Mikan arrived home safely as she saw her mother outside the house, a sweat trickled down her forehead as she felt goosebumps creeping her skin.

    "I-I'm back..." she stuttered.

    Her Mom turned to her, she had a relieved expression on her face after seeing Mikan finally home. She rushed towards her precious little baby and hugged her tightly.

   "Where were you, Mikan? You made Mommy worried sick."

    Mikan thought her mother would yell at her face, lecturing her in front of the neighborhood with a loud voice. But she didn't, instead, she held her daughter in her arms.

    "Mom, we got locked at the storage room yesterday while we were wrapping up. I was locked in with one of the members of the basketball club."

    "Why would someone locked you two when you are still inside the storage room?"

    "I don't know. Maybe that person thought no one was inside."

    "I'm just glad your okay. Come inside now, sweetie. I'll make you a omelette."

    Mikan nodded as she and her mother went in the house, she was secretly glad that she had such a good mother.

♛♛♛

The orange haired female took a bath and changed into her clothes at her room, she heard a noise outside from her window as she set aside the curtains and saw a truck.

Apparently, there was someone who was moving in the house next to theirs. A truckload filled of furnitures and personal belongings was inside.

    "We'll have a new neighbor, huh?" she mumbled.

    "Mikan! The omelette is ready!" her loving mother yelled from downstairs.

    "Coming, Mom!" she yelled back as she rushed downstairs.

    Mikan ate the omelette cooked for her as she drunk a glass of cow milk that was poured for her, she was having a normal breakfast like everyday. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

   "Sweetie, after you eat your breakfast, can you help Mommy cook some cream stew?" she asked.

    "Yes, of course! Then we'll eat it together." Mikan answered as she was finished eating.

    "No, that's not it, Sweetie. I'll be giving it to our new neighbors." her mother corrected her.

    "Oh, you mean the one who was moving next door?" she asked as her mother nodded.

    Mikan stood up as she placed the utensils that she has used in the sink, she grabbed an apron and tied it around her waist as she began to help her mother cook cream stew.

    In a pot over high heat, her mother added oil as Mikan chopped mince the onions and garlic as they added it in the pot. They cooked it for 3 minutes. Her mom added chicken and wine as they cooked it throughly for 5 minutes. Lowered the heat to medium/high, as they add flour and stir it for 2 minutes.

    Mikan sliced the potatoes, bell pepper, carrots, string beans and mushrooms as it is cooked for 2 minutes. Also adding chicken broth and bring to boil. Lowering the heat to simmer, cover and cooked for 25 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.

    Her mom turned the heat off as she added more milk to make the sauce not so thick, butter and seasonings with salt and pepper. The dish was finally cooked and ready to serve.

"Finished~!" the two said happily.

"Mikan, can you take this to our neighbors? I have to wash the dishes." her mother said.

"Yes, Mom." Mikan said obediently as she took the pot of cream stew and went towards their neighbor's house.

♛♛♛

It seems like the neighbors were done fixing their things, she pushed the doorbell as it rung inside the house.

Ding Dong.

The doorknob twisted open as it reveled a tall woman with violet tresses. She was like a living doll, so tall and very pretty.

"Hello there, how could I help you?" she asked, laziness was laced in her voice. As if she didn't liked to entertain other people.

"U-Um...me and my Mom cooked cream stew for our new neighbors, we just w-wanted to welcome you..." somewhat, Mikan was terrified.

"Cream stew? Thanks. At-chin would certainly love this dish." the female said.

"Hey old sis! Where is that delicious smell coming from?"

"Do I smell cream stew?!"

"Who is that shrimpy?"

There, stood in front of her three more male titans, looking down at her small petite frame. She was quivering in fear while clutching on the pot of cream stew for her dear life.

"Saku-chin? What are you doing here?"

They turned to look at a violet haired man with a lazy pair of violet eyes, she was surprised to see him here next door.

"Murasakibara-kun? What are you doing here?" she asked, surprised.

"We just moved here. What about you?" he asked.

"...I live next door." she answered.

"You two know each other?!" the older brothers and sister exclaimed.

"Shut up, you guys. So noisy." Murasakibara said.

"Yes, we are in the same class." Mikan informed them.

"Well, why didn't you say so? Come in, little girly!" the violet haired woman said as she led Mikan inside the home of the titans.

The Murasakibara siblings accepted the cream stew and put it on the table, the youngest one was about to eat when her sister scolded him.

"At-chin! Aren't you going to introduce your classmate to us?!"

"Yeah, yeah! Like what old sis said, introduce her to us!"

"Is the your girlfriend, Atsushi?!"

Murasakibara the youngest groaned as he stood up, grabbed Mikan's shoulder and introduced her to his siblings that was annoying him.

"This is Sakura Mikan, a girl who sits next to me in class. She also gives me lots of snacks."

"H-Hello..." she squeaked.

