Chapter: Growing friendship

Mika got up, because they only wanted to leave for three weeks, she had to pack a lot and her clothes were on the back bench of the coach. "Yuhi-kun!" She called from behind and her brother turned around. Mika waved a pack of cigarettes and asked: “May I?” “You know!” “I mean, here on the bus!” Now Hitomi interfered: “Look at Seiji.” Mika turned her gaze to the boy who sat silently at the window and smoked. "Nobody says anything!" Said Ai and covered his nose in disgust. "Ken, Paps and Chiaki smoke too and I get smoked up! Phew!", She complained. Many seats on the bus were still free and during the journey Natsumi, who had wondered why a coach had been booked, had looked for a place for herself on which she had stretched out and was reading a manga. Aya watched her sister disapprovingly, but the 16-year-old girl ignored the sister's looks, which wasn’t difficult because she was watching the manga.Mika sat down again and lit a cigarette. Ai grimaced and mumbled: “They're getting more and more stinkers!” Chiaki, who loved to annoy his sister, leaned forward and blew the smoke from his cigarette into the blonde girl's face. "Ahh! You monkey!" Ai jumped up, climbed over the quay and fled to the farthest corner of the bus. Setsuna had watched Ai, Chiaki and the girl's escape and now started to laugh. Natsumi closed the manga and looked around for the source of laughter. "What's going on?", She wanted to know. Setsuna turned his head and said: "You should have seen how she jumped!" He pointed to Ai. Kai rubbed his nose, which Ai had struck with her elbow during their escape. Seiji once again ignored everyone. "Hey!", Hitomi, who had been sitting next to Aya, now got up and sat down next to the stepbrother, "what did you come for, Seiji?" "So that I can socialize! Hitomi, I miss my Playstation !!!"Everyone looked up, for the first time that day the Seiji's voice had heard.

Natsumi sighed and got up. She went to the front of Mr. Mori, who was sitting next to the driver. "How much longer?" Asked the brown-haired girl and pushed her wavy hair behind her ears. "Oh, it will take a while. Probably longer than two hours, we're stuck in a traffic jam!", Said the dark-haired driver apologetically. Natsumi sighed and went back to her seat. "Natsumi-san", Ai appeared in front of her face. "Yes?" "Do you have any chewing gum? I saw you give Mika-san one earlier." "Yes, just a moment!" Natsumi leaned over to her bag, which was on the floor, and pulled out a packet of chewing gum. "Anyone else before I put it away again? I can do a lap!" She shouted. Everyone shouted: “Yes, me!” With a sullen look into the package, Natsumi started to distribute her chewing gum. Everyone took it, only Seiji stared out of the window again, Hitomi had sat down next to Aya again and the two were talking about the "problems" they had with their siblings.Natsumi wrinkled her nose, then sat down next to Seiji and held out a piece of chewing gum. "Do you want to?" She asked. Seiji shrugged his shoulders, but then took the gum. "Thanks," he said. "It's okay. Tell me something about yourself. You said you miss your Playstation. Are you also that Zockerking?" "That's what Hitomi always calls me. I like to play, but so much that I'm the king too again not! ", Seiji had to grin," although, what's so bad about being the King? "Now Natsumi grinned too, then she asked:" What are you playing like? Personally, I'm the RPG freak, like Final Fantasy or something like that, "said Natsumi. "You? Final Fantasy?" "Yes and?" "Well, I see you the whole trip with your manga and now it turns out that I practically have a soul mate in you. I thought you weren't up like that a Playsy-Trip. "" Well, how can you be wrong. Do you also play FF? "" And how! Which is your favorite part?"" Well, I actually like 7, 8 and 10, but 8 is what I like the most! "" 7 has a lousy graphic! "" Does it only depend on the graphics? For me, it's more the story and characters of the individual parts that I really rate. The graphics are of course also important, sure, but even at 8 the game graphics still leave something to be desired! "" But you have to admit that Squall is really great! ", Mika suddenly interfered." Yes, Squall is my absolute favorite chara, "said Seiji, who had the narrative mood." You can see that too. You have the same haircut as him, can that be? Mika asked now. "Yes, that's right. Hitomi was strictly against it, but take a closer look at her hairstyle. Do you recognize it?" Mika and Natsumi cast scrutinizing glances at Hitomi and then shouted out of one mouth: "Ellione!" Seiji nodded and said: "She looked at the end sequence of 8 thousand times just to memorize this hairstyle. And who was allowed to fight Artemisia so often?I! "" Oh yes, how I hate the old hag! "All three shouted. Setsuna sat down on the free seat next to Mika and said:" May I disturb you? You are talking about a very interesting topic. I would like to have a say! "

