Me: I'm sooo sorry for always delaying the update but I'm getting back on track and I promise that the next time I extended the update, I'll have a reasonable excuse. I'm sorry but here's the next chapter! I have most of the ideas down for the next few chapters so it'll be easier to write and hopefully, the chapters will be longer.
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*Recap*
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.
*End of Recap*
"How long has it been?" Amu asked Shuusui without taking her eyes off of the two brothers playing a game of soccer in the backyard.
He glanced at his watch. "About ten minutes," he replied. Amu nodded and headed back into the dining room. The siblings walked back just in time to see Amu finishing off the last piece of meat.
"Yes! I beat ya!" Kukai's voice then rang from the backyard as he started laughing.
"Shut up brat. You got lucky today," Kaidou groaned. Kukai stuck his tongue out at him childishly before bouncing back into the house with his older brother trailing behind him.
He clapped his hands together and rubbed his hands while asking, "Now where is that meat?" His eyes scanned the table but saw that the plate was now empty. Immediately, he turned towards his other brothers with a glare. "Ok. Who ate ma meat?"
His brothers raised their hands innocently and stepped away from the table. Kukai frowned and saw that Amu was the only one who stayed in her place. "Guilty as charged," Amu deadpanned. "Now can we eat?" Kukai quickly nodded and sat back down. He knew better than to get into a fight with a hungry Amu.
Dinner resumed as if nothing happened. Amu smiled softly. It was nice to be able to have dinner with the Soumas again. It had been a long time since the last time they had dinner together. And plus, it meant that Kukai was trying very hard to build their friendship back up. It touched her that she almost cried, but she held the tears in. She was crying way too much for the past month. They quickly finished dinner and Amu decided that it was time for her to go home.
"But your clothes aren't dry yet," Kukai complained.
"Yeah, but it's getting late," she said as she looked out the window. It was dark outside and her parents were probably worrying.
"You can stay over," Kaidou suggested.
"B-but," Amu started to protest but was cut short.
"I'll call your parents right now and tell them," Kaidou interrupted and went to get the phone. Amu sighed while the brothers cheered.
"Now we can have our bonding time!" Unkai cheered as he threw an arm around the girl.
"Your mother said it was alright," Kaidou shouted from down the hall. "She says you can sleep over."
"Kukai, go get an extra futon," Shuusui told his little brother.
"Roger!" Kukai saluted jokingly and went to go get an extra futon and set it up in his room. Amu blushed at the thought of sleeping together with Kukai. What are you thinking?! Amu mentally yelled at herself. Calm down. This has no special meaning to him, she thought sadly. To him, it was probably just like the sleepovers they used to have when they were kids.
"Amu, if you want, you can go take a bath first. I already got the bath ready," Rento suggested when he spotted her so-called smile. Amu nodded and headed for the bathroom. She sunk down into the water and sighed at the feeling. She sat there, pondering whether or not he really was worth the chase. She never understood why she thought about it so much, since every time she thinks about it, she always ended up saying that he was worth it. After soaking in the warm water for fifteen minutes, she got out of the water and dried herself. She put her clothes back on and walked out of the bathroom. She went to the living room where everyone was playing video games.
"Who's next?" she asked as she dried her hair.
"I'll go," Shuusui said and got up. She took his seat and watched Unkai and Kukai play video games. She smiled at the scene. It felt nostalgic to her. She watched as the two bickered while Kaidou was off to the side reading the newspaper and Rento was reading a book.
"Nuuu! You cheated! You definitely cheated!" Kukai cried childishly when Unkai beat him in Mario Kart.
"Nu-uh. You're just a sore loser," Unkai replied.
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Amu!" Kukai whined and hugged her. Amu fought back a blush. "Unkai's being mean to me!" Unfortunately for her, Unkai caught the blush that was crawling up her neck.
"You're welcome," he mouthed with a smirk. That made her blush even more. She threw a glare at the older brother.
"Kukai, get off of me," she said to the brunet.
"Yeah, Kukai!" Unkai piped up. "Stop hogging Amu to yourself." Unkai walked over to them and pulled Amu out of Kukai's arms. Amu sighed of relief as her blush died down, but then, Unkai hugged her from behind and rested his chin on the top of her head. Her blush slowly came back.
"What are you doing, you child molester! Let go of Amu!" Kukai cried and tried to pry Unkai's arms off of Amu.
"No. She's my friend too," Unkai said as he stuck his tongue out.
"But she's my best friend so let go!" The two brothers continued to bicker while Amu was sandwiched between them. Rento looked up from his book and saw that Amu was feeling very uncomfortable and decided to step in. When Unkai loosened his arms, he quickly took the chance and yanked Amu out of the mess.
"Thank you," she said as she hugged him. "You're the best." Rento looked over her shoulder and smirked at this brothers as he returned the hug. Ahh, family. What a wonderful thing.
Me: Well, I hope you all liked it. I wanted to show like the relationship between the Soumas and Amu. Reviews?
