"Okay, so what happened?" Yohee asked us.

"Your daughter insulted me. Tested me and I shoved pasta on her head." I
shrugged.

"That's not okay. You can't do that in the middle of the restaurant."

"I'm sorry. I'll admit that I have some anger issues, but if she doesn't
cross me again, we won't have a problem, but now that I think about it,
I'm going to have a problem with your son too."

"What? Why?"

I paused. Maybe I shouldn't say anything. I mean, what if he's just kidding,
I'm not that big of a jerk. Then again he did make a move
on my girlfriend, and that's a big no no. I sighed. I'm not a jerk.

"Long story. Ask him."

"Fine, but I don't want you staying here anymore."

"She's not leaving." Mina said bluntly. "She just got here."

"Yes, but there has to be some sort of punishment."

"Well, if there's punishment for Momo then there has to be for Irene
too." She paused for a second. "And why the heck am I talking to you
about this? This isn't your house and I don't even know you." She turned
to her dad. "She's not leaving."

"Mina, I'm sorry, but what are we going to do?"

"Let it go."

"How could we possibly do that?" Yohee butted in.

"I bet it wouldn't even be half as bad if Irene did it. She wouldn't
have to go away."

I sighed. This whole conversation was going nowhere and I was getting
really irritated. "How about I just wash dishes while I'm here or
something. Irene can help since it's partly her fault. She shouldn't
have been so rude."

 

Yohee and Masao looked like they were thinking about this seriously.
After a few minutes of extreme irritation they finally turned to us.
"Fine. You can wash dishes as punishment."

"What about Irene?" Mina asked.

"She was the victim. I know that she probably said something she
shouldn't have, but I know her, and she had to have been provoked."
Yohee said shrugging. "So it's not her fault."

"No." Mina said grinding her teeth. I wasn't sure if she was going to
yell at her or take a nice swing.

Just to prevent either I placed my hand on her shoulder to calm her
down. "Mina, forget it. There's no winning. Obviously no matter what I
say I'm a bad person and Irene is a saint. I'll just do the dang dishes.
It's only for three days anyways."

 

All of the sudden we were all interrupted by a knock at the door.

We all kind of followed Masao to the door, curious to see who it was. He
opened it and standing there was a very beautiful lady.

"Mika!" Mina exclaimed. "You're back!"

The girl smiled, then I finally connected who it was. Mina's older
sister! She looks strikingly like Mina. It's just an older version.

Mika smiled and walked in, dropping off her stuff.

"I wouldn't miss Christmas with my family." She smiled.

One question was buzzing in my head though; does she know about Yohee?

"Good to see you again." Masao said while hugging his daughter.

"Nice to see you too dad." I could tell there was a slight strain there.

"Nice to finally see you face to face Mika." Yohee said shaking her hand.

"Same here." She smiled.

I heard someone barreling down the stairs and looked back that way.
There was little Maru.

"Mika!" He squealed, running up and throwing his little arms around
her neck.

She picked him up and spun him in her arms. "Maru! How are you?" She
said smiling.

"Great! Have you met my new best friend?!"

"Who's that?"

"Momo! She likes Mina too!" He said excitedly pointing at me.

Mika looked over and she looked surprised for a second then smiled. She
adjusted Maru so she was carrying him with one arm and then shook my hand.

"Nice to meet you Momo."

"Nice to meet you too Mika." I said shaking her hand.

"So you're Mina's girl?"

"Yes I am."

"Wow, good job sis." She said giving Mina thumbs up. I blushed quickly
and smiled.

"Yeah, she's a piece of work though." Mina said laughing. I put my
hand on my hip and glared. She just laughed and wrapped her arm around my
shoulders. "It's not like you can deny it. You did attack a girl today
in the middle of the restaurant."

I rolled my eyes. "She had it coming."

Mika looked down at me surprised. "And how tall are you?" She asked.

"About five three."

"Wow, small, but full of fire."

Mina laughed. "Yep, that's her."

"Well, I have to get settled in. Care to help Maru?" She asked.

He smiled and she set her down. She grabbed her luggage and took his
hand. They both made their way up to her room. Then it dawned on
me...where was I sleeping?

"Hey Mina, where am I sleeping tonight?"

"Well, you're going to sleep in my bed and I'm required to sleep on the
couch downstairs."

"Hah hah!" I said smiling.

 

After a little while we all changed into pajamas and were in the living
room. No adults, just Mika, Mina, Misuki, Maru, Jungkook, Irene, and me.
Irene and Jungkook were a little awkward, but we didn't care.

"Alright, so guess what I found out." Mika said with a smug look on her
face.

We all looked at her curiously. "What?" Mina finally asked.

"If you put your nose to the wall and yell gullible it sounds like
orange." She said seriously.

"Really?!" I asked, completely interested.

"Yes, it's true. Try it." She tells me.

"I don't know. That doesn't seen true."

"You'll never know if you don't try it."

I eyed her. "Alright. I'll see if it works."

"Oh Momo." I heard Mina mumble.

I walked over to the wall and put my nose on it then I yelled, "Gullible!"

