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"NIKORU, DID YOU STEAL a sip of my coffee when I wasn't looking?" Yukiyo chuckled as she saw her child running around like a wild tornado in the wind.
"I'm excited! Juri's comin' over to spend the night and play!" she shouted, coming out of her room carrying three stuffed toys, with a fourth falling to the ground. "Noooo, Mr. Fluffy Bottom!" She tried to pick him up, but she stumbled to keep the rest in her short arms.
Yukiyo and her husband chuckled seeing their daughter's excitement, running from her room to the window, drawing back the curtain to see the driveway. Her face dropped slightly, not seeing her uncle's car, but then she saw two brown heads walking by. "Atsu! Osamu!" Rolling backwards, she flipped off the couch, running to the door. "Ninja moves!" She struck a pose for a moment before bolting.
Throwing open the door, she yelled at the top of her lungs, "Heyyyyy buttheads!"
Atsumu let out an indistinguishable shout, kicking a soccer ball towards Nikoru. "Niko! Come help me kick Osamu's ass!"
Nikoru glared. "You're not supposed to say bad words!" She put her hands on her hips. "I can't play today."
"Why not?"
"Because Juri is coming over. That means I can only play with her."
"Who's Juri?"
"My best friend!" She beamed, rocking back and forth on her heels, twirling around. "My uncle is dropping her off to spend the night and play. But she's really shy, so you ugly heads will scare her."
Osamu blinked, drinking a banana milk. "Does that mean you'll stop annoying us?"
Nikoru rolled her eyes. "You like it when I play with you guys. Too much time with 'Sumu will make you a dummy." Both turned to look at Atsumu who was trying to hit the soccer ball with his head, only for it to smack him in the face.
"Ow!" He rubbed his nose, looking between his neighbor and brother. "What?"
Honking came from behind them and the boys got out of the way as a car pulled into the driveway. In the backseat, the three could see the top of a light brown hair sticking up from the tall car.
"Don't crowd the car, you two." Nikoru waved them to where she stood. "I don't need you being mean and scaring her."
"Hey, I didn't even do anything yet!" Atsumu pouted, picking up the soccer ball.
"Exactly! You're the worst of the two." She rolled her eyes.
"Uncle Kosami!" Nikoru ran to him as he climbed out of the car, jumping up. "You're here. You're here. Jurine is here! I thought you weren't gonna come! What took you so long?" She glared at him, hands on her hips.
Kosami smiled, ruffling her hair. "Sorry, munchkin, traffic was slow for us." Walking to the door, he opened it. "Come on, Juri." The boys saw a pair of tiny feet under the door, seeing her peak from around the edge of the door. A pair of wide, frightened eyes stared at them, but Nikoru quickly went to her side.
