CAGED After-Story

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Part 5 -.- Daichi is Amy’s Fiancé?! – Part 2

”Ladies, ladies! Calm down! He’ll be down here in a second!”

”But Matty! We need to talk to him, now!”    
  
A girl with long black hair cried out loudly, pulling on Matt’s arm, trying to make him lead her upstairs. Matt sighed, feeling a headache coming. As if the alcohol from last night wasn’t enough, now he had this girl to deal with. He was about to speak, when another girl with raven hair yanked on his free arm.

”Yeah, Matty! We gotta make sure our girl’s man is suitable!”

Both girls whined in synch, causing Matt to laugh somewhat. The girl’s weren’t twins, but they sure could pull it off.

”Sammy! Kaylie! Naio JUST woke up! Don’t you realize what time it is here??”

He had raised his voice a bit. Family members looked at him, not surprised after seeing the two girls. Sam let go of Matt, and put her hands on her hip. She glanced at the watch on her wrist, and suddenly Matt was forgotten.

“It’s only nine! Why can’t he hurry up! Is he gonna be this slow when he marries Amy??”

Matt raised an eyebrow. Do these girls NOT suffer from jet lag? The man shook his head, going off to greet some other family members.

“Kay, I knew we should’a came earlier! I heard Amy ain’t even here! The day before is too late! Where is Jessie, anyway? She get here yet?”

The younger one rambled, not even letting Kaylie get a word in. Kaylie scanned the room with her blue eyes, spotting a girl with short and spiky red hair.

“Jessie!”     

Jessie looked up from her electronics magazine, her brown eyes searching for the voices calling for her. When she saw her two best friends, she waved at them, folding a page down in the magazine. Heading over to Sam and Kaylie, she fixed her red-rimmed glasses.

“When did you guys get here?”

She was smaller than the sisters, by at least six inches. Her hair was incredibly short, with spikes in every which way. She seemed younger than them as well.

“About a half hour ago. But… Matty won’t let us see the groom!”

Kaylie sent a fake glare towards Matt, who shuddered as he talked to an older looking man. Sam nudged her sister.

“Yeah. Matty refuses to let us see him.”

She was louder this time, causing Matt to turn towards them. He was getting frustrated with their pestering.

“GIRLS! I did NOT refuse to let you meet him! He hasn’t even fully awoken yet! Stop over exaggerating as always!”

He sighed, rubbing his temples. He hated dealing with these girls. Amy usually kept them under control, but without her they seemed to want nothing more that to get on his nerves. Jessie looked at her watch.

“Well, it is kinda early.”

She was trying to let matt off the hook and the others took notice of this. Sam grabbed Jessie’s shoulders and shook her slightly.

“Stop taking Matty’s side! You always-!”

She let go and pointed to the stairs, her eyes on Daichi, who stood at the top, a bewildered look on his face. The rest of the gang turned their attention to the stairs and Matt, realizing that each one of the girls immediately mistaken him for Naio, tried not to laugh. Kaylie turned to him, her eyes sparkling.

“That him, right? That’s the groom!”

Matt cleared his throat. He really didn’t want any trouble today.

“L… Ladies.”

“Naio!!!”

All three girls where gone by now, leaving Matt to feel sorry for the poor delinquent.

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Daichi was caught off guard. Wanting nothing more that a slice of toast, he was suddenly ambushed by three American girls, who seemed to be calling him Naio.

“Oh my GOD. You ARE as cute as Amy described!”

Sam got straight in Daichi’s face, nearly yelling in his ear. Daichi’s face flushed. He had no idea what to do in this situation. Obviously they had mistaken him for Naio and he didn’t know how to tell them he WASN’T Naio. He gulped, waving his hands frantically. What was worse, he had NO idea what they were saying.

“W- Wait a minute!”

He nearly fell over as Kaylie grabbed his head, studying his face.

“You look so old! I though she said you were 19!”

She scoffed, running her fingers over the boy’s eyebrows. Daichi was completely red now, nearly the same color as his dyed hair. He pressed his back against Naio’s bedroom door, listening to the girls blabber in English. His head was spinning. If this continued, the poor kid would have a stroke. He jumped when Jessie grabbed his ears and screeched.

”Look at all these piercings! How many do you have!?”

Daichi cringed at the pain searing his ears. He wondered if these girls had realized he couldn’t understand them. He was about to speak, when the door opened behind him, causing him to fall backwards, followed by the girls. They all landed at Naio’s feet. Naio stared down at them in shock. He raised an eyebrow.

“Daichi… What are you doing?”

He stared at the pile of girls and Daichi below him. Daichi was speechless, red, and a complete mess. He remained silent until the girls finally decided it was time to get off him. Kaylie lifted the arms of the blushing 21 year old.

”Are you ok, Naio?!”

Naio noted the worried look on the girl’s face and immediately understood his best friend’s situation.

