A/N- To make it up to you all for the late updates, I'm gonna update a bunch of new chapters now!

Onto da story!

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MIKAYLA'S POV

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"This dance is just something I like to do!" Ms. Vargas said with delight as she lively hopped around the kitchen, stirring the food.

"But...we didn't get to finish our lunch yet or make gelato..." Kelsi said, looking as if she'd sob if she didn't get some food soon.

Kind of like Q^Q

"Oh cheer up, Bella! We can wrap up your lunch for later... And we'll make plenty of gelato together! Just the three of us~" Ms. Vargas smiled.

"Ooh! Kaoru and I love Italian food, may we help make gelato too?" Hikaru asked, a stupid smile on his stupid face. I gritted my teeth.

"No! It's just me, Kelsi, and Mommy Vargas! If you two put your dirty hands on it, it'll taste like crap!" I growled.

"Mikayla Alexia Kuzumi! Stop being so rude!" Michi scolded me. "It's true..." I huffed, under my breath so she couldn't hear.

"Oh, come now mikayla~ surely you don't dislike us that much right?" The twins snaked their way over to me and wrapped their arms around my waist.

"Ya know what!? I'm sick and tired of your crap! Both of you! First you act like two really great guys, then next thing I know, you tell me you don't like me or Kelsi? I can't stand either of you, or that dumbass twincest thing you're pulling!" I shouted, breaking out of their grasp.

"Mikki..."

"...I think I get it now...I know what you're trying to do...You want Kelsi and I to be scared of you. You want to 'love' us and then hurt us? You want us both to crumble again...like...like mom did..." I felt a tear stroll down my cheek. Dammit, I hate crying in front of a crowd! Well, only the twins were there, along with mommy Vargas and michi. Everyone else panned out in the living room, doing whatever.

"W-we're going to our room...sorry, but we'll have to make gelato later, mommy Vargas..." Kelsi hugged me and walked with me up the stairs.

"I r-remember this room. Mommy Vargas made this our nursery for when we spent nights here as kids." I sat down in a rocking chair and tried to think about anything other than mom. Sometimes I just wonder, why did she do those horrible things? Why did she kill dad? Why...why did she hate her two baby twin girls so much? We did everything we could to be good kids. We got good grades in school, good behavior, we were angels! But one day she just...snapped.

I just want things back to how they were...

"Mikki, look!" Kelsi said, smiling. She held up a smelly, worn out teddy bear. It had patches and dirt all over, and a button eye was missing.

"It's Mr. Snuggies! Your old favorite toy!" She grinned. I smiled a bit and wiped a tear away. "Mr. Snuggies? I remember him. I used to carry him around with me everywhere." I gently picked the toy from her hands and observed the old thing. It looked more like a dirt rag than a cute teddy bear now.

"The name you gave him is so cute, ya know!" Kelsi poked me.

"More like stup-"

"Cute! Cute I tell ya!" She interrupted.

"Kelsi? Mikayla?" A soft voice called out. "Penny!" Kelsi and I called out. She dumped our bags on the floor next to her. "Hey, you left all your crap at my house!" She complained with a small smile.

"Sorry!" We said in unison.

"So...uh...ya know that your aunt and a bunch of strangers are right downstairs, right?"

"Yeah..." I groaned. "I don't want to go back to Japan...I don't want to see the twins anymore, no more school, no more host club...

I flipped a chair over and screamed, "HIKARU HITACHIIN, I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!" I yelled, making sure he could hear me downstairs. Kelsi hugged me tight.

"Sis..." She whispered.

"...sorry for...losing control there...I was just having a moment." I hugged her back, trying to give an assuring smile.

She had a worried look and didn't let go of me.

"...would it make you feel better if I killed him?" She asked, an innocent look on her face.

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"W-what?" I asked.

"I still have this~!" She held out a pink and black ninja costume. "What the...uh, Kelsi why do you have that?" Penny spoke.

"Hmm, well I suppose I can tell you two my big secret!" She cleared her throat and smiled. "I am the rainbow ninja!"

...so much silence...

"I know, I know. It's probably hard to accept the fact that I've been leading a double life as an awesome super hero." She giggled. "I'm like batman with boobs and a ninja costume!"

