[[Nanight! <3]]

Lacota grinned and hugged his best friend back, although it was a slightly forced grin. He didn't like the feelings that came to his mind when she hugged him. ''Calm down, calm down, Sanae!'' He chuckled. It was just like Sanae to ask endless questions, one after the other like that. ''I'm not ill now, but I was. I had a chest infection, which is why I was out of school. I lost my voice and knew you'd make fun of me.'' He laughed again, good-naturedly teasing her. ''No, I don't need food. That is such a random question.'' Lacota shook his head, deciding there was no one quite like Sanae.

The truth was, though, he hadn't needed food for the past week. He'd been starving, but every time he tried to eat any solid food at all, he'd ended up choking it back up. It had been after about two days of that that the incident with his sister had happened. He wasn't sure what was happening, but it wasn't good as far as he was concerned.

''Sorry, Sanae, but I'm really not hungry. When I do feel like trying some more of your... delicious food, I'll come right over.'' Lacota laughed, shaking his head and sending his jet black hair everywhere. ''Besides, I find that hundred percent thing very insulting,'' he sniffed, feigning a hurt look. ''But anyway, enough about how much you make me cry. How have you been?''

[['Tis fine. :3]]

[[LMAO. Not too bad. I knew this person from France once who asked me how many pebbles I weigh. |D]]

Lacota went willingly into her house, as if it made a difference whether he was willing or not. Sanae would get her way one way or another. Her first comment bugged him, though. She just looked out for his well-being... Why wasn't he doing that? Coming to her home based on an excuse he gave himself that it was so she didn't worry wasn't looking out for her well-being at all.

''Don't you mean a truck-load?'' He mused, giving a small chuckle at his friend's mistake. She always made little slip-ups like that, and they always made him laugh. ''Yeah, I know. I've been studying for the tests I missed, though, so I should be more or less ok.'' He was distracted, not really focusing on their conversation, even though he tried to.

[[LMAO. I actually miss that French gal now. :c She had to go back to the Congo [Yeah, she wasn't actually french, just from a french-speaking part of the Congo]. I feel so sorry for middle-school-you. |D]]

Lacota laughed when she said 'potatoes and tomatoes'. Had she seriously just said that? ''Whatever you say, Sanae.'' He flopped down onto the couch next to her when she came back, and shook his head. ''No thanks, I'm good.'' He smiled a bright, cheery grin before getting onto the topic of studying.

''And you know I suck at being a study partner. Whether I study or not, I always fail and you know it.'' He laughed again, keeping the smile plastered onto his face. ''I'll still question you out of the book, anyway, so at least you won't fail.''

[[Lawls. This was my primary school, but we do have some people from other countries in the school I'm in now as well. In primary, there were no Americans, but mostly Irish, English, that girl from the Congo, and this lad who was half Australian and half Asian. |D]]

''Well, I knew you wouldn't fail. You're a brain-box.'' Lacota replied, laughing, as he tapped his head to show what he meant. ''And I'll make sure you come in first. I'll quiz you so hard, you'll forget your name before you forget any of the test junk.'' He laughed again, but decided he was maybe over-doing it a little, and made a mental note not to laugh so much any more.

''So, if you have your books here, I'll start testing you.'' He was glad she seemed so happy and confident. He liked seeing Sanae like that; it was how she should have been the whole time, and he sometimes wished he could make it so she was like that the whole time.

[[G'night! <3]]

[['Tis ok; I didn't really give you much to reply to. ^.^"]]

Lacota smiled again at her when she commented on him being cheery that day. ''Hehehe... Yeah, I'm just glad to see you is all, I havn't seen you in ages.'' He grinned as if that was all, before trying to change the subject. ''How are your parents, by the way?'' He asked, tilting his head to the side. It gave him something else to talk about, in the least.

[[Just blood for now. I think it makes it more interesting. x3]]

Lacota gave a small chuckle. Sanae's mother really was against her daughter cooking, wasn't she? Maybe she was just afraid she'd end up killing someone with food poisoning one day, although so far they'd been pretty lucky. ''I can see it hasn't.'' He said, grinning. Deep down, though, he was thinking of just how wrong that statement was. Everything had changed, and almost all of it for the worse. He considered telling Sanae for just a moment, but in the end common sense won over and he decided against it.

[[Yuz. |D]]

Lacota clenched his jaw as Sanae touched him, but shook himself out of his thoughts and grinned at her. ''Of course I am! Never felt better.'' He said, smiling still, but racking his mind for something to talk about- anything- to change the subject. ''Well, maybe not as great as that time when we went to the fair and I ate so much cotton candy I nearly puked, but good.'' He laughed, hoping the memories would distract her.

[[Hehehe, probably. But it's Sanae, and I dun want her to get OOC. Plus, it's funny when Lacota freaks out, because he comes crawling back with his tail between his legs after like a little puppy. xD]]

Lacota went willingly with his friend, glad she seemed to have become distracted. He didn't, however, like how her wording made him sound like a pet dog or something. ''I'm coming. And you do know I'm not a puppy, right?'' He asked, but he was grinning still, so the effect of sarcasm was lost just a little. At least, not all the time, he thought, but left that bit out.

Lacota rolled his eyes and did a small sprint to catch up with her, walking quickly next to her. ''Haha, very funny, Sanae.'' He said sarcastically. ''Wow, you're just full of life today, aren't you? You must've been stuck inside for a while studying to be this active.'' Lacota mused, grinning and giving a small chuckle.

[[Lawls, np. Course she will, Lacota's just such a cuddly puppy. xD]]