Then the Murasakibara siblings circled around her as she was practically looked up to them, she trembled in fear.

"Kyaah! She's so small and so adorable!!"

"I like your red ribbons, it's so cute!"

"Did you bleached your hair in color orange, or is it natural?!"

"Thank you for being nice enough to give Atsushi some snacks!!"

Titans. Mikan has noted that Murasakibara's family are a bunch of tall titans. Now she was so ashamed of her height, even though it was average for her age.

Then Murasakibara's older brother lifted her up in the air as she began to blush furiously.

"Sakura-san! Upsie daisy!" the older brother sung as she lifts her up and down in mid-air.

This is the worst.

"Whoa!! I wanna try that too!"

"Me three!"

"You guys, stop it! Don't you see that she isn't comfortable with it?!"

The older brother lifts her down after being scolded by the older sister, it was Mikan's first time to be humiliated like that.

"Hey guys, let's play monopoly!" one of the brothers said.

"That's a great idea! At-chin, get the game board!" the older sister said.

"Eh~ I don't wanna play....It's tiring." Murasakibara lazily said as he was already eating the cream stew.

"If you don't get it, I won't give you the allowance that Mom and Dad gave me for you. You won't be able to buy anymore snacks." her older sister taunted.

"I know, I know...I'll get it." Instantly, Murasakibara stood up and grabbed the board game.

He gave the Monopoly to her sister and resumed in eating his food, they set up the game on the floor.

"Um...I have to get going now." Mikan stated, feeling out of place.

"Let's play for a while, Sakura-san! Monopoly is such a fun game!"

"Monopoly is such a fun game?! Do you realize how many times we fought because of this game?"

"It's fine, isn't it? If we don't fight for a property, there will be no thrills! I remembered when you cried because you got bankrupt, bro!"

But I don't know how to play...

"Please, Sakura-san, just for awhile. We don't know how to thank you for the cream stew. Stay for awhile." the older sister said.

"I guess I'll be playing for a bit." she said as she sat down on the floor beside them.

    "Atsushi! Get your ass here and join the game!"

    "Stop gobbling the cream stew for yourself!!"

    "Leave some for us!"

    Murasakibara was annoyed by his brothers and sister, he stood up and put the bowl in the sink as he walked towards them and sat on the floor.

    "Since you guys keep insisting me to play, make sure to do your best." he lazily said.

   So they started to play the game and has been playing it for 2 damn hours straight now.

♛♛♛

    Despite not knowing how to play, Mikan did a good job to survive in the last rounds. It's just her and Murasakibara who was still alive in the game, but strangely, she doesn't feel like she's going to lose.

    "I didn't know that Sakura-san was this good at Monopoly!"

    "Let's bet in who will win the game! I bet it'll be Atsushi!"

    "Nah, it'll be Sakura-san for sure. Atsushi is an idiot."

    "Hush, you boys! Let's just seat back and relax~! I'm excited to see if At-chin could win or lose."

    Mikan rolled the dice as it was a pair of 6-6, she got 12 chances to hop around the game board. Then she rolled once more the dice and got another pair of 6-6, once again she hop around the game board and reached the home, as she got 200 dollars from banker.

    "One more doubles and you'll go in jail, Saku-chin." Murasakibara warned.

    "What? Really?!" Mikan said, slightly worried.

    "You're playing this game and you don't know that?" he scoffed.

    "I-It's actually my first time playing this game..." she noted.

    "What? It's your first time?!"

    "Then how were you able to survive from being bankrupt?!"

    "I've been playing this game 5 times now, and I was always the first one to drop from the game!"

    "That's because your dumb, Nii-san, don't compare Saku-chin to you." Murasakibara said.

    The older sister hit him on his head as he yelped in pain, massaging his poor head in process.

    "That's not a way to talk to your brother, At-chin!" she said.

    "You didn't have to hit my head, Nee-san!" he growled.

    Mikan got 1-5 as she moved 6 spaces around the game board, then horror was visible in her face when she landed on one of Murasakibara's properties. She sweat drop bullets.

    "Whoa, lucky~!" he chirped.

    "I-I miscounted, I have to move one more space..." she quickly said.

    "No. You. Stay. There." he emphasized each word while he glares at her as she sweat dropped.

    She paid for the property with the remaining money she has as she was finally bankrupt, Murasakibara won the game and she lost.

    "I won, Saku-chin!" he grinned happily.

    "I'm utterly defeated." she giggled, accepting her defeat.

    "Good game, Atsushi!"

    "Let's play one more game! I'll get my revenge this time and win!"

    "I won't lose to you guys!"

    The Murasakibara brothers were all fired up as they began to restart the game from zero.

    "Do you still want to join us again, Sakura-san?" the older female asked.

    Mikan nodded as she wanted to win against Murasakibara, somehow, she find this game really entertaining and a great way to pass time.