Disclaimer: I do not own XxxHolic. CLAMP does. They are also credited with the original design of Marui, and Aoi. I do own my OC.
Finny blinked at their extravagant display. "This is a store?" Then violently sprang up and bowed. "I am sorry for intruding!"
The woman chuckled. "No need to apologize young one. You better run along home. It's quite late."
Finny ignored the comment about time. "Young one? I'm 15, surely you can't be more than ten years older than me."
"No no, you should never ask a woman her age. It's only polite." She flapped her hand at Finny while bringing the other to her lips, as if she was being flattered. "You should leave before your parents worry."
Finny's face darkened, "I don't have parents. I ran away 5 years ago because they kept calling me a freak."
The woman raised her eyebrow. "Do you have any place stay?" Finny opened his mouth. "Permanently?" she interrupted.
Finny hesitated. She was a stranger, but he felt comfortable around this lady, something that didn't happen often. Maybe his gut was telling him something. Besides he had told her his story and he trusted her. "No I don't."
She smiled, took his hands, and bent down and looked him in the eyes. The twins each took a shoulder. "Then stay here."
"Okay. How can I repay you miss?" Finny wondered.
"My name is Yuuko not Miss. You can pay me back by being a good kid, no arguments. Do you have any belongings you need to fetch?"
"No Yuuko."
Yuuko nodded in satisfaction. "Go take a shower. Marui, Aoi show him the way," then she walked out.
The blue eyed girl took his right hand, "I'm Aoi" The maroon eyed boy took his left, "I'm Marui." They led him through a door, down a long hallway carpeted by tatami mats and turned right, "And that's the shower." Marui opened the door and fell to his knees dramatically. He then took Finny's hand and brought to his lips, "My Lady." Flowers shimmered into existance, surrounding him in a frightful halo. Finny tore his hand out of his grasp. "How old are you? Anyways, you've been reading too much manga." He said matter-of-factly.
"Marui…" Both boys spun around to look at Aoi. A demonic scarlet black haze hung wispy around her small frame. Her pretty sky blue eyes darkened and flashed. "He is NOT a girl! Gah! You're such a creeper! I'm definitely not related to you!"
"Ahh, but sister, I practically share the same DNA make-up as you save for a minor gender issue." Aoi just rolled her eyes as she grabbed her twin brother and started to run off. She tossed her hair and yelled back at Finny. "We'll leave a change of clothes outside the door." Finny stared after them. Then he realized that they never told him how old they were. Whatever he thought to himself, I can ask later, and shut the door.
Yuuko entered her room, robes swirling around her ankles. It was sparsely furnished, a bed, a desk, a shelf, and a couch, nothing more. She approached the shelf, there sat two rabbit like animals that slept in plastic domes. "It is about time." Her eyes slid from violet, to dark silver. She closed her eyes. Lead colored sparks rolled down her cheeks and slipped into the clear cages of the creatures. The sparks sank into their fur, one black, and one white. Thump – thump, soft heartbeats rhythmically thudded. Yuuko opened her eyes, the metallic color had been leeched out, and they slowly returned to their normal indigo. "They will be needed soon," she thought and went to tackle dinner.
Is it confusing how I switch perspectives? Do I overwrite? Please review!