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Wally fumbled around in his pocket, trying to find out the time while leaning against the front door, maybe out of fear that another one of his obsessed friends would come bursting through and wreck his chance. He grabbed his phone to check how much time he had: 10 minutes before Hoagie usually showed up to take him somewhere. Usually he couldn't wait, but Kuki made him never want to leave…

He peered around the corner at her, sitting on the couch looking moody and flicking through channels. He smirked at her and walked over. She glanced at him but didn't say anything. He sat down beside her and moved closer.

"So…" He began, looking around.
She raised her eyebrows at him, but avoided turning towards him.

"How long have you been in this business for?" He asked her while playing with the rip in his jeans.

"A while…" She mused half smiling.

He shuffled closer to her, looking towards the TV. She turned to him, her eyebrows raised.

He smiled, showing his brilliant white teeth and leaned his face close to hers.

"Is it fun?" He almost whispered to her.

Kuki sat there for a while, gaping at him, before shaking her head slightly and smiling back, now a red tinge in her cheeks. "I guess…" she whispered back.

Wally reached out a hand and gently put it on her knee, stroking his fingers along the worn denim of her jeans. Kuki looked down, considering pushing him off, but somehow her thoughts never got to action, she simply leant closer to him, staring into his emerald eyes. He leant in too, watching her chocolate brown pupils with curiosity. He reached out a hand and gently pushed a loose strand of raven hair behind her ear. Kuki leant even more forward, her face inches from his. Wally leant in more, closing the distance…

A loud throbbing music filled the room and they both jumped back. One of them had leant on the remote of the TV, switching to another channel. Wallabee groaned in annoyance and switched it off; he was starting to get annoyed at the interruptions. He turned towards his friend again, eager for another try.

Kuki looked at him; he was smiling sweetly at her. She turned away and shook herself in disbelief. She couldn't believe she almost kissed her childhood crush, a guy who hadn't spoken to her in almost 6 months, too busy hanging around his new friends than spoken to her…she couldn't give in that easily?

She felt his bright green eyes on her face and she turned towards him, he was leaning in towards her again, waiting. She broke her gaze and stood up.

"I better go check on Joey…" She muttered, walking quickly up the stairs and leaving Wally scratching his head in confusion.

Kuki dragged one foot above the other, slowly making her way up the stairs. She twirled a loose strand of black hair around her slender finger, her mind racing.

What if we did go out? Would he hang around us again? Would he take me on dates and kiss me even if everyone's watching? Would he even tell his friends about us? Would he hang around me at all? What about the girls who like him at school? Would he break up with me if anyone asked him out?

She shook her head, trying to rid her mind with these confusing thoughts. Who said they even would go out?

"He probably doesn't like me anyway…" She muttered to herself sadly.

"Who?"

She turned around in alarm, seeing Joey standing in the doorway of the bathroom, grinning widely at her and his eyes looking the same as Wally's did when he was about to knock out a villain, back when they were 10.

"Nobody" Kuki muttered, her cheeks growing hot, "Why aren't you in the bath?"

Joey pushed his long hair out of his eyes and glared at her, still grinning.

"What are you Child Killer? Do you want me to burn myself with the hot water or make me get frozen with the cold water?"

She smiled slightly. "Has anyone ever told you you're too much like your brother?"

Joey looked please at this remark. "All the time."

Kuki rolled her eyes and walked into the bathroom.

(Wally's POV)

"I'll get it!" I half shouted to nobody in particular, racing towards the door. I opened it without even bothering to see who it was, I already knew who was ringing the doorbell.

I opened it to see my best friend since first grade, Hoagie Gilligan Jr. He smirked at the sight of me and folded his arms across his chest. "Ready to go?" He asked, walking past me and into the hall.

Hoagie had changed a lot since we were kids. He had lost a lot of weight, with a new found talent at wrestling, and his hair had grown into a long shaggy hairstyle, which he flicked around a lot to impress girls, it was a thing he did to annoy me. It also annoyed me how he dressed the same as me, only with his trademark blue shirts.

"I don't think I'm going…" I muttered to him.

Hoagie raised his eyebrows. "Why?"

I let out a small cough and gave him a sad look. "I'm sick."

Hoagie looked at me suspiciously. "You didn't sound sick on the phone."

"Uhh…" I looked around. "You know how quick these bugs come…" I trailed off, grinning at him.

Hoagie scoffed and gave me a knowing look. "Dude, you don't get sick."

"Says who?" I demanded.

"Says the whole time I've known you, you've only been sick 3 times."

"Yeah well…" I muttered. "I'm sick now." I jabbed my thumb at the door, indicating the way out.

"Yeah…Suuuure" Hoagie gave me a knowing look. "Who is she?"

"What?"

"Who is she?" Hoagie smirked at me. "Last time you were" -He raised his hands- "Sick" -He flicked his fingers in 'quotation fingers'- "You were just skipping maths class to go make out with Alexa in the gym." He started laughing.

I felt my cheeks grow hot and frowned. "There is no girl, I'm really sick." I coughed again, indicating how contagious I was.

