Really did not realize I hadn't updated in almost 2 months. My summer class just ended so hoping to get another chapter done soon.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN KHR
Dear diary,
Summer is a terrible season.
Michiko pushed up her sunglasses further, slightly adjusting her sunhat before checking her phone. She pulled out the bottle of sunscreen hastily reapplying a layer over any exposed skin. 2 hours had passed since her last application. 2 hours since she had left her house. Almost 2 hours of Tsuna struggling to swim more than 5 meters.
She crouched down next to the pool as he struggled. "You just have to move your arms and legs and pull up your face to breathe. It's a systematic thing."
"I can't just suddenly learn to swim." he frowned. "My potential is just this much."
"Don't overthink it, just do what you do when you're swimming 5 meters, but do it for thrice the amount of time."
Tsuna still looked uneasy and instead chose to change the topic. "Reborn told you we were coming to the pool today right?"
"Yeah why?" Michiko asked, raising a brow.
"You didn't bring a swimsuit." he replied, pointing at her attire.
"Do you want to hear the actual reason or the excuse?" she questioned.
He shrugged.
"Menstruation. It's both the reason and the excuse."
Tsuna's cheeks turned a bright pink as he hastily muttered out an apology and swam away.
"Oh I think he's finally hitting past 5m." she remarked.
Actual reason is prioritizing my skin and hair. Chlorine is terrible for both. Not to mention how disgusting the pool is, swore I saw a Band-Aid floating in the corner. At least Sawada managed to get himself together, would've been better 2 hours earlier of course, but I guess with him later is better than never.
"Summer's the best!" cheered Yamamoto, only to get a snarky response from Gokudera.
Michiko had to agree with Gokudera though, it was bad enough to go to the pool, but the beach was a whole other terrain. One trip to the beach meant finding sand in everything for the next year. It was impossible to leave the beach cleanly.
She laid out her beach towel as Yamamoto helped put up the parasol for shade. Dropping her bag on the towel, she plopped down and pulled out a book.
"Kobayashi-san aren't you going to come swimming?" asked Kyoko, leaning down with a soft smile on her face.
"Yeah that's right Mi-chan! You wore such a cute swimsuit too, you can't spend the whole day covered up while hiding behind a book!" protested Miura.
Michiko had no idea why Haru had decided to give her a nickname, nor when she thought the girls had developed a first-name basis relationship with one another, but Michiko supposed it was just her way of trying to get closer. How naïve.
Michiko frowned, pulling the cover up closer to her body. "I'm not exactly a fan of the beach Miura."
"Mi-chan I told you to call me Haru. And you'll have a lot of fun!" she said, pulling Michiko up and removing her cover up.
That girl is definitely a lot stronger than you'd think. Not to mention majorly persistent.
After Miura successfully dragged Michiko out from under the parasol, she linked arms with her to prevent any escape. The older Sasagawa then decided to introduce his coworkers and former upperclassmen. Still frowning from Haru's actions, Michiko eyed the boys distastefully.
They look like assholes especially with those sleazy haircuts and smirks. This is why I don't come to the beach or ever leave the safe haven underneath my parasol.
Michiko eyed the boy obnoxiously flirting with Kyoko who was very obviously uncomfortable. Just as Michiko shifted forward to pull Kyoko away from the creep, she felt a tug on her arm, jerking her away from Haru. Michiko stumbled and heard a low chuckle as one of the boys wrapped his arm around her waist.
"You know you're pretty cute too, come hang out with us." he said.
Michiko threw a disgusted look and held back her gag reflex, struggling to break free from his grasp. However, his grip merely strengthened.
"Come on, I'll keep you good company." he smirked, his hand lowering from her waist and onto her backside, giving it a harsh squeeze.
Did he just grab my ass? What the actual f-
Michiko's eyes widened and she immediately slapped his hand away. She felt another hand on her arm, pulling her backwards away from the boy. Looking up, it was none other than Yamamoto wearing an expression of concern and annoyance.
"You okay?" he asked.
Michiko clenched her teeth both disgusted and enraged. No she was most definitely not okay. These sickos needed to get their heads bashed in.
"I am furious." she spoke in a quiet whisper.
"How about we have a proper athletic competition. Three against three, a swimming race. The losers will be slaves to the winners." suggested the leader of the group.
Why would anyone agree to anything these people have to say? If anything the cops should be called and have them dragged off the beach and never allowed back.
However, before anyone could protest Reborn hastily covered their mouths and agreed to the match. The team to get two out of three wins first would win. The match was going seemingly well until Yamamoto turned around the island and didn't come back.
Cramps? More like rigged.
