The class dragged on for what seemed like forever; when the bell finally rang all the students were snapped out of the sleepy trance they had been in. It was the second break for the day and daichi had plans. After grabbing rhythm from his classroom the pair made their way to tsukis classroom; she sat in the very back of the room. Daichi went up to her and planted himself down on the desk in front of hers. "Hey!" He grinned at her as she looked up. "Listen me, rhythm and some others are going against yoru in basketball, was wondering if you wanted to come watch" The green haired second-year winked at her. She was a bit taken a-back to say the least.
"I never new yoru played basketball..." She got up hugging her book to her chest and picked up her bag to go watch the game. She felt self-conscious in the dress she was wearing as she usually never wore dresses to school.
Daichi laughed. "Yeah! He can play! Hes almost as good as rhythm here. Well better get going don't wanna keep the others waiting to long!" He hopped off the desk and lead them both out of the classroom, walking ahead of them. He walked with Rhythm down the hallway; explaining the team layout. "Its 3 on 3 today. It was going to be me and ran against yoru and miki but "his highness" decided he wanted to play too." The conversation went on as they walked to the courts; tsuki only really half listening to the two boys. They find everyone out on the basketball court suffering through the school presidents latest speech. Daichi cringed in pity.
Tsuki looks over then speaks up. "I didn't know the student council president was giving a speech today" She does feel bad for yoru.
Daichi groans. "That's kiseki for you..." Tsuki is quiet for a few moments then she smirks.
"Hey watch this" She moves behind kiseki without any other people seeing her; throwing a small pebble at the presidents back. It hits him between the shoulder blades, distracting him from his speech. Kiseki turns around, rage in his eyes. At first, Yoru was shocked, then started laughing loud as His Majesty drilled into you, going on and on about something like 'How dare you!' and 'don't you know who i am?!'. Daichi watched on, he started cracking up the second the pebble hit the school prez's back. Tsuki just stood there with her hands behind her back and a cheeky grin on her face as the purple haired third year went off on her for throwing the stone at him. After several minutes daichi wipes a tear from his eye and goes up to Kiseki, clapping his shoulder and telling him 'that's enough'.
Yoru was almost inconsolable where he sat, not having expected seemingly innocent, little tsuki to have a side like that. She spotted yoru and goes over, sitting next to him. "hey, breathe yoru breathe." She laughs and pats his back. Miki sat on the other side, as ran stood behind him, hands on his shoulders. He was almost crying he was laughing so hard. He breathes deep and looks at her with his head resting on his hands.
"Thanks for the save, Tsuki." He grinned and sighed, hoisting himself off the ground and offering a hand to both her and Miki, as Ran hopped up off the ground by herself. When tsuki realized miki and ran were there she looks at her feet, shy and a bit unsure of how to act.
"No problem...I didn't really want to listen to his speech either." She smiled slightly. It made her happy to see that she made yoru laugh but she wasnt really outgoing around a lot of people; especially other girls. Yoru waves and grinned again before going to the court so the game could start; tsuki going to watch from the sidelines with the other students who weren't in the game. Yoru seems to get unusually fired up playing basketball, especially up against Daichi and Rhythm. He was quick running up and down the outdoor court, and sneaky when stealing the ball. The game didn't seem to have rules on what methods should be used, as each player would steal the ball in ways that wouldn't be allowed in a normal game. Miki and yoru grinned and celebrated when their team scored a point...while ran teased kiseki and daichi.
Tsuki smiled when they scored..she felt a little twinge of jealousy though while she watched yoru and miki, how close they were. She pushed those feelings aside however and just cheered on her friends. The first year wasn't really picking sides, just having fun. Yoru threw the ball back into play and ran catches it, but its then almost immediately stolen by rhythm. Tsuki was watching the game intently, excited to see who would win in the friendly competition. The 3 boys who had thrown her in the pool were watching too but they didn't seem to dare to get close to her after they were terrified by an angry yoru. "go go!" She cheered on her friends, not even noticing the boys. Yoru on the other hand noticed right away. He flashed the boys a evil and threatening grin as he hit the ball away from daichi, throwing it to miki only to have it stolen by kiseki. The boys see the evil look he flashes them and they get very uncomfortable; putting a bit more distance between themselves and tsuki who remained completely oblivious to their presence.
