"Kozue?" the familiar voice asked gently. "Kozue, wake up," it soon began to urge her. Kozue's eyes slowly fluttered open, to gaze up at the worried face of her brother, Miki. He smiled a bit as her eyes fully opened, then said, "You were found laying out on the ground in front of the dorms." "I was found?" she echoed his words, feeling really confused. "Then it must have been a dream..." "A dream?" Miki asked her curiously. He sat down by her bedside on her desk chair, his uniform starched and crisp as it always was. There seemed to be an odd look on his face, though. Kozue's cheeks colored a bit as she remembered. "It was a very strange dream," she started. Then Kozue continuing on, "There was a flying saucer, and a strange girl climbed out of it. She flew, but then she lost control and fell on top of me. When I helped her up, I touched her horns, and she said that we were engaged!" Kozue blushed harder, faltering a little as she finally made herself say, "And then she ki... kissed..." "Darling!" the happy voice exclaimed as Lum stuck her head around Miki's slim form, "I'm so glad you're awake! I was so worried!" She then launched herself at Kozue, engulfing her in an eager hug! Kozue struggled in Lum's grip, unable to get free as the Oni clasped Kozue close to her. "What's going on?" she managed to get out. Miki smiled a bit uncomfortably at the shocked expression he saw on Kozue's face, as she peered desperately at him over Lum's bare shoulder. "She told me her name's Lum," he softly explained, and then he shrugged eloquently, "and that she has to be engaged to you." "What do you mean, we have to be engaged?" Kozue asked her later, the three sitting around a small table in the cafeteria. Lum, who still just wore her tiger striped bikini, was drawing the gazes of all the students around them, but she didn't seem to care. Instead, she just totally focused on Kozue. "Amoung the Oni, our horns are very symbolic," Lum patiently explained to her. "Now that you have touched mine," she blushes a bit, "it means that I am no longer pure to the other Oni." "I guess it's kind of like losing your virginity," Kozue remarked thoughtfully, giving a sideways glance to Miki. Miki blushed at that. "So what do you do now?" he asked Lum curiously. She grabbed Kozue's arm firmly. "We're engaged, and an engaged couple should always be together," she said cheerfully. "I'm going to stay with her forever!" Kozue got a hunted animal look on her face. "We're not engaged!" Kozue loudly protested. "I don't know about your stupid customs, but I never agreed to anything!" she said a bit desperately. "Yes, we are engaged!" Lum protested a bit louder, drawing the attention of the crowd of students around them. Not that they weren't already looking at the pretty girl in the tiger striped bikini, but... "Oh no, we are not!" Kozue shot back at her angrily. She didn't notice the odd sparks that began appearing around Lum, jumping from her body to anything metalic nearby, but Miki sure did! He grabbed Kozue and pulled her to the floor, even as Lum yelled "YES.. WE... ARE!" and then she threw a massive ball of lightning! Thankfully, there wasn't much in it's way other than a wall, which promptly exploded. "Then again," Kozue said very quietly as she got back to her feet and then dusted some of the plaster and wall materials off her school uniform, "being engaged just might be negotiable."
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