Broken Destiny Season 2 (Epilogue Version 1 & 2 10/01/10)

[amEthystx]

I guess this is the only thing that I could do for you… To realize your dream of going in this school…

- sooo saddening~ 

But i guess the pair of sister will be there to "pester" Rika from her thoughts of Maki? LOL~

Going to have Aya/Miki?

If Maki already knew how to play futsal, why did she have to pretend that she was just a novice at it? Rika massaged her temple.

- Everyone knows the answer except you Charmy~~! isn't it obvious?

 

[badsaints]

Miki & Yossie catfights are cool! Free morning entertainment for the class But if they are in the same class, does this mean they are twins?

Oh Aya's here! Let's have some GAM action going on

[cogi_yoshi]

Yossie and Miki fighting

yeah..expect more sibling fight.

Miki and Yossui are so funny. Rika can't understand that sometimes siblings fight? Or all the time, as is the case. It must be hard to get used to a new city and school.

Yeah.. Rika will need to get use to the 'morning show' everyday of her stay there.jks... It's hard for someone to get used to a new school or coty if that someone(Rika) didn't want to move on with her life.

But i guess the pair of sister will be there to "pester" Rika from her thoughts of Maki? LOL~

That's right... they will PESTER her!muahahahaha.  

Miki & Yossie catfights are cool! Free morning entertainment for the class But if they are in the same class, does this mean they are twins?

Oh Aya's here! Let's have some GAM action going on

Twins? uhh... not really... I have a classmate before who was in grade 5 but was accelerated to grade 6 (in my class) because of a certain test... so yeah... somewhat like that... or is it? LOL

Anyways.. the next chapter(s) are here...hehehe... It's been a long time since I've updated this one.



Chapter 31

“Ohayou Miki-san!” Rika called to the girl in front of her.

“Why did you call me by my first name? You just came here 3 days ago…” Miki stopped on her tracks, turned back to face Rika and gave her the scariest looking glare she had ever seen.

“Well, so that you will not get confused… Your sister is also Yoshizawa… I’m just being specific here…” Rika replied. She stared back, hard on Miki.

“Have you seen my sister with me now? You can call me Yoshizawa-san if I’m not with my sister as a sign of respect… or….” Miki grinned a little. “if you want to be SPECIFIC you can call me Miki-sama just like everybody else.”

“Why would I call you that? I’ll just call you Yoshizawa 1 and Hitomi will be Yoshizawa 2 if I want it to be specific… I’m not those who would back out to a person like you.” Rika replied sarcastically.

“I like your courage to defy me, little girl…. I hope we will have a fun time together this school year.” Miki said with her ever mocking tone before walking away from Rika.

” I never thought that there are still some jerks in such a prestigious school in Tokyo.” Rika slowed her pace in walking so as not to catch up with Miki. From a distance, Rika witnessed how a group of students was split in half when they saw Miki walking up to them. She also saw how Miki pushed a girl aside when the girl was blocking her way.
“She really has a big attitude problem….”

…………..
“Ohayou Matsuura –san!” Hitomi greeted the girl near the entrance of their building. Aya looked around, somewhat searching for another person.

“Don’t worry, she left early today… Actually, I overslept a little and she didn’t want to wait for me.”

“Is that so… Ohayou!” Aya heaved a sigh of relief.

“Hahaha… You’re scared of my sister right? Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, I won’t let her bully you.”

“Th.. Thanks” Aya replied. Hitomi walked with her towards their classroom. Aya’s mind was flying somewhere and Hitomi noticed that.

“Hey, are you still on earth?” Hitomi waved her hand back and forth on Aya’s face until she responded.

“Huh? What was it?”

“Great, welcome back to Earth! How’s your visit to other planet?” Hitomi joked

“Ohh, I’m sorry, I was just thinking about something…” Aya was somewhat embarrassed on what happened. She was deeply immersed in her thoughts that she forgot that Hitomi was with her.

