"Okay....don't bother washing it." Hotaru said to her as he picked up his suit case, he moved down the hallway, opening the door to his room, he openned his suitcase to find a letter in it. He picked it up and sat down on his bed, reading it, he then quickly walked out the house to go in search of Katie.

"Are we going to share the bed? if so then i have to let you know that Bubbles likes to sleep in hair some times. Umm.....be careful there is crystal figurines in there." Alvilda said to him as she set the rings down next to her, she stood up and walked over to him, taking her underwear out of his hand, she then dug around the trunk and pulled out eight crystal figurines out and placed them gently onto the vanity.

Ace shrugged somewhat, knowing she'd be able to feel it. "I sleep late, or whenever I'm feeling tired." he answered. Thinking about her first question, he wondered if anyone had come in there before. He'd only discovered it last week. "Maybe Shin has found out about it. But, no no one else." he finally said. If his father had known about it, he'd probably have shut it off somehow.

"The bed can fit both of us, and a snake. I'm alright with Bubbles sleeping in hair, so long as he doesn't slither into other areas that could be uncomfortable." he said with a small chuckle. He let her take the stuff, so long as she wasn't doing much else, he'd allow it. "What're those?" he asked curiously.

"Hmm..Well I wonder where it goes.."She said, seeing a crack of light in the wall at the end of the hallway."Exit?" She asked, waiting for him to go towards it.

He looked at the crack and smiled a little, heading toward it. He wiped the smile off though as soon as he felt it. He was thankful it was dark He pressed the wall around the cracks, testing to see if there was some sort of trigger. "Hopefully, it's somewhere close here." he muttered, his fingers passing a slight bump. He paused there and pressed it. a small passageway came out from under their knees. It was a semi tight squeeze, but it was manageable. He dropped down and went in first, looking around. It was a dusty room, and the door was blocked by a ton of furniture in the way, all covered with sheets. "Well, that looks like it's not used very often." he said, standing up and sneezing once. "Need some help?" he asked, looking back at her to see if she followed.

Katie jumped down, smirking."I'm fine.." She sneezed. She looked around, going towards the door with furniture, she pulled the sheets off of it."This furniture isn't half bad.." She said, sitting down in one of the chairs."It would be a nice room if it was cleaned.." She said, grimacing as she sneezed again.

Ace nodded, snorting to dispel the dust. "It needs a really good cleaning. But I kinda don't want the others to know. Since, it seems peaceful enough, without them trying to get it." he said thoughtfully, looking around and moving one of the furniture pieces on the other side away to reveal a fireplace. It'd be a sort of hiding spot. He didn't think Shin had found this, since there were no footprints on the floor. The passageway thing closed again, so they'd have to find the crack to figure out where it was. Since the furniture blocking the door seemed too heavy for the two of them to clear. T

"These are my crystal figurines. I get one every time something important in my life happens. The colt was the first one i got, it was given to my mother when i was born, the pheonix was given to me when after i went to my first funeral. I guess you get the jest of it." Alvilda said to him as she touch each one of them as if they held a secret, she picked up a snake figurine and placed it in his hand. She then took everything that he had put away and took it out, she then replaced everything a certain way, smiling as she did so, sadly she was very picky on how her things were put away.

"You know.. we could fix this place up. Sort of make it a place to come to to get away from our family." She said, standing up to look at the fireplace." Think you can still use it?" She asked, going over to the furniture she could get. She noticed a broom and started to sweep the floors, getting all of the dust in a pile."The floor looks good." She said, grabbing a thin peice of metal and sliding it under the pile, picking it up and nticing a wooden bin."Garbage." She said, sliding it to the center of the room and dumping the dust into it.

Shin nodded holding the snake figurine as he looked down at it. "So, you've had eight things important? That's pretty cool." he commented before watching her put the clothes away. He almost sighed. "I messed up?"

"We could test it out later." he said, looking at the fireplace, noticing the designs on the stone. "It looks good. And, yeah that would sound good. A getaway and escape from the noises." he said smirking as he moved a table, careful of making any noises.

Hotaru was walking down a hallway when he saw an open secret passage way, he walked up the stairs, which took a long while until he found a crack with light streaming light in, he searched it, finding a switch that opened it up tho what seemed like an attic area, Katie and Ace were in there. "Katie....we need to talk about something very important." he said to her as he held up the letter that she wrote him, showing her his name that she wrote in her almost scripttive hand writting. He ignored her fiancee, wantting to know what it meant, if what it said was for real, pr a joke that she was playing on him, he really needed to know what she was thinking when she wrote it to him.