Hoagie raised his eyebrows again, but before either of us could say anything, we heard the gentle thumping of Kuki bounding down the stairs. I gulped and glanced at Hoagie, who smirked at her as she made her way over. I gave him a warning look which he ignored.

"Why hello Kuki…" He greeted her, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "How are you?"

She glared at him, her eyes narrowed. "I'm fine thanks, Hoagie, and how are you? Made out with any strangers lately?"

Hoagie chuckled, but you could see how annoyed she was at her saying his real name. "Not lately, Kuki." He turned to me, giving me a wink. "She's a feisty one, ay, Wally?"

I made a 'cut throat' gesture at him, but Kuki's mouth had already fallen open and her arms were on her hips.

"Excuse me?"

"Well you know…" Hoagie trailed off, giving Kuki a knowing look and smirking. "I better leave you guys alone…wait do you need protection?" He asked Kuki, grinning widely.

Kuki looked like she was going to hit him, but then swallowed and narrowed her eyes. "No, I don't, I'm not one of the tramps you hang around Hoagie."

Hoagie frowned, giving her an angry stare. "The girls Wally and I hang around are not tramps Kuki, and just because you're frigid, it doesn't mean that they are tramps."

"Oh right!" Kuki smiled sarcastically, I could see the fury in her eyes. "I'm frigid, of course. And you and them are absolute angels, like they're angels when they insult me in the hallways."

Hoagie was getting irritated at her. "We don't insult you, you know, you are 'Jap- Crap'-

Before anyone could blink Kuki and slapped Hoagie right across the face, with such force I thought I felt it too. He looked shocked, gently touching his now crimson cheek. Kuki walked off towards the living room, fuming.

"You Bit-"

"Shutup!" I hissed at him. "My brothers around."

"Well she is!" Hoagie shouted, staring after her.

"You didn't have to insult her race…" I muttered angrily at him.

"You're defending her?" He asked me angrily.

"No" I said quickly. "But you know, she is my friend, she has been-"

"Don't bring up child memories Wallabee" Hoagie growled at me, rubbing his cheek.
"Whatever"

We both stood in awkward silence for a while, Hoagie rubbing his cheek and checking it in the hallway mirror before straightening up and taking one final look at me. "So you're staying?"

"Yeah" I muttered, trying to think. "I have to look after Joey."

He gave me a weird look. "You're blowing me off for him?"

I racked my brain for an excuse. "You won't be alone…besides I would rather go with you…but I'm…grounded." I finished lamely.

Hoagie bought it. His glare turned sympathetic. "Oh, so I can see why you're shacked up with that." He jerked his head into the direction of the living room, where Kuki was.

I felt a stab of annoyance. "Yeah…"

"Well, I better go before I get attacked again." He half laughed, hiding his embarrassment at getting hit by a girl. He opened the door and turned towards me.

"You're missing out on a good night tonight you know…are you sure you don't want to sneak out?"

I paused, thinking about what I could get tonight. Chantelle, Drinks, Dancing, bight lights, running from cops…It all seemed so repetitive, so boring….but a night with Kuki…a friend I'd missed for years…maybe a chance to be her friend again…when would the chance for that come again?

"Wally?"

Hoagies voice knocked me from my fantasy. "I'm sure." I grinned at him as he closed the door with a snap.

"You're staying?"

I turned around to see Kuki leaning up against the wall, looking both confused but pleased at the same time. I felt my hands shake as I walked towards her.

"Yeah…thought I'd stay here if that's okay."

"It's your house." She mumbled, looking away.

I leant up against the wall, looking at her. I couldn't help it, she was so beautiful. She turned to me, looking annoyed. "What?"

I smiled and turned away. "Nothing."

She grinned and poked me. "Spill!"

I shook my head, trying not to laugh as she poked me in my ribs. She kept doing it, laughing. I remembered back to when we were 11 and she always tickled me like she was now to get information out of me. Back then it was annoying, now I just quivered under her touch. I grabbed her arms and pushed her against the wall playfully. "What are you gonna do now?" I teased her.
She beamed and tried to shake me off, still giggling. Pretty soon I found myself staring into her eyes. I was grateful to see that I had grown taller than her since we were younger, me now being almost a head taller than her.

"You're beautiful." I answered her, this time not taking my eyes off her gorgeous face.

Her mouth opened, but she didn't talk. I dropped my grasp on her, our hands still holding each others at our sides. I felt her tightly squeeze mine and I pressed against her again. Her head was stretching towards mine, our lips almost touching-

A loud clanging came from upstairs and she turned at the last minute, and all I got was a mouthful of hair.

"Oops!" Joey yelled from upstairs, and then started laughing loudly.

I pulled away, cursing under my breath and wishing he was a baby again, when all he did was sleep and drool.

"I Better…um…" she trailed off, making her way to the stairs.

I kicked myself and leant against the wall again, knocking my head against it a few times. It was more likely an alien invasion would happen than I would ever get a second alone with Kuki Sanban…I had to get Joey out of the way, just as Kuki managed to get Hoagie out of the way…I needed a plan…

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