May 2, 2011

Forecast… Rainy

"WHAT THE FUCK!? WHY ARE YOU HERE!? AND DON'T GIVE ME THE YOU CAN'T SPEAK JAPANESE BULLSHIT! I FOR A FACT THAT YOU KNOWAT LEAST FOUR LANGUAGES!" I yelled at the younger girl.

The girl finally rolled off of me. "Nice to see you too, brother." Everyone in the house just stared at me and my sister. When she finally noticed them… she seemed shocked, I knew what was coming up.

"Kreed-kun…?" Yukiko looked from me to my sister. "Has a sister?"

Chie and Will were the only two in the room who knew that, Will had actually met her once too. "Hey Em…"

"William," My sister nodded at Will as she stood to her feet. She dusted off her knees and looked to me, I was sitting cross legged in front of the chair Chie was using. "I had no idea… that my brother had become equated with people here…"

"That's because, Emily…" I looked her right in the eye. "You never called or asked about my day through text!" I had gotten so used to Japanese that even when I didn't want to I started to speak it! Dear god, no I would probably have to start over in English again. "So, again… Why. Are. You. HERE!? Mom said that you guys wouldn't be here until after my first test… which I didn't realize would be so soon!"

"Well," Emily placed her hands into the pockets of her red hoodie. It was a habit that let me knew that she was nervous. "The school wouldn't let me register any later, plus… mother was worried that your mental state might have deteriorated since last we saw of you in April. Yet, it seems like you have been prosperous in your endeavors to generate social obligations to at least four people here…"

"Stop," I held out my hand to her… I knew why she was talking like this, it was not something that I wanted to talk about to anyone in that room yet, not even Chie! "Just stop, you staying with me yet?"

I swore that Will's head almost exploded when he heard me say those few words. I forgot to mention to him that after the first exams… Emily would be staying with me until Mom found a job. So, um… ooops. Emily looked to the ground. "No, I will come to stay at your current home after the first set of exams are through and your results come in. Until then, mother and I will being staying at a local family run establishment… I believe it was called the Amagi inn."

Yukiko's face darkened a bit to hear the name of her family's business at that moment. I sighed, everyone was confused by my sister at that moment, she sounded so sophisticated, yet was dressed like a punk rocker. "Em," Stood up and put a hand on her shoulder and pushed her further into the house to meet Yukiko and Chie. "Before you go on anymore speals about my life… these two are Chie Sotanaka," Chie waved awkwardly, I could tell she was confused, in the picture… Em seemed so happy and care free, not like this. "And Yukiko Amagi… her family runs the inn you and mom are staying at."

Em bowed at the two and turned to Chie. "What about her? Why is she her?"

That was the moment I knew what was going on… she was basically going into mamma bear mode… I guess it was my fault for that though… after all, I really couldn't protect her when we were younger, so she tried her best to protect me. "S-she's… um," I didn't really wanna tell anyone that we were dating yet, I think that she felt the same. "She's here to study for the exams."

"And Miss Amagi?" My sister was really going to interrogate everyone… oh dear god save me now… "Why, is she not helping at her family's establishment, it would only make sense for her to be there and not spending time here."

"Wh-what…?" Chie was so confused on what my sister was doing. I was quickly reaching my wits end with Em. "Why do you wanna know about all of us…?"

"Do you not know about my brother's mental state?" Emily glared at Chie, before anyone could say anything Will spoke up.

"Your… mental state…?" Will looked at me with concern, he had no idea that I had tried to kill myself more than once. "What happened…?"

"I hope you know…" I stood up and stepped right in front of my sister. "That everyone but Will KNEW ABOUT THAT!"

She shook her head, she didn't realize what was going on. She had one mind set when it came to me and other people. She wouldn't believe that I actually opened up to people and that they actually cared about me. She didn't keep that mind setting long after she me-, I really need to stop getting ahead of myself. What, it's not like I've said the ending of this story now is it!? Anyway, Em looked over the room one last time and bowed to Yukiko only. "Your family's establishment has excellent service… I must be off now."

With that, Em stormed out of the house. It took a moment before anyone broke the silence; I was still kinda pissed at her. Yukiko sighed and stood up… "Will-san, you have gotten a lot better at Japanese, though, to be sure… maybe we could have another lesson somewhere in town?"

"U-um…" Will rubbed the back of his neck as the question assaulted his ears. "S-sure."

