Mayonaka Soñodora Meets Cinema Bizarre

7. New

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"Take Me Away" blared from my phone and woke me the next morning. I snatched it off the table answered before it could wake anyone else up.

"Hello" I whispered.

"Hey Saya. Ai told me you five were looking for a house, and I think I've found a great one for you. When do you want to see it?" DJ Rob asked.

"Later today, if we could," I said quietly, excitement welling up inside me.

"Ok," he replied, "How 'bout you guys meet me at Cherry Tree at 3?"

I checked the time on my phone. It was only 7:46. "Ok, we'll see you there," I told him. Then we hung up.

"Who was that?" asked Strify's quiet voice in my ear. I jumped.

"DJ Rob," I whispered back. I wondered how he'd ended up behind me with his arm wrapped around my waist. Shrugging it off, I got up, stretched, and went to find something to eat. Much to my surprise, I found a box of s'mores poptarts. I grabbed a pack, went back to the couch, and turned on Monty Python again to watch until the others woke up.

When the movie ended, everyone but Ai was awake. We piled up our stuff to take with us when we left, then tried to wake her. It took only 10 minutes this morning, then we went back to our room to change. On the way, I told them about the house DJ Rob found.

Today, I put on a black t-shirt and of Bachiko's with different colored peace signs all over it. I also put on her orange skinny-jeans. I left my hair down but put in red, blue, yellow, and purple hair extensions. Ai put on lime green, bright blue, and hot pink eyeshadow with purple eyeliner and purple lip gloss.

Ai wore a bright green t-shirt and the jacket Bachiko had worn yesterday. She wore purple skinny-jeans, also Bachiko's, and high-tops. She left her hair down too and put in purple dye. Her eyeshadow was purple fading to lime green and her eyeliner was purple too. She mixed the purple lip gloss she wore with a little white eyeshadow to lighten it.

Fuji was wearing dark blue jeans, a grey Ravenclaw jacket (mine), and a plain black t-shirt. She put her sneakers on again and left her hair down, which Bachiko and Ai saw as an opportunity to add blue and black hair extensions. Ai also put silver eyeshadow, black eyeliner, and clear lip gloss on her.

Bachiko changed into dark grey skinny-jeans and a white top with 3/4-length sleeves and a green tanktop under it. She left her hair down, brushed and straightened, and put in green-and-black striped extensions. Ai refused to let her put on her own makeup and gave Bachiko eyeshadow in 2 shades of green and black eyeliner.

Cho was wearing a plain blue t-shirt and Ai's 1/2 jacket. She put on blue skinny-jeans and blue high-tops. Ai gave her light blue and teal eyeshadow and skiver eyeliner. She pulled her hair up into a high ponytail and put her sunglasses on top of her head, as usual.

We didn't leave our room until 2:40, when we went to meet DJ Rob. He met us out front and told us he'd lead us to the house. As I reached my Camry, we heard the door to the studio open. Looking back, I saw Cinema Bizarre leaving the building.

"Hey!" Kiro called to us, "Mind if we go with you to see the house?"

DJ Rob, Cho, Ai, Bachiko, and Fuji stared from them to me. I stared at Strify, who grinned sheepishly. Yep, he'd told them.

"Not really," Ai said finally.

They came over to us and climbed into the cars with us. Kiro rode with Cho, Yu rode with Ai, Shin rode with Fuji, and Strify and Romeo rode with me, complaining about the size of my Camry until I turned up the music to drown them out. Bachiko refused to let any of them so much as touch her truck.