wow it has been looooong time since a new chapter. I'm already way ahead, so please forgive if plot moves slowly. I am nit picker for detail. Enjoy!
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Chapter Twelve To go where no man has gone before
She had been having a pretty nice sleep that is until her younger sister, Ayumi let out a screech that could wake the neighbors.
"What the hell is it?" Kagame asked as she rolled out of bed, "6:30. It's way to early."
"Nah. We got horsies to feed." Mikan reminded her as she sat on the bed waving a pop tart in front of her face, "You know you want it."
Kagame stole it from her hand, "Kersnatch. Emm poptart never fails. So what's on the list to do?"
"Oh feed horsies, let six out in paddock and five others for exercise." Mikan answered, "Then after we've fixed up there stalls take me to Haruhi's pick her up, in time for me to get back here and meet the rest of the host club." She answered, "I thought the twins we're going with mom to her book meeting thing, because they were going to meet that guy."
"Hmm, well Mom found out about the whole python thing and the school thing and had a cow, so they're grounded."
"As in they have to stay home?" She asked , 'Here grounded."
"Oh your worried about how you'll look in front of the boys, how cute." Kagame laughed as Mikan punched her in the shoulder.
"It's easy for you. I've never hung out with boys, especially not rich, gorgeous boys." MIkan answered
"Well what are you doing with eight boys alone in the basement?" Kagame asked as she sat up kicking off the covers and yawning.
"Kagame your mind should not be going to those place this early in the morning." Mikan warned, "Watching star trek."
"Oh god. Really? Really?"
"Well what do you want me to do, go spend a 1000 bucks on something they've already done. They seem really excited actually. Something about Kya! We're going to a commoners house."
"Like Omg." Kagame laughed, "Oh boy. Wait we're not 'commoners' we have plenty of cash in the bank."
'Yeah, but I'm just letting think we're poor. I don't really care." Mikan shrugged, "I might also lose my position if they knew if I could afford it."
"Pft. Dance?" Kagame asked, "Ayumi and your tuition alone could power a third world country for ten years. Don't even start on dance."
"I like my dance. And the classes are cheap, considering that I still use public studios, some of my best teachers have danced with the most prestigious companies, but instead teach students like me."
"Ah like . Scary old woman." Kagame shuddered, "Allright out. So I can get dressed."
Kagame watched as Mikan rolled off the bed, shutting her door as she began to scream orders at the twins to "PICK UP YOUR CLOTHES OR I SWEAR I"LL THROW THEM OUT!"
She loved Sho and Jun, but they could be a pain in the ass sometimes. Mikan always seemed the best suited though to keep them in line, even when mom was home.
It was so cute to see her so flustered around the boys, though maybe she would let the twins play commando and spy on her.
"God I'm mean." She laughed to herself as she pulled on the baggy t-shirt and jeans with her roughed up cow boy boots as she pulled her hair back into a braid.
She opened the door to Mikan running by in her usual jeans and black t-shirt so ragged it had holes as she was struggling to get on her other boot.
"Hey I'll be ready in a minute." She answered as she ran with an armful of clothes in her hands before slowly going down the stairs her brace thumping on every step.
Kagame yanked out her own bin following her sister as she asked, "Ayumi what's your plan of action today?"
"Going over to Tenten's." She answered as she held the curling iron in her hair, before releasing and doing another strand as she sat in front of the mirror.
Kagame never could make head or tails of why the heck she had bothered to spend so much time with it. She was in middle school, but then again she was running with a different crowd. Amazing she had made so many friends so quickly, she used to just melt into the corner back home.
It was good for her though, as she was actually smiling pulling out her cell.
"Hey tenten. No of course I'll bring some of my sister's cupcakes. Yeah I can't wait either. No way!" She paused, "Wait, she is? Wow, I had no idea. No. Yes. Wow."
"All right Air head, take the bubbly conversation some where else." Kagame ordered as she moved on opening the basement door as she made her way down the wooden stairs.
It was a nice basement with carpeted floor, a huge couch, and of course a TV that took up half the wall. She smiled reminding herself that she needed to try Shutter 2 in the dark before they moved back to the other place.
She opened the sliding door as she joined Mikan at the industrial sized washer and dryer.
"You think we're taking care of a family of ten." Kagame commented as she loaded in the clothes.
'Well, this is from the week, and we don't even reach half." Mikan answered shaking her head, "Can't wait to go back home."
"I know I like our Victorian house."
"That and I can walk out to the fields to our babies, not drive a half hour." She shook her head as she stuffed in more clothes, "What's going on with Ayumi?"
"She's going to be over at some girls house. " Kagame explained, "So what the doc have to say?'
"That my leg is actually in better shape then before, because of all the walking I'm doing and that I'm on schedule for my release." She answered smiling.
Kagame nodded again before heading back up the stairs and searching for her lovely purse that always wanted to hide last minute. It was like it was screaming Screw w you!
"There you are." She plucked it up as she felt the boys breath behind her, "Boys best behavior."
