This ought to be interesting.
Chapter 6: Slumber Party!
"Oh Shigure! I'm so glad you could join us. You can share my bed, if you want." Ayame said in his sly voice.
"Why I'd be happy to join for the night. When the girls are asleep we-...."
"Nooooo! Shigure you sleep by me!" Neko pouted, tugging on his robe. Him and Ayame laughed.
"See I was right Shigure. She is quite fond of you." Ayame chuckled. Shigure patted Neko's head.
"Alright if it makes you happy." He said to Neko. She smiled and nodded her head. Right then Utari walked in from the bathroom.
"What are you three up to now?" She said as she sat down on her bed across from Ayame.
"Oh nothing..we were just about to get started!" Neko yelled. "When Kotori gets back we can do each others hair and share our feelings."
"Ahahahahaha!......no" Utari said. "Where is Kotori anyway?"
"She's in the kitchen." Shigure said.
"Probably eating...little pig!" Utari said
"I wasn't eating!" Kotori walked out into the living room with her hands full of snacks and drinks. "I was getting stuff for everyone to eat!" She put the food down and watched as everyone dug in. Kotori clapped her hands and laughed.
"So what are we going to do?" Ayame asked stuffing his face with some candy.
"Have you ever had a slumber party Ayame?" Neko asked him.
"No not really. I had Hatori and Shigure sleep over, but I wouldn't really call it a slumber party." All three girls looked at each other and grinned. Ayame and Shigure looked at them with confusion.
"Why..we should give them the proper treatment!" Utari said with her newly founded British accent.
"Treatment indeed." Kotori agreed in speaking with the same accent.
"Oh boy...here is goes." Neko slammed her palm to her forehead.
"What?" Shigure asked looking at Neko.
"Ah! He questions our motives." Utari said.
"Let him question what he wants..but the true question is what shall we give them?"
"The usual is just no fun. Perhaps we should experiment!"
"That sounds like a good idea. But my brain is out of commission. I cannot think of much to do."
"Your brain is always out of commission. I do not see how your mind works."
"My mind is like lightning...one brilliant flash and then its gone."
"Well lightning does strike more then once..but never in the same place."
"I feel as though I am nomadic."
"The Indians should be on the move soon. Spring comes and buffalo will be moving to better grazing grounds."
"These pajamas are befitting. Though I do wonder why Shigure bought the pants to big and shirt to small."
"Well this will be a great thing to tell back home."
"Home is where the heart is."
"My heart can never truly find a home. Always wanting something more and better."
"My heart soars in the wide open sky."
"Your heart finds peace in arms of a man."
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
"You take one step and fall."
"I always manage to have a nice trip."
"Trips! Trips! I do believe Shigure and Ayame's minds' have taking one. I fear we have spoken to much."
"One can never speak too much! Knowledge from others is power."
"But power without knowledge is power or...wait...is it....crap...forget it!"
Ayame and Shigure looked amused and confused. They laughed at them.
"See? When something new happens they change what country they are from and begin to talk nonsense. Its funny but sometimes gets annoying."
"Ayame! Ayame! I want to play with your hair!" Kotori shouted.
"Shigure you can play with mine! You know you want to run your fingers through my long silky locks!" Utari said ignoring Neko's evil glare.
"Shigure! I can do things with your hair!" Neko said.
"Uh..lemme think...yes! I'll do it!" Shigure scooted over behind Utari and Neko sat behind him. Kotori hopped over Ayame who was more than happy to have her play with his hair.
"Wow! Ayame your hair is so soft!" Kotori said gathering his hair in her hands.
"Yes it is isn't it?" Ayame laughed. Kotori grabbed a brush and parted his hair in two parts. She began braiding one side.
"After this we should play truth or dare!" Neko said as she tried to put Shigure's hair into a ponytail. It didn't work, so after that she braided it in a tiny braid.
"That sounds lie a fun game! I can think of all kinds of questions and dares for everyone to do." He winked at Neko. Neko only blinked. Shigure was trying to put Utari's hair in bunch of ponytails.
"Well Aya, just please don't make do anything too drastic." He said in a coy manner.
Kotori finished french braiding both sides of his hair. She grabbed his face and turned him around to look at him.
"Ayame you look so....unique!" Kotori said cheerfully. Everyone else looked at Ayame.
"Adorable!" Neko said to Ayame as she finished Shigure's hair. "You too Shigure!" She gave him a mirror. He liked what he saw.
