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"NANI?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?"
Kaho had fallen on the floor from her bed, and was staring groggily up at Hitomi...
Hitomi extended a hand to Kaho and helped her up...
"You heard me. We're going to the beach," Hitomi giggled.
Kaho flopped back on her bed.
'The day before yesterday, we arrived. Yesterday, we went to a dinner, I discovered that Yunoki-sempai is trying to break Len and I up, and I'm Ouskai-sempai's sister,' though Kaho amazedly, 'And now we're going to the beach??? This is too much!'
Kaho closed her eyes and relaxed for a moment, starting when Hitomi jumped on the bed next to her.
"Come on Onee-san," she exclaimed, "We have time to go bathing suit shopping before everyone wakes up!"
'Joy,' thought Kaho sarcastically, slowly standing up and walking over to her luggage, pulling out random articles of clothing.
As soon as Kaho had gotten dressed, she was wearing a dark crimson blouse with black skinny jeans (remember, Kazue packed Kaho's luggage, Kaho had absolutely no choice in the clothes), Hitomi dragged her out of the room, down the stairs, out onto the patio, and into the car that drove up in front of them.
Kaho was sitting in shock as she looked at the scenery whizzing by.
About four minutes later (the chauffeur had driven at a break-neck speed), the pulled up in front of a mall.
Hitomi thanked the chauffeur, pulled on Kaho's wrist and pulled her into a shop titled "Hitachiin Clothes".
Kaho's eyed widened at the name of the store.
"H-hitomi-chan," she stuttered, "Isn't the stuff here really expensive?"
Hitomi just stared at Kaho, not comprehending what her older sister had just said.
Kaho shook her head.
"Never mind," she murmured.
'I forgot that Hitomi-chan's rich,' though Kaho.
Hitomi dragged Kaho into the store, and proceeded to go straight to the bathing suit section.
Suddenly seeing some cute swimsuits, Hitomi let go of Kaho and ran off in the direction of the bikinis.
Her parting words were, "Go find some cute bathing suits and meet me by the fitting rooms!"
Kaho shook her head and wandered off in search of a bathing suit.
She opened her purse and nearly dropped it in shock.
There were thousands of yen in her bag, with a note saying, "Have fun on your shopping trip! Love, Oji-san."
Kaho shook her head.
'Oji-san is so NICE!!!!!! I'm glad i found him. Now i have a family! And a rich one at that,' thought Kaho smilingly.
Kaho began wandering around the bathing suit section in a daze, wondering what color to get, when she bumped onto someone.
Kaho landed on her butt, staring up at her assailant's face.
'Why am I seeing double,' she wondered.
Kaho shook her head, and there were still two pairs of eyes peering down at her.
One person turned to the other and said, "Hikaru! I think you hurt her... She seems like she's in a daze."
Hikaru turned to his twin and turned back to Kaho and offered out a hand, saying "Gomenasai."
Kaho stood up with Hikaru's help and brushed herself off.
Hikaru gestured to himself and his twin, saying, "I'm Hikaru and this is my twin Kaoru."
Kaho nodded and smiled, "Nice to meet you two... I'm Hino Kahoko...."
Suddenly a voice called out, "Hikaru, Kaoru, what do i do now??? I've tried all these on already!!!"
A brunette walked up alongside the twins and saw Kaho.
The brunette looked at Kaho, and the sheepish looks on the twins' faces, and sarcastically said, "You two bumped into ANOTHER girl?????? Smart. GREAT job you guys."
She turned to Kaho, held out a hand, and said "I'm Haruhi Fujioka. Nice to meet you. I'm sorry about these two, they just can't help themselves."
Kaho stood there gaping at Haruhi.
'She's a GIRL?!?!?!?!??! But her hair is so SHORT!!!!!!!!! And she sounds so analytical,' thought Kaho in awe.
Kaho shook her head, came to her senses, and said, "I'm Hino Kahoko." and shook Haruhi's hand.
Suddenly, Haruhi turned to Hikaru and Kaoru and said, "I think Hino-san here is looking for a swimsuit. Why don't you two help her?"
Hikaru and Kaoru looked dumbly from Kaho to Haruhi.
They nodded slowly and walked over to Kaho, leaving Haruhi to pick out her own bathing suit.
Suddenly, the redheaded twins gazed at kaho, and grabbed each of her arms, looked at one another and said, "This is gonna be FUN!"
The dragged Kaho through countless aisles and piled bathing suits after bathing suits in the attendants' arms.
Finally they found a bikini that they decided would suit Kaho so well that none of the other options were needed.