“I guess, you’re thinking why Miki and I had opposite characters right? Even though we’re sisters…”

“Well, close enough… Actually, I know that even Siamese twins have different characteristics from each other because… each one is unique…. But I was thinking about her attitude. It seemed that it had worsened ever since junior high.” Aya replied, her tone was full of sympathy.

“You noticed it too?” Hitomi paused for a while. A couple of steps more and they will arrive at the third floor where their room is located. “I guess its my fault..”

“What do you mean by ‘your fault’?” Aya suddenly became interested in their topic.

“It’s like this… You knew that when we were in junior high… I was bullied many times… and Miki was always there to protect me… Now…” Hitomi paused for a while before continuing. A hint of sadness was visible on her face. “She was thinking that I will get bullied again, that’s why she was scaring those people who come close to me. Its like, she believed on the motto: Prevention is better than cure. She would prevent people to come near me… so I will not get hurt just like before.”

“But… that makes you lonely right? She even prevents those people who was only trying to befriend you..”

“Well, sort of… I guess all older sisters are protective of their younger siblings.” Hitomi replied and continued to walk towards their room. Aya followed after a while.

“But… why is she scaring away even those girls who just want to be close to you?”


…………..
Lunch Time

“Hi Rika-chan! Do you want to eat with us?” Everybody inside their room stopped on their tracks when they heard Miki’s voice. Even Hitomi was left with her mouth wide open when she heard her sister said that.

“Will you close your mouth? Rika will get scared of your face and might not come to eat with us...” Miki said to Hitomi and closed her sister’s mouth at the same time. Hitomi’s eyes were wide open.

”What’s this girl up to now?”
Rika could clearly see Eri shaking her head, as if telling her not to accept the offer. “Well… I…”

“Come on… I’ll be fun! Right, Hitomi-chan?” Miki smiled evilly on her sister. Hitomi couldn’t talk right now because of the sudden shock and just nodded in response.

“Ano, I’m sorry. But I have to go someplace else this lunch break… I need to be back before our next class starts…” Rika lied. She knew that Miki was up to something that’s why she didn’t accept her offer.

“Owww, I was looking forward to spend some time with the transfer student… Oh well, I guess we can eat together next time.” Miki grinned and dragged her almost immovable sister out of their room. The other students became silent for a couple of seconds, they still can’t process what had just happened.

“What was that?” Aya asked Rika and Rika just shrugged. She took her things and went out of their room. She had to go someplace else so as to make her alibi true. She got out on the school gate and went to the nearest mall, where she plans to eat her lunch… Alone…

………..
Hitomi snapped back to reality. She felt Miki’s forehead with the back of her hand. “Are you sure you’re feeling well?”

“Of course I am… I never felt like this before!” Miki answered back with out looking at her sister.

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 32

“I never imagined there are many students here at this time!” Rika said to herself when she entered the nearest mall she could find. She immediately found a place near an accessory shop where she could eat her packed lunch. She opened her lunch and started eating by herself. She was almost finished eating when she noticed a bracelet on the shop. The bracelet has dolphins around it and it immediately reminded her of the gift that Maki gave her years ago. She didn’t finish her food and got her necklace inside her uniform. She looked at the pendant and the bottle with Maki’s ashes, sadly. She was tearing up a little.

“I don’t want to cry anymore… I want to be strong… But I wouldn’t want to forget you.”

Rika held back her tears. She put her lunch box back to her bag and readied herself to go back to school. She didn’t notice the person behind her so she bumped to her when she stood up.

“Itai!!! I’m sorry I didn’t… no..tice… AYUMI!!!!!!” Rika was delighted to see her best friend in the mall. She hugged her friend tightly.

“Geez… you’re so noisy…” Ayumi answered and hugged her friend back.

“What are you doing here? You should have called me earlier…”

“It’s our foundation week… And it’s kinda boring in school so I decided to visit Masae-san.”

“…….. Ma… sae… san? Ehhh?! Why do you plan to see her before me? I’m your best friend!” Rika was annoyed but deep inside, she was happy to see her friend again.

“It’s only a joke… I was really planning to meet you… But, I’m also dying to see Masae-san after you’ve mailed that her hair was somewhat…you know… colorful.” Ayumi smiled. She was glad to see that Rika improved a lot. She was glad that she managed to talk to Rika before they went here in Tokyo.

