The girl before him was a bit shorter then him but she seemed to be around his age at most, she had long brown hair that stopped at her waist which was where her hands were placed she was slender, and had fairly long legs, she wore a black hoodie jacket and a pair of faded blue jean shorts. For some reason or another, the girl glaring at him seemed vagueley familliar, "I said what to you think your doing here!?" Naoki shrunk back, did this girl think he was some kind of suspicious person, "Uhm, this is my Aunt and Uncle''s house, I''m going to be living here as I''m going to be attending the collage here" the girl gave a skeptical look.
Naoki got nervous, this girl looked like she wasn''t believing him, "It''s true! I''m not someone suspicious! I was about to call them and see where they were as they''re not home" the girl grumbled, Naoki cursed, what he had just said made him actually look suspicious. The girl gave a sarcstic smirk, "Oh yeah, is that so?" at first Naoki was relieved, he thought the girl was going to belive him and he nodded "Yeah, so if you let me call them they can tell you-" the girl cut Naoki off, "Yeah right! You think I''m going to believe some bogus story like that!" Naoki sighed. The girl hadn''t believe him at all, "Now, your going to tell me what your really doing here before I call the police on you" the girl then proceeded to take out her cellphone, Naoki panicked "No please! I''m telling the truth! This is my Aunt and Uncles house!" the girl grumbled. "I thought I said I wasn''t going to belive that, now tell me the truth" Naoki grumbled "I am telling the truth!" the girl scowled.
"Tell me the truth, 1..." she had started counting, Naoki was panicking like crazy, this girl was seriously about to call the cops on him, "Why won''t you believe me?!" the girl scoffed "Because, this is my Mom and Dads house, and I''ve never heard about someone like you coming to live with us!" Naoki gave a puzzled look. "Your Mom and Dad''s house?" the girl nodded, a lightbulb started to go off in Naoki''s head, "Wait a minuet?" he looked closely at the girl, suddenly he started to figure out why she had looked so fammilar to him, "Kirika? Kirika is that you?" the girl gave a surprised gasp, "Yeah, how do you know my name?" the girl had a worried look on her face. Naoki chukled, "Oh my god, I didn''t recognize you! You''ve really grown since I last saw you haven''t you?" the girl raised an eyebrow. "What the heck are you talking about, why do you sound like you know me?" Naoki chuckled "Come on Kirika, don''t tell me you''ve forgotten about me?" the girl uttered a confused hum.
Naoki sighed, "Kirika, it''s me, Naoki, your cousin" the girls face filled with surprise, then she looked hard at Naoki the slowly realization came to her face, "Naoki!? is that really you!?" Naoki smirked "Yep, it''s me, nice to see you again Kirika" Naoki waved. The girl standing before him was his cousin Kirika Izami, a bright smile came to Kirika''s face, in a flash she ran over to Naoki and grabbed him in a hug, "Oh my god! I haven''t seen you since forever!" she giggled as she hugged Naoki tighter.
"Likewise" Naoki chuckled, Kirika looked up at Naoki, "You''ve changed so much! No wonder I didn''t know it was you!" Naoki smiled "I could say the same about you, you''ve gotten alot prettier since I last saw you" Kirika chuckled "Thanks, you''ve gotten alot taller" Naoki gave a grin "Yeah, I guess I shot up" Kirika nodded. "We use to be the same height, now, I''ve actually got to look up at you!" Naoki laughed "I guess your right, you shot up too though" Kirika grumbled "Yeah, but, I''m not nearly as tall as you are, it sucks I have to look up at you!" Naoki chukled and rubbed Kirika''s head.
"Sorry, I am a guy after all" Kirika grumbled, "Sexist" Naoki chuckled, "Ah! Your hair! It''s red!" Kirika exclamied upon seeing Naoki''s red locks, he peered up at his hair "Oh yeah, I dyed it a few weeks back" after saying that Naoki frowned, as he remebered why he had dyed his hair, Kirika didn''t seem to notice as she was too busy staring at Naoki''s red hair. "That''s why I didn''t recognize you, the last time I saw you, you had black hair" Kirika giggled "Wow, you really changed alot" Kirika looked back down at Naoki who quickly put on a smile. "I could say the same about you" Kirika let Naoki go, "Yeah, I''ve gotten alot more womanly haven''t I?" Kirika did a small twirl, Naoki could agree, Kirika had definetley gotten alot more feminine since he last saw her, her body was more shapley then it was back then, and she had let her hair grow out as well.
"Yep, you sure have" Kirika smiled and giggled, "Thanks" Naoki chuckled "Now, if you don''t mind could you let me in please?" he pointed to the front door of his Aunt and Uncles house, Kirika gasped in shock "Oh yeah! Sure!" with that Kirika put her cellphone away and walked to the door. "To think I was about to call the cops on my own cousin" she chuckled to herself Naoki chuckled nervously, "Yeah, I''m kinda glad you didn''t" Kirika dug inside her pocket, she pulled out a silver key and put in into the knob. She turned it and the lock clicked, she took the key out and grabbed the knob and she pushed the door open she was about to walk inside but she stopped, she looked at Naoki and bowed, she extended her arms to the door, "Please, come inside" Naoki stiffled a laugh, even if she had gotten older Kirika still acted the same. Naoki walked into the dark house, he waited for Kirika to flick the lights on before going in any further, when the lights flashed on he looked around "Man, this place sure has changed since I was last here" Kirika chuckled as she closed the door behind her, "Yeah, Mom and Dad did some redecorating" Naoki smirked "I see".
