This chapter might be a little slow on comedy, since a few new characters came in. -Wink wink, nudge nudge-. Anyway, yeah. This focuses on a shitload of stuff, since I spent a while making this.

Thanks for all the reviews you reviewers! This chapter is going to be long, covering about a 2-3 day timeline. Remember they're staying for MONTH! I bet you can all guess the visitors. Once again, thanks for reading and reviewing, I'd like it if you continued to, and uh.. Enjoy this new chapter!

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Natsuki growled, tossed and turned in the large couch that night. 'Alright, alright, I get it! Tell me your prrrroooobbbbllleeemmmmsss!...' Dark Natsuki slurred exasperatedly. 'Oh! I know what it is! Fujino showed you her boo-' 'SHUT UP!' she literally yelled in her mind, sitting up and panting. She glanced at her cell phone, opening it and glancing at the time. 11:40 PM. "Alright then. I'll swim. Yeah, that'll get my mind out of that.." she mumbled. Too lazy to care, she quietly crept out of the house and into the pool in a sports bra with a tank top on top of it with shorts. She just jumped into the pool with a big splash. She floated on her back, staring at the moon. "Just 2 more days until becoming the big 18." She smirked.


Meanwhile…

Nao was snoring in her king bed, sprawled out and snoring. Mikoto was clinging to Mai, burying her face into the teen's breasts. Reito was sleeping peacefully. Chie and Aoi were both asleep in their own beds. Shizuru was reading her book, until there was a splash. "Intruder?" she mumbled. "Ara, that cannot be. This is private land.." she chuckled to herself in a whisper. With the windows closed, grunts and growls were heard. Shizuru blinked again, going down the stairway.

While Natsuki was..

'Argh! Shut the hell up!' Natsuki yelled at the darker her. 'How about no?' it replied. 'So what do you want me to assume? That you just stared at her boobs because you were jealous hers were bigger!?' it continued, teasing Natsuki evilly. Natsuki groaned and growled in embarrassment, then continued to float around. She gave up and shut the thought up, hoping swimming laps would keep all the sounds away, including her own thoughts.


Present..

Shizuru slowly walked along the side of the house, poking her head out from the corner, seeing a figure standing in the pool, panting. "Ara. Who is there?" she asked. Natsuki sat up, startled. "Fujino?! What are you doing awake!?" she almost exclaimed. Shizuru smirked. "I should be asking you the same, Nat-su-ki." She winked.

Blushing, Natsuki just came out of the pool. Her redness was visible in the darkness. "Whatever." She sighed. Shizuru smiled at Natsuki that it seemed to hurt looking at the Kyoto born teen. "Will Natsuki join me for tea?" she asked. Natsuki nodded reluctantly.

As they came into the house to grab the stuff and back, they spoke about random topics. Then, it came to Natsuki speaking about mayonnaise at the bench. "Mayonnaise tastes good on anything and everything I have ever eaten!" she stated triumphantly.

Shizuru giggled. "So my Natsuki like something as thick and gooey and that? How unique." She stated, sipping from her tea. Natsuki chugged down her tea, and then opened the mayonnaise bottle, eating it with a spoon. A towel was draped on her shoulders, her whole body completely wet.

"Fujino---" "Please, call me Shizuru.." the tawny haired ex-kaichou replied.

Natsuki hesitantly said the name. "Sh-Sh-Shit!" she exclaimed, the spoon leaving some mayo on her wrist. Licking it off, she sighed and restarted. "Sh-Shizuru." She said like a confused puppy.

Shizuru beamed and hugged Natsuki. "Natsuki is just too cute!" 'And sexy. Did you see her lick that mayo. Makes me want to just cover myself in that wretched thing just for her to lick it all off..' Dark Shizuru purred. Shutting the thought off, Shizuru stayed the way she was and let go.