……….
“Rika, are you sure you want to do this?”

“Hai… I want to study in Tokyo High. The standards there were much better than here.”

“Please tell me you’re doing it for yourself… and not because of Maki.”

“I’m doing it for myself… and for Maki.”

“Why?! Why do you keep on living in the past? Can’t you just move on with your life? I know you loved her very much but…” Ayumi stopped and changed the topic… “I really thought that you moved on. You started making friends again… But why go to the same school that Maki’s supposed to go?”

“I’m starting a new life in there… You said that I should move on right? I’m doing this to move on. Whenever I’m in our school or in our neighborhood… I always remember Maki. No matter what I do, I can’t stop being sad about it. That’s why, moving to Tokyo will be the first step for me.”

“But why go to that school? There are still lots of other good schools in Tokyo right?”

“I must not forget Maki totally… I’ll just move on but that doesn’t mean that I’ll forget the memories we’ve shared together…”

……….
“I hate your logic…” Ayumi whispered to herself but Rika heard it.

“What did you say? To whose logic were you referring too?” Rika inquired

“You”
“A classmate of mine.” Ayumi replied.

“Oh, is that so? Why? What did your classmate do?”

“Because she wanted to move on but she went to the same school that her lover wanted to go too.”
“She will find every loophole just to justify herself… Even if what she did was really wrong.”

“Was she a bully? I think I can relate to that…” Rika replied.

“Why? Were you being bullied in your school?” They were now approaching Tokyo High. Rika wanted to spend more time with her that’s why she asked Ayumi to walk with her to her school.

“Hmm, not… yet… But I’ll not back out if she did that. She’ll get the battle that she wanted..”

“Woahhh… When did you start to act like a juvenile?” Ayumi laughed at her friend.

“I’m not!!! You’re still mean to me…”

“Hahaha… Gomen… Well, what time will your school end? I’ll wait. I want to spend some time with you.”

“I’ll be off at 3… When will you go home? If you have no school tomorrow, then why don’t you stay in our house?”

“That will be good… At least I can…”

“SHIBATA SAN!!!!!”

Rika and Ayumi looked at the gate. They saw Reina, Eri running towards them with Sayumi leading them. She immediately jumped on Ayumi. Reina and Eri hugged her after they removed Sayu from Ayumi.

“I can’t believe that you’re here in Tokyo! How’s your life here?” Ayumi asked after removing Sayu from her tight Koala hug.

“Well, we’re fine… We’ve entered the futsal varsity team last year.” Eri replied.

“Yes! And our team’s somewhat strong.” Sayu added.

“Yah, so strong that’s why we didn’t get to many exposures on the game.” Reina replied sarcastically. Sayu and Eri became silent afterwards.

“… Why? What’s wrong with the team?” Rika asked. She didn’t want to get involve in futsal again but her curiosity got the best out of her.

“Those Yoshizawa sisters were playing like they don’t have a teammate.” Eri confessed.

“Who are they?” Ayumi asked.

“They were the captain and sub-captain of our team. They act like we don’t exist. Rika and Maki were a good duo; they always play with the team and pass the ball around. Miki and Hitomi were not like that.” Reina looked at them with sad eyes.

“I’m sure its Miki’s fault. Hitomi was a good person. I’ve heard them fight about that earlier. But I guess, Hitomi can’t do anything about it because of her older sister.” Rika said. She then looked at her watch. “Geez, were going to be late!”

The three immediately ran back towards their school. They waved to Ayumi before entering.

Rika hugged Ayumi before going inside. “I’ll see you later!” Rika shouted. She didn’t notice that someone was watching her from a far.

“Onee-san, what are you doing in there? We’re going to be late!” Hitomi tried to drag her sister away from the window of their corridor.

“I’m just watching a wonderful scene outside.” Miki smiled when Hitomi was not looking at her.

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 33

The bell rang minutes ago to signal that it’s already time to go home.

