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.:So This is How it is:.

Why is it that the people that like you, aren't ever the people you like?

And the people you like take no notice of you?

This is what I wonder…

Is it because everyone wants someone better than who they are?

Do they expect more?

I don't know…

This is how people are I suppose…

That is why I don't bother to look anymore…

Anna stared out the window at the rain pouring outside. She enjoyed this kind of weather. It wasn't raining too hard and there was no hot sun burning upon her back. Anna leaned on her hand and her eyes shifted from the sky to the house next door.

A moving truck was pulled up in front of the house and the movers were frantically carrying boxes into the house, trying not to break anything or get anything wet. Everyone seemed to be running around in a hectic frenzy. When the movers finished moving all the big things, they up and left, allowing things to settle down for a bit.

Anna stood up and opened the window. She sat on the ledge and hung her legs outside, taking a breath of the cold air.

A car pulled up in front of the house and a woman and a girl jumped out of the car. They rushed to the back trunk and began grabbing bags. They ran into the house with the things and hastily came back out for more.

Hmm… They are going to slip if they keep running. Anna thought as she watched them.

The woman was back for a third trip when the phone rang when she was halfway to the car. Anna saw her turn and ran back into the house. The girl was grabbing another box and was heading towards her house when she stumbled and dropped her things.

As expected… Anna turned towards her room and hopped off the window sill. She grabbed an umbrella and ran downstairs. When she got out the door, she saw the two people she didn't really want to see.

Oh great, the Asakura twins… She trudged towards the direction they were in.

Hao and Yoh was bending down beside her when Anna approached them holding the umbrella over her head. "You know, what you guys are doing isn't helping anyone. She's still going to be wet and her things are still on the ground."

Hao and Yoh looked up at her. "Hey Anna." Then they looked at each other.

"She right you know." Hao stated and lifted the girl up in his arms, carrying her towards her house.

"Yup." Yoh began grabbing the things and followed Hao.

Anna slapped her forehead and followed them. Are you serious? She also heard Hao talking on the way to the door.

'You know, you're kind of light. Have you been eating? You're not anorexic are you?'

Anna rolled her eyes. Is he asking her that?

When they reached the door, the woman turned around from the boxes she was unpacking and stared at them wide eyed. "Oh my god, my china!" Those were the first words out of her mouth when she saw them dripping wet at her door.

Hao, Yoh, and Anna sweat dropped. Hao placed the girl on the floor and she bowed quickly.

"I'm sorry Mary. I didn't mean it." She apologized.

Yoh placed the wet box on the floor and opened it. He scratched his neck as he looked at the woman. "Um, they're not broken."

She placed a hand over her chest and let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness." Then it seemed as though she finally really noticed them. "Oh dear, you guys are all dripping wet. Let me find some towels." The woman turned to the boxes behind her and began digging through. Grabbing some towels, she gave each of them one to wipe themselves.

"Excuse myself, my name is Mary Mitsuki. Pleasure to meet you all." She bowed.

"I'm Sumi. Thank you for helping me." The girl bowed.

"No problem. My name is Hao Asakura." He smirked.

Yoh chuckled. "And I'm Yoh Asakura. We live just right across the street."

Anna bowed. "My name is Anna Kyoyama. I live next door to you ."

Mary's eyes twinkled just a bit. "Well this is just wonderful. You guys should meet my daughter, she should be arriving very soon." She peeked her head past them to look out the door. "Oh, there she is. Hold on a sec, I'm going to bring her an umbrella." Mary slipped past them and went out the door with an umbrella.

Anna raised her eyebrows and looked at the wet twins. "So you guys were trying to be all heroic in your pajamas huh?" Noting at the wet muscle shirt and pajama pants they were wearing.

"Come on Anna. I look good in anything." Hao grinned.

"Haha. You look as good as a dead fish." Anna replied.

Yoh cleared his throat. "Um, Sumi is it?"

The girl nodded. Everyone's attention turned on her.

"May I ask if that is your mother? Because I noticed that you called her Mary." Yoh gave a lopsided smile. "You don't have to answer if your not comfortable with it."

"Um no, she's my stepmother and the girl she went out to get would be my stepsister." She smiled.