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Just then a thought came to mind, "Where is your Mom and Dad?" in the stunning reuinon with his cousin he had forgotten to ask about the whereabouts of his Aunt and Uncle,"Oh, Mom and Dad left some time ago, they said something about going to pick something up" as she had finished her sentance a light bulb went off, "I guess that something was you?" Naoki nodded, "I guess so, but, they didn''t have to go out of their way to pick me up" Kirika chuckled "I guess now, since you made it here already" Naoki chuckled. "I guess your right" silence fell between the two, "So" Naoki started, "What grade are you in now?" Kirika jumped in surprise "Uhm, I just finished my last year of highschool not that long ago" Naoki nodded "I see, are you looking at colleges right now?" Kirika shook her head "No, I''m looking for a full-time job right now" Naoki nodded. "I see" silence fell again, it was a bit akward talking with each other after so long.
"Uhm, you said that you were going to attend the college here" Naoki nodded "Yeah, I decided to choose a college that wasn''t in my hometown" Kirika hummed "I see, that''s cool" the two went silent again, they started at each other having no idea what to talk about. The Kirika blurted out, "So, do you have a girlfriend?" the question hit Naoki hard, he tried hard to not let his face grow sad, he gave a smile "No, what about you? Got a boyfriend?" Kirika blushed "No!" Naoki laughed. Kirika puffed out her cheeks in anger, "Don''t you make fun of me!" Naoki''s laugh started to die down, "Sorry" he wiped his eye, it was then realization appeared on Kirika''s face "Why don''t I show you your room?" Naoki nodded "Yeah, that''d be great" Kirika nodded. She walked passed Naoki "Fallow me please" Naoki laughed as he fallowed behind her.
Kirika led Naoki up the stairs, she turned a corner and walked until she stopped at a closed door, she turned and faced Naoki, "Here you go, this is your room, I saw Mom and Dad fixing it up a few days back" Naoki smiled "Thanks" Kirika giggled "Don''t mention it, now, I''ll let you get settled in, I''ll call you when Mom and Dad get back" Naoki gave a nod, "Thanks" Kirika smiled once more and she walked off back down the stairs. Naoki looked at the door to his room, "Alright, lets see what we''ve got" he took hold of the doorknob and twisted it, he slowly pushed the door open the lights were off, he blindly felt on the wall for the light switch, when he felt his fingers touch it he pulled on it, the lights flicked on. Naoki took a good look at the room before he walked in, like Kirika had said, his Aunt and Uncle had really fixed the room up for him, it looked like it had been freshly cleaned and it even looked like it had been freshly painted.
"Wow, they really did fix this room" Naoki couldn''t believe that his Aunt and Uncle had fixed the room he''d be staying in so much, it made him a bit guilty when he remebered the real reason he decided to attend college in Kirigaya, to get away from memories of Misa, Naoki''s face grew dark at the mere thought of her, it was going to be harder to forget her then he thought if just thinking of her got him like this. ''I''m sorry'' the words spoken in a feminine tone echoed in his head, Naoki clenched his fist, he shook his head, "It''s going to be real hard" he mumbled, Naoki stood still for what seemed like hours until he decided to move, "I need to unpack" he took hold of the bag on his shoulder and held his suitcase up, he threw both ontop the bed.
Naoki zipped open the bag and opened his suitcase, in the bag was various things his wallet, his own toothbrush, his own bathing materials and other assorted everday nesscisties, in the suitcase was two neatly folded piles of shirts that also had several pairs of pants to got with them. These were the clothes that Naoki had decided to bring with him, he just brought what he felt he would wear the most with that Naoki got to work, he took the stack of shirts and placed them on the bed he looked around the room and saw that a drawer stood right next to the bed, he smiled he opened the first draw and placed some shirts as well as matching pairs of pants inside it.
He took hold of another stack of shirts, he placed them neatly inside the second drawer, but suddenly, Naoki had stopped dry, as the shirt he held in his hands, he recognized it well, he dropped the other shirts and held just the one, his heart ached just looking at it, it might look like just a regular collard shirt, but to Naoki, it was special, as it held lots of memories, memories of Misa. Naoki gripped the shirt tightly, in his rush to pack so he could leave home quicker he must have accidentely put it in his suitcase with the others, he held the shirt close to him for a bit, he could smell a sweet scent wafting from it. The smell was nostalgic, it smelled of flowers and sweet vanilla, "Misa..." he whispered.
Naoki''s heart ached in his chest, he could feal he was on the verge of tears, he wanted to put the shirt away, put the nostalgic smell, was making it rather difficult for him to do so, Naoki was glad when he heard Kirika yell from downstairs, "Hey! Naoki! My Mom and Dad are back!" Naoki smiled "I''m coming!" he replied, he took one last long look at the shirt he held in his hands, the shirt with her scent on it. Naoki quickly put it away, he then walked out the room closing the door behind him. [END]