“I’ll go ahead of you! And bring my bento box home too.” Miki shouted to Hitomi before going out of their room.

“Mou!!! You’re really mean!!!” Hitomi shouted back even though she knew that her sister didn’t hear it.

Miki immediately went outside their school gate. She was searching her phone on her bag that’s why she bumped into someone.

“WOULD YOU WATCH WHERE YOU GOING?!” Miki shouted but was stopped when she noticed the person she bumped into.

“Well, you’re the one who’s not looking. It’s your fault.” Ayumi replied.

“You could have stepped aside so as to avoid hitting me… just like everybody else here.”

“And who do you think you are? Why would I do that?” Ayumi was annoyed by the girl’s attitude.

“It’s because..”

“I’m sorry for being late! Our prof…. Ehh? Miki? What are you doing here?” Rika was surprised to see her best friend talking with Miki.

“She bumped into me..” Ayumi replied.

“Yeah… It’s my fault actually… I’m sorry for bothering you.... I’ll be going now! Take care!” Miki ran off after bowing to Ayumi and Rika. Both of them were surprised.

“What was that? She was angry before for bumping into me… and then she suddenly changed her mood…” Ayumi said.

“Well, she’s an unpredictable person… She’s the bully I’m telling you earlier, Yoshizawa Miki.” Rika answered back.

“Yoshizawa? The captain of the futsal team?”

“She’s the sub-captain. Her younger sister’s the captain. I guess Hitomi’s a better player than her.” Rika replied nonchalantly. “Hey, let’s go have some fun!” Rika pulled Ayumi’s hand to the direction of the mall. They looked around in the different shops and took a picture from the Purikura machine. Ayumi went to see Masae after she left Rika’s school and asked her if she could spend some time with them. Rika and Ayumi met up with Masae on a restaurant. Rika couldn’t let her eyes off Masae’s hair.

“Why does your school allow you with that hairdo?” Rika asked.

“Well, I guess our school’s not that strict in implementing the school rules. I’m not the only one with this kind of hair.” Masae replied after taking a bite out of her strawberry flavored waffles.

“…. I would like to go to your school. Our school’s boring. All students comply with our school policies… That’s why I decided to go here than to attend our foundation week.”

“Wow, you’re rebelling from the school now? I never thought that you would do that…” Rika exclaimed.

“Well, from my point of view, Ayumi might have done that because you’re no longer there to check about her studies. I remember back in elementary, Ayumi has no initiative to study in class. That’s why maybe she befriended you because you’re smart.”

“Bingo! You’re right… That was my initial purpose… But my friendship with Rika was sincere from the start.” Ayumi replied. Masae had been her classmate in elementary since grade 1. Ayumi joined the futsal varsity team when she was in grade 4 and met Rika. She loved futsal as much as Rika do so, they went along well, and treated each other as a best friend. That’s how their friendship really started.

It’s quite late when they went to Rika’s house. Her parents were happy to see Rika’s old friend. As usual, Rika’s father kept saying silly jokes on Ayumi. After dinner was over, Rika gave Ayumi some clothes so that Ayumi could change before sleeping.

………..
“How’s school lately?” Dr. Yusaku Yoshizawa, Hitomi and Miki’s father is a well-known plastic surgeon. He came home from abroad this morning and this is the first time after 5 months that the family was eating together.

“Hmm, nothing much… terror teachers, new faces, new subjects… the usual…”

“Onee-san has been glaring all the time to the new students… Most of them were afraid of her…” Hitomi told their father while masticating the beef casserole that their mother cooked for them.

“Hey, it’s my problem, not yours so just butt off…”

“Miki, is that the correct way to talk to your younger sister?” Mrs. Yoshizawa asked. Hitomi put her tongue out to Miki but that didn’t escape the eyes of their mother. “Hitomi, stop that… we’re in the middle of our dinner here. Please respect the food..”

“They still haven’t changed a bit…” Dr. Yoshizawa said to himself. Hitomi and Miki became silent for the rest of their dinner. Mr. Yoshizawa took Miki in his study room to talk to her. Hitomi went to the balcony to get some fresh air. She was thinking about Rika. She suddenly blushed at the thought and she felt that her heart was beating real fast.

