911 What's Your Eggmergency [Miuna/Hikaru]

[Miuna]

It was nearly midday when Miuna reached the park, hands full with two newly made lunchboxes.  She'd been up all night working on them, trying to perfect the shape of the rice so that it formed a little duck.  She couldn't help it though, everything had to be perfect.  It had been a week since she'd last seen him, and she had no intention of ruining a good thing.  Not that she hadn't already.  After her first meeting with Hikaru, she spent the night lying in bed, wondering what to text him.  Friends texted other friends, right?  She always saw people on their phones, texting this person and that.  They couldn't all be looking up the latest NASA discover or Science! Japan article like she was.

In the end, she'd accidentally sent him a garbled text of around 13 different emoticons before throwing her phone across the room.  It wasn't that she didn't mean to send him a text, but she was still trying to choose the right emote.  Immediately afterwards she had sent him another awkward apology and then promptly turned off her phone for the rest of the week.  Whatever texts he'd sent her she didn't get, and finally yesterday morning she sent him a time and location for today to meet up, with the only other words being "Egg Hatched."  With any luck, he'd know what that meant or at least be interested enough to swing by and make fun of her for being a social invalid.

Taking a deep breath, she started setting up the table, wiping it down and setting out the food.  If he didn't come, she'd have more than enough to stress eat over whether or not he would ever speak to her again, or if she was better off just wasting the rest of her high school existence away as a NEET.  With her luck, the latter was sounding more and more appealing.

[Hikaru]

Hikaru had forgotten to ask for Miuna's number so he couldn't text her that night even if he'd wanted to, so when his phone vibrated he rushed over, knowing for damn sure the only people who had his number were his aunties and his dad. And they just sent each other pictures of cats. All the time, like there was maybe one or two one worded texts here and there and then cats. Just... pages of cats. So when he opened it up to see all the emoji's he sat there dumbfounded for an hour or two. Texting her back "Is this some kind of code? If so you'll need to teach it to me cause I don't text much." And... no answer. For a week. And he felt sort of crappy about it, was she over being duck parents? But then-- something happened with his own egg and damnit was he ever busy. 

He pulled on a light spring jacket over his shirt and grabbed his bag, bringing some store bought cookies with him this time. When he had gotten her latest text he had sat there and wondered, if they had the same thing happen to them. But he did know he wanted to see her again so he'd hurried up this morning, showered, shaved and got dressed, getting some of his more favourite sodas and the cookies at the store the day before. Hikaru walked up the path to where they were supposed to be meeting, looking around and sighing. It was pretty this time of year. It was his all time favourite season. 

He caught a glimpse of the girl setting up the table further up, cupping his hands around his mouth and yelling, "Miuna!"

[Miuna]

Miuna was just about finished setting up the table when she heard her name being called. She turned, spotting a familiar face and waved him over. It was strange seeing him out of his school uniform. She hadn't really seen many people outside of school at all. It was only the first weekend, but still... having people to hang with not from clubs or committees was nice. She checked the table one last time before walking over to him.

"Uh, hi," she said, somewhat embarrassed. She wasn't really sure where to start. She kind of ignored him the whole week after a horrible typo and hadn't given much of an explanation. Then again, she took it as a good sign that he had showed up in the first place. There was so much she had to discuss with him, so much that had changed since their last meeting. "I, uh... I made lunch? If you're interested, that is. And it didn't fall on the floor either, I swear."

With that, she led him over to the table, where two colorfully bento boxes sat. Each one had a cute little rice duck in the middle, surrounded by other assortments delectable delights. She wasn't sure what his allergies were exactly, so she tried to stay away from obvious food like nuts or shellfish. Squirming slightly where she stood, she sat down, motinoing for him to do the same. "So... uh.... I think you know why you're here. At least I hope you do. Was I too vague with the text? I don't really text a lot, that's not really my thing. I mean, I'm sure you picked that up over the last week, but... uh.... y-yeah.... I'm just gonna shut up now, if that's okay with you."

[Hikaru]

Hikaru pushed the hair out of his face, it looked nice but god he hated his hair in his face, looking at all the stuff set up on the table and noticing the ducks and smiling. "This is super cute! Thank you so much!" his eyes looked pretty lively at that thought, no friend had ever cooked him lunch before. "Ah-! Hi though." he looked at her and watched her move about and stutter awkwardly. He laughed and nodded. "I know what we're talking about. The ducklings right?" He glanced into his bag for a moment, he didn't want to wake him. He was already quite moody with him about about everything but he was lucky enough to get all the way here without him waking up yet. He liked him but god he whipped Hikaru into cleaning his room.

He sat when she motioned for it, chuckling a little and nodding. "You can text me whenever you want, no one ever said you had to reply. I was just confused with all the emojis. I thought it was a secret message!" he laughed, probably a little too loud and put a hand over his mouth and looked at his bag nervously. "Uh-- maybe lets be a little more quie-"

"Hikaru." he heard. Making Hiki go silent and dropping his head in his hands. "Wanna meet the duckling?" he mumbled. 

"What duckling? We already discussed this I am no duck!" yelled a little voice.