( lol the first passageway was closed after they went in, but alright. XD )

Katie went around the room, dusting off every peice of furniture she saw, and every peice Ace moved. She got the cobweds down from the room and got the dust off the walls, throwing it all away."There. Now we won't sneeze so much." She said, going over and pulling one of the nice comfy chairs so it was by the fire.'Hmm..I like the designs on the fireplace." She said, going over to the furniture. she bent down, picking up a small tin box and going back to the chair by the fireplace and sitting down. She opened the box, finding a few letters, a metal rose that was painted silver, and an almost burnt out candle." Yeah..it would be nice to get away from all of that for awhile.." She said, leaving the box open for ace to see and then going back over to the furniture."Well, the rooms big enough for a nice set up." She said, picking up a painting. The painting had a picture of a girl in a long white gown, sitting on a red chair with her head down, and she was holding a rose."Depressing.." she smirked, finding a nail on the wall and hanging it up."Now isn't that inviting." She said, laughing softly so no one upstairs could hear. She then saw Hotaru come in and sighed."Coming.." She murmered, going over to ace and kissing him quickly. she then walked over to Hotaru.'Lead the way."

Ace had smirked at the newer improvements. "Much better at least." he said to her, looking around. "Another day or two, and this place can be nice and cozy." he said to her before he almost frowned as he heard Hotaru talk. Saying something about needing to talk with her. He kissed her back before letting her go with Hotaru. Well, this is rather disappointing. he thought. The place was supposed to be a secret to the others. But now he knew.

"Just think of it as me being O.C.D. about my clothes. You didn't mess up, i just like thing in a specific order, just like i don't like having corners on my furniture. And yes i have had eight important things that happened to me. I am going to get a dove figurine when we get married." Alvilda said to him as she left a blanket in the bottom of the trunk, she then walked over to the bed, pulling Bubbles out of the pillow case and placing him into the trunk, closing the lid so that he wouldn't exscape into the house. "I am sorry if i hurt your feelings but i am very wierd......" she said as she sat on the bed nect to the man, leaning back and looking up at the ceiling.

Shin tilted his head, looking at his own furniture, which did have corners. "Ah, well it's fine, you didn't hurt my feelings. And, that sounds cool." he said before looking at her, offering her another metal puzzle thing. "Wanna try your hand at a new one? Or you want to rest or something?" he asked her before sitting down.

"i'll be back down soon, I promise." She said, smileing at Ace and then giving Hotaru one of her 'Looks' She was upset he had found his way to thir hiding spot, the one place they could hide from everyone. But now it was the one place you could hide from everyone except for Hotaru.'Yes?"

((okay so lets just say he knows the signs of a secret pasage way lol sorry))

"Fine, but don't expect to be able to hide from me." Hotaru said to her as he turnned and walked out of the hidden room, knowing that she was going to follow him so they could talk, he lead the way to the kitchen, sitting at the table that was there.

She followed after him, sitting down at the kitchen table. She noticed a basket of fruit and took out a strwberry, taking a bite out of it and looking at him."So.." She said."I put that letter in your bag when we were still together.." She said, looking at the ground.

Ace just nodded somewhat. We'll just have to find a new passageway and block that one so he won't find it. he thought, sitting down on the couch. "Well, I'll be here and clean up some more." he said to Katie after Hotaru left. It was also obvious he was displeased with the fact that it'd been found out. "We'll try and look for a new one." he said, sighing somewhat after she left.

"Are you tired?" Alvilda asked her as she took the brain teaser, looking at it before she began to work on it, trying to figure out how to get it untangled. Her tongue stuck out slightly as she worked diligently on taking it apart, she twisted a piece of her hair, she fell back until she was laying down as she worked on it.

His mouth twitched a little at the corner as he watched her. It was kind of cute. He shrugged somewhat. "Sort of. I didn't get much sleep last night because of Drake's snoring." he admitted, almost yawning. "But, I'm still good for a couple hours." he said, to reassure her.

"Your eatting a strawberry, you hate strawberries......your pregnent, Katie......with my child." Hotaru said to her as the look on his face softened, the look of surpirse fading from his face when he saw her eat a strawberry. He stood up and walked over to her, pulling her into a hug, and kissing her passionately on the lips.

She pulled away from the kiss."No I'm not! And I'm going back to my fiance.." She said, wriggling out of his hands and starting to go back the way she had came."I'm not pregnant, its not your child, and I'm going back to Ace.." She said, going to look for the passage way."Dammit." she mumbled, not remembering how to get back in.

"Got it!" Alvilda said as she finally got it untangled the metal, she set it aside and smiled up at him after she pulled her tongue back into her mouth. "Then lets get some sleep since i am suppose to be restting." she said as she chuckled some, standing up and walking to where she had stored her clothes. She pulled out a baggy t-shirt, skillfull putting it over her outfit. She even skillfully pulling her clothes off with out taking the long baggy t-shirt off or showing anything.

Ace moved some more furniture and made a sort of passage to the window, which he opened to let out some of the musty smell. It'd also help to have fresh air in here. He had made a small pile of trash and unusable furniture in one of the corners. The doorway was a little more uncovered, but there was still the huge piece there. He'd need some sort of help with that, or they could just leave it there. He looked at the spot where Katie had left and he almost smirked. "I don't think she'll remember where the thing was." he muttered to himself, almost sighing. He'd wait a little bit more before going to check up on her. He wasn't even sure they were through talking.

Shin glanced over at her before nodding. "I might, but I have to make sure you don't go wandering off or, doing stuff you're not supposed to be doing." he said, smirking somewhat. "Nice skill." he commented, slightly impressed.