Chapter 8

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It was a beautiful Saturday. And the Kaneguro family is peacefully having their breakfast.

"Zac, Maiko." Their mother softly called.

"Yes Mom?" They said in unison.

"I'll be busy today, so do you two want to do the grocery shopping this time?"

Maiko gasped in excitement. She always wanted to do the groceries.

"Oh yes mom!!" She squealed. "I do have a bit of free time.." Zac considered.

They all nodded and went back to eating.

The Kaneguro siblings were ready to go now. They wore hoodies over their heads and sunglasses so they won't get noticed. But..They did argued a bit before.

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"𝐻𝑢𝑧𝑎𝑎!!" 𝑍𝑎𝑐 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒.

"𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒??" 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑘𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑.

𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑘𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒...𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙...𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘.

"𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒?" 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔.

"𝑍𝑎𝑐, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡" 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑙𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑍𝑎𝑐 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛.

"𝑁𝑂𝑁𝑆𝐸𝑁𝑆𝐸! 𝑀𝐴𝐼𝐾𝑂! 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝐷𝐼𝑆𝐺𝑈𝐼𝑆𝐸 𝐼𝑆 𝐸𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇𝐼𝑉𝐸!" 𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑.

"𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡." 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑.

𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛, 𝑍𝑎𝑐 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝.

"𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟...𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜..?" 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑘𝑜 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠.

"𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡." 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑍𝑎𝑐 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦.

"𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒...𝑁𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑒..." 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒.

"𝑂ℎ 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟..." 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑘𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑.

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They hopped into the car, their mother was going with them to drop them off to the store since they were going in the same direction her office was.

And they finally made it to the supermarket. But before their mother left, she gave her kids some instructions.

"Here's the list of all the things you need to buy." Their mother said as she gave Maiko a list.

"And this is your budget." She said as she handed Zac some money. "Spend it wisely now." She said before closing the car door.

"Bye mom!" Maiko said loudly, while Zac just waved his hand.

And their car drove off.

They went inside the store but stopped for a bit and looked around to see if anyone recognises them.

"Coast is clear." Zac said and faced Maiko. They stared at each other with wide eyes. Both knowing what to do.

They both cheered and ran to the carts. Maiko quickly hopped inside one, while Zac pushes. He made a run for it while Maiko giggles in excitement. With people not knowing who they are, their reputations are secured. And they can do whatever they want.

"Ok sis! What's first on the list?" Zac said, still running.

"Let's see.. Ah! Cooking oil!" As soon as she said that, Zac made a sharp turn and quickly ran over to the cooking isle.

They stopped when they were infront a shelf full of cooking oil.

"Hmm.. Which one is best tho..?" Maiko hummed as she knelt and leaned over the cart to get a better view of which oil is better.

"Hmmm..Do you see which one mom cooks with?" Zac asked as he leaned on the shelf.

"Oh! It was this one!" Maiko said as she pulled out the oil of their choice. "Nice." Zac said as he straightened his back and took a hold of the cart's handles again.

"What's next?" He asked, ready to run again. "Cereal!" Maiko shouted while pointing forward. And Zac ran towards the cereal Isle.

The Kaneguro siblings rarely have times like these... Where they just go wild.. Not caring about what the media thinks.

They don't hang out much now, due to each others busy schedules. Maiko silently thanked the gods that she got to spend time with her big brother today.

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They finally finished their groceries and were now paying for it. Zac helped Maiko get out of the cart.

They patiently waited for the lady to finish scanning the things they bought. And good thing the price was good enough for their budget. Heck, there were still plenty of money left.

And as soon as she packed the groceries into paper bags and stuffed it inside the cart, the two quietly walked away. The whole walk was silent.

Up until they made it outside.

As soon as they stepped foot outside, Zac quickly jumped in the cart.

"ONWARDS MY DEAR LITTLE SISTER!" He shouted like a kid while pointing forward and doing a flashy pose.

"Huh?" Zac questioned as he noticed that they still weren't moving. He then looked at the back to see his sister struggle to push the cart.

The poor girl couldn't move the cart. Her big brother was just too heavy.

But a sudden strength came over her and she finally got the cart to move. She then ran as fast as her strength could let her. They were having a fun time running around in circles in the parking lot.

But due to Marina's limited strength, she easily got tired and just pushed her brother into a tree.

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