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Chapter three
The way the apartment complex was set up was that there were two rooms on each level. There were staircases in the middle and on opposite sides of the hallways were the rooms. Roukin ran to Junni’s room saying over and over “I’m gonna visit Junni.” He knocked on the door twice and heard no one approach the door. He could hear commotion in the room though it seemed to be muffling his knocks. Roukin knocked once more and saw that the door was slightly ajar and shrugging without a second thought he walked in. He saw that most of the boxes had been unpacked and that the room was looking more like a home now. He sat on their couch in the middle of the living room and laid back to relax. He then heard the light humming of water running in a stall.
“Ah, nothing like the sound of running water to really relax you.” he said softly drifting to sleep.
After about a minute the cogs in his head began to turn and he quickly remembered what that little sound meant. Junni was taking a shower. Just the thought of a nude girl being a few feet away made him feel jumpy.
“Oh no I’m in her apartment alone while she’s taking a shower! What if she finds me here when she walks out? Now she’s going to really hate me! What should I do? I know! Hiding‘s good. But where? No wait there! It‘s perfect!” he said to himself as he ran around the apartment.
He then hid himself in her closet as he heard the water stop flowing. She walked to her room with a towel on her head and around her body. The sight of it almost gave him a nose bleed though he held his nose as she went into the room. She began humming as she walked and sat in her wooden desk chair and brought out a light blue book. It seemed to be a dairy that she was very eager to jump into. She sat humming and rocking to her own song while Roukin smiled at her enjoying the humorous show. She then bent over more and revealed a little of her bottom. Roukin smiled even more until he saw something that really surprised him.
“She has a tail!” he shouted before realizing that came out loud.
Junni turned and screamed as she hid her tail from him. As she did so her towel came completely off. Roukin then fell backwards his nose now a hosepipe of blood.
“What are you doing here?” she yelled retrieving her towel.
“I’m sorry, real sorry. Please forgive me. I didn’t mean to alarm you.” he said trying drastically to save himself and covering his head in habit.
“You saw it didn’t you? My tail?” she said with a sad face.
“Um...um...yeah. Are you part doe or something?”
Then for the first time Junni wasn’t red out of embarrassment but red out of anger.
“I’m not a doe you idiot! I’m part rabbit! Rabbit!”, she yelled.
Saying that she pulled off the towel on top of her head and out flowing with her hair were two brown rabbit ears. They were the same color as her hair and about the same length. She then did something Roukin had never experienced from any other woman. She ear smacked him.
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Sitting on Junni’s bed, Roukin sat staring at her floor. Junni however sat again in her desk chair but now facing Roukin as she glared at him. She was now in pink strawberry patterned pajamas and had changed of course later in the bathroom. After she had hit him she only turned around without a word, took the p.j.‘s out of her dresser , and put them on in the bathroom. Once done she sat right in the chair, wheeled around to him and simply glared. When Roukin had tried to leave she only pointed to the bed and told him to sit. He couldn’t take looking up into her piercing eyes so he just took to staring at his feet. After he couldn’t take the torture anymore he tried to talk though to the floor instead of her.
“Hey Junni I…”
“Go on ask away. I know you just find it incredible that I’m part rabbit.”
“Um wha?”
“Oh don’t play dumb with me. I know you just want to know everything. You want to tug on my ears, play with my tail, ask me stupid questions, all kinds of junk.”
“Well uh I was just gonna apologize but if you wouldn’t care if I played with your tail…”
“What?!”
“Nothing nothing I’m sorry. Please don’t hit me again. I really am sorry for hiding in your closet but I panicked! I was just going to see if I could hang out with you I swear! I didn’t know that you were in the shower and I didn’t want you to think I’m just some perverted jerk. Boy did I prove that point… Stupid Roukin! Stupid!”
At that point Roukin had started to punch himself on the head but was stopped by slightly tanned hands. When he looked up he saw Junni had gotten up and had began giving him a searching look that also showed confusion. Roukin noted that when she was confused she cocked her head to the side and her right ear bent in half. Of course he didn’t make an attempt to laugh at that fact but continued to look back at her.
“So you don’t care about the fact that I’m part rabbit? I doesn’t puzzle you at least a little?” she asked still with a searching look.
“No. Well yeah it’s pretty cool but your still part girl too. I mean your almost the same as me. Except pretty though.” he said laughing at his own joke.