I turned around. "It's doesn't sound like orange."

 

All of the sudden everyone burst out laughing. Even little Maru.

"What?" I asked.

Mina motioned me to come over to her. When I got there she pulled me
onto her lap and hugged me. "Oh, Momo. You are something else."

Then it clicked.

I glared at Mika, "You jerk!"

"I didn't actually think someone was going to do it!"

I crossed my arms and pouted. They laughed at me for a good while.

"Shut up!" I said. "I get it! I'm stupid!"

"You're not stupid Momo, just gullible." Mika said, still chuckling.

"She still is kind of stupid too." Irene said.

I shot her a dirty look. "Do you really want to mess with me again?"

She just rolled her eyes and Mina wrapped her arms tighter around me.
"Don't Momo, you're already in the hot seat."

"Fine, but I swear, I won't hesitate in hitting her if she's a brat."

Out of nowhere she shot back, "I bet you have STD's!"

We all looked at her dumbfounded. "Where the heck did that come from?"

"She probably just needed to have the last word."

"What's an STD?" Maru asked.

We all stopped for a second. How the heck do we answer that?!

"Well...um...it's...uh..." Mika stuttered out.

"It's a super cootie!" I blurted.

"Ew! I'll stay away from girls with super cooties."

We all smiled and chuckled a little. I leaned down and whispered to
Mina, "That's a good little brother you have. Let's keep it that way."

"No kidding." She said laughing. "By the way, nice save."

"Thank you." I smiled.

"Well, who wants to play a game?" Mika asked.

"Sure." We all agreed.

"Okay, how this works is like a huge game of hide n' seek. Everyone
spreads out around the house while its super dark, then we all try and
fine each other, but we're on two separate teams and we can't be caught
by the other team."

 

We all decided to play.

Everyone went and spread out around the house. I hid under the table in
the kitchen.

My team included Jungkook, Misuki, and Maru. It was uneven, but it doesn't
matter. Plus Maru would probably be the first found anyways.

I'm not sure how to approach this. I know I have to find the rest of my
team, but I can't get caught, and it's not like the house is super big.

I sort of shimmy out from under the table and scurry behind the couch. A
couple feet away I see the curtain by the window move. "Who's there? I
found you." I whispered.

Jungkook came out from behind the curtain. "I'm on your team." He said rudely.

"Well, I didn't know that." I snapped.

"Alright, let's find the others."

I peek over the edge of the couch, but it's really hard to see in the
dark. I notice a foot pulled back behind the big piano. It has to be
Misuki or Irene. Mina and Mika would never be able to fit back there and
the foot was too big to be Maru's.

I sneak around to the side of the couch.

"Found you!" I yell whisper.

The person behind the piano comes out a little. It's Irene. "Oh gross."
I mutter.

She glares at me. Great, I'm stuck with tweedle dee and tweedle dum here.

Since Irene has been found she's out. She has to stay in the kitchen
now. The other team still has a chance. If they find Misuki or Maru then
it could be even.

Jungkook and I sneak about trying to stay aloof, but he's about as subtle
as a gun. I'm getting really aggravated.

I sort of side step up the stairs. Looking every which way.

"Let's split up." I whisper to Jungkook. He nods and goes the other way.

I look behind me and in front of me. No one. I can't hear a thing either.

I tiptoe slowly down the hallway.

 

All of the sudden I'm ambushed. Two sets of hands grab me and pull me
into a room. I look up and there's a smiling Mika and Mina. "Found
you." Mina said.

I glare. "Fine, but I've already found Irene. She's out."

"We just have to find Jungkook and Maru. Shouldn't be too hard, and I bet
you know where they are."

"I won't tell you anything." I smirk.

"Oh really?" Mina asks.

I zip my lips.

 

All of the sudden they both start tickling me! I can't stand it. I hate
being tickled because I'm too ticklish for my own good!

"Stop! Stop!" I said between laughter. "I'll talk!"

They finally stopped and smirked triumphantly. "Jungkook is downstairs and
probably behind the curtain again, but I know nothing about Maru."

"That's good enough. Now off to jail with you. You're out."

"And you're cheaters." I pout.

"Hey, it's not against the rules." Mika shrugs.

I stick my tongue out and walk downstairs. Then behind me I hear someone
drop down from somewhere and yell, "Found you!"

I look back and there's a very smug little Maru and very surprised
Mina and Mika.

I looked around, trying to figure out where she was. Then I find it. She
was on top of the bookcase. Just sitting on the top. She saw the whole
thing. And we win!

"Ha!" I yell. "We win! Losers!" I say pointing at them.

"Nicely played Maru." Mika bows to him and he giggles. "You're one
smart cookie."

"It's true." He shrugs. I love this little boy.

We all laugh and go into Mina's room. She has a medium sized TV and we
just sat on her bed or on the ground.

 

We completely forgot about Jungkook and Irene downstairs...well actually I
remembered, but would it really be in my character to say something? Of
course not. So I just sat on the bed leaning on Mina's shoulder with
Maru laying his head in my lap as we watched Iron Man 3. (Maru's
choice of course, he was the winner after all.)