Amnesia Chapter 39:
Settling In
A few days after Ichigo, Kisshu, Pai, Lettuce, Taruto, Pudding and Rikia returned to Cyniclonia, the house Haroshi-sama had been readying for them was finished. Rikia was still going to be living with her parents, but the others would be living in the large house Haroshi-sama had gotten for them.
They packed the stuff they had brought from Earth, and moved it all into the house. The house was already furnished, with a stocked kitchen, a living room with a large sectional sofa, and three bedrooms, each with their own bathroom.
Ichigo and Kisshu's bedroom was forest green with pale pink trim, and had a large king-sized bed in the center of the room. The closet was a walk-in, divided in two; one side for each of them. To their surprise, there were some clothes in there already, but they were styled more like Cyniclons' clothes than human ones. There were two desks, on either wall, and two bookcases. They had matching night tables, each with a large lamp- pink for Ichigo, green for Kisshu. There was a clock over the door, and they both had alarm clocks. There was a huge bay window, with white curtains decorated with strawberries.
Their bathroom was also pink and green. The double sink was a pale pink, with gold taps. The tub was plain white, and the shower curtain was forest green. The walls were painted spring green, and the floor tiles were a very dark green, almost black. The bath mat was forest green with pink strawberries, and the cabinets under the double sink were made out of a dark wood. The overhead light was covered by a frosted glass cover, and the mirror had a slim gold and silver braided frame.
Lettuce and Pai's bedroom was light green with dark purple trim. They each had a queen-sized bed, one with light green blankets, and the other with dark purple blankets, and separate closets, which also had some Cyniclon clothing in them. They each had a night table, and a lamp. They both had bookcases, but no desks. They both had a small digital clock, and they also had a huge bay window, except the curtains were lilac, decorated with little green porpoises.
Just when they were wondering about why there were no desks, Pai noticed a door in the wall, and opened it. Behind it was an office, with two desks, two computers, and two filing cabinets. There was also a large bookshelf built into the wall, with a bunch of books on it already.
That done, they went to check out the bathroom. It was the opposite of the bedroom. The walls were lilac, and the double sink was a very pale green with silver taps. The shower curtain was dark purple, and the bath mat was green with a dark purple border. The tub was plain white, and the floor tiles were pale green. The overhead light was covered with a clear glass cover, and the mirror had an intricate silver frame. The cabinets were made of something that looked like pine wood.
Pudding and Taruto's room was orange with yellow trim, and had two queen-sized beds, one with yellow blankets, and the other with orange blankets. They had two closets, both with Cyniclon clothing, and two windows, both with yellow curtains decorated with monkeys. They also had a bunch of toys, mainly balls and board games. There was a large bookcase against the far wall, and a digital clock on each of their night tables. They also had two lamps, orange for Taruto, and yellow for Pudding. Instead of desks, they had a table in the corner, with two chairs.
Their bathroom had a double sink that was pale yellow, and had gold taps. The bathtub was cream-colored, and the shower curtain was yellow with orange monkey faces on it. The bath mat also had monkey faces on it, but the colors were the opposite of the shower curtain. The overhead light had a light orange tint to the cover, and the cabinets under the double sink were made of an orange-ish wood.
Once everyone had explored their rooms, Ichigo and Lettuce went downstairs to make dinner. Pudding and Taruto went off to play- or plot revenge on Pai for taking their candy away, one or the other- leaving Kisshu and Pai to their own devices. Pai went off to the lab, aka the basement, leaving Kisshu bored.
Kisshu sat down on the bed, and sighed. Then he decided to go through the desk on his side. Surprisingly, he found a bunch of blank unlined paper, and pencils. He took out a sheet of paper and a pencil, and started to draw.
An hour later: Ichigo and Lettuce had called everyone downstairs for dinner, but Kisshu didn't show up. "That's odd, he's always hungry," Pai said. "I'll go check on him." Pai went upstairs and found Kisshu concentrating on a drawing. "Kisshu, it's dinnertime," Pai said.
Kisshu's head snapped up, startled. "Jeez Pai, do you always have to be that quiet?" he asked.
"I wasn't at all quiet, you were just concentrating so hard that you didn't notice me- or Ichigo yelling, "Dinner!"" Pai said. "What are you drawing, anyways?"
"Uh… nothing important," Kisshu said.
Pai sighed. "I'll figure out what you were doing later, the others are waiting for us," he said. "Don't you want dinner?"
"Yeah!" Kisshu said eagerly. He got up and followed Pai downstairs. The others looked up as they came in.
"Kisshu, are you okay?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, I was drawing and didn't hear you, sorry," Kisshu said.
"I didn't know you liked to draw," Ichigo commented as Kisshu sat down next to her and started eating.
"He's really good at it," Taruto said. "I used to make him draw pictures for me."
"Of what?" Ichigo asked.
"Um… different things," Taruto said uncomfortably.
"Actually, he made me draw like a hundred pictures of Pudding, and he'd tack them to his wall in the ship," Kisshu said. "It took up a lot of time, but he blackmailed me, so I had to do it."
"Taruto blackmailed you?" Ichigo asked. "With what?"
"He said he'd tell Pai that every time I said I was going to scout out another target when we were trying to take over Earth, I was really stalking you," Kisshu said. "So I had to draw about eight pictures a week, or I'd have to deal with Pai on my case."
