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Chapter Seven
-Testing the Waters-
Toshiro lay on his bed, staring up at the ceiling with Akito doing the same beside him. "So…how badly do you wanna fuck my sister?"
"Really badly." Akito replied honestly. "And she does nothing but encourage my want. But," he sighed and looked over at the redhead. "I want things to be different with her, so I'm trying to control myself. Plus you'll kick my ass, and I rather like my face the way it is." He smirked slightly.
The redhead nodded. "Yeah I will. See, unlike Kyo, I don't trust you not to do anything with her. But how messed up is it that the only thing hindering her from you…is yourself." He laughed aloud.
"Shut up." The ebony haired boy said, looking back up at the ceiling. "All I have to do is get her to like me as Akito more than she does Darkfalcon, and problem solved."
Toshiro continued to laugh. "Don't be so sure of that my friend."
Suddenly the door opened and an elder redhead walked in, scowling at the sight. "Don't you ever go home?"
"Nope." Akito replied, not even looking up.
Gaara's gaze turned to a glare, but then shifted to Toshiro. "Your mother wants to have 'family fun', but I just wanna mess around with her. So we're going to that new water park. And you can bring your boyfriend." He gestured to Akito before walking out to inform his daughters.
"If we were boyfriends, I'd be on top." Akito stated, not even fazed by the comment.
"Yeah…probably." Toshiro sighed.
They continued to lay there, though Akito's thoughts had wandered into dangerous territory. He began to think of Natsumi. She would be going to the water park with them. Meaning she'd be in a swimsuit. A revealing swimsuit. And so would he. Akito smirked at that last thought. He knew of her weakness to his bare chest, in real life and online. Skin on skin contact, both of them wet and hot…it was going to be amazing.
Not letting those thoughts continue, as his body was beginning to react to the images in his head, he got up. "We should probably get ready." He said, going over to his friend's dresser and opening a drawer filled with his own clothes that he kept there. He pulled out his swimsuit then, proceeding to change into it.
"Alright, alright." Toshiro got up as well and the two changed and pulled on t-shirts and other miscellaneous items they would need such as sun glasses, towels, and flip-flops.
The door opened once more and Natsumi poked her head in, a pair of large sunglasses on top of her head. "Hurry up. We're going to pick up Minako on the way there." She said in a commanding tone before leaving the two.
The redhead simply grimaced and looked back at Akito. "How can you like her? She's so bossy." He sighed, hanging his towel over his shoulder just as they both heard Akito's phone vibrate from the side table. The looked at one another for a second and then each sprinted for the table, wrestling over the phone before Toshiro kicked Akito in the face to make him release his hold. "Oh ho ho! It's from Natty. 'Hey, smiley face, good morning. I missed you last night. Some craaaaaaaaaaaaazy stuff happened. My poor friend was harassed and I had to sleep all by myself. Wish you could have joined me." He read aloud in a mimicking voice.
"Gimme the phone you big douche." Akito growled, snatching it from Toshiro's hands. He read the text himself, and then replied.
I missed you too. I was stuck spending the night at my friend's house again. Honestly, I would have much rather slept with you in my arms than some snoring idiot lying right next to me.
He pressed send before looking to his friend. "You are such a child sometimes, you know that?" he asked, walking from the room to go downstairs.
"Says the guy who's losing to a cyber-boyfriend." Toshiro snickered, following him down and stopping near the front where Natsumi, Satomi, and Kyo were waiting, all in their swimwear. Kyo had his swim trunks on and a t-shirt as well, and Satomi and Natsumi had on shorts and tank tops over their own, hiding the prizes that were in store.
Natsumi was typing on her phone, a smile on her face for reasons only Akito knew. Seeing her smile, and knowing that he had caused it, only made a smile appear on his own face, albeit a small one.
"Are you guys ready to have some fun in the sun?" Kyo asked with a smile, making a weird surfing action as he spoke.
"Shut up blondie." Gaara said, walking out from one of the halls with Sakura, his pink haired bride, behind him. "Let's go."
"Gaara, let the kids have their fun." Sakura chided, linking her arm with his as the entire group left the house.