"These girls have turned our messy hair into masterpieces Ayame!" Shigure chimed.
"My hair was never that messy, but thanks to them my hair is even better than before. Shigure we must show our appreciation!" Ayame said.
"Ah there we go! Utari I finished your hair! You look very good!" Shigure gave Utari the mirror.
"Wow..I look like a beach babe!" Utari said. Her, Ayame, and Shigure stood and laughed insanely, as Neko and Kotori stared at each other. They shrugged their shoulders.
"Let's play now!" Kotori said.
"Not yet young lady! I haven't done your beautiful hair yet!" Ayame jumped behind Kotori and pulled out the ribbons and let her hair loose.
"Come Utari! We shall do Neko's hair!" He pulled on Utari's hand, but she didn't move.
"That's ok...I don't like to play with other's hair. I just like them playing with mine." She smiled and sat down in front of Neko.
"Well in that case I will do the honors of making Neko's hair beautiful!" He declared as he sat down behind Neko and took out her hair band. He took a comb and divided her hair two ways. He braided each side then rolled them into buns.
"Wha la! Behold I have done it!" Shigure held out his hands, showing off Neko's hair. Ayame looked at Neko then at Kotori.
"Lovely job, but can it compare with this!" He pulled a blanket off Kotori's head to reveal her hair. He did the same thing that Kotori did to him.
"Ayame you copied what Kotori did to you.." Utari said sounding agitated. "That's cheating." She shook her finger at him.
"Oh nonsense! W look like twins, with our hair being so long and practically the same color." He pointed out.
"Kotori was Ayame's sister in another life!" Neko laughed.
"We should open a hair salon right next to the dress shop! We could business partners Shigure! And they could be our lovely assistants!"
"You have a dress shop?" Utari asked.
"Why yes I do. We sell mostly fabrics and other craft supplies, but we do make dresses." Ayame said sounding proud of his work.
"Can you make pretty dresses for us?" Neko asked.
"Yeah as long as they aren't mini skirts?" Utari said.
"I wanna pretty dress...nothing to poofy though!" Kotori added.
"Dress them in beautiful wedding gowns...and make me a groom!" Shigure said.
"I'd love to make them dresses. You three should come by my shop whenever you can. I'll get your measurements and make you three beautiful!" Ayame said.
"Yay!" They all jumped on Ayame..even Shigure.
"Well let's start playing the game Neko mentioned!" Ayame said from under them.
"Ok!" They all went back to their beds and started to play. Neko was first.
"Ok um.....Utari! Truth or dare?" She asked in an evil voice.
"Ok! You were the one to spike the teacher's drink with Viagra!" She shouted. Ayame and Shigure looked at her, surprised. Utari grinned and nodded her head.
"So that's why you three got expelled." Shigure said.
"Utari you naughty girl!" Ayame laughed. "I'll bet that was a real show!"
"Sit sure was!" Utari laughed.
"Anyway....Utari its your turn!" Neko said.
"Ok Ayame..truth or dare."
"I'll take truth."
"Ok....uh.." Utari thought real hard. "Ah Ha! You're a womanizer!" She laughed.
"Well back in the day-..." Shigure threw a pillow at Ayame. "Don't listen to him. He never did such a thing."
"Oh Shigure I never said I did it...I was talking about you!" Ayame laughed. "Anyway...it's my turn! Neko truth or dare."
"I'm going to do a dare!"
"Ok....I dare you to kiss Shigure! And not on his cheek." He winked at her. Neko blushed seven shades of red and looked at Shigure. He was smiling happily. Neko scooted over to him and kissed his lips gently. Ayame, Utari, and Neko stared. When she broke the kiss the gawking trio cried out with joy.
"Ayame next time when your going to do something like that." Shigure said.
"You'll thank me one of these days!" He laughed manically.
"Well it's my turn! Kotori! Truth or dare!" Neko yelled in a hurry. She was still a little embarrassed.
"Dare!" Kotori swayed back and forth.
"I dare you to...go up to Yuki's....no Kyo's room and jump onto his window. Then you must sneak into his room unnoticed and grab one of shirts and bring it back down here!"
"What!?" Kotori looked confused. "I'll get killed!" Neko laughed.
"You have to do it!"
"Nish!" Kotori grumbled, as she stood up and went outside.
They waited five minutes when they heard someone on the roof. They all snickered and listened as they heard Kotori loud footsteps on the roof. She was running. The clinging and clanging finally stopped, so they guessed she had reached the window.
