Chapter 5: First Day Hijinx

Haruhi blinked at the sound of a car engine revving outside of the main gate of Ichiro Sakurai's compound. She then looked at her phone and realized that it was only seven.

"Early risers?" she asked as she opened the door.

The same black 1980s Charger sat in the driveway with Marcus dressed in the summer uniform leaning against it. He was busy pulling his braids back into a ponytail before he looked in her direction and waved.

"Ready?" he called as he stood up straighter.

"Yeah," Haruhi said though she walked up to him and fixed his tie for him. "You didn't knot this right."

"I had it how I wanted it." He smiled down at her as he loosened the tie again as well as loosening the top button of his shirt. "Get your stuff."

"I got it." Haruhi held up both bags and smiled. "By the way, your aunt's cooking is the best….though I didn't know she got up early to cook breakfast for everyone that lives in this place."

"Yeah. She makes sure all the men are fed three times a day." Marcus said as he opened the back door for Haruhi. "It's about a hundred mouths she feeds in the main house. The men in the other houses are pretty much on their own."

"So, she's basically the house mom?" Haruhi asked.

"Kinda. She goes out and does other shit too."

"Did Aunty make her famous chocolate chip pancakes for you?" China asked as Haruhi got in.

"Yeah," Haruhi said with a smile. "And she made a lot of bacon too."

"Of course she cooks bacon when Unc's gone." Marcus laughed as he got behind the wheel and began backing out of the driveway.

"Why?"

"She puts him on diets a lot."

"Oh…"

"So Crawdad, you know how to get there?"

"We got a seein' eye tanuki in the backseat."

"If you give me your phone I can put it in the GPS," Haruhi said. "I don't know how to get to school from this side of town to be honest….and when I take the train I usually don't pay attention to the route."

"Here." China gave her phone to Haruhi.

Haruhi took China's phone and put the address to Ouran Academy in it before starting the GPS. "There it should be easier now."

"Thanks." China took her phone back and leaned back in her seat. She blinked and turned the radio up before pulling her hand back when Marcus hit it. "Hey!"

"Don't you know better than to touch a nigga's radio?"'

Haruhi laughed. "You know it is morning and a lot of radio shows do play a lot of great music in the morning," she said with a small smile. "I mean on one of our stations that play international music...uh...a certain cousin of yours is doing an interview."

"Crawdad doesn't listen to certain music in the mornin'." China scrunched her face at the sound of jazz music playing. "Old man."

"Seriously…"

"Shut up."

"I mean you could at least play that fake track you recorded. Somethin' with some lyrics."

"Fake track?"

"Bun-Buns didn't wanna go in the studio one day so he went with her."

"Oh? Really?" Haruhi asked. "And he recorded a fake track with her? Does it sound like some of her songs she does now? Or is it just Marcus singing on his own?"

"It's him on his own."

"Oh! I'd love to hear it." Haruhi said. "Unless it's not as good as he thinks it is and he doesn't want to show me in fear of being embarrassed."

Marcus rolled his eyes and turned from the radio to the installed Bluetooth player. China grinned and pulled the song up on her phone. Soon a deep voice accompanied by a piano filled the car.

Haruhi listened quietly as a visible blush appeared on her face. She had to admit the way his voice sounded and the melody of the song touched her heart in some way. She gave a soft sigh and felt as though she wanted to whisper his name.

When the song ended, China was heard laughing.

"I don't know why you wanna act all lowkey and coy Crawdad."

"Cause it's not that big of a deal."

"Not a big deal?" Haruhi asked. "You're really talented! You sounded amazing!"

"You think so?"

"Yeah!" Haruhi said. "Your voice touched my heart and soul. You would do well to be a famous singer too."

"That's too much drama."

"Like your current future career ain't?"

"All careers have drama," Haruhi said as she pulled out her phone and looked at the message she got. Her eyes widened and she looked up. "Hey, can we swing by the store that's near the school? I need to grab uh…something."

"Sure," Marcus said as he took a left.

