"Hey Kawaii~Chan?" I ask, walking into Zane and Garroth's room after making sure Kawaii~Chan was alone.

"Hm?" She looks up from the floor, playing with some ball.

"What did you and Zane talk about yesterday?"

She flinches and drops her ball, her golden-orange eyes going wide. "Ummmm... Kawaii~Chan doesn't know what Violet~Sama is talking about..." She mutters.

I raise my eyebrow. "Uh-huh. KC, come on. My brother isn't paying attention to anything I say today! What gives?"

"Kawaii~Chan was just talking about her family..." Kawaii~Chan says softly. "To try and get Zane's mind off of his burns."

"Zane? Not Zane~Kuhn?" I note. She flushes pink.

"Ohhhhh... Violet~Sama, Kawaii~Chan has to go to the bathroom! Bye!" She makes a mad dash for the bathroom and I don't stop her, feeling more confused than ever. What can Kawaii~Chan tell my grumpy, sullen brother that she can't tell me?

Something is going on, and it's about Kawaii~Chan and Zane. I mean, I'd noticed they'd been nicer to each other lately, but...

A slow grin crosses my face. No way. NO way.

What if Zane... Likes Kawaii~Chan?

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I'm sitting on the couch, reading my usual novel, Kawaii~Chan on the floor doing whatever it is she's doing, and Garroth playing on his phone, when Garroth suddenly looks up.

"Huh?"

"Hm?" Kawaii~Chan asks.

"Garroth? You good?" I check.

"Somewhere..." He says, almost mystically. "A door needs to be broken down." He gets up and runs.

"Garroth!" I yelp, jumping off the couch. "You can't just---aaagh. Garroth, where are you going?" I demand, chasing after him. Kawaii~Chan jumps up, too and follows me out of the room. For some reason, Garroth goes upstairs to Aphmau and Aaron's room, where Garroth is preparing himself.

"GARROTH, NO---" I start, but he's already dissentigrated it.

"TAKE THAT, DOOR!" Garroth yells triumphantly.

"Garroth, you're interrupting Aphmau and Aar---" Kawaii~Chan whispers, but Aaron says in surprise,

"OUR DOOR!"

"Whoops..." Garroth says sheepishly.

"If you're gonna break anything, break a window!" Aaron says. I almost laugh, thinking back to high school and how werewolves loved breaking windows.

"Wait---you break windows?" Aphmau asks, looking at Aaron. From my viewpoint behind the potted plant with Kawaii~Chan, I can only see her and Aaron and someone's blue dress' edge.

"I MEAN, SOMETIMES, YEAH...." Aaron says, his eyes wide and embarrassed.

"Oh!" Garroth says happily. "Hey Aphmau! Aaron! Uhhh...Travis. Katelyn?"

"TRAVIS AND KATELYN?" I whisper to Kawaii~Chan, running into the room behind Garroth. "Guys?" I ask. "What are you doing here?"

"YOU'RE here too?" Katelyn demands. She and Travis, sure enough, are standing there gaping at us in surprise. "I thought you said you were going on a camping trip for the summer!"

"Uhhhhhhh...ummmmm..." I sputter, feeling a bead of sweat go down my neck.

"I....can explain." Garroth says nervously. Then he turns on heel and sprints from the room.

Great explanation, big bro.

Then I realize they're staring at me now. I squeak and follow him quickly, but he's already turned around and is on his way back.

"Garroth, what are you doing?" I hiss, but he just runs to the door that's left and destroys it, then runs away again. I look back at Kawaii~Chan, gesturing her to join us, and she casts one longing glance at Aphmau, Aaron, Travis and Katelyn and stays for a few more seconds before muttering something under her breath nonstop and then running after me.

"What did you say?" I whisper as we run back to our room.

"Tropical Jungle cafe. Tropical jungle cafe!" She squeals quietly.

"What?"

"That's where Aarmau and Travlyn are going on a double-date!" Kawaii~Chan says giddily.

I groan and shake my head, opening the door to Zane and Garroth's room and ushering her in. Zane is on the couch, while Garroth is nowhere to be seen. Kawaii~Chan jumps up to him.

"ZANE!"
"Huh?" he looks up.

"Can we go to the Tropical Jungle Cafe?" Kawaii~Chan pleads.

"Ummm...no?" Zane says dumbly. I roll my eyes.