They shoved her in a dressing room, Hitomi watching them shove Kaho in a dressing room with a grin on her face.
As soon as Kaho was successfully in the room, Hikaru and Kaoru locked the door from the outside and grinned at one another, and gave Hitomi the thumbs up.
From inside, Kaho pounded on the doors, asking them to let her out.
Hitomi stepped up to the door and said, "If you wanna get out, you have to put o the bathing suit and show us."
A couple minutes later, Kaho stepped out of the room, wearing a black bikini halter top with thin red diagonal stripes going across it, and plain black bikini bottoms.
Hikaru and Kaoru gave her a thumbs up and winked at her, causing Kaho to blush, and Hitomi took out Amou's camera and began taking photos, hiding the camera from Kaho so she wouldn't know the pics were being taken.
Kaho went back into the dressing room and put her regular clothes on, and headed to the counter.
Hikaru and Kaoru stopped her.
"That's free of charge," they said in unison.
"N-nani," stammered Kaho in disbelief.
Hitomi grinned.
"These are the Hitachiin twins. The sons of the lady that designs all these clothes... Whatever they say regarding these clothes, goes Kaho-neechan," Hitomi said, her grin growing wider.
Hikaru and Kaoru bowed.
Kaho blushed furiously...
"A-arigatoo gosaimasu," she stuttered.
Hikaru winked at Kaho, saying, "Wear that proudly, and that's all the payment we need."
Kaoru gave Kaho a thumbs-up.
Kako blushed even more and nodded.
"Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to go help Haruhi pick out a swimsuit," said Kaoru.
The twins bowed out, and disappeared among the bikini racks.
Hitomi grabbed Kaho's hand and together they waked out of the store.
************
Back at home, a couple minutes later.
Len walked downstairs, shirtless, in dark blue plaid pants with a hand over his mouth to stifle a yawn.
He walked into the kitchen, pulled out a cup, and walked over to the fridge to fill it with water.
Behind him, someone coughed.
He turned around swiftly, eyes widened.
Suddenly, Len's jaw dropped.
Sitting down on a chair by the counter, Kaho was smirking at Len.
"Ohayoo sleepyhead," she grinned, standing up.
Kaho was still wearing her shopping outfit, and Len, who had never seen her in those clothes before was shocked at how gorgeous Kaho looked.
Len took a couple steps forward and fell into a chair, still staring at Kaho.
"You should wear those clothes more often," he muttered, still half asleep.
Kaho giggled while Len drained his cup of water.
He stood up and went to put the cup in the sink.
He splashed his face with water while washing his cup..
Kaho walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist...
Len reached for a towel, dried his hands, placed his now-dry hands on Kaho's, and took her hands off him.
Len then turned around, pulled Kaho close to him, and kissed her.
"Good morning to you too," he murmured when the broke apart.
Kaho leaned her head on his shoulder.
Suddenly, she took a step back from Len, turned around so that her back was facing him, and blushed.
Len looked at her confusedly.
'Did i do something wrong?,' he wondered.
It was then Len's turn to wrap his arms around Kaho's waist.
"What are you doing dressed like you're ready to go out so early in the morning," Len inquired, murmuring in Kaho's ear.
"I-i went bathing suit shopping with Himoto-chan," stuttered Kaho.
Len released Kaho and turned her around.
"Bathing suit shopping? Dooshite," he inquired, looking deeply into Kaho's eyes.
"Apparently we're going to the beach," Kaho blushed.
'What is it with Kaho and blushing today,' wondered Len.
Instead of saying that, Len said, "When?"
Kaho muttered something incomprehensible.
"Nani," asked Len.
"In about half an hour," said Kaho, "Now would you please put a shirt on???"
Len looked down.
Instead of a shirt, he saw his six-pack.
Len's cheeks turned the faintest shade of pink.
'Shit,' he thought, 'That explains why she was blushing so much earlier.'
A couple feet in front of him, Kaho was giggling and the shocked look on Len's face.
Len heard her giggles, and looked up.
Kaho's eyes were lit up in laughter, and her hand was covering her mouth, trying to stifle her giggles.
Len closed the distance between them and said, "You think that's funny, do you?"
Still trying to hold in her giggles, Kaho shook her head.
Len gently pulled Kaho's hands away from her mouth..
Kaho stared up at Len with wide eyes.
Len leaned forward until his face was merely inches away from Kaho's face.
"Don't you know it's impolite to laugh at people," he murmured.
He leaned in, and Kaho's lips and his were connected.
