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Post by Ayumu Takeda on May 5, 2011 18:23:04 GMT -5
Ayumu's eyes grew wide when Kyou started going through his stuff. "W-West!" she shrieked, trying to reach for his bag so she could pull it away from him. "Don't! Pleeeaassse!" she whined, practically begging. There were extremely few times that she was really and truly annoyed with her brother, now was one of those times. She knew he was only trying to help, but it was all too sudden and he didn't ask for her permission and... and... and it was just mean!!
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Post by Kyou Takeda on May 5, 2011 18:49:45 GMT -5
Kyou instinctively pulled the bag away from his sister so to keep his camera and photos in his sole possession. He was sure he had only heard his sister like this maybe once or twice, and it typically ended badly for him. "B-but East!" He pleaded. "You're really good!" In other words, she needed to show people how good she was.
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Post by Ayumu Takeda on May 5, 2011 19:03:05 GMT -5
"Maybe b-b-but--" she paused and realized that they were in public, with quite a few people watching them. The blond twin took a deep breath, straightened out her skirt, and showed an incredibly sweet smile, even for her. It was a smile she'd normally use during the times West would get on her last nerve, sort of like a way to warn him how much trouble he'd be in later on when they were alone. "Fine, West, but can I have a hug?" she asked, still acting way too nice even for her.
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Post by Kyou Takeda on May 5, 2011 19:10:52 GMT -5
Kyou blinked and slowly allowed the bag's strap to rest back over his shoulder and torso, stepping forward a little suspiciously. "S-sure East..." He knew that smile, but avoiding her would only make things worse and he knew THAT even better. He swallowed thickly and waited for whatever Ayumu planned to throw his way.
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Post by Ayumu Takeda on May 6, 2011 12:12:00 GMT -5
The blond kept her smile as she put her arms around Kyou in a "hug". Once she had done so, she began to squeeze him. Tight. Much tighter than any real affectionate hug, like she was almost trying to crush her twin, but she would NEVER do that...
With an innocent giggle, Ayumu continued the hug. "Love you West." she told her twin a little too sweetly.
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Post by Kyou Takeda on May 6, 2011 22:48:28 GMT -5
Kyou winced as the hug began to tighten, limbs twitching as he was squeezed and crushed more and more with each passing second. He whimpered and struggled a little, knowing that this certainly wouldn't be the worst his sister threw his way. She could reduce him to tears with a simple scolding if she so desired, and he knew she knew it. Though Ayumu tended to wield that power much like a benevolent ruler, so Kyou tended not to worry.
He choked out a simple and strained "L-love you too E-East..." before he was almost certain his bones were cracking from the pressure. How his twin had acquired this strength was beyond him, there was no way they were the muscles of a painter. Ayumu had to be a freaking secret ninja or something...
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Post by Kaito Nakamura on May 10, 2011 20:40:20 GMT -5
Yukiko and Kaito silently watched the kinda-but-not-really-subtle struggle between the twin Toras. The elder of the two was wondering if his own sister secretly wielded that sort of power, whereas the younger quietly fretted that Ayumu would break her brother. That result seemed like a likely possiblity, and a messy one as well.
"Um... you might not want to crush anything important." The Ookami murmured weakly. "Some of those organs are hard to replace." Kaito cut her and odd glance, to which Yukiko shrugged. It was true, a person only had so many body parts to spare.
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Post by Ayumu Takeda on May 10, 2011 20:55:22 GMT -5
Hearing Yuki's little nugget of wisdom, the older of the twins released her hold on West, her smile returning to something more like what she would have. "Sorry." she said, more to Kaito and Yukiko than her brother. He had in coming to him in her mind, even if he was originally just trying to help her show off her work.
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Post by Kaito Nakamura on May 10, 2011 21:21:24 GMT -5
Yukiko exhaled a quick sigh of relief.
"Good thing nothing exploded." She chirped with mock-solemnity. "That could've been messy."
"A bit more than "messy," I think." Kaito muttered in response, so quietly that only the Ookami was able to hear his words. She nonchalantly elbowed him in the ribs, which only resulted in a very sore arm for the smaller girl.
"If you keep doing that you'll never get your guitar back," the blue-haired Tora chided. Yukiko's eyes widened and she looked as if she wanted to hit him.
"How dare you hold my personal items hostage!" She pouted, trying to resist the urge to punch him.
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Post by Kyou Takeda on May 10, 2011 21:29:15 GMT -5
Kyou rubbed his arms as Ayumu let him go, restraining the urge to whine or whimper about the bruises he knew would form. He thanked the gods that be that it was getting cold enough to need a jacket full-time. Grabbing the photos he had had at the ready in his bag and passing them to Ayumu was done only slightly-covertly, he still wanted people to see her paintings, but he didn't want another death hug.
Though, hopefully, East would be willing to chalk the blatantly showy passing as him assuming that since the other siblings were arguing they wouldn't notice. She knew that Kyou wasn't as dumb as he let on, but that was only sometimes. He was childish and immature for the entire time. Hopefully he'd get the benefit of the doubt on this one.
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Post by Ayumu Takeda on May 10, 2011 21:38:10 GMT -5
Ayumu took the photos from West, not realizing that they were in view of the other two siblings in front of them. Once they were in her hands, she quickly folded them as small as she could and stuffed them in the pocket of her skirt. She was alright now, she got her pay back, and the pictures. She glanced back at Yukiko and Kaito, deciding not to step in like she usually would. It was just a sibling thing, nothing too terribly bad(she hoped).
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Post by Kaito Nakamura on May 13, 2011 22:20:43 GMT -5
Yukiko paused just long enough to get her temper under control, glaring at her brother the entire time. She whirled away, ignoring him completely.
"I'm sorry you have to bear witness to my embarrassment of a sibling," the Ookami said to the others. It was a bit harsh, Yuki knew, but at the moment logic was not ruling her actions. Yukiko cleared her throat loudly. "So... let's see about those pictures, eh?"
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Post by Ayumu Takeda on May 13, 2011 22:53:16 GMT -5
Ayumu froze as the topic of her pictures came back once again. She was now back to her normal sheepish self, rubbing her arm awkwardly as she tried to decide whether to show them the pictures or not. She kinda owed Kyou after giving him one of those death hugs...
Sighing in defeat, the blond Tora took the pictures out of her pocket. She handed them over, slightly hesitant, and looked the other direction. She put her finger over her lip shyly. Ayumu looked back at West, mouthing out "Happy?" to him.
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Post by Kyou Takeda on May 15, 2011 21:34:45 GMT -5
Kyou grinned a bit and looked back to Ayumu. As much as he knew she didn't like showing off her work it needed to be shown at least a little. Ayumu was good, and they needed a little money. He knew she didn't want to part with the pieces but he also knew they would sell well. He supposed that if he didn't have to simply wait and push a button he might be more reluctant to sell his photos, but he had never developed that closeness. After all, he always kept the negatives, just in case. He mouthed back a, "You didn't have to show 'em" to his twin though.
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Post by Kaito Nakamura on May 16, 2011 19:36:44 GMT -5
Yukiko peered over at the photos, trying to contain the eagerness inside her. She simply loved to look at the work of up-and-coming artists... it was a secret guilty pleasure of hers. A smile worked its way over her lips and she began to comment, but Kaito beat her to the punch.
"You know, these are really good." It was the first constructive thing the Tora had said all day. Yukiko was both appalled and pleased with her big brother, but she didn't show it.
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