Haruhi smiled brightly as she kept reading over the message she had gotten. "So um….when we get to school you guys will need to go to the main office to get your IDs."

"Aight."

"It won't be a hassle since not many new students are coming in," Haruhi said waving a hand. "It's the middle of the year so everyone should have their IDs by now….and oh! I heard that 3rd years can leave campus for lunch…"

"Hell yeah."

"No fair!" China whined.

"But why would you when most people order in and have it delivered?" Haruhi asked. "Or some people go to Kaoru and ask him to cook for them."

"Nah, I like to cook my own meals."

"Picky…" Haruhi snorted. "You have to try his food though, it's really good and he cooks for us a lot since he's particular about ensuring we don't die."

"Eh maybe, maybe not."

"Picky." China cackled as the car pulled into a parking lot.

"Go on in and get what you need."'

Haruhi smiled as she got out of the car and ran into the store. She glanced at her phone at the message and prayed the store had it. When she came out a few minutes later she got back into the car and nodded to Marcus. "Ok, we can go."

"What did you get?" China asked.

"Strawberry sugar candies," Haruhi explained. "I need at least four more stickers to get your cousin's latest poster."

Marcus snickered. "You know you could just ask us to get you one."

"Yeah, we get all of her shit three months before it hits the shelves."

"I don't want to ask you guys to do that," Haruhi said. "I rather get it like normal people."

"Too bad. We even get VIP tickets to events."

"VIP…"

"Backstage access."

"Skyboxes."

"Private Screenings."

"Oh my god...seriously?!" Haruhi said. "That's awesome...ok I have to ask, you guys lived in America right? What is...what was it Marcus said? What is NoLa?"

"That's New Orleans, Louisiana."

"Oh...so you guys call it NoLa?" Haruhi asked. "I've never heard anyone refer to it as that."

"Everyone that lives there does."

"Ah...hey is it true that when it rains coffins come out of the ground?" Haruhi asked. "I've read in books that they do."

"No, only when it floods." Marcus and China laughed.

"So during floods huh…" Haruhi went silent then asked. "Um...did you guys have to deal with that hurricane that happened there?"

"Yeah, we were without power and water for a while but our district didn't get hit as bad as some of the others."

Haruhi nodded. "I see," she said. "It must've been hard to go through that."

"Yeah, but after the hurricane passed Granmere had us helpin' out at the hurricane and homeless shelters."

"That's sweet of you guys, you're not like my friends...they'd probably turn it into a field trip of learning the wisdom of a commoner."

"That's cause their families been rich from the get," Marcus said.

"Mmn...it's still rude," Haruhi sighed. "It's like they've never been around people who are middle class...I mean I'm not poor...but they tend to fawn over the fact that I don't have money to burn...ugh Tamaki-senpai's the worst of them all."

"Well from what it sounds like they treat it like a delicacy because they've never lived it," China said. "Our granmere was far from rich and by the time daddy got his own business established me and Crawdad were in middle school. We grew up with common sense and not privilege. When you live without money then you know it's nothin' special about it."

"You guys will probably be the only normal rich kids there then," Haruhi said in relief. "I'm actually glad."

"Eh, sounds like we're gonna be fightin' a lot then." Marcus gave a sigh as he turned into the school's lot.

As they drove up, they could see many of the students stop walking to stare at them. Some of them locked eyes with Marcus, some with China, and some with Haruhi before the car pulled off with a loud, resonating roar of life from its engine. The car screeched to a halt when Tamaki, one of the gingers and a couple of girls walked in its path.

Marcus gave an annoyed curse and honked as loud and long as the car could.

"Ugh damn senpai…" Haruhi watched her friends go to the main doors. "I'm guessing the others must've gotten here early for their clubs."

"Fuckin' idiots don't know how to cross the goddamn road." Marcus cursed under his breath as he went towards the garage of the auto club.

Haruhi shook her head and finally got out of the car, she yawned and stretched before blinking. "Oh, come on we can go inside this way…it's quicker to beat the other students if we go inside and no fuss."

"Fine." Marcus sighed as he locked the doors and put his keys in his pocket.