The teams were now tied 1-1 and tsuki wondered who would win. She couldn't remember the last time she had so much fun watching a game of basketball. Yoru had the ball back, but Rhythm isn't letting him get to the other end of the court, and Yoru's not giving up the ball to him. He knows that if he throws it, Rhythm can jump high enough to intercept, and if he bounce-passes it, Rhythm will scoop up the ball like nothing, and Rhythm's attempts at stealing the ball, along with the rest of his team, were all failing, Yoru keeping the ball quite close. Tsuki wondered how he would get it past rhythm; having played against the second year herself she knew he wasn't easy to beat.
Yoru could see Ran and Miki up the other end of the court, suddenly, the game had gotten serious, and the crowd had started taking sides- naming the three-man teams even. Yoru lowers himself, so that there's little distance between the ball and the ground. Anyone who has played against him know this technique, and it's one of the many reasons why he's seen as cat-like. He fakes a left, still low to the ground, then switched hands and goes right in a pouncing motion. He grins as he passes under Rhythm's arm, using his body to shield the ball from him. He then sends the ball down the other end to Ran with a powerful, low swoop, like a cat propelling yarn with a swipe of his paw, then pouncing after it. Ran scores the point. Tsuki clapped and cheered with the other students, she was impressed, and it showed. She could see kiseki huff, and start complaining to rhythm as daichi went over to yoru. The tension that had been in the air was gone now. "C'mon Yoru! Using that trick of yours was unfair!" The green-haired second year laughs, joking with his friend. Miki stood next to Yoru, almost touching. She compliments his moves, earning a large smile in thanks from the boy.
"Well you guys didn't give me much of a choice! It was that or lose the ball to rhythm!" He shrugs and smiles. Tsuki again felt a little jealous...then again shook of the feeling. Rhythm had asked her to hold his jacket for the second half of the game and tsuki waves yoru over to her.
"hey yoru!" She was smiling, impressed with his technique. Currently she does track, other then that she spends a lot of time in the library. Tsuki is viewed as wolf-like the same way yoru is viewed of as cat-like. Shes the fastest member of the track team, even against the boys. Shes also very agile as well as having extremely good eyesight, and sense of smell and hearing. Yoru hears the girl call him over and his ears prick up, grinning as he jogs over to her.
"Yo Tsuki! Didja see? Didja see?" He was acting like a little kid as he grinned and sat on the fence in front of Tsuki with his legs crossed. His balance was crazy good as he pulled off his jacket too, leaving just his jeans, boots, and slightly sweaty white t-shirt. His forehead shone and his blue hair seemed damp.
"Yeah! I did! that was really impressive and really cool too!" She smiled brightly. "ive never seen anyone get past rhythm like that before!"
Yoru grinned. He was extremely happy. He felt somewhat triumphant over Rhythm. His triumph is interrupted however by a towel thrown on his damp head by Ran. He laughed and thanked her, rubbing at his already messy hair and wiping his forehead. He pulls the towel around the back of his head, it sitting like a hood. "Well, I'm glad I impressed you!" He gave a gentle smile and tilted his head slightly, the towel falling to his shoulders. His eyes looked playful as they stared into hers, but there was something else behind them. A shout from behind him broke his gaze as he looked over his shoulder and shouted back at Daichi. He flipped backwards off the fence and landed perfectly, his hands in his pockets. He turned around and looked over his shoulder at the first year, running a hand through his fringe, pushing it back to cool his forehead. He grinned, the childishness back into play. "I'll be back when I win, 'kay?" The feline like teen gave a boyish wink and ran off, waving bye and joining the other players back on the court.
Tsuki knew her cheeks were tomato red, blushing and cant help the smile on her face. Sitting with her hands on her lap, holding rhythms jacket for him, when yoru looked at her she felt her heart skip a few beats. She doesn't stop smiling , the blush on her face mostly hidden by her hair, thinking about the look behind the playfulness in his eyes, wondering what it could be. her cheeks get even more red after he winks at her and runs off to re-join the game. "o-ok...wow... " She knows he wont hear her anyway, blushing deep red but turns her attention back to the game when half-time is over. Just as the game starts, Ran, Miki and Daichi all start paying out Yoru for his behavior towards Tsuki. Miki speaks up first.
