It was a sunny morning. Ren was up early for no real reason. She had just woken up early and decided to tackle the day with a smile and fun. The little girl was just getting out of her light blue pajamas and changing into a navy blue jumper with a white shirt. She pulled on the button up shirt and fiddled her fingers over the buttons and holes, doing her best to button the shirt up right, but try as she might she just couldn't make it work. It ended up very crooked and she was very frustrated. "Why won't it button up right?" she pouted, looking at the shirt momentarily before unbuttoning it and redoing her work. This time she didn't notice the buttons were off balance before she slipped on the jumper and ran towards her bed. She picked up the hat and put the string around her neck to it hung on her back, then she slipped her white-socked feet into a pair of little red boots. Now her outfit was almost complete, and last but not least, she picked up Mizuki-chan (she named the stuffed bunny). With that, she bounded shortly towards a small vanity. Ren clambered onto the stool, sitting down and putting Mizuki-chan on the vanity. She looked at herself in the mirror and grasped a brush. She ran it through her long blonde locks. She had learned long ago how to do her hair because mommy wasn't around and the nanny sometimes slept in longer than she did. Ren pulled her hair into two very tame pigtails which hung happily about her waist. She loved her long hair so much!

With all of this done and the fact that she was dressed, Ren grabbed Mizuki-chan and ran out of her room down towards the kitchen. It was a big house, though, so it took some time. Plus, when you're young like she is, you tend to get side tracked by exploring and curiosity until your stomach grumbles. But eventually she made it down to the kitchen where the food was.

Kiyoshi woke up with a yawn. She got up, taking a quick morning shower. When she was done, she wrapped something around her chest, to make it look flat, and put on a white tank top over it. She put on a red baggy t-shirt and a sweater over that. Kiyoshi grabbed the dryer and started to dry her short hair. For a minute she stared at her reflection then sighed. She ruffled up her hair, before changing her pants. She grabbed a green baggy pants and slipped it on with a belt. "This should do.." she muttered. Kiyoshi cleared her throat before walking out of the room. She walked downstairs to the kitchen and saw Ren was up early today. "Good morning Ren." she said in a guyish voice. "Why you up so early?" she asked getting a glass of water. She flipped some hair out her eyes before taking a drink and looking at the young girl. It seemed like nobody else was awake beside Ren and her.

Yuki slamed her alarm clock down and sat up in her bed, mumbeling on about stupid mornings. She quickly pluged in her I-home and quietly played music andtook a 10 minuet shower, she then changed into brass knuckle matching udies and bra and changed into Black skinnys and a Batman shirt and white studded belt and black bracelets. She brushed her teeth and quickly blow dried her hair and strightend it and put it up leaving her bangs and some hair down. She then put a little bit of eye liner and masscara and black eye shadow on and looked at her reflection. Doubt washed over her while she looked away. She let out a deep sigh and sliped into her white flip flops and walked down stairs to the kitchen.She heard voices and sighed and put on a fake smile and walked in. "Good morning you guys."
'I hate mornings' she though grabing a peach.

Sun streamed in through the window of Kaoru's room. The light fell across his face, highlighting his strong features and long eyelashes. The left half of his face was cast in shadow, contrasting with the golden sunshine that spilled onto the other half. Rolling onto his side, Kaoru stretched, opening his eyes reluctantly. It was hard for him to admit that he needed to get up, especially since he had stayed up late the night before. He loved to go for midnight walks. The solitude and silence helped him recenter himself and eased a lot of the tension that built up during the day.

Sitting up, he ran a hand through his dishelved hair. "I should have remembered to close the blinds last night," he thought to himself, rather disgruntled. The alarm clock on his bedside table announced that it was barely 7 am.

Slipping his jeans on loosely, Kaoru grabbed a shirt, slinging it over his shoulder as he trudged heavily down the hall to the bathroom. His expression must have been frightening, but he tried to tone down his mood a bit. He didn't want to give the wrong impression, after all. A splash of cold water against his face succeeded in rousing him from the last vestiges of sleepiness. He looked over his reflection in the mirror for a moment. Water dripped down his face, sliding smoothly over his jaw bone and down his neck. The ends of his unruly hair were wet, and a few locks clung to his face and neck. His eyes were a dark, deep blue color, flecked with specks of gray and silver.