Anna examined her and distinguished her characteristics at the moment. Her eyes were large and were a light color of brown. If she looked closely, she'd noticed that around the brown was a layer of blue. It was really enchanting. Her hair was brown and a little past her shoulders with a couple of strands of her bangs covering her face. Her ears were pierced twice on both ears and she had a nice figure. She was actually quite cute, and the fact that she was soaked, Hao would be all over her right now, knowing how Hao is.

"Would you like us to help you with moving in? I don't think you could do it all yourself." Hao swung an arm around her shoulders.

Hmm, there he goes… Anna's face dropped to a dull expression as she predicted the future. And then she would accept his offer and then he would try to woo her and later on she would swoon to his handsomeness and so forth… like all the other girls….

Sumi smiled. "Thank you." She lifted his arm off her shoulders. "But, I think I can handle it myself."

Anna nearly laughed when Hao's face was amazed for a second and then returned to his calm collected self. Sounds like something I would say, but without the smile and not as innocent sounding. I like her already.

"I'll still help out anyways." Hao smirked at her.

She shrugged. "If you really want to."

"Shouldn't you change out of your clothes? You would catch a cold, if you stayed in that." Yoh indicated at her wet jeans and shirt.

Yoh and his kindness… I wonder if he ever hated anyone? Anna pondered. He doesn't seem like the type.

"Thanks, but I'll be alright. I don't get sick easily plus, I'm going to be wet again anyways so no matter." She pointed at them. "What about you guys?"

"We'll be fine." Hao informed.

"Okie dokie. If you say so." Sumi was about to head out the door when her stepmother and stepsister walked in.

Mary pulled in a girl with a short pink skirt and a blue spaghetti strap top. Her pink hair was beautifully curled and she was stunningly gorgeous.

Anna and Yoh sweat dropped while Hao was fascinated, but with his never fazing expression. She's crazy. It's raining and she's so… so… pink. Oh man… she's one of those type of girls….

Mary introduced. "This is my daughter, Elizabeth-"

"But, you can call me Liz." She beamed as she closed her pink umbrella.

"Hao Asakura at your service." He bowed and kissed her hand which caused Liz to giggle.

Yoh gave an embarrassed chuckle. "Excuse my brother. My name is Yoh Asakura."

Anna raised her eyebrows. "And I'm Anna Kyoyama." It's like one of those movies…

Mary was grinning widely. "I'll leave you guys to get acquainted. Oh Sumi, be sure to bring in the rest of the things." She said before walking into a different room to unpack.

"Okay!" Sumi answered cheerfully. She turned to Anna, Yoh, and Hao, who seemed to notice her again. "I'll leave you guys to get 'acquainted.' I'm going to get the things, so I'll be back." Sumi bowed and walked out the door.

"Um, I'm going to help her." Yoh stated and ran out after Sumi.

Hao watched his brother and dropped Liz's hand. "I'll be back too." He looked at Anna. "You can talk to Anna." He grinned and jogged out the door, leaving Anna and the gorgeous pink princess.

Oh great… Anna walked over to the couch and dropped herself on it.

Liz walked over and sat down on a chair daintily. "So Anna, is your hair naturally blond?"

Anna gave her a bored look. "Of course. You know being natural is the best way to show that you really are pretty. Is your hair naturally pink?" Anna asked.

She giggled. "Of course not! It's pink! Though I wish it were. Listen Anna, I would like to recommend some advice to being as beautiful as I am."

Anna tensed up. Conceited… I don't know how long I can hold it in.

"First of all, you should sit ladylike, like how my mother taught me. Second of all, you should get rid of that hideous black dress you're wearing and that red bandana. A girl should always look pretty at all times, even when they go to bed. Third, you should always smell nice and look presentable. Keep your nails clean and always wear some sort of accessory. Jeans are kind of an outdated, out-used trend." Liz pointed out. "A girl should never appear cluttered up in front of guys."

Anna bit her lip. She had just insulted her favorite dress. Anna clenched her fists. She disliked the type of girls that put other people down and think they are all superior, just because they are beautiful.

"You know Anna. You are actually kind pretty. All you have to do is fix up your clothes and your hair and WHALA! You would almost be as pretty as I am." Liz smiled excitedly. "I know! I'll do your hair and make-up. How about that?"

"How about not?" Anna sat up straight. "Are you always like this?"

