I Found It.
Chapter 60: I Found It.
Haru opened his eyes as he felt the gentle breeze of the morning wind grazing his body. He was in Suyin's room. Everything from the carpet to the curtains was purple in colour and gave out the vibe of a teenage girl. He looked to his right to see she had her back to him and was breathing delicately.
Her eyes were still closed. There was a sound outside the room. "Mom, I can't find my shoes." The voice of a young boy called out. "Let me finish making breakfast and I will look for them." A woman called back. "But I need them now! I'm meeting my friends at the park." He shouted back.
Haru slowly got out of bed trying his best not to wake Suyin. He put on his pants and then walked over to the door holding his shirt. He opened the door and peaked outside. "Hey Chen, Is your dad still home?" Haru whispered to the eleven year old boy who was frantically searching the house for his shoes.
"Haru! When did you get here? Sis didn't say you were staying over." He said excitedly. "I came over last night. But where is your dad?" Haru said whilst pulling his shirt over his head. "Haha, You have nothing to worry about. He left early this morning. He said something about a meeting at work." Chen said with a big toothy smile.
"Thanks, buddy." Haru rustled his hair and then walked back inside Suyins room. "Hey, I told you to stop doing that!" Chen shouted from the other side of the door and then ran off to go and find his shoes. Haru finished putting the rest of his clothes on and then sat down at the edge of the bed.
The draft from the window only got stronger and after a few minutes, the sheets were blown from her body. The shock from the cold air engulfing her body woke her up near instantly. She shivered as she opened her eyes. She blinked a few times adjusting to the light. That was when she saw Haru looking down at her.
"Good morning you pervert." She said with a shy smile as she grabbed the sheets and pulled them back over herself to warm up. "I'm a pervert now? I thought I was just an idiot?" Haru laughed.
"Hmm, You are an Idiot but you were watching a sleeping girl. Only a pervert would do something like that." She mocked him. "Okay, Then I guess you caught me. I'm nothing but a pervert now give me a kiss." Haru jumped on top of her.
Suyin began to laugh and squirm as Haru tickled her. He wasn't going to let her get away with calling him names. "No, Stop I will pee!" She shouted. Haru didn't listen to her protests as he carried on tickling her.
The door to her room slowly opened as there was a gasp of shock. "Oh, Mom..." Suyin said as she turned to the door seeing her mom stood there holding a pile of laundry. "Good morning Mrs, Jiang." Haru smiled at her.
She stopped for a few moments looking at the scene in front of her. Her daughter lay back on her bed and a boy was on top of her pinning her to the bed with his face right beside hers. She looked for a few minutes. "Oh, Haru... Good morning. Suyin didn't say you were coming over today." She said awkwardly and forced a smile.
She then put down the laundry on the desk and turned to walk back out closing the door behind her. "Wait, mom! It's not what you think!" Suyin got up to chase after her. She then realised she was wearing nothing. It probably wouldn't be the best thing to run throughout the house naked trying to explain that you weren't doing anything inappropriate.
"Look what you have done," Suyin said with a serious look. Before shyly smiling as she met Haru's eyes. "But let's not get caught when we actually do that okay?" She said as she put on a shirt and then ran down the corridor after her mom to explain.
"And she calls me the pervert." Haru laughed to himself. "Hey, you might want to head to the kitchen. Mom just made some breakfast." Chen poked his head around the corner and said to Haru.
"Okay, Let's head there now then." Haru stood up and walked to the door. "But I need to find my shoes first. Or else I can't go out to the park." Chen said in protest before getting down on his knees and looking under Suyin's bed. "I don't think you will find them under there. How about I help you look for them?"
"Really, you will!? I wish you were my big brother you are so awesome!" Chen smiled and then looked in every room on the way to the kitchen. There was no sign of them anywhere. Haru was also confused. Where could he have put them? Did he purposely hide them?
He had enough of trying to look for them so he decided it was time to cheat. He used his spiritual sense to look around the house. It took maybe five seconds before he managed to locate them. They were on the bottom step of the stairs. That would explain why he didn't manage to find them upstairs.
"Did you look downstairs?" Haru asked him. Chen hesitated for a moment and then looked up at Haru. "Uh, not yet." He said looking up at Haru. "So you were just being lazy and wanted your mom to give them to you? Come on let's go get them." Haru said as they both walked downstairs.
They were together on the bottom step. "Look. Do you see them? They were exactly where you left them. Stop being such a brat your mom has more important things to deal with than finding your shoes." Haru messed up his hair again.
"Hey, I told you to stop that." He tried to punch Haru but he just held his hand against Chen's head and wouldn't let him move no matter how hard he tried to. It was too one sided. "What's all the commotion for?" Suyin's mom walked out from the kitchen to see them at the bottom of the stairs.
"Chen stop. You know you shouldn't hit people." She shouted at him. "But he messed up my hair again," Chen shouted in protest. Mrs Jiang chuckled slightly. "Okay boys, Stop messing around I made you some breakfast." She smiled with joy and then walked into the kitchen to finish putting the bacon and sausages onto plates.
"This looks lovely Mrs Jiang. I can't wait." Haru said as he sat down at the table next to Suyin. "I'm guessing you managed to fix that misunderstanding," Haru whispered to her.
"Uh, Kind of..." She whispered back but with less enthusiasm. "Kind of? What do you mean? What did you tell her?" Haru asked confused. She didn't make the situation worse, did she? Suyin sat quietly for a few minutes before whispering once again. "I told her you were checking me for lice..." She hung her head in shame.
Haru stopped for a moment and then stared at her before bursting into a fit of laughter. "Lice!? You told her I was looking for lice." He couldn't keep his voice down. She definitely thought something even worse was happening.
"What's funny Haru? Did Chen tell you one of his jokes? His friends have been saying a lot of funny things recently isn't that right?" Chen's face went red from embarrassment. "Mom, Shut up! I told you not to tell anyone!" Chen almost spilt his water.
"No, It's not that Mrs Jiang. Suyin just told me how she tried to explain to you what was happening back there." He giggled again halfway through speaking. "Oh, It's okay. I understand kids your age have needs. My husband and I were much like that when we were your age too. I loved how he would just be so random and call me to come and..."
"Woah, Okay mom time to stop. Nobody wanted to know about that. I think I'm going to be sick if you carry on." Suyin interrupted her. "It isn't what you were thinking Mrs Jiang. We weren't doing that and I definitely wasn't checking for lice. Suyin caught me looking at her when she was sleeping. She called me a pervert so I tickled her as revenge that is all that happened."
Haru explained everything to her starting with what had happened yesterday. Leaving out the fact they had slept naked together out of course. That would just create more misunderstandings. Although there was nothing you could misunderstand from that.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. Is everything okay now? Are your parents okay? Oh, And sorry I couldn't wish you a happy birthday. I forgot all about it until Suyin told me. We even got you a gift. That's right. Where did that stupid husband of mine put it?" Mrs Jiang ran off looking for something.
Suyin got fed up of waiting for her. "Mom. He put it in the cabinet!" She shouted at her.
"Ah, here it is. I found it." Mrs Jiang said quietly.