“What was that? What’s this feeling?”

“Hey sis, what are you doing here? You’ll catch a cold…” Miki put her sweater on Hitomi and sat beside her on the edge of their balcony.

“Nothing… Just thinking about things…”

“… Wow, are you thinking about algebra? That must be really difficult for you to be thinking about something for the past…” Miki looked at her wristwatch “20 minutes..”

“EHH?!? Uso… Am I thinking that long?”

“Duh… I saw you went here before I went inside dad’s study… and we chatted for at least 20 minutes… What’s troubling you? You can tell it to me..”

“Nothing… It doesn’t concern you…” Hitomi stood up and went to the opposite side of the balcony; her back was now facing Miki.

“Oh yeah? Last time you said that, you had a huge bruise on your stomach… and some scratch on your left arm… Now, tell me what is bothering you this time?” Miki’s voice is serious.

“Well, it’s… just that…”

“The two of you… You have a class tomorrow right? You should sleep now!” Mrs. Saki Yoshizawa’s voice could be heard from the kitchen. She was a famous chef before in a five star hotel before she met their father. Every morning, she checks their restaurant in a mall near their school but even though their restaurant was near, they just eat their lunch in school.

“Hey, do you want to sleep in my room?”

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 34

“Woah! You didn’t tell me that you already had the latest volume of the Deathnote manga?!” Hitomi got the book at Miki’s table. She quickly jumped on Miki’s bed and read the summary at the back part of the book.

“That’s the reason why I went out of the school immediately after class… Now, were not here to read that new manga… We’re here to talk about something that’s bothering you...” Miki sat beside Hitomi and removed the manga from Hitomi’s hands.

“Onee-san!!!”

“No, this is mine… I’ll let you borrow this after I’ve finished reading this… and after you’ve told me your problem or something...”

“But I don’t have any problems…”

“Then tell me what were you thinking while you were on the balcony?” Miki laid on her bed and looked at Hitomi seriously. Hitomi turned the light off from the lamp beside her and turned her back towards Miki. She could not stand the look on Miki’s eyes. Mixed emotions like sadness, anger and worry could be clearly seen…

“Well, it’s nothing really… I’ve… I’ve just heard some weird story…”

“And what’s that story?”

“Uhmm, there… there’s this girl… who likes on somebody…”

“That’s not new…”

“She has a crush with another girl….”

“EHH?!?” Miki was shocked to hear that kind of news. They heard their mother knocking on Miki’s room.

“Hey, I’ll separate the two of you if you don’t sleep now!” Both of them were silent for a couple of minutes… Hitomi whispered first.

“It’s weird right?”

Miki hugged her sister and tried to turn Hitomi towards her. They were face to face now. “I don’t think it’s a weird story…”

Even if Miki’s room was dark and only the light coming from the moon was the source of illumination, she could clearly see the sincerity in her sister’s eyes. “W.. why?”

“Why? Well, I guess its ok for someone to have a crush on the same sex… I mean… We’re in the 21st century now… There are girls that look like guys and guys that look like girls… It’s their preference not ours and we have to respect and accept them as they are.” Miki stated in a matter-of-fact tone. “You weren’t listening to our gender sensitivity forum last year right?”

“I felt it’s somewhat boring that’s why I slept the whole time… And you were listening because….?” Hitomi asked teasingly.

“Nothing… It just looked like an interesting topic…”

“Is that all? C’mon… You can tell me the truth…” Hitomi started to tickle her sister on her side.

“Stop it! Mom will hear us…” Miki tried to avoid making loud noises. She fought back and tickled her sister too.

“I won’t stop if you don’t tell me…”

“What is there to tell you!?!”

A knock was heard from the other room. Both of them stopped immediately.

“I just thought that you were ONE of them…” Hitomi whispered

“Ehh? What do you mean by that?”

“Well, you don’t let anyone get near me… that’s understandable because of what happened before but… you don’t let me get close to other girls as well…”

“And your point is?”