Somehow, they all managed to pile into the back seats of the family's SUV, and after picking up Minako, were on their way to the water park. Akito, Toshiro, and Kyo all sat on the back seat, having to share their laps with the girls who were forced to sit on them the entire ride. Satomi leaned over to Minako, who was sitting on Toshiro's lap, since she was on Kyo's and Natsumi was on Akito's, and actually smiled. "I'm kind of excited."
"Me too." The ebony haired girl said with a smile. "I haven't been to a water park in forever."
"I just have a secret fetish for showing off my swimsuit to people I don't know." The pink haired twin snickered.
Natsumi laughed and nodded. "I finally get to wear my new one."
"I get to see Satomi in a swimsuit." Kyo smiled happily, his hold around her waist tightening a bit. "All day."
She looked down at him and a small smile tugged at the edge of her lips for only a second. "Try not to get too excited."
Kyo simply smiled even more brightly at her, and Akito rolled his eyes. He was such a freak. Though, he could see the excitement, for Akito was excited to see Natsumi's new swimsuit. He was sure it would be revealing, and if he could get her to hang out with him all day, he was sure he could get her to like him even more. "We should go on all of the rides." He said, resting his chin on Natsumi's shoulder as he spoke to everyone else. "I hear they're all pretty awesome."
"Definitely." Toshiro nodded, his gaze locking on their contact for only a moment before shifting elsewhere. This would definitely take some getting used to.
"I've got a question." Gaara cleared his throat from the front seat, his jade gaze looking back at them all from the rearview mirror. "Why the hell are you fondling my daughter Uchiha? You're awfully touchy back there."
Akito looked up and locked gazes with the elder redhead through the glass. "I'm sorry sir, is my chin being on Natsumi's shoulder bothering you?" he asked. "Because I can move it."
"I'm curious too." Satomi piped up. "It's kinda weird."
"Yeah." Gaara said lowly. "Did you two start dating or something?"
Natsumi went white eyed, a dark blush spreading across her cheeks. "What, no! We're not dating. We're just…uh…I dunno."
"If I decided to date her, would you object?" Akito asked Gaara curiously, not even paying attention to everyone else's reactions in the car, though they were pretty much all looking at him like he had grown a second head. To this the ebony haired boy had to keep from smirking.
There was a long silence for a while, and it became straining on everyone. "Eh…" the elder redhead sighed, focusing his gaze back on the road. "Probably not. At least you don't sneak around like that stupid blondie." He jabbed.
Kyo gasped, his eyes wide in slight fear. "What are you talking about sir? I don't sneak." He said, trying to sound innocent.
"Please." Gaara scoffed. "You think I don't know what you do every time you're in my house freak. I know you and Satomi get all freaky deaky in your sex and then you think because you crash in Natsumi's room that I was fooled that you two didn't do anything. I'm not a moron."
Everyone in the car was dead silent then and for the first time, a cherry red blush covered the elder twin's face.
"WHAT?" Natsumi and Toshiro screamed in unison.
Kyo shrugged, actually looking a bit sheepish as a blush came to his face as well. "Well…why else would I wear all those costumes to school?" he asked. "It was really so that I could gauge Satomi's reaction to what I was going to be later on that night."
Akito's eyes widened at the news. "You guys role play?" he asked, smirking. "Kinky."
Natsumi glared at her friend, rage coursing through her, though she remained quiet, turning her body and looking out the window. Toshiro kept a hateful gaze on the artist, not moving from invading his facial space. Gaara just shook his head and sighed, "Can't believe you people didn't know."
"That's…just…" Minako said, unable to really find words for one in her life. "Weird."
Sakura glanced back at her children, before looking at her husband. "Why didn't you tell me when you found out?"
"Because he's a good student and I would rather them do it under our roof than in some rat ass motel or God knows where else. Besides you would have freaked out and I didn't want to deal with that." He sighed, pulling into the parking lot of the park. "Now just relax, enjoy our wonderful day together and let the kids go get their thrills from the rides."
The elder woman huffed up and crossed her arms angrily. "Gaara, I-"
"We can go on the tunnel of love." He said, glancing over as he parked. There was a devious smile on his face.
Her eyes narrowed as she contemplated his words, though it didn't take long. "Fine. But I want to talk about this later." She turned and pointed at Satomi. "With you, young lady." She said, before getting out of the car.
