Hello again! And welcome to the sixth chapter. I've been very busy lately but I will do everything I can to keep up with my work. I'm trying to balance out everything evenly.

And for anyone that's still wondering, yes, Matsuri will be part of the harem. When? Not that soon, is all I will say; but that doesn't mean I'll take my time in making her part of it. I mean, Yuzu and Harumi just got together after all and I still have to add Mei before Matsuri.

Disclaimer: I do not own Citrus or any of its characters.

There was a moment of silence.

"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't know—" Ume tried apologising.

"No worries, it's fine." Harumi waved her hand dismissively.

Harumi poked her food, "Anyway, it's been a long time since it happened. I don't really mind talking about it."

"Well then, if you don't mind me asking..." Ume trailed off, confirming that Harumi didn't mind.

"Go ahead." Harumi nodded.

"How did they die?" Ume asked her.

"Well, they died in separate occasions but they both died around this time of year." Harumi clarified, "My mom was driving home from work when some drunk man crashed against her. It took a toll on my dad," She clenched her fists, "and to get over his grief he immersed himself entirely on his work, completely forgetting about my sister and I. Eventually it became too much for him because he ended up committing suicide the year after that."

"How old were you?"

"I was ten at the time, my sister was thirteen. She's become really protective of me ever since, but she's really distant towards others. I worry about her sometimes." She said, poking her food.

Matsuri looked at Harumi with pity, she could slightly relate to her... to what it was like being alone at home most of the time. She looked over at Mei, who also looked at her... with a steeled and uncaring gaze and she sighed, "I guess she doesn't care, she's still going to go through with it. You better know what you're getting yourself into, Mei."

"Well then... What're you guys going to do after this?" Ume asked, trying to change the subject.

"I guess we could watch a movie?" Yuzu suggested.

"Ok, I'm going to bed. Don't stay up to late. You might not have school, but you shouldn't stay up too late." Ume told them.

"Oh, definitely. Can we watch a scary movie?" Matsuri asked.

"Sure. I'll get the popcorn, you guys can pick a movie." Yuzu said, walking to the kitchen.

Almost instantly after Yuzu left the room and awkward silence took over the room.

"Yeah... Ok, I'm going to go with Yuzu." Harumi walked after Yuzu.

"Don't do anything stupid Mei." Matsuti told Mei once Harumi was out of earshot, while looking for a movie.

"Sure. The movies are in that cabinet by the way." Mei told her, pointing at a box next to the TV. But she couldn't keep her gaze away from the door that led to the kitchen.

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

Harumi walked inside the kitchen and wrapped her arms around Yuzu's waist when she saw her.

Yuzu jolted a little, "Oh! You scared me, Harumin."

"I think we should spend some time alone, don't you?"

Yuzu froze, "Well, I mean... We could spend some time later today if you really want to."

"All right, I can't wait." She noticed there were only three bowls instead of four, and she smiled, "So... why's there only three bowls?" She asked teasingly.

Yuzu knew Harumi was teasing her but answered her anyway, "Well, I was thinking that we could share a bowl."

"Ooh? And why would we do that?"

"Hmm, yeah, I'm not sure, I just kind of feel like it." Yuzu kept playing along with her.

"Well, that's really sweet of you Yuzucchi." Harumi gave her a quick peck on the cheek, "Well don't take long. It's really awkward without you there." Harumi walked out.

"At least try to start a small conversation!" Yuzu yelled out.

"I guess, kind of hard talking to two people when those two people dislike you for dating the person that they like as well." Harumi thought as she arrived at the living room to see Mei and Matsuri sitting down while waiting for the movie to load, the former reading a book and the latter looking at the paused TV screen, clearly bored.

"So, what movie are we watching?" Harumi asked.

"IT." Matsuri told her.

"You couldn't have picked something else?" Mei asked.

"It was the first thing I grabbed." Matsuri shrugged.

"Who's ready for some po—"

"PORN!"

"Matsuri!"

"Sorry Yuzu-chan, I had to."

"No you didn't." Mei told her, not looking up from her book.

