AN: Another chapter completed! YOSH! On the context pertaining to Kakeru's girlfriend, she was introduced really late in the manga, which sucks for me, because I could really use her character! Oh well, instead of using the manga character, I added unique things about that character to my character. If you read chapters 113, then you'll know what those things are. Otherwise, enjoy this fun chapter about the "Idiot Couple".

Chapter 15

"Idiot Couple"

The eleventh day of summer vacation started off beautifully with a touch of the golden sun, which conquered the hours since the start of dawn. There were no nuisance of stratus clouds to ruin its plan for the perfect, hot summer day. As beautiful as this postcard-perfect summer day goes, will it go well for a man returning from a day's trip?

It was around the hour of eleven and a half, when he arrived with his female companion, whose carrying food supplies for the days leftover in their vacation. The first thing popped in his mind as he turned the keys was someone dear to him.

"Heeeey! Machhii! We're here! It's Onii-chan and Sume-chan!" he called out in the foyer.

"Must you be so loud, Kakeru-kun?" his companion scolded. "She's probably still asleep! And let's not forget Sohma-san, either."

"Sohma-san?" Kakeru questioned his girlfriend's calling of Yuki. "What happened to Yuu-chan?"

"I don't want to turn into you or my friends," she explained, "Besides, it was quite rude of me before to call him that...especially if he's dating your sister." Along with the groceries in her arms, she walked to the kitchen.

"Makes sense," Kakeru said as he followed, carrying a few bags himself.

In the same hour, a young, dark-brown haired girl was strolling along the banks of the lake to appreciate the picture-perfect day. As she walked, her long hair slightly waved against the soft summer breeze, along with a light green scarf she donned around her neck. Also, the folds of her plain white summer dress, swayed along with the wind.

As she stared at the wondrous scene of the lake and mountains, she deeply thought of the events of the night before:

After that time...after the long hours of strange occurrences...I feel like I got nothing else to hide. It was like he exposed all my secrets...as well as he revealed all of his. Does this mean...we're complete as a couple or it's only the beginning?

"BOOGA-BOOGA!" Something sounded like an bad attempt of a monster's scare voiced behind her. Her hair stood on its ends, not because of the scare, but because whose voice it sounded like.

"Manabe! There's no need for that!" she snapped as she turned to face him.

"Gomen, Machi. Seeing you standing here...I just HAD to do it," he goofed. "So, so how have..." He hesitated after he fully observed the girl. "Wait a minute...why are you shimmering?"

"Shimmering?" Machi questioned the last word with a still expression.

"Yeah...all of the sudden...well...I want to know...How come you looked so pretty all of the sudden? It was like I left you alone WITH HIM for one day and POOF! You're a princess! If all the guys at school see you now and know thatyou are my half-sister, they will not leave me alone to get your number!"

"What are you talking about?" Machi steamed, "I didn't change anything! You're speaking nonsense!" She turned her back towards him with arms crossed.

"I am not talking about just yourphysicality," Kakeru explained further, "It's something only I could tell.It's nothing to be ashamed of. I am just happy that you are growing."

Machi looked back at her brother with a look of awe and a blush. "There isno need to tell me that," she spoke softly.

"Just to let you know that I still care," Kakeru waved and beamed as he returned to the house. "I bet it was something he did," he thought upon entered the sliding doors.

The girl left behind, frowned at her brother's comment of embarrassment.

Idiot. That idiot...of a brother.

During the time Machi stood by the banks of the lake and Kakeru and his girlfriend prepared afternoon's meal, the fourth person in the house still remained idle. As the sunbeams escaped from though the gaps in between the curtains, they shone their streams of golden light in his room. As the brightness of the light increased, it reached his bedside. He shielded his eyes with the covers of his soft, white, sateen sheets and moaned.

"Gooo awaaay..."

He waved one arm in the air, turned his back towards the window and drifted back into the realm of sleep. A smile shifted upon his lips as he snuggled his head into the feathered pillow. That smile only lasted until someone called his name.

"YUN-YUN! Kakeru-chan is back! Come and give your sweetie a hug!"

The alarmed boy sat up straight in his bed and quietly panicked as he watched the lock of his door turned. He lunged to the door, with his sheets still wrapped around his body, and used his back to prevent the door from opening.

