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A Day In The Life

Chapter 3- Family Picnic

Hitome and Hitoshi came running into the kitchen which radiated with the smell of takeout Chinese food. The now 7-year-old twins then grabbed their food and joined their parents around the table.

"How was school, boys?" Karin asked.

"Fine," they both called in monotone voice.

"Nothing interesting happened?" Toushirou questioned, looking back and forth between the two.

"No…" They again called in unison.

"Hey, Dad, when can I go to work with you again?" asked Hitome with slight anxiety in his voice. Hitoshi smirked at his brother's question.

"I don't know, Hitome. I mean, back when you two were on summer break we'd go every other day, but now that you're in school…"

"What about Sunday? I don't have any homework," Hitome bargained.

"What's with the sudden interest in going to Soul Society?" Karin requested curiously.

Hitome's face reddened slightly which his brother only smirked at more.

"Yeah, Tome-baka, what's with the sudden interest?" Hitoshi urged, for he knew exactly why his brother wanted to go to soul society so badly.

"Oh, no reason," Hitome replied before quickly scarfing down egg rolls.

Karin seemed to shrug off his weirdness as Toushirou cleared his throat.

"Alright, you two, listen up. We're going on a family picnic," Their father announced.

"When you say family…?" Hitoshi began.

"Your Aunt Rukia, your grandfather, Masana, and, grudgingly, Uncle Ichigo," Toushirou elaborated jokingly as the twin's eyes lit up with excitement.

Karin playfully swatted his shoulder before looking over at the boys. "Excited about seeing your cousin Masana again?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen her in a long time!" Hitome exclaimed.

Hitoshi nodded in agreement. Usually, the white-haired boy didn't get excited for such things, but when it concerned his favorite and only cousin, he couldn't not be excited.

Soon after dinner, the twins went up to their rooms for bed.

"Ah… I love Chinese food," Hitome proclaimed happily as he crawled under his blankets.

"Do you love it more than you love that pink-haired girl, Yachiru?" Hitoshi teased blatantly with an arrogant smirk plastered across his face.

Hitome face brightened to the shade of a tomato. "I-I do not love her!"

"Yes, you do, Tome-baka," Hitoshi stated matter-of-factly.

Hitome glared at his brother, his face still as red as a cherry before he sighed tiredly. His glare then molded into a look of desperation.

"Just don't tell Mom and Dad," He pleaded.

"Don't tell Mom and Dad what?" Karin inquired as she walked into the room.

"That…" Hitome tried to come up a lie, but he just wasn't fast enough to think one up in time.

"That he got mud on the new shoes you got for him," Hitoshi answered as he shared a glance with his twin.

Hitome could feel their twin telepathy connection by reading his sea-green eyes, even though to the rest of the world they seemed emotionless. The message his twin was sending him was obvious. I'll protect your secret, for now.

Karin just looked at Hitoshi suspiciously, reading his eyes to see if he was lying, which was nearly impossible to detect. She just let out a deep breath before looking back at Hitome. "Well, Dear, I guess it can't be helped."

"Sorry, Mom," Hitome apologized as sincerely as possible.

"Karin!" They all heard Toushirou yell from downstairs. "Can you come down here a minute?"

"Coming!" Karin shouted back before focusing back on the twin. "I'll be right back,"

And then, as she left, Hitome threw his brother a grateful expression to which Hitoshi just shrugged at.

The twins rode fastened to the seats in the back of the car while their mom rode in the passenger seat and Toushirou drove. The week had ended and the family was finally heading to the park for a picnic with the rest of the family. Hitome and Hitoshi were so excited that by the time Toushirou parked the car, they were racing out of it.

"Careful!" Karin shouted after them, but the two continued to run clumsily across the grass covered path.

"You knew that wasn't going to work," Toushirou stated as he grabbed his wife's hand.

"Can't blame a girl for trying," Karin replied as she intertwined their fingers.

And with that, the couple just decided to happily follow their twins, keeping their interconnected hands between them.

Hitome was the first to notice the group of people sitting under a huge oak tree. Underneath the tree stood their uncle Ichigo and aunt Rukia, their Gramps was there too. Most importantly though was…

"Masana!" Hitome yelled.

The said black haired girl looked up and smiled at her two favorite cousins. "Hitome! Hitoshi!"

The twins ran and hugged her at full speed. Her happy brown eyes looked down at the two lovingly.

"You two have had a growth spurt since the last time I saw you," she proclaimed.

"We could say the same about you, Masana," Karin replied as she and Toushirou came up from behind Hitome and Hitoshi.

"Hi, Aunt Karin. Hey, Uncle Toushirou!" the 12-year-old happily greeted them.

"Hello, Masana." Toushirou greeted back with a warm smile.

"Boys, why don't you say to your aunt and uncle," Karin instructed her sons. "Your grandpa, too,"

"Okay, Mommy!" they both agreed before running off to say hello to the rest of their family.

Well, that was the third chapter of A Day In The Life!

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