Me: Hey peeps! I know you all probably want to kill me but at least I updated right? Well, this is chapter 12 for you. Hope you like it!


*Recap*

On the way home, there was a river that he would always pass. He stared at the river. The sky was turning orange due to the sunset, making the water sparkle. He used to play by the river with his brothers and Amu. He smiled as memories washed over him. Then, he saw a figure sitting by the river. A girl with pink hair.

*End of Recap*


Narrator's P.O.V.

There weren't many people with pink hair in the neighbourhood so Kukai knew who it was immediately. He smirked and quietly made his way until he stood behind the pink-haired girl. He waited for a few seconds before yelling, "Boo!"

"Kyaa!" Amu screamed and fell into the river. Kukai burst out laughing until tears came out of his eyes from laughing too hard. Amu was still in the river, completely soaked and glaring at the auburn-haired boy. "I could use some help you know."

Kukai pulled her out of the water still laughing but then stopped when he saw her shiver. "Let's go to my house. It's closer."

Amu stared at him like he was crazy. "We're neightbours. I live right next to you."

"But you still have to walk a few steps to your house while my house is closer to the river." Amu sighed at his logic but decided to follow him to his house. Kukai took off his jacket and wrapped it around Amu's shoulders when he noticed she was shivering. Amu whispered a "thank you" and kept walking.

"Soo…," Kukai started, trying to strike a conversation. "Did you get nominated for the district camp?"

"No," she answered but didn't look at him.

"Oh," he replied and a silence welcomed them. It was not an awkward silence though. It was a comfortable silence between friends. They soon arrived at Kukai's house. Kukai opened the door and let Amu in first. While Amu was taking off her shoes, he quickly sprinted in and grabbed a towel from the bathroom and rushed out, only to find his brother, Unkai, with his childhood friend at the doorway.

"Amu! Long time no see! But why are you wet?" he asked.

"Ask your idiot of a brother," Amu grumbled, stepped into the house and grabbed the towel from Kukai. "Tadaima!" she shouted, like it was her own house.

"Amu!" the other brothers shouted once they heard her voice and quickly came to greet her. "Wait, why are you wet?"

"Ask Kukai," she replied. "Oh and Kaidou-nii, I expect you to give Kukai a punishment for this!" she called out as she walked into Kukai's room to grab some clothes.

"So, dear brother, care to explain?" Kaidou said as he looked down on his brother with his arms crossed.

"I may have scared her too much so she fell into the river," Kukai confessed sheepishly. Shuusui and Rento shook their heads while Unkai burst out laughing. "Wipe the floors, Kukai," Kaidou said, trying not to laugh. Kukai sighed and grabbed a rag and started wiping the floors.

"Well, I'll be going now. I'll bring the clothes once I washed them, 'kay?" Amu said as she walked down the stairs in some shorts and a shirt that was too big for her. The shirt stopped at her mid-thighs and hid the shorts she was wearing. Her hair was tied up into a loose bun and was still a bit wet.

"No prob," Kaidou said. "I'm guessing those are Kukai's," he said as he scanned her outfit.

"The shorts are Kukai's. The shirt is Rento's I believe," Amu said as she looked at herself. "But I found them all in Kukai's closet so I don't know."

"Are you trying to get me into more trouble?" Kukai whined when he saw Rento glaring at him.

"Stay over for dinner," Shuusui said. "We're having curry tonight." Amu bit her lip at the invitation. He knew that she loved curry and said that on purpose.

"Fine," she gave in and sat down on the couch. The others cheered while Kaidou and Shuusui smiled and walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Unkai and Rento sat down on opposite sides of Amu and they started watching TV while the youngest Souma was still wiping the floors and sulking. He hadn't talked to Amu for a while and when he finally had the chance to, he was forced to wipe the floors while his brothers catch up with Amu. That was just not fair. He muttered curses to himself as he was crouched down on the floor.

"Dinner's ready!" Kaidou shouted from the kitchen. The others all got up and made their way to the dining room. Amu stood off to the side and waited until all the Soumas were seated before looking for the empty seat left for her. That seat turned out to be in between Kukai and his brother Unkai. Her eye twitched at the arrangement but sat down nevertheless.

"Itadakimasu!" they all said before digging in.

"This is just as delicious as I remember," Amu said with a heavenly face and a mouthful of curry.

"Why thank you," Kaidou and Shuusui said in unison. Then, Kaidou and Kukai both reached out to grab the same piece of meat. Here we go again, Shuusui, Rento, Unkai and Amu all thought. They sighed when they saw the glint in the brothers' eyes.

"Let's take this outside," Kaidou said as he jerked his head in the direction of their backyard.

"Gladly," Kukai replied and stood up.

"Oh boy," Rento said as both brothers made their way to the backyard.

"And all over a piece of meat," Unkai remarked while Shuusui shook his head in disappointment.

"I swear, they never seem to grow up," Amu sighed but was curious so she walked to the backyard with the other brothers tailing behind her.


Me: I think I'm losing my touch because I haven't been writing much...but I'll try to get back on schedule so hope that happens soon. If you're wondering when the next update will be, go to my profile. You'll find all of the dates of the updates to all of my stories there. While you're at it, please leave a review! Much appreciated. 'Till next time~!