"Gonna fight hard for your girl over there huh~?" She winks and nudges him playfully, but from where she sits, she can't hear her, and the scene before her looks a little more like something else. Miki keeps on paying him out, even though she's on his team. Yoru's face gets hotter and hotter until he slams the ball to the ground, making it bounce high in the air and chases miki, making the rest of the players laugh. He catches her and grabs her around the waist, face bright red and furious. He hoists her onto his shoulder and plants her on the other side of the fence, off on the other side of the court. She shouts at him but he tells her to stay put and calls kusu over to take her place, too embarrassed to let tsuki on the court. But from where she sat, it didn't look like a little argument at all... it looked a little playful... A little more than friends.
Tsuki sees everything and feels...hurt and a bit jealous. But the jealousy doesn't show, just the hurt. The smile fading off her face. (thinks: I should have known...maybe hes just leading me on to mess with me...it wouldn't be the first time...I hope not...it would hurt to much...god I feel like im going to cry, not here I cant let people see me cry they will just make fun of me even more then they already do) She decided to go to the bathroom in case she started crying, doesn't really know what shes feeling except that it hurt and she didn't understand what she was feeling either. Gets up and walks around the back of the crowd of students to get to the bathroom, goes into it and looks in the mirror. "I look like a raccoon.."
She looks at herself in her mirror and cleans up her face; talking to herself. "Hey maybe im just reading that situation wrong, its probably not what it looks like, I shouldn't give up yet! that would be stupid of me to do..but still.." Tsuki shook her head and took a deep breath. "ill just ask him when we walk home..yea that's what ill do ill just get it over with and ask him when we are walking home after the game is done." She nods at her reflection, turns and leaves the bathroom again. Getting back to her seat, had only been gone for a few minutes. Yoru has noticed when she left and got distracted, after watching her leave. The ball hurtled toward him and he kept playing. He was just about to go look for her, and ask what was wrong when you came back. He was relieved, and pushed on through the game. She quickly gets back into watching the game like before but doesn't seem as energetic somehow, no one else notices she doesn't seem as energetic as before since it was such a tiny change.
Yoru can easily tell though, and it affects his game-play. Miki, along with several others cheering on the so-called "Cats", shouts out to Yoru, but miki stands out. She smiles and leans far over the fence. Yoru looks over to her and shouts back at her, getting fired up. He powers through the game, it being a close finish. The "Kings" we're defeated by the "Cats" by a mere point, but they celebrated anyway. Miki made a b-line towards Yoru, boys from the school basketball team tailing her to crowd Yoru. Daichi breaks away from the crowd and makes his way to tsuki, ignoring the girls cheering for him, Yoru and Rhythm. He leans on the fence and invites the younger student to come forward so she can hear him. He doesn't look directly at her, but that doesn't mean his words aren't for her.
Daichi looked at her after a few seconds but then looks away when he starts talking. "look, yoru may seem nice, but just watch yourself, okay? He's called a "bad-boy" for a reason. You seem like a nice girl, you really do, and someone like you would be good for him. But I don't want to see one of Rhythm's good friends get shot down by him. He doesnt mean any harm, he just has a hard time knowing what to say."
Tsuki smiles a little after hes finished his warning. "im sure everything will be fine but ill keep that in mind..." She stays back somewhat from the crowd, rhythm breaks away and comes over to get his jacket. He could tell something was wrong so he tries to cheer her up, but he cant stay, he had dance practice right after school. He gives her a hug then ruffles her hair before leaving. She stays there, holding yorus jacket that he had left with her, waiting for him so they could walk home together.
Yoru walks over, laughing with a few of the guys from the basketball team as well as miki. She claps his shoulder and walks off with the basketball boys, the majority of them cracking jokes and trying to get her full attention. It was true- she was one of the cutest girls in school, and the most talented. She got unwanted attention wherever she went, what type varied..the perfect girlfriend it seemed for someone like the school bad boy. Yoru walked over to tsuki with a grin, sitting on the fence, spinning and landing beside her. "hey Tsuki, thanks for taking care of my jacket for me!" He smiled at her, taking the jacket before slinging it over his shoulder.
"no problem" She smiles lightly. "sorry about getting my perfume on it... do you want to walk home with me? we have to work on the dance assignment today anyway..." Tsuki hoped what she thought about yoru and miki wasnt true, but daichis warning was fresh in her mind. Since miki was one of the cutest and most talented girls at the school it wouldn't surprise her if they were together...but that didnt mean it would hurt any less.
