Last time: "Hey, keep up you two."

Natsume called back to us and I turned to look up at him. It might have been my imagination, but it seemed like he was glaring at Luca.

'Odd.'

I thought as we caught up to him. He was standing in front of a store. I looked at the store's name painted on the window and paled.

'Oh shit.'


-Ice-

I looked at the name of the shop and groaned.

'It would have to be this kind of store.'

I thought as Natsume and Luca walked inside. I glared at the candy store in front of me.

"Onee-chan, are you okay?"

Yoichi asked pulling on my sleeve and I looked down at him.

"Yeah I'm fine. I just….I don't really like candy all that much."

I lied and he looked at me before turning to look at Maku's Candy Store. I could tell by the look on his face that he wanted to go inside. I sighed before walking in. I found Natsume and Luca by a huge selection of candy and swallowed as my mouth started to water.

'No Hana, you know what effect candy has on you.'

I said to myself and set Yoichi down. He ran over to the section with a bunch of colorful balls of candy, fluffy marshmallow candies, and chocolate covered, caramel filled, and sprinkle covered candies. He pointed to each section and the man put some into a bag, then weighed it.

"That'll be 100 rabbits."

He said and Yoichi frowned.

"If you don't have the money, you can't have the candy."

The man said and I glared at him before walking up behind Yoichi and throwing the money at the man.

"There, you greedy lil candy man."

I said as Yoichi walked off. I followed after him and saw him handing Natsume a piece of dark chocolate covered candy. He ate it then smiled down at Yoichi.

"Alright, let's go."

He said and started to walk out of the shop, but Yoichi stopped him. He looked down at him before picking him up and hoisting him onto his shoulders. Yoichi's hands rested ontop of Natsume's head and Natsume grabbed onto Yoichi's ankles to make sure he didn't fall. I couldn't help but smile as I followed them and Luca out of the shop.

'He's sweet when dealing with Yoichi.'

I thought as we walked down the street.

Natsume led the way to a park and set Yoichi down who ran over to the swings. I walked over to a shady tree and leaned against the bark and watched as Yoichi managed to drag Luca and Natsume around the playground, all without ever letting go or spilling his bag of candy. Natsume slipped away and made his way over to me and leaned against the tree next to me. After a while of silence I couldn't take it anymore.

"You do know that I hold no feelings for Luca like that right?"

I asked as I watched Yoichi chase Luca around the playground with his spirits then Luca tripped and Yoichi jumped on him. They both burst out laughing and I smiled.

"I know."

Natsume said and I sighed to myself.

"So then stop glaring at your best friend every time he talks to me."

I said and turned to look at Natsume. He glared at me and I sighed.

"What? I pay more attention than the average person."

I said and he looked at me in shock and I smiled before looking away.

"Hana, how do you feel about m-"

Natsume started, but got interrupted when Yoichi came up to me.

"Onee-chan! Onee-chan! You've got to try this."

He said holding out a caramel covered, bite size heart shaped candy. I stared at it and swallowed as my mouth started to water again. Every bone in my body went crazy and it took all I had not to snatch the candy out of Yoichi's hand and pop it into my mouth, despite the repercussions.

"Uh, I'm sorry Yo-chan, but it's really not a good idea for me to have any candy."

I said hoping to turn him down without hurting his feelings.

"Why? Do you really not like candy that much?"

He asked with tears in his blue eyes and I instantly felt bad.

"It's not that…"

I said and Yoichi held the candy closer to me.

"Then try it."

He said and I gulped as I looked at the innocent looking delicious little morsel in the palm of his hand.

"What could be the harm in trying one piece of candy?"

Natsume asked and I looked from Yoichi to Natsume, back to Yoichi's tear filled eyes and lost my will to resist. I sighed and took the candy from him.

"Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."

I said before popping it into my mouth.

"So? How is it?"

Yoichi asked and I closed my eyes as the caramel dissolved in my mouth and the hidden milk chocolate inside the candy melted on my tongue sending sugar rushing through my veins.

"It's delicious."

I said and Yoichi smiled before walking away.

It took a couple of seconds, but once the sugar finally hit my nervous system it started. I felt my heart rate pick up and could feel the sugar rush going through my body. I lost all sense of reasonable thinking and kicked off from the tree after Yoichi who had his bag of candy in his hand. I grabbed it and ran to the jungle gym. I climbed to the top and searched through the bag for more chocolate. When I found it I popped it into my mouth and smiled as I savored the taste.


-Natsume-

I blinked in surprise when I saw Hana suddenly launch herself off the tree and grabbed Yoichi's bag of candy. When she climbed up the bars of the jungle gym she'd done it quicker than I'd ever seen anyone do it. When she sat down ontop and rummaged through the bag of candy that's when I noticed something was off about her. She seemed hyper, almost crazed. She completely ignored Yoichi who was crying for her to give him back his bag of candy. Luca was just staring at her in shock. I sighed before pushing off from the tree and walking over to the jungle gym.

"Hana, give Yoichi back his candy."

I said and when she glared at me I could have swore I felt a chill run down my spine.

'If looks could kill.'

I thought before shaking the thought out of my head.

"Look, either give it back or I'll be forced to take it from you."

I said and blinked in surprise when she growled at me.

"Fine. Have it your way."

I said before jumping and landing behind her. I tapped her on her left shoulder and when she turned to look in that direction I took the bag of candy from her and jumped back down next to Yoichi. I handed it back to him and he ran over to Luca. I turned around to look at Hana only to have her pounce on me from the jungle gym and knock me over. I landed on my back with her straddling my waist.

"Hana, get off me."

I said and she glared at me before her features softened and she started to pout.

"But I wanted dat candy."

She said and I blinked up at her in surprise. She sounded so much like a kid that it wasn't even funny. I also noticed that she had an accent, one that you normally couldn't hear.

"If you wanted candy you should have bought some. Now get off me."

I said trying to get up, but stopped when she pushed me back down.

"I want to play horsie now."

She said and I looked up at her like she was insane.

'What in the world is wrong with her?'

I wondered before she started bouncing up and down.

"I wanna play horsie! I wanna play horsie! I wanna play horsie!"

She said over and over and I blushed at the feeling going through my body as she continued to bounce up and down.

"H-Hana. Stop, please."

I said, but she ignored me and continued to say she wanted to play horsie. I tried using my Alice against her, but as soon as I started to concentrate enough to use it she bounced and landed on my waist and I lost all coherent thought.

I moaned when she landed a certain way and she stopped and looked down at me.

"Why'd you make that noise Natsu-kun?"

She asked innocently and I blushed.

"N-No reason."

I said and she smiled before doing it again.

'Fuck, this girl is going to kill me.'

I thought as I tried to keep from moaning again.

"Luca! Get her off me!"

I yelled when she did it again. Luca came over and tried to pull Hana off me, but she didn't want to go.

"Onee-chan, look over here!"

Yoichi yelled holding up his bag of candy and Hana raced towards him only to be trapped in a vortex of ghosts and other spirits. She tried to get out, but she couldn't. I sighed in relief as I sat up. I blushed when I noticed just how uncomfortable my shorts were and who was the cause of it.

"Luca, remind me to make sure Hana never has another piece of candy ever again."

I said and he nodded as we both looked over at Yoichi who was silently eating his candy while keeping his vortex of spirits around Hana.


A/N: I thought this chapter was hilarious and turned out pretty good. sorry if you guys didn't like it. Please read and review anyways.