"I'm going to go home now…" Yukiko stood up and headed for the door. "Bye Kreed-kun, Will-san."

"Hey Yukiko!" Chie spun out of her chair and grabbed her stuff. "Wait for me!" She stopped just before she passed me, she turned with a smile on her face… even pissed off it still made me smile! "Bye Kreed!"

If we were alone, I was almost certain that she would have kissed me… but even I would have been embarrassed about that. Will turned to me with a mock smile on his face. "That was… uh, fun…"

"I'm going to my room," I walked out of the room, I was starting to calm down, just a little bit. "See ya tomorrow." Will just sighed and sat on the couch. Just before I fell asleep, my phone went off. I looked down at the device to see that Chie had texted me… Hey, just checking on you… we are going to Junes tomorrow for Golden Week if you wanna come. I just dropped my phone next to me and rolled over to fall asleep. I rubbed the back of my head as a slight pain overcame me.

Date Change: May 2, 2011 to May 3, 2011

Forecast: Sunny

"Morning." I walked down into the living room to see Will dressed, like he was going into town. I was still in a little bit of pain. "How ya feeling?"

"Better than yesterday…" I yawned, I was already dressed and ready to hang out with my girlfriend and friends for the day. I also wanted to see my sister, so I could apologize for how coldly I treated her yesterday… even if did… MOVING ON! "Hey… you wanna go somewhere today…?"

"Huh?" Will spun around in his seat in front of the TV so that he could see me. "Wait… What!?"

Before I could say anything… I heard someone knock at the front door. I quickly ran and slip to the door, only to have Will say… "Showoff!"

"You just jealous of ma skills!" I swung the door open to be greeted by a worried looking Chie, my smile widened when I saw her face. "CHIE!" Chie looked incredibly surprised to see me smiling like an idiot. Yet to surprise her even more, I hugged her. Now I know what you're thinking… "but you just said that it was embarrassing!" Well, shut up and listen. I hug all my friends when I'm happy to see them, so… Will thought nothing of it! It took a moment for Chie to hug me back, I patted her on the back twice and let my grip go, and she was smiling now. "Private Richards reporting for duty!"

Chie actually played along. "At ease… So, you ready?"

"Yep!" I turned back to Will. "Last chance ya hermit!"

"I'm not a hermit!" Will got up and walked to the door. "Ya Bean head!"

"Bean head?" I laughed as Chie didn't get what the joke meant… I thought it was funny and adorable!

"'Cause of my beanie, Chie." Her cheeks quickly turned a dark red. I still laughed, and still got kicked in the shin!

Dojima Residence

"You forgot to text Yu?" I raised my eyebrows at Chie as all three of us walked up to Yu's front door.

"Sh-shut up," Chie blushed as she knocked on the door. "I was more worried about inviting you!"

Now it was my turn to blush… I think Will didn't notice but Narukami sure as hell did when he opened the door. He froze for a moment, but quickly regained his composer. Chie smiled up at Yu. "Oh, cool, you're home."

"You didn't even check to make sure that he was home?" I smiled evilly at Chie, she knew I was joking but she still blushed. "Well, at least he was here, or this would have been awkward… oops, to late."

Chie gently smacked me on the back of my head. "Will you knock it off!?"

"Maybe…" I was having fun again, so no one questioned what I was doing. Will just laughed at me, Yu laughed like once. Yet, that was also when I noticed the little girl standing next to Yu; it was the girl that was with his uncle, so I assumed that it was his cousin or something like that. "Oh, hi…"

"H-hi." She kinda hid behind Yu's leg, Chie was still smiling at Yu.

"Hey, if you're free today, wanna go somewhere?" I noticed that the girl peeked around to see Chie. "Yukiko, Kreed, and his friend are coming too."

"Yep," I jumped away from Chie and spun on one foot. "Out into the great unknown!" I kinda saw the girl step out from behind Yu. "Everyone is welcome to join us in this great journey!"

"Dude…" Will shook his head at me. "What are you doing…?"

I heard the little girl giggle a little bit… score one for me! "Being mad as a hatter! Anyone care to join!?"

"No…" Will looked away from me.

"Well," Chie smiled as she looked to the little girl. "How 'bout you, Nanako-chan? Wanna come?"

The girl seemed surprised by the offer, yet not in a bad way, she looked up to Yu. He was smiling gently down at her. "U-um…"

"Yeah," Yu's smile got wider as he extended the invitation to Nanako. "Come with us."