Junni though didn’t laugh. She only sat there with the same look. When Roukin stopped laughing he almost apologized again but was interrupted again with embrace. Junni had jumped into his arms weeping. As he had expected from a girl who was part rabbit, her cry was small and in only in little sniffles and cute huffs. Roukin still though was confused as to why she had leapt upon him. He only held her close to him as she cried in his arms. When he listened closely he could hear Junni saying lightly over and over “thank you.” He was just about to kiss her on the forehead when the door opened. It was Minako with a bag of bento lunches and root beers. She had walked in saying that she was sorry for waking her but once she saw her and Roukin on top of each other still in embrace she froze. She looked from Roukin to Junni’s ears then straight at Junni then back to Roukin looking right in his eyes with utmost rage. In a flash she ran to Junni, picked her up by the collar of her Pjs with one hand and went straight for Roukin’s head with the other before Junni yelled “Sister stop!” Before Minako had slugged Roukin’s face Junni had stopped her raised hand with one of her ears. Minako only turned on her still holding her in the air like a rabbit out of a hat and argued.
“Junni what did this pervy b*****d do to you!? I know he pulled you on top of him and touched you! I saw it for myself! He must’ve thought it’d be fun to play with a little rabbit like a fox on the hunt. Junni did he hurt you? I swear I’ll…”
But Minako was cut off by Junni’s stern look. The look only screamed on phrase. Stop it. Minako stopped and put her down instantly. Junni then took Minako by the sleeve and pulled her into the living room. Roukin only could hear shouts by Minako that went a little like this…
“Junni tell me what’s going on!”
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“What do you mean he’s different? He’s a perve Junni a perve!”
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“A perve that cares? Are you insane! Perves only care about one thing Junni!”
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“What! You showed him your ears! Why Junni? You told me that you wanted a normal life!”
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“He treats you like your normal huh? Your only just another pair of boobs to him Junni.”
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“Now don’t give me that look! You and those deep blues’ll see soon that this guy is just like any other person we’ve faced.”
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“Are you sure he’s as different as you think?”
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“You can feel it? Well we all know that your feelings are usually correct but… Junni!”
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“Alright alright! I’ll lay off but I’m still watching him you hear me!”
As that last sentence was said Minako had reentered the room with Junni behind her. Junni still had tears in her eyes but she was smiling gently with relief. For a second Roukin thought that she was going to try and hit him again but she only pointed at the door. When Roukin got up and headed for the door as he walked past Junni she said to him in a whisper, “See you tomorrow k?”
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Chapter two
On his way home Roukin thought deeply about the girl. He was sure that what he saw was real. During the rest of class he tried to sneak glances at Junni’s ears but her hair was so thick that he couldn’t see them...if they were there. He also thought that it was odd that Junni wore sweat pants to gym class. Whenever he would try to talk to her he’d look up to see the teacher eyeing him sternly. Junni though seemed to be able to ignore all the stares and comments from all the other students and focus on the lesson intently. There was also an occurrence when a soccer ball had hit the window making everyone jump except for Junni who continued with the lesson as if it had never happened. She also declined any date or invitation anywhere from all the guys that asked her after school. As soon as she got outside the schoolyard when it had ended a young woman on a motorcycle zoomed up to her with a screeching halt. Junni got on and going at least 70 they rode off into town.
“Hmm I guess I can try to talk to her tomorrow before class starts.” he said walking with his hands on his head.
He could only think of how missing the chance to talk to Junni on his walk home. Once he got near his apartment complex where he lived he saw that there was a moving truck parked out front. He also saw his Mom and Dad carrying boxes.
“Mom, Dad! Are we moving? Why oh why? There’s so many hot girls here, my teacher’s a babe, and we have a new gorgeously hot transfer student today! We can’t leave!” he said running up to them.
As he made his way there, holding a box herself was Junni blushing like a tomato. Also there was a young woman snarling at him. She had long red hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a leather jacket, pants, and boots.
“Oh excuse my son, he’s still quite young at heart,’ said Mrs. Umigato grabbing him by his ears, ‘Roukin meet our new neighbors who are moving in across the hall from us. This is Minako and this is Junni. Girls, this is my son Roukin.”
Junni only looked away as Minako approached him.
"Since your so energetic how about you carry some boxes to our apartment.' she said handing him a box. 'Junni I've got to get back to work k. I think you can handle everything else on your own with our neighbors. Sorry I can't stay and help everyone."
"Oh it's ok, leave the rest to us. Please be careful on your ride back." said Mrs. Umigato.
"Oh and Rokin...' said Minako pulling him to the side to whisper to his ear, 'If you do anything to my little Junni I'll cut off your balls."