“My point is… actually it’s just a theory but I thought that you were just doing it because… you’re preventing me to become like you are…Well, I know that I look like a guy because of my hairdo, and girls seems to flock near me… But I just thought that you don’t want another… ‘gay’ member in our family…”

“…. What made you think that theory? Do you have any relevant ‘facts’ about me being gay?” Miki turned her back to Hitomi.

“I don’t have any solid proofs…but I do know that your behavior changed ever since Ishikawa-san became our classmate… Am I right?” Miki didn’t respond…

“I’m correct, right?…. I saw you looking at her in the school’s corridor… You tried to invite her to join our lunch… which you normally wouldn’t do to somebody… and… I guess you liked her because … she’s the only person who defied you and she’s cute …” Hitomi said the last sentence with a hint of sadness. She was thinking about Rika the whole time that she was in the balcony. She was weighing her feelings towards her. The first time she saw Rika, her heart beat very fast… She felt that she had known her somewhere before. And then she started feeling doubts about her real gender. Any normal girl wouldn’t felt that way towards another girl. After Miki said that they’re in the 21st century now and relationships like that were some what normal, she started to see a ray of hope about her new found love but… If her hunch about Miki having a crush on Rika is true, then that means that her rival would be her own sister…

“Onee-san, am I right?” Hitomi sat up and looked at Miki’s face… She saw that her sister was already sleeping peacefully. She was tempted to hit Miki’s face for letting her ramble on things without knowing that Miki’s not listening anymore. She was really annoyed at her sister’s unique characteristic. Miki was a fast sleeper and could sleep anywhere, anytime. She even remembered that they played Tekken on their PS2 last year until the wee hours of the morning and Miki slept at the bus… while standing because the seats were already occupied. Hitomi just plop down brusquely and slept.

Miki opened her eyes and grinned when she felt that her sister already laid down beside her.
“Yeah, you’re right… I’m gay…”

……………
Rika stood up and opened her window to breathe in some fresh air. She looked back at her sleeping friend on her bed. They talked about many things even though they just moved to Tokyo a week ago. The moon was shining brightly that night. It reminded her of the first time that she slept on Maki’s house. She stood up, went to her table and opened a secret drawer. She took out the cell phone that her parents bought her after her graduation in Elementary.

“I guess it’s time for me to use this again after such a long time…”

…………..
“Ohayou Ayumi!!! The breakfast’s ready, just go to the dining area later… I’ll go to school now…”

“Hai, I’ll go to your school at your lunch break… Before I go home…”

“Sure, I’ll meet you at the gate… By the way, you had a cell phone right? What’s your number?” Rika took out her phone from her bag.

Ayumi told her number… She knew that cell phone.. Rika mentioned it to her when she was relating to her, her last moments with Maki.

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 35

“Ohayou Ishikawa-san!!!”

“O..ha..you…” Rika was somewhat shocked to see the two sisters NOT fighting this morning… and she was really shocked when they greeted her at the same time…

“Hey, could you come with us on lunch break?” Miki asked.

“Yeah, I cooked some pasta and sushi..” Hitomi showed her somewhat big bento box.

“I appreciate your efforts but… I have to turn it down again today… I’ll meet up with my friend.

“The one I bumped into yesterday?”

“Hai… she’ll go back to her place today. She was just visiting me.”

“Oh… So I guess you’ll be free to eat with us tomorrow?” Miki asked. Hitomi grinned at her sister.

“I’m right, she’s really gay”
Her smile suddenly disappeared when she thought about her feelings towards their new classmate. She had no power to go against her sister. Miki has a strong character, while she’s the shy type one. Other people view her as a strong person because of their everyday argument at school, but in reality, their argument was only half meant and not a real one. After that, they act like nothing happened. They haven’t had any real argument and she doesn’t want to enter into one. She saw how her sister intimidated even the number one terror boy in their school and because of that; other students thought that she’s a bully too.

“I guess I’m free…”

“Yatta! Did you hear that Hitomi? She’ll eat with us tomorrow…” Miki excitedly said. She shook Hitomi’s shoulder violently.