"Don't come in! I'm changing!"he warned falsely to the intruder. "There is such thing as knocking, you idiot!"

"It doesn't matter! We are both boys! I missed you!"

"That's not the problem! I'll be down in a moment! Just don't come in!"

"Aww...I see," Kakeru said as he stopped struggling with the door and headed for the staircase. He spoke loudly for Yuki and everyone else in the house to hear, "I knew it...Yun-Yun is really a woman. Poor Machi...with a woman...sigh..."

Behind the door, Yuki stomped over to his closet to gather his wear for the day. While holding on to his sheet, he grabbed a light grey polo shirt and charcoal colored pants. He angered and nerved over Kakeru's actions.

That idiot. Always doing these things. Why he couldn't just knock on the door like a normal person! And what horror it would be for him to find me like this!

"Kakeru-kun, what was going on upstairs?" Asume asked as she placed a plate of grilled beef in the middle of the dining table, where Kakeru was already seated.

"I was doing what you were telling me to do and got yelled at!" Kakeru whined, "Just because I almost found out that he's really a woman..."

"What!"

"Oh yeah, Sume-chan, I remember I told you that Yun-Yun's possibly a female? He never goes out with girls...until he met Machi, which worries me. Do you realize we never saw him shirtless the whole time we were here? We were at the beach...uh...um...Asume? What's wrong?"

Asume stared over at Kakeru's head with wide eyes. "Konnichiwa, Sohma-san..." Her voice was shaken on Kakeru's behalf.

Kakeru looked behind him to find a grinning Yuki. That grin is scary.

"Konnichiwa, Mizua-san. Did you two have a good trip?"

"Mmhm. Thank you for asking!" Asume quietly relieved that Kakeru would be spared, but secretly she wished Yuki would smack him for that statement for revealing his...er, her secret.

"That's good." Yuki seated himself next to Kakeru. With a hand covering a part of his lips, he glared at the boy's direction and smirked. "You know, Mizua-san, do you realize that Kakeru is so anxious to return here?"

"Um, well...he doesn't want to spend another day back at home with me and suggested that I come back with him..."

"Where you are getting at here?" Kakeru felt an uncomfortable feeling in his chest as he stared at Yuki's gazing eyes. It's that look again! He's planning something...but what?

"He claims he doesn't want me and Machi to be alone too long. Yet..." Yuki moved closer to the boy next to him. "I think he really misses...me. Ne, Kakeru-chan?" He leaned over and traced a finger along his face. "You really missed those times? Is that why you wanted to see me so badly? Just when I was getting dressed?"

Asume's face paled at the comment and sternly stared at her questionable boyfriend. "What is going on here?" she thought.

"Yuki! What in the hell! D-Did someone hit your head?" Kakeru sweated as he moved away from the boy.

"Ah, I see...Kakeru-chan doesn't like that anymore." He shook his head as he scooted away, appearing disappointed. "But, Mizua-san, I could see why you chose this man to be your love. He's good in many ways. Even the feminine part of me think so.Too bad I had to be a b-o-y. He would of been more fun."

A pair of flashing eyes were aimed at the guilty boy.

"Wha-! Hey! Hey, Asume! HEY!"

BAM!

The girl who was listening and watching, dragged her, appears-to-have-secrets-in-the-closet boyfriend to another room to bring up a storm. The boy that was left behind, quickly altered from frivolousness to seriousness.

That was mean, but still he needed someone to teach him that its wrong to lie to your loved one.

"I don't want to know what happened," a soft voice spoke from behind.

"Konnichiwa, Machi. How was your morning?" Yuki greeted the girl emerging from the living room.

"It's okay..." she said, blankly. "Did he already start already?"

"As always," Yuki sighed, "but today, it was not just me. Mizua-san too."

"Idiot."

Machi looked at the food that was placed on the table. "The food."

"Yeah, I know. They'll be back." Yuki smiled as he reached his hand to the girl. "Meanwhile, we could enjoy this moment alone, together."

She stepped towards the dining table and took his hand. Once her hand was in his grasp, he pulled her closer to bring her face close to his, for a kiss.

"It was just a joke, Asume! You don't have to beat me!" Kakeru rubbed his head and cried as the couple exited the study. "I hope you did not believe Yuki either," he added.

