23Hey guys, for those of you who are still here and remember this story. I'm finally back after taking a long break. Truth isn't hard to say, but here it is, I stopped writing while I went through Chemo for Cancer. And basically I am only now officially Cancer free.
So now I'm ready to start writing again.
"Well this is some bullshit." Sean said as he was nailing some shutters to the roof.
"It's good for the soul." Keitaro responded as he handed Sean some shutters.
"No I mean, we're the only two working, while the rest of them sit around and do nothing all day….well except for Shinobu, she's a good kid, she pulls her own weight." Sean had to admit, Shinobu seemed to be the only one who worked hard.
"That's not true, Naru is hard at work studying and Motoko is hard at work training." Keitaro tried to defend his friends.
"Who trains ALL day in kendo? I get that I train in HEMA, but damn not all day."
"You think you're just pissed because we've been working all day with no break and them constantly screaming?"
"Probably, but come on, I'm sick of being called a pervert every five minutes."
"Get used to it, that's what I do."
"I have anger issues."
"You seem to be controlling them just fine."
"That's because I managed to complete my anger management class JUST before I came here."
"Well we still got to go to cram school after this, so just bear with it a little longer."
"God I miss Texas."
"Don't worry, its not so bad."
"I came here to get an education, but wasn't expecting all this stuff."
"Not too long ago you were talking about how this was nothing."
"That's because I didn't realize we were repairing the WHOLE Inn."
In reality, Sean was wondering how the hell this place was always getting damaged so easily. The day before they had replaced the pipes, and now somehow they had to do it again. If he didn't know any better, he would say there was a sabotuer in their mist. But who would be stupid enough to try and sabotage this place when they lived in it? No one, well except Naru. But maybe he was only thinking like that because she was such a bitch.
Seriously, she pissed him off. He TRIED to be a nice guy and turn the other cheek, but her very attitude pissed him off. Reminded him of those dumb ass code pink idiots at his community college. Annoying, arrogant, and made you want to beat kittens with a shovel.
"Anger management Sean, anger management." Keitaro reminded him as he spied the 'thirty day chip' for anger management classes.
"Oh well, at least I can be assured that we won't have as much to do tomorrow." As soon as Sean said that, he immediately regretted it.
"Actually, we have to clean the hot springs, fix some of the water lines, repair some holes in the wall, replace some doors, and many other things."
"….Is this place constantly falling apart?"
"Kind of, Naru has anger issues too."
"Wait, I have anger issues, you tell me to grin and bear it, she has anger issues and they PUNCH holes in the walls?"
"Trust me, we're men, we will lose this battle."
"…..God damn, its just like going to one of those crazy colleges back home with the protests on campus…" Sean couldn't believe it, this place really wasn't so different from certain schools in the US after all.
"Look, I guarantee you, that you'll come to like this place, its not so bad." At this Sean stood up.
"Okay, well I'm getting all sweaty, so I'm taking this off." Sean said as he removed his shirt.
"Senpai! I brought some lu-" Shinobu started to sputter and blush as she saw Sean with his shirt off as she brought some bento boxes.
"Hm? Oh thanks Shinobu." Sean said as he walked over to her and grabbed the Bento boxes.
"Oh, uhm, uh, you're welcome!" She said as she saw the sweat outlining his wirey yet muscular body.
"You okay? You look a bit feverish?" Sean said as he was concerned.
"I'm fine!" She said as she climbed down the ladder.
"I uh, JUST NEED SOME WATER!" She yelled as she ran back inside.
"Huh, poor girl, must be sick." At this Keitaro merely looked at Sean in shock.
"What?"
"Do you realize if I did that, at this moment, something really bad would happen and the girls would think I was trying to take advantage of her?" Keitaro said as Sean raised an eyebrow.
"…I just took my shirt off because I got all sweaty, how would that be considered taking advantage ofher?"
"PUT YOUR SHIRT BACK ON?!" He heard Motoko yell from the ground floor.
"Its hot as hell up here!" He yelled back.
"Aren't you supposed to be from Texas?!" She mocked in a snide tone.
"Hey! I'll have you know heat is okay, but sweating and getting a soaky sweaty shirt isn't!"
"Have some decency and put your shirt back on!"
"Why don't you run back in and get me another shirt and we won't have this problem!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
"He said nothing! The heat is driving him crazy!" Keitaro slammed a hand onto Sean's mouth.
"What? It's a reasonable request, she wants me to put another shirt on, and I have a tank top in my room, I'll put that on, and problems solved."
"Dude, she may see that as sexist!"
"She sees everything as sexist!"
"Hence all the more reason not to piss her off."
"Oh fine! I'll get it myself." Sean climbed down the ladder.
"Happy? I'm getting a shirt." He said to Motoko as he rolled his eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me!" She demanded as he did it again.
"Excccuuuuusssseee me Princess!" Did he seriously make a Legend of Zelda cartoon reference?
"How dare you?"
"Look, I'm already in a bad mood today, and I'm trying really hard not to let my anger issues come out, so why don't you just leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone, deal?" He said as she went silent.
"Perfect." He walked inside, got his tanktop with a picture of an Atari on it that said 'Never forget your first love' and got back on the roof.
"You know, you may want to try and make peace with Motoko, for all you know she could be your friend one day?"
"Ha, what are the odds we'll become anything more than enemies?
