Shiba Household~

I woke up in the early morning, because Cupid demanded food, but once I fed him I went back to sleep. The second time I awoke it was already past 11 o'clock, I decided to prepare breakfast in form of fluffy, yummy pancakes. I had jams and maple syrup prepared, so it was up to anyone's taste what they wanted on the top. Emma woke up precisely when I began my food quest so she offered to help. We put some Japanese music on and had fun dancing to the beat while frying some fluff goodies. Soon the other girls began to wake up one by one, and we ended up dancing while chanting.

"Pancakes, pancakes." in our nightgowns. Once we plopped onto the seats I received an evil idea.

"Yo, Emma can you give me Draken's number?" I asked, causing her to narrow her eyes at me as if she was suspicious I was up to no good.

"You're not going to disturb his rest right?" I shook my head, but that was a lie.

"Just wanted to let him know his girl was well-fed in this household." She hesitated but then gave me the number after some pleading from my side. Once she dropped her guard I resolved to feed her my share of pancakes which were dripping with maple syrup. Unbeknownst to her I snapped a photo and send it over to Draken.

"I'm taking good care of your girl, so recover fast. So you can keep taking her on dates." I added a heart at the end of the message and clicked send. I wasn't sure whether he didn't have time to check the content or just was too shocked to respond, but only when we finished eating did he give me a call.

"Michi, what the hell?" I acted like I was moved, by his quick thinking.

"You recognized me right away, we must be more compatible than I originally thought." He couldn't even utter a word back so I decided to continue.

"Get better beanpole." And I ended the call right after not giving him any chance to lash out at me.

At some point, all the girls left beside Yuzuha as we agreed to walk together to her house. So all that was required to do was prepare lunch or dinner for Kazutora. In the midst of cooking, he came back home, Keisuke and Chifuyu following him right after. Great, I had something to discuss because I forgot to mention it before.

"Kazu, will you be taking care of Cupid, or should take him with me?" Kazutora was pondering about it, but then Keisuke picked up the orange kitty while declaring.

"I can take care of him." He announced, I nodded and showed him where the cat food was stored.

"Thank you, Keisuke," I said putting him into a hug, getting a weird thumbs-up motion from Kazutora.

"Do you mind if we eat the food as well?" Chifuyu asked, they didn't get any chance to eat or what.

"Sure just dig in," I mentioned, once we finished eating with Yuzuha I packed my things and we went our merry way in the direction of her house.

"I hope Taiju is not at home, he doesn't come over often-" it seemed like she wanted to add something more, but suddenly we heard a huge racket.

"Oh great his whole gang is here, let's hurry I don't want him to try and beat Hakkai up." She mentioned as we tried to pass a bunch of Black Dragon members, suddenly Kokonoi emerged from the crowd.

"Michi! What are you doing here?" He asked me, Yuzuha gazed at me probably wondering how I knew this clown.

"Yo, Koko Crunch I came to have a second sleepover at Yuzu-chan's place." His eyes opened wide, his mouth following suit.

"No, no, no definitely not. Taiju is here, there is no way you will step your foot into this house!" Wow, talk about fierce.

"I have nowhere else to stay," I said and he quickly suggested the following.

"You can stay at my place." He tried to drag me away from this area, but then I noted.

"But you know Koko... I already met Taiju so..." He actually collapsed onto the pavement like a diva, so I had to catch him. Because I lacked strength all I could do was take a seat and let his head rest on my lap. Yuzuha just looked in astonishment.

"Mind explaining what is going on?"I took a deep breath and started from the beginning.

"This Material Gurl thinks I'm a threat to his money, he knows that if Taiju hits me I will gather evidence and drag his ass to court. Add some additional charges and boom, Koko's life savings are gone." Yuzuha was wondering how that could be possible, so I decided to demonstrate. I started the camera roll and then mentioned.

"And my dad is a lawyer, and loves me very much, of course, we would win the case." Now when I thought about it was Sanzu still pursuing me today as well? I guess he wouldn't be reckless enough to step into Black Dragon territory in his Toman uniform. Or would he make use of his looks and dress like a girl to fool the enemy? I wanted to see it. Suddenly a pair of red high heels stopped in front of me.

