I walk over to Kazune's house after I change and Himeka has told me the way to go. I have on a red striped shirt with a jean jacket, pink jeans, and grey Converse. I look from house to house looking at the addresses. Ah! Found it! I stare in disbelieve at the house. It's… a… mansion!? What the… I walked up the steps and knocked on the door. It swung open almost immediately and out came Himeka.
"Hello Karin-chan! Welcome home!" I sweat-drop. I don't belong here. I walk through the door and into the living room. Himeka walks in and offers me something to eat.
"N-no. I'm good Himeka, thanks." She grins in that peppy way that I find absolutely adorable, and walks into the kitchen. I sigh and slump into the couch pillows. Where's Kazune? Isn't he supposed to be here? I get up and look around the room. It's so quiet in here. I can hear Himeka walking around the kitchen. I grab my bag and try to make a quiet escape. I'm about to twist the door open when I hear,
"Oi! Where do you think you're going?" I turn in surprise and look up the steps. Kazune is standing there with a scowl on his face crossing his arms.
"I thought you weren't here so I-"
"Of course I would be here! This is my house moron!" He shakes his head and continues.
"Come on. We need to finish this work. So hurry up and follow me." He nodded towards his room and started walking. I huffed and walked up the stairs and followed his to his room. When I walked in I noticed that everything was organized. Put in perfect order. Weird. The walls were painted blue and his bed sheets were blue too.
"Hey idiot. Get started on that worksheet. I'll start on this one." I sat on the floor awkwardly and started the first problem. He doesn't need to be mean about everything. Jeez. I stared at the paper and realized it was algebra 2 that we were supposed to work on. Damn, algebra 2. My worst enemy! I tried so many solutions but they all just looked wrong. I was so deep in thought that I didn't notice Kazune walked over until his shadow loomed over me. I looked up and scratched the back of my head. He reaches down and snatches the paper from my hand.
"Hey! I was working on that!" He glances from me to the paper.
"You really are an idiot aren't you?" He sighs. He points to the equation.
"First of all, when you use the generic rectangle you multiply these, with those." I nod and finally understand why I got it wrong.
"Oh! I get it now. Thanks Kazune!" I smile at him and see a hint of blush in his cheeks. He shakes his head again and walks back to his bed to continue working.
About two hours later we finish the worksheets and put the work away. I started putting my stuff away until Kazune said,
"Do you live with anyone? Or do you live alone?" I froze and turned to him.
"Um, I don't have any family. My parents died when I was still a child so…" I trailed off and prepared myself for the awkwardness about to fill the room. But it didn't come, I was actually surprised when Kazune continued talking.
"I know what you mean. Me and Himeka don't have parents either." I smiled weakly knowing we had one thing in common. We stayed like that for a moment. Just not saying anything. That is until Himeka burst in through the door and shouted happily,
"Dinner is ready! Karin-chan!" I jumped.
"Y-yes?!' She grabbed my arm.
"Do you want to stay over for dinner?" She squealed. I stared at her and said,
"Only if you want me to." She nodded, a little too much I might add, and rushed downstairs to set an extra plate. I glanced at Kazune to see if he was angry by me staying. But he look sort of happy, content actually. But that wasn't any of my business. SO I said,
"Are you coming down to dinner or are you going to be slow about it?" H scowled at me and said,
"I won't lose to a girl."
"Fine then," I said already stepping through the door, "I'll race you downstairs!" I ran down the hall and turned to see Kazune at my heels. I laughed and ran down the steps carefully. As not to trip. He was laughing too and I have to admit… I liked the sound of his laugh. Especially when I was the one who made him laugh.