"So, anyways, I'm off to kill the twins~" Kelsi picked up a plastic ninja sword and slid down the stair rail to the living room.

"Wait Kelsi!" I followed after her. Penny followed after both of us. "This I've gotta see." She said as she took out her phone.

"Ow!" I heard hikaru yell. I got to the living room and saw Kelsi hitting him with the sword.

"FEAR THE MIGHTY RAINBOWWWWW" she yelled, kicking him as well.

"K-kelsi! Stop!" I said, trying to hold back a laugh. In fact everyone was (everyone except kaoru)...to see a really tall and usually tough guy get beat up by a short lolita girl with a plastic sword, it's pretty damn funny.

I felt someone tap me on the shoulder.

"Hey, Mikayla..." It was Luke. •Δ•|||

I jumped a bit and tried my best to smile. How am I supposed to face him after what I did? "U-uh, hi Luke...why are you here?" I asked. "Well I heard you ran away and I had to know if you were okay." He said. Without thinking, I hugged him.

"Luke, I'm sorry for what I did..leaving you alone that night and all...I just..."

He smiled, but I could tell it was one of those fake, pained smiles. "That? We can just forget about that. What's in the past is in the past..so please don't feel bad about it." He said, as he quickly kissed my cheek.

"No, i-it's not okay..." I hugged him again and burrowed my face into his jacket. "Luke, will you please go out with me?" I asked. I felt him tense up a bit, then he relaxed and wrapped his arms around me.

"Don't do this if you just feel like you owe me, mikayla..." He sulked, resting his chin on my head.

"I don't! I really do like you, Luke..."

"...okay then...yes." He smiled. This time it was a real, happy smile. I smiled too. Aunt michi cleared her throat.

"Mikayla, Kelsi! I cannot believe you two would do something like this!" She growled, taking the sword from Kelsi, to Kaoru's relief.

"It's okay! I still have my shuriken of death!" She pulled two pink plastic shuriken out of her ninja pockets.

"Shuriken of what!?" Kaoru yelled.

"Take this, kaoru! For breaking my heart!" Kelsi yelled, dramatically throwing her right hand to her heart. Instead of throwing the shuriken, she hit him with them in a failed stabbing motion.

This continued for a while, until it was time for dinner. We all had rice, peas, ham, and spaghetti.

"Hey...so um...h-how is school, everyone?" Mommy Vargas asked, attempting to break the awkward silence.

"Good." Everyone replied at once. More silence...

"Hey...I heard that Mikayla and Luka are dating, huh?"

Luke. His name in English is Luke, people. But I wasn't gonna be rude and correct her. And besides, this topic isn't the best...

"Um, yes ma'am, we are." Luke said, taking another bite of his food. I looked at Hikaru to see if he would react. Sure enough, he was looking my way. I stuck my tongue out at him and continued eating.

After a moment of silence, a pea was thrown at me. I growled. Damn Hikaru. I nonchalantly threw a little piece of ham at him. He gawked at me and threw some rice at my hair. I launched a meatball at him. "Mikayla! Stop that!" Michi scolded. "But!" I tried to protest.

"Eat, mikayla." Michi said. I slumped into my chair. No fair. I'll get him back somehow.

After dinner, I trudged over to michi.

"Michiiiii...do we have to go back to Japan?" I asked. She frowned. "Yes. Look, Mikayla, we've all got our problems and heartbreaks, but you can't just run off every time something bad happens!"

I pouted. "I bet if I were a cat you'd let me do what I want!"

Oh. Random fact about michi, guys, she LOVES cats. Not like an "Oh look a cat, how cute" love. It's more like a "HOLY CRAP THERE'S A FUDGING CAT OVER HERE LET ME LOVE YOU" type of love. In Japan, part of our house is decorated with cat ornaments. She's had pet cats before, but they always run away. I usually laugh at her hilariously hysterical reactions.

Oh, I'm getting off track here.

She flinched. "Cats have nothing to do with this, girl!"

"Well, I'm not moving back to Japan." I growled.

"Oh yes you are honey, believe me."

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Author's note

Next chapter awaits~! :3