Hunny wouldn't let her grieve after that. True to his nature he, in his child-like innocence, soon moved on to something else. That something else happened to be dragging Linda out the door and to a crowded place where she couldn't show being sad; Disney World. Linda had never been to a Disney World, so while she was still being the adult and trying to sort her feelings she was also a little excited.
"This is where all your troubles disappear!" Hunny shouted at the top of his lungs as he threw his hands up in the air.
Linda scoffed and mumbled under her breath, "If only I were still able to retain that quality I had when I was ten."
Hunny heard every word and smirked before pulling her toward the entrance. He purchased two all-day passes as well as some passes to attractions that cost extra. Then, completely in character, he bounced around between rides, food, and jumping on Linda's back for piggy-back rides. The girl found herself having a good time and realized that the place did make all of your troubles disappear, if only for a short time.
After giving into his big, sad eyes again, Linda finally won a stuffed rabbit for her senpai. He danced around in on a sugar high while being taped by various cameras. She heard various girls commenting on how cute the little boy was and how hot he'd be when he reached puberty. If only they knew, then again the Internet probably had pictures of every elite in the world somewhere, so it was a possibility there were websites devoted to Hunny.
"Ne, Natalia, are you feeling better now?" The teen asked as he wrapped his hand around hers and led her back to the parking lot after the park was ready to close.
"No, but I think I will be, thanks to you senpai." She bowed toward her senior and smiled to which he smiled back.
/GG/
Kasanoda was waiting at Hunny's house when they returned from Disney Land. He nodded toward Hunny and escorted his cousin to the Mercedes for the short ride home.
"What did you find to do with him? He seems so young that I wondered if you two were able to find common ground to even talk about." Ritsu asked as they turned onto the freeway.
"He may look and act like a child Ritsu, but he has the heart of a man." She answered with a yawn. "I think I am going to call my parents and discuss returning to Colombia."
Ritsu looked up with a start. "You don't like it here?"
She sighed softly. "That's not it, I just don't think I can learn here anymore. It's fine speaking slowly, but I have yet to grasp your language well enough to compete."
"We can send you to an international school."
This caused her to laugh. "What makes you think I know any sort of English?"
What she said was true, the international schools taught in English and no other language. It was actually harder to get your student into an international school than Ouran because not only was money required but fluent English skills as well.
"Do you think it's safe for you to return to Colombia?"
Linda pondered that for a moment then shook her head. "Probably not, but being a minor I can qualify for a visa and stay somewhere else with another family member. My mom has a brother who works for the Los Angeles Police Department, so maybe I could move to America."
"What about your new friend?"
"Who? Mitsukuni?" She asked and he nodded. "I don't think you'll have to worry about him. He's happy in his own little world of sugar and rabbits. If he wants to keep in touch there's this great tool called a phone." She said with a smarmy tone. "Besides, he reminds me too much of Junpei and I don't think I could move on if I had him running around like a cat on catnip."
The communal silence the ensued following their conversation was neither comfortable nor uncomfortable. Kasanoda didn't want to discuss the cousin he never would get a chance to meet. No one had told him that such an occurrence had happened. Then again, he lived in the yakuza world, so he should have expected something, anything to happen to his family.
/GG/
Hunny pranced around his house with Takashi in tow. Satoshi was following Takashi and complaining that Yasuchika needed to come and bond with the three of them. The younger Haninozuka was nowhere to be found.
After raiding the refrigerator of any and all sugar coated carbohydrates, Hunny sat with his cousins and told them about his weekend.
"Then I taught her to spar, which is good because she will go home one day and need to learn to defend herself if the bad people come back. I didn't know at the time how good an idea sparing was but it makes me feel much better knowing she might be able to defend herself. After that we fell asleep and woke up at midnight to have a midnight snack; she wasn't happy but she came with me and Usa-chan anyway. When the morning came she made chocolate chip pancakes in the shape of bunny rabbits. I put whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on mine. Natalia told me I was going to get a cavity again so I brushed my teeth." He rambled on.
"Who is Natalia?" Satoshi asked. "I thought that Linda person was with you all weekend."
"That's the name she told me I could call her. I think her brother called her that and she likened me to him. It's really sad he died." Hunny hung his head for a moment and then turned toward Takashi with a smile. "I don't like that he died, but I never would have met Natalia had he not so even though I am sad for her loss I am happy for my gain."
Takashi took a deep breath. That was how the world worked; someone's loss was another one's gain.
Hunny continued with cake frosting all over his face.
"We went swimming in the pool, she'd never been swimming before so she was nervous about getting into the water so I pushed her in and threw her my inner tube. She didn't catch it though and I had to jump in and save her. When she found out she could touch the bottom of the pool I think she was really embarrassed because she turned red which was hard to see with her darker skin, but I saw it anyway."
That was how the night progressed at the Haninozuka house.
