“So then, you’re saying you want to go to the Cricket game John and I talked about?” Luke said.
“Aye! I want to watch it. You said that it’s like tradition here.” I said.
“Well, we do watch it almost every year.” He said.
“—ki! Mizuki! Hey! Mizuki-chan!” A girl’s voice shouted.
I looked up and saw Kana-chan waving her hands.
“Hey! We’re here!!!” Kana-chan shouted. Ran-chan waved her hand.
“Ah! Kana-chan! Ran-chan!” I shouted back as they came running down to meet us.
I almost jumped at them when we got near each other.
“Tee-hee—we surprised you, didn’t we?” Kana-chan said.
“You sure did. I thought you’d be coming on Saturday. But why is Ryu-kun and Jun-kun here?” I asked, looking at the guys.
“They tagged along, said they wanted to have a vacation as well.” Ran-chan said.
“Oh! And—who’s that?” I said, peeking at the guy behind them.
“Yo!” Takeshima appeared.
“Ah!!!!!!! Why are you here?” I asked, surprised.
“I also wanted to have a vacation.” He said, looking away.
“Ah—“ I said, but I don’t quite grasp why he chose Australia of all places, and with them.
“Mizzy—“ Luke grabbed my waist. Oh! I forgot to introduce them.
“Ah! Sorry. Luke—this is Ran, Kana, Ryu, Jun and that’s Takeshima Masato.” I said.
“Eh? So that’s him? The one you were talking about?” Ran and Kana asked, mouth-wide open.
“Yep!” I replied.
“Is he your boyfriend, Mizuki-chan?” Ryu-kun asked.
“Eh? No. He is the nephew of my mom’s sister-in-law.” I said.
“So basically, you two can get together any time since you don’t have any blood relationship at all.” Jun said, matter-of-factly.
Eh? Well if you put it that way.
“Hmm—yeah.” I said.
But we’re like siblings so that’s never going to happen.
“Nice to meet you guys. Mizzy, I’ll go first. I have to inform them of your friends’ arrival.” He said, touching my chin and kissing me on my left cheek. “See you later guys and welcome to Australia.”
He went and left me with my friends.
“You said you weren’t in any relationship!” Kana-chan said.
“I did.” I said.
“Then what was that kiss for?” Kana-chan asked.
“Kana-chan, you’re overreacting, that’s like normal here.” Ran-chan said.
“That’s right. It’s really nothing special.” I said.
“Shall we go? Where are your bags?” I asked.
“Ah! It’s in my car.” Ryu-kun said.
Oh that’s right. Ryu-kun is the son of a booming company’s director; of course he’ll have his own car since he has money to buy. I wouldn’t be surprised if he paid for the others’ plane tickets.
“You don’t have work, Jun-kun?” I asked.
“Ah! I was asked to join in the photo shoot.” Jun-kun said.
“Oh. Then—Takeshima—“ I said.
“I met these guys when I was working at my part-time job. They said they’ll go somewhere good” Takeshima said, looking away.
“Eh? You have a part-time job?” I wondered. I thought he was some son of a rich man.
“He is the son of the CEO of Japan’s leading financial group.” Ran-chan confirmed.
“So. Then why--?” I still don’t get why he has to work if they’re already rich.
“My Dad’s money and fame isn’t my own.” Takeshima said, flatly.
“Oh—“ I murmured.
So this guy has a lot of pride in him, huh?
I wonder who he really is aside from being rich, good-looking, famous, and good at Judo and Aikido.
We got back to the house.
“Mizzy—these are your friends?” grandma asked.
“Aye! Grandmama—these are Ran, Kana, Ryu, Jun and um—“ I looked at Takeshima to ask for permission to say his first name. He nodded. “and Masato.”
“Nice to meet you, ma’am.” Ran and Kana kissed my grandma on the cheek. Ryu, Jun and Takeshima bowed.
It seemed like grandma approved of them, she was smiling the whole time.
“Dinner’s ready.” Aunt Jenny announced.
We went to the dining room and ate heartily. Luke sat beside me.
He kept on whispering jokes to me that I can’t help but laugh. Luke is really fun to be with. It would be really nice if he was my real brother.
The night was spent in merriment. Ran and Kana slept in my room while the guys occupied the biggest room inside the house.
Time passed like a blink of an eye. It was like yesterday when I whined because I left Japan on such short notice and today, I can’t explain this euphoria.
Finally, my fun summer starts.
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Showered by the Stars
Teen FictionMizuki is a half-Japanese and half-Australian girl who lives in Japan. Her uniqueness among those around her do not pose a problem for her, since she has two of the most caring friends anyone could ask for. Mizuki, Ran and Kana are like those famous...