"Yo Crawdad, you sure you ain't gonna get ratted on for havin' your tats exposed?"

"You can see em?"

"Hell yeah, nigga you ain't invisible. The top of the head of the dragon and the bottom of the cross are peekin' out."

"Chairman said it was okay. They got a problem they can suck my dick."

"Your famous last words."

Haruhi laughed before blinking as she heard music playing in the garage. She snorted and walked over to where a faded yellow car was parked. She tapped the hood a few times when she saw a pair of feet under it. "Mori-senpai! Is that you?"

"It's the tree man!" China walked over and pulled him out by his feet before sitting on his chest. "Tree man!"

Mori looked up at China and smiled. "Good morning," he said as he sat up and moved her off of him so not to get oil on her clothes.

"Mori-senpai's working on a 1972 vintage car," Haruhi explained. "It's supposed to be his when he gets his license."

"Mustang right?" Marcus asked as he walked around the car. "You gonna fix that cracked muffler next, right?"

"Yeah." Mori stood up and went to the radio that was sitting on the table and turned it off. "I've been working on this car since the start of the year, on and off during the mornings."

"Mori-senpai's usually busy during the afternoon," Haruhi explained again. "He's the kendo champion and also in the judo club...and a member of the host club."

"Exposition much?" China snorted and poked Mori. "Tree Man."

Mori laughed. "Angry Birb," he said before he took off his coveralls and tossed them on the table. He fixed his tie and grabbed his vest, a small figure that resembled a tree fell off of it.

"Baby Groot!" China giggled as she picked it up. "Aww! Say it!"

Mori looked at her and smirked. "I am….going to be late for class," he said laughing.

"Oh fuck you with your Papi Boulevardez ass laugh!"

"Haruhi."

"Right right, I'll meet you guys after school," Haruhi said shaking her head before looking up at the sound of yawning. "The hell?"

"Takashi, are you done yet?" Honey asked as he poked his head out of the stack of tires he'd been sleeping in. "Wah! It's the pretty girl and the big tall boy!"

"The Baby Boy!" China picked up Honey and cuddled him. "Tree man left."

"Oh…" Honey cuddled China. "He probably went to go find Muireann, that's his girlfriend."

"Oh. Cool."

"Chupacabra."

"Can't I take him to class?" China pouted as she cuddled Honey more.

Honey giggled. "I have to go to class too!" he said cuddling her. "I'm in class 3-A with Takashi, I can't leave him."

"Marcus isn't that your class?" Haruhi asked. "You can walk to class with Honey-senpai then."

"Shit it is." Marcus shook his head. He took Honey from China and tucked him under his arm like a football. "Let's go."

Honey giggled. "Ok!" he said. "Bye Squishy-chan!"

"Squishy?"

"You're soft and warm like marshmallow cake," Honey said brightly. "And you smell like lemon cake! So you're Squishy-chan now."

Haruhi rolled her eyes. "Evil loli." she looked at China. "Come on Birb-chan, let's get going, I'll show you to the shoe lockers."

"I'm not a birb!"'

"You're a cute birb," Haruhi said with a laugh as she reached up to pat China's head gently.

Marcus grumbled softly as he sat down at his desk. He could feel the eyes of the other students on him and he could see the others that passed by the room stop to peek inside. He looked up at them, locking gazes with a couple only to have them gasp and run away.

Pampered ass rich kids, he thought with a scowl, unintentionally playing with the chain around his neck. He looked up when he heard someone clear their throat. He raised an eyebrow when he saw that it was two girls.

"Can I help you?"

"Um...are you a son of a rap star?"

"That's wrong to say Rie….he might be a son of a basketball player." the other girl said blushing. "Um...we saw you walk in with Honey-senpai….are you two friends?"

"No and no., Marcus said as he leaned back in his seat, his arm draping over the back as he looked up at them with a small smile. "I met him one or twice, he likes my sister more than me. Who're you two?"

"I'm Rie."

"My name's Kozue."