Grabbing the hand towel from next to the sink, Kaoru dried his face, rubbing sleep from his eyes. With a sigh, he turned and continued down the hall, where he could hear the sound of a few of the others conversing and eating breakfast. Kaoru had never like breakfast food. Just something about cereal repulsed him, and he often skipped breakfast as a result. His stomach growled aggressively, vetoing this course of action for today.

"Good morning," he said curtly as he entered the room.

Kiyoshi looked over at Yuki and smiled, "Good morning." she said putting the cup in the sink. Soon after, Kairu came down as well. "Good morning to you too." she said. Pretending to be a guy was a tough job. She felt bad about hiding this from everyone, but she had her reasons. She walked out to the livingroom and turned on the huge flat screen T.V. She wasnt hungry yet, and often skipped breakfast.

With a yawn, Kiyoshi flipped through the channels, biting on her lower lips. She pulled her knees up as she watched the T.V show that was on. Since it was Saturday Morning, there was no need of going to school today. Maybe she can stop by at the library and check out a book later this morning. She finished reading her book a while ago. Kiyoshi looked around, looking at the people who were awake, then fixed her attention back to the T.V.

Ren noticed Kiyoshi and she beamed happily. "Good-morning, Kiyoshi!" she said cheerily as ever. "I guess I am up a little early." she continued, looking down at her feet momentarily like she had don't something wrong. Then, after a few moments, Kaoru came in. He had recently become the seven year old's favorite person in the house. He played piano just like she did, he enjoyed being outside and they had a lot in common. Although, he didn't seem much of a morning person, so she tried to be easy on him in the mornings.

"Good morning, Kaoru!" Ren said with delight, hurrying up to him with an orange in her hand for some reason. Her disheveled shirt finally caught her attention, but only after he had. "Ohh..." she groaned unhappily. "I still can't button my shirt right." Ren pouted unhappily then turned her attention back to Kaoru. "Will you help me please?" she asked sweetly.

Kaoru yawned immensely, covering his mouth with his hand. As Ren greeted him, he gave her a smile. She was a cute, innocent little thing. As he noticed her dilemma with her shirt, he chuckled. Ren always put him in a good mood, even if it was earlier than 7:45. He tousled her hair gently.

"Come here." He squatted down so that they were on eye level. Gently, he unbuttoned the lowest two buttons, refastening them in their correct holes before he unbuttoned the next few and repeated the process. "If you were a guy," he began, teasingly, "you wouldn't have to worry about shirts. I don't." he gestured at his state of half-nakedness.

He finished up the last few buttons on her shirt, pulling it straight so that it wouldn't be wrinkled or rumpled by the adjustment. "When I'm putting on button-up shirts like this, I always find the last button and button hole on the shirt before I try to fasten them. That way I don't button it wrong."

Ren frowned at his statement about boys and stuck out her tongue at him cutely. "Girls are better!" She backed away as he finished and gave her his advice about button up shirts. That might be a good idea, she'd have to remember that. Ren looked down at the much more pristine state of her shirt now and did a little spin. "Thank you, Kaoru!"

Ren skipped back over to the counter, her red cowboy hat bobbing behind her, and hopped up onto a stool where she had been simply pouring herself a bowl of cereal. She finished pouring the milk on the cereal in the bowl, grabbed a spoon and walked over to the table with Mizuki-chan drapped over her elbow as she walked. In her head she ran over what she was going to do today. Ren had it all laid out.

Kiyoshi got up, turning off the t.v and decided to go upstairs to see of there was anything for her to read. She made her way upstairs, but tripped, falling down in the middle of the staircase. "Ow..." she said quietly, rubbing her legs. Kiyoshi looked down to see that the pants was a bit long on her. "Damn this pants.." she muttered to herself. Quickly, she folded the bottom of her pants, so it wouldnt get in her way anymore. Kiyoshi pulled her right leg pants sleeve up and saw she got a bruise. Oh great. Another bruise. Why does the guy clothes have to be so big in length anyways? she thought.

She looked up when she heard Ren say "Girls are better." Kiyoshi sat there on the stairs staring blankly down at her feet. If girls were better... then why does my dad hate me? she thought to herself.