“Stop it… You’re making me dizzy!!” Hitomi removed her sister’s hands and hit her in the forehead. She was surprised that Miki didn’t bother to hit her back. She just smiled and asked Rika what she wanted to eat tomorrow. Hitomi leaned back on her chair. It’s clear that her sister really liked Rika.

………….
“Want to say goodbye to Ayumi? She’ll go back today?” Rika went to Eri’s seat. It’s almost lunch time and their teacher left to get something for their assignment tomorrow.

“Ok, I’ll tell it to Reina and Sayu too.” Eri smiled at her and Rika quickly went back to her seat when she heard that their teacher was approaching. Eri went immediately to the next room after the school bell rang. She emerges with Sayu and Reina after a few seconds. The four of them went out of their school gate and saw Ayumi waiting for them near the waiting shed.

“Hey, want to eat in a restaurant? It’s my treat today!” Ayumi declared.

“Won’t you have enough money to go back home?” Reina laughed. She remembered Ayumi treating them after their practice in futsal in their elementary days. Maki and Rika did not go with them. They ate a lot and when it was almost time to go home, Ayumi borrowed some money for her fare because all her money had been spent already.

“Hey, I know how to budget my money now… It won’t happen again.”

The six of them went to a restaurant in the mall. They were having a good time when Rika saw someone entering the restaurant.

“Is she a stalker now?” Rika mumbled to herself.

“What? Who?” Ayumi looked at the direction that Rika was looking. Everyone followed.

“Miki-sama…” Eri gasped.
The six of them watched the waiters bowed down before her. It’s different from the usual greeting that they give to the customers.

“Wow, even the waiters here are afraid of her..” Reina said and returned to her lunch.

“I think that she didn’t notice us yet… Don’t make any noise…” Sayu whispered to them and lowered her head. Fear was etched on her face.

“Woah, you’re scared of her? “ How’s that? She’s not that intimidating yesterday when she bumped to me…” Ayumi caused the other 3 to look at her weirdly. “What? Did I say something bad?”

“I guess that she hadn’t seen Miki’s terror full force… She’s been nice lately, especially when Rika came.” Eri exclaimed.

Ayumi looked at her bestfriend… “Now that explains it… She was really annoyed when she bumped into me, but then she immediately said sorry after seeing Rika…” All of them looked at Miki’s direction. She sat near the window and then a waiter gave her a glass of water. After a while, a stern-looking woman approached her. They saw Miki kissed her on her cheek. The woman gave Miki a book. Rika squinted her eyes and saw that it’s a cookbook about Japanese cuisines. Rika remembered their conversation earlier.

……..
“So, what do you want to eat tomorrow?”

“I guess I would like to eat some Okonomiyaki…”

………..
Rika was stirred back to reality when Sayu accidentally spill some juice when she was refilling her glass. Her scream caused some commotion inside the restaurant, everyone looked at their direction.

“Great Sayu! Now, Miki’s gonna see us..” Reina whispered.

True enough, Miki went to their table. “I didn’t notice earlier that you’re here… Hey, Tadayoshi, get some towel here!” Miki shouted towards the waiter near the counter. The woman joined her after a while.

“What’s the problem here?”

“Ano, my friend spilt some juice, accidentally…” Eri explained to the woman. She was somewhat scared at her strict-looking face.

“Did your uniform get wet? There’s a dry-cleaning shop in the 2nd floor.” The woman got the towel from the waiter and wiped the table.

“Mom, I’ll do it, they’re my classmates… Just go back to the kitchen… Thanks for the cookbook.” Miki took the towel and wiped the table.

“Alright then, I’ll go now. Tell Hitomi to go home early. Your father wants to talk to her…. She flashed a smile and bowed to the 5 who were somewhat surprised at the situation “Nice meeting you… ”. The woman went inside the kitchen. Reina gathered her courage and asked Miki.

“Your mom?”

“Hai, we own this restaurant…”

“EHH?!?!?” The four were really surprised at what Miki said.