"All right." They answered huffing, "We won't do anything annoying or burn the house down."
"Your not aloud outside of your room until I get back." She warned, "Don't answer the door."
"Fine." The twins answered huffing as they trudged up to their room, slamming the door shut. They waited until they heard Kagame shut the door with Mikan close behind with the thump, thump of her cast before they opened the door. Ayumi could care less what they did as long as they stayed out of her hair.
"I hear Mikan is having company." Sho smiled
"We really shouldn't, but why not give them a proper welcoming." Jun returned the smiled as they got out the necessary supplies to give Mikan's "friends" the proper welcoming.
"Kagame says they're all man whores." Sho whispered, "That can't be good."
"Well I think it's like if someone calls a girl a whore she sleeps with a lot of guys, so a man whore probably sleeps with a lot of girls." Jun said slowly, but proud that he had been able to piece it together on his own.
"Oh. Wait, isn't that bad for Mikan?' Sho asked, "What if they try to beat her up for lunch money?"
"Or kiss her." Jun answered, "Or hold her hand. It will be just like at our school when those two guys wanted the same girl."
"Poor Chan. He couldn't walk for a week." Sho clicked his tongue, "the usual then?"
"Of course, but perhaps we should go for something a little trickery." Jun answered, "You know how like Kagame likes to pop out of the ceiling to scare people."
"Oh right." Sho nodded his head, "Now she is a master."
"What if we did the old, one brother bit?" Jun asked ,"And you pretend to be my dead brother."
"Could work, but these are highschooler's. They may be a little harder to deal with." Sho pointed out
Jun scratched his silver hair as he smiled deviously, "Well what if we did the bit with the rubber band and the honey."
"Oh. Oh. The classic." Sho nodded his head ,'Never fails."
"I say we add whip cream and pickle juice into the mix for the two that made her cry.' Jun hissed, "We are the only one who makes our sister cry."
"And even then we apologize." Sho answered, "We got a lot of work to do, before they get here though. And we can always count on Mikan to be late."
"When Kagame's driving?" Jun asked, "Yeah. Here pass me that seran wrap."
"What are you two doing?" Ayumi asked from the door way, "Wait. Don't care. Off to Tenten's. See you late, alright?"
"Bye." they answered as they watched Ayumi go out the door.
"She did her hair." Sho commented, "Ayumi never does her hair."
"She also stopped eating all that junk food."Jun sighed, "Now whose going to buy us our crap?"
"Kagame will if we add into the grocery list." Sho pointed out, "You know we're rich now, but we still do all the things that we did when we lived in the suburbs."
"Mom doesn't want us to lost who we are, just because we have money." Jun answered, "As if. That's why we went to public school."
"Rich are to snooty." Sho agreed, "None of those girls would want to build mud castles or make worm homes."
"Most kids don't do that." Jun answered, "But at least at public school it's not like we ever left the states, except it's a whole lot cleaner."
"I like Japan." Sho said as he tied the string dumping in the honey, "But I do miss our friends."
"Maybe we could have Devin over this summer." Jun suggested, "And prank Mikan until she run screaming from the house."
"I don't think mom will let Devin back in any of houses, after the noodle incident at school." Sho laughed
"Oh the noodle incident." Jun nodded, "That was one of our better moments. I think we're done."
"And with three hours to spare." Sho glanced at the clock, "Wanna go climb on the roof?"
"Yeah." Jun answered, "As long as we use all that climbing gear and put the mats underneath mom said it was fine."
"Well before we were grounded." Sho pointed out as Jun laughed, "Mom's not here."
Kagame sat upon Tick, and Mikan walked his brother tock out to the paddock. She trotted around to the side, posting as her butt was numb after riding two of the other horses for the last hour or so.
"Damn Mikan. Can we go yet?" She asked as she pushed him into a canter around the large green field.
"Nope." She answered as she rubbed the various noses. They had been very well cared for at the stables. She found out, that the staff actually did the feeding, grooming, and mucking while they were free to ride. She was going to be so happy to have her babies to herself again. She was starting to miss all the hard work that went into taking care of them.
"Right Amoeba?' She asked as she rubbed the Belgium drafts nose as Napoleon the Shetland rubbed his own head against her legs.
"Hey babe." She smiled rubbing his ears. This is why she loved horses, no rumors, no judging. You took care of them and they loved you forever. Unless of course you happened to own a prissy appaloosa, and then you probably had to work a little harder for the love.
She couldn't ride at all, because of the cast. Granted she probably could manage side saddle at a walk, but she didn't a riding accident to boot on top her brace..
"My butt is sore." Kagame complained.
"That's because you've been doing a gallop on three different horses." Mikan retorted, "Your lucky you can fricken get on the horse."
"I know. Ha ha.' She smiled as she ran Tick right by the fence. Mikan smiled. She supposed that one perk to being rich, her mom could afford all the horses they had grown up with.
