. Luckily they had strings I tightened the strings and did it in a bow, I placed my old clothes in the hamper and the towel I used, I opened the door and went downstairs I could hear them laughing over something, it sounded like they were in the lounge room. I went in "Wow, uh I guess my clothes were a bit big on you… Sorry" Kazuya said "It's ok" I said "So would you like to join us? We're about to watch a movie" Kazuya said "Uh ok…" I said "Don't be so nervous my house is yours" Kazuya said.
"Why don't you sit next to Ginta, Hakkaku wanna help me with the popcorn?" Kazuya said "Sure" Hakkaku said they walked out as I went to sit next to Ginta on the couch "So Manami we were wondering who picked out your name?" Koga asked. I looked to him "Oh well my mother wanted me to be called Manami, if it's too long or weird you can call me Mana" I said "It's not a weird name, I think it suits you" Ginta said "It does but where'd you get Mana from?" Koga asked. "Oh well it was something my parents were fused on, my mother didn't want me to have a nickname but my father liked calling me Mana, they kept me for a month… That's just what I was told, I don't know why they gave me up" I replied "Well if you don't mind us calling you Mana on the odd occasion" Koga said "Sure I don't mind" I said. "What do you think Ginta? Manami or Mana?" Koga asked I looked to Ginta "Uh, either name… They both suit you" Ginta says he seemed just as if not more nervous than earlier I wonder why? I shouldn't pry though "So does Kazuya have a nickname?" I asked "Not that we know of" Koga says. "How about Kazu? It's shorter" I said Koga smiled "I think that sounds good, I might go tell him now" Koga says and walks out I leaned back into the couch as I closed my eyes, a smile crossed my face as I sighed softly.
"Do you feel better now?" Ginta asked "Huh?" I exclaimed as I looked up to him "Uh yes, thanks to you guys" I said "I haven't done much for you at all but the others have" Ginta said as he looked away I smiled slightly "You know I don't think I've met or even seen a guy as modest as you…" I said. Ginta looked at me "Is that a good thing?" Ginta asks with a raised brow "Yeah it's a great thing" I replied as my smile grew Ginta smiled back "So I have a nickname now thanks to you" Kazuya says I looked at him. "It's just a nickname, it's no big deal" I said "Well Mana how about I give you another nickname" Kazuya says "Huh? Like what?" I said "How about sister?" Kazuya said "Sister…?" I said in awe "You don't like it?" Kazuya asked I smiled slightly "I think its fine brother" I said Kazuya grinned "Well then sister would you like to pick out a movie for us to watch" Kazuya says. "I thought you guys had one picked out" I said Kazuya chuckled "We were waiting for you, the movies are in the cabinet next to the tv, why don't you help Mana pick a movie Ginta, I'll be back shortly" Kazuya said and then walked out, I got up and went to the cabinet.
I opened it there was heaps of dvds "Kazuya has a lot of things" Ginta said as he came over to me "I have no idea what to choose, to be honest I never really was much for tv" I said "You have watched tv before though right?" Ginta asks. "A little bit…" I replied I looked down to the bottom shelf "He has enough wolf movies…" I said "He's a wolf fan we all are… Do you like them?" Ginta asked "Yeah, I kind of prefer animals over people…" I replied. "You guys got one picked out yet?" Hakkaku asks as he walks in with a bowl of popcorn, Kazuya has another bowl and Koga had some drinks "Not yet" Ginta replies "Well what do you like?" Kazuya asks "What's that have do with a movie?" I asked back Kazuya smiles. "If you like something it might be a more enjoyable movie for you to watch so what do you like?" Kazuya says "You like animals' right?" Ginta asks "Yeah" I replied "Ok what else?" Kazuya asks "I don't know… Music I guess" I said Kazuya came over to where Ginta and I were and looked at the dvds "Ok well then how about… This one" Kazuya says as he pulls out a dvd. "A cartoon movie?" Hakkaku says "Manami hasn't watched much tv before so I think that's a good choice" Ginta says "You'd agree with whatever Kazuya says now" Hakkaku says grinning "Hakkaku…" Ginta snapped "Stop it, geez do you really have to do this now and in front of Mana" Koga says.