Yoru smacked himself lightly on the forehead; he feels kind of bad. "Ah! That's right! Sorry, I can't today. When we dropped you off Eru told me that she finally found me a job! But I'm going to need to go to an interview in about..." He looked at his watch and freaked. "s-sorry, Tsuki! I have to go, I only have 20 to get there, I'll walk with you tomorrow, okay?" He shouted as he paced backwards, he went to turn, then grinned and shouted. "by the way: it's no issue. You smell nice!" He shouted that with a laugh and a cheeky grin, now jogging backwards, he turned and started running out the gate.
"o-ok!" Tsuki smiled, part of the smile was real, but part of it was fake. She blushes when he said her perfume smelt nice. It wasn't overpowering; a soft vanilla scented body spray. "thanks..!" She waved until hes out of sight then lets her hand fall, sighing, smiling a tiny bit though. She happy he found a job but not knowing the truth about yoru and miki made her heart ache with worry. She picked up her bag and starts walking home alone, it was almost dark out now. "I didn't think the game went on so long..." She turned out of the gate, walking down the first street on her way home. She looked around as she walked, it was kind of creepy. When she was walking alone she always felt like she was being watched or followed, she shakes off the feeling and keeps walking though deciding not to go home turns onto another street walking to the local shelter instead. She knew her pets at home were fed and good to go so she wouldnt have to worry about them while she was at the shelter. Tsuki tied her long, black hair back in a ponytail and started helping out where it was needed. The shelter mainly focused on wolf-dog hybrids; one of the breeds almost no one would take and she felt a connection to the dogs because of that.
Half an hour later Yoru walked out of the door of the office of his new workplace. The boss was an older woman, with a stern but somewhat motherly face. When yoru had gotten there after leaving tsuki at the school he had introduced himself and apologized for being late, but was excused. The interview started off rocky, but soon smoothed over as it progressed. Now as Yoru stands outside in the cool air, he doesn't know how to react. He could smell dust and cigarette smoke lingering in the air. The dirt on the ground clung to his boots and made his black jeans musty. A smile crept up onto his face and he kicks off the wall, dancing and jumping like an idiot. He finally had a job, and it was suited to someone like him. Lifting heavy stuff, going on long trips until late, just generally doing odd jobs for cash. He could work as he pleased- this was the kind of job for him. He jogged out to the street, pulling his jacket on and tugging at the hood. He could feel eyes watching him though, so he took a detour down a unknown piece of road, but the eyes kept following. He could sense trouble. He knew the street well; a convenience store, petrol station, car repairs, door fixing, a locksmith and a unique shelter, the same one tsuki was at right at that same time... and one he was yet to visit. There were plenty of hiding places- but none that would get him out of reach of whoever was following him. His heart rate picked up as footsteps became audible from just a little ways from his hiding spot.
Tsuki came out of the shelter just a minute or two after yoru had hidden down the side alley. Her hair was tied up and was kind of dirty from working. She didn't notice yoru hiding just a few feet away as she set down a few bowls of food for strays that came but that they didn't have room to keep. She had changed into jeans and a t-shirt with the shelter logo on it to keep her dress and shoes from getting dirty that she was now carrying in a bag on her arm, saying goodbye to the owner of the shelter as she set the food down. The owner hands her a pet carrier which tsuki took into her arms. She had agreed to foster a new litter of 3 week old kittens that had been found near the shelter until they were old enough to be adopted. It was to dark for her to see yoru hiding in the back of the un-lit little alley beside the shelter but it felt like someone was there. Her eyesight was as great as usual having just coming out of a brightly lit place into the dark.
"hello? who's there?" She was tense, yoru recognized tsukis voice even if from his hiding place he couldn't see her.
The older teen tensed; recognizing the first years voice. He knew that the footsteps are getting closer, and if they saw her, they would get her involved in whatever trouble they were causing or going to cause. He curses under his breath, not knowing what to do. The footsteps got closer, the clinking of various types of chains was audible now. He cursed again and grabbed Tsuki from his spot in the dark; one hand over her mouth, the other holding her hand that was holding the kittens in the pet carrier to keep them steady as he pulled her close to him with her back against his chest.
