HaruHaru

3. And I'm Home

Haruna already left her home and headed down the road to Haruka's house. She was so excited to see him after years of separation. She always wondered what Haruka was doing every day while living alone. Miharu was on her tail, refusing to walk next to her and see her squeal over Haruka.

Why I hate Haruka, you may ask? He's so anti-social, and he never really opens up to anyone but the water. It sucks, I know. This is what I've heard from Ha-chan. She would always tell me sories about him whenever she had the chance. She's so caring about him, despite him being so cold and uneasy around others. Maybe there is another side to him that I've never seen before. 

"Miharu, hurry up!" Haruna called out  She couldn't stop to wait for Miharu, thinking that Haruka would be even farther away from her if she stopped.

"Ha-chan... Stop, please... Errp, I feel so dizzy..."

"Aw, Miharu... Here, hold my hand."

Funny thing is that Miharu's faster than me. I usually run about two miles every day before swim practice.

"Thank... you... ughh."

"You okay?"

"OBVIOUSLY NOT! God, you are so fast." Miharu clenched her stomach as tight as she could, feeling uneasy and unbalanced. She swayed back and forth and almost fell to the ground due to her apparent "motion sickness."

"Come on, Miharu," Haruna started. "We're almost there. Just another 30 minutes and we're home."

"But... but... Why on earth would you live so freaking far away from him?!"

"I've always wanted that feel of independence. Haruka has that feel, too. It runs in our family."

"I feel so sick right now."

"Don't lie, Miharu. You don't want to see my brother, so images of him make you sick. Cut it out, and let's get going."

SHE DIDN'T FALL FOR IT! I THOUGHT THAT ME BEING SICK WOULD WORK!

Miharu slowly got up from the ground and grabbed Haruna's hand. She dusted herself off from teh dirt that her skirt collected and fixed her light brown hair. The two then continued down the road to Haruka's house.

-AT MAKOTO'S HOUSE-

Haruka and Makoto were resting in Makoto's room when all of a sudden Ran and Ren ran in to ask them something.

"Big brother! Big brother!" the twins said.

"What's up?" said Makoto.

"Big brother, aren't we gonna play hide-and-seek?" asked Ran. She kept Ren away from her in order to be on-on-one with Makoto. She then looked at Haruka and smirked.

"You two are on the same bed, why?" she said with a devilish tone in her voice.

"Ran, stop it. We'll play in a few minutes, now move along."

"Awww okay then, big brother!" Ran giggled and grabbed Ren by the arm and dashed off.

"That was weird..."

"Well once you get used to them, they're okay. They just don't wanna leave me, that's all."

"Good thing I'm an only child."

"Eh?"

"Never mind. I have you around." Haruka made Makoto smile once again, and looked away from him. He didn't mind seeing Makoto being all happy over almost everything.

"Haru, let's go meet up with them now. I'm pretty sure they're really bored right now."

"Hm." The two boys walked out of Makoto's room and headed for the kitchen. The twins were sitting around the table eating lunch. Ren stopped and stared at his sister's bowl, noticing how empty it became within seconds after lunch was served.