April 9th, 2005Hinote was bored. Very, very bored. There was no one to play with, seeing how everyone was getting ready to do things for tomorrow--mother's birthday. That, and something else. But the little toddler didn't know what it was. But it was for her... something about holy water? Whatever that was. Hmm. And Reirei was carrying boxes. What was she doing, moving all those boxes outside?
She was left in a playpen with two cats... well, actually, one was a cat... the other one... well, what was it? Hinote looked out of the little wall with holes to look at the furry creatures. She knew the blue striped one was the kitty she got as a gift... Daddy named her "Bluesy". Hehe. He acted weird with cats. It was funny to see him talking to her.
But the other one... the other one... woah.
She was huge! And had wings andandand was ice blue and was fuzzy all over. Hinote always thought she was a furry mountain or somehing... that was alive. Her name was Yuki... or Puri... or uh... nevermind.
Mommy told them to stay and watch her, but they didn't do anything but stare at her. Well, Bluesy was just napping now, but Yuki was staring at her with her ice blue eyes. Eh, but she won tons of staring contests already that it wasn't fun anymore.
There had to be something to do! Suddenly... Hinote noticed a pair of gleaming ruby eyes from under a wooden couch. It was dark and shadowy under there. Interesting... Could it be a new friend?
She flapped her wings and waved, hoping to catch the attention of the Ruby Eyes, babbling in hopes that he'd come closer.
Closer...
The Ruby Eyes drew nearer and nearer, until the eyes were soon exposed in the light as part of a dark face - and soon - a body of a young boy.
He sat down outside of the little playpen and waved back, smiling. He wanted to make friends too. He wanted to play games! The little boy didn't meet this girl before, and had been soooooooooo bored. His mommy - Rei - was busy herself, but took care of him. He found every nook and cranny in this big house where he could hide in the shadows. Shadows were cooool. Darkness was coool.
Hinote gave him this inquisitive look. Then he looked at the puri just outside her "imprisonment". Yuki blinked, and got up as if she knew what Hinote wanted her to do. She gave Kai a boost, and with a *plop!*, he arrived in her prescence! Yay!
Hinote giggled and babbled a question in her babytalk Her eyes glowed with much excitement. Ruby Eyes was silent most of the time, and was pretty much mute. But something in him made it easy for him to say just one syllable. One word... his name!
"Kai," he said slowly, trying to get used to this talking thing as he pointed a finger to himself.
Hinote nodded. She tried to say the name, but it sounded so weird. She wrinkled up her nose. Hmm. Maybe she wasn't ready to talk. But this person's name was Kai! Yay, a new friend! She outstretched her fragile little hand towards him. Note saw mommy and daddy do this before when meeting friends. Would Kai catch on?
Surely, he did! It was official, a new friend!
So... what could they do?
Kai looked around the limited space. There had to be something to play with!--AHA! He found a xylophone under blankets. He held up the stick with a silly little grin as if asking "do you want to play?"
By the time his grabby hands wrapped around the mallet, Hinote found some blunt drumsticks and a toy snare drum to play with. She babbled what meant "you bet!" at her age, and pretended to count.
a 1, a 2, a 1 2 3 go!"What is that?!" Yuu shouted as she ran in, startled. She was upstairs with Nohiro when the sudden noise struck their ears like lightning. Nohiro was stumbling down the stairs behind her, along with Rei. Yuki and Bluesy, scared out of their wits, fought them like salmon trying to swim up a waterfall.
"What is it? What is--"
All Yuumei had to do was point.
The 3 youths looked in delight to see the little band playing and singing. "I'll get the camera!" Nohiro exclaimed, rushing up back up the stairs to get it.
Rei chuckled as she went up the two. "Hey Note! I see you've met my son!"
Hinote stopped, and stared blankly at Rei.
You have a son?! Shen then looked at Kai.
"This is your nephew, Kai."
She was more confused than ever. What in the world was a nephew? She scratched her head. What was this jumble that Rei was saying?
Kai stopped as well. He was a nephew?
Eh, well. LET'S HAVE FUN!Nohiro came back down with his camera and started taking pictures.
"Note's first time playing an instrument!" Nohiro called out. "This is great!"
Yuu nodded. "Yup, she's a natural band geek, I can tell already."
"You two are weird," Rei chuckled, as she got out of the picture.
Yep, the mommy and daddy were weird, playing around with that flashy box in front of them, but it didn't matter to Hinote. She was having fuuuun with her nephew (or whatever), Kai.
