You're Under Arrest Fan Fiction ❯ One Week of Summer ❯ Face Paint ( Chapter 3 )

ONE WEEK OF SUMMER
Jay Pantig
[chanel_jay@mailcity.com]

STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
Taiho Shichauzo/You're Under Arrest is owned by Kosuke Fujishima and is presented by TBS, Kodansha Ltd., Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., and Marubani Corporation. Japanese manga presented by Kodansha Morning Party Extra, English adaptation brought by Dark Horse and Studio Proteus. I own nothing, zip, wala, nada, (except this fic) so please don't sue me!

DAY THREE: FACE PAINT

Miyuki had been sitting quietly inside the Tsujimoto's hotel room when Natsumi came by, dragging a huge case with her. "What's that?" Miyuki asked.

"Face paint," Natsumi said, lifting the case and laying it on the table. "I see my mom use this sometimes on her face. You wanna try it?"

"Does your mommy know?" Miyuki asked, moving aside as Natsumi sat beside her in front of the dresser.

Natsumi shook her head. "Nope. But I'm sure she won't mind."

The little girls opened the case, in which they were greeted with an assortment of colors and brushes. "Look! So many paintbrushes!" Miyuki exclaimed.

Natsumi examined the contents, a huge smile on her face. "Where do we start?"

"Where does your mommy use this?" Miyuki asked, lifting up a brown pencil.

"I think she uses that for the eyes. Here, let me try it."

While Natsumi was using the pencil, Miyuki picked up another brush. "Ah! I think my mommy has this, too!"

"Really? Where does it go?"

"Here, I think . . ." Miyuki pointed at her cheeks.

"Use it then!"

Miyuki brushed it against the two colors it came with in its case and applied it.

"Very nice," Natsumi commented.

"Isn't it?" Miyuki looked at her proudly. "Yours is very nice, too!"

Natsumi tossed the pencil she had been using in the case. "What else do we have here?"

"What about this?" Miyuki asked, giggling as she looked at the new brush she was holding. "It looks like a cute little cotton bud!"

"This one, too . . ." Natsumi said, digging up a small plastic case with a similar brush.

Miyuki inspected the brushes they were holding. "Aren't they for the eyes, too?"

"I think so. But I already used the pencil . . ."

"Maybe it would look prettier if you put both?"

"Maybe." Natsumi opened the plastic casing and took the brush.

Miyuki then took out a peculiar looking contraption. "Ooh! Look! It looks like one of the big, pretty tools Daddy has in his shop!"

Natsumi looked at it and shuddered. "I don't like it."

"Why not?"

"Mom puts that near her eyes like this . . ." Natsumi grabbed her eyelashes with her fingers. "And then she presses them down hard!"

Miyuki winced. "But doesn't that hurt?"

"I think it does!"

"I don't want it then." Miyuki returned the "tool." "I won't be able to use it anyway."

Natsumi's father was amusedly watching the two kids from where he was sitting on the bed. His wife arrived, looking slightly flushed. "Did you see my make-up kit?" she asked. "I've been looking for it everywhere!"

"Relax, Hon. They're right over there," Natsumi's father pointed at the two girls, who's backs were facing them.

Natsumi's mother smiled. "I guess all little girls pass by that period when they just have to use their mother's make-up, huh?"

Natsumi's father nodded. "That's right, Honey. But it could have been better."

"What do you mean?"

"What I had meant," her husband said, "was that they could have used your make-up on their faces, not on the faces in their coloring books."

Natsumi's mother sighed.

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"One week of summer, that was fulfilling as a year, seemed as short as a day . . ."

-Morisato Keiichi Ah! Megami-sama OAV 5: "For the Love of Goddess"