"What do you mean?" Liz asked, but she was getting the hint.

Anna smiled coldly. "Are you always this conceited and talk about nothing but how pretty you are? Do you always think you are more superior than everyone? Especially your sister? I know secretly you were bashing down your sister."

Liz looked shock. "I don't know what you are talking about. Are you talking about Sumi? What does Sumi have anything to do with this?"

"Does that really work?" Anna gave Liz a icy questioning look.

She smirked. "Not really, only on Sumi. You're pretty sharp Anna, I like that."

"Wow, amazing. Something you actually like other than yourself." Anna stated sarcastically. "Now, don't you think it's messed up the way you're acting?"

"The way I act?" Liz laughed. "It's always been like this. No one has said anything about the way I've acted before. So no one is against it. I'm fine the way I am."

"I doubt you're nowhere near being fine and you're far from perfect. Looking down upon others, doesn't that make you-"

"Godly." Liz interrupted. "I may not be perfect, but I'm close as you can get to being a goddess."

Anna rolled her eyes. She was totally full of herself which made Anna want to beat the crap out of her. But Anna decided to use a nonviolent solution… by going off topic." So, how long have you and Sumi been sisters?"

Liz shrugged. "About three years. Her father married my mom." She sneered. "She never called my mom, mom. Always by her first name. I was excited to have a sister my age, but she was totally different from me. Not what I expected at all."

Anna inwardly laughed. Of course… not that many people want to be conceited and snobby like you.

She was glaring now. "Sumi never bothers to try hard to be gorgeous at all, not like me. Yet she easily attracts people. Just like when we first got here. It's barely an hour and there are people over. She's clumsy and aimless. She's pathetic and hopeless. A useless person that's too gullible."

She's talking shit again… Anna stood up, about ready to slap her.

Luckily, Yoh had walked in and heard everything Liz had said. "You know, that isn't a very nice thing to say." His eyes looked at Anna standing up, flaring and to Liz, who was trying to look sweet and lovable. He put down the box he was carrying and pulled Anna away from Liz. "Calm down Anna. Don't start anything right now."

Anna opened her mouth to say something, but decided against it and shut it. She crossed her arms and watched Liz with her icy glare, while Liz was smiling and acting as if she did nothing wrong.

"Hey, put me down! I don't care how much you can lift!" They heard Sumi's voice coming from outside the door and all of them watched Hao carrying two boxes and Sumi, who was already carrying one, walk through the door.

"Well then, I want everyone to see." Hao answered her back and Yoh sweat dropped when he saw him.

"Um, Hao-" Yoh started, but got cut off when Mary's voice sounded out.

"Hey kids, I'm going to make some hot cocoa, would you guys like some?" Mary asked as she walked into the living room. She stopped and stared at Hao and then to Sumi, who was struggling under the weight of the box she was carrying.

"Yes, Mrs. Mitsuki, we would all like some. Thank you." Hao flashed a smile.

Mary sparkled, because he had called her Mrs. Mitsuki, and beamed back. "Ohoho, you're so polite. I'll bring some right away." She started heading towards the kitchen, but she stopped and added one more thing. "Make sure Sumi doesn't drop that box."

Hao looked down in his arms to see Sumi turning blue under the box she was holding. He quickly place the two boxes on the ground and place her down, but the box went tumbling. Yoh was somehow there at that precise moment and caught it. "Careful Hao. Watch what your doing. Seriously."

"I'm careful… Everything is just fine." Hao smirked. He wrapped his arms around Sumi's waist and pulled her against him. "You want to know something?" He looked down at her. "I think you're cute."

Yoh scratched his head. Hao wasn't getting the hint at all. And to think his brother was smart. The problem was Liz and her mother. It was kind of obvious that they fancied him and since they disliked Sumi somehow, there would be complications. He stole a glance at Liz, who was smiling, but had a murderous look in her eyes.

Anna watched Hao annoyed. Now a normal girl as expected would blush and stammer or some sort. Liz would blush and agree with him for sure because she is that sort of person. And herself, she remembered encountering Hao with that same situation. She had blushed and then slapped him, then told him to stay away from her.

Sumi just stared at him blankly with no reaction. "Thanks I guess. But… Quit touching me. I hardly know you."