"Huh?" Nanako's immediate response was one of surprise. "I-I can come?"

"Of course!" I ran up and stopped abruptly slightly behind Chie with a grand old smile on my face. "It wouldn't be fair to leave anyone out… unless, you know… they just don't want to come, but HEY, you wanna come with us… so… I going to stop talking now…"

"Please do…" Will sighed as he stepped next to me, he was smiling as well, so I could tell that he was also having a lot of fun already. "But, yeah… why don't you just come with us?"

Chie smiled at me and Will, everyone wanted Nanako to go with us. It was a good feeling for me. After all, I was left out of a lot of things… Besides, everybody who met her just could not hate Nanako, it was impossible!

Junes Food Court

"Why'd you bring poor Nanako-chan to a place like this on Golden Week?" Yosuke turned to Chie with a disappointed look on his face. Chie gave Yosuke a look that was for once… not threating.

"Where else is there to go?" Chie stated as a matter of fact, I smiled at them.

"Not like I'd want to anywhere else!" I pointed into the sky, god the looks that I got after doing that made me laugh, but what was even better than that was what Nanako said next, not what she said, the fact that the little girl did the same exact thing that I did.

"I love Junes!" The way that she expressed it made me laugh, Will smacked on the back of my head.

"What did I do!?" I returned the favor by smacking him on the back of his head.

"You're being a bad influence!"

"It's not like I cursing up storm," I looked away from Will and over the railing… I noticed a hill way off in the distance; it was really easy to miss with how far it was. "Or talking to my friends when I'm still working…"

For that, everyone turned to Yosuke, he almost immediately threw his hands up in defense. "I-I on brake!"

Nanako broke my train of thought at that moment. "But we were supposed to go on a real trip somewhere." It almost broke my heart to see her face, she looked so sad… I mean, her dad is a cop, he must not have gotten much time off. "We were going to make boxed lunches…"

"Wow!" Yukiko looked at the girl with admiration almost. "You can make boxed lunches, Nanako-chan?"

The girl shook her head and looked up to Yu sitting next to her. Go figure he could cook… Chie smiled at Yu with an evil little grin. "Oh, so you're the family cook? Pretty impressive, 'big bro!'"

"Chie," I put a hand on her shoulder. "It's not wise to start things de- I-I mean, crap…"

I looked up at Yosuke, he noticed what I had said and his mouth just dropped open. "Um… Hi, yeah, um… So you can cook Narukami!? S-so can I…"

"You owe me ten thousand yen now…" Yosuke turned to Yu. "Well, he does seem to be great with his hands- Um, never mind."

"Great," I threw my hands up, saying "I'm done!" "Now, Ima be broke and Yosuke looks like a perv… U-um, don't use that p word around your dad Nanako…"

Chie started to look at the ground. "I-I'm a pretty good cook too, you know… Probably."

"Probably?" I raised my eyebrow… not only had I just dropped the ball about mine a Chie's relationship… but now I owed Yosuke ten thousand yen and Chie didn't really care, well at least I wasn't going to lose my manhood… yet. "Not what you wanna say in a moment like this."

"W-well," Chie looked at Yu. "If you'd asked, I would've whipped up some boxed lunches. Easy as pie! Yeah…"

"Uhh," Yosuke put on a mock thinking face. "Lemme think about- No."

Now Chie looked like she was going to kill Yosuke… god it had been too long since that happened. "What makes you think I can't cook!? Let's have a cook-off and see for ourselves!"

"My, my, doth the lady protest too much?" Yosuke really just quoted Shakespeare didn't he…

"To be or not be killed by Chie!?" I raised my hand like I had a skull in it. "That is Yosuke's question!"

"Hey!" Yosuke glared at me, I just smiled back at him. Hey didn't say anything before turning back to Chie. "And hey, I never said I cooked. But I have this weird feeling… Like I'd win anyway…"

"Ahaha," Yukiko started to giggle, thank god it was not one of her laughing fits, or me and her would have hit the floor. I can understand that."

"That bad, huh?" Will scared the ever loving shit out of me! I almost forgot that he was even here! "Yikes… even I can cook, kinda…"

"Why doth thee attack the poor lady!?" I but on a fake British accent and smiled at Will. "Why, thou haven't the heart to let the lady speak!"

Everybody rolled their eyes at me, I was going to try and act like this more often… it was fun! Yosuke broke the momentary silence after turning to Nanako. "Here, Nanako-chan can be our judge. I bet we'll make something that ranks up there with you mom's cooking, Nanako-chan!"