"I'm not cute! I'm cool!" the blunette scoffed. She sighed. They spoke about a lot of things, playing 20 questions with each other. The two laughed and teased each other equally, until Natsuki's bottle of mayo was empty. She frowned childishly.

"Well, I'll be off now. Night." She said, standing up and wrapping the towel around her waist, patting Shizuru's back lightly, feeling a small spark. Had Shizuru felt one too?

Natsuki returned to her 'bed' and was dry, and was now watching a race with bikes. Taking out her phone, she called her co-worker, Masashi Takeda. Amazingly at 12:30AM, the teen was able to pick up. "K-Kuga! What are you doing calling so late?" he half yawned, half-exclaimed. It rather sounded like 'Fuu- Fugaaahh!! Uwa awe oou ooing kwalling shou ate?'.

"Doesn't matter. Come to this address.." she replied, quickly telling him. "…With my bike. I'll pay you 50 bucks." She smirked. Shuffling noises were heard. "Yeah, yeah." He replied, trying to sound cool. "I'll be there tomorrow afternoon." He sighed. Natsuki closed her phone, while Takeda did the same, he yippied and jumped for joy.

'Oooh.. So who do you pick now, little Na-chan? Takeda or Shizuru?' Dark Natsuki purred. 'You had all that time to tease me, and you pick now?!' she shot back, then fell asleep. Honestly, she really couldn't. The darker her just kept putting the same scene on loop. Shizuru's 'friends.' 'You know that I fucking hate you?' Natsuki asked. 'I love you too.' Dark Natsuki replied.


The next day.. 3:00 PM.

"Let's poke her with a stick!" Mikoto pipped. "No!" Mai scolded. Nao and Chie came in, yawning. Reito, Aoi, and Shizuru were already awake. "Oh. I know how to do this. Everyone cover their ears." She lazily said.

"KKKUUUUUGGGGAAAAAA!" Nao yelled at the top of her lungs, bending over the girls ear.

"Holy fucking shitbucket on a sandwich!" Natsuki yelled right back, sitting up. Nao had moved fast enough to not get hit. Mai walked up and smacked Natsuki with a pillow. "LANGUAGE!" she scolded.

Natsuki groaned, finally gaining sight again. Everyone was circled around the couch in pajamas. Suddenly, her stomach grumbled. "Can't.. Go .. On.. No.. Mayo.." she groaned, falling back onto her stomach.

Shizuru, Nao, Chie, and Reito snickered at Natsuki. "I am still quite tired to go out and buy anymore." Reito sighed. Natsuki scoffed as her phone began to ring. "Five minutes? Thanks, I owe you.." she smiled brightly, standing up, putting on her jeans, then grabbing her wallet. The latter was quick to rush out the door; she was a blur of blue.

"Natsuki, where are you going!?" Mai asked, catching up with the girl a roar of the engine was heard as two motorcycles came in. Soon the whole group came out, and two boys were on motorcycles with helmets on, and Natsuki had her hands on her hips with a grin on her face.

Mai observed what Natsuki was looking at. "Natsuki! You brought it!?" she gasped. Natsuki nodded vigorously. Then the two boys took off their helmets, hanging them on the bars. Tate Yuuichi was the one on a green Kawasaki Ninja, while Takeda was on the Ducati Streetfighter. They both came back with grins. "I won the race." He clearly stated triumphantly. Tate scoffed.

"Kuga, we're tired as hell. Waking us up at midnight, you idiot!" he whined.

"Like I care." Natsuki shot back. Takeda laughed nervously at the two. He took the keys out and tossed them at Natsuki. She caught them with a grin, which Takeda couldn't help but mirror. Natsuki gave a high five to Tate and Takeda slipping the 50 dollars into his hand, then told them to stay with everyone else while she looked at her baby.

Shizuru felt another pang of some kind of emotion. 'Jealousy again?' she inwardly sighed. Takeda smiled sheepishly at the group. "Uh.. Hi. I'm Takeda, Natsuki's co-worker." He introduced. Tate was behind Takeda, yawning. "Tate Yuuichi. Work with Natsuki. Need sleep." He quickly said, sticking his hands back into his pockets.