They all got out, and Gaara leaned over his eldest daughter, patting her on the head. "Don't worry. I'll handle this." He gave her a small smile. "Just don't get pregnant, or I'm disowning you."
"Got it." She said, giving him a thumbs up.
The group headed towards the gate then with Gaara and Sakura in the front, Toshiro hovering over Kyo, his aura far from friendly. Natsumi's wasn't too different though, she was away from everyone with her phone in her hands. She frowned, staring at the text and finally finding the words to type.
I feel used…
She sighed and hit the send button, needing reassurance from the one person she could truly count on. Darkfalcon.
Akito felt his phone vibrate, and took it out, his eyes widening slightly when he saw who the text was from. Opening it, he frowned at the message inside. She felt used? Because Kyo had been sleeping with her sister every time he came over? He understood her thinking, but more than likely that had not been the blonde's intention, as he seemed incapable of hurting someone on purpose. But, he had to make sure that he didn't know what was going on, and so replied:
Why? What's wrong?
Once it was sent he continued to follow the group towards the entrance, trying to act as nonchalant as possible. They didn't have to wait in line, since of course everything had a preferred line for the more exclusive guests with money. As they were going through the gates his phone vibrated once more.
I just found out my best guy friend has been sleeping with my sister…neither of them even told me. It's not like I disapprove or anything, but he would always hang out with her and then come sleep with me at night when he was over and I just…I don't know. I feel so betrayed.
He sighed minutely and glanced back at Natsumi's downcast face before returning her text.
Well…maybe you should try talking to him about it? Or your sister. I don't have any siblings, so I'm not too good at this kind of thing, but that's what I think. They should know that you're upset they didn't tell you.
He pressed send and glanced up, noticing that they were now making their way to some lounge chairs where they could keep their things. Gaara and Sakura placed their things down, the man taking his shades and putting them on as he sat down under the shade of the umbrellas. "Now all of you go away. I wanna relax."
Natsumi sighed and read her text message, the words not all that reassuring as she had thought. How could she expect him to help, he had no idea what was going on. Oh well. She opened up her phone and sent the final text before sliding it in her bag and placing it under the chair her mother was on.
She gripped the hem of her tank top and pulled it off, revealing her black string bikini. Akito's gaze zeroed in on her, and his eyes widened as he felt a stir in his lower regions. Damn she was so hot. So unbelievably hot that it upset him that she didn't have as much self confidence with guys as she should. Or rather, as much confidence with him as she should. As he was about to set his phone down, it vibrated, so he opened the text he assumed would be his last from Natsumi for a while.
Yeah I guess…thanks. Well, I'm at a water park with my family and stuff, so I won't be able to txt you until we're on our way home. So I'll talk to you later. I'd rather call though, I miss hearing your voice. Talk to you later.
He responded to her text, telling her to call him when she was free, before putting his phone down on one of the chairs. Then he grasped the hem of his shirt and pulled it off, tossing it onto his phone and turning back to the group and seeing that they were all down to their swimsuits as well. "You guys ready?" he asked, placing his hands on his hips.
Satomi nodded, actually appearing excited. "Let hit the big ones first." She declared, already heading off towards the bigger slides with Kyo close behind. Toshiro was after them, his glare still set on Kyo.
"I don't want you sitting in his lap Satomi!" he called after them, making Gaara and Sakura both laugh and feel more at ease.
"Wait for me!" Minako called, running after the redhead.
Akito followed behind Natsumi as she trailed after the group. Not liking her downcast demeanor, he walked up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, are you okay?" he asked, letting his concern show. Now it was time to be more useful than he had as darkfalcon.
She glanced up at him, for the first time not becoming awkward with his touch or his attention. "I don't know…" she admitted, stopping and staring down at the ground as the others went on ahead.
He reached out and gently grasped her chin, tilting her head up. "What is it?" he asked, tracing his thumb along her jaw in what was meant to be a soothing gesture.
"I can't believe I didn't know…they didn't even tell me." She said softly, trying not to get too emotional in front of him, though he could see the tears swelling in her eyes.
"Maybe they didn't know how." He said softly, reaching up with his free hand and wiping away a stray tear. "Or maybe your sister was embarrassed and told Kyo not to tell you. Either way…I know for a fact they didn't mean to hurt you so badly by their actions."