Tick and Tock were supposed to be sold off to some circus as cart horses, before Mom had managed to wrangle the price her way. Mikan remembered how they had sacrificed a lot of things like food for a few weeks in order to keep them boarded.
Yet, she got them to riding status once more, through hard work. Amoeba and Napoleon had come together as they refused to be separated. Amoeba thought he was tiny, jumping every time one of the small horses came by, and Napoleon though he hardly reached past Mikan's knees figured himself an Irish cog.
Kuri a little ways away from Amobea. The buckskin draft seemed to have a thing for his fellow draft. Kuri had been an interesting find. He had come from an older man, who said that he had found him one day while walking down a road and there stood a tamed horse eating grass.
The old man had let Kuri simply roam his fields, getting nice and fat. He was still being whipped back into shape by her, or now Kagame.
There was also Bolt, the black pony that had been a fair horse and never went faster then a walk. He stuck with his girlfriend, Ting a painted pony who a head taller than him, but didn't mind his company as they grazed together. It was always great when Sho and Jun rode them both at the same time, because it was always an effort to keep the two from riding into each other, rubbing noses.
There were also her mothers two white Arabians, who were always prancing about the paddock tossing their heads. They were show horses and they knew it.
The one was Molly, and the other was something like Csear.
Then of course there was her father's Friesian or it would be her fathers if he was still around. Mom said it was the first he had ever taken her out on. That's how she discovered it was her passion, her expensive passion for horses. .
Of course Mikan would always laughed when people asked for his name. "Ed." She answered with a snort. It was actually Edmund after the original her horse her mom had ridden all those years ago, but Ed sounded funnier.
The black Friesian didn't mind his name though, as he trotted around with Arabians sometimes with Kuri. He was very comfortable with himself in his horse hood. She laughed again, "Kagame, I swear to god, mom could build an entire drama just off out horses."
"Mention it to her." Kagame called as she took Tick to a walk, "I'm going to take him back to the stable for a rub down."
Mikan glanced over at Tick who seemed worn out from the gallop that Kagame had put him through as he knackered over to Sofia.
Their final pony, a miniature that they hooked up to the pony cart and drove around on the trails and on the dirt path. Sofia led a grand life rolling in the shade or trotting by Napoleon.
She clicked her tongue as, Ling only glanced at her from his place under the shade of Kuris shadow before returning to grazing.
"Alright, babies." She smiled patter Amoeba on the nose, giving Napoleon one last pat on the forelock before she ran to the fence jumping over leaving the horses to graze.
"Hey Kagame-" but she stopped as she turned the corner seeing Kagame in a lip lock with a rather cute looking boy decked out in dressage, "Yo, it's 11:30 in the morning. Come back later."
She stopped as they stopped embrace. Kagame blushed as she winked at him, as the boy seemed to melt walking away as he ran into a stall startling the horse inside.
"And that was-" Mikan prompted
"Number 11." She answered, "Not me for him." after she caught Mikan's look.
"Uh huh." She answered nodding, "I can't let you loose."
"Oh give me a break. A month without any action and I needed a little something." Kagame shrugged, "I forgot what it's like not having a boy friend."
"That was hooking up in a barn.' Mikan pointed out
"He was cute and there." Kagame argued, "And I'm 21. It's not exactly a 'huge' thing anymore. Don't let me ever catch you though! Besides he asked for it."
"Really and how does that work?' Mikan quipped, "He toss a few bills at you."
"Nah. First one's of the house." Kagame shrugged, "No. He was all like I bet you never kissed anyone. And I was like why? And he's like because who would want to make out with someone like you. And I was all like well why don't you come over here and find out. And he did. And well-" Kagame swept her hand in front as if to exemplify her point.
"Okay. So it's okay for you to hook up –" Mikan started
"Nope I was defending my honor." She answered with a shrug, "You know me. I've had what-two boyfriends in the last year or so. I date more boys then an encyclopedia has pages."
"And you like only two enough to keep it steady." Mikan finished, "I know. So does he ride here?"
"Yeah. He was boasting how his horse was this shit and that shit, and pure blood lines. Don't matter if he's not putting the work in to be with the horse though." Kagame huffed
"I know."Mikan nodded, "Which is why I can't wait to have my babies back home with me."
'So where are we going now?" Kagame asked as she grabbed her purse and keys from the front desk that cheerfully said good bye before greeting the riders who had arrived.
"Haruhi's." Mikan answered as she sat in the jeep cranking up the radio, laughing as Kagame spit gravel and spun out of the parking lot at high speeds as they passed the shiny new Volvo's, Mazda's, lambo's or limos.
'You know for being rich, you're not acting very refined." Mikan scolded
Kagame shrugged, "Free spirit." as the jeep jostled the wind blowing in as all the window were down, and "So is Haruhi rich?"
"Nah, commoner.' Mikan answered before she laughed slapping hand to her face, "Oh god they've got me saying it now."
"Commoner?" Kagame asked in disbelief , "That's how they refer to the poor?"