"Yosuke!" Yu almost yelled at the poor guy, I looked over at him and then to Nanako… when I saw her face I knew what was going on.

"Wh-what!?"

"I don't have a mom." Nanako looked like she might have started to cry. "She died in an accident."

"I know how that feels…" Chie looked at me with concern, I leaned my chair back a bit. "I don't have a dad… but he just left." Chie turned back to Yosuke.

"Hey, Yosuke…"

"I-I see… Um…" Yosuke looked depressed now. "Sorry, I didn't know…"

"It's okay." The moment that those words left Nanako's mouth, I almost jumped, which didn't quite work in a chair that was leaning back, so instead. I had to grab the table to keep me from falling. "Even if I don't have a mom, I have Dad with me... And now I have a brother, too. And I'm having a lot of fun today! I love Junes!"

"Y-yeah?" Yosuke still seemed like he regretted bringing up the topic, hell, I think we all did… "That's good."

Chie smiled brightly at the young girl. "We'll play with you anytime you want, Nanako-chan!"

"Anytime might be pushing it…" I smiled as Chie smacked me on the back of my head. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding! I'd be happy to play with you Nanako-chan!"

"Yeah," Yukiko was still in high spirits despite what was said at the table. "We should hang out more often."

"I'm game for that." Will smiled as well; I think we had a mascot to think of when we were kicking the ever-loving shit out of culprit when we finally tracked that asshole down! "Especially since I don't have school anymore."

"What!?" Yosuke almost fell over in his chair. It was funny as hell.

"Yeah…" I rubbed the back of my neck. "I forgot to mention that we were in the same grade, but he graduated early in the states…"

"Lucky," Chie sighed as she remembered about our exams. "You don't have to worry about exams…"

"I know," Will leaned back in his chair. "It's awesome!"

Yosuke sighed as he looked back to a very confused Nanako. "C'mon, Nanako-chan. Let's go get a soda!"

This quickly brought her out of her confused state and she looked back to Yosuke with a smile. "Okay!"

She got up and walked away with Yosuke… she was definitely a strong willed girl. Yukiko also noticed it. "She's a strong girl…"

"Yeah." Chie smiled softly as she looked at the little girl. "She makes me feel like I'm the little kid here. That's it, I'm gonna go get something for Nanako-chan too!"

Chie and Yukiko both left, the moment that they were gone a grabbed the back of Will's chair and pulled it towards the ground, gravity did the dirty work. "Ow! What the hell was that for!?"

"For being a smartass!" I just sunk lower in my chair. I was kinda saddened by what happened that day, even though I had fun… Yu laughed for a moment.

"I'm guessing he hasn't changed much?" Yu directed the question to Will.

"No," Will stood up and put a hand on my shoulder. "He has, he's a hell of a lot happier now… especially around that Chie girl…"

"I can get her to kick you in your crouch, ya know!" I looked at Will with a serous face, he would learn soon not to fuck with Chie. Yu smiled at me from his seat. "Don't you start Narukami!"

"I happy for you," My expression became so surprised that even Yu laughed for more than a second or two. "You might be what each other needs… after all, you do seem happier around her. She seems to trust you a lot as well."

I smiled now… I was happy to have you as a friend, he was a good person. "Thanks Yu-sama."

"What's with the sama?" Yu looked surprised at me now. "I'm in the same grade as you."

"Exactly…" I stood up now with a huge smile on my face. "I still respect you as such though."

With that Nanako came running back to the table smiling; you could tell that she was happy just to be with her "big bro." "Do you want something too?"

Yu stood up and walked over to Nanako. "I would love something."

"Wanna share some takoyaki?" They walked off. Will turned to me with a confused look on his face.

"What the fuck is takoyaki?"

"Beats me," I smiled as I started to walk towards the rest of my friends. "But, damn is it good!" It was honestly one of my favorite memories that I have ever had… I wish that I could go back there sometimes…

Okay, first… If I got the weather wrong… don't yell at me please! Another thing… Sorry for the wait on the update… School is a pain sometimes, though, there may not be an update until after this week end. Friday is my birthday, so I will be busy with that, plus school is still a pain!

Anyway! Enough of my bitching! I hope you enjoyed and feedback is so much appreciated at this point in time! Yet, even if you don't like the story… I've come this far… I'm gonna finish it for sure!