"Hmph!" Asume held her head up in annoyance. "He was giving me a reason to smack you!"

"What? You knew he was joking?"

"Yeah! But I didn't know you were!" Asume stopped in the middle of the living room and frowned. "I believed you for a moment..." A flash sparked from her eyes.

"YOU MAKE ME FEEL STUPID! BAKA!" She grabbed one of the pillows from the couch and constantly wacked Kakeru with it.

"Owie! Ow! Gomen! Asume!" He protected his head with his arms as he ran for the kitchen. He halted at the entranceway once he came to his destination. Asume did also and dropped the pillow she was holding.

In full view, at chairs of the dining table, they saw two people engaging in a private moment, which was not meant for others to see. A session full of touches and kisses was not a session for a brother to see his sister to be participating in.

That...that...perverted freak!

"YOU! YOU!" Kakeru voiced his emotions from the inside. His eyes heated up a fiery glaze as he pointed to the other boy.

The boy looked over from his girlfriend's shoulders and lifted his head in apparent shock. "Boku ni? (Me?)" He asked as he points to himself.

Kakeru stormed over to the tables to attack the clueless boy, but was held back by his own girlfriend by the arm.

"Kakeru-kun, didn't you said they were together? Why are going offensive all of the sudden? You were actually a happy when you told me. You were happy...ne?"

"I was...but you don't know how perverted he is, Asume!" He pointed at Yuki again. "We don't even know what he did to her while I was away!"

Yuki angrily sighed in frustration with the big brother. Everytime. Everytime.

Machi picked up his frustration and stared angrily at her brother. "It's none of your business!" she yelled. "I thought I told you that before!"

"It's only for your own good, Machi! Kami-sama knows what happen if something were to happen to you!" he argued.

Machi stood up from her seat and glared at her brother."It seemed that you underestimated me. You don't really know what I am capable of doing...until it's happened." She placed her fingers in between the cloth of her scarf and her neck and started to pull on it. "If you really want to know..."

"Machi!" Yuki held her hand and looked up to her from his seat. "You don't have to do this! It's none of his business!"

"It's okay. He needs to know that you are not the only one who calls the shots in our relationship." The green scarf fell from her neck, revealing purple and reddish marks along her neck.

"Oh my," Asume mouthed as she turned away.

"This was what I started..."Machi started to say. The boy next to her stood up and took her by the shoulders.

"That is not true, Machi. It was me. You just went along with what I started."

"I was the one who kissed you first. I was the one who introduced you to your newfound hunger." She placed a hand on his chest, so that it wouldn't come too close to her.

The other couple witnessed the scene in flushed faces and wide eyes.

"I don't think we should be listening this, Kakeru-kun. It sounded very private." Asume whispered next to him. The boy stepped up to the witnessed pair.

"Machi, I suppose you are right. You did kissed him first after all," Kakeru said and knocked himself, lightly against the head. "I had forgotten the many times you had struggled with him before. Heh, heh." He chuckled with his usual goofy smile.

Yuki and Machi shot him a death glare as Kakeru continued grinning sheepishly.

We should of know he will end it in stupidity.

"So!" Kakeru walked over to the dining table, "Let's start lunch, minna!"

"I am sorry to say that moron is my boyfriend," Asume said to the two. "On his behalf, I apologize. I'll smack him later."

"If it's not too much trouble, we would greatly appreciated it," Yuki said, glancing over at the boy seated at the far end of the table.

Lunch passed by an hour of silence. Nobody couldn't speak after the moment of shame had dawned upon them earlier, especially Kakeru, who had made Machi spoke out her most private moment of her history in her life. Machi, who was just feeling just as shameful, refused to mention any words to the boy. Asume and Yuki could only remorse with their other half as well for themselves for getting mixed in it.

As soon as the mealtime ended, Yuki purposely helped Asume with the dishes, since the two siblings departed without a word and it wouldn't be fair to leave the girl with their mess.

"Mizua-san," he said after a moment of silence, with a stack of dishes. "Sumimasen." His head was lowered to hide the guilty expression on his face.

"Eh?" Asume lifted her eyebrows in bafflement as she positioned a plate underneath the running faucet. "Why are you apologizing? It was that idiot that made you say such things!"