Tsuki felt someone grab her and almost screams in fright, but then a familiar smell reaches her nose; yorus cologne. Her sharp hearing catching the footsteps and chains, her back against his chest, and eyes wide in fear. She cant see very much right now but feels one of his hands over her mouth and the other helping keep the kittens in the carrier steady. She can smell the stench of blood and hear the sounds of footsteps and chains. In her position she cant reach around to her hip, has a 22 caliber pistol strapped in a holster to her left hip but cant draw it out. She hoped that whatever or whoever was the source of that smell and those sounds doesn't find them, tenses more when she hears the footsteps turn off the street into the alley, terrified and her heart was racing.
"Shh... Just stay reeeeeaally quiet... And very still..." Yoru whispered, his mouth next to tsukis ear. He drops his hand from her mouth, having felt the pistol hit his leg. It would be far more useful than the pocket knife he had on him. He quietly apologized and grabbed the gun, careful to be quiet about it. The hand that held hers was trembling. He was scared too. His breathing on her neck was jagged due to trembling, but he managed to keep his voice even. "Get behind me. Stay out of sight. If anything goes wrong; run. Fast. I know you can run faster than this lot, you'll get out of this easy."
She whispers back, her voice barely audible. She was shaking too, terrified. "but what about you?" She had felt him grab the pistol from her hip. "im not going to just abandon you." She was still barely whispering, over the clinking the strangers wouldn't be able to hear them. She moves behind yoru though doing as he said and keeping out of sight. She pulls yoru back slightly, her back now against the wall of the shelter. They were behind a pile of crates and boxes and they can see the groups shadows on the wall, a group of 4-5 people. When they got closer tsuki felt like she was going to pass out from the strong smell of blood coming from the group. One hand gripping yoru's arm tightly and she was looking up, watching the shadows. To them their breathing and heartbeats sounded really loud like the whole group would hear them. The strangers were just on the other side of the crates and boxes they were hiding behind not even 3-4 feet away. They were talking in gruff voices to each other, then after what felt like eternity to yoru and tsuki they slowly started moving away. They still had to be very quiet and still since they weren't out of danger yet but the group then slowly moved away out of the alley and walked down the street. The stench of blood and the clinking of chains fading along with their foot steps.
Yoru seems to relax a little as the group left but he was still tense. His arms were set, with his muscles underneath his sleeve bunched. His shoulders were still squared, and his breathing was still jagged with fear. His heart rate went down though, and he had stopped shaking. He knew the group had left, his ears were twitching as he searched for their tell-tale clinking but he didn't hear it. He moved away from tsuki to lean on the wall opposite her. He looked pale, worn out, and she could see the panic leaving his eyes slowly. Yet he still gripped the pistol in his hand, as if losing it would mean losing a safety harness. "are you okay, Tsuki?" His tired, golden eyes looked at her through his blue fringe, unable to straighten up.
When he moved away from her she sunk to her knees, trembling. and she nods a bit. "yea...I-im ok." She was still shaking, her legs not wanting to support her at the moment, forehead resting against the pet carrier, and her hair hid her face from view. She felt relieved that they were gone but she was still scared, what if they attacked someone else? She knew students lived in this area and a lot of them worked late. "I-I just hope we go to class tomorrow and no one is missing..." She was pale too, her black hair hiding her face from him, trying to get control of her breathing and heart rate. "m-maybe we should go home...I don't want to be outside if those people come back...besides your sisters are probably worried about you."
"Y-yeah... " He looked away, thinking about his sisters. He looked down to his watch and he was ten minutes late getting home. He sighed and pushed off the wall, holding out a hand to help her up. He smiled sweetly, reassuringly as he looked at her. He didn't want her to worry.
Tsuki looks up at him and smiles weakly, reaching up and taking his hand. "thanks...you really saved me. They would have seen me if you hadn't grabbed me..." She was still carrying the pet carrier with the kittens inside in her arms. "that's the second time you've saved me" She chuckles a bit. "you're a real knight in shining armor aren't you?"
He paused, looking at her in confusion, the words hadnt really quite registered in his brain. The words finally reach him and he blushes hard, looking away and rubbing the back of his neck. "ah-ah... N-not really... I-I just done what was right... It was n-nothing really..." He goes quiet, embarrassed and looking down to the side.