As silence was the only thing that came over the group, Mikoto popped up. "I'm Mikoto! And this is Mai, Reito, Aoi, Chie, Nao, and Shizuru!" she replied with a large smile.

Mai smiled. "Good to meet you."

"Likewise." Tate boredly said. "You guys didn't have breakfast yet, did you?" he asked.

Natsuki stood back up with a smile. "Nice job." She said, patting Takeda's back. "Wow Kuga, you're in a good mood." Nao smirked.

"And don't bring me down from it!" Natsuki shot back. Everyone started going into the house.

Shizuru sighed. "I believe we have to go grocery shopping." She said. Reito shrugged his shoulders up and down. Natsuki turned with a grin. Tate face palmed. "Nice job, whatever your name." he groaned.

The blunette stuck her tongue out at Tate. "You remember the deal Tokiha.." she smirked. "Mayo." She reminded. Mai realized with a huff, and handed her a wad of cash.

Natsuki grabbed a backpack and walked to the car. "Have breakfast without us. Let's go, Fujino.." she excitedly said, straddling her bike, typing her hair into a ponytail.

Shizuru blinked. "One second, Natsuki.." she almost laughed, hard to hold back at the childishness in Natsuki's expression. She ran upstairs and took a pair of shorts and a white button up, then slipped on her beige sandals again, coming outside with her wallet. Natsuki had her arms crossed and the bag on her back. "Shizuru-san! Please wait! We need these things.." she said, giving a folded up paper to the latter.

"I hope Natsuki won't kill me on this ride.." Shizuru teased.

Natsuki smirked. "Don't worry miss, I'm a professional." she winked in a more husky tone. Turning back around, she gave the hanging helmet to Shizuru.

Thankful the blunette didn't actually turn around, Shizuru blushed under the helmet. "Hold on tight!" Natsuki yelled as she revved the engine. Soon, Natsuki popped a wheelie to turn around, laughing when Shizuru screamed. They sped off, letting Shizuru give the directions. "To the left here!" she said. The two pulled in, Shizuru pouting and Natsuki grinning.


At the house.. 3:40 PM

Nao threw her arms behind her back as they ate breakfast. Leftovers from yesterday. "Fujino and Kuga, huh? Weird combination." she laughed. Chie soon joined in, then the rest of the group. Tate was silent and bored, while Takeda was confused. "Why don't we see you guys around school?" Mai asked. Tate sighed. "The same reason as Kuga." he idly replied. "Natsuki is the best bike mechanic at our place. Boss lets her take vacations whenever." Takeda lightly smirked.

Nao laughed. "No wonder pup is always tired after work! I thought is was for another reason.." she purred at Mai. "Hah! Natsuki doesn't have a boyfriend!" Mai scoffed.

Chie pulled out her cell phone, pressing a few buttons. "Please Mai Tokiha, please tell us more." she requested in a TV anchor-like voice. Aoi giggled.

Mikoto laughed. "Natsuki says she doesn't have time for ree-lei-fun-shiffs!" Mikoto said with her mouth full. Takeda blinked. "O-Oh.. She doesn't?" he almost whimpered. Tate smacked him in the back of the head. "No, no. She absolutely has all the time in the freaking world!" he sarcastically remarked. Nao smirked, Mai giggled, Takeda raised an eyebrow, Reito was eating and smiled a bit, Aoi chuckled.

Nao pulled herself forward onto the table. "Oooh? You like 'pup too?" the redhead asked, her smirk widening. Takeda huffed. "What's it to you?" he shot back.

Lime eyes flickered with amusement. "Because she's taken."

"By who?"

"Me."

"What?!"