"Sorry" Ginta says, Kazuya put the movie on and we all sat down I was between Kazuya and Ginta Koga and Hakkaku sat on the other lounge we were watching a movie called Rio, it was about birds, blue macaws to be specific. An hour or so later the movie finished the guys ate the popcorn I was still full from lunch "Manami you said you liked music, do you play or sing perhaps?" Kazuya asked I looked at him wide-eyed "I ain't good, it's been years" I said. "How did you learn? Or did you teach yourself?" Kazuya says "Uh I was adopted by a family that loved music everyday was about music, I learnt a lot from them" I said "Seems like they were a good family to you, why'd they send you back?" Kazuya asked "They didn't… They died in an accident" I replied. "Sorry I asked…" Kazuya said "It's ok" I said "Hey you have an instrument in your room right?" Koga said "Huh? Oh yeah I have a guitar" Kazuya replied "What type?" I asked. "Type? Does it matter?" Kazuya asked "Yeah it kind of does each guitar has a different sound and is used for different styles of music" I replied "Well if I brought it to you could you play something for us?" Kazuya asked "Uh sure" I said "I'll go get it then" Kazuya said and ran off upstairs.
Kazuya came back in with an acoustic fully black guitar with silver detail with the amp and speaker "Here… I haven't used it" Kazuya said "Really? You've never used it?" I asked "Nope, I don't know how to play it" Kazuya replied I took the guitar and plucked one of the strings. "You haven't even bothered tuning it…" I exclaimed "Is that a bad thing…?" Kazuya asked "You should really take care of this more…" I said I started tuning it, it had been years since I last held a guitar or even played one but I still remembered the sounds and how to play it came back to me easily. "How do you know it's tuned? Don't you have a machine to do that?" Kazuya asked "Yeah but if you know your notes and tunes it comes easily, so what did you want me to play?" I said "Anything, you can sing as well right?" Kazuya said smiling "Yeah but I'm not that good…" I said. "I'm sure you're better than good" Kazuya says I looked to the guitar and thought of something to play, I smiled I set up the speaker box and plugged the amp in, I sat back on the couch, I started to play 'Torisetsu by Kana Nishino' I sung as well, I focused on my playing since I wasn't keen on seeing their faces, I could have been horrible for all I know.
Once I had finished I found myself smiling I hadn't had so much fun, playing and singing it felt like I had to be a part of music it made me feel better "That was amazing… You could have a career in music, you're like a professional" Kazuya exclaimed brining me out of my thoughts. I looked to him and felt my cheeks grow hot "Ah no I wasn't that good…" I said "You were better than good, Kazuya's right…" Koga said "Yeah I'm sure you could teach him how to use the guitar now that he doesn't have an excuse" Hakkaku says. "You haven't said anything yet Ginta what did you think?" Koga asks I looked to him as did the guys "You have beautiful voice…" Ginta said "See the guys agree with me" Kazuya says "Hey guys shouldn't we get dinner ready?" Hakkaku asked. "Right of course, I could order something… Pizza?" Kazuya said I placed the guitar down "Actually could I skip dinner?" I asked "I thought you were hungry?" Kazuya asked "I had enough at lunch time" I replied "Ok well I'll show you to your room" Kazuya said. I followed him upstairs and into a room it had a bed with fresh sheets on and there was a few of Kazuya's old clothes on a desk, I had a window to look out off "Is this alright for you?" Kazuya asks I turned to him and gave him a hug "It's perfect thank you" I said.
Okay so chapter two done, leave a comment or PM me would love to hear your thoughts and opinions as I said it's just a story I've write for fun to relax me I'll post another chapter up soon bye guys thanks for reading!
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Here's two links from youtube to the song that was played;
Japanese version: watch?v=oMKZHgs9T_o
English Cover: watch?v=iDYYuQgcf9A