"Deciding on one's gonna be harder than I thought," We were at the swimsuit shop, we were browsing through bikinis and one pieces, "There's a crap ton to choose from huh?" I looked at all of them, "Perhaps a one piece would suit you," Hana says, "Hey, morons. What's cuter? Bikini's or one pieces?" Uo shouts across the store at Yuki and Kyo, they sat on the bench facing the other way freaking out, almost every woman there was staring at them, they stayed silent, "What are you doing? Get your butt off that bench and help." Uo walks over to them, "We're guys. This isn't the kind of stuff we help with," Kyo's ears were bright red, I swore I saw his orange cat ears from his hair, "Oh yeah? Then why did you come along?" Uo puts her hands on her hips, "Cause someone didn't give us much of a choice!" He whips his head around, he looks at me and Tohru hovered a bikini over me that was still on the frame, I snickered, Kyo freaked out and shut his eyes tight, "I don't get it carrots, it's not like we're asking you to pick out her panties or something. Geez," Uo smirks, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN!" Kyo shouts, "You're the loudest one here," I walk over to them whistling, "Ugh fine, a colour then, you can pick a colour that looks best on her then." Uo groans, "Uo, cool it. They don't want to be here to begin with. Cut them some slack," I push Kyo's shoulders back down and stroke his cat ears, "You're lucky your girlfriend here's to protect you, we are shopping for her anyway so just pick a damn colour!" Uo says, Yuki and Kyo think for a second, "Orange," "Purple would-" They both glare at each other, "What makes you think she'll look good in a boring colour like purple?!" Kyo almost hissed, "Give me a break, anything would look better than orange that's a garish colour for idiots with idiotic hair." Yuki's face darkened, "You're the idiot, a brighter colour obviously is the right choice!" Kyo shouts, "Orange is too bright for Yuki, you obviously have no sense of style," Yuki glares back, "Not like you have any either jerk!" Kyo snaps, they two keep squabbling, "Navy." Hana says, the two stop, "The answer is navy. N A V Y." She spells out, I sweatdrop, "She is right, mm-hm!" Tohru nods up and down, the three skip away to pick a swim suit. "You guys got this for me, but why?" I ask when we left the shop, "It's our way of saying thank you," Hana says, "But I didn't do anything." I furrow my brows and look at the bag, "Come on, you've plenty for us. Plenty for me," Kyo whispers the last part, "Really! We want you to have it!" Tohru smiles, "Please accept. Okay?" Yuki walks over to me, "This means so much you guys. I'll treasure it, forever and ever." I hold back tears, "Oh Yuki," Uo hugs me the rest of the girls go in for a group hug, the boys obviously stay out of it and sweatdrop.
"Here's your table!" A woman shows us to our table, we went to a soba shop for lunch, "Which swimsuit did you end up getting?" Yuki asks, "You'll fine out when she wears it. I mean you'll probably go to the beach right?" Tohru giggles, I sat on the side with the boys, "I hope so." Yuki says, "We ladies should take a day out to the beach too." Uo says, "We should." I prop my elbows onto the table and rest my face in my hands, "That would be so relaxing." Tohru nods, "Yes, that would be enjoyable." Hana nods, "You're all so close, like you've been friends for a long time. Did you meet in elementary school?" Yuki asks, "Oh no, middle school actually. Excluding Kiki-Chan of course." Tohru says, "She's got a point, we were raised almost as sisters, the only thing is that, that one's way more smoothed out me. I'm all scuffed around the edges, still to this day." I point at myself and Tohru, "Hanajima, you started at our school in what, eighth grade?" Uo looks at her, "Yes, I had to transfer in, I caused some minor problems at my old school." She takes a sip of her tea, "Yeah..." Yuki and Kyo pale, "Face this way so everyone's included silly." I pull on Kyo's side so he's facing the table and not perpendicular to it, "You were part of the gang back then weren't you." I pull with all my might making sure I don't touch my body with his but Kyo was putting up a fight not to face them, "Sure was, I was running with them since fifth grade," Uo nods, "You'd always go around wearing a mask on." Tohru smiles, "The long skirt and thin eyebrows too." Uo says, "No mask, but the last two are still true." Hana says, Kyo and Yuki zoned out with us four girls chatting away happily, "Oh yeah, guess you're right." Uo laughs, "Well I had a real chip on my shoulder then and it showed. So on edge. Like a lion that's gone too long without a meal. My teachers didn't know what to do with me, neither did my dad. Seems like it should be harder but going bad's much easier. Before I knew it I joined a female gang. Running around causing all sorts of trouble, I hurt people and got hurt myself. Did a lot of bad stuff, you don't even wanna know the half of it. Basically, I was a moron. An idiot of epic proportions, but still, even an idiot can find somebody to look up to. She pushed away men and became a gang leader despite being a woman, her street name was the Aurora Fox. Also known as Nagisa. Yuki's mum." Uo smiles, I put my head on the table, that speech just brought up emotion of mum, Uo's past, I felt Kyo hold my hand under the table, I let him thread his fingers into mine and I gripped onto his hand.
