"Oh ok." Margaret looked at him a little confused as to why he was helping her, but then went back to work. She finished frying the eggs and then put them on plates. "All done now, well unless you want cheese on it or something." Margaret said, the last part quieter then the first.

Katie eyed him, pulling her leg out from under him and getting up."Fine. Have it your way.." She mumbled, dropping her robe and going over to his closet and looking for an outfit. She picked out a black dress with a red corset over it that was tie up instead of the uncomfortable metal clip on ones. She slid it over her head and then tied the corset, fixing her hair so that it looked good enough down and then went back over to him."I'll try one more time and then i'm out of here.." She mumbled, kissing him again."Ace..."She groaned."Wake up."

Ace almost groaned, shifting some more. "What?" he muttered, his tone groggy. He opened his eyes and blinked, since his vision was a little blurry at first. When his vision cleared he raised an eyebrow. "Well then." he said, glancing up at her before he leaned up a little to give her a small kiss. "We going somewhere right now?" She did look nice in the dress, but it was a bit surprising, since they were going to work on the room before they left. That certainly didn't seem like work dress.

She smirked."Like it? I'm not wearing it or anything but i've never tried it on before so I thought why not now?" She shrugged and kissed him back before unlacing the corset."I wanted to wake you up since two o' clock is gonna come a lot faster since its already..." She looked at the clock."11." She took the corest off and then looked in the mirror at herself in just the black dress, grimacing a little and then taking it off. She had under clothes so Ace wouldn't see anything. She put it back in the clothes and took out her red top and jean shorts, sitting them on the end of the bed while putting up her hair." I fell off the bed and you didn't even wake up." She said, sticking her tongue out at him."Jerk.." She mumbled.

"More then a couple of things. Now, I have you and Ren, and i do not want to lose either of you." Hotaru said to her with a smile on his face, he walked over to the table and set the eggs on it, and two empty cups. He then went back to the stove and put all the pancakes on to a plate, he then pulled the last of the bacon out of the pan and set them on a seperate plate. He turnned the stove off, putting the dirty dishes into the sink and ran some water into them. He carried the last of the food over to the table and set them down, getting two plates, two forks and the syrup, placing them on the table also. He then went to the fridge and grabbed some juice, pouring them in the glasses before he filled his plate and Janice's plate up.

""Hmm...maybe we should......or..... Alvilda said to him as she smiled, climbing into his lap as she sat on it, holdding her hands out slightly with her fingers spread. After a few minutes she began to tickle the man, hopping that he was ticklish because she really wantted to hear him laugh at the moment.

"Eggs and toast are fine." Ren said to her as he laughed a little bit, getting two glasses down and pouring some juice in to it before he took them and the toast to the table, setting them down. He smiled at her as he picked a piece of toast up and used a fork to put some of the eggs on to it, smiling as he took a bite and ate soem of it. "It is delicious."

Margaret sat at the table and ate a bite of toast. "This is also delicious." She looked at him and then took a sip of her drink. "So, when did you and Hotaru learn to cook?" Margaret liked to know everything about people because that was how she got to know them better. "And, you werent looked down apon for doing a woman's job?"

He just smirked and shook his head, standing up as she took the dress off. "Well, it looks good on you." he said before going to the closet to get dressed. "So, today on the agenda is get some of the things in that room done and then leave for the beach house, correct?" he asked, putting on a light green shirt over his shoulders.

Janice blushed a little before smiling. "Well, I don't think I'll go anywhere." She looked at the food before sniffing it. It smelled very good. Her stomach grumbled a little before she blushed lightly from embarrassment. She took the fork and started to cut into the pancake. "You just have to take care of yourself as well." she reminded him before she took a bite from the piece she cut out.

Shin froze before he bit his lip. He was, in fact very ticklish. "Ngh, don't do that!" he said, smiling a little as he tried to squirm away from her.

"Hotaru was looked down upon for doing woman's work as most guys put it, he protected me by only letting me do them at home and always told not to let anyone find out that i do things that girls do." Ren said to her before he took abother bite of his food, washing it down with the juice, he thought for a few more minutes before he continued on with answering her questions. "I don't remember when Hotaru started to cook but i do remember he burnt the food alot. Once I was old enough he taught me everything i need to know to survive on my own. My mother was ill...in away and so we couldn't really relie on her and we didn't have the money to hirer someone to do all the female work so Hotaru had to learn on his own and he taught me. Sometimes Katie would stay over and do it." he said to MArgaret as he shrugged his shoulders, he then finished eatting his eggs and toast, downing the last of his juice.

