Chapter 8:

After about two weeks I had gotten on excellent terms with Chouko and Daichi. The Three of us had become inseparable at school. I talked to Amy on a daily basis, but I still wasn't talking to Hikaru and Kouru but I was almost able to carry an insult free conversation with their friends for two minutes.

"So you guys are coming over again tonight?" I asked Daichi and Chouko as we left art class.

"Yeah." Chouko said. "But… we're not overstaying our welcome are we? This will be the sixth time since you got here. And that's not including the sleepover you and I had."

"Hey if she gets sick of us she can just stop inviting us over. And we've both had her over too." Daichi said.

I was staring to get a pretty good grip on their personalities. Chouko was a little quieter. And she was more concerned about manners than Daichi. She also worried constantly. Meanwhile Daichi was more outspoken and often found ways to calm her down. However he never would admit it he was comforting her and would just say something like he was just making conversation.

"I like the company guys. You forget I grew up with people flocking around me and always having someone to talk to. I hate being in that big house all alone." I said smiling at them.

"Well if your sure." Chouko said glancing out the window.

"Hey China-chan…" a flirtasious voice cooed from behind me. I glanced behind me. Chouko sighed in defeat. Daichi just groaned.

"Come on China just acknowledge that he's there and get it over with." Chouko said.

"Why should I it's a waist of my time." I said indifferently.

"Come on China-chan you can't resist me forever. I mean this game of hard to get is getting old so why don't you just give in and let me take you out tonight." Minoru practically pleaded.

"Good lord why do you insist on bothering me. What do you have a goal to date every girl in the school? Look by the end of the month I'll no longer be the shiny new toy and you like everyone else can just forget about me and leave me alone." I said. "You know except for my favorite people in the school. If they forgot about me I'd have to kidnap them so they'd be dependent on me for food and water."

"I'd sooner kill you than forget you China." Daichi said.

"I'd sooner end the world than forget wither of you." Chouko said wrapping her arms over our shoulders.

"Aren't we just a violent bundle of laughs?" I asked. "Now get lost Minoru." I said with a glare.

We all walked to my house and we walked in. "Hitachin-sama? Several packages came in the mail for you today. They were pay upon delivery so your mother paid for them." A maid told me.

"Thanks." I said leading the others to my room.

"It's so cool how your help calls you things other than mistress." Chouko said.

"Well I tried to get them to call me Chinatsu but it was a bit to much of a stretch so Hitachin-sama will have to do." I said.

"Still it's better than being called master all the time." Daichi said as we walked into my room.

The boxes were piled all over the place. But one was out of place. "That's weird what could this be?" I wondered out loud.

"What do you mean?" Chouko asked.

"Well there's one to many boxes and this one is the one that doesn't fit." I said.

"Let's open it." Daichi suggested.

"Right."

I went over to the wooden box and tried to open it . It's stuck can I have some help?" I asked them.

"Sure." Chouko said.

"Yeah why not." Daichi said walking up to us. "One… two… three… PULL!"

The three of us yanked at the boards and they came loose.

"CHINATSU!" Came the loud voice as the figure tackled me to the floor. I screamed as I fell Daichi reached forward to help with a yell of his own and Chouko screamed.