This is (NOT) a Harem story!

The sunlight filtered through Yuuki Rito's bedroom, rousing him as the rays of light flashed pink in his field of vision. As his thoughts started to coalesce, Rito realized, while the sun was still young in the sky, that pink was a very rare color for the sun to be shining this early in the day. As he opened his eyes fully, Rito realized that the short, cropped hair filling his view was the source of the color pink, as he brushed the stray hairs from his face. Now feeling numb underneath the blankets, he moved them away to find a feminine pinkette draped over his body. "Good morning Rito-san," Momo purrs seductively as she blinks her eyes sleepily, "My, my, what a wonderful time we had last night..." She goes to kiss his neck, but Rito is blushing furiously, trying desperately to think of what was going on. Suddenly another head pops out from under the cover of the bed.

'Rito, were you just going to ignore me?" the pleading eyes of the eldest Deviluke sister, Lala speaks, as she rubs the sleep from her eyes, still in her child-like form, "You know I've wanted your morning kiss this morning..." At that Rito's jaw is dropped, as he notices unlike Momo's pink slip, Lala was clad in nothing, her buxom clear in the morning sunlight. Rito broke when Haruna Sairenji slipped up from between the two, her doe eyes blinking up as she chose to lay her head on Rito's exposed chest, before gently falling back into soft snores. Steam was pouring out of his ears, as he muttered and blushed so furiously, it would have sounded like a tea kettle going off. That was when Yami-chan stretched herself out of the covers at the foot of Rito's bed, brushing back her wild bed-head and fixing her ears.

It took a second for Rito to double check, but then he noticed Yami-chan was, in fact, dressed in a bunny suit, and apparently slept with the ears still on. "Oh, Yuuki Rito, do not look at me like that," she says to him monotonously, "You know how much I hate your perverted stares this early in the morning." She then proceeds to turn one of her bangs into a scythe and slowly brings it to Rito's chest. "I hate perverted things, you know," she states, "And, after all, you are still my target, Yuuki Rito." Pushing the sharp blade harder into Yuuki's chest. Rito sweats as he then screams out in pain, while the blade pierces his ribcage.

"Yaaggghhh!" he cries out, opening his eyes for real, as he feels the pins and needles suggesting their really was something on his chest this time, and the throbbing ache in his chest suggesting this was reality, and not dream. Tossing off the cover for real this time, he finds halfway on his legs, buxom pushing into his side now that they were exposed to the morning light, and an arm draped over his chest, nails now softly kneading instead of sharply digging. The teenage form of Lala Satalin Deviluke sat atop him, and Rito finally realized why she had begun to knead into his chest. His right hand lay over her firm posterior, her tail somehow wrapped around his forearm, gently, and his hand holding the warm spade that topped her tail, softly pulsing under his touch.

Quickly removing his grip, her tail unwinds itself from around his arm, too slowly for Rito's taste, but still he can't help but loose his breath at the sight of the naked girl before him. Quickly and quietly moving her arm from his chest, he slips out of bed leaving the sleeping Lala behind him, as he quickly finds a new pair of shorts to put on. Moving to the bathroom, he knocks and waits before entering, not hearing a sound, he then moves to grab medicine and a bandage for the bright red marks on his chest. Sighing softly, Rito was just glad she hadn't drawn blood, he didn't want to be apologized to all day, or subject himself to any of Lala's dubious inventions in an attempt to repair the slight scrape.

"Good morning Onii-Chan," Mikan mumbles as she walks into the bathroom, going for the toothbrush and the sink, ignoring Rito, "You're up early..." Rito sweatdrops, thankful that Mikan chose to ignore what he was doing, no doubt still tired from having come back late in the night, after cleaning up their Father's workplace and providing him, Zastin, and the two body guards, Maul and Smutts, her delicious cooking. "Momo assault you yet this morning?" she ask casually, while yawning,while Rito chuckles and scratches the back of his head, "I'm assuming so, otherwise you wouldn't be up before seven on a Saturday..." Rito sighs and puts the medical supplies away, after finishing up treating his wound and applying the bandage. He then washes his face and grabs his own toothbrush to get his daily routine going.

Mikan parts ways to return to her room and get Celine, so the baby alien could be watched as she prepared breakfast for the household. Rito was humming as he finished up in the restroom, before he heard a loud scream come from the direction of his room. Quickly running to his room, he is surprised to find Momo passed out on the floor, with Nana and Lala trying to wake her up. Lala now had Peke on, some more basic sleepwear framing her petite figure, as she and Nana tried to no avail to wake their unconscious sister. "What happened in here?" Rito exclaims, as he takes in the three occupants of his room, "I was gone for less than ten minutes?" Nana looks up from Momo with a glint in her eye.

"You beast, you lecher, you brute, how dare you taint my sister with your essence!" Nana says, jumping to her feet and quickly pulling Rito into a headlock, pulling him to the ground, "Momo was so surprised she fainted out of shock at the sight of whatever beastly, carnal actions you seduced Aneki into performing for you last night!" She lets go and points to a spot on the bed exposed by the lack of sheets. At the exposed section of the bed, drops of red dotted the white sheets of Rito Yuuki's bed sheet. It was then that Rito's expression blanked, and he put a hand to his head.