The same happened to Gokudera as well. Finally it was Tsuna's turn to go up. Surprisingly, he did well and Michiko felt just a bit of pride at his improvement.
From 5m in the pool to freestyle swimming in the ocean, not bad at all Sawada.
The race was quickly resolved after Tsuna saved a girl from drowning and Yamamoto and Gokudera returned. Michiko smiled gleefully when Tsuna harshly punched the leader's face and his subordinates had gotten the same treatment.
It would have been nice if I had been the one to do it, but no complaints if they got what they deserved.
"Onee-chan, onee-chan!" Michiko's younger siblings whined. "Let's go to the summer festival!"
They looked up at her with pleading eyes, making it harder to say no. "Fine." she groaned. "Only for a bit though."
"Yay!" they cheered, jumping around the room in celebration.
Her younger sister clung to her arm. "I want to wear a yukata. You too onee-chan, let's dress up."
Michiko sighed. Being an older sibling could be such a pain sometimes. She called her mother from the kitchen to help with the yukata, making sure everyone was ready before they headed out.
"Onee-chan! They have chocolate bananas, I want one!" screamed Chika at the top of her lungs, before running over.
"Chika, slow down! We don't want to get separated." Michiko shouted, releasing an exasperated sigh.
"One chocolate banana!" she ordered, standing on her tiptoes to see over the counter.
"Here you go." spoke out a familiar voice.
Namimori was a tiny town, so it was no surprise that I'd run into them eventually, but the first store there? Really?
"Gokudera?" Michiko questioned, turning around to see Tsuna and Yamamoto as well.
"Kobayashi-san? I didn't expect you to be here." said Tsuna.
She shrugged. "I have siblings, they wanted to go. Why do you guys have a booth here?"
Just as Yamamoto opened his mouth to reply, Chika interrupted. "Onee-chan do you know these people?" Who are they? Do you go to school with them?"
She blinked up at Michiko, eyes shining with curiosity. Although Michiko really wanted to scold her for being so intrusive, she was weak to Chika's cuteness. She knew her older sister was soft with her when she gave her that bright-eyed look.
"So this is your little sister?" asked Yamamoto. "She's cute."
Chika blushed at the compliment. "Nice to meet you. I'm Chika! This is Chiaki."
Still flustered, she pushed forward her younger twin brother who shyly bowed his head.
"It's nice to meet you too. I'm Yamamoto Takeshi." he smiled.
Before Chika could say anymore Michiko hastily introduced Tsuna and Gokudera, hoping to quickly make an exit just to stop her younger sister from blabbing anymore.
Why couldn't Chika be a little more like Chiaki and learn to stay quiet? Why are they complete opposites?
"Anyways we should go. You guys must have a lot of work to get done. Now let's say bye." Michiko spoke, her last sentence directed completely at Chika.
She puffed up her cheeks in a pout. "Onee-chan, I want to stay here!"
"Chika." she said with a warning tone.
"It's fine." interrupted Yamamoto. "We only have one box left to sell. I'm gonna go play at the other booths, so why don't you let her come with me?"
Her eyes lit up immediately as she rushed over to Yamamoto's side. She grabbed his hand and turned around to give her older sister a sly smile. "I'll be back soon Onee-chan"
Michiko eyed her suspiciously. What exactly was that smile all about?
Gokudera and Reborn soon excused themselves as well, leaving her at the booth with Tsuna and Chiaki.
"So I guess you should be going now?" asked Tsuna.
"As much as I would like to, Yamamoto is coming back with Chika and if we leave she'll probably have no idea where to find us. Although, I doubt it'll matter much with how taken she is by Yamamoto."
The two chatted for a bit, when a sudden unknown figure dashed through, snatching the box with all the booth's funds.
Leave it to Sawada's luck to get robbed in broad daylight in the 5-minute timespan where anyone who can actually hold their own is gone.
Tsuna chased down the robber and Michiko followed behind him, instructing Chiaki to stay behind at the booth. If anything was going down, she wouldn't allow her younger brother to get involved. The robber came to a stop and she immediately recognized the ringleader to be the same man from the beach.
Of course these sickos have nothing better to do with their summer. First it's harassing girls at the beach, now it's robbing festivals. How have they not gotten their asses beaten before?
"After the incident, every time I look into the mirror I see how much my pride was scarred…I've been waiting for this moment! I'll make sure you never speak again." he threatened Tsuna, grabbing him by the collar.
"Get over yourselves." Michiko rolled her eyes. "It's not as if any of you were actually attractive before."
"Oh and it's even that girl from last time?" he smirked, releasing Tsuna and heading towards her. She held her fists tightly; ready to punch him straight in the face. It was only justified considering how they treated her at the beach. Yet Tsuna intervened, jumping up in between the two.