Leaving Roukin with a deeply surprised expression , Minako got right back on her bike and sped off at the speed of light.
"Um I'm sorry for Minako everyone. She can be a little overbearing at times. I hope not to trouble you.", Junni said with a bow.
"Oh not at all. We Umigatos are happy to welcome you isn't that right Roukin?" said Mr. Umigato giving him a sly smile.
"Right dad, very welcome." Roukin said returning the smile.
"Ok you useless clowns now back to work! No funny stuff both of you!" said Mrs. Umigato pushing them towards the truck.
"Oh Mom if it isn't you who's picking on me it's Mrs. Miko!", whined Roukin.
They all finished putting everything into the apartment before it got dark. Exhausted everyone got ready for dinner. Mrs. Umigato urged Junni to join them and wouldn't allow her to decline. Junni accepted only if she could help out in the kitchen. While the girls got everything ready in the kitchen Mr. Umigato grabbed Roukin and tugged him into the living room.
"Pops what's the deal? I wanted to watch Junni walk around in an apron."
"Well son if you listen to me then you may see it all the time. You've really got to pour on the Umigato charm on her. I can feel it, this one's a keeper. Don't scare her off like you do every girl you come into contact with. Just be subtle but not too subtle, be aggressive but not too aggressive, just be a man son. Do you understand?" he said with his glasses flashing.
"...no."
"Son just watch what I do and follow.", he said taking him back into the kitchen.
When they both walked in, the kitchen was ablaze with wondrous odors. Junni still had on her school uniform which was covered with a pink apron. When she saw Roukin looking at her she blushed and looked away. Roukin was just about to pounce when his father grabbed him by the shirt collar. Mr. Umigato made a slight cough and walked up to his wife.
"Ukane you look lovely in your apron. I'm so overjoyed that I married such a beautiful woman.", he said kissing her on the cheek.
"Jahiro your such a sweetie. I just picked up both of these aprons just today.", she said blushing.
Jahiro winked at Roukin and motioned towards Junni.
“Um... Junni. You also look lovely in your apron. It brings out your breasts which make them look even more delectable than usual.”, he said leaning over to kiss her on the cheek., ’Ow! Mom what’d you do that for? I was just commenting on how sexy she looks...Ow!” he said as she hit him with a frying pan.
His father only shook his head and sighed. Junni only blushed and looked away.
After about a few more tries and a bumps later, the food was on the table and delightful looking. They all thanked for their food and dug in immediately.
“Wow you two are amazing cooks. The food’s great.”, said Jahiro.
“Yeah I could eat this stuff everyday!”, said Roukin.
Both of the girls smiled and thanked them for the comments. After about halfway into the meal Ukane began to ask Junni about herself.
“So Junni where did you and Minako move from?” she asked with a grin.
“We really didn’t move from a certain spot. We kind of just moved away.”, she said sheepishly.
“What do you mean? You and Mrs. Minako had to have come from somewhere.” said Jahiro.
“Well we use to work for a circus in America.”, she said with her head down.
“Wow that’s really cool. So did you work as tent hands or something like that?” said Roukin with his mouth full of noodles.
“Oh no, we were apart of the show.’ ,laughed Junni, ’I’m an acrobat while Minako can do amazing biker tricks.”
Up until now Roukin had not seen Junni really smile. It was warm and comforting to see and he kind of wanted to see more of it. He was shaken out of thought when his father began speaking.
“So you and Minako can do all sorts of talented things?” he asked with interest in his voice and glancing at Roukin
“Um I guess so. I can do a little.” she said turning red.
“So that’s why you did the vault so well in the gym. You were truly amazing. Really dad she blew all the competition out of the water.” Roukin said in exasperation.
She simply nodded and continue to eat. It seemed that even though Junni was use to being commented and praised by others she was still rather shy though she really rather smiled more solemnly when she heard it. When dinner was done. Junni thanked them for having her over and asked to be excused back home so that she could unpack more. She quickly bowed and exited out of the room. Saddened Roukin walked into the kitchen began to get his things ready for school the next day.
“Roukin, what are you doing?”
Roukin jumped as he saw that his dad had snuck up on him while he was making his lunch.
“Don’t do that! What do you care? I’m getting ready for school.” he puffed.
“Son there are more important things than lunch. Like potential wives.” he said in a wicked voice.
“What do you want me to do? Go over there while she’s alone and...”
Like a bell ringing in his head, Roukin was off like a bang out the door.
“That’s my boy.”, said Jahiro teary eyed.
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