"Yeah." Mikan shrugged, "Funny right?"
"Did you tell them some of the things they used to say-"
"Yep." Mikan nodded, "but I couldn't remember any of it."
"Man." Kagame shook her head, "So a left up here?"
"Uh huh." Mikan answered. The rest of the car ride was mostly in silence except for the occasional comment on a song as Kagame would keep switching the stations.
"I just realized something. Our jeep smell like horses." Mikan moaned
"so do we. I think I see hay in your hair." Kagame laughed, "Oh man. I wonder if we're even going to be able to get him into the car."
"I hope." Mikan sighed, "Oh this should be it up here."
Kagame pulled the jeep to a stop outside the small apartment complex, "Wow. Alright up we go."
"Can we even park here?" Mikan asked
"I guess we'll find out." Kagame shrugged as she locked the jeep parked on the curb before following Mikan up and climbing the stairs, "Hopefully they won't have us in."
Mikan glanced at her boots, "Yeah hopefully."
They stood at the door, as Kagame rang the bell, "Hello?"
The opened as a very flustered Haruhi pushed it open, "Hello. So sorry. I'm a little behind on my chores. My father had a party and I'm still working on the after math." Mikan tore off her shoes stepping right in as she glanced around, "Well what do you need help with."
"Oh no!" Haruhi started, but Mikan ignored it heading for the dishes, as Kagame took over the laundry, "This is to be folded right?"
Haruhi nodded, "Ah yes. Thank you. You don't need to though."
"Nonsense." Mikan snorted, "I'm used to it. I used to clean my friends houses all the time back in the states."
"Ah." Haruhi nodded, "And you are?"
The dark blue haired girl smiled as she gave a slight bow, "Kagame. Older sister and chauffer extordinare."
"Oh. Mikan mentioned you." Haruhi said, as she picked up the bottles that were everywhere, hoping to her mother above that her father would not wake up any time soon.
"Your dad knows how to throw a party.' Mikan commented, "Where's your mom?"
"My mother is dead." Haruhi answered quickly.
"Oh sorry." Mikan said, "I know how that is. Our dad is dead."
"Terrible ski accident." Kagame explained, "He tried doing a back flip back wards, and fell head first into a frozen lake."
"Oh." Haruhi stopped stunned that she had said so bluntly.
"It's nothing much. Mom said it's how he would want to go. He was a man of adventure." Mikan explained as she caught his confused look, "No worries."
"My mother died of an illness." Haruhi answered
"Sucks." Kagame nodded her head as she continued to fold the laundry. Haruhi watched amazed she was almost finished.
"So what else do you have to do?" Mikan asked as she put away the last of the dishes and turned to face her.
"Er, well pick and take out the trash, mop, vacuum." She began to count it off her fingers as Mikan exchanged a glance with Kagame cracking her knuckles and neck.
"You do the trash, Kagame can mop, and I'll vacuum." MIkan ordered as she began to root around, "Where's the vacuum?"
"I'll get it." Haruhi answered relived to have help, "I'm sorry."
"It's cool." Mikan shrugged, "better late then never."
"Oh shit the twins." Kagame yelled suddenly leaving the rest of the laundry in the basket and shoving her shoes back on, "Call me and I'll come pick you up. Those two little monsters are problem greeting the rest of your friends."
"Bye Kagame." Mikan waved as she yanked out the vacuum, "So-what's happening?"
"Please dear god in the heaven's do not let that house be burned down." Kagame swore under her breath as she tore up the drive way ,a limo already parked out front. Well the house wasn't burned down, but it might as well have been.
Toilet paper hung from the trees, as a chair laid splintered into pieces outside the front door. She felt herself fume as she slammed open the front door, letting out a scream that shook the birds from their place in the trees.
"SHO! JUN!" She yelled as she stomped in over a floor that was covered in a sticky goo that she was not even going to guess what the combination was. She glanced at the seven boys crouched behind a row of sand bags in her front hall as she all sat staring at her as a constant rain of water balloons fell down the stairs.
She walked right through them and over the wall, as she stomped up the stairs.
The twins were crouched another balloon at the ready before she yanked out of their hands breaking it open with a single squeeze of her hand.
'They started it!" They yelled as she grabbed them both ready to take them down stairs when a voice yelled, "Return fire."
She didn't have time to react or even duck as She was plastered in flour as she wiped it from her eyes.
"THIS MEANS WAR!" She yelled, taking cover behind the barricade that the twins had built.
"So glad you could join." They laughed as they crouched behind the sand bags, both of them covered in flour and what looked like marshmallows in their hair.
"Don't you start." she answered, 'Your still grounded when all of this is through, but they threw flour at me and I can't take that sitting down."
The twins high fived as they loaded another balloon with water from a hose that they had running from the window.
"What are you doing?" She asked grabbing it from them and squeezing a bottle of Honey she had found sitting in the hall, "Use honey. It will stick."