The girls' began squealing in unison before they let out small squeaks and ran off when they saw Mori sit down next to Marcus.

"Begone thots." Mori said waving a hand.

"Now why'd you do that? They make condoms for a reason." Marcus snorted.

Mori shook his head. "They always go for our kind." he said. "They think we're like people in rap videos...and they're dating two guys from the basketball team."

"What's a thot?" Honey asked innocently.

"What Marcus is when he's not on the street corner." Mori smirked at Honey. "He's my he-bitch, so he has to walk the stroll for me tonight."

"Nah. That's your mom since she's on her knees all the time." Marcus looked at Mori. "The fuck you mean our kind?"

Mori playfully glared at him before continuing. "You know...being exotic type." he said trying to phrase it nicer.

"Ohhh you mean niggas. Well part-niggas."

"Yeah, they'll stop staring once they see you all day." Mori said simply. "Our class hasn't had a new transfer student since that kid from Italy."

"Takashi didn't you make him run away when you saw him flirt with Muireann?" Honey asked curiously.

"No comment." Mori said. "Anyway Marcus, you should be fine and if you need help you can always ask me or Mitsukuni, we both know our way around this insane school."

"And we always leave campus for lunch if we don't want to be bugged." Honey giggled. "We're going to get tacos from a truck today right Takashi?"

Mori shook his head. "You can," he said. "I'm working on my car….Marcus, you want to help me?"

"Sure. I brought my own lunch today." Marcus waved a hand.

"He has a tattoo!" a girl squealed softly as she walked by their desks.

"That's so cool!"

"He's a bad boy!"

"Eeek so hot!"

"Begone Thots!" Mori shouted again as he pulled a spray bottle out of his bag and sprayed it at the girls. "You're going to need this more than me." he handed the bottle to Marucs. "And the school's tailor is on the first floor."

Honey giggled. "Mark-chan's not gonna get attacked!"

"He may."

Marcus snorted and laughed.

The door to the classroom opened as their teacher walked into the room. She sat down at her desk before looking around the room. "Did our new student Sakurai Marcus make it to class on time today?"

"He's right here!" Mori called with a laugh.

"Ah, I see you've already made him feel at home." The teacher said with a smile. "Good boy Takashi."

Mori smiled. "He's my friend." he said. "And I volunteer to show him around for his tour today."

"Alright." The teacher said. "Go on and do that. You two are excused from classes."

Mori stood up and grabbed Marcus by the back of his shirt pulling him out of the room. "Come on, I'll give you a tour."

"Careful, you gonna rip it off me!"

"Do it Mori-senpai!"

Mori ignored the girls and continued pulling Marcus out of the room. Once they were out in the hallway he looked at him. "Come on, we'll go get Haruhi."

"The hell? Almost ripped my fuckin' shirt." Marcus grumbled.

"You wanted to avoid being attacked by those girls right?" Mori asked. "They wouldn't have let you leave without your clothes on."

"I walk around near naked anyway." Marcus sighed as he fixed his shirt.

"It's dangerous to do it around here, the girls here are insane about any good looking guy….they feed on looks like sharks."

Marcus rolled his eyes and stretched as he followed Mori.

"You want a tour or do you want to goof off?" Mori asked. "I'm good to do both. We can go back to the garage, I have some vegan snacks in my bag or we can go mess with my friends."

"Ya'll got a gym?"

"It's across campus." Mori said. "I'll show you once we grab Haruhi."

"Fully furnished?"

"Yeah."

Haruhi sighed heavily as she sat in class, she looked at the door and nearly fell out of her chair when she saw Mori outside the door making faces at her. "Go away," she whispered waving a hand.

Mori continued making faces before he grabbed Marcus and began wrestling him to the floor. Haruhi saw them return with Marcus standing with Mori on his shoulders.

"The fuck…" Haruhi whispered. "Go away! YOU TWO IDIOTS!"

"Fujioka outside now!" the teacher shouted.

Haruhi sighed as she got up and walked out of the room. She glared at the two boys. "You assholes got me kicked out of class."

"Now you can give me a tour tanuki." Marcus grinned.