"What are you doing here Michi?" Inupi seemed less friendly today, I guess he was taking gang activities way too seriously.

"Came to visit my friend Yuzu-chan, what are you also planning to stop me?" I asked as we performed some sorta staring contest. I guess suddenly it became a spectacle because Taiju came running while yelling.

"Is there a fight going on?!" He had this crazy unattractive look on his face, but once he spotted me, he didn't question what happened to Kokonoi instead his reaction was.

"Koko why is your head on my girl's lap?" Kokonoi suddenly opened his eyes being mortified at the unexpected news, Inupi's stoic expression also disappeared and Yuzuha hugged me protectively, glaring at her brother.

"What do you mean your girl? We had like only one date!" We heard both Koko and Inupi gasp for air, as they were looking between Taiju and me. Kokonoi rose to his feet now shaking me around.

"What do you mean date?" I was about to shift the blame on Hakkai but abruptly it sounded like Taiju realized something.

"Wait, is Michi the girl you were showing your abs to in public?" It was time for Yuzuha to gasp in utter shock.

"Michi is it true?" she asked, well he wasn't really showing off his abs, but I just nodded to affirm this statement, but unexpectedly Koko decided to expose me instead.

"I'm not the weird one, she is... she licked my abs." I just shrugged since it was the truth.

"I told you to release me but you refused, I needed to put my underhanded methods to use." We were all surprised to hear Taiju laugh, like a genuine one, not the crazy type.

"Let's go." Yuzuha suddenly whispered, but then Taiju became all serious and put his attention on his sister.

"I heard from Hakkai you were bringing someone over, you should have asked for my permission." Before she could respond I intervened.

"I didn't think you have something against me coming over..." I spoke while putting my hands on my hips.

"First you come with "my girl" kinda deal and suddenly you don't even want my foot to step inside your house, rude." I guess he wasn't expecting me to be the visitor.

"Eh... you have my permission." And we waltzed off with Yuzuha as Taiju got some Black Dragon meeting going on.

"Let's play some games." we hit up the games on ps2, and played Final Fantasy X. I never played it but it felt so strange to not have good crisp graphics. We spent time like this for a while until we felt the hunger and a mission popped up.

'Would you rather eat snacks or prepare a good dinner for everybody?' When the system said "everybody" did it include Taiju as well? However whipping out a simple dinner, would grant me another Fairy Dust. Suddenly I felt adored by the system.

"Let me do the cooking." Yuzuha just hugged me saying.

"You're the best." Was my cooking so good? Or was she overjoyed because I was taking good care of her? We went outside but Taiju was lurking around, yet I decided to be straightforward.

"Yo Taiju, I'm gonna make food, do you want some?" Because I treated him so casually he must have been at a loss of words.

"I let you think about it. Yuzu-chan my assistant, guide me thru your amazing kitchen." She showed me a cupboard with different ingredients and then another one filled with all the sauces and spices. It was hard to figure out what food to make at someone's else house, you never knew what kind of ingredients they had at hand. This also made me wonder, how many other people would I feed?

As I began cooking I saw Taiju grimacing, I soon acknowledged he didn't like the mess I was making throughout the progress, at some point I had enough.

"Either you stop staring a hole into my neck or you will stand up and clean this mess yourself if it's bothering you so much." Wow, I only came here but he was already waving all his red flags into my face. That's when Hakkai arrived and started to clean up after me, was he putting effort into saving Taiju's image?

"Thank you," I told him, and then I stood on my toes to pat his head, I just felt like treating him like a kid, maybe it would send a good message towards Taiju to treat his siblings more preciously. Hakkai simply stood there shell shocked wondering why I was so nice to him, but Yuzuha's overprotective mode kicked in.

"What do you think you're doing?" She asked nearing her face close to mine. So I just patted her head as well.