They grinned wider as they continued to fill the balloons, as another package of flour exploded on the wall knocking down several picture frames.
'That's going to cost some money." She muttered as she tossed down the balloon, "We need to regain the advantage."
"We have the advantage." Sho told her, "Jun stocked us up before they claimed their territory."
"And how did this whole things start?" Kagame asked raising an eyebrow as yet another package of flour exploded on to the wall covering the blue paint with a layer of white fluff.
'Well we pranked them. All of them, and the two with orange hair convinced the guy with blonde hair, the king, that it was a dishonor to their family name, and they put a barricade, and the rest is history. Though you did add a nice touch by screaming loud enough to make the blonde one jump into the air."
'Great." Kagame answered, "I think they think I'm your mother. Such lovely first impressions."
"That's funny." Mikan commented as she wrung the mop out, dumping the bucket of disgusting soapy water into the sink, "My sister isn't picking up her phone. Is it al right by you if I stay for awhile more?"
"Sure." Haruhi nodded, "You did earn it one way or another by doing all my chores."
"Sorry I smell like horses. I didn't have time to change before I came from the stables." Mikan answered as she peeled of her long sleeve top and adjusted her cami once more, "So what do you want to do?"
"I don't really care." Haruhi answered, "I have a few hours until I should put something on for my father. I left him something in the refrigerator for when he wakes up."
"Does your dad always sleep this late?" Mikan asked cocking her head as she walked over putting the mop into the closet. The flat which had been a mess before hand, looked remarkably clean. Cleaner than usual as Haruhi had put it.
"Yes. He works all night and most of the day at the bar." Haruhi answered, "So it's nice for him when he gets to sleep in late."
"I had a friend who was the same way. She slept so much, that one day she went to sleep in the afternoon and woke up to the next morning."
She stretched, "Well we could go for a walk. You got a park around here?"
'Up the street." Haruhi started as Mikan smiled grabbing her hand and yanking saying, "Well come on."
"But it's a park for little kids." Haruhi started
"You never to old for a play ground." Mikan corrected as she threw on her shoes and opening the door as Haruhi followed more slowly taking off her apron and slip on her own shoes.
"I love playgrounds." Mikan told her as they began walking down the street, "I used to play on the small one we had in my back yard for hours. It was all I wanted to do every summer, well that and swim."
"I came here as a young child." Haruhi answered
"And not since?" Mikan asked, "Wow. I thought everybody still went to parks. There great fun you know."
"I don't think the host club goes to parks." She commented
"No probably not." Mikan agreed, "We should take them to one."
"I think their designed more for the young."
"Then call me a five year old." Mikan laughed as she jogged the rest of the way to the rather deserted park, besides a few children with their ever watchful parents.
"MIkan wait up.' Haruhi puffed as she finally caught up to the rather hyperactive Mikan who immediately sat down on the swing, "Come swing with me."
'Alright." Haruhi shrugged as she sat down rocking back and forth as Mikan pumped herself higher and higher.
"I used to swing for hours on end." She explained, "My grand parents had this swing on their farm that always cut into my butt, so by the time I got off I had imprints and a sore butt."
'Sounds painful." Haruhi answered
"It was.' Mikan said as she suddenly leapt off rolling on the ground, "Shit that was stupid."
"Mikan are you okay?' Haruhi asked as she ran over to the girl who was brushing herself off.
"Yeah, but don't try jumping off a swing with a brace. I forgot I even had this damn thing on, I'm that used to it." She moaned flexing her leg before walking back onto the swing, "So what does your dad do?"
"He works at a bar." She answered sitting beside her, as Mikan instead only rocked gently back and forth now.
"Bar is good money." Mikan answered with a nod, "My mom's a writer."
"Oh." Haruhi said simply growing quiet as Mikan continued, "Yeah. She finally got her novel to take off, which is why we moved back to her home country. My dad was american you know. Great guy for what I remember of him. Do you remember your mother?"
"A little." Haruhi answered
"Yeah I can't remember much about mine either. Is your dad ever going to re marry?"
"Well he decided since he could never love another woman-"
"Oh I get it." Mikan smiled cutting him off , "My mom is still on the market, but she's letting them come to her. She's lazy that way."
'Dating sounds exhausting ."
"Oh?" MIkan asked, "I would have thought you would have been through a couple girlfriends already."
"What makes you sat that?"
"The girls drool over you." Mikan answered, "The guys to. I don't know how you can take it."
"Well you attract your own kind of attention."
"Nah." Mikan shrugged, "This is actually the first time in a long time I've had some guy friends. And what weirdo's they turned out to be."
There was another pause before Mikan continued, "So what do you do for fun? Do you have any hobbies?"
"Not really." Haruhi answered truthfully.
"Ever tried horse back?"
"No, but I'm not big into horses or animals in general." Haruhi explained
"Oh. I love horses." Mikan answered, 'I ride every chance I get."
"Do you own a horse?"