Hao leaned in close to her face and whispered seductively. "Why don't we get to know each other better then?"

Anna looked at Yoh, who now stood beside her. "Doesn't that kind of disgust you?"

He shrugged. "I'm used to it now."

"Yeah, some other time though." She smiled, not taking it to a deeper meaning. "Right now I'm going to go change. You should too. You'll catch a cold." She slipped out of his grasp and began heading towards the stairs. "I'll be back you guys."

Anna was about to laugh. That was the first time she met someone like her. She is different from all the other girls Anna have seen. At school, Yoh and Hao were really popular. They attracted a lot of people that they even have their own fan club.

Hao still had on his smirk and the same expression, but you could tell he was surprised. An innocent one… that's different…

Yoh was rubbing his face, trying to cover his smile. For once, someone didn't notice Hao was trying to hit on them… Anna even noticed and avoided him the whole time… He raised an eyebrow at Anna and she looked as if she was about to burst. Anna finally buried her face in Yoh's shoulder and tried to muffle her giggles when she couldn't hold it in any longer.

Liz appeared beside Hao and placed an arm around his neck. She leaned against him. "Hey how about you get to know me instead?"

He grinned down at her. "Sounds good."

Anna and Yoh's eyes turned to slits and Anna was peeking over Yoh's shoulder with a dark aura surrounding her. Yoh felt it and shivered. "Maybe we can go explore around the house…" He suggested.

"Anything to get away from them." Anna stated and grabbed Yoh's hand. They were about to head towards the stairs, but Mary entered the living room. She dropped Yoh's hand and plopped herself onto the couch.

"Hey kids! I brought the hot cocoa!" Mary called as she entered and spotted Liz against Hao, but she didn't say anything. She placed the tray of drinks on the coffee table and everyone joined her.

"Thanks Mrs. Mitsuki." Yoh said as he took a cup.

Mary glimmered again. "Ohoho, no problem at all." She sat down on the couch as well as everyone else. "So Yoh and Hao right?"

Yoh nodded, since Liz was laying against Hao's arm. Hmm, I guess being Mr. Mitsuki's wife made her happy. She gets really happy when we call her Mrs. Mitsuki.

"You guys are twins right? Who's older?" Mary asked with eyes gleaming.

Yoh pointed at Hao. "He is by a couple minutes."

"Oh, what about you Anna? Do you have any siblings?" She smiled at her while she looked at her intensely.

Anna shook her head. "No, I'm an only child."

"Oh that's right. Where are your parents?" She asked.

Anna looked confused. "Mine are at work."

"Ours too." Yoh added, sipping his hot cocoa.

"We usually have the whole house to ourselves, other than the maids and butlers. This is only one of the houses we own. So it depends where they are close to, they'll stay there." Hao informed.

"Oh, I see." Mary nodded, deep in thought. "When they come, bring them over for tea or coffee."

"Sure, no problem." Yoh smiled.

"Yours too Anna." She looked to Anna.

Anna nodded. "Sure, but I have a question. What did you mean when you said 'oh that's right?'"

"Well, I heard about you kids. The Kyoyama family owns a big chain of hotels and the Asakura family owns fairly large business corporations. To think, I'm actually neighbors with such families gets me excited." Mary caught Liz's stare and winked.

Anna rolled her eyes. I shouldn't have told her my last name. "Do you mind if we look around?"

"Oh no dear, go ahead, but everything is out of place right now. We're having the designers come in tomorrow to set everything up. Liz can show you around for now." Mary stood up. "I'll be in the kitchen if you need me."

"Thanks." Anna also stood up with Yoh, Liz, and Hao.

"Alright. Follow me." She walked to the back and opened the back sliding door. There was a pool and a jacuzzi. She walked back into the house and showed them the downstairs guest room and a game room, which had nothing in it at the moment. Liz walked upstairs and show them her room. "It's pretty empty right now. All the furniture is here, but nothing is unpack yet. I have to wait until tomorrow for them to do my room."

She showed them another empty room and another. "The maid and the butler are coming tomorrow, so these are their rooms." Liz opened the door to the bathroom. "Bathroom's here if you need it and there's one downstairs too."

"This is my parents' room." She opened the door to show a large room. Most of the things were unpacked and set around. It looked almost ready, but still empty. "There's a bathroom for each of the rooms so the bathrooms outside are usually for guests."