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"I promised you i would after all but Ren and you come before i do." he said to her with a smile as he ran his hand through his white hair, picking up his fork after he poured syrup onto his pancakes. He dug into the food that he had made, years of practice and experience making it better then the first time that he had cooked anything.

"To late." Alvilda said to him as she laughed, continueing to tickle him until she was satisfied, then she stopped and got off of him, laughing at the fact that she had gotten him really good. "I suppose we should go and eat now." she said to him as she turnned her head and looked at him, a smile on her face.

She grinned and put the dress and corset in her bag for the beach house." She then looked down at herself in her black lacey bra and underwear." Oh, thanks." She joked, knowing he meant that he liked the dress, not her in her bra."Pretty much." She said, putting her top and shorts on as well." oooh, green." She said, going over and giving him a hug and kiss."Hungry? I can go make something...wait. I suck at cooking so I should probably see what Lydia made."She smirked. She wasn't that hungry but she would get him something since they would be working for a few hours.

Janice smiled a little and nodded, cutting up some more of the pancakes before taking a strip of bacon. It was really good. She did have to admit, now that she thought about it, it was kind of nice that she didn't have to work for a moment. She chewed the rest of the bacon before she took a sip of the juice. "Hm, What have you ever done for fun that was strange for others?" she asked randomly glancing at him.

Shin laughed a little and sighed in relief after she stopped. "You, are evil." he joked with a small smile. He stood up after her and nodded, heading to his wardrobe to grab a blue shirt and some pants. "Alright." he agreed.

Ace smirked, looking her over before she put on the clothes. He almost pouted. "Aww, but I liked you without the shirt and shorts." he said, teasing before he nodded, putting on his pants over the boxers and heading to the bathroom. "Yeah, different color for once." he said, giving a small shrug as he left the door open so they could still talk. He thought about it for a moment before shaking his head. "Not right now, but later we can go."

Katie blushed, leaning against the door frame and looking at him."Trust me, you'll see a lot more of me like that later at the beach house." She said, smirking a little and then going back into their room just in case he actually had to use the restroom. She laid back on the bed."So is the goal today just to get the crappy furniture out of the rooms ? Or are we going to be doing more then that?" She groaned, feeling lazy.

"Hmmm.....strange for others how?" Hotaru asked her as he raised an eyebrow, trying to think on what she meant by the question. He finished his eggs off before he went to finish his pancakes.

"I am not evil." Alvilda said to him as she smiled, hugging him from from behind as she kissed him on the cheek. She then went to where her clothes were being kept at and pulled a tank top and some shorts out, pulling them on as Shin got dressed.

"Out of the ordinary." she offered, giving a small shrug. She then thought about it before almost sticking her tongue out. There were many different types of strange, but what she had meant was, by the overall society. Since her definition of the subject was much more lenient than what everyone else thought of as normal.

Shin shook his head, looking amused as he stared at her. He kissed her lightly before she had gone off to change as well, keeping his eyes away from her, since he wasn't sure if she'd be okay with him staring. Once he finished getting changed and doing the morning rituals he tilted his head at her. "Are you hungry?"

Ace smirked, giving a small nod as he brushed his teeth. After he finished, he went back and sat down . "Well, we'll see how we feel after throwing away the things." he said, still unsure how they were going to take everything out with the secret passageway. It wasn't very big, and it would seem odd to come out of nowhere with furniture.

Katie went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth and combed her hair, finishing and going back out to Ace. She sat on his lap and nodded a little."Most of the furnitures pretty good so we mite not have to get rid of a lot." She said, kissing his cheek and then getting up and putting out a hand." Oh yeah, the carriage guy left a note on the door earlier and said he'd come for out bags around one so we should leave them by the door." She said, brushing her bangs out of her face.

"Well i used to garden for fun." Hotaru said to heer as he picked his bacon up and wiped up the last of his syrup with it. He finished off the last of his food, downing the rest of his drink before he looked at JAnice again with a smile on his face. "What about you?" he asked her as he relaxed in his chair before he had to get up and wash the dishes.

"Yes, what about you?" Alvilda asked him as she twisted her brown hair up on the back of her head, putting chopsticks in it to keep it in place, she then went and did her morning rituals before she came back into the room and smiled at him.

Ace shrugged a little as he opened the door and stepped out of the bedroom. "Well, we better get started." he said, smirking. They didn't have too much time to get some stuff out of the room. Barely one hour.

Janice tried to picture him in a gardening outfit with one of those big hats and laughed. "Oh wow." she said, grinning a little. "Hm, I tried to pass off as a boy when I was younger so I could go and hang out with Ace outside of the house." She said, almost grimacing. "It was, eventful to say the least." she added, eating the rest of her pancakes. That night was the strangest, eye opening experience she'd had. Mr. Kurai had had a fit and grounded both of them for such actions.