"Just kidding!" she told Takeda. "It's someone else who's on this trip with us." Nao laughed. Takeda scanned the whole table. When Takeda double checked Nao, she bursted into laughter. To Mai; she shook her head furiously. Reito; he held up his hands and shook his head too. Tate; He scoffed. Chie & Aoi; Shook their heads. Mikoto; No, wait, scratch that. That couldn't be possible even after all of human kind died out.

Takeda paused and thought for a second, that gawked. "KAICHOU?!" he gasped. "No.. No, no. Not possible." he shook his head in denial.

Chie nodded. "That's right. Because the Ice Princess doesn't know what love is and chuu-chuu!" she laughed, making kissy sounds. Sliding back into his seat, Takeda sighed. 'Don't believe them, tomorrow, you're telling her you like her!' he said to himself in his mind. Everyone ate together in silence, while Mai kept stealing glances at the lazy looking Tate. Little did she know, Reito was looking at Mai, while Mikoto kept an eye on both boys with killer intent.


At the Grocery Shop.. 3:45PM

Natsuki and Shizuru were walking around, Natsuki pushing the cart. Shizuru stopped every now and them to grab things from the list as they walked aisle through aisle. Inside the cart was meat, green onion, about 4 jars of mayonnaise, water bottles, and other things.

"Let's continue our game.." Shizuru said, filling in the silence. Natsuki nodded. "It was my turn. " She smirked.

"Why do love tea so much? You chugged down practically the whole pot.." asked the blunette.

"Why do you love mayonnaise so much?" Shizuru replied. "That's not an answeerr~" Natsuki taunted.

Fujino sighed. "I suppose just for it's taste. Not only that, it's much more healthy then you're favorite choice.. My turn. Why is Natsuki so masculine?"

"Why are you so feminine?" she replied in mock-kyoto-ben. "That's not an answeerr~" Shizuru mimicked right back. Chuckling, Natsuki shrugged.

"It didn't seem to really fit me. You're not as strict as I thought you'd be, Shizuru." Natsuki admitted. "And that concludes our own game of 20 questions." she childishly smiled, clasping her hands together.

"I have one more question for Natsuki."

"Hit me with your best shot."

"Is it true about how you sleep? About what Yuuki-san said.." she teased. Blushing into about 5,323,434,587,546.999999 shades of red, the blunette walked forward at a faster pace. "What's it to you?" she said under her breath.

Holding out a burst of giggles, Shizuru silently followed Natsuki to the cashier. They went to the bike, placing everything carefully into the backpack, then putting it on Shizuru's back. Right then. There. Shizuru came out into a fit of laughter, holding her sides.

"Natsuki.. Oh my, that is so uncharacteristic of a biker!" she said, surprisingly her voice still elegant. Wiping away her tears, she sighed. Grumbling and stomping her foot, Natsuki turned her back at sat on the bike. Following suit, Shizuru walked forward, wrapping her arms around Natsuki's waist in a tight hold. Riding back, the two were laughing at each other's habits. They stopped for ice cream.

Coming back to the house, Natsuki and Shizuru were licking ice cream cones. The way they brought them was quite a disaster. A big white blotch was all over the blunette's tank top. Shizuru had held both cones for 10 minutes. The two laughed in harmony when they walked in, right in the middle of eating their ice cream cones. The whole table looked up in surprise. Nao nearly spit out her food, Takeda choked on water. Wait, is that even possible?!


Takeda smiled and waved at Natsuki, who lifted her chin up then down. The blunette turned her head back to the brunette, speaking about random things together as they sat down.

"So, have fun on your little date?" Nao smirked, leaning on the table again.

"Shut it spider, it wasn't a date, and it yes, it was fun." Natsuki replied.

"Ara, so buying food for me and things like that doesn't make it a date?" Shizuru teased. Mai laughed as Natsuki now changed to 5,323,434,588 shades of red. Natsuki sighed. "It means I'm being friendly!" she replied to the two girls. "Alright guys, let's leave Natsuki alone now. We can leave all that to tomorrow.." Mai cheered with Aoi and Mikoto.

