Hey you guys! Ya, I know, I updated late…again. So sorry for doing that, but I've just finished stupid school and then there was family issues, so…ya. Hope you like the new chapter.
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Chapter 5: week turns to months.
Shun waked up the moment his alarm clock ringed with a grin on his face. He was not a person to laugh much, but that day was different. It was the day Runo and her family were to leave and he couldn't feel happier.
Being only a friend to Runo and not a 'roommate' was quite different. He was glad he is to go back seeing her once a month. She had showed him hell itself during this one week.
He stood under the shower singing 'I'll be free today!' over and over, but he stopped abruptly after a couple of minutes. What if Runo was planning to do something to stay? He shook his head. Even she wasn't that evil, or at least he hoped.
He got out of his bathroom and got dressed into something casual and went downstairs to eat the last breakfast with the Misakis. He sat down next to his grandfather, who was crying. Shun patted him on the shoulder, but he was the least interested in his grandfather's unhappiness. Runo and her parents were eating as if nothing was special, but it was special…to Shun.
The phone rang and before Shun or his grandfather did a move, Runo stood up and answered the phone.
"Hello, this is the Kazami's residence. What can I do for you?" she said in a calm voice. Shun glared at her fake sweetness.
"…"
"Oh, I see. We sure can wait,"
"…"
"Don't worry, we'll be fine. I'll tell Mr. Kazami," she said and hung up.
Shun didn't like the sound of that.
"What's going on?" his grandfather asked.
"The workers you hired to fix our house said that they need a little more time, maybe a couple more days. They are having a shortage in workers as one of them quit," Runo said, faking sadness.
"It's no trouble honey. You can stay here until your house is fixed," grandpa Kazami said. Shun chocked on air.
"NO! I mean…I'll go and help, what are friends for?" he said and left the table to go and work, leaving no room for his grandpa to argue. Runo smirked.
Shun pulled the car over when he reached the café. He got out of the car to find almost four men with huge muscles. Each one of them wore a yellow safety helmet on his head. They looked at him with sharp eyes.
"I'm Shun Kazami. I came to help you out," he said. Their expression changed into a welcoming one.
They patted Shun on the back. He touched his back, bending down a bit. They nearly broke his bones with their huge hands. He straightened his back and walked inside the café with them.
"So…What can I do to help?" Shun asked. One of them handed him a box. It didn't look heavy when the man was holding it, but when Shun grabbed it, he fell to the ground. The men laughed.
"Can't take it, little guy?" they said and walked to the kitchen. Shun summoned every strength he had and held the box to the kitchen. Struggling all the way. He put it down the minute he entered the kitchen.
They opened the box and got the metal tools out and started fixing the sink. Shun looked at the stove and remembered the time when he had burnt the place because of that sandwich. He sighed.
"Ya, the stove. The fire started from there and then it spread. The gas pipe was deliberately holed. It took us a while to fix things," a man said. Shun looked at the stove, accusingly.
"That girl is evil genius! She was planning that all along," he stated. He was more than angry now.
"Anyway, I think we are done from the kitchen. We better work on the second floor. Hey, kid! Take the paint and brush and paint the walls of the living room," he said and pointed to some pockets. Shun obeyed, grabbing one and went upstairs.
He dipped his brush in the paint and watched how the brush was dyed in light yellow. He put it on the wall and started moving it up and down till the whole room was done. He was covered in paint stains, but he was happy to do so. Actually, it was more fun than he had expected.
Another man walked past Shun and he was heading to another room. But, it wasn't just any room. It was Runo's. An idea popped up in Shun's mind. He threw the brush on the floor, and followed the man inside.
"Hey! Let me do this room. I've just finished the living room, you better go and work on something else," Shun said. The man shrugged and went outside leaving Shun in Runo's room.
He grabbed the paint and painted the whole room in black. He quickly returned to his car and brought a photo of his favorite wrestler, so he could hang it in Runo's room. He grabbed the hammer and tended to hit the nail so he would be able to hang the photo, but…things went wrong.
Shun had hit the wall a little too hard. He broke the water pipe that was behind the wall and the room was soon filled with water, as the current destroyed the rest of the wall and took Shun along with him.
Runo and her parents alongside Shun's grandfather reached the café. From the outside, it looked perfectly fine. Shun and the other workers came outside of the café wet as ever. Each of them was holding a towel trying to dry himself.
Runo couldn't help but laugh at the scene. Shun's grandfather got a bit angry.
"What is going on here?" he asked.
"We had a situation, Mr. Kazami. The house is ready for them to move, but…the girl's room is destroyed," one of the workers said.
"What? How long would it take you to fix it?" Runo's father asked.
"Three months," he answered.
"What?" Shun exclaimed. "You needed one week to fix the whole house and now three months to fix a room," he added.
"Well, you destroyed the water pipe. We would have to replace it. Do you know how much it would take to find good parts? Besides, the vacation season is close; you don't expect us to work, do you?" the man said and they left.
"Well, Runo shall stay with us for those three months. After your permission, of course," grandpa Kazami said and he parents agreed. Shun was about to collapse. He started running after the workers.
"Wait! You don't understand! You can't do this to me!" he screamed, but they never came back. He fell to the ground, in tears. Runo came closer to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Oh, Shun. You didn't have to destroy my room if you wanted me to stay. You only had to ask," she taunted. Shun cried even more.
"Oh, don't you worry. I'll stay for a long, long time," she said with a grin.
So, how was the chapter? The next one will be funny, like really funny.
Runo: so…why didn't they just fix my room?
Me: well, you bribed them.
Runo: makes sense.
Hope you liked it, R&R
See ya next time,
Ess
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