I sighed. Time had passed, and I was getting a little bored..

I'd already watched about 6 episodes of the drama.. It became less interesting. I couldn't understand why the main character would not decide on 1 guy to be with. She constantly got plastic surgery and went around with other guys...

And now she was having a baby!

Well, it wasn't too surprising, with the way she had been running around and getting drunk.

I was confused, however.. what was an "abortion?"

The word was used several times in the episode she had found out she was pregnant. Just the sound of the word on someone's lips made it sound horrible.

What did it mean? All I knew was that the main character was planning on getting one.

I stood up and walked to the kitchen, wondering what to eat.

My stomach growled, and I giggled.

Throwing open the refrigerator, I spotted some fish from earlier and quickly tossed it into the microwave. Moments later, I found myself staring at the buttons and wondering what I should do.

Cautiously, I touched the number "5" with my finger. It made a soft beeping sound before turning on the entire microwave. Amused, I clapped and watched excitedly as my fish began to spin around in circles under the lights inside the microwave.

"Ahh! So cool... it's like those things humans call 'stages,' only better!"

I didn't know how long I stood there, pressing all of those buttons, but they made the prettiest sound that I just kept pressing them.

A moment later, a horrible smell reached my nose and smoke began to seep out from the microwave.

I frowned, peeking through the glass at my fish and gasped.

I immediately tugged the little door open and my eyes widened.

My fish had turned black! It was probably because I had left it on the lights too long!

"Oh, no! How will I eat you now, little fish!? Oh, I'm so sorry.."

My stomach growled, and I looked down, apologizing to it, too.

I touched the plate the fish had been on and gasped before letting go of it immediately and accidentally sending the plate crashing to the floor. I looked at my red fingers and blinked.

I had burned myself!

I looked down at the ground. I felt tears well up in my eyes.

I had broken the plate, and now it was spread in teeny tiny peaces all around the floor!

What was I going to tell Kazune?! He would kick me out for sure!

Without thinking, I dropped to the floor and began frantically picking up the plate, silently begging for the shards to somehow disappear in my head. I hadn't learned how to repair broken things using magic yet.

"Ouuuuchhh!"

I felt the sharp glass pinch my index finger and pulled my hand toward my face to examine it. A small piece of glass was inside of my skin. Carefully, I pulled it out.

I watched the blood form from the cut and started crying.

I had to find another way to clean up the glass, and quickly, before Kazune got home!

I stood up and began searching frantically for something to clean the glass up with, since I was only hurting myself.

I opened a cabinet and found a large sack of something labeled:

"ALL PURPOSE FLOUR."

"Ah!" I grabbed it and opened the sack. It was full of a white, sandy, yet soft substance. I pinched it in between my fingers and giggled. Maybe this would help!

I dumped the entire thing out on the ground, on top of the glass.

"There! Now, since there's a lot of glass, this may take time, so I'll go find something else to do."

"You always were an airhead, Athena." I heard my father's voice echo in my head.

I blinked several times, confused.

"Father?" I glanced around, but when I didn't hear anything, I took off to go use the bathroom.

I watched in amazement as the water in the toilet swirled around. Humans were so weird, and so amazing at the same time. I turned around, examining the bathroom, and saw the bathtub. I had read it's what human use to bathe themselves in. I touched the nozzle the water came out of and twisted it.

I gasped as piles and piles of water began to fill up the tub and began to clap excitedly.

I wonder if I'll turn back into a mermaid if I touch the water..

"Only one way to find out-"

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

An alarming, frequent, loud noise sounded throughout the whole house and echoed into the bathroom.

Worried, I stood up and raced out the door and into the kitchen. I coughed. Smoke was blinding me and filling the entire house.

I looked up at the ceiling, where the horrible, frightening, beeping noise was coming from a small, round object.

I covered my ears with my hands and continued to cough. I ran into the kitchen to see if the glass had disappeared yet and felt my stomach drop to see that it was only some stupid mess.

"Flour : a popular cooking ingredient used in multiple foods.."

"Oh, no! I'm such an idiot! Now I remember where I've seen the word Flour before..!"
I bent down and began trying to pick up the glass with my hands again.

I failed and continued cutting myself. Tears continued pouring down my cheeks.

I was going to be kicked out for sure!
I heard the door open.

"Karin-san! I'm home!"

My eyes widened and I curled up in a ball, covering my face with my long hair.

I heard Kazune scream at the sight of his house and I heard him running around the house, fixing everything. The beeping stopped and I felt the air become more clear.

I heard footsteps in the kitchen and began to tremble.

"Karin-san! Are you okay? What happened? Are you hurt?!" he bent down next to me and pulled my hands away from my face.

"I'm so sorry, Kazune! I didn't mean to destroy your house! If you kick me out, I understand completely! I'm so stupid.."
"No, you're not!"

I blinked and finally made eye contact with him. He looked worried.

"People make mistakes.. And it was something that could be fixed. You haven't done anything wrong."
He grabbed my hand and examined my cuts.

Then he did the most surprising thing I'd seen all day. He stuck my bleeding finger inside of his mouth!

At first, it hurt, but then his warm mouth felt good.

"K-Kazune..." I whispered.

He pulled my hand from his mouth, and that's when I started crying.

"I can't do anything right, can I?! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it!"

"Karin.. I've decided to let you stay here. I was really thinking about it and-"

"I'm sorry, I – wait, what?" I beamed and my heart pounded against my chest.

Kazune blushed, "I thought about it.. you're like a kid in a way... there's no one you can go to right now, anyway. And you can stay for as long as you like."
"Really!?"

Without thinking, I threw myself at him and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Oh, thank you so much, Kazune! You're the best!"

I heard the door open again, but ignored it for a second, I was so happy.

"Kazune-sama!" I heard quick feet against the wood ground. Someone was running through the house!

And the voice sounded like a girl's.

Kazune and I pulled away from each other, just as a pretty girl with long black pony tails and bright ruby eyes slid into the kitchen, glaring at me.

"Hey, you! Get your hands off of my boyfriend!"
I blinked.

"R-Rika-chan!"

I turned to look at Kazune, and then at the girl.

"Kazune- she's your girlfriend?!"