"Jeez Taruto, you can be pretty evil, can't you?" Ichigo asked.
"Yep," Taruto said proudly.
"Taruto, that's not something to be proud of," Pai said sternly.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever Pai," Taruto said dismissively. "Do you guys want to know what Pai made Kisshu do as a punishment every time he failed in a battle?"
"What?" Ichigo asked, curious.
"NO! Taruto, don't tell them!" Pai said desperately.
Taruto grinned and said, "Since Ichigo asked, it's not polite to say nothing. Pai used to make Kisshu draw pictures of Lettuce as punishment for failure. Unfortunately for Pai, it gave Kisshu plenty of new teasing material after the first time."
Kisshu was snickering as Pai buried his head in his hands, now totally humiliated. Kisshu stopped snickering very quickly, however, when Taruto said, "Kisshu used me too, though."
"How?" Ichigo asked.
Before Kisshu could stop him, Taruto snapped his fingers, and a picture in a frame appeared in his hands. He handed it to Ichigo as Kisshu buried his head in his hands. Ichigo took a look at the picture, which was a photo of her in a bikini. It also had a little ribbon threaded through the frame. "Hey, wasn't that from the beach we went to?" Ichigo asked.
"Yep," Taruto said. "Kisshu made me take a camera with me, since Pai didn't let him come on that mission, and told me to take a picture of you in a bathing suit, or he'd tell Pai about the time I saved Pudding from dying under Tokyo Dome."
"Kisshu, why are you such a pervert?" Ichigo asked.
"Don't know…" Kisshu mumbled. Then he looked up, and smirked at Taruto, who got nervous. "Payback time," Kisshu said. Then he grabbed Pudding, Lettuce and Ichigo and teleported.
The girls opened their eyes when they landed, and gasped. They were in the middle of a small room that was wallpapered in pictures of Pudding. There were yellow candles scattered around the room, and incense sticks. There was also a small box on a pedestal, and the girls went over and looked in. It turned out to be a lock of Pudding's hair, tied up with a yellow ribbon. Kisshu smirked and said, "Taruto made this shrine a little while before the incident at Tokyo Dome. Don't ask me how he managed to get a lock of your hair, Pudding. But I bet he teleported into your room at night while you were sleeping."
Ichigo burst out laughing. "Jeez, I had no idea Taruto was this obsessed," she chuckled.
"Pudding thinks it's sweet, but a bit creepy, na no da," Pudding said.
"See Koneko-chan? I'm not the real stalker," Kisshu said.
"I guess you're right," Ichigo said.
Lettuce giggled and said, "Taruto's going to kill you, Kisshu-san."
"He'll have to catch me first!" Kisshu said, and teleported the girls back to the dining room.
Taruto was waiting nervously, and as soon as Kisshu teleported back in with Ichigo, Lettuce and Pudding, he asked, "Did you show them what I think you showed them?"
"If you mean your shrine to Pudding, then yes," Kisshu said. "I can't believe you still call me a stalker."
Taruto groaned. "I'm doomed…." he moaned.
"Hey, where'd Pai go?" Lettuce asked.
"Upstairs," Taruto said- just as they heard Pai shout, "KISSHU!"
"If you rip that drawing up, I'll murder you!" Kisshu shouted back. "I worked really hard on that!"
Pai teleported downstairs with a piece of paper, his face bright red. Ichigo took the paper before he could say anything, then said, "That's so CUTE!"
Lettuce, Pudding and Taruto came over too, and 'awwed' a bit. The picture was Lettuce and Pai kissing, and it was immaculately drawn. "Pai, why are you so upset?" Lettuce asked. "It's cute."
Pai's face turned even redder, but this time from embarrassment. "Um… sorry…. I guess it's cute…"
Kisshu smirked. "I take it you haven't kissed her yet, Pai?" he asked.
Before Kisshu could embarrass Pai further, Lettuce went to him and took his face in her hands, then pulled him into a kiss. Surprised, Pai didn't respond at first, but as Lettuce started to pull away, he wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed back.
Taruto made a soft gagging sound, and Pudding whacked him. Then Kisshu took out a camera, and snapped a picture while Lettuce and Pai's eyes were closed. Then he took Ichigo's hand and teleported back to their room, giving the lovebirds some privacy. Taruto had already teleported out with Pudding.
Almost as soon as Ichigo and Kisshu landed, they heard Taruto shout, "NOOOO! Stay away, you crazy monkey! I will NOT kiss y-"
Kisshu and Ichigo looked at each other, then snuck down the hall, and peeked into Pudding and Taruto's room. Sure enough, they were kissing, and Kisshu snapped another photo, then he and Ichigo went back to their room.
"Well, does this mean it's our turn?" Ichigo asked, watching Kisshu snicker at his camera. Kisshu looked up at her, then smirked. "Wanna see how long we can go without air?" he asked.
Ichigo sighed, but she was smiling. "Sure…" she said. Kisshu immediately kissed her, and she kissed back.
About five minutes later, they both broke it off, gasping for air. "Not… bad…" Ichigo said.
"Yeah, about five minutes," Kisshu said. "You're a good kisser, Koneko-chan."
"You said that at my grandma's funeral too," Ichigo said. "You're really good too."
Kisshu smirked and said, "Wanna try again?"
Ichigo smiled and kissed him.
Yay! Everyone got a couple moment! Bet you didn't know Taruto was even more of a stalker than Kisshu, did you?