She smiled a bit, blushing as she thought of something. Stands on her toes and kisses his cheek. "thank you. we should really get going..." She takes his hand and starts walking; the pet carrier held securely by her other arm. Yorus face looked like a giant cherry, and he was absolutely frozen with shock at what had just happened. He let her lead him by the hand, in a total daze and stumbles a little as he walked. Since her house was closer they walked there, not wanting to risk walking further then they had too. When they walked up to her front door she turned to face him. "um...hey yoru..?" She fidgets a little; setting the pet carrier down just outside the door.
"Huh?" He was still still partially in a daze, and he couldn't look her in the eye at all without his heart going nuts. "y-y-yeah? W-what is it?"
She looks at her hands; watching her fingers. "do you think it would be ok with your sisters if you stayed here..? I mean...uh I would feel horrible if those people got to you while you were walking home...so for safety sake ya know..." She could feel her heart pounding in her chest as she asked; still staring at her fingers.
Yoru paused and looked at her square in the eyes even though his heart was racing. His cheeks tinge pink, and he thinks over the circumstances. It would be dangerous to walk all the way home, and he didn't want to run the risk of his sisters getting hurt. He looks serious, and he cups his own chin in thought. He wasn't sure whether she was serious or just making up excuses, but he closes his eyes and nodded. "I-I don't see any issue with it... I don't really want to run the risk of making Eru or Iru come and get me, and walking home is a no-go." He rubs the back of his neck, then looks at her and smiles lightly. "So me staying here is probably best"
She smiles, blushing then opens the door and lets him in. "alright.." Tsukis dog was sitting patiently by the door, tail wagging as always. "oh this is my dog, holly. " She pets the pit-bulls head as she introduced the dog, turning back after letting yoru in and picking up the pet carrier again. " the guest bedroom is already made...i keep it made uh just in case someone comes over..." She sighed to herself after letting yoru into her house; (Thinks: Great...now im babbling)
Yoru jumps slightly at the sight of the dog, having a slight fear of dogs but he keeps his composure and looks around. "you've got a nice place here, Tsuki!"
"thanks" Tsuki smiles at him. "the guest room is upstairs next to my room" Holly came up to yoru once he was inside and sniffs then licks his hand. Hollys owner laughs and smiles lightly. "youve made a friend for life with her. " She doesnt know yoru is afraid of dogs.
"aahh... " His voice was a little shaky, and he gives a nervous laugh. "a-aha... " Yoru shakes off his stupid fear and kneels down, shakily, but still without freaking out, He smiles and pets the dog, scratching behind her ears, he laughs, more out of relief than anything. "She's pretty cute!"
Tsuki smiles, watching yoru pet holly. "she loves people! the worse she will do it lick your face if you let her" She giggles and smiles. "come on, ill show you to the guest room" Holly licks yorus cheek happily, tail wagging and nudging her head against his hand.
Yoru laughs. Holly is probably the only dog he's ever gotten along with without freaking out and hiding. Yet another reason for his likeness to cats. He stands and follows her, a little giddy and happy from what just happened. Tsuki leads him upstairs, opening the door to the guest room with one hand; carrying the pet carrier with the litter of kittens in it with the other. It is literally right next to her her own bedroom. "here's the guest room, im literally right next to this room" She nods to her bedroom.
"Ya~!" Yoru flops onto the bed, spreading out. "It's so comfy~!" He sits up, grinning, and laughing at himself.
She laughs, holly runs in and jumps onto the bed beside him and stretches happily. "wow! shes probably gonna wanna sleep with you in here" Tsuki chuckles at the sight. The blue-haired teen scratches the dogs belly, his cheeks going a little pink as he realizes exactly where he is, but he brushes it aside as he scratches with both hands.
She chuckles and smiles. "well she loves you. um well..i think ill go change..." Tsuki goes to her room, taking the kittens out of the pet carrier gently and sets them in the pet bed beside her bed. She closes her door so she can change into her pajamas. When she comes back shes wearing a black tank top with the words "dead tired" on it, the pants have skull and cross-bones on them. She goes back into the guest room and sits at the foot of the bed. "um, I have some clothes you can use as pajamas...if you want."
He looks up from scratching holly's belly. "are you sure? I don't wanna cause any trouble."