Ai dropped into the open space behind Ryo and Shingo and sighed in agony. The little boy with the glasses looked up and then sat back on the seat and looked Ai in the face. "Hello!" He grinned. "Hello," said Ai and sighed again. "Do you have chronic sighs?" Asked Shingo. "Do I have what?", Ai asked the counter-question, puzzled. "That's Shingo language," Ryo intervened and explained: "He wants to know why you keep sighing." "Oh God! That sounds like a disease!", Ai said and grinned at Shingo, "No, I have not. More like chronic boredom, "she said. Now Ryo slammed the thriller he had just read with a bang and also turned to Ai. "Chronic boredom? I know that!I have it quite often and then he comes, "he jerked his head in the direction of Shingo," tells me about the horse, I'm distracted and I'm no longer bored. "" How did you come up with the idea of ​​going on this trip? "Ai wanted to know now." Oh! ", Ryo," I have to thank my and Shingo's parents! They condemned me to come here! "Said the 17-year-old." Tell me, what's your name? "Asked the blonde girl, playing with the braid that hung in front of her ear." I'm Ryo Todokato and this is my cousin Shingo Tarno. " "Hello! "Shingo called again happily, then asked:" And who are you? "Ai replied:" My name is Ai Mori, I am 15 years old and I am here with my dad and my brother Chiaki. "" Ai Mori, I would translate that as "love of the forest"! ", Ryo smiled at the girl." Yes, but I don't like the combination. Somehow that doesn't fit together ", Ai sighed again and Shingo said:" You have chronic sighs."" Yes, if you think so, Doctor Tarno, that is entirely up to you! "Ai leaned back and closed her eyes." Do you want to sleep? "Asked Shingo, his voice sounded not very enthusiastic." Yes, it makes the time go by much faster, "said Ai, then she was already asleep. Ryo watched her for a while and stopped his cousin from closing the girl again Then he turned and went back to his crime thriller. Now Shingo began to sigh. "Stop it! Game Boy! "Said Ryo." Forget, "Shingo replied bored." Then start writing your mama! "Suggested the 17-year-old." What great happened? "The little one wanted to know." Nothing, "Ryo admitted, then he read on. Over time, Shingo fell asleep as well.

"You know", Seiji was just saying, "I thought all tour members were uncivilized armchair fools ..." "HEY!", Mika made indignant, but Seiji continued: "... you are really nice! How old are you actually?"I'm 17," said Setsuna. "16," Mika and Natsumi said at the same time. "And I'm 17 too! "Said Seiji and all four shouted:" And besides, we all have very terrible, older siblings who happen to be the same age! "Hitomi, Aya, Kyoko and Yuhi looked up, cared little about the insult, they were used to it." Well, folks, I'll go back to Fushigi Yuugi. Volume 14 has yet to be read! ", Said Natsumi, got up, stuck out her tongue to Aya and went back to her seat. The rest of the time crept along slowly and some of the other tour participants also fell asleep out of boredom.

"Hey, Ai", Chiaki shook his sister slightly by the shoulder, but that didn't help and so he blew cigarette smoke into her face again. Ai coughed and startled. "Oh, you monkey! Can't you even stop doing that ?!" she cried angrily. Chiaki just shrugged and said: "You didn't wake up, Sleeping Beauty!"Then he got off the bus." Oh? We are here? "Ai asked, but got no answer because everyone was standing outside the bus. She looked at the watch and then followed her brother. She stretched and yawned. Then she looked at the house; it was huge!" Ai-san ! "Natsumi's head was on her shoulder and the blonde girl winced." Yes? "She asked when her heartbeat had calmed down again." What time is it? "The brown-haired woman wanted to know." Shortly after eight, "replied Ai." Thank you, "said Natsumi, her head rose from Ai's shoulder and she pulled a cell phone out of her pocket." Oh God! ", Aya muttered, but everyone could hear it," Now comes the all-evening Natsumi-Seto conversation again! " "What's this? "Asked Mika in surprise." Oh, she chatted for hours with her friend Seto in the evenings. Our phone bill is always very high, "Aya explained grumpily." I just send a text message and tell him that I arrived safely! ", Natsumi said sweetly," and if it bothers you, O-no-san, then just ignore it!"Natsumi turned away and tapped the buttons on her cell phone.

"Everyone listen!" Shouted Mr. Mori and everyone gathered around him. "Listen to me," Ai's father began, "this house is big, but as far as I understand the landlord, eight more people will appear here after a few days, who of course also need rooms. So we have to divide our allocated rooms among ourselves We are thirteen people and have been allocated six rooms. Three of you have to go into one. "Mr. Mori looked around. "Dad, can I share a room with Chiaki and Kai?" Asked his daughter. "Well, the triple room is occupied. But dare to have orgies!" "Pop!" Shouted the two siblings indignantly and the others began to