Takeda, who was jealous of the two girls, just smiled and laughed at everyone.


An hour had passed, and Natsuki had decided to go swimming. This time, she was so paranoid to the point of doubling up Shizuru's knots for her bathing suit. Everyone decided to go to the beach this time, and they all played beach volleyball. Reito came out with a few surfboards from the garage while he parked the van inside; Mikoto, Natsuki and Nao quick to take one with Reito. Fortunately, the waves were pretty big. Everyone swam out into the distance.

"Alright Kuga, ready to fall?" Nao asked with a grin. Natsuki waved it off. "Is Mikoto even allowed to do this?" she asked the young girl.

"It's fine! I can handle it! I want to show Mai!" she grinned. "I believe we should get ready now.." Reito laughed as the wave was gaining. Nao and Natsuki at once together said "STAND!".

Everyone swam down the wave to the left, and damn, it was a large wave. Everyone on shore was gasping. "Look at them go!" Chie cheered.

Natsuki surfed down swiftly and smoothly. Everyone was grinning, the wave was starting to crash. "It's falling!" Mikoto cried excitedly. Nao's grin grew large as the water began to go above the group surfing. "This is just like skateboarding!" Nao laughed. Mikoto nodded with Natsuki.

Everyone got down panting after yelling, then swam back to the group. "Oh. My. God. That was awesome!" Nao laughed. Shizuru was impressed. Not impressed at the group, but at Natsuki, and Natsuki alone. "That was amazing! You went woosh! Then the wave went baaang!" Chie reenacted poorly. Natsuki laughed and scratched the back of her head. Shizuru walked next to Natsuki, nudging her in the rib. "Ara, Natsuki never mentioned she was so good at surfing too.." she winked playfully. Natsuki smirked. "It's not like I knew either. I wouldn't want to lose to spider any day."

"I heard that!" Nao exclaimed, laughing with Mikoto. "Let's go again, but for a bigger one!" Mikoto suggested, Natsuki and Nao nodding. Reito shook his head. "We must sleep for now. It is evening already, and tomorrow is Kuga-san's birthday." he reminded. Nao made a sarcastic 'Oh yeah!'. Mikoto whimpered and walked into the house with Mai. "I made ramen this morning. Let's eat!" Mai announced, everyone walking into the kitchen.


As everyone ate, discussions were made. Nao started first. "So what does 'pup want for her birthday?" she asked.

"Money. Silence. Mayo. Bikes." Natsuki quickly answered, licking her lips as she threw spoonfuls of mayo into her ramen.

Shizuru chuckled. "Nothing else?" she inquired. "Nothing else." Natsuki hastily answered.

Soon everyone went out together again to watch sunset, Nao and Natsuki just sticking their feet into the freshwater pool. Everyone began playing board games, truth or dare, and Natsuki invented the 'let's all shut the fuck up and sleep' game. Nao laughed and nodded. Everyone went up to their respective rooms except Natsuki, who slept downstairs. Mai refused, and said she would begin cooking.


The Next Day.. Noon.

Natsuki sighed as she got up. Sleeping early made her get up early. Not good. 'Hey, me?' she thought to herself. 'You called? Need, something, don't 'cha?' Dark Natsuki smirked. Or, at least that how Natsuki pictured it. 'Do I like her? I even dreamed about her last night..' 'No, you absolutely hate her to the point of where you dream of her boobs out of jealousy.' it replied sarcastically. She rubbed her eyes, sitting up to see Reito, Mikoto, Aoi, Takeda, and Mai gathered on the kitchen table. They all saw Natsuki and smiled.

