Buying Some Dust...

[senashenta]

I've had my degus (Bedrock & Granite) for about four years now (I believe), and only now am I finding out that they should be supplied with dust for dust bathing--like you would do for a chinchilla. =_=;; I just read that in a pet magazine that I got when I took Tri and Neko to the vet last month...

Supposedly, dust bathing is good for them. I should let them do it once every couple of days or so. And because I love all my little furry friends and I want them all to be as happy and healthy as possible, I will be going out and buying dust for them ASAP.

...yup.

Now!



It was nearly nine o'clock in the morning when the door creaked open and Nazoko poked her head into the apartment that she shared with her sister and their best friend. Orange eyes flitted around, looking for one or the other of her roommates; at that time in the morning, Miru should have been up for hours and was probably gone already, off trying to find something to entertain herself until their classes started, at ten thirty. Nozomi, she figured, would just be falling out of bed, if she was even awake at all--so hopefully no one would see her sneaking in.

The door closed behind her with a quiet creak, and she headed for her bedroom, ponytail swaying behind her.

It wasn't like Nazoko Kou to come sneaking in at the crack of dawn--she was more responsible than that... then again, she found herself doing more more things that could be considered irresponsible as of late, and this was only one of them. In her mind, though, she was attempting to justify the night before with the thought that she hadn't actually been out all night...

I was inside... I just wasn't in my own room...

The thought and what it hinted at almost made her blush, and she raised a hand to rub at one of her cheeks absently.

The truth was that she had spend the night with Hide... and if Nozomi ever caught wind of that fact, she would never hear the end of it. She was fairly sure that her sister had at least a vague idea of how intimate she was with him, but if she actually had proof--or what she thought was proof, anyway--Nazoko would very quickly find herself in trouble.

Giggling, squealing, annoying trouble.

She hoped to get in, change into new clothes, and get back out without anyone noticing.

"Nazoko-chan."

"Ah!" Surprised, she squeaked something almost indignant, and clamped a hand over her own mouth. "Miru-chan!"

The other girl, who was seated in the living room, reading over a thick, heavy novel--which she had probably borrowed from Josei--giggled softly, eyebrows lifting a bit. "Daijoubu desu ka?"

"Aha... I'm fine..." Nazoko couldn't help sweatdropping slightly as she waved one hand in Miru's direction. "Why do you ask?"

"You didn't come home last night." Miru's lips were quirking amusedly. "I had to convince Nozomi-chan not to launch a search party for you... I figured you and Hide-sama had gone out to a club or something."

"A club? Uh, yeah..."

"Or not?" A shrug, and Miru's beige hair shifted when she turned her eyes back to the book in her lap, a knowing expression on her face. "Well... that's what I told Nozomi-chan, anyway... she's still in bed, if you wanted to grab a shower and get changed." A pause, and green eyes flicked up toward her again; "you're looking a bit wrinkled, Nazoko-chan."

She couldn't help the blush that colored her cheeks, a flare of bright red that almost matched her hair. "I--I wasn't--"

"You were too." A chuckle, and Miru turned the page in her novel. "Just don't let Nozomi-chan see that ring, or you'll be done for."

"My--"

Her eyes shifted downward, catching on the silver and red of the ring she was wearing.

The ring was a new development... something Hide had given her only the night before, and part of the reason that she hadn't come home. It was hard for her to believe that they had come so far in their relationship, but... well, there it was. A silver band, highlighted with rubies, worn on her ring finger. A promise of much more to come.

Gods, they had even discussed having children, when they were both ready.

"Omedetou ne, Nazoko-chan."

"I--"

"Omedetou for what?" The third voice made her jump again, and before she could turn around, a familiar orange-haired head was leaning over her shoulder, bright red eyes flitting straight down to her hand and-- "HAAA!!" Nazoko was spun around, her hand jerked up so Nozomi could look at it more closely, before she could even say a word; "Nazoko, this is a ring!"

Nazoko tried to take her hand back, but her sister would have none of it. "Tell me something I don't know." Her tone was a bit defensive, a lot embarassed.

"This is an engagement ring!"

The pitch to Nozomi's voice was raising. The girl was about to start squealing.

"And you didn't come home last night! I knew it! I KNEW IT!"

"Nozomi-chan..."

The slightly-younger twin continued to hold onto her sister's hand, bouncing slightly in her excitement, squealing softly. Over on the couch, Miru was giggling under her breath, giving Nazoko a sympathetic-but-amused look out of the corner of one eye, and Nazoko was almost glaring back at her--she wasn't helping. At. All.

Nazoko jerked her hand back, rubbing at her wrist a bit. "Nozomi, leave me alone."

"Heehee! I'm getting a brother-in-law!"

"No-Nozomi!"

"And neices and nephews!"

Her face flushed terribly again, Nazoko shoved her sister away. "Nozomi, shut up, shut up!"

"I'm only telling the truth!"

"...urusei."

"I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!"

"Naaaaaaaaa~" Nazoko made a break for the stairs, heading for her room as quickly as she could. "I have to go... I'm taking a nap."

"Because you didn't get much sleep last night, Na~zo~ko!"

If Nozomi hadn't scrambled frantically for the kitchen, she would have been clocked firmly in the head--when Nazoko grabbed a candle from the nearby bookshelves and flung it at her.


Nazoko just flings things at Nozomi a lot, doesn't she? ^^;;;

Comments

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Leika: Na? *chuckles softly, smiling at him* And you open up to me? I must be special...

Just get better ne?^^

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Ryoka: *eyebrows quirk a bit* I guess you could say that...

I'll try. ^^; I hope I do, anyway...

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Leika: *chuckles softly, shrugging a bit, leaning back against her chair, lowering her eyelids to look at the fan in her hand again* I wonder why...

YOu will get better.^^

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Ryoka: *shrugs, smiling faintly* No one else has really seemed to care since we got back... not about me, anyway... *chuckles softly* Kozue fit right back in as if he never left...

Yare, yare. ^^;

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Leika: *smiles, trailing fond fingers against her fan* I suppose he does that have that ability, yes...Though Ryoka, have you tried even talking to anyone?

*patpats* ^^

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Ryoka: *smiles wryly, shaking his head a bit* I'm afraid I'm not as welcome here as Kozue is, Leika... *shrugs* And it's not really that anyone is unpleasant toward me, it's just that I'm not particularly comfortable here yet...

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Leika: Aa, I suppose it will take time to get used to things here again...You two being gone so long. I believe Kozue-san is just very adaptable...*smiles*

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Ryoka: That he is. *smiles vaguely* He's also more lovable, but that's another topic all together...

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Leika: *eyebrow quirk, chuckling softly* Lovable ne? And where does that leave you, hm Ryoka? If he's lovable then what are you?

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Ryoka: Aggrevating, if you were to take Satsu's oppinion. *shrugs a bit* Other than that, I don't really know...

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Leika: *chuckles softly* Naaa...Satsu-san just needs to lighten up a bit, he does. Hm...Don't you have an inkling as to what other people say about you, Ryoka? *looking at him, resting her chin over her palm that's over her leg*

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Ryoka: *lifts one eyebrow slightly* What do they say about me, mm? Why don't you enlighten me?

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Leika: Hm...*looking off a bit, thinking* Ryoka...Always so distant, apart in a group of people...Always seeming to prefer to be alone...Is he lonely? Does he get lonely...

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Ryoka: Ah, is that what people say... *smiles vaguely, shaking his head* At least it's not the squealing and giggling that most of the others seem to get...

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Leika: *giggles softly* Ah, I didn't tell you. That was a very edited version.^_~

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Ryoka: *lips quirk* Oh, I see... well what would it take for me to hear the unedited version, just out of curiosity?

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Leika: *chuckles, shaking her head* Do you really want to hear it? I warn you, it's of the fan-girl type of version...*smiling*

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Ryoka: *makes a face* You don't have to actually do impressions, you know, you could just tell me what they say...

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Leika: *laughs softly* You don't like your fan girls do you, Ryoka?^_~

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Ryoka: *dry look* Not particularly... and who the hell says I have fan girls, anyway? -_-;

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Leika: You do!^^ All of you handsome men here at the palace do! *giggling softly* Oh it could get so funny sometimes...

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Ryoka: =_=;; Why am I not surprised that you find it funny?

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Leika: *giggling still, sighs* Because I'm not the one getting drooled at sighed over?^^

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Ryoka: Yuh-huh. *eyes her* Well lucky you, then...

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Leika: Maa ne, Ryoka...*chuckles softly* Come now, smile...Your fan girls aren't here are they? Smile...*smiles at him* Please?