After eating a pice of toast Yuki trudged up the stairs and back into her room. She turned on her lap to p and opend up and new document and began writing down a new poem.She quickly finished and smiled to her self. Maybe Ren or some one would want to go to the mall later on in theday? She slowly walked down the stair to where Ren was eating.
"Hey Ren? Urm if you not busy later on how about going to the mall?Or something fun..." She smiled softly.
"We also could invite Kiyoshi? Or Kaoru?" She shruged

Ren looked up at Yuki after swallowing a mouthful of cereal. "The mall?" she asked then pondered it a moment. She had wanted to go out and get something today. Surely the mall would have it! "Sure! Can we take Kaoru with us?" she asked now. She looked up at Yuki happily. The mall was a fun place and she enjoyed it.

Yuki laughed. " Yes of course...But it would only be fair to invite Kiyoshi to. But the more people the more fun!"
She smiled, "Maybe after we could go to the park?Havent been there in a while..."
She mummbled out loud, She glanced around and smiled.

Kaoru looked up from the grilled cheese he was frying and nodded. Gving Yuki a polite smile, he focused his eyes on Ren once more. "Sure thing. The mall sounds good to me."

Returning his gaze to the frying pan, Kaoru deftly flipped the grilled sandwich over, revealing a perfectly browned slice of bread. His stomach complained loudly again, and he rolled his eyes. "Goodness, you're impatient today," he thought to himself. A few minutes later he pulled a plate out of the cupboard and slid the hot sandwich onto it. Setting his meal down on the table, he opened the fridge and pulled out the milk, pouring himself a generous glass of the white liquid.

Kiyoshi searched around her room, but didnt find anything to read. She had already read the books that she had. She looked at her pants and decided to change it. Kiyoshi pulled out a pair of jeans and slipped it on. At least the jeans wasnt very long. She went back downstairs and took a seat at the kitchen table. She listened to them talking about going to the mall and nodded slowly, running her hands along the edge of the table.

"Okay!" Ren replied brightly. "We'll have lot's of fun!" The now more cheery little girl hurried to eat her cereal and put the bowl in the sink. She made her way back to the table to grab Mizuki-chan and decided to go play piano. It was late enough and she always played in the morning after breakfast. It was just a routine. "Can you tell me when you want to leave, Yuki? I'm going to go play piano for a while."

She smiled softly.
"Im ready when you all are!Ill have to get my keys and camera."
She had always had her camrea with her no matter what.
If there was a time she colud take a few photos she would..
She sat at the table and watched every ones moves being bored.

Isao rubbed his hand across his dry eyes. Waking up wasnt something he liked doing, he liked being awake however. He padded softly to the kitchen and greeted everyone with a gentle smile. "Hey guys," (Sorry its so short, i will do bigger ones promise)

Devouring the grilled cheese sandwich, Kaoru gave Isao a slight wave. Washing down the dry mass with a long pull at his glass of milk, he gave a mental sigh. Now that he'd eaten, he was in a much better mood. Setting the glass carefully back down on the table, he wiped his mouth with a napkin before he stood and deposited his dishes in the sink. For a moment he considered leaving them there for later, but he didn't want the others to think he was a slob. It only took a few seconds to wash and dry the three dishes he had used anyway. When he was done, he replaced them where he had found them.

Glancing around, he noticed that more of the inhabitants of the house were beginning to wake up. Reluctantly, he pulled his sleeveless black shirt over his head, hiding his torso from sight. He felt so confined. "I'm ready to go when you guys are," he announced, lacing up his shoes. So saying, he drifted over to watch Ren playing the piano.

Smiling fondly, he leaned against the wall next to the piano. He had really become quite attached to the seven year old in the short time they'd known each other. She reminded him of his younger brother a little bit. Although Kyo was actually closer to Kumo's age. Thinking of his brother darkened Kaoru's countenance.

The things that Kyo had said still rankled in his heart.

Devouring the grilled cheese sandwich, Kaoru gave Isao a slight wave. Washing down the dry mass with a long pull at his glass of milk, he gave a mental sigh. Now that he'd eaten, he was in a much better mood. Setting the glass carefully back down on the table, he wiped his mouth with a napkin before he stood and deposited his dishes in the sink. For a moment he considered leaving them there for later, but he didn't want the others to think he was a slob. It only took a few seconds to wash and dry the three dishes he had used anyway. When he was done, he replaced them where he had found them.