Kaho tilted her head, deepening the kiss.
At the exact same time, Azuma was walking into the kitchen soundlessly, his hair tied up.
He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Len and Kaho making out.
He backed up slowly, and ran to his room, hurt evident in his eyes.
Kaho and Len had not noticed Azuma's entrance, and were still caught up in the moment.
Inside his room, Azuma was sitting on his bed, thinking, 'Why does this hurt so much??? Is this normal? Why is the image of Kaho kissing that cold-hearted ice-cube stuck in my head?? I don't even like her!!!!!'
Suddenly he heard a couple knocks on his door.
Azuma cleared his face, and smiled and said, "The door's open."
Kazuki walked into the room.
He pulled up a chair and sat backwards on it, his arms resting on the backboard, his head rested on his folded arms.
"Yunoki, what's wrong," inquired Kazuki.
Azuma stiffened.
Kazuki rambled on, not noticing his friend's reaction to his question.
"You're my best friend. I know when something's wrong."
Azuma smiled the sincerest smile he had conjured up in ages and said, "I'm fine Hihara. Don't worry about me."
Kazuki looked at Azuma suspiciously.
Azuma smiled at Kazuki some more.
Finally, Kaziki shook his head and said, "We're going to the beach. Get your trunks."
Yunoki nodded slowly, still smiling.
*************
Back downstairs in the kitchen, Len and Kaho had just finished their kissing session.
Len was leaning against the kitchen wall, Kaho leaning against him, Len's chin on the top of Kaho's head, his arms around her shoulders, her arms around his waist.
Kaho slowly pulled away saying, "You really should go get ready for our trip to the beach."
Len looked blankly at Kaho.
"And what if i don't feel like going," he said.
Hitomimi suddenly appeared in kitchen doorway, a smirk on her face, saying, "Then you won't be able to see your beloved girlfriend in the bikini I just got her. PLUS, you won't be able to defend her from the guys that will try to hit on her at the beach."
As soon as the words registered in Len's head, he sprinted out the door, up the stairs and into his room, hurriedly changing into his swim trunks.
************
Half an hour later.
As everyone congregated in the back yard, Shinobu said, "Okay everyone. Remember, don't litter here, it's a private beach, and lots of wildlife live along these shores. There are designated trash cans. Please place your trash there. And remember, don't go out to far in the water. We don't want anyone getting lost."
With that, Shinobu opened one of the gates that led down onto the beach, and began the descent down onto the sand.
As soon as everyone had set up their beach chairs and umbrellas and towels, Kaho, Fuyuumi, Hitomi, and Amou leaped into the water and began splashing one another...
The guys, Kaji, Ryou, Len, Hihara, Shimizu, and Azuma were all looking on and smiling.
Kaji was wearing dark green board shorts, Ryou was wearing black beard shorts, Len was wearing dark blue board shorts, Hihara was wearing pale yellow board shorts, Shimizu was wearing black board shorts with ducks on them, and Azuma was wearing a pair of dark violet board shorts.
Suddenly, Kaho, drenched in salt water, in her crimson bikini that none of the boys could keep their eyes off of, grabbed a couple body boards and dragged them over to Fuyuumi, Hitomi, and Amou.
The waves were around six to nine feet tall, so the girls swam out a bit to catch the best waves, and began riding them in.
Suddenly, Kaho shrieked in delight.
"Dolphins!!!!!!"
A couple feet away from Kaho, a dolphin a surfaced, and was looking intelligently at her.
Len had leaped into the water and was next to Kaho by the time the dolphin had neared.
Kaho put out her hand, and the dolphin swam closer, until its snout nudged her hand.
It trilled in what seemed to be happiness, and another swam up next to Len.
He was wide eyed at the sight of dolphins, and he too placed his hand out to touch the fabulous creature.
Suddenly, the dolphins both moved swiftly.
Before they knew it, Kaho's and Len's hand were hooked onto the dolphins' dorsal fins, and they were riding the waves in.
(At this point, Len and Kaho were quite a ways out at sea, but not too far. Just far enough that the dolphins felt comfortable.)
After about half an hour of shredding the waves with the dolphins, Kaho and Len decided to board back in on their own.
A little ways away, Amou was grinning, holding a water-proof, digital camera in her hand.
'Thank god for these water proof lenses,' she thought.
(A/N: That's all for now folks! And yes, i made an Ouran High School Host Club reference........... Anyways, if you guys have any suggestions regarding the plot of this story, message them to me!!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
~Ja ne! Franfran)