"its no trouble" She smiles and looks at the clock. "wow, i didn't think it was that early..its only 9pm..." Tsuki rubs her arm, sitting on the edge of the bed. her dog stretches and paws at her leg until she pets the dogs belly.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. It still is pretty early... " Yoru pauses, then starts to tug on his fringe again. It was a useless habit. Then... His belly grumbles. His eyes go wide and his cheeks pink from embarrassment making tsuki giggle...but then her stomach growls as well and she blushes.
"you haven't eaten either?...um theres plenty of stuff in the kitchen...you can grab something if you want" She stands up getting off the bed, her face still burning from a blush.
"You dont mind?" He questioned. Just to be sure she didnt mind him grabbing some food.
"Yeah i dont mind! Its just be here after all." She smiles and walks downstairs with him.
He smiles and follows her. "Thanks tsuki!"
"no problem" She smiles, walking to the kitchen and her dog following at yorus heels. She pauses then speaks again. "hey yoru? ive uh...ive never heard you mention your parents...are they around..? or is it just you and your sisters?" She looks at him, leaning against the counter.
The other looked surprised but then scratches the back of his head as he answered her. "W-well... Not really... my sisters and I needed to move here for school, and my parents needed to stay where they were for work..."
"ohh. that makes sense...lots of kids are like that at our school, ive heard them talking about it before."
Yoru nods. "Yeah, especially with the cheap accommodation around here. It's not too expensive, so we can take care of ourselves here." He shrugs and takes a seat in the kitchen.
Tsuki nods. "umm...anything you really want?" Holly sits beside yoru and licks his hand. "i have some taiyaki i made yesterday." She looks over at him.
He glances over at you at the mention of tayaki. His eyes seem to sparkle even like a excited little kid. "Taiyaki? Really!? "
Tsuki smiles and nods, blushing a tiny bit. "yea." She gets the taiyaki out of the cupboard. "i made them after i got home from school yesterday."
"Uwaah~!" Yorus eyes lit up at the sight of the tayaki. He basically turns into a little kid. "I love Taiyaki~!"
Tsuki laughs a bit, taking two out and holding them out. "here, help yourself" She smiles (thinks: hes so cute...eh!? bad tsuki! stop thinking that! hes a upperclassman! he probably has a girlfriend or something in his own class...)
"Hehe, thanks~!" He took some taiyaki for himself, grinning. He's again sitting strangely, his legs crossed as if he's sitting on the floor. He has one arm propped up on the bench as he takes a bite from the tail, bliss all over his face. "this is delicious, Tsuki! Did you say you made these?" He looked at her with slightly widened eyes, curious.
She nods. "yea, i made them yesterday after school." Tsuki smiles. "i made some mochi too, its kind of a hobby...better then buying them." She grabbed a taiyaki for herself as well, biting into the tail. "well..not a hobby exactly.." She notices like herself yoru eats the taiyaki tail first. "You eat them tail first too?"
"Ah! Y-yeah... It's a force of habit." His cheeks go pink and he laughs. "I don't even know why!"
She laughs. "dont worry, i do it too. i like to save the majority of the filling for last...it kinda reminds me of a cat, how they eat a fish tail first"
"Huh, really?" He thinks for a minute then nods. "yeah... I guess it is a lot like cats, huh?" He grins.
Tsuki nods and smiles. "that's not a bad thing though." She yawns, rubbing her eyes.
"Hm? You tired, Tsuki?" He yawns as well, stretching up in the process. He mumbles. "that makes the two of us. Maybe we should go to sleep..."
She nods a bit; agreeing with him. "that would be a good idea.." Yawning again.
He laughs and stretches. "mm. Lets go back upstairs." Yoru let his arms fall to his sides, then gets up to walk out of the kitchen.
The smaller teenager nods and straightens up, stretching. Her dog follows yoru out of the room. She follows close behind and pauses outside the guest room. "goodnight yoru" Smiles at him.
He turns around and smiles back. "goodnight, Tsuki." There was that look again. Just like after the first half of the basketball game. He turned away again and closed the door behind him as he went to bed.
She watches the door close then goes to her room and lays on the bed, curls up under the covers, thinking about the look in yorus eyes she had seen twice that day*
Yoru lies down on his back on the bed, his hands under his head. He stares up at the ceiling, before sliding under the covers and curling up on his side. They both give into sleep soon after that; tired out from their eventful day.