Shin smiled and gave a small nod. "Yeah, I am." he said running a hand over his hair before he grabbed her hand. "Let's get some food then." he said, leading her out of the room toward the hallway.

Katie nodded and took his hand, leading him down the steps and to the hallway." Hmm....." She mumbled, trying to find where the secret door was. She leaned up against the wall and then to her surprise, the door flew open and she fell into the secret hallway, pulling Ace down on top of her." Found the door." She said slyly, smirking a little and waiting for him to get up.

Ace landed with a small grunt on top of her. He smirked a moment later, looking down at her. "Hm, yay for that." he said, not getting up just yet before he kissed her deeply. After a moment, he pulled away from her. "So, now that we know where it is, it'll be easier."

She smiled and kissed back before getting up."Much easier.." She said, leading him down the hall and then letting go of his hand. She jumped down into the room and looked around at everything."So...since Janice is your sister..is that why she got the job as the-" She cut off." Wait. So your dad and had an affair with the first maid, your mom?"She felt really stupid so she started to work." Wow, well um..so did Mr. Kurai take you from her or something? I mean....you don't have to tell me.." She grimaced.

"Hey, I might have looked funny but i bred a violet rose." Hotaru said to her as he laughed him self, smiling at her as he took the dishes to the sink, washing them as they talked. "Now, that is something i would like to see." he said to her as he laughed at the image that his mind conjured up of her. He washed the dishes, drying and putting them away before he went back to the table, sitting down in his seat.

"Do you love me?" Alvilda asked him as she smiled and followed him down the hallway, really wantting to know if he did or not. She squeezed his hand lightly before she pulled him to a stop, looking at him seriously and not wantting anyone else to hear thier conversation at the moment.

He almost laughed before smirking. "Yeah.. He did have an affair with the first maid." he said, raising an eyebrow. It was funny to see that she had just gotten it right now. "She got the job because she was good at it. And it was a cover-up or something. Not sure." he said, looking around the room. "As for the taking me thing. Yeah. Passed me off as a normal son, it worked well enough. Keel knew about the affair, but he held nothing against me. Drake, well, he didn't know. And the others knew nothing else either." he explained, smirking somewhat.

Janice chuckled before raising an eyebrow. "You want to see me dress up as a boy?" she asked. She would have to bind her breasts and do something about her other feminine appearances but she could try and pull it off. "Sure, not sure if it would work out so well anymore though. I had cut my hair, and I had a sort of boyish face." she said, making a small face.

Shin blinked before he shook his head. "Not really. But I really like you." he said, replying the same way he had yesterday. He tilted his head, raising an eyebrow. "Do you?"

Katie smirked." Don't laugh! My moms a blonde... probably why I have so many s-" She ran a hand threw Aces blonde hair and then gave him a kiss." No offense, I do love blonde hair and hope that if we do have kids they have your hair color instead of mine." She said, looking at one of the more broken pieces of furniture." You know.. we could always break them and use them as firewood instead of taking them upstairs..." She said, looking over at the hammer on the fireplace. She nudged him and then kissed him deeply. She put her hands on his shoulders." You still owe me that dance.." She smirked.

"Well then we have a problem. I don't want you to cut your hair and i rather like the feminine you better." Hotaru said to her as he chuckled a little bit, walking over to her side of the table to kiss her on the lips, smiling as he leaned against the table right next to her. "Which room now?" he asked her as he run a hand through his white hair, he then leaned forward to tuck some of her hair back behind her ear, brushing it out of her facce.

"Maybe.....Did you really want to marry me?" Alvilda asked hiim as she looked away, not quit wantting to see what was going to be on his face when he answered, after all she had been dissappointed by men all her life, starting with her brother first. She just didn't want to be disappointted anymore, it was just something she didn't know if she could live with but she had to now that she was married to him.

"I only ask because I got looked down upon for doing mens work." She sighed and finished her food cleaning the dishes as she said, "The men think ladies are lesser beings, they cant do what they do. But we can because we are all equal!" She out her dish in the drawer and then waited for him to finish quietly.

"Margaret, I have no problem with you doing the things you like or love to do. Be it something a man does or something a girl does, just don't judge me when i do female things." Ren said to her as he laughed, finishing his food off before he went and washed his dishes, drying nd putting them away before he hugged her close to him. "I love you, Margaret. I don't share the views of most of the men in this town." he said as he chuckled a little bit, kissing her on the lips before he lead her back into the living room, where they were paintting at.