Glancing around, he noticed that more of the inhabitants of the house were beginning to wake up. Reluctantly, he pulled his sleeveless black shirt over his head, hiding his torso from sight. He felt so confined. "I'm ready to go when you guys are," he announced, lacing up his shoes. So saying, he drifted over to watch Ren playing the piano.

Smiling fondly, he leaned against the wall next to the piano. He had really become quite attached to the seven year old in the short time they'd known each other. She reminded him of his younger brother a little bit. Although Kyo was actually closer to Kumo's age. Thinking of his brother darkened Kaoru's countenance.

The things that Kyo had said still rankled in his heart.

Kiyoshi looked at Isao, "Good morning" she said. It looked like everyone was starting to wake up one by one. She smiled when she heard Ren play the piano, and leaned back against the chair. She tipped her head back and stared at the ceiling, ready to leave anytime the others were ready. Kiyoshi tapped her foot, though not making a sound listening to the sound of the piano.

Ren's fingers drifted over the keys of the grand piano, or at least what was within her reach. She would occasionally look up at Kaoru then back at the music then down to the keys and repeat the cycle. She wasn't sure what she was playing, just whatever came into her young mind. She looked down to Mizuki-chan momentarily sighed. Her song sounded happier earlier, but it was slowly turning sad.

Kaoru was the most important person in her life right now. Not even mommy could best him. He was always there, mommy wasn't. He walked her to school sometimes, mommy never did. It was difficult to basically live without a mom. She looked up at Kaoru and noticed a sad look on his face. "Is something wrong?" She didn't know a lot about his past or much about him in the short time they had known each other, but they had grown attached like brother and sister.

Devouring the grilled cheese sandwich, Kaoru gave Isao a slight wave. Washing down the dry mass with a long pull at his glass of milk, he gave a mental sigh. Now that he'd eaten, he was in a much better mood. Setting the glass carefully back down on the table, he wiped his mouth with a napkin before he stood and deposited his dishes in the sink. For a moment he considered leaving them there for later, but he didn't want the others to think he was a slob. It only took a few seconds to wash and dry the three dishes he had used anyway. When he was done, he replaced them where he had found them.

Glancing around, he noticed that more of the inhabitants of the house were beginning to wake up. Reluctantly, he pulled his sleeveless black shirt over his head, hiding his torso from sight. He felt so confined. "I'm ready to go when you guys are," he announced, lacing up his shoes. So saying, he drifted over to watch Ren playing the piano.

Smiling fondly, he leaned against the wall next to the piano. He had really become quite attached to the seven year old in the short time they'd known each other. She reminded him of his younger brother a little bit. Although Kyo was actually closer to Kumo's age. Thinking of his brother darkened Kaoru's countenance.

The things that Kyo had said still rankled in his heart.

Her song sounded happier earlier, but it was slowly turning sad.

Kaoru was the most important person in her life right now. Not even mommy could best him. He was always there, mommy wasn't. He walked her to school sometimes, mommy never did. It was difficult to basically live without a mom. She looked up at Kaoru and noticed a sad look on his face. "Is something wrong?" She didn't know a lot about his past or much about him in the short time they had known each other, but they had grown attached like brother and sister.

Kumo finally woke up. After much time asleep, he was FINALLY sentient. He knew he was going to be late, and if there was one thing he hated, it was walking down stairs, to be greeted by several people in the middle of they're daily routine; He felt...So out of place. But then again, he probally wouldn't be greeted at all, or at least he hoped. The boy got up from bed, and tossed himself in the nearest shower. He turned the nob all the way to the left. The water was slowly warming up...

Warmer...

Hotter....

HOTTER....

"Tssk..." Kumo groaned quietly, the water was burning him, but he jus leaned against the wall infront of him, his head facing the drain. The water was still gaining heat, untill the pain was unbareable. He turned the knob back to the middle; Kumo sat in the shower, perhaps for five minutes, just letting the water hit him like a brick, over and over again. This felt good, a bit painful. But nice.
Kumo turned off the shower, exited, and got dressed. He then walked down stairs, keeping close to the nearest wall. He walked into the kitchen. Kumo looked around, breakfast. Not the easiest meal of the day. He grabbed a tea pot and filled it with water, then turning on the stove and setting the pot on the stove.
Kumo then placed a variety of herbs, and spices down down on the counter. Then Kumo grabbed a apple, and sat down on a nearby stool.

The boy tossed the apple into the air, catching it, then taking a small bite out of it. All the while keeping his head down.