"Don't touch Kobayashi-san. You have a problem with me, so don't involve her." his voice was trembling and Michiko could see his legs shaking, but he still didn't back down.
"Well I guess I'll just have to beat you up first then!" he shouted, reaching out to grab Tsuna once again. Tsuna immediately closed his eyes, prepared to take a hit. As the boy's face loomed closer, Michiko closed her eyes and swung her fist into his nose. His grip on Tsuna loosened as he backed away holding his nose.
"I'll kill you!" he screamed.
Michiko grabbed Tsuna's hand, running towards the staircase only to find themselves surrounded.
Soon Hibari joined, followed by Yamamoto and Gokudera. A full-blown brawl broke out and Michiko managed to slip out to reunite with Chiaki and Chika.
"Okay you two now what we're going to do is go around to each booth and ask if they have a first aid kit. Got it?" she asked.
They nodded and the three started the search.
"Why does it feel like all I ever do is treat your wounds?" Michiko asked the exhausted trio.
They all shrugged their shoulders while she placed another bandage on Tsuna's cheek.
As their eyes met, she hurriedly whispered a thank you. "You made a good distraction for me punching him in the face." she said with a soft chuckle.
Tsuna lightly smiled.
"In all honesty though it was pretty courageous to jump in front of me even though you would've gotten hurt. You've grown a bit Sawada." she smiled.
"Onee-chan!" called out Chika. "I think Take-nii could use some help." she nervously giggled out, as the loosely wrapped bandage on his arm came undone.
Michiko sighed, walking over to tend to Yamamoto's injuries. As she finished up with his wrapping, she noticed him eyeing her fist.
"You're not hurt right?" he asked her, gesturing towards her slightly reddened hand.
She shrugged. "It's a bit swollen, but nothing's broken." She didn't mind it, since it meant she had gotten to punch the jerk.
He picked up the gauze and delicately wrapped it around her hand. "You shouldn't do dangerous things. You know when Chika heard you guys chased after someone she was so worried she started crying."
"Sounds like her." Michiko responded.
"You know I was really worried too." he looked straight into her eyes with a serious face.
She gave him a questioning look in response, beginning to grow nervous under his gaze.
"I can take care of myself Yamamoto." she mumbled out.
The corners of his mouth turned upwards. "That's why I'm so worried. You like to do everything by yourself. I feel like I need to protect you."
"What?" Michiko choked out, feeling her cheeks flush.
"Yeah you don't depend on people enough. You're like a little kid who tries too hard." he laughed, tousling her hair.
She pushed his hand off, shouting in protest. "You say little, but we're the same age you know."
"I just want you to know if you have any problems, you can come talk to me."
"Chiaki! Chika! It's getting late, let's go." she raced up from her seat, ignoring Yamamoto's last remark.
Little kid? Why am I the little kid when I'm the one most levelheaded and mature one out of them?
Yamamoto's declaration had left Michiko irritated. While she tried to organize her thoughts, her siblings entered her room.
"Onee-chan." Chika spoke up. "What are you doing?"
"Not much. Why?" she replied, not bothering to look up.
"I wanted to talk about Take-nii."
"What's there to say? I'm kind of busy Chika, so if it has anything to do with how great he is I'll pass."
"I was gonna say I think he likes you!"
At such a young age Chika already says worrisome things. Watch her more closely from now on.
"Onee-chan you're not listening! I'm telling you he really wants to know more about you. He kept asking about what you're like at home and about stuff like your birthday and hobbies. Also he's really cool, he won a bunch of prizes at the booth. I think you should date him!"
Michiko side-eyed her little sister with a look of concern.
Unless he was actually implying he has a thing for children I don't think that will ever happen.
"Chika, Yamamoto does not like me okay?" she said with exasperation. Was she going to let this go any time soon?
"But you like him don't you?" she asked, her head tilted in confusion.
She stopped writing and dropped her pen, turning to face Chika. "What?"
"Don't you? He's really nice and when you were fixing his bandage you guys were looking at each other really close and your face was completely red."
"Chika no."
"Your face is red right now too!" she pointed out.
Michiko sprang up from the chair. "Okay I think it's time for you two to go."
"Wait, no! Chiaki has something to say!" she hurriedly shoved Chiaki in front of her.
"Well Chika was saying that Take-nii was really cool and you should date him, but I think Tsuna-nii was really cool when he threw himself in front of that mean guy to protect you."
"Okay you two time to go!" she pushed the kids out of her room, successfully locking the door.
Chika wants me to date Yamamoto and Chiaki is implying I should date Sawada? What is wrong with these children?
Michiko scoffed, thinking about the kids' earlier statements. They really were too much.
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