Chapter 6: Breakfast

Kaiyo awoke with a start to the bright room. Panic filled her being again as she looked around at her semi-familiar surroundings. The room was lit now by the sun pouring in the tall window on the wall behind the bed.

Her eyes followed the sunbeams, which landed on the opposite wall five feet above two boys' heads. Both were fast asleep, resting their heads on each other's for support. They were both pretty cute when they weren't fighting.

She chuckled to herself as she pulled herself out of bed. 'Both of them were here, all night; for me.' A large smile played across her face as she felt warmer inside. 'They really do care for me after all of this time.'

After creeping to the sleeping duo, she noticed the door in the floor still open. She snuck around and slipped down the stairs silently. After a bit of searching she found the door that lead into the main house.

She walked down the hall and found herself in the kitchen. Searching through the cupboards resulted in finding the objects she needed as she started working on breakfast.

Someone noisily walked in after about twenty minutes, "something smells good."

Kaiyo turned to see Shigure walking in, "breakfast should be ready shortly!" She spoke to him energetically before turning back to the stove.

Shigure blinked a few times, confused at the sight before him. "Kaiyo, are you really making breakfast?"

"Mhmm," she responded as she flipped the eggs in her pan, "I have coffee already made, the tea is still steeping; I have bread in the toaster and pancake batter ready to be cooked and the eggs are almost done."

"Those are all…interesting things…" Shigure commented dryly.

"Its things that are in a typical American breakfast, I guess I've been over here for so long it's the usual thing for me." Kaiyo commented as she slid the eggs on a waiting plate. "Does any of that sound appeasing to you? Or should I start over and make a more traditional Japanese breakfast? Although I don't know if I really know how to make it all properly…"

"No, no! This will be quite alright." Shigure responded quickly, throwing his hands up in the air. "I think everyone will be happy with not having to make their own food for once."

She started making two pancakes as the eggs set, "so everyone just had to fend for themselves back in Japan?"

Shigure sat down on the small table in the kitchen. He looked over the counter to see she had everything organized and under control. If he had tried to go in and help, he'd make a mess of things. "Not as harsh as that; we'd eat meals together but most of us left the main house as soon as we could. Kyo, Yuki, Haru, Momiji, Kagura and I all lived in the same house. Tori practically lived at his office, he's a doctor now. Ayame lived off of his shop, he makes clothes. Kisa and Hiro were too young to move out of the main household."

She started putting things together on a plate, "what do you do then?"

"I'm an exceptional author!" he beamed.

Kaiyo placed a plate before Shigure. It was filled with pancakes, toast, eggs and bacon. "Then why did you all move over here? You all didn't have to disrupt your lives just for me."

"Ah well…" Shigure fussed, shoving half a pancake in his mouth. He tried talking through it, but it was impossible to understand.

The two of them were interrupted by another of the household entering the kitchen. Hatori walked over to the coffee maker, per his usual routine. He was surprised to see the pot was already full. He pulled down his mug out of the cupboard and poured himself a glass. After taking a sip he looked around at his company.

"Kaiyo?" he questioned her, "how are you feeling?"

"Much better," she smiled at him. "Would you like anything?"

"Sure," Hatori replied, taking a seat at the small table.

Shigure noticed Kaiyo's eyes searching the room, "there is an actual dining room next to this one through those doors." He indicated where by pointing left.

She smiled, "good to know." She put some food on Hatori's plate before putting the rest on serving plates in the adjacent room. It seemed the smell of the food was waking everyone else up; sounds of moving bodies could be heard coming from the second floor.

"Wow, breakfast?" Kisa questioned, the first of the group to emerge from upstairs.

"Good morning Kisa," Kaiyo greeted her.

"Kaiyo!" Kisa ran to her, hugging her tightly.

The older girl laughed lightly as the air was squeezed out of her. "Why don't you grab a plate and dish up?"

"Kay!" the younger girl grabbed a plate and skipped into the dining room.

Hiro wasn't far behind her. He grunted a greeting, grabbed a plate, and followed Kisa into the next room.

"Something smells yummy!" a blond boy entered next. He spotted the teen in the kitchen with the apron on. "Did you?"

"Yea, thought I'd surprise everyone," Kaiyo responded to him.

"Cool!" he followed the two previous Sohmas into the dining room.

Hatsuharu came in tonelessly and poured himself a cup of coffee without looking up at the company around him. He joined everyone else, sitting in his own corner.

Shigure chuckled at the teen's behavior and grabbed his own plate to join the kids in the other room as Kagura entered the kitchen grumbling.

"Good morning Kagura," Kaiyo greeted her.

"You haven't seen Kyo, have you?" she responded to the teen. "I looked in Haru's room, the roof, all of his usual hiding spots but I couldn't find him."

"He'll show up eventually," Hatori commented, indicating for her to drop the subject.

She took his hint as she grabbed her own plate and joined the others.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Kaiyo questioned him.

"I should be asking you the same thing."

"I ate while I was working on making the bulk of it, so I'm good."

Hatori was spared from answering with the arrival of a sleepy Kyo. He grumbled as he rubbed his hand through his hair. He stretched out his neck as he moaned.

"Sore neck?" Kaiyo stifled a giggle.

He turned to glare at her, "I'm guessing you made all the food? No one else here would be that ambitious."

"Mhmm, I thought I'd repay you all for your hospitality. The first thing that popped in my head was to make breakfast; although Shigure pointed out that it's pretty strange…"

Kyo turned his head to glare into the dining room. He turned back to her, "don't worry about it. Everyone seems to be enjoying it anyways."

"Alright," she smiled at him.

"Yuki is still missing," Haru pointed out, he was finally awake after his coffee.

"I'll go get him, why don't you eat something?" Kaiyo offered after popping her head into the room. She left the kitchen and her group of friends for the garage.