Chap 3

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Ding Dong

Ito rushed to open the door, letting Makoto inside. He was dressed as a girl as usual, in a simple skirt and top. Makoto was holding a rather bulky bag in his hands setting it on the wood floor.

"Hello Ito-san," Makoto greeted warmly.

"Hey Mako! You're here early," Ito replied.

"Not really… We have to be over at Misaki's in half an hour…." Makoto responded.

"Yeah… Her slumber party is tonight… What are you going to do Mako? You can't possibly stay over!" Ito asked curiously.
A playful grin spread across Makoto's face. He paused for a moment before answering, "And why not? A night over with all girls… That sounds rather fun…♥"

Ito blushed deeply smacking Makoto behind the head. He laughed clutching the back of his head in defense.

"I was kidding. You'll see…." Makoto said vaguely.

Ito's brows furrowed. She was about to say something when Ryuya entered the room. He stood directly next to the two of them with his arms folded across his chest. When Ito tried to step around him Ryuya just moved forward with her.

"Nii-chan! What are you doing?" Ito asked trying to push him away.

"There's no way you two can stay alone together anymore. Not after you deceived us for so long…." Ryuya said more to Makoto then Ito.

Makoto smirked not meeting Ryuya's glaring eyes. Ito stepped in between them nervously preventing Ryuya from getting any angrier. Ryuya just held onto Ito's shoulders pulling her a foot away from Makoto.

"Nii-chan! You can't keep me from Mako forever! We have a party to go to together!" Ito told Ryuya.

Ryuya just smiled patting the top of Ito's head like a dog. She swatted away his hands scowling at him. Ito couldn't stand being treated like a girl but even worse she hated to be treated like a small child.

"That's where you're wrong Ito! I'm going to come with you to drop you both off at the party!" Ryuya exclaimed with a grin.

Ito nearly fell to the ground when she heard this. A sweat drop formed above Makoto's head. Ryuya just kept smiling, looking like a small child who just got a new toy from Santa.

"Are you kidding Nii-chan????" Ito asked bewilderedly.

"Nope! I have to take care of my dear little sister," Ryuya laughed silently to himself.

Ito grimaced, not believing how far Ryuya would actually go to keep her and Makoto from being alone. The one thing she would always hate about her older brothers was how over protective they were. When would they ever learn that she could take care of herself? It wasn't like she was some sort of fragile princess that needed a knight by her side to protect her. Well… the only knight she wanted by her side was Makoto, not her brothers. Why couldn't they just get that through their thick heads!

Ryuya linked arms with both Ito and Makoto a wide grin across his face.

"Come on we can't be late!" Ryuya sang as he skipped out with the two of them.

Yuto and Takayoshi just stared. They glanced at each other and shook their heads.

"He's finally lost it…."

People stared at the fully grown man skipping along the road with two teenagers hooked to his arms. Ito and Makoto looked down at their feet hanging onto the last pieces of dignity they had left. Ryuya seemed oblivious to anyone else.

"Nii-chan… People are staring…." Ito muttered.

"WHAT? They're having a look at my little sister?!" Ryuya yelled protectively.

A little too protective for her. He immediately wrapped his arm around Ito's neck shielding her away from any onlooker. Ito struggled in his grasp trying to walk forward. Makoto rubbed the back of his neck muffling a laugh with his other hand. Ryuya and Ito looked very amusing. An idea popped into his head, a sly smile spread across his face.

"Ito-san, Come on this way! Misaki's house is over here!" Makoto called waving her over.

"Huh?"

Ito glanced over at Makoto who stopped by a lamp post. Ryuya's eyes hardened glancing at Makoto. Makoto continued to smile pleasantly ignoring Ryuya. She pulled out of Ryuya's hold and made her way over to Makoto before Ryuya could stop her.

"HEY! I told you guys I was coming with!"

"It's a girl's slumber party. It'd be uncomfortable if a guy were to show up…" Makoto smiled coldly.

Before Ryuya could get in a word Makoto dragged Ito away in a hurry. Ito nearly tripped over a rock falling into Makoto's arms. He caught her with strong arms.

"It seems like we do a lot of running away," Makoto laughed in his normal voice.

"Mako you shouldn't talk like that! We're so close you don't want to ruin it-!" Ito started in a concerned voice.

Makoto silenced her with a sweet kiss. Ito's cheeks burned a dark red as his lips remained pressed against hers. From anyone else's point of view it made the two of them look like lesbians now that Ito had grown out her hair.

"Hey isn't that Ito and Makoto?" Nobuko pointed out.

"Huh? Where?" Misaki asked.

Misaki whirled around trying not to drop the bags she held in her arms. She had gone shopping with Nobuko for some last minute supplies before the party started.

"The ones behind the building…. Kissing…." Nobuko added the last part with a shy blush.

"Are you kidding?" Misaki blurted out dropping all her packages onto the floor.

"Wait Misaki! Don't overreact! I'm not sure if that is them…" Nobuko responded as she started to pick up Misaki's packages.

Ito and Makoto half heard Misaki and Nobuko's conversation. The couple darted out of there as quick as they could without looking suspicious before Misaki could approach them. Misaki grabbed Nobuko's arm and ran out of there with her, the bags falling to the floor again.

"Wait! Misaki! The bags! If we leave them we'll have come all the way out here for nothing!" Nobuko cried but Misaki didn't stop.

"We have to beat them to the house! I have to know if it is them or not!" Misaki replied running as fast as she could manage.

Makoto and Ito raced down the road. There was no way they could let Misaki or Nobuko find out that was them. It'd be no challenge to get there first under normal circumstances but now, Misaki and Nobuko had taken the short cut. The other two had to get there quicker the long way so they wouldn't bump into the girls.

"Come on Ito-san!" Makoto yelled as he hopped over a car in the middle of traffic.

"I'm coming!" replied Ito as she dodged another car.

She rapidly followed Makoto through dark alley ways. Makoto jumped onto a trash can climbing up to the roof.

"Come Ito-san! We'll avoid pedestrians this way!" Makoto told her lowering his hand to help her up.

She placed her hand in his letting him pull her up. He held onto her hand guiding her across the rooftops. They jumped from roof to roof, skidding around chimneys all while making their way to Misaki's house. People's eyes were glued on them but they ignored them all.

"Ito-san, hold onto me," Makoto ordered quickly.

Ito wrapped her arms around his neck as he lifted her up bridal style. He leaped off the roof breaking into a run. They arrived at Misaki's house shortly. Makoto set her down on the porch. She glanced down the sidewalk sighing in relief that Nobuko and Misaki were nowhere in sight.

She collapsed in a lawn chair wiping the sweet off her brow trying to regain her composure. Makoto leaned against the wall, not a single drop of sweat on his face.

"Ito? Makoto? How long have you been here?" Misaki asked slightly dumbfounded.

"About half an hour already. Where have you been?" Makoto lied with a straight face.

"Ooh… Then it must have been someone else……"

Makoto and Ito smiled innocently.

7 more days until graduation……

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Haha! I just hit my older bro with a paper airplane! It landed with a thuck! (he was eating pistachios?)