... Ok... you guys are AWESOME! .
When I think of Hitomi's mom she sort of looks like... Tarzan's mother from the Disney movie Tarzan... –shrugs-
You probably won't get another update from me any time soon. I'll probably be grounded.
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Chapter 28
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I cough-laughed and Niku was shaken out of his sleep.
"Very funny Mori. Did the twins put you up to this?" I said. I looked around, half expecting the twins to pop out of nowhere. Mori just shook his head. I raised my right eyebrow at him.
"Don't tell me you're serious?" I said. The humor of the joke was quickly wearing off.
Mori nodded. He looked less like a teenager and more like a child. I sipped my tea, trying to buy time. It was cold.
Is he for real?
I looked at Mori and sighed.
"One date." I said, unsure of whether or not he was pranking me. Mori perked up a little bit. Niku jumped up on my lap. I fed him the rest of the sandwiches. They were soggy anyway. Niku was chewing on his sandwich, getting little bits of bread and cucumber on my lap. Svetlana walked in, her shoes making a definitive click, click in the silence. She placed more cucumber sandwiches on the table and picked up the teapot.
"Is there anything you would like, Sir?" she asked Mori. Mori shook his head. I smiled at her.
"Thank you Svetlana." I said. She smiled back at me and left, presumably to make more tea.
"Is she foreign?" Mori asked. I nodded.
"Yes, she's from Russia." I said. "She looks just like my mother..."
As soon as the words left my mouth I wanted them back. Mori looked at me. I fished the picture of my mother out of my pocket and passed it to him.
"She's very beautiful." Mori said.
"Isn't she?" I said. And it was true, she was very beautiful. He passed the picture back to me. Svetlana returned with a fresh pot of tea and set it down. I fed another sandwich to Niku and he scarfed it down happily.
"Miss Hitomi! Don't feed sandwiches to the dog! Those were made for you and your guest!" she scolded. I just stuck my tongue out at her.
"Didn't you ever learn your manners?" she asked.
"I forgot." I said, feeding another sandwich to Niku. The dog was a bottomless pit. She walked out of the room, exasperated.
"She acts like a mother too." I said. I poured myself a new cup of tea. Mori smiled slightly.
"So when were you thinking of going?" I asked. Niku nibbled on my fingers.
"Saturday." He replied.
"Sounds great." I said. I narrowed my eyes at him. "Are you sure this isn't some sort of joke?"
Mori nodded. I couldn't read him, his face showed little emotion.
It doesn't make a difference anyway... I'm terrible at reading people.
"Thank you for the tea." Mori said. He stood and bowed.
"Um... you're welcome." I stood, holding Niku.
"I'll show myself out." He said and he quickly left.
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bleh...