In Kyo's Room........
Kotori jumped down quietly beside his window. She crept inside, very satisfied she didn't wake him when she ran across the roof. She looked around looking for a shirt. He found one laying right beside him on the floor. She reached down to get and Kyo moved. She froze in place, trying to calm her breathing. She wished she hadn't when Kyo rolled over on her hand. She tried to pull it out from under him, but she was afraid that would wake him.
"Oh goodness. Uh....uh....um....crap....Kyo get off my hand." She couldn't think of anything to do except sit there till he moved. If she had a place to hide she could pull her hand out from under him and hide. But the room was practically empty. She finally gave up on thinking and waited. She stared at his face, and listened to him breathe. It was beginning to put her to sleep. She looked for a clock. The digital one on the other side of him read 3:43 a.m. "Sheesh..it's already that early? Time flies." She whispered to herself. "Wow Kyo..you're are cute when you are sleeping. You look like a small child. Wish you would let me hug you." She smiled gently. "My hand is getting numb." Kotori amazed herself at how fast she could switch subjects. She was getting drowsy, so she laid down on the floor. "Must stay awake..." She kept telling herself, but soon sleep took her, and Kyo finally rolled off her hand.
Back downstairs......
"Maybe Kyo killed her quickly..." Utari said looking to the ceiling.
"Yeah it's been twenty minutes already." Neko said yawning. "I wonder what time it is." Shigure pointed to a small clock resting on a shelf. "It's already past four. Maybe she fell asleep." She said falling on her pillow.
"She had the right idea." Utari yawned and got under her covers.
"You girls tired already?" Ayame looked around. "Well...I guess it is late, and we should go check on Kotori. Shigure will you do the honors?" He too got down in his bed. Shigure nodded and went upstairs. He opened the door and saw Kotori fast asleep beside Kyo. Kotori had moved over to him, but she was still on the floor. The slept facing each other. Shigure sighed and walked into the room. Carefully he picked up Kotori, trying not to wake her. As she was lifted one of her braids smacked Kyo on his nose. He woke to find Shigure holding Kotori.
"Shigure! What-?" Shigure put a finger over his mouth.
"You'll wake her up." He whispered.
"What was she doing in here in the first place?" He whispered angrily. Shigure just laughed.
"Kyo does it bother you so much that she came to check on you?" Shigure asked.
"She doesn't need to be sneaking in here at night."
"You don't need to be so cruel to her all the time. She was playing a game and was dared to come in here unnoticed. I guess something happened and she fell asleep at your side. Tsk Tsk. You act as though she was going to rape you." Shigure walked out of Kyo's room. Kyo turned around and went back to sleep. Downstairs, Shigure gently placed Kotori in her bed. He then got into his bed behind Neko and drifted to sleep.
The next morning.......
Shigure was sitting soundly at the table, while Ayame stepped outside into the cool December air. Tohru, Yuki and Kyo had already left for school and Utari, Kotori, and Neko were still sleeping. Suddenly Kotori sat up and shouted, "I didn't do it!" She startled Shigure, and he jumped. Kotori starched her head and fell back on her pillow.
"Are you alright Kotori?" Shigure asked.
"Oh yeah, just a nightmare." She replied.
"What about?"
"My geometry teacher."
"Oh..is that all."
"What? She is really scary!" Shigure laughed at her. She looked at him funny then remembered last night's events. "Umm...Shigure? Did Kyo ever find out about...." Her voice faded.
"Well we left you up there a long time. Then when everyone went to sleep I went to get you. Kyo was still asleep....and so were you." Shigure looked back at his paper. Kotori breathed a sigh of relief. "Of course.....went I picked you up one of your braids hit him then he woke up." Kotori coughed.
"And what did he do?" She looked worried.
"Oh nothing really...he just wondered why you didn't take that time to...." He said in a quiet deep voice. Kotori blushed.
"What? He wondered why I didn't do that!?" She jumped on the table in front of him. "But...I couldn't...I mean.....does Kyo...." Kotori said frantically. Shigure laughed.
"I was just kidding. He didn't say that."
"That wasn't very nice Shigure." She bit his arm gently, then leapt away from him and into the bathroom. Shigure wiped the little bit of Kotori's slobber off him and went back to reading. Neko woke up soon after that. She moaned and stretched out her slender body. She stood up and rubbed her eye lids, and walked and sat across from Shigure.
