MITSUKOU ||Alive AU||

Chapter 23

Sakura sighed deeply, rubbing the bridge of her nose as she felt a minor headache coming in, "I'm not even going to ask what happened here," She spoke nonchalantly yet her green eyes squinted in irritation, "Come to the back of the school after you clean yourselves up. Tiara and I will set up the surprise ourselves."

Sakura walked to Tiara and held her hand, guiding the little girl to the large mirror in front of them that shows the outside world, away fromMitsuba's domain.

"Um, excuse me," Tiara spoke, looking up at the green angelic girl who held her hand so gently, "Who are you? I don't understand what's happening right now. And what happened to his face?" She pointed a finger at Natsuhiko's face. He has a bruise on each side of his face, and despite the tears forming in the corner of his eyes, he winked and gave Tiara a charming smile.

"Don't worry little princess, every-"

"My name is Sakura," Sakura interrupted, which Natsuhiko didn't pay any attention to at all he believes it was his lady's way of showing him attention. "And do not fret, I'll explain everything you need to know."

Tiara frowned and looked to Natsuhiko's right. Mitsuba was just standing there awkwardly but he raised his sleeve-covered hand and waved at her to ease the little girl's uneasiness. Then she looked to Natushiko's left, at her brother.

"It's okay, Tiara," Kou spoke softly and smiled with one of his fangs showing, "We'll be there soon enough. Just make sure the surprise surprises us, okay?"

The little blonde grinned and nod her head enthusiastically. "You can count on me, big brother! You too, big sis!"

She skipped towards the mirror with Sakura following her with a smile so subtle that nobody noticed. Except for Beth, who just watched everything happen since they can't leave the domain to follow their little blonde master.

"Uhh, excuse me but why are you still here?" Mitsuba asked Natsuhiko.

The older boy raised an eyebrow and grinned in a teasing manner, "Oh? First, you attack me and now you're kicking me out? Now that's not very nice of you, Mitsuba~" He said while pinching Mitsuba's cheeks despite the younger boy's protest.

"Ish washn't an attack! It wash-" He smacked the hands off his face, "It was self-defence! We thought you were... someone else. Damn, my cheeks hurt."

"Yeah!" Kou finally spoke, slightly pushing his way to Mitsuba's side and gently placing his hands on the boy's face, "Besides, if you're gonna blame someone, blame me! Leave Mitsuba out of this!"

Natsuhiko softly laughed. He finds it amusing-and adorable-that the blonde is carefully massaging his friend's face while having a stern and protective expression on him. Natushiko couldn't help but place his hand on Kou's messy blonde hair and say, "Heh. Take good care of him, kid. Especially now, he needs it."

He stepped away and headed to the mirror, there were two blurry figures-Tiara and Sakura-on the other side waiting for him patiently. He looked back at Mitsuba, then at Kou, giving him a wink, "He needs you."

The mirror returned to its normal state as soon as Natsuhiko reached the outside world.

Beth, still patiently standing, looked at his pink-haired master. "Master..." They finally spoke, "Shall I leave you with the boy you need?"

"Wha- psh!" Mitsuba scoffed, swatting Kou's hands off him and looking away to hide a faint blush, "I don't need this basic blonde kid. In fact, what I need is to be left alone in my home without getting judgemental stares from a certain someone!"

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"Ahem! I said-"