“Oh yeah, I borrowed this to my mom… I’ll cook Okonomiyaki for our lunch tomorrow… I hope we’ll get to know each other better…. I’ll go now. Hitomi’s waiting for me in our school… See you later!” Miki gave the towel to the waiter and went outside the restaurant, leaving the five, stunned.

[badsaints]

Another chapter explosion!

Both sisters like Rika huh? It's so cute that Miki wants to cook for Rika Guess Hitomi would want to hold back her feelings then to give way to Miki. But since Rika is still holding on to the past, it will be a test for both sisters to melt down that wall

[kuro808]

Sibling rivalry at its best

[rndmnwierd]

Yocharmikitty! With Rika in the middle for once! But, man, I don't know who to root for!

[amEthystx]

ok~~~~~~ It came a little late cause i didn't notice the update..

But.... Miki is soooo adorable.. in a way~ LOL~ She can be really charming if she wants to..

But i'm wondering if she really like Rika...but i guess she is just playing around with her.. and maybe playing with fire is not a good thing.. she might fall for real.. my guess is to get snatch Rika away from Hitomi? She wants to protect her sister...sooo...over protectiveness?

 

[cogi_yoshi]

Another chapter explosion!

Both sisters like Rika huh? It's so cute that Miki wants to cook for Rika Guess Hitomi would want to hold back her feelings then to give way to Miki. But since Rika is still holding on to the past, it will be a test for both sisters to melt down that wall

yeah..another chapter explosion...but since my New Year's Resolution is to stay online at least every 2 or 3days... I guess, I'll just post a chapter or two every time I go online.

Sibling rivalry at its best

ahahaha...blood will be shed..jks

Yocharmikitty! With Rika in the middle for once! But, man, I don't know who to root for!

Don't forget...Aya's here too..  

ok~~~~~~ It came a little late cause i didn't notice the update..

But.... Miki is soooo adorable.. in a way~ LOL~ She can be really charming if she wants to..

But i'm wondering if she really like Rika...but i guess she is just playing around with her.. and maybe playing with fire is not a good thing.. she might fall for real.. my guess is to get snatch Rika away from Hitomi? She wants to protect her sister...sooo...over protectiveness?

ahahaha..you're almost there dude...  




so... here's another update!!!XD



Chapter 36

“You’re going to eat with her tomorrow?! Are you nuts?!” Sayu exclaimed.

“Hitomi will join us also…” Rika said. They were walking back to their school now. Ayumi said goodbye to them and went alone to the train station.

“I think that she likes you…” Eri suddenly blurted out.

“Ehh? What made you say that?”

“Well, it seemed that Miki’s attitude towards you is a lot nicer than to the other students… and I had a feeling that those Yoshizawa sisters were gay.”

“You have a weird taste if you accept her… She’s not even close to Maki’s personality!” Reina exclaimed. Her two bestfriend hit her in the head.

“And do you really think that I’ll do that? In her dreams, pal!” Rika laughed. Deep inside, she’s still not ready for any relationship yet.

………….
“Hey, mom said that dad wanted to talk to you… That’s why you must go home immediately.”

“Immediately? Ok then, I’ll go there now.” Hitomi stood up from her seat but was immediately thrown down by Miki.

“Baka, after school!”

“You should told me all the details..”

“Were you making fun of me?”

“No, I’m not…” She then noticed the book that Miki was holding. “Hey, did you go to the restaurant?”

“Hmmm, yah… I borrowed it to mom so that I can study how to make Okonomiyaki for tomorrow.” Miki opened the cookbook and started browsing the contents. She stopped on the page containing the recipe for Okonomiyaki.

“Why not study it later when we get home?” Hitomi was really amazed at her sister’s action. She put her two hands under her chin and observed how her sister was smiling while reading the book.

“So that I can try it out immediately when we get home…” Miki replied nonchalantly.

“Why not let mom cook it for you?”

“Ehh?” Miki looked at her sister and smiled … “That wouldn’t be special if I’m not the one who cooked it, right?”

………..
Miki immediately went to the kitchen as soon as she set foot on their house. Hitomi on the other hand went to their