"Well, I was going to say, 'who's ready for some popcorn?'" Yuzu told her.

"Oh yeah, sure, that works too... So, who's sitting where?"

At the mention of the seating arrangement Mei perked up from her book slightly.

"I was thinking I would sit in the middle with Harumin next to me and—" Yuzu tried making an arrangement but was interrupted again.

"Mei next to Harumi-san and I'll sit next to Yuzu-chan! No objections? Ok!" Matsuri flopped on the couch.

Harumi glanced at Mei before she sat down, Yuzu shrugged and Mei... Didn't say anything.

In just an hour Matsuri ended up clinging to Yuzu's arm because she was "scared" with Yuzu jumping towards Harumi's boobs whenever she got scared and Harumi was trying to avoid leaning against Mei with the weight of two people against her.

A few hours later...

"Gah! Nothing interesting has happened yet! In movies something always happens when everyone's "asleep" with two people doing something naughty and someone catching them, fufufu." Matsuri thought, pretending to be sleeping.

And as if some higher being heard her, Yuzu woke up.

"Ohhh, I wonder if something's going to happen or should I use this as a chance? Decisions, decisions."

And right after that Mei woke up as well.

"Well I definitely wonder what's going to happen here. Yuzu-chan's gone to the kitchen and it seems that Mei noticed."

"Aww, darn it, I completely forgot about the cake. It seems like only mom ate some." Yuzu noted when she opened the fridge.

"I'll have some." Mei told her.

Yuzu almost screamed before she remembered everyone else was asleep, "Shit, I mean... Hi Mei, what're you doing up?"

"Nothing really, just wondering if I could have some cake." Mei answered her question, surprisingly not berating her.

"Oh, yeah, sure but you know you'll get fat if you eat it this late. You could have a piece tomorrow."

"You baked this cake for today, didn't you? It won't be as good if I don't eat it today."

"You are really stubborn Mei. Like gramps."

"That would be a great honor." Mei told her as she took a bite.

"W-What do you think?" Yuzu nervously asked her.

"Hm."

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?"

"It means it's good."

"Well you could be more clear on what you really think."

"I guess that's just who I am..."

Yuzu leaned in to hug her, "Mei... I want you to promise me that you won't do anything like you did today again, where you can get hurt. If you get hurt, it hurts me and mom more than you think... Keep that in mind.

Matsuri tried muting out their conversation, "Please! Do something interesting. Some black mail material, I don't care!"

"... I'll try being a bit more open." Mei said as she pushed Yuzu over the couch and got on top of her.

"Oh never mind. It really is convenient that this apartment has two couches... And now Mei placed Yuzu-chan's hand on her boob. Really? 'Can you heat the sound of my heart'? How original."

"There are things inside me that would please and terrify you. Both are there. Do you still... want to look inside?"

"Kinky much?" Matsuri peeked from one eye, trying to get a good look. "Bunch of talking again... Kind of feels like I'm somehow ruining this moment in my own way..."

"So I think it's time we did what you want to do." Mei began unbuttoning her shirt.

"Holy shit! She's going to take off her shirt! Ah the boobs! Can't look away!" And then Matsuri saw Mei leaning towards Yuzu.

"Oh my god, she cupped her face! Is she leaning in for a kiss?!"

Yuzu and Mei locked lips...

"Well... That was unexpected." Matsuri looked between Mei kissing Yuzu and Harumi.

"At least I got my black mail material now."

"I guess we're going to get that foursome soon... Maybe, I hope so."

Ha! Bet you didn't expect that! I hope you didn't. I kind of changed Yuzu's and Mei's roles, so instead you had Mei leaning in for the kiss.

*sigh* Unfortunately the bane's of all existence will be shortly appearing... Sara and *shudders* Nina.

Well that's it for this chapter. I realize that this was a pretty short chapter, but I'm going to make them longer after this. I also didn't want to make that whole Mei and Yuzu scene with the two of them since that'd be kind of boring, so I added Matsuri thinking over their situation. I'm not entirely sure how old Mitsuko is, but my estimation was somewhere around 19.