"GOOD MORNING!" Strify screamed in my face. I groaned, digging my face into my pillow.
"How did you get into my room, Strify?" I whined.
"You're in my bed, silly." Strify giggled. I felt him kneel next to me on the bed, his waist at my hip.
"Since when?" I mumbled, sitting up slowly.
"You went to sleep here." Strify said slowly and softly. I frowned.
"I'm not hungover, I'm just tired." I whined. Strify smiled and hugged me around the neck.
"Okay, breakfast time. I saw a plate of cookies downstairs." Strify cheered, practically dragging me out of the room by the neck.
"Cookies are all gone!" Romeo sing-songed towards us as he saw the two of us walking ---I mean, stumbling--- down the staircase.
"Whhaat?!" Strify cried, letting me free as he ran over to the kitchen table. I took the chance to scurry away to the living room.
"Hello, Kiro. What did you two do last night?" I heard Yu tease from the couch.
"Nothing." I said, smiling.
"'Nothing' kept you from your room all night?" Yu insisted. I grinned.
"How would you know that?" I teased. Yu smiled.
"I was in your bed. I missed you so much." Yu teased, wrapping his arms around my neck, pressing our cheeks together. I laughed and patted his arm for him to let go.
"Funny." I said.
"Anyway, I knew because I went to wake you up this morning and you were not there." Yu explained. I smiled.
"Strify made me sleep with him."
"WHAT?!" Yu almost screamed.
"NO, not that!" I scolded him for immediately jumping to that conclusion. Yu smiled.
"Good-- you scared me for a second." I laughed and patted his arm.
"Kiro, Romeo was kidding-- there's still a lot of cookies!" Strify ran in with a big bowl in his arms. I giggled when I saw him curl up in the love-seat across from Yu and I, holding his beloved cookie bowl to his chest like it was his child.
"What's so funny?" Strify pouted, a cookie half-way into his mouth.
"You're such a child, Strify." I smiled at him. He laughed and stuck his tongue out at me before eating his cookie.
"And such a mean one at that. Strify, you kept my Kiro away from me all night." Yu continued his joke, wrapping his arms around my shoulders. Strify smiled.
"Too bad, Yu. Kiro is mine-- he was just begging me to take him from you." Strify played along, shoving another cookie into his mouth. I rolled my eyes.
"I don't belong to either of you. I belong to Shin. Shin's my buddy, Shin's my pal, Shin's my boyfriend!" I laughed, extending my hand to the door as Shin walked in on queue.
Shin lingered awkwardly in the doorway, his eyes wide and nervous.
"Why is everyone staring at me?" He asked, folding his arms shyly. I giggled and waved him over to sit next to me.
"Hey, Kiro." He said, plopping down next to me, planting a kiss on my cheek. I giggled.
"Good morning, Shin." I replied and I looked over at Strify who was dangling a cookie from across the room, asking me silently if I wanted it. I smiled and he threw it over. Strify stifled a giggle and applauded when I caught it in my teeth.
"Good catch, puppy." Shin joked, patting my hair. I smiled and chewed quietly.
"Shin, you are Kiro's boyfriend, I hear." Strify asked as he set down his cookies on the coffee table, grinning over at Shin. I smiled at Shin sweetly, holding his hand. Shin rolled his eyes, smiling.
"Yes, we are so much in love." He replied. I laughed and kissed his cheek.
"That's beautiful." Romeo teased as he walked into the room.
"Yes, isn't it?" Yu agreed, playing along.
"Ooh, Aimee will be angry." Strify laughed. I laughed along. Aimee is Shin's girlfriend.
"I'm sorry, Kiro. It was never meant to be with us." Shin said, trying to keep a straight face over his smile. I giggled and played along.
"It's okay. I forgive you." I said, frowning. I hugged him softly. "I'll just have to find some other entertainment around here." I teased, turning to Yu.
"No, nein. Nothing here." Yu raised his hands in surrender. I frowned and looked over at Strify with a hopeful look. He raised his eyebrow suggestively and blew a kiss with a playful wink. I placed my hands over my heart and closed my eyes.
"So, Romeo?" I smiled, turning quickly to him.
Strify gasped.
"Yu, go comfort our sad, sad singer." Shin said, patting Yu's shoulder.
Romeo shook his head at me, frowning, placing his hands over his heart like me. "I'm so sorry, Kiro." He said. I pretended to cry and nuzzled my cheek on Shin's chest.
"Kiro needs comfort, I will help!" Strify exclaimed happily, running over and hugging my back. I started laughing hysterically and fell to my side, Strify now hugging my waist.
