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Chapter 4

Where am I?" Yvaine said as she woke up in an unfamiliar room the foot steps of her brother and Chris still fading in the distance.
Nikky awoke from her restless slumber and looked at Yvaine. "You're in our dorm room." Nikky sat up and rubbed her eyes, she checked the clock.
"Oh....." Yvaine said looking around, she looked toward Nikky startled, "Oh dear how rude of me! I'm Yvaine Lightner." She said bowing.
Nikky giggled, "I'm Yuriko Davidson, but you can call me Nikky." She smiled slightly, still tired.
"What time is it?"
Nikky glanced back at the clock, "4:37"
"hmmm... I'm gonna get ready for class." Yvaine said walking over to the mirror taking down her hair which reached her ankles.
Nikky sat there amazed by her hair. " School doesn't start till 9. What are you doing to do for 5 hours?"
"Huh?" Yvaine said turning around, "Oh! I guess I'll work on my book..... I could get pretty far."
"Book? You write?" Nikky asked, curiously. Nikky loved writing, but never told her brother. He would get the wrong idea about her and she didn't want that.
Yvaine’s eyes lit up in excitement, “Yes! How’d you guess? Most people thing I’m reading!”
“I-I….” Nikky looked away, reached into her school bag, and pulled out a black satin  cover notebook. There was a heart shaped lock on the side, a red gel pen was stuck to the side. “this is my 5th note book.” she said shyly.
Yvaine’s grin became even wider, “You write! Really? If I let you read me stuff can I read yours?”
Nikky became extremely nervous, “you wouldn’t like this.” She had written about her parents death very descriptive, every single detail.
“This as in what’s in that book…. So what about one of your others?”
“all of them are the same story. It’s very depressing. I really don’t think you’ll want to read them.”
“Hey that’s ok I’ll read…. Or write just about anything.”
“you sure you wanna read it?” Nikky asked pulling out her other satin colored books, each one a different color.
“Positive.” Yvaine said holding out her hand.
Nikky handed her two of the 5 books, nervous.
Yvaine took the book and started reading, “I see what you meant…. But I actually think…. It’s interesting…. I can see everything as you write it… Your good.” She looked back to Nikky, "Did this really happen? Maybe... to you?"
Nikky blushed feeling confident about her work. "y-yes....It's how my parents died."
Yvaine nods to herself, in deep thought still staring at the story.
"i-is it good?"
"Very. It just... brings back memories." she finishes a single tear running down her cheek matching the single strand of her tear colored hair.
Nikky stood up, walked over to Yvaine and set a hand on her shoulder. "I know exactly how you feel." Nikky smile
Yvaine wrapped her arms around Nikky holding her tight as she sobbed slightly.
Nikky held Yvaine close, on the verge of tears. "I'm amazed... our brother's hate each other, but here we are hugging and crying." Nikky laughed, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Yvaine hugged her say, "Yeah it's so weird." At that moment the door opened revealing Garrett on the other side. Yvaine jumped up the sighs of her tears suddenly gone as she walks up to him yelling, "Garrett how many times have I told you that before you enter any room, especially a girls room, That you knock first!"
Nikky blushed. She sat back down in her bed watching her notebooks intently. She hoped that Garrett wountn't look at them. She sat there thinking about her brother feeling a bit lonely.
"Get out!" Yvaine finished pushing her brother out the door. Yvaine sighedd looking at Nikky, "You got some paper and something to write with?"
"Ummmm...." Nikky started looking through her bag. She pulled out marble paper and an Ivory pen. "Yes. Here." Nikky handed Yvaine the paper and pen. Avoiding garrett's eye.
Yvaine shut the door in Garrett's face, "Thank you." she said as she began to jot down a story of her own, "Here." she said handing the story to Nikky when she'd finished.
"What am I supposed to do..." Nikky shut her mouth and began to read. She teared up as she read the story, "This is what happened to them?" Nikky asked feeling as if her story is a cake walk.
Yvaine nodded, "Yes, it was a long time ago... that's what Garrett and I were talking about the first day the four of us met."
Nikky looked down feeling stupid, "Yeah... Sorry about that. The day we met was the anniversary of my parents' deaths." Nikky wiped away the tears that were running down her ivory cheeks.
Yvaine's eyes widened in surprise, "Yeah... mine too!"
Nikky looked at Yvaine unsure of what to say, "That'a a horrible thing to have in common." Nikky laughed.
Yvaine chuckled, "Yeah, I guess it is."
"So... does that means we're friends?" Nikky asked.
Yvaine's eyes widened, "We're friends?" she asked her eyes sparkling, "Really?"
Nikky nodded happily. She never really had a real friend.
Yvaine laughed happily as she pounced in Nikky, "Friends!"
Nikky laughed, looking at Yvaine, "Friends!" She was happy.
"What's going on in there?" Garrett yelled banging on the other side of the door.
Nikky blushed bright red, "Why is he still there?" She asked looking at Yvaine.
"Garrett will you go away!" Yvaine yelled.
"No! I'm guarding your room!"
"From?"
"Chrissy the Lady killer!"
"Chrissy? My Chrissy?" Nikky asked. She was about to get the door, but realised she was in her night clothes, her panties and a long T-shirt.
"Um... Yeah... Chris kinda... kissed me. Now Garrett hates him."
"Oh. Well that's what he does to protect people. He's been doing that ever since Mom and Dad died. It's natural."
"Oh." Yvaine said her eyes down casted slightly.
Nikky looked at Yvaine confused, "What's wrong?" she asked. Nikky was worried.
"Oh, nothing." Yvaine said with a fake smile.
"You like him."
"I do not!" Yvaine protested blushing.
Nikky smiled, "You like him!"
"Nope, no I don't!"
"You love him!"
"No I don't!" she yelled almost crying.
Nikky stopped teasing her, "The what is it?"
Yvaine started to shift in her seat, "Eto... Ano..."
"Hmmm...? Well?"
"Ano... Eto...." Yvaine shrugged.
'Your hiding something."
"What would I be hiding?" Yvaine asked her eyes down cast her face still flame colored.
"Your bright red and you won't look me in the eye. Just admit it. You've got the hots for my brother."
"She what?!" yelled Garrett from the other side of the door.
"Shut up!" Nikky yelled. She grabbed a glass and filled it with cold water in the bathroom sink. Not caring how she's dressed she opened the front door and dumped it on him, "Go away." she yelled then slammed the door.
They heard a loud thump as Garrett fainted on the floor in front of their door. Yvaine started to giggle softly imagining the looks on her brother's face.
"Sorry he was bugging me." Nikky siad, "So where were we? Oh yeah, So you like Chris?"
Yvaine looked down blushing and shifting around again, "Why would you say that?"
"The way you act when I say his name kinda gives the impression that he's your knight in shinning armor."
"But a knight in shinning armor wouldn't flirt with other girls like that..."
"What other girls?" she asked.
"You said that he's been like that since your parent's died..." Yvaine said her eyes down cast.
"He's only done it to me." Nikky said hopping to boost her confidence.
Yvaine looked up at Nikky slightly through her bangs, "Really?"
"Yes." Nikky smiled. She wanted so bad to set her brother and Yvaine up.

Note: Ano/Eto- Japanese it's like the equalivent of american um/uh.