'Well I have a draft that I consider to be mine, amoeba. But we have like eleven total." She answered
"How can you-no never mind." Haruhi shrugged
"I'm not a 'commoner'." She smiled, "Not as rich as most of the host club, but we're well off. I only go to the school because of my dance scholarship."
"You dance?" Haruhi asked surprised
"Yep." Mikan smiled, "I'm hoping to train to become a prima donna."
"A what?" Haurhi asked
"It basically the highest level you can reach as a dancer. You're in the center spot light all the time, principal roles-" Mikan went on and on as Haruhi pretended to know anything she was talking about.
'Maybe you should try calling your sister again." Haruhi suggested as Mikan typed into her phone.
'I sent a text.' She answered clicking the phone shut, "We've been here for over an hour you want to go home?"
"Sure." Haruhi nodded getting off the swing
"You're a very easy going child aren't you?" Mikan asked with a laugh as they limped back up the cement, "What are you having for dinner?"
"Probably stir fry. It's the end of the week and I haven't had time to go grocery shopping today."
"You buy groceries every day?' Mikan asked
"Well everything I'll need for that night and the next day."
"We buy for the week." Mikan explained, "Even when we lived in America. Of course we grew a lot of stuff in a garden or brought it at the market."
'Would you mind if I went to buy?" She asked caustisouly
"I would love to." Mikan answered smiling, "I used to have my sister drive me and my friends to the grocery store all the time. I love going grocery shopping with friends, one of life's oddities."
"I don't really like it," Haruhi started
"Have you ever stood on the back of the cart while someone pushed from front?" She asked as she grabbed a cart from the long line hopping onto the back, "You can push."
"All right." Haruhi shrugged as she started down the aisles Mikan riding on the back as she walked down the aisles picking up various things. At least she seems to be enjoying herself, Haruhi thought as she threw in a box of noodles.
"Do you want a turn?" MIkan asked
"No, I'm okay." Haruhi answered as they turned the corner.
"Did you ever do this as a kid?" Mikan questioned
"No." Haruhi said simply.
"Oh. I always did with my family. Of course I always got the back and the other three would ride in the middle and hold onto everything while Kagame pushed. At least when we we're really little. Of course Mom was always there to watch Kagame and make sure she didn't run through the aisles and try and play bowling with cans of soup." MIkan smiled reminiscing as the cart turned the corner and wheels squeaked against the floor.
"That should be all." Haruhi said as she turned the corner once more for the check out lanes as she begin to place groceries on the conveyor belt as Mikan helped.
"My sister still hasn't called." She commented as she pulled her phone out, "I wonder what they're up to."
Kagame plastered in honey and flour and marshmallow let out a shrill whistle as the boys had finally decided to duke it out face to face by storming the other teams known as Sexy overlords head on. They of course had ended it in a wrestling match and as they rolled around on the honey covered floor, knocking over vases Kagame decided it had been long enough.
"Now, you all have to help us clean up-"
"Poor commoner doesn't have a maid." They whispered though gulping as she glared and quickly shutting their mouths.
"Allright who's in charge?" She asked crossing her arms
Tamaki raised a timid hand as he suddenly fell to his knees, "I AM SO SORRY I HAVE DISRESPECTED YOUR PROPERTY YOUR HOUSE YOUR HONOR YOUR FAMILY-"
She ignored him, "Whose second in command?'
A tall, dark haired boy stepped forward as he pushed up his glasses, "I'll rein burst you for the damages."
"No need, we hate half the crap in this place." She answered, glancing around at the broken picture frames as another crashed to the floor, "All right. Sho! Jun! Go get me the soap."
The two ran off carrying with them a box of soap that she dumped onto the floor, "Now the rest of you grab a rag and a scrub brush."
No one moved.
She pulled out a small whistle, "WHEN I SAY SOMETHING YOU WILL RESPOND YES M'AM! DO I MAKE MY SELF CLEAR?"
"YES MA'M!" Came the unified reply as they scattered running to pick up a rag or a brush as they began to scrub hard on the floor.
"When I return I expect this place to be in tip top condition." She yelled, "Sho! Jun! Follow me!"
The twins marched out and as soon as she closed the door there was a general sigh of relief.
"Kyoya can't we hire some temporary maids to do all this work?' Tamaki asked, "I don't think I can work or clean as well as a commoner."
"Look Takashi bubbles." Honey yelled as he slid upon the floor.
"I've had a maid service rushed in." Kyoya explained as at least a dozen maids rushed through the doors shoving anyone out there way, "They're very efficient as you can see."
Tamaki yelled as he was shoved through a door. He glanced around, a sink, cupboards. He was in a kitchen! A real commoners kitchen!
"So cool!" He smiled exploring as the rest of the club followed in order to avoid being run over by the small army of maids.
"Look at this a real commoners Kitchen!" He smiled, "It's much better than I imagined."
"I do believe that Mikan's parent has some money." Kyoya commented as the other began to pull out dishes.
"How strange! Milord dishes made from plastic." The twins commented as they held up the colorful plastic plate.