"PLEEEEEEASE?"

"Why the sudden want to go?" Zane asks.

"Becaaaause, Aphmau and Aaron are going on a date there, and Kawaii~Chan wants to see them be happeeeee!" Kawaii~Chan squeals.

"A little creepy...But..." I mutter.

"Plus, I looked at a review online, and the food there is amazing! I REALLY want to go!" She says, giving sad puppy-dog eyes.

"Kawaii~Chan, I really don't think---" I start, right as Zane says, "I'll take you."

"WHAT?" I demand, rounding on him.

"You don't understand, Zane, I---" Kawaii~Chan pauses. "Huh? Wait, you're going to take me?"

"Sure. You've been cooped up in this room since we've gotten here." Zane says."Plus the whole reason I brought you along was so you could see them. I'm not going to argue against it."

Kawaii~Chan's eyes are sparkling. "Zaaaaane." She practically coos.

"Under one condition!" He says. "You have to go out dressed in Garroth's clothes."

"DEAL!"

"And you have to talk like Garroth the entire time." Zane presses, giving a very evil laugh that reminds me a bit of the time he tried to steal everyone's Christmas with a magical pink pony, singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Zane" the whole time.

It was a very strange Christmas.

"Ohhhhh, shoot!" Kawaii~Chan moans. "Fine. I, uhhh...." She switches to a weird country accent. "Ay'ight, Zane, I'll do it!"

He cracks up laughing. "This is going to be hilarious."

"Can I come too?" I ask. "I haven't been able to see much of Aph and Aaron."

"Gaaaaarroth?" Zane asks Kawaii~Chan.

She gives him a glare and nods. "You're welcome to come, Violet~S---Uhhhh, Baby sister!"

I shudder. "Don't ever call me that again."

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"Kawaii~Chan, stop staring at them!" I hiss, poking her back to get her to stop making sparkle eyes at Aphmau and Aaron through the waterfall full of sea buns.

"Ohhhhh, hee hee hee heeee!" She squeals, sitting up.

"Ap-bup-bup-bup!" Zane says. "Garroth voice."

Kawaii~Chan sighs. "Hu-hu-hu-hu." She says in a failed attempt at his 'huehuehue'. Zane cracks up all the same, and even I have to hold back a burst of giggles.

"I'm never going to get tired of this." Zane promises.

"Ohhh, seriously, they're so cute!" Kawaii~Chan says.

"I never understood that about you, Kawaii~Chan." Zane says.

"Huh?"

"This whole shipping thing you've got going to Aphmau and Aaron." Zane says. "It's a little immature, don't you think?"

Kawaii~Chan blushes and I clear my throat. "I'm going to go to the bathroom." This will be awkward enough without me. I know I made the right choice when I look back in time to see Kawaii~Chan blushing furiously, giggling nervously and trying to change the subject loud as she can. I smile and head for the bathroom, when someone suddenly bangs into me.

"Ow! Hey, watch where you're---Katelyn!" I say in surprise. She turns looking angry, then her expression clears up.

"Violet! Hey!" She says. Then she looks slightly annoyed. "You ran earlier. Why'd you run?"

"Oh! Uhhhh..." I clear my throat. "Okay, um, we came here for Aphmau and Aaron, but it was supposed to be a surprise for Aph, so we didn't want word getting out. And, um, I didn't really want to explain that in front of them."

"Oh! That makes sense." Katelyn says, to my immense relief. "Is everyone else here, too?"

"Yep! Zane, Lucinda, and Kim are all here." I say.

"Kim?"

"Remember, that girl Garroth found at the mall, she used to like Laurance... she went to high school with us? Went to the lodge, too? She lives on our street now. Remember...?"

"Oh!" Katelyn looks embarrassed. "You mean the girl staying with Lucinda?"

"Yeah!"

"Oh, I remember her! She seemed nice." Katelyn says awkwardly, trying to recover. I smile.

"Yeah, she is. She's super shy, but really sweet too." I say, smiling.

Katelyn nods. "Wait, what about Kawaii~Chan?"

"Oh, she's still---"

"Because she's not at home, we only came here a few days ago and she left the same time you guys did." Katelyn continues, like I hadn't said anything. My stomach thuds to the ground.

"Oh! Ummmmm... Gottagotothebathroombye!" I zip inside, locking the door to Katelyns cries of annoyance.