"No. It's not that," Yuki blushed. He slowly placed the plates in the empty sink next to Asume's soap-filled one. "Before that. I was being inconsiderate of your presence. I apologize that you had to see."

"Huh...oh...that..." Asume blushed deeply as she passed the washed plate to Yuki, without looking at him. "It's...okay. It's not like you knew we were coming. Besides...I am quite relieved."

"R-Relieved?" The boy sweated as he dried the passed plate.

"Yeah," Asume smiled and laughed softly. "I thought my boyfriend got a secret in his closet...that is...before you told me. Heh."

"Eh!" Yuki astonished. He caught the plate he almost dropped. "I-I-I..." The words remained trapped within his mouth as he stuttered.

Asume glanced at him and laughed more. "I accept your gentlemanly apology in the return of my thanks, ne, Sohma-san?"

"Ah...hai. No problem." Yuki smiled and continued drying the dishes. Another moment of silence came in between them. Asume glanced at Yuki again to study his face. He is very beautiful though...

"Sohma-san," she said, "If Kakeru-kun wanted you and Machi together, why is he furious, ne? You don't think...he's jealous of his sister? It was kind of strange that he talks about you more than her and a few times with you and her!"

"N-Nani (W-What)? That's not..."Yuki tried to explain, but was halted by Asume's hoard of comments, rants and questions.

"Hai! Hai! 'Yun-Yun thisss and Yun-Yun thaat!' How do you know that's not a crush? I think he's denying his true feelings!" she fused. "You know you really look attractive enough to make him turn his head! He probably tried to barge into your room earlier to see Kami-sama knows what!..." The words from her mouth rushed as fast as the running faucet at the sink.

Yuki became infused with frustration from her fast-paced words and dropped his drying rag. He placed his hands on her shoulder to make her stop and face him. She was stunned and stiffed in the arms as drops of mixture of soap and water fell from the palm of her hands to her fingertips.

"That's not it!" Yuki spoke harshly, staring firmly into her eyes as he released her shoulders. "Gomen, Mizua-san. It's it definitely not that way. It was his moronic self that was talking. He is really overtly protective of Machi, but at the same time...he's really trying his best to support of our being together. As we could see...he's still trying." He glanced over apologetically. "So, don't worry about your relationship. I bet he needs you more than ever, don't you think?"

"Oh," Asume teared as she raised arm to wipe the fallen tears away. "Forgive me and my incoherence. I am just as bad as him."

"Now you know why you two are meant to be," Yuki smiled as he reached for a clean dish rag, hanging on the stove handle. He handed it to the teary girl.

To me...it makes more sense why she's in love with an idiot.

Once the dishwashing chore was completed, the two enjoyed a cup of late afternoon tea (Asume's apology)and small talks about their favorite idiot. Asume laughed as she listened to Yuki's stories of how Kakeru was in the student council and his seemlily vague skills as Vice President.

"I thought he was a bother at first, but the more I get to know him it becomes a normality for me. Yet, now I felt as though there are some things he had to get used to."

"I am more than sure he wants what's best for you and Machi-chan," Asume smiled widely as she picked up her teacup.

"Yeah, I would want to know when is the wedding date and don't forget my invite!" another voice joined in.

"Ah...Kakeru-kun," Asume said, looking over her left shoulder to see the spoken boy with his usual grin.

"Look for it in several years," Yuki followed Kakeru's tease and gently smiling at the pair.

They sure look happy. I wonder if they could be any happier...

"Okay! I'll be looking!" Kakeru raised one hand in the air in his bliss.

"I'll also be looking for yours," Yuki responded and chuckled as he observed the deep blush appearing on Asume's face and a more deeper one on his best friend. They both were lost for words, shyly glancing away from each other.

So happy...that there are no words to describe it.

So very happy.

AN: How was that? I admit it was not as strong as my other chapters, but just as cute and funny! I think I wrote Asume more like Kagura than Komaki (Kakeru's actual girlfriend). Komaki is more mild-mannered, but she does give Kakeru a few whacks here and there to tame his "idiot" self. I also included her traits into Asume's character (the "meat" for lunch and so forth).Hai, for the next chapter, I am thinking on the lines for another beach chapter or something else (my best ideas are unplanned). Thank you to all my readers and reviewers!