"Is it even to safe to eat off of?" Tamaki asked as he held it.
"Oh Takashi!" Honey cried, "Cookies!" Honey began to stuff his face full of the delicious cookies, "Emm these are so good! Why haven't I heard of them before?"
"Oreos.' Mori read the label as he set it back down on the counter.
"Sounds exotic."Tamaki commented, "Perhaps a special kind of commoner food." He picked one up and after one bite he found himself spinning around and around, "OREOS! I must have more!"
He began to help Honey devour the entire Jar as the twins joined in the action.
"Amazing." They commented, 'Tiny, but delicious."
"Buy Mikan replacement Oreos." Kyoya commented to himself as the jar was quickly emptied.
"What now?" The twins asked wishing they had more Oreos.
"Exploration!" Tamaki answered
"Dibs on Mikan's room!" The twins cried as they sprinted up the now clean stairs, the maids had just about finished the foyer amassed with bubbles and various cleaning machines.
The threw open the doors in search of her room glancing in and around for anything that would give them a tell tale sign.
"Too pink." They said, "Too boyish.", "Too dark." They opened the last door on the left of the hallway, "This is it."
Cho leaped at them barking a greeting as the picked up the puppy scratching him behind the ears.
"You're a lot nice than our puppy." They commented as Tamaki yelled at them that they shouldn't be, "INVADING PEOPLE"S PRIVACY!"
"Oh so you don't want to see what our puppy does?" They asked, "She hardly tells us anything."
"Well it is my duty as father." Tamaki thought aloud before following them in as Honey pulled Mori in.
"Look Takashi!" He pointed at the pictures on the wall, "Horses."
"You think she rides?" The twins asked aloud, "Odd sport for a commoner."
"You can be a commoner and still ride." Kyoya told them calmly, glancing around the small room, "Perhaps we should leave before Kagame returns."
"She has one harsh mom.' They answered taking Cho out with them as the walked back into the hallway.
"That wasn't her mother.' He told them as he glided past down the stairs as Tamaki stared at the pictures on the wall , "She must have a huge family."
"That was her sister?" They asked amazed, before shrugging, "Who knew? Where's her mother?"
"At work probably." Kyoya answered as he thanked the Maids at the bottom that quickly departed out the front doors, leaving only a clean house behind.
"They're like portraits only smaller." Tamaki commented amazed at all the framed photographs as he continued down the stairwell, "Honey! Mori! Come on!" He yelled back up the stairs at the two who were still exploring Mikan's room.
"Coming!" Honey answered as he trotted down the stairs Mori in hand," She has a lot of ribbons. You think she competes a lot?"
'Ribbons?" Tamaki asked and then with a dismissive wave, "They're probably for decoration."
Mori shook his head no, "They were for competitions."
"Ah! Like we get at tournaments." Honey smiled, "I wonder what Mikan does."
"Maybe she won them for being clumsily." The twins laughed, "Or most visits to the hospital." They walked down the hall, as they opened a door "Hey we found her basement."
"Suppose we should gather down there." Kyoya said, as Tamaki ran to a set of double doors, "I'll get snacks." He flung open the doors in amazement. "Commoner food!"
"Yes Milord. We are in a commoners house." The twins commented, as they help Tamaki in picking and choosing what they wanted to eat.
"What are dorritos?"They asked glancing at a bright red package.
"I don't know, but we'll bring them down anyways. Oh more Oreos!"
"Oreos!" Honey cried as he disappeared down stairs, "Oh! What a large TV. What are we watching?"
"There is a set of DVDs here we can watch." Kyoya told him, "Star trek."
"Star trek?" Tamaki asked as he came down stairs his arms loaded with commoner snacks, "Let's watch it."
"We're cool with it." The twins agreed as Kyoya popped in the disc and they all clambered onto the two conjoined black leather couches that made an L shape as Kyoya flicked off the lights and the screen shone bright in the dark room.
"Space the final frontier." A deep voice started.
"Oh I like this already." Honey commented as he sat next to Mori who was sprawled on a corner.
Tamaki was already filling himself on something called Cheetoe's sucking his fingers with all the cheesy goodness on them, and the twins were sharing the bag of Doritos as Kyoya made mental notes of how much it would cost to replace everything they ate from Mikan's.
They watched the first episodes, before moving on to the next disc. He glanced at his watch that read 19:30 pm, they had been here a long time without even so much as an open door from the front foyer or a phone call.
It was strange to think they were in someone else house with no one else around, but he quickly dismissed knowing he could easily contact Mikan and turned his attention back to the screen.
"Nice digs." Sho commented as they sat around the small table with Haruhi and her father who was going crazy over everybody. It had started when they returned home from the grocery store, he had immediately introduced himself as "Ran-san, oh it's so nice to see that Haruhi has made so many friends."
"Of course." Mikan smiled widely shaking his hand, before whispering to her aside, "that is your dad right?'