"I was in class," Haruhi grumbled. "And I see you and Mori-senpai are best friends now...you know you Sakurai are liabilities? I had to pull Birb-chan off Hikaru this morning."

"Oh him, where his ass at?"

"He's in there." Haruhi pointed to where Hikaru was sitting. "You can't beat him up...he got beat by a girl and that's shame enough."

"That girl took MMA lessons when she was fourteen," Marcus said as he knocked on the door to the classroom.

The teacher walked to the door and opened it, she looked at Marcus a moment. "Can I help you young man?" she asked. "Are you dropping something off for a teacher?"

"I need to see Hikaru Hitachiin outside for a moment."

"Oh? Ok, Hitachiin-kun you have a visitor!" the teacher said.

Hikaru blinked. "What?" he stood up and walked outside. He shut the door and then looked at Marcus. "Do I know you?"

Marcus pulled Hikaru out of the view of the teacher and slammed him against the wall. "No, but you know my sister."

"Your sister?" Hikaru blinked and thought for a moment. "Oh, you mean the girl with the huge ass? Yeah, I know her...she's kind of cute...if she stops being loud and attacking me."

Marcus narrowed his eyes and punched him hard in his stomach. When he doubled over, he pulled up by the back of his head. "You get attacked cause you don't know how to talk to girls. I hear about you disrespectin' her again you'll be floatin' up river by mornin'. Got it?"

Hikaru glared at Marcus but nodded. "Got it…" he said wheezing in pain.

Marcus let him go and punched him again. "We can go now."

"Wow you knocked the wind out of him," Haruhi said as she looked at Marcus when they left Hikaru. "He probably won't recover from that until after school."

"That was a tap." Marcus said as he waved his hand.

"That wasn't a tap that was a hate crime." Mori joked.

Marcus snickered. "I'l knock him out next time if you really want me to."

"Nah he needs to live," Haruhi said. "So where are we going?"

"To hang out," Mori said simply. "We're going to spend all day showing Marcus around."

"Oh…" Haruhi rolled her eyes. "Fine, come on I'll explain about each classroom and hopefully you won't be bored."

"You don't skip much do you?"

"Never have in my life until today," Haruhi grumbled. "I like going to class."

"I do too, but skippin' lets you breathe for a bit." Marcus shrugged. "And I hate bein' stared at like a zoo attraction."

"So you've seen the girls here?" Haruhi asked. "Mori-senpai! Why didn't you share your thot be gone with him?"

"I did."

"Well, it must've didn't work!" Haruhi groaned. "Anyway, you won't be stared at if you are with us. We scare em off."

"Haruhi's a tough little tanuki." Mori snorted.

"Obviously." Marcus laughed.

"And there is one more thing," Mori stopped outside a classroom and looked inside. He smirked and knocked on the door a few times before whispering quietly when he saw China look over at the door. "I am Groot."

"Jackassssssss!"

"Chinatsu Sakurai sit down!" the teacher said.

"Oh fuckin' bite me you wonder bra wearin' thot pocket!"

"Detention!" The teacher shouted in anger.

"Gladly! Oh, and your tampon string is showin'!" China grabbed her things and walked out of the room as she flipped the teacher off.

"Your sister is pretty rude," Haruhi said with a small laugh.

"She speaks her mind." Marcus laughed and looked at his watch. "Y'all got a cafe?"

"Yeah, its a cafe down on the first floor." Haruhi said. "But it's normally closed during classes...unless it's a day when some of the third years decide to keep it open longer."

"Damn I'm hungry."

"Come on I know a place where we can get some food." Haruhi said. "Birb-chan come on. There's a promise of cake."

"Cake!" China hopped on Mori's back. "Come on Groot!"

Mori rolled his eyes. "Birb."

"I hope you guys like cake." Haruhi walked into the room carrying a huge chocolate cake. "This was the only one that I could find. I guess Kaoru locked the freezer."

"Hell yeah!" China grinned. "So Crawdad what's your class like?"

"Thot central."