Larkspur struggled out of the bag, pulling his crown out with him and glaring at Hikaru, taking a moment to notice the girl in front of him. "At least you have friends, and she's pretty at least. And- wait? Meet the duckling? Can this one see me?"



Miuna

[Miuna]

Miuna leaned away from the new little guardian, eyes wide. She moved her hand to steady herself, only to knock her own bag off the seat and onto the ground. A little peep could be heard from inside and along with the slightest of movements, something slithering out to the surface. With a tiny gasp, a little blue haired head appeared, immediately sparkling the moment it hit the sunlight. She was roughly the same size as Larkspur, if not a little smaller, and she quickly flew up to land on the table. She was pouting, arms on her hips as she looked up at Miuna.

"You didn't tell me there was another one!" Lapis said while her child groaned, head in her hands. The guardian had been nothing less than a thorn in her side for the last few days. Between the constant nagging to 'sit straighter!' and 'don't stuff your face with fish!' and spontaneous character changes, Miuna wasn't sure what she was supposed to do anymore.  She definitely would have liked a duckling more than this thing though.

"Well I would have if you'd let me."

"Don't slouch like that Miuna, it's so unladylike. Pick yourself up and talk to this nice gentleman. And wipe off this table, it's filthy."

"Hikaru, this is Lapis. Lapis, Hikaru," Miuna pointed at the little lady now walking towards the boy and his guardian. Her arms were crossed and nose upturned, but once she reached them she curtsied.

"Please, excuse this troublesome child. She's a bit of a handful, but she means well."

"Lapis!!!"

[Hikaru]

He stared at the girl’s guardian as well and burst out laughing happily. “She’s just as shiny as her egg! Look at that hair! Wow!” he commented. Practically yelling, getting a rough huff of disapproval from Larkspur as he did so. “Please do control your volume level in front of such lovely women.” Lark shook his head and flew over to greet Lapis personally. “Aren’t you lovely?” he commented. Larkspur smiled quite brightly and extended his hand in greeting. “My name is Larkspur, and I take it that your name is Lapis? You name is just as lovely as you are.”


Hikaru watched the two guardians and sighed heavily. “I’m sorry-“ he mumbled. Staring at Miuna, “Larkspur is…. Uh—Larkspur-“ that was the only way he could put it honestly, in the short time he’d gotten to know his Guardian he already knew for a damn fact that he liked women and also really liked to bother him about everything and unfortunately for Miuna the same seemed to hold true for her own little Guardian. “It’s ah—nice to meet you Lapis.”

[Miuna]

Lapis rather liked the compliments Hikaru gave her, running a hand through her ponytail. She was quite proud of her shiny features, even if Miuna did swear her out in the morning for it. Still trying to show off to Hikaru, she found herself surprised when the other guardian flew towards her.

"Another guardian!" she said happily, holding out her own hand to shake his. She turned around to look at Miuna, a knowing smirk on her face. She knew that the girl was hiding something from her, especially when she didn't let her leave the room. "It's nice to meet you Larkspur. Your child has been such a good friend to Miuna, I'm so sorry she's so.... troubled."

Miuna just glared at her, arms crossed.  "She's a pain in the ass," the student said bluntly, not even caring if Hikaru found her to be unladylike.  Lapis looked about ready to summon the soap bar again but Larkspur was keeping her plenty distracted.  "I honestly think I would have enjoyed ducklings more.  Has yours told you anything yet?  About like... the x-eggs and the heart's dreams and all that?  I think we should crush their eggs now, save ourselves from the whole character change ordeal."

She picked up her chopsticks, taking a bite out of her lunch.  "Have you even character changed yet?  Like I'm honestly super okay with just swatting them like flies."

[Hikaru]

Larkspur grinned widely. "I'm glad he's been of use to someone!" he laughed pulling Lapis' hand to kiss it softly, looking as pleased as a peach about this all. Hikaru just groaned and looked at Lapis, frowning disapprovingly at the things she was saying about Miuna. "Yeah, I hear you. Larkspur has been the worst. First thing he did after.... hatching was yell at me about my room! All I had on my floor were some dirty clothes and some paints!" he sighed and rubbed the back of his head in frustration. "He talked to me about the hearts dreams but... not X-eggs I have no idea what that is." He glanced at Larkspur who looked away. Truly Lark hadn't wanted to tell him about it early on, he didn't want the boy to be worried in any way.



He raised an eyebrow a little and shook his head. "No I haven't." To which Larkspur yelled, "Oh right! I forgot! I do apologize Hikaru. Ready? Form, Sketch, Shape!" he exclaimed. Hikaru blinked, a crown of golden flowers popping into existence on his head. He felt himself move and say "Goodness, Miss Miuna this table isn't the cleanest."



He felt like he was an outsider in his own body looking onto what was happening, standing and taking hold of Miuna's hand. "Please allow me to clean it quickly. I wouldn't want a woman as beautiful as you to be dining on this." His smile was genuine and flirty, something he'd never done before... ever. And just as quickly he picked up all the lunches and used a towel from his bag to wipe the table off quickly, "Ah I do wish I had something wet--" and with that Hikaru snapped out of it, almost throwing the lunches back on the table and quickly sitting, putting his head in his hands and looking away. "W-what?"