"What time is it?" She asked in a sleepy voice.
"It's 9:30." Shigure put his paper down. "Did you sleep well?" Neko nodded her head happily.
"That's the good thing about being expelled. You can get up at whatever time you want to get up." Utari sat up in her blankets.
"Utari! I didn't know you were awake." Neko smiled.
"Yeah...Kotori's sudden confession of 'her not doing it' woke me up." She went to sit by Neko.
"So what is for breakfast. I'm starving." Utari said.
"Well I don't cook. I don't Ayame cooks either. You can try to make something in the kitchen if you'd like."
"You have any beef?" Neko asked.
"Yeah! We can cook cheeseburgers!" Utari said.
"Cheeseburgers?" Shigure asked..
"I'm back! Hey you two woke up! About time." Kotori sat next to Shigure.
"What do mean about time?" Utari asked. "Your dumb yelling woke me up."
"I'm surprised. You usually sleep like a log!" Kotori laughed. Utari shook her fist at her.
"Love and peace sisters! Love and peace!" Neko shouted.
"Neko....Kotori was probably implying that you sleep like a log too." Utari said. Neko quit shouting and looked at Kotori. "I think we should punish her!" Utari stood up.
"Yea!....Wait......how do we do that?" Neko asked.
"Hey! I didn't say anything about you Neko!" Kotori said.
"You were thinking it!"
"Egad! When did you become psychic?" Kotori stepped away from her. Neko winked at her.
"Wait I'll be right back!" Utari ran outside. "Hehehe...we can throw mud on her!" Utari laughed to herself as she picked up some mud. When she was walking back to the house, a snake slithered by in her path. She was about to scream when she got an idea. Utari dropped the mud and grabbed the long grey snake. "You'll serve me nicely." The snake blinked. She skipped back to house and yelled for Neko to grab Kotori. Kotori tried to run away, but Neko jumped on her and tripped her. Her and Utari each grabbed a leg and an arm of Kotori. "Shigure! Open that door!"
"What are two planning to do?" He asked as he opened a door that led into Shigure's bedroom. "Don't kill her."
Both Utari and Neko began chanting as they swung Kotori back and forth. "1,2,3,4, throw Kotori through the door!" They used their strength and threw Kotori onto the floor. Kotori screamed and rolled as she hit the wooden floor. Utari pulled out the snake. They chanted again "5,6,7,8, throw in the giant snake!" Utari laid the snake on the floor and slammed the door shut. Utari and Neko laughed, as they waited eagerly for Kotori's screams. Shigure watched them. A few minutes later they heard laughter.
"That tickles!" It was Kotori. After that they heard a tiny explosion. Utari opened the door to find Kotori laying on the floor with a naked Ayame on top of her. Shigure and Neko peeked in.
"Kotori...you naughty girl!" Neko laughed.
"It's not what it looks like!" Kotori waved her hands wildly.
"Oh we've been caught Kotori! We should confess our feelings for each other! Right here and right now! It can no longer be a secret!" Ayame hugged Kotori.
"But...but...." Kotori stuttered, while blushing. She struggled a little bit, but finally gave up.
Utari stared blankly then bursted out laughing evilly, as she ran outside.
"Aya! I didn't know you two were in love?"
"Yes...we had to keep a secret right Kotori?" He looked at Kotori. She looked dead. Ayame sat up and shook her. "Kotori?" Ayame sighed, then looked at Shigure. "See! She's so happy she can't say anything!"
"I think you killed her Ayame." Neko poked Kotori's face.
"Here...I found your clothes." Utari appeared in the room, throwing Ayame's clothes at him.
"Why thank you Utari. I was actually surprised you didn't try to kill me when you picked me up." Ayame smiled. "Guess I never mentioned I was the snake."
"Nope.....you said a thing." Utari walked out of the room. "Come Neko."
"What about Kotori? We can't leave her in here! It's indecent!" Neko whined. She grabbed Kotori's arms and motioned for Ayame to get off her.
"Aw...you spoiled my fun." Ayame put his white robe on. Neko dragged Kotori out of the room.
Shigure watched them leave. "So they don't know what anyone is yet?" Ayame said to Shigure.
"Nope..all they know is that I'm the dog, and you're the snake." He smiled closing the door, so Ayame could finish getting dressed.
In the living room.....
Kotori finally came back to her senses. "That was interesting..." She said sitting at the table.