"You'll get used to it." Haruhi sat the cake down before going to make some tea. "The girls here are weird...but you'll be fine."

"So I been meanin' to ask." Marcus looked at Haruhi. "What's with the crossdressin'?"

"Oh ,that?" Haruhi asked. "It was the fault of the administration and my own. When I first started here I couldn't afford the uniform so I wore my dad's old clothes, my grandfather's old glasses and my hair was cut short because some kid put gum in my hair the day before school. When I met my friends they all assumed I was a boy and I just never corrected them about since sex doesn't matter. I'm glad I can be a boy to be honest...I can hang out with guys more since girls get catty."

"So you looked like an androgynous hobo?"

Haruhi glared. "No...I just looked like a normal person not a rich kid."

"Normal people look like they at least care a little about their appearance." China pointed out.

"I wasn't dressing to impress anyone." Haruhi shrugged. "I'm here to go to school not impress anyone with what I wear."

"And not get any action either." China cackled. "That's fine but ain't it lonely focusin' on books all the damn time?"

"Not really." Haruhi blinked. "Marcus get away from there! Those are the lockers for my friends!"

Marcus ignored Haruhi as he opened a locker.

Inside the locker were various hair products, a box of ramen and a picture of the landscape of France. On the top shelf was a pair of platform shoes.

"Metro?"

"Nah, Young Metro don't trust him." China snickered.

"That's Tamaki-senpai's locker." Haruhi said. "And those shoes are the ones he wear whenever he and Sally go out dancing at some disco club in town….Marcus wait don't break into that locker next to-ugh nevermind."

"The fuck?!"

"Oh God a stalker shrine. I need to tell Unc."

"That's Kyouya-senpai's locker." Haruhi groaned as she shook her head. "I can see why he doesn't let anyone see inside of it."

Mori snorted and walked over to Marcus as he picked up a photo book and looked through it. "Oh...a swimsuit edition."

"What class is he in?"

"Crawdad we'll just tell Unc and he'll get some men to pick him up."

"He's in Class 2-A by the way," Mori said snickering as he pried open the next locker that had chef uniforms and snacks in it. He grabbed a few snack cakes and tossed them to China. "Birb."

China caught them and began eating them. "Mm...mmph!" She coughed and spit them out before gasping.

"You ok?" Haruhi asked. "Oh wow...Mori-senpai those aren't for people! Those are animals! You grabbed the wrong ones!"

Marcus ran over to China and pulled out an EpiPen when he saw her begin to choke. He stuck it in China's thigh and watched as she started to calm slightly.

"Is she ok?" Haruhi asked. "I'll call for an ambulance."

"Read the wrappers. They got peanut products in 'em?"

Mori picked up a wrapper and looked at it. "Yeah," he said. "Sorry."

Marcus sighed. "It's fine, you ain't know."

"The ambulance will be here in a few minutes," Haruhi said. "China-chan don't die on us ok?"

China wheezed and coughed. Marcus laid her back on the couch and propped her head up with a few pillows.

"I'm so sorry again," Mori said once they had gotten to the hospital. "I'll make sure not to feed her again."

"Birb-chan will be ok…" Haruhi said with a small smile. "And who knows she'll probably be up and around in no time."

"You're good. We're both allergic to peanuts and I got asthma for future reference." Marcus said as he leaned back in his chair.

"You have asthma?" Haruhi asked. "That sucks...wait how can you play football if you have that?"

"Easy. The runnin' and tacklin' ain't what exacerbates it."

"Oh...ok?" Haruhi went silent as she looked up at him with a small sigh before looking back down at the floor.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh just worried about Birb-chan." Haruhi said. "I mean I know how allergies can be."

"She'll be fine after a little rest. She's a tough Chupacabra." Marcus patted Haruhi on the head.

"Ok…" Haruhi said softly. "Some first day huh?"

"Eh, we had worst. Our last school someone tried to shoot us over lunch money." Marcus shrugged.

"WHAT?!" Haruhi cried. "Why would someone do that? Over money?!"

"He's kidding." Mori said looking at Marcus.