"Baka," he says flicking Nana in the forehead, anger somehow coursing through his head, "That's because your sister clawed me, right before I woke up this morning!" Nana cows at his outburst, but her eyes then focus on the bandage on Rito's exposed chest, her cheeks flushing red as she sees the light gauze dotted slightly by the oozing scratch.

"Rito, why didn't you wake me up!" Lala whines, as she notices his bandage as well, "I could have made something up for you to use to heal yourself!" Slightly pouting and biting her lips, Rito can't help but laugh at the cute expression of annoyance on her face. At that Momo stirs to waking state, and both Nana and Lala stop and quickly go to her side.

"S-s-s-s-Sis!" she mumbles, her eyes tearing up as she looks up at Lala, "Why did you have to make a move now, I had plans in the works to seduce- Rito-san!" She embarrassingly smiles as Rito feels a blush pass his face, before he slinks out of the room to leave the three sisters to the awkward conversation to follow. He sighed as he left the continuing normal occurrence for the day behind him, and descended the stairs to the first floor.

It had been two years since Lala had come into his life, and one since Nana and Momo had joined in, making his life in the Yuuki household harder and harder, as Momo schemed and Nana glared at him, while Lala's unceasing joy and zest for life and love continued to permeate the everyday actions of one Rito Yuuki. He had definitely grown over the past two years, no longer the once skinny child he had been when Lala had dragged him into her exciting life, and out of his mundane routine. Everything was basically unchanged since last summer, the days went by as they always did, and the last Christmas gathering at the Yuuki household once again was able to feature both Saibai and Ringo Yuuki, with Lala and the help of his friends.

The harem plan was still in full swing, at the insistence and perseverance of Momo, though he had felt her conviction begin to waver as time seemed to drag on. Nana, of course still seemed to torture him once or twice a week still over something he had done, on accident, to one of the three sisters, but the everyday occurrences seemed to be dropping down. Lala of course was still her ever bubbly self, quirks and all, and Rito felt he was beginning to act better around her as time went on, especially once she had returned to her full height one morning, as he found her clinging to him one morning in his bed, bust and all. His feelings about Haruna and Lala were still murky though, as they ever were; his heart still uncertain and undecided as it was that fateful day, when she finally confessed and he reciprocated. But then she moved back with her parents for the summer, and Rito for the first time in a while, began to feel the pang of loss, less and less.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, or so the saying went. So why was Sarenji so faint on his mind? Perhaps it was the fact that she had yet to return to school so far, even though she had promised to return once Summer came to an end, and school began. Now it was spring of a new year, and Yuuki Rito had strange thoughts cross his absent mind. Perhaps this spring thaw could warm his frozen heart, and replace the dull ache with the possibilities of a new day.

As Rito was lost in thought, he had missed seeing Yami-chan as she entered the house that morning, unaware Mikan had invited her over for plans that morning. As he crossed the threshold to his living room and took a misstep in shock, his ankle rolled and gave out on him, threatening to put him off balance and crashing into Golden Darkness. With a look of faint shock crossing her eyes and emotionless face, Rito reacted within moments. Rolling to the side and onto the table instead, he pushed off and straightened himself, choosing wisely not to try and put weight on his foot again. "Good morning, Yami-chan," Rito chirped brightly, trying to hide the embarrassment on his face, "I didn't know you were here, sorry, sorry!"

Yami paused as she looked him over, before grabbing him by the arm on which side he had rolled his ankle, and helps him to sit down with minimal fanfare. "You should be more careful, Yuuki Rito, I do not wish to see you hurt yourself," she states dispassionately, "After all, you are still my target, Yuuki Rito, and only I may harm you..." Rito sighs and scratches behind his head again, as he sheepishly smiles at the retreating, living weapon.

"Man, I can't believe I dodged like that," Rito muttered to himself, "It seems those lessons Zastin has been helping me with has been paying off..." He thinks back to the smiling silver haired Deviluke knight, as he mercilessly parried with him over the log, crossing a roaring stream while pushing him off it. The wooden sword had hurt, but the training had helped discipline his body, it seemed. Yes, perhaps this would be the start of a brand new day for REdito Yuuki.

It was then that he crashed into a mop of pink hair, as he rounded the corner to the kitchen, and he felt the impact as he stumbled back a few paces. "Riiiitoooo!" Lala cried out as she kneeled on the floor where she had fallen, "Look at what you did!" Pulling the hot and wet shirt away from her exposed skin, the miso broth lay half empty on the floor where it had hit with a sharp clack. Rito was thoroughly embarrassed at the situation, and went to help her up, when Lala began stripping the ruined garment off her body.

"La- la- Lala, what are you doing?" he cried out, as she stopped exposing the lower half of her bust, "Let me get you a t-towel, and one of my shirts, don't just strip with Yami and everyone watching!" Rushing to the laundry, he heard the hissing of Nana and Yami from behind his fleeing figure, but he didn't stop to be lectured again.

Perhaps today wasn't going to be the start of the best day after all...

Edit/Disclaimer to Add: Obviously due not own To Love Ru, otherwise Lala would have been more prevalent.