She shook her head and looked down. "But I did…I mean…I can't even talk to anyone about it. Minako doesn't know how to handle drama, the two people I would go to are the ones that have done it. I tried talking to my friend, but he's no help because he doesn't know what's going on. I just don't know what to do."
"So you're upset that they didn't tell you, not because of what they're doing?" Akito asked, wanting to get clarification. "Or is it because you feel that Kyo may have used his friendship with you to get to your sister?"
"Well of course he did!" she yelled in his face, going wide eyed, covering her mouth with her hands. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay." Akito just gave her a small smile, not upset in the least. Her showing him this side of her was a good sign. "Natsumi, I may not know Kyo as well as you do, but he doesn't strike me as the type of person to do that. Not only is he super nice to everyone, but he's honest in his intentions. Just think about it. Because knowing you and Satomi the way I do, if she even suspected he was doing that, she would have killed him. With her bare hands. The two of you are very protective of one another, even Toshiro." He cupped her cheek and wiped away another tear that was beginning to fall.
Natsumi shook her head, "You don't understand." She sighed. "You don't know what it feels like to feel alone. This sucks. I hate when people keep secrets from me. It just makes them liars."
He gave her a somewhat sad smile. "I know more about feeling alone than you think." He stroked her cheek with his thumb. "I don't really have anyone to talk to about all of my problems. There's even things I keep from Toshiro." He admitted. Then he dropped his hands before taking one of hers in his own, his expression lifting. "Come on. I don't like seeing you sad. If you want you and I can hang out all day, just the two of us. I'll spend the whole time trying to make you feel better."
She looked up at him, searching his gaze before a small smile came to her own features. "Ok…but I get to be in front!" she cheered, releasing his hand and running off, finally laughing.
Akito smiled and ran after her, a laugh actually escaping him at the carefree feeling coursing through his body. He followed her up one of the staircases to a slide, and stood behind her in the line. "So does that mean I can wrap my arms around you and hold you tight?" he asked, the smile still adorning his face.
"Only if you're good and don't make a boob grab." She snickered, holding her hands up and making the motion of squeezing imaginary breasts.
"Aw, come on." He pouted, quite adorably. "That's no fun Natty."
Natsumi blinked and looked back at him, somewhat surprised. "Wow…you haven't called me Natty since we were little."
His brow furrowed slightly at her comment. She was right, it had been a long time since he'd said that. He hadn't even meant to, it just slipped out. "Yeah…but it's kinda nice." He smiled once more.
"Is that so Akki?" she smirked, moving up the steps as the line progressed.
Akito moved up with her, smirking as well. "It is so, Natty." He said, making it so that he was standing on the same step as her and looking down into her face. "Reminds me of why you began to call me Akki in the first place."
She raised a delicate brow at him. "Oh really? And why was that again?"
"Because you couldn't pronounce your Ts, and Satomi could, and you hated it. So you invented that nickname for me so that you sounded like a big girl." His smirk widened at the blush on her face.
"That's so not true!" she protested, "If that were true then how come I could call Satomi Tomi?" she replied smugly.
Akito let out a low laugh, leaning closer to her. "You didn't at the time. You called her Mimi. Such a clever little girl you were to work around the rules."
Her blush only grew and turned a shade darker. "I…" she stuttered, trying to grasp a retort but nothing came to mind. "Whatever." She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Don't be upset Natty, I'm giving you a compliment." He said, ruffling her hair as he moved past her and up a few steps.
"A mean compliment." She grumbled out, following after him.
He looked down at her. "But a compliment just the same." He gave her a lopsided grin. "Besides, it made that adorable blush come to your face." he reached out and lightly stroked her cheek with his thumb.
Natsumi batted it away, looking like a huffy kitten. "You're such a bad person Akito. I liked you better when you weren't so manipulative."
"I am not manipulative." He scoffed. At the look he received he sighed. "Okay, fine, I am. But how am I manipulating you?"
"What are you talking about? You do it all the time. I don't even think you realize you do it." She sighed, leaning back against the railing and keeping her gaze locked on his own. "You say what you need to say in order to get what you want. Whether it is me blushing, or a teacher to do something for you, or even getting some idiot bimbo who thinks she's so hard to get to sleep with you. It's always about you, I mean since we were in elementary school have you ever done anything that did not benefit you?"