"Nah, I'm serious." Marcus shrugged. "The ninth ward is pretty fuckin' horrible sometimes but Granmere wanted us to go to school there for groundin'."

"Why would she send you there for grounding?" Haruhi asked. "That's horrible! You guys could've died."

"No not groundin' like punishment. Groundin like to teach us not to take shit for granted. Someone always has it worse than we do and she wanted us to know that."

"Oh...so your cousin went to a public school like you and China-chan?" Haruhi asked.

"Yeah, until she started gettin' homeschooled cause of her job."

"Ah," Haruhi said. "So are American schools that different from ones here? Do they always seem so rough?"

"Mainly depends on the district but in all honesty wherever you go you got bastards and assholes that wanna take out their frustrations on you." Marcus shrugged.

"But it's still horrible people do that." Haruhi said. "Marcus, you won't have to worry about that here right Mori-senpai? Mori-senpai?" she shook her head. "Ugh ,tall tree must've went to go call the others."

"Goddamnit." Marcus sighed. "And maybe, maybe not. Who I am, my Uncle is, what I look like. That makes me a pretty big ass target no matter where I go."

"It shouldn't have to be that way," Haruhi said. "Looks shouldn't matter and neither should who your family is. You're a good person."

Marcus gave a soft chuckle and looked down at his hands with a softened gaze. Somehow she reminded him a lot of her. "You really think so? I got more bodies than you would think."

"I don't think so," Haruhi said. "I know so. You're a nice person, come on Marcus you need to realize that you're a great person, not just a person to be stared at because of how you look. I can tell you have a good heart."

Marcus shook his head and leaned back in his chair again. "Whatever you say tanuki."

Haruhi looked up as she saw the doors open. "Oh Birb-chan are you ok now?" she asked curiously. "The doctors did a good job helping you."

"Yeah. Can we go home Crawdad? I wanna sleep."

"Yeah sure, come on." Marcus stood and turned to Haruhi. "You goin' back to class or you comin' with us?"

"Back to class." Haruhi said. "I got a test today but I'll visit later."

"Alright, I'll drop you off."

"Thanks." Haruhi said with a small smile.

"What in the...MARKY! Why are you calling me so...it's 5 in the morning here!"

"You got a weird stalker here in my new school." Marcus said as he sat down. "And the Chupacabra wanted to hear you before she took her nap."

"Oh um...a stalker...and Chi-Chi had a bad day at school? I'm sorry...do you want me to sing to her or do you need to talk to me about something important too Marky?"

"Nah, I'm fine," Marcus smiled softly. "And yeah, she had a pretty bad allergic reaction. Someone accidentally served her peanut filled animal cookies. And your stalker has a shrine to you in his locker. Don't know his name yet."

"Marky having a shrine to me isn't a stalker and Chi-Chi I can hear you whining, I wish I was there to hug you."

"In his locker with all of your photo books and one that has...stains." Marcus shook his head and handed his phone to China.

"Bun-Buns." China whined.

"I know Chi-Chi, I wish I was there with you but I'm in London right now...I got invited to the royal wedding."

"Lucky…" China poured softly. "Crawdad got a new girlfriend."

"She's just a friend now take your animal cracker ass to sleep."

"Marky, be nice and if you have a new girl that's a friend technically she is your girlfriend...ugh I want to cuddle my Chi-Chi!"

"Bun-Bunnnnsss!"

"She's not my girlfriend. I just met her ass yesterday." Marcus stood and headed to the door of China's room. "Don't wear my battery out, I'll be back later."

"Marky, wait a second before you go….can you do me a favor? Tell Uncle Hiso to come get daddy! He's ruining my life!"

"Oh, Unc finally told you?"

"Err...yeah….I mean he yelled at my supposed date for the wedding...told him to stay away from his daughter." Bunny grumbled. "It's not fair! 39 is not too old for me."

"He needs to be in jail. He's only a year or so younger than Unc."

"It wasn't a date date, he was going to escort me…but fine...go now. I need to cheer my Chi-Chi up."

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