"Thanks-- for-- the comfort, Strify." I said in gasps between laughter.
"Feel better now?" He asked. I nodded, grinning.
"Good. Now-- I want to go shopping. Kiro, come with me-- it's your turn today." Strify straightened up, leaving my waist. I smiled when I realized that I was going shopping.
"Okay," I said. I sat up quickly and bumped into Yu. I mumbled an apology before I ran to my bedroom.
I pulled off my t-shirt and pants and went searching for clothes to wear.
"AHH! I didn't know you were changing. I'm sorry!" Strify screamed. I turned to see him shielding his eyes before my door slammed shut. I laughed and shook my head.
I pulled on a black undershirt with a white halter over it. I picked out some skinny jeans and shoved my cellphone and iPod into my pockets.
I heard a light knock on my door. "Come in." I called as I opened my makeup pack.
"Are you ready?" Strify asked. I saw him through the mirror and he was already dressed and ready to go.
"Just two more minutes." I said, gesturing with two fingers. Strify chuckled and plopped down onto my bed.
I put on eyeliner and eyeshadow, and finished up with my mascara. I clicked my makeup pack closed and turned to Strify.
"You wear too much makeup sometimes." Strify giggled. I rolled my eyes.
"Alright, let's go." I said, pulling him by the hand out of my bedroom.
"Bye, everyone!" I called out before I closed the door behind me.
Our house wasn't far from the local mall so Strify wanted to walk.
"I forgot my sunglasses." I whined, shielding my eyes from the sun which glared down at me.
"You'd wear sunglasses after all that stuff you put on your eyes?" Strify said. I nodded and smiled. He laughed.
We arrived at the mall and Strify led the way to H&M immediately. I was dragged around from jackets to key chains until I realized I was hungry.
"Strify, let's go to the food court." I suggested (more like demanded). Strify looked at me with sad, puppy-dog eyes as he held a key chain. I looked at it and it had the shape of a dog. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm hungry. Buy whatever and let's go." I whined. Strify smiled and took that doggy key chain and headed to the cash register. I laughed lightly to myself, watching how happy he became the second he paid. "Are you so addicted to shopping that you actually get a thrill from paying?" I said. Strify laughed and nodded. "Alright, right now, the biggest thrill for me is food. Let's go before I drop dead." I said, grabbing his hand and speed-walked through the mall.
"Kiro, slow down." Strify argued after a few minutes. A McDonald's caught my eye in the distance and I let go of Strify and was dead in my tracks, staring at it happily.
"Kiro?... Kiiro.... Kiro!!" Strify whined, waving a hand in my face. I looked at him. "We were here last week and you act like you've been on a desert island for a year." Strify said. I frowned.
"Let's eat. I'm hungry." I said, hurrying over to the wonderland of food.
Strify wanted to pay for both of us, I suppose it's because he's scared that I might force him to go home any second, so he's shopping in any way he can. But, that's just my opinion.
"Aooaahh." I made the heavenly opera sound as I opened my burger box.
"You overreact to food." Strify commented, eating a fry.
"You overreact to cookies." I snapped back before I took a bite of my Big Mac. Strify smiled.
After I finished my burger I started on my fries and I noticed Strify laughing quietly. I looked across the table we sat at to see him covering his grin, his shoulders shaking slightly.
"What?" I said. He laughed and he stretched his arm out and wiped my entire cheek with the pad of his thumb. I looked at his thumb and a huge clump of Mac sauce sat on it. I blushed at how much of a pig I am when I eat.
Strify chuckled and licked the sauce off his thumb before wiping it clean on a napkin. I felt my cheeks burn. I'm praying he doesn't notice.
"Strify!" I heard a girl scream and Strify turned to see two teenage girls standing 3 feet away from our table. I assume he smiled and they smiled back.
"Can we get your autographs?" One girl asked, looking at both of us. I smiled and stood up, walking towards them. She smiled and held out a notebook to me with a pen. I signed my name and then handed it to Strify. "And a photo, too?" The girl asked timidly, holding a camera. I chuckled.
"Sure." I replied and the girl smiled and stood to my left, giving her friend the camera. I felt Strify's chest up against my back and his breath blowing down my neck. I took a deep breath and smiled at the camera. The other girl took her turn to take a picture with Strify and I and then they thanked us and left.
"It's funny to be noticed in a random place." Strify said to me. I laughed.
"It's a mall on a Saturday, at 1 'o' clock, in July." I said. Strify smiled and playfully slapped my shoulder.