Akito just stared at her for a few moments, looking almost baffled. When he finally closed his mouth, he looked off and frowned. "Well…not that I can think of at the moment." He admitted, almost sounding ashamed of the fact. Though it was really only because it was Natsumi who had told him about it.
She watched him for a while, glancing up since the line had moved. She reached forward and took his hand and pulled him up with her, since the people behind them were starting to get agitated. "Look, I didn't mean to offend you or anything." Natsumi said, stopping at the top and looking back up at him. "You're fine how you are. You shouldn't change yourself unless you truly want to."
He looked into her eyes then, his own swimming with unknown emotions. "I don't know how to change, is the problem." He said softly. "Being this way…manipulating others to my benefit is the only way I know how to act to ensure that I don't wind up disappointed in the end."
"That's stupid." She smiled, looking off and over at the other rides since they were now high up. "And exactly what I'm talking about. All you care about is yourself. That statement there is enough to show you. So that you won't end up disappointed. Haven't you ever wondered why you're so unhappy with your life?" she asked, glancing back at him before going forward, since they were next.
She stopped in front of the life guard who was a tall blonde and was obviously interested since he lit up when she came forward. "Well little thing are you going all by yourself?" he asked, handing her the next tube.
"Nope." Natsumi beamed, looking back at Akito who came up behind her. "I got me a pervert, so no worries here." She snickered.
Akito smirked, wrapping his arm around her waist in a possessive manner. "Yup." He said. "So you don't need to worry about her."
"Here you go." She said, pushing the large inflated tube to Akito. "Let's get in! I'm excited to ride!" she cheered, hurrying over to the slide. The life guard blinked and looked at Akito.
"Does she even know how suggestive she sounds?"
"Trust me. Not a clue." He sighed, following after the pink parade. He placed the tube down at the entrance to the slide and got in, holding it in place with his weight as Natsumi climbed in and sat in his lap, situating herself between his legs.
She clapped her hands together and leaned back, resting against Akito. She looked up at him and smiled. "Ready whenever you are."
He smiled back at her, though it was difficult, because he was currently trying not to physically react to her touch, or the perfect view of her cleavage he got by looking over her shoulders. "Alright." he said, moving them forward a bit. Just as he was about to push off the edge, they heard a loud, shrill scream echo from one of the other rides.
Natsumi blinked and looked around, wondering if the noise had come from somewhere near. "What was that?" she asked. The lifeguard beside them looked over to one of the other towers and laughed.
"Just some pansy from one of the other slides." He told them. "Loudest scream I've ever heard."
Akito shook his head, before pushing off the slide and wrapping his arms around Natsumi's waist to hold her close as they shot down the slide. She let out a loud yell, though it was followed with a laugh, both of them moving with the turns in attempt to go faster. Finally, they shot out and hit the water pool at the bottom and skipped before tipping over and falling into the water.
Natsumi burst from the water first, standing so it was only just above her waist, and laughed even more as she moved some of her wet hair from her eyes. "That was awesome!" she cheered, throwing her hands in the air.
Akito stood from the water as well, and shook the water from his hair. "Yeah." He said, looking over at her. His eyes widened when he saw her wet form, and he idly watch a large drop of water beginning to slide from her collar, over the swell of her left breast, and disappear into her swimsuit. Great, now it was going to be even harder for him to control himself. He shook his head and began to head towards the edge of the pool. "Come on, let's go on another one."
"Yes!" she cheered, grabbing the tube and heading after him. She handed it to the lifeguard at the bottom and stepped up from the water, jumping up onto Akito's back before he could turn around. "Onward man slave!" she ordered, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and pressing against him as she pointed forward. "I want to ride as many as I can!"
He stiffened slightly at the feel and put his hands under her thighs to hold her up. "Man slave?" he asked, looking at her over his shoulder as he headed towards the line for the half-pipe. "Since when did I become your man slave?"
Natsumi leaned forward so she could whisper into his ear, her lips brushing against his lobe. "Since I said so, that's when." She smirked, her voice dark and unbelievably alluring. "You got a problem with it?" she asked, smoothing her hands across his chest slowly, feeling lower and enjoying the top of his abs.
He glanced down at her hands as a shiver went through his body, before looking back at her. "Not particularly." he said.
"Good." she beamed, returning to her perky demeanor.