"This room is for the cook." She showed another room, it was filled with boxes and bags. "He's coming tonight though."

There was one more room left. "So that room is Sumi's?" Anna asked.

"Yeah." Liz opened the door. It seemed as though she was the only one who had unpacked. Her room was a fairly decent size. There was a television, her computer, dresser, bed, like all the other rooms except that it was placed nicely and plugged in. Her room was decorated and her bed was already made.

"Looks like she already moved in without waiting for the designers huh?" Anna smirked as she looked around. She picked up a picture frame with a picture of a woman in it. The lady was beautiful. Anna assumed that it would be her mother, why else would she have a picture of a woman if it wasn't.

Hao and Yoh sat down on her bed. "Hmm, comfy." Hao grabbed one the stuff animals sitting on her bed and leaned against her pillows.

"So, where did Sumi go anyways?" Yoh asked and at that precise moment a door opened and out came Sumi rubbing a towel against her head.

She stopped, surprised, then smiled. "Oh hi."

Anna put the picture frame back. "Hi, it looks like you're the only one whose actually done unpacking. Were you taking a shower?"

"Yeah. Do you guys want to take a shower?" She asked.

Anna and Yoh shook their heads. "Oh crap, I forgot we're wet." He jumped off Sumi's bed. "Hao get off. You just ruined her sheets."

"Oops." He rolled off her bed and stood up, still holding her stuff animal. "I would have took a shower with you if you told me earlier."

Liz went and stood beside Hao and he placed an arm around her shoulders. "Hey, do you still sleep with stuff animals?" He held up the plush toy in his right hand.

Sumi nodded. "Yup."

Hao raised an eyebrow. "Interesting. And what grade are you in?"

"12th?" replied Sumi.

"Dang. Like us." He indicated at Yoh and Anna, then looked at Liz. "You are too right?"

Liz nodded, batting her eyelashes.

"Well, on Monday, we'll all go to school together. We'll show you guys around." Yoh offered.

Liz happily approved. "Sure, sounds great."

"Yeah, we should be going now." Anna notified.

"Yeah, I need to change." agreed Yoh.

Hao nodded in agreement. "Let's jet."

"Bye. We'll see you on Monday." Anna said as she walked out the door.

Yoh chuckled as he followed Anna. "If you need us, we're just right across the street."

"That's right. Don't hesitate." Hao added. "And if we get bored. We might just come over." He walked out the door with an arm around Liz and her stuff animal under his other arm.

Sumi made a face. There's no need for that. Then she realized that he had her stuff animal. "Hey, where are you taking that?" She ran to her door to see that they were already going down the stairs. "Hey, give that back."

Yoh and Anna looked at Hao, who was wearing his usual smirk. "Some other time. I'm keeping this for now. I think it's cute." He didn't look up at Sumi at all, all he did was held the captive toy in his hand and raised it up for her to see.

He's too far… it'll be pointless to run after him… Sumi groaned and went back into her room.

Baka…" Anna sighed along with Yoh. Hao is being stupid…"

Aye Hao… You cause too much trouble… Yoh walked to the kitchen with the others. "Bye Mrs. Mitsuki. We'll be across if you need us." He bowed alongside with Hao and Anna.

Mary shone once again. "Ohoho goodbye sweeties. Thank you very much. Take care."

"Bye. You too." They said in a unison as they headed to the door.

Liz waved to them when they walked out onto the porch. "See you guys on Monday."

They waved back to her. "Alright."

"Or earlier." Hao winked… and Liz giggled. He turned to Anna. "Anna, share your umbrella with us."

The sky was sprinkling rain, but it wasn't as bad as before. Anna glowered. "You guys should have brought your own umbrella instead of just running out like that."

"Come on Anna." Hao went under her umbrella anyways and Yoh joined her on the other side. "Walk us to our house first since you have the umbrella."

"Hell no." She stopped.

"Please Anna?" Yoh gave her the 'puppy eyes.'

She glared and went back to walking. "Yoh, you're brother is a bad influence on you."

"I know." Hao answered.

"You should teach him how to be respectful." Anna continued.

"I am respectful!" He cried out.

"And not to order people around, ESPECIALLY when he needs them."

"I don't need you!"