Miuna

[Miuna]

Miuna had to cover her mouth to keep herself from bursting out laughing. Her own character change had been uncomfortable, but Hikaru's was hilarious. She hadn't realized how funny it would be to watch him change like that, especially with all the flair of Larkspur. Deciding to help him, she lifted her own lunch off the table to let him clean, grinning like a madwoman at Lapis. The little guardian seemed to be pleased with Hikaru's change, if not a little irritated by his compliments.

"Don't let his words get to your head, Miuna," she said while the student cackled.  The change had just worn off, and Hikaru looked shocked from where he sat, head in his hands, "Don't forget it's the person he could be, not the person he is."

Miuna just shook her head, waving a hand at the little guardian to shoo her away.  "So I'm guessing that's your first time then," the girl reached over to help reassemble the lunch, small bits and pieces having flown out with the force of the cleaning, "It's pretty lame if you ask me, I don't really see the point in it.  I told you they were body snatchers though!"

Once the bento had been fixed and the duck was back to its proper shape, Miuna sat back down, eating her own meal. "The x-eggs though.... well, you better get used to the character change, because if we reject them, they turn bad.  And I don't mean like rebellious bad, I mean downright rotten.  It's a side effect to having them or whatever.  At least, that's what Lapis said."

[Hikaru]

Hikaru just stared at Miuna, looking shocked, annoyed and embarrassed all at once. He glanced at Larkspur who looked quite fucking proud of himself that asshole. "Y-yeah--" he mumbled and stared at her, it'd take him awhile to get over this here. "They're totally body snatchers holy shit-- you were right. I should take all your advice or opinions to heart. Oracle Miuna please tell me what will I get for my mathematics mark this semester!" he joked. Trying to get over the whole ridiculousness of the situation.

Larkspur flew over and picked up a cookie that Hikaru had bought and broke it in half, offering the other half to Lapis "A sweet cookie for the sweet lady?" he grinned. "Hikaru is right though your hair is absolutely beautiful, ah-- though you are beautiful in general but it makes everything just come together gracefully. You're not a princess are you?" Hikaru just stared, wow that was... very forward flirting he could never do that. Or... he guessed Larkspur was kinda him...ish. So he could be like that? Hiki couldn't see that, not in a million years.

[Miuna]

Miuna raised her arms as though casting a spell, eyes narrowed. "Oh, great Hikaru," she started, wiggling her fingers, "The spirits have spoken to me. Your grade on your next math test will be..... barely passing!" She threw her hands up to the sky and made a whoosh! noise, dropping them to add, "Just kidding, you'll probably get higher than me. After this ordeal though, I should really go play the ticket raffle. My luck seems to be resting in the hands of heaven."

Lapis on the other hand was thoroughly enjoying her time with Larkspur. She twirled around, allowing for the sun to sparkle off her armor as she flew. "Not a princess, no, but a valiant knight! I shall right the wrongs of these children and teach them the true ways of a maiden!" She puffed out her chest, looking incredibly pleased with her words, "Larkspur, if you need any assistance in training Hikaru to be a true gentleman, do not hesitate to call!"

The guardian's child only stared at the conversation with disinterest.  "You know, I wish we had that ripped out page still," Miuna said, turning back to Hikaru, "I feel as though it might have some hints about who these two are.  Have you had any luck in tracking it down?"

[Hikaru]

Grabbing his chest and grunting in a big dramatic spectacle taking a gasp of breath and reaching in her direction at her prediction and then laughing it off as she waved off her own joke. Watching the two guardians for a moment and rolling his eyes before turning his attention back to Miuna. Sighing and nodding. "I know next to nothing about him. All he's told me about is how he's who I want to be or something. I can guarantee I don't want to be a flirtatious butler man."

Larkspur smiled happily enough "A knight! Well I should hope that if I am ever in danger or looking for a beautiful shining knight that you will be the one to show up and save me!" he grinned and munched on the cookie half he had, watching her, pleased with how the pretty guardian seemed to be enjoying herself so far, it was cute. Rather endearing. "I will take you up on that offer if need be. I do hope I can train him on my own, I'm afraid my pride would be so hurt if I had to admit to such a beauty that I need some help." sighing dramatically and swooning lightly.

[Miuna]

"Hey, a butler is better than a knight!" Miuna replied, crossing her arms as she glared at her own guardian. "A butler will serve you, all I've gotten is a soapy mouth and a list of chores. Lapis is so unfair! She makes me clean everything everywhere or else she smacks me on the head. My room isn't even dirty but she insists it has to be presentable or whatever for guests."

It was really troubling trying to keep up with the little OCD guardian, and she shot another glare at the tiny sprite as she smiled at the student.  "Nonsense, knowing when to rely on others is an honorable quality," she said, spreading out the small creases in her skirt, "These two have known each other since the beginning of school.  It would only be right to allow them to fight side by side on the battlefield."  Lapis hoped to no end Miuna would be careful with her words around classmates.  They'd have to work hard to gain allies if they ever wanted to hold their own.