They spent the rest of the day together, making sure to go on every ride. Periodically throughout the day they could hear that same person scream, and it was always with the same frequency and pitch as the first. Whoever it was, they had a strong set of lungs. Eventually, once they had ridden everything, Akito and Natsumi made their way to the lazy river, their hands linked, as they had been for most of the day. "So, did my plan to cheer you up work?" Akito asked, looking over at her.
The pink haired girl looked up at him, a small smile gracing her features. "Possibly." She told him, releasing his hand and running over to one of the entrances and picking up a fairly large raft. "Come on." She laughed, waiting for him to catch up before getting into the river and sitting upon the raft. He got up as well and sat beside her.
"You know," Akito gave her a mischievous look as they floated with the current. "I don't think this is big enough for the both of us. You should sit in my lap."
Natsumi arched a delicate brow and glanced down to his lap before looking back up at him. "Should I now? If it's too cramped for you, you could always swim." She snickered.
He shook his head. "Nah, I wouldn't want to do that. I am a gentleman when I want to be you know." He smirked. "Besides, think of how much more room there would be to move around if you were on top of me."
"I think the party in your pants would turn to a celebration if that were to happen." She smirked, looking off and giving him a small shove.
"Oh whatever." He shoved her back, smiling now. "I can control myself."
She pushed him once more, only this time a bit more aggressively. "I highly doubt it."
He pushed her even harder than she had him, causing her to sway closer to the edge of the raft. "I bet if we tested it I could prove you wrong." He said.
"Oh?" she laughed, grabbing him and beginning to attempt to push him off. "And what were you planning on using as your excuse? 'Ops, sorry my dick slipped'?"
"Language like that is only going to turn me on you know." He said, retaliating against her attempts. "Besides, I would have found a way to blame it on you."
She gasped, struggling a bit more and twisting in order to shove him off without dragging her down with him. "And how exactly would you do that?"
"I dunno. I could blame it on you if I happened to make you wriggle the right way." He snickered.
Natsumi glared at him and moved finally, their tussle becoming completely physical. "It would never be my fault in any kind of sense!" she huffed, both of them flailing around until Akito fell back and Natsumi landed on top of him, staring down into his green eyes. A dark blush spread across her face as she felt the hard curves of his chest pressed against her and the wetness between their bodies.
Akito stared up into her bright jade eyes, completely entranced. It didn't help that she was blushing, something that only added to her appeal. He slowly lifted his hand, brushing some of her bangs from her face with the tips of his fingers before cupping her cheek, his other arm wrapping around her waist to hold her against him, making his intent obvious.
She swallowed hard, her nervousness apparent in the fear swimming in her eyes. But she pushed it aside, she was about to kiss Uchiha Akito. The fixation of her being since she was in grade school. All thoughts of her darkfalcon were gone and locked away somewhere in the back of her mind as she leaned down, allowing his guidance to his lips. She rested her forehead against his, and when she could feel his breath mix with her own, she closed her eyes and tried not to freak out like she was in her head.
"UCHIHA AKITO!" they both heard yelled. "You better get your hands off of my sister wherever you are!"
Akito's eyes widened as he was snapped out of the trance he had been in. He sat up suddenly, not noticing that the action had pushed Natsumi off of him and into the river. "I'm not doing anything I swear! She came onto me!" he yelled, looking around for Toshiro, who was the owner of the voice.
"I will find you! If you have deflowered my beautiful innocent sister, I will murder you in cold blood! Do you understand me?"
Natsumi resurfaced then, taking a large and needed breath. "What happened?" she asked, shaking the water from her head and brushing her wet hair from her face.
"Natsumi, your untouched ass better be back with mom and dad in the next five minutes or I'll…I'll…I'll castrate Kyo!" The pink haired girl blinked and looked around at the intercoms, only hearing a commotion.
"Not my jewels!"
"No! I need those!" a female voice said, sounding horrified.
"HEY! Back away you disgusting heathens! I must protect the only innocent little sister I have left."
"What are you kids doing in here? Get out before I call your parents!"
"Crap! Natsumi! You better be a virgin! Five minutes I better see you!"
Natsumi stared at the noise source and then looked to Akito, extremely confused. "What the hell?"