"If you want pats, you have but to ask and your wish shall be granted." Now when Taiju was no longer glaring at me and being passive-aggressive I could finish the curry I was making. It was weird to eat at the same table, could this be qualified as family dinner? I made the siblings join the other side of the table, meanwhile, I sat beside Taiju. I didn't want any mishaps, and I was somehow convinced Taiju would think twice before resolving to hit me, maybe Koko gave him some warning. Also, did I see Taiju praying before his meal? But once he was done he turned his attention to me.

"So about that second date..." Wait he still wanted to go on a date with me? Was Hakkai's recommendation really so important to him? Should I give him a second chance? I mean we had no time to converse last time, could I use this chance to throw some life lessons under his feet? But how much could I postpone? I really didn't want to deal with him right away. I took the first date I could think of off the top of my head.

"How about in 10 days on the 16th of August?" I really wanted my parents to be back so dad could pick me up if something scary transpired. But he decided to negotiate.

"How about earlier?" I shook my head.

"I'm busy for the upcoming 10 days... take it or leave it." I was certain he wouldn't have any way of knowing if I told the truth or not. But he settled for the day I chose.

"Great... you want me to plan something or shall I leave it up to you?" I could see how the other two siblings stopped eating awestruck at our exchange.

"I will plan the date." Were his hands capable in the terms of romantic dates or Nah? Probably not. After dinner Yuzuha suggested taking a shower, I went first but once I came out she decided to take a whole ass bath. I spotted Taiju sitting on the couch and hold and behold a mission popped up.

'Would you rather kiss Taiju Shiba or give him a massage?' Great what now? There was no way I would kiss this guy, so I decided to take my chances at the second option, I furthermore had this urge to do something about his frowning face, by chance this guy didn't know how to relax? I warmed my hands while saying.

"You look tense... would you want to receive a massage from me? free of charge." He looked at me like I grew three heads, hey it wasn't my fault, the system has spoken, I was simply following orders.

"Come on, don't be shy~" He actually nodded his head, miracles do exist. So I tried my best at giving this muscular body a massage with my skinny hands, but then I heard praises to my name.

"You're actually good at this." Did Taiju just compliment me? Wow another miracle, what's with this day, by any chance he was guided by Hakkai, was this another one of his schemes? Once I felt it was good enough I stopped, however, I noticed once again his popping veins on the forehead and concluded that an additional head massage was a must.

"What the hell are you doing?" I just responded with a calm voice.

"Relax, you will love it I assure you." No, the proclamation was taken out of my ass, I wasn't too sure if it would be pleasant, but his face did relax. That's when the weird part happened, since I was standing in front of him, suddenly I was pulled closer? But because of it I lost my balance and fell on his chest. Shortly I was informed that my skill was activated. Who wanted to seem three times as charming in front of this bozo? Not me. I wasn't sure what kinda propaganda Hakkai conveyed to his brother, about our endless compatibility, but from what I got Taiju believed it because it was the first time Hakkai was looking out for him, I guess? I was about to flee but Taiju stood up and picked me up with ease.

"I can walk on my own, thank you very much." But he didn't listen to the word I said and dragged me to his room? I speculated it looked like it.

"Like what do you think you're doing?" I asked upon being basically tossed onto the bed. I deiced to whip out the Fairy Dust from the inventory.

"Since we both like each other.. why don't we speed things up." wait who like who, what, when did I ever say something like that? Did Hakkai convince him to go on a date claiming I had a crush on him? He hovered over the bed as I was freaking out and moving away.

"Listen, listen this is way too fast progress." I think my heart was beating like crazy at the obscurity of this turn of events, I was expecting violence from his side, not whatever this was.

"Don't be shy~" I think I felt shivers going down my spine. He put me in a tight grip probably so I couldn't escape, before he could lean for a kiss or whatever he was trying to do I blew the Fairy Dust into his face. He essentially immediately fell asleep. I sighed in relief but had to call Yuzuha over to help me out since I had no strength to move this giant.

"Why are you here? What happened?"

"Your older brother acted like a beast so I knocked him out." I wasn't sure who was more shocked me or her.