Anna turned to look at him with a menacing stare. "Then get out from under my umbrella."

"No!"

Yoh sweat dropped when he felt Anna's dark aura exploded around her. "Hao, just say sorry. Please. Otherwise, you'll be drenched in mud."

Hao glanced at Yoh, who was giving him a nervous pitiful look. His eyes grew wide knowing Yoh might be right. "Sorry Anna. I was just kidding. You know I love you."

"And a hundred other girls." Anna calm down a little bit, but she was still glaring. Yoh let out a relieved chuckle.

"Haha. That's not true. I don't love a hundred. I love a thousand more." He joked.

Anna frowned at him. And surprisingly so did Yoh.

"I'm just kidding." Hao placed his hands behind his head, even with the stuffed toy in his hand. "So yeah, what did you think of Liz? I'm thinking about asking her out."

"You don't want to know about my opinion." Anna replied. She was about to say 'You just met her,' but then Hao was always like that. She could imagine his reply already. He would say 'So? She's hot.' and he would still do what he wants anyways.

Yoh looked at his brother. "If you want to know, she talks crap about people behind their backs. But, it's your choice on what you want to do."

"Oh, okay." Hao grinned. "I'll do it. Thanks Yoh."

Anna and Yoh was wearing a bewildered expression. They looked at each other and shared the same thought. I don't want to ask.

They reached Yoh's and Hao's house and Anna stopped. "Okay. We're done here."

"Yeah. Thanks Anna. You're the best." Yoh grinned at her.

"Yup. You're awesome." Hao praised.

Anna glared at him in reply, then noticed the toy. "What are you going to do with that?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. Keep it? I'll think about it later." He waved to her as he started to walk into the house. "Later Anna."

She gave Yoh a questioning look, but he shrugged. "Sometimes I still don't understand him." He ran after his brother. "Bye Anna."

She waved to him and started to head back across the street to her house, when they disappeared through their door. Hmm… So that Hao is going to go out with that pink snobby princess eh? That's interesting… I wonder who's more conceited? Umm… most likely the pink princess. Even Hao didn't talk about himself that much when I first met him.

Anna thought back to meeting Mary Mitsuki. It seems that pink princess's mom took more interest in us when she found out our names. Her last name was Mitsuki huh? I bet that was the Sumi's father's last name. Which would explain why she was happy when we called her 'Mrs. Mitsuki.'

There was something familiar about that name when Anna thought about it. Mitsuki… Mitsuki… Mitsuki… Oh… I heard that name before… She recollected her memory when her parents were discussing things during dinner. It must be dad's new friend. He recently became owner of some companies. Not as big as my parent's or the Asakura's, but he's starting.

Anna remembered that Mary was Sumi's stepmother, not her real one. Hmm… so that's his new wife… a gold-digger… I'm going to have to ask dad some stuff when he comes home tonight.

She reached her room and dropped herself on her bed. Anna was thinking all the way back, that she didn't even noticed that she got to her room that quickly. She sighed as she stared at the ceiling.

Hao is a flirt and rude while Yoh is kind and caring. They are total opposites. Interesting how things work out…

Monday is going to be entertaining… Their fan clubs are going to go wild… Funny… I wasn't even thinking about them until I saw them… Actually I never really thought about them… until now… why?

She sat up and looked around. It was just her at home and maybe the maid and butler. It was rather lonely and quiet. She laid back down against her pillows. Usually she would spend all day watching romance dramas, but since she actually went outside today and talked to people, she realized how isolated she was from the world. It's lonely and boring… But ever since today, everything seemed like a television show… itt was rather interesting… now all we need is a person to fall in love with a person least expected… Damn… I think those dramas are getting to my head… Because… I… No… I don't…Nope… I don't…

You're lying to yourself… You can admit it…

Hell no… Admit what?

You know… Don't deny it…

I don't want to…

No one else has to know… Just don't lie to yourself…

Great… Just great… I'm lecturing myself…

Yeah… So just say it…

Fine… But… No one else will know right?

Girl… This is inside your head… Of course no one will know…

Alright… Alright… I know…

Anna sighed again and closed her eyes.

This is stupid…

Hey… It's for yourself…

Okay okay…

Um…I think… secretly… I want… maybe… I want… maybe… to fall… in love…