He sighed and got off the raft, making his way over to her. "Toshiro." Was all he said by explanation. He gently grasped her hand beneath the water. "Come on, let's go meet up with him before he does something else stupid." he said, leading her towards one of the sets of stairs from the river.
They got out of the water, tossing the raft in the bin next to the exit and began to head back where her parents were last seen. But now there was an awkwardness between the two. Natsumi glanced over at him before quickly looking away, unable to get the vivid memory from her head. "So…" she tried off, trying to control the expression of her face and force the blush to stay down.
"I'm going to kiss you eventually." He declared, still leading them towards where their things were located. He looked at her then. "So be ready for it." the corner of his lip lifted in a small smile.
"Then why don't you just do it now?" she asked, though she didn't know if her poor overworked heart would be able to handle it any longer.
"The mood isn't right anymore, and we don't have enough time for the kind of kiss I'm going to give you." He told her.
Natsumi blinked and faced forward. "Oh." She replied brilliantly, keeping reign on her emotions that were about to go wild. As they got closer to their destination, she pulled her hand from his, not wanting to hear any grief from her brother upon their arrival. Which, of course, the second they were in eyesight the temperamental redhead was all up in Akito's face.
"How dare you take my sister off alone, you devious innocence snatcher. I don't give a damn what you do to other girls, but you will not lay a hand on my pure little sister. She is too innocent to realize your terrible games and hints and…and!" He pointed his finger in his best friend's face. "I'm watching you." He warned, not backing down.
Akito didn't even appear phased. "Dude, you really need to chill out." He said. "Natty was upset, and I was simply making her feel better. No inappropriate contact at all."
Toshiro's gaze narrowed. "Is that so?" he asked, leaning away, his dark jade gaze shifting to his sister, who went wide eyed. He moved closer to her, leaning down, their gazes locking. They stared at one another, Natsumi's stomach churning from the images of her and Akito kissing and her face began to turn a slight pink. "Ah hah!" the redhead snapped, getting back on Akito. "I knew it you liar!"
The Uchiha crossed his arms. "So me holding her while we went down the slides is inappropriate? Or giving her a piggy back ride?" he rolled his eyes, moving past the redhead towards his things. "Freak."
"You are kind of blowing this out of proportion." Kyo commented, his hand around Satomi's waist comfortably.
Toshiro looked over to the blonde and glared hatefully at him. He grabbed Satomi's wrist and pulled her away from him, keeping both his sister's by his side. "I am not blowing this out of proportion! You were sleeping with my sister and didn't even have the decency to ask permission to date her."
"I think you're freaking out a little too much." Gaara said as he walked pasted them, handing his daughters their phones and pushing them forward so they could leave.
Sakura huffed and followed after her husband, "Well I still think you should have told me that Satomi was sexually active. I didn't even get to have the talk with her." she whined.
"We had the talk mom. When I was fifteen. Remember?" the elder twin sighed, not even caring about what everyone else thought.
"…so." The elder pink haired woman muttered, crossing her arms and looking like a child.
Akito almost rolled his eyes as he followed them. So that was where Natsumi got her childishness from. How annoying. He glanced at his phone to see the time, and also noted that Natsumi hadn't texted him back yet. But that was okay, because she had said she would call him later. So he would just wait.
"Darling, I don't know why you're so unkempt about this." Gaara sighed, glancing back at his wife with a small smirk. "If I remember correctly, someone just had to be wearing her slutty, skanky underwear. You knew I was coming over sweetheart, and yet you answered the door as is. And I'm pretty sure you were fifteen at the time."
Toshiro went wide eyed. "Mother!"
Sakura glanced over at her son, a look of complete innocence on her face. One that had been seen on the twin's on numerous occasions. "What? I was trying to get your father to see me as a woman and just date me already." Then she smirked and looked at her husband. "It worked." She said, reaching out and wrapping her arm around his waist.
Gaara appeared pleased and glanced down at his wife. "They called the police from all the screaming."
Both twins went wide eyed as well and looked over at their parents. "Eh…" they glanced back at one another. "Freaks." They sighed and walked ahead.
They exited the park then, and as they were walking towards the Sabaku's SUV, Akito heard a small scream from inside the park. This reminded him of the screams that he and Natsumi had been hearing all day. "Hey, did you guys hear that person screaming?" he asked. "The one that happened like, every half hour or so."