Mai dashed over to Natsuki and pulled her into a big hug. "Happy 18th Natsuki!" she exclaimed, but not too loud. Nao came down the stairs. "Happy freaking birthday, mutt." she yawned. "Happy Birthday!" Mikoto, Reito, and Aoi said at once. Natsuki smiled a bit. "Uh.. It'd me nice if you don't suffocate me to death on my birthday, Mai.." she laughed a bit. Nao smirked and crossed her arms. "No, Tokiha, keep it up, just hold onto her tighter!"

Mai scoffed and let go, still smiling at Natsuki. Tate was passed out on the couch with a blanket on him. Takeda moved forward the exact same time Shizuru got down the stairway. Tate was dressed in shorts unlike yesterday, and Takeda was still in his jeans and plain white shirt. "Happy Birthday, Kuga." he tried to smile, but was nervous inside and out. Natsuki smiled at Takeda, completely oblivious to his emotions. "Thanks, man." she said, giving him a handshake and high five. Takeda felt fireworks in his head, and almost fell back. In a lower voice, he spoke. "Kuga, can we talk later?" he asked, Natsuki nodded, still oblivious since she was still sleepy.

Shizuru was fuming inside. 'Looks like we have competition..' Dark Shizuru sighed boredly. 'We will win.' she continued. 'Right?' 'Definitely.' Shizuru replied. 'Good.' they both smirked. Tate woke up. "Breakfast?" he asked. Mai looked toward him with a warm smile of some sort, nodding.

Breakfast was a freaking feast. It seemed Mai started with an American style morning. Bacon, Sunny-Side Up Eggs, Ketchup, Mayo, Toast, and other foods. Everyone dug in, no leftovers. "Glad to see everyone enjoyed!" Mai smiled brightly. Tate grunted in satisfaction. "Good job Tokiha. Kuga here can't cook for her life." he smiled and smirked at Natsuki.

Natsuki huffed. "It's my birthday. Compliments only." she said. Everyone did all the normal things, Natsuki just sitting on the couch with a jar of mayo, watching bike races with Takeda, Nao, and Tate. "Yes! Did you see how Number 4 popped that wheelie at the start!?" Tate blinked, rubbing his eyes.

"Then he did 5 twists, 1 crash, and won the race anyway!" Nao and Natsuki laughed with Takeda and Tate. The commercial came up. Shizuru came in and went into the restroom silently.

'It's now or never, Takeda! Man up!' Takeda thought to himself. Natsuki stood up. "I'm going to check out what's going on outside.." she sighed. Takeda stood up and went out the backdoor while Natsuki went through the front.

Natsuki stood there, seeing Mai, Reito, Chie, Aoi, and Mikoto were either swimming or cooking barbeque. "Smells good." she smirked. Takeda cleared his throat, gesturing for Natsuki to follow. They were far off from everyone. Near the house, but away from the group at the pool. Basically, the shoreline. She followed. "What's up, Takeda?" she asked, confused.

"K-K-Kuga.. I love you!" he said, but not too loud for anyone at the barbeque to hear. Standing in shock, Natsuki stood still and blank, her eyes widened.


Meanwhile... Same exact time, Nearly 1:00 PM.

"Where's Natsuki?" Shizuru asked, drying her hands against her jean skirt as she came out the bathroom in the kitchen. "Outside.." Tate and Nao instantly answered, too stuck in the show, which was now basketball. The mayo jar remained untouched but opened. Humming a bit, Shizuru walked out the house, looking for Natsuki, near the shoreline. Then spotting the girl and Takeda, she thought the figure was Reito as she approached until..

"K-K-Kuga... I love you!" were the words that came from Takeda's mouth. Shizuru stopped in her footsteps, widening her eyes. Natsuki exhaled deeply. "Repeat what you just said.." she whispered.

Takeda swallowed. "I love you." he repeated loud and clearly, still not enough for the people at the barbeque. Shizuru couldn't believe it.


BAYUM! CLIFFHANGER, W00T! Alright guys, don't leave me. Please. I just wanted a small bit of drama, and I think there was a good deal of comedy.

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