“They think you’re me…”

He crossed his arms, somewhat amused. Daichi gave him a frantic look.

“C’mon Naio! I have no idea what they are saying! Help me!”

He tried moving away from the crowding girls but to no avail. The girls had a hold of both his arms.


Naio sighed, feeling a little sorry for him. He stepped in front of Daichi, facing Sam. Sam raised an eyebrow, a confused look on her face.

”Who are you?”

She didn’t look directly at him, instead her eyes drifted to his hair, amazed at how pink it was. Kaylie giggled, grinning wildly.

”Whoever you are, you got a date to the wedding?”

She gave him her best smile but he seemed unfazed by her offer. Naio bowed slightly, remembering how Matt had translated earlier.

”Hello… My Name is… Naio. Nice meet you please.”

He blushed, figuring that must have sounded stupid. The three girls gaped at him, startled at first. They looked from Daichi to Naio, shock sliding onto their faces.  Blush covered their cheeks, finally realizing that they had made a mistake. Jessie pointed to Naio, her eyes wide.

YOU… Are Naio?”

She was moved out of the way by Sam.

”If you’re Naio, then who… Is he?!”

She pointed a finger at Daichi, who jumped, knowing he was being mentioned. He bowed deeply, sweat rolling down his face.

“I’m Daichi!”

Even though he spoke in Japanese, the girls sort of understood him.

“Dai… Chi? That’s your name…? Daichi.”

Sam cocked her head, pronouncing his name over and over. Daichi nodded, pointing at himself.

“Daichi. Dai~ Chi~.”

The girls nodded to each other, understanding. Daichi sighed in relief, glad to have those girls off his back. A laugh sounded behind them and they all spun around to see a very amused Matt.

“Matt…”

Naio exhaled a long held breathe, thankful Matt had shown up. The three girls immediately attached themselves to their favorite adult, giggling wildly. Matt chuckled.

“I see you met them already…”

Naio and Daichi exchanged glances. Naio had no idea who these girls where, but he had a feeling he was supposed to know.

“Matt… Who are they?”

Matt saw the confusion on his son-in-law’s face and gave him a strange look.

“You don’t recognize them?”

When Naio shook his head no, Matt let himself into Naio’s room. Naio furrowed his eyebrows, admitting to himself that the girl did, in fact, look familiar. He just couldn’t remember where he had seen them before. Finally, Matt came out, carrying one of Amy’s pink picture frames.   

“Here, now do you recognize them?”

Naio took the frame from Matt’s gruff hands and studied the picture. His eyes widened. The picture was of Amy, Sam, Kaylie, and Jessie, posing in front of a giant rollercoaster. He cringed. He had seen this photo everyday, ever since he moved in with Amy. He suddenly felt bad for not realizing it was them earlier. Naio nodded, handing the frame back to Matt, who turned to the girls.

”Okay, go ahead and introduce yourself. I think he’ll understand that much…”

The girls nodded and Jessie stepped forward, her pinky in her ear.

”Heya, I'm Jessica…. Er… Jessie McLain, 17 years old. Nice to finally meet you, Naio!”

She grinned. Jessie was the youngest out of the group and was taking a few days off from high school to see her best friend’s wedding. She frowned when Sam pushed her out of the way. Sam cracked her knuckles, showing Naio she practiced martial arts.  

”Samantha Gayle, here! Call me Sammy. I’m 19.”

Sam had known Amy her entire life, almost like an older sister. They were inseparable. Kaylie laughed at her younger sister and slapped her away gently.

“Sammy, don’t do that, you’ll scare him away! Hi Naio, I’m Kaylie Gayle, Sammy’s older sister. I'm 22.”

She gave him an award winning smile, before going to her sister’s side. Naio blinked, trying to remember names. Matt had said something about listening to names, but he hardly understood them when they spoke. He sighed, for now he’d pretend that he knew their names.

A long silence erupted between the six of them, before Daichi coughed to break it.

“Well… Let’s go get ready Naio…”

The delinquent wanted nothing more than to get away from those crazy American girls. Naio nodded, knowing where he was getting at. He was about to go back into his room, while Matt left with the girls, when his own brother’s voice protruded from the stairwell.

“Hold it, little bro.”

Naio grimaced, not liking the sound of this. He turned in the doorway to see Yukito standing at the top of the stairs, a wicked grin on his lips.

“Anniki… What?”

Naio was afraid of anything his brother had planned for him.

“The family wants to meet you~”

Yukito’s voice was so sing-song, it made Naio’s stomach turn. He looked back at Daichi, who even tried to look sympathetic.

“Looks like you’re stuck… Sorry dude.”

He shrugged, actually feeling sorry for his friend. Naio groaned, not looking forward to this.

“Yeah, yeah.”

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Chapter 5 – Family Part 2 END