Kyo snickered. "Oh yeah, we heard it. We even saw it."
Minako, who had been unusually quiet the entire time, blushed furiously and held her towel closer to herself as she glanced over at Toshiro. The redhead laughed and looked back at the Uchiha. "Yeah, that was Minako. Apparently she's afraid of heights. She screamed in my ear every time. I couldn't hear for like an hour. Just this loud ringing." He told them, moving his hands around his head.
"I'm really sorry." She said softly, her voice somewhat hoarse from the strain she had put on her throat with her screams.
"No worries." The redhead smiled. "It was pretty cute when you were scared."
Her blush darkened, but she didn't say anything more. They reached the car then, and all piled in, though this time, since Toshiro would not allow his friends to lay hands on his sisters, they had a new seating arrangement. Like on the way there, Minako sat in Toshiro's lap and they sat in the middle. Natsumi sat on her sister's on one side of him and Kyo was stuck sitting on Akito's on the other side. As they got on the highway towards home, Sakura turned in her seat to look back at them. "So did you kids have fun?" she asked, smiling kindly.
"I did." Toshiro smiled, looking up at Minako. "Mina was so adorable while she was screaming her lungs off."
Minako turned a dark red then. "Um…I had fun too." She said, though the whole time she was looking at Toshiro.
"I definitely had fun." Kyo smiled, before glaring at Toshiro. "Until psycho over here broke into the room with the speaker system controls in it."
"Yeah…I was having fun until then too." Akito said, glaring at the redhead as well.
Toshiro met their glares with one of his own. "Oh I'm sure you were, fornicators."
Satomi just rolled her eyes and stared out the window, not bothering to give any input. Natsumi looked to Akito and gave him a small smile before looking to her brother. "It's okay Toshiro, we didn't do anything. Really. If anything, I finally told Akito why he's so miserable with his life."
"I'm not miserable with my life." Akito stated, his gaze shifting to the pink haired girl.
"Is being unhappy any different?" she wondered.
"Who ever said that I was unhappy?" he raised a brow.
Kyo snorted. "Please, you're either unhappy or depressed. Something has to affect that negative aura you have." Akito glared up at the blonde before turning his head and looking out the window in a similar manner Satomi was doing.
Gaara sighed. "I just want you all to shut up." He ground out. The rest of the car ride was just that, no one really said anything and just kept to themselves. Finally, they arrived back at the house after dropping Minako off, and Gaara informed them that he didn't want anyone staying the night. So they all headed inside. Satomi headed upstairs without so much as a goodbye and went to her room to shower. Natsumi made her way to the kitchen, setting all her things down in the dining room table as she passed. Kyo just shrugged and went back out to his car, driving off seconds later.
Akito went up to Toshiro's room and grabbed his bag, saying goodbye to his friend before heading back down the stairs. He glanced towards the kitchen, but instead of walking in that direction he headed for the door. Shutting it behind him, he walked out to his car and popped the trunk, tossing his bag inside, along with his towel. Just as he was closing the trunk, he glanced at the house and saw Natsumi making her way towards him.
She stopped in front of him and searched his face, looking somewhat nervous. "I'm sorry my brother's such a psycho."
He shrugged. "I'm kind of used to it. Why else do you think I never hit on you when we were growing up?" he smiled slightly. "It was safer for me to just keep my thoughts to myself and keep other guys from approaching you."
This made her frown and she let out a sigh. "Yeah…" she said, obviously not believing that to be the truth. "Anyways…I just wanted to thank you for today. And for making me feel better. It really helped. So thanks." She nodded, a small smile tugging at her lips.
He smiled fully. "You're welcome Natty." He said. "I know it may not have seemed like it, but I initially was only thinking of you when we started to hang out together." He chuckled. "Until I got a better look at you that is."
Natsumi laughed and shook her head, moving closer to him and giving herself some elevation. She pressed her lips against his cheek and then pulled away. "Well thanks anyways. See you Monday." She waved, heading back towards her house and then closing the door behind her.
Akito let out a sigh, still smiling as her got in his car and drove away. Yes, things were working out for him pretty well. And later tonight, when she called him as crescentmoon, he would get to hear all about how great he'd made her feel.
Too bad he would be waiting for a call that never came.