Room 504, Sunday Late Evening

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It had been a day spent dealing with two of four of the children, and Ino was pretty sure she’d gotten the easy two. Isae had wanted to window shop, and Ken had been pleased enough to walk with them while she asked questions about his classes. Then she and Ken had gone to Fight Club.

“Isae, honey, we’re back,” Ino said, pushing the door open. “Have you seen Masaki, or Masaru around yet?”

“Nuh huh,” Isae said, while Ken took a seat on the floor. “Otousan’s probably going to be back soon. Masaki’s a baby and’ll need sleep! I don’t need sleep yet, Okaasan. Honest!”

[Primarily for the other half of the family, but sure, open if you want!]

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"I got a new book!" she said, pointing at it. "It's the meta for A Little Princess, and I'm already fifty pages in!"

She'd had the quiet time after all.

"And Okaasan took us out for lunch and we got spaghetti."

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"Indoor voice," she reminded Masaru, ruffling his hair. "What were you three doing to get your feet wet?"

See, now Ino just had to get rid of those shoes and socks he was wearing.

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"He's a boy who was nice to me, but Masaru said he was dumb," she made a face, clearly not agreeing.

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"That's a lot. I'm guessing it's a good book then?" Ichigo's knees were protesting so he stood up and picked Isae up with him so they could sit on the bed beside Ino. "We had hamburgers."

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"He was chasing us and then there was a wave and then he was saying bad words cause his feet were wet!" Masaru was giggling.

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"Well," Ken said, smiling. "I guess I'd have to see, huh? And then we'd know if he's dumb?"

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"It's about a girl who goes to this boarding school and she gets along and tells people stories about Indiiiia and then bad stuff happens!"

She snuggled into his lap. "I had a hamburger last night! Uncle Chad made it for me!"

Go Isae, break Ichigo's brain.

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"You guys went to the beach?" she said, raising her eyebrows at 'Otousan', "I hope you told Otousan that bad words weren't supposed to be said."

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"He's not," Masaki frowned. They just hadn't been very good at hiding.

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Yep, there was definitely breaking right there. So much so that he could pretend not to notice Ino's look. "You saw Chad?"

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Masaru nodded. "We did," he said, which could have been an answer to either. "You always tell him not to, but he's not good at listening."

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"Good thing I'm persistent, yeah?" Ino said, laughing. "To make sure he doesn't forget as much as he might otherwise."

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"I'm sure he's not," Ken replied, tugging her over so that they could sit on the bed. "But it doesn't hurt to check, right? You've got to be careful when you're a ninja."

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"Uh huh!" Isae said, beaming. "And he gave me a hug, and said that organizing things was a good thing, and that I was a good girl!"

Maybe. Isae wasn't the most accurate reporter.

"And then Orden said I was his girlfriend 'cause I was awesome."

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Masaru nodded solemnly. "Aunt Rukia says he's lucky to have you 'cos he is hopeless."

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Masaki considered her brother's words and then nodded in agreement. "I'm careful," she said as she crawled on the bed and if anyone asked, that wasn't a yawn.

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That didn't sound too bad. Well, it didn't up until the point where Isae mentioned Orden and then Ichigo looked very much like his older counter-part would have looked if he heard this bit as well. "You are not!"

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"Aunt Rukia?" Ino asked curiously. "Can you remind me who that is, sweetie?"

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"I am so!" Isae insisted. "He's a prince and Uncle Chad is his dad!"

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"Sleepyhead," Ken said, tugging at Masaki's hair. "You should put your jammies on."

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"You're very awesome," Ichigo said reassuringly, stroking Isae's hair. "So awesome that you don't need a boyfriend." That worked, right?

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"She's taught Otousan to be a shini," he said. "And sometimes she comes visit and they argue a lot, but that's okay cause you argue a lot too, just like I argue with Ken. It's good to argue, as long as you make up later."

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Masaki shook her head as she cuddled against Ken's side. "Not tired!"

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"It's still time for getting jammified," Ken said reasonably, playing with her hair. "How about if I change too?"

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She leaned against him, glancing up. "I said I'd be his girlfriend for a while, Otousan," Isae said. "How long is a while?"