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Touched by an Angel

~By mugen83

CHAPTER 7 The Unexpected Visit of the Queerest Trio

Kanata felt helpless at the sudden predicament. First of all, he did not expect any visitors aside from the common folks who visited the shrine every now and then. Second, he was not expecting that Santa and his fellow Tofu Man fans would come all the way to his place to force him to watch some video. And most of all, he was not expecting rather to put it in a better way, he was hoping and praying that they, especially of all people, would not see Miyu. It was not that he was embarrassed or anything for having her there at their home. It was just that he did not want them to find out what she was.

He was not the only one surprised though. The three were also flabbergasted when they saw a girl at Saionji's of all places. And she was addressing Kanata with familiarity. Perhaps, they were in even more surprised than him from their visit. Their faces looked ludicrous and trance. Who would have thought they would meet a girl in Kanata's place?

"I didn't know Kanata-kun will have some visitors." Miyu said smiling. Upon hearing her voice, they finally snapped out of their trance. Apparently, they have stared at her for a while. The blond visitor, who had finally regained his composure suddenly approached Miyu and kissed her hand.

"Bonjour mademoiselle. I did not expect to see a beautiful woman in Kanata's house." He bowed at her like she was some princess from a foreign country.

"I didn't know you're living with a girl Kanata. How come I didn't see her when I visited last time?" Santa asked Kanata, bewildered.

"Yeah, we didn't know any of this Ka-na-ta-kun." The grey-haired visitor added, saying Kanata's name in an annoying melodic tone. The three looked at him accusingly, waiting for some sort of explanation. They looked at him as if he had done some unforgivable crime.

"Look here you guys. It's not what you think, she's aah... she's my cousin Miyu. She's staying here for a while." Kanata tried reasoning. He wondered if they would see through his lie but when he saw that they looked satisfied at his explanation, he felt relieved. That was when he noticed Miyu looking strangely at him.

"Oh right. Let me introduce you to them. These are my classmates San – " he was suddenly cut off by their sudden self introduction.

"I'm Nozomu Hikarigaoka, Kanata's friend from school. You can call me Nozomu. Nice to meet you mademoiselle." said the blond-haired visitor, smiling.

"And I'm Mizuki Yamamura, Kanata's friend from school. I'm from a different class though, and you can just call me Mizuki, nice meeting you Miyu-chan." The grey-haired guy said cheerily.

"Well not but not the least, I'm Kanata's best friend and childhood friend, Santa Kurosu. But call me Santa, okay? Nice to meet you Miyu-san." Santa said, very pleased to meet another target audience for his Tofu Man movie.

Kanata knew that they were good people. That is a fact. But those three, were the making of an all time troublemaker, perhaps they already were. In reality, Santa was the only one he considered a friend. They have, after all, known each other since childhood. But the other two were not really what they call his friend. It was only Santa who hanged out with them. And they kind of forced him to be their friend too. It was not that he did not like them or anything, it was just the thought that putting those three together would mean trouble, at least for him.

Santa Kurosu, his best friend, had always been weird since childhood. But he got used to it, since they have been stuck together ever since he can remember. He has a weird taste when it came to hobbies and his concept of what is interesting. For him, a weird marking on the walls was a more interesting topic than a typhoon forecast. He also liked observing the sky at night, again not because he liked looking and admiring the stars but because he was looking signs of UFOs.

Next was Nozumo Hikarigaoka. He was their classmate only just recently. He was a transfer student from a foreign country. He seemed to have brought with him some values from the west or he was just plain odd from the beginning. Kanata was convinced that the latter was the best explanation for his behavior. When he transferred in their class, he instantly became the center of attention. Mainly because he was from another country, he is Japanese though, and also probably due to his striking appearance. He has blond hair and clear blue eyes that firmly expressed I love women in capital letters. He was also the tallest among the class making him more distinguishable.

And then there was Mizuki Yamamura. With his grey colored hair and grey eyes, he was also the target of most girls in his class, school even. But despite the innocent face, one should not be fooled because behind the innocent façade was an unfathomable mind. No one actually dared to anger him nor tried to dissect what was going on his head. They were all afraid of losing their sanity. But ignoring those facts, he was actually a gentleman and a smart fellow.

The three of them became friends because they all have an extreme obsession with Tofu Man, and they kind of pulled Kanata along with them in the process. It has been their ultimate goal to make him one of them. As for Kanata, he was kind of glad at the idea that those three became friends, because sometimes, he did not really get Santa's strange liking to the character. Aside from being a Tofu Man fan the three also shared something in common. The fact that they were all queer. So Kanata branded them the Queerest Trio.

"Nice to meet you too. Nozomu-kun, Mizuki-kun and Santa-kun." Miyu said happily. She gave them her warmest and most angelic smile that could easily brighten the darkest room.

"Are you an angel?" Mizuki suddenly blurted out. This made Kanata froze. He knew Mizuki was known for his unfathomable mind, but was it because he can actually sense unearthly beings? It made him really nervous. He could almost feel a cold sweat ran down his face.

"Haha… that was a good one Mizuki!" Santa patted him hard on the back. "That's usually Nozomu's line you know?"

"You're starting to learn my techniques, huh? Not bad for starters." Nozomu said while nodding his head approvingly. "But you need to do better than that to level with me."

"Sorry about our friend, Miyu-san. His just plain weird" Santa told Miyu.

Like you're not one to talk. Kanata mentally told himself.

"Haha… he's right, I was just joking." Mizuki said smiling.

Kanata felt relieved but he was still not convinced about Mizuki so he decided to be extra careful with him.

That was when Miyu asked, "Are you here to visit Kanata-kun?" while looking curiously at them. Kanata was glad at the sudden changed of conversation.

"Yeah. Actually we went here to watch a movie of –

"We're here to help Kanata with the cleaning." Mizuki suddenly interjected Santa. Apparently, he had realized when he saw Miyu holding a broom that they were about to clean the temple before they barged in. This made Kanata surprised however, hearing him say that they were here to help since they have just declared to him that they wanted to watch Tofu Man not long ago. This made him dubious about their or his exact intention.

"Hey! I thought we're he –..," Nozomu covered Santa's mouth with his hand. Apparently, it was news to him too but he decided to ride in whatever Mizuki was playing at. "Yeah. We're here to help. Housho ojii-san actually told us to help Kanata with the chores. So we've come here to help him."

"You'll accept our offerright Kanata?" Mizuki asked Kanata smiling.

This made him gulped involuntarily. Who knows what's going in inside that head? But before he could answer Nozomu suddenly said.

"Now that it's decided. Come on guys! Let's start cleaning!" The blond said cheerily.

Miyu just smiled at their enthusiasm while Kanata looked like he was just given a passport to hell. And a VIP ticket to booth.

A/N Thank you very much for the review littlepuppylost!

I changed Mizuki's character a bit, hope you readers won't mind. : )

I'll upload the next chapter tomorrow. (I plan to update this every day until I reached the last chapter, and I think I'm doing good following my target deadline : ) I just hope this continues) And thanks for reading!