"Yeah." Haruhi answered shyly, "He dresses as a woman because he decided he could never love anyone after my mother's death."
"Oh." She nodded her head, "I understand." Wow, a cross-dressing dad, that is different. He reminded her a lot of Tamaki in the way her always blew things out of proportion or fussed over Haruhi.
And then Kagame had shown up with the rest of her family, minus her mom and Ayumi. "Hello! We brought some dinner of our own. Hope you don't mind."
And that's how Haruhi ended up meeting most her family, though Kagame kept Haruhi's dad engaged with various topics ranging from pastry to bars, as the twins listened or talked to each other.
"He's the only normal one. " They commented, "You missed the war we had today."
"You had a war at the house?" Mikan asked slapping a hand to her face, "Oh lord. Why me? Kagame why didn't you stop them?"
"They threw flour at me." She answered with a shrug as Haruhi's dad laughed at the prospect of throwing flour or honey at each other.
"Oh well that changes everything." Mikan rolled her eyes, "I guess it was a good thing we didn't go to my house." as she scooped up more rice.
"Yes." Haruhi nodded, "It's nice to meet your family."
"Thanks." Mikan smiled, "I think this is the best the twins have acted in a long time. We can't take the little monsters out to often."
Sho and Jun only smiled a wicked smile before they helped themselves to more shoving it down their throats.
"That and the fact they're black holes." Haruhi answered, "What did you call this?"
"Oh something my sis came up with, some kind of man salad where's its all a bunch of tenderized, fried meat in a bowl." Mikan answered, as she dug in with a plastic fork. She never had been able to get chopstick down.
"We need to head back soon." Kagame said as she glanced at the near empty table as she began to stack dishes, "Thank you for having us."
"No trouble at all." he smiled
"You wanna come over to my place?" Mikan asked, "It's only eight."
"Sure." Haruhi shrugged as she helped scrub off all the dirt and grime before stacking them into the dishwasher and shutting it. It didn't take much time at all as the twins pitched in though they did manage to get their fronts soaked.
"It will be a tight fit." Kagame told them as she led the way to the dirt jeep as they climbed in with Sho shoving Jun out of the way for the honor of Shotgun and Mikan in the middle with Jun on one side and Haruhi on the other.
"Ready?" Kagame asked as she revved the engine as tore out onto the road honking her horn.
"What was that for?' Haruhi asked
"Our way of saying a second good-bye. " Mikan answered as the wind began to rush against them in the open top.
It was a quiet ride back as there was nothing much to say and everybody's stomachs were full from dinner and Kagame had the radio blaring taking sharp turns.
"Your sister is crazy." Haruhi commented as she waved back in forth in the seat.
"Don't worry . Kagame used to date a stunt driver, she know what she's doing." Mikan answered with a shrug leaning her head back as she was suddenly very tiered, "You still up for star trek?"
"Yep. 'Haruhi nodded her head as Kagame pulled up the dirt driveway her headlight the only thing illuminating the way, "Here we are."
"Finnaly.'Haruhi muttered as she clambered out of the jeep as Mikan laughed, "Come on. It's all in the basement."
She clicked on the lights as Kagame commented, "Wow those boys do a nice job."
"Do you think they're still here?" Mikan asked as she pushed open the basement door only to hear the noise of startrek, the familiar voice of captain kirk talking the imistakble Mr. Spock.
"Hmm, I'll take that as a yes." She told Haruhi as she walked down the stairs. They were all on the couch, in the middle of another episode.
"Hey guys." She waved though only Kyoya noticed her, gesturing for her and Haruhi to sit down.
She waltzed over shoving herself between the twins who woke up with a start and lazily shoved her to the ground and instead grabbed Haruhi who sat between them without to much of a complaint. He was tiered to, Mikan realized crossing her arms, instead finding an open spot by Honey as she sprawled out resting her head against his body and stretching her cast on the floor hanging off the side and her one leg on the couch.
It must have been at least 8:30, but she was exhausted as another wave hit her and she closed her eyes to the lulling voice of Mr. Spock as he dissed Kirk on something.
"So nice." She muttered before dozing off.
It was a little later Kyoya realized that everyone was fast asleep. It had started with Honey, then Tamaki, followed by the twins. It was probably all the sugar they had eaten before hand.
He made his way up the stairs as he called out for, "Kagame?"
"Yo. Sup?" She asked coming out of the kitchen, "Saw you guys made it through the Oreos. What's the deal with everybody else?"
"Fast asleep." He answered, "I'm going home. I'll see you tomorrow morning."
"Great I have seven guys piled on a couch with my kid sister." Kagame rolled her eyes, and yawned, "Fine. See ya tomorrow. Thanks for getting the house in shape."
"You're welcome." He answered as he opened the front door to the waiting limo, which pulled out the drive. He would let all the parents know we're their children were located, saying it was merely a party hosted by a good friend.
"Yes that should work." He mused as he typed into his phone texting out a message.
hehehe wonder what he's planning? No seriously I wonder