Disclaimer: I do not own this manga or the main characters used in it. This was written for fun, I hope you enjoy it! Sadly, I own Demon Spawn and Koichi.

Title: Second Chances

Chapter: 2: Visitor

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Kyohei yawned, scratching his stomach he readied himself for a little something he looked forward to every morning.

He opened the door. Sunako stood with her back to him, dressed in cotton sweats, a plain white tee and a high ponytail. A smirk appeared on the young man's face as he leaned against the door, crossing his arms.

"What's for breakfast today, Sunako?" As would be expected, he couldn't bring himself to add "chan" or anything, but he did like saying her name. He liked that it was okay, now that they were friends.

Sunako turned her head in acknowledgement, then turned her eyes back onto her task, "I'm slicing up some peppers and onions. We're going to have an american breakfast today."

Kyohei grunted and stood beside her. Sunako leaned over and opened the fridge. She balanced seven eggs in one hand, then plopped them softly on the counter next to a mixing bowl and a whisk.

"Scramble these, okay?" She peered through her hair kindly and glided back over to the cutting board with a garlic clove and a small block of swiss cheese.

"What are you going to make?" Kyohei asked, cracking his last egg.

"We are making an omelette," this made Kyohei smile lightly. He didn't know what it was, but doing such a domestic task with a friend every morning seemed to make his day a helluva lot better, "And you are going to flip it."

Sunako smiled, challenge in her eyes as she tossed the chopped vegetables into the saucepan, "What's that look? You think I can't?"

They laughed and joked around a bit as the rest of the roommates started. He realized she did so much more than anyone he ever knew. He only woke up and helped make an omelette. She'd already made the bacon and sausages, and she had prepared pancake mix the night before, letting it chill in the fridge.

Just as the entire family woke up, Kyohei had successfully flipped the omelette and it was time to flip pancakes. Everyone cheered around the stove animatedly as Sunako and Kyohei competed for "who could flip them the best." Kyohei lost, mistaking it for "who could flip them the highest," resulting in one sticky side of a pancake stuck onto the ceiling.

They all ate comfortably. In fact, it seemed that the past couple of months were nothing but comfortable.

Enough time had passed since the teens had last seen auntie dearest for them to start to worry.

How much time? It was enough for Sunako's hair to grow down to the bottom of her eyes -without anyone having any real reason to cut them. (Although I do believe they wanted to...)

They'd all been living together long enough for something to change. It seemed that with those bangs shielding her face, she was more confident. Now you could catch her talking with Takenaga about Current Events, sitting with Ranmaru and enjoying a different brew of tea every week, playing board games with Yuki, and even shopping with Noi in Harajuku. She also came around to teaching Kyohei to cook. At first, they fought often, and it usually ended with Kyohei burned or bruised somewhere. But now they learned to harmonize. Sunako was in charge, and he was fine with that.

I'm sure this all seems like a sad story thought up by a desperate fan, but it's not. It's the truth. The reason things had started to change was because Sunako had realized, "These are my friends. I like them. Even though they were beautiful creatures of the light," when she learned more about them, their insides dulled their brightness and let her see the real them... Maybe that's too weird... She'd probably just say they'd grown on her.

But the point is that these five people had finally become a family. They were all living a life they had always thought was impossible. Months had passed without a single disturbance.

Kyohei was even considering Sunako as more than a friend. He had already known she was definitely different, but to actually acknowledge this into his conscious mind?

He absolutely saw her in a different light than other girls. She was definitely special...

He knew he cared about her. He knew she was valuable to him...

But any more than that and his brain caved into the urge to turn to mush.

This made Kyohei antsy. This anxiety -evident at certain points of quiet-time among the housemates- put the house into a subconscious level of unease.

So the day when the doorbell rang -without anyone inkling at planning company- you can bet that every single person in the house was on their toes.

The boys sprang to life at the familiar "ding-dong"-ing of the bell, and the door was thrust open, Kyohei and Ranmaru falling over in the process. Noi and Sunako simply rolled their eyes, walking calmly to stand behind Takenaga and Yuki.

"Who're you?"

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Ahaha... Guess who?

Yeah... This chapter was kind of "a slice of life."

Don't worry, Sunako is obviously still herself, she just has finally let her guard down around them. She trusts them enough not to act like she doesn't care about anything. Though there is still a guard up there around Kyohei... Hehehe.

Later Days,

NerdSavvy