Ichigo silently obeyed Hato and walked with him to the bathroom. She's tried explaining to him a thousand times that she's not a baby, and she can do things by herself, but he never really listens. She pulled herself up onto the sink and placed the leg that had gone through the floorboards in his lap. For the second time that day. The first time, was right when they got to the castle, she had gotten so excited that as she was running to the steps to see her room, she tripped and slid on the living area floor and was covered in splinters.
Bella winced as Hato plucked out one of the biggest splinters. "Hato, that hurts!" She complained, but she kept skill, waiting for the next stab of pain to come. That was when Portia came in. Bella had always been a tad jealous of Portia, her hair was so pretty and bouncy and soft, while Bella's was short, flat, and somewhat frizzy at times. But, she still loved Portia like a sister.
"You're going to need some help Hato. Our klutz here really got herself this time." Portia had grabbed another pair of tweezers and began helping Hato with her leg. Ichigo stuck her tongue out at her friend and laughed.
"Who said anything about being a klutz? Maybe I was trying to trip." She grinned at her friend and brother, then took on a more serious face, pointing at her leg with one hand, and putting the other on her forehead while throwing back her head, "This is the price I pay for being a good actress, I suppose." She said, in a long, dramatic tone.
Ichigo sat up normally and laughed again. She leaned down on her legs and looked at their progress, wincing as they pulled splinters out. "Are you guys almost done? Portia and I were going to unpack my guns and go shooting out in the courtyard!" They had already unpacked most of their stuff into their rooms, or at least Bella had, all that was left were her two pistols. One was a gift from her father, it was all black, except for a small red strawberry painted on one side. The other was from her mother, it was identical to the other only, instead of a strawberry on the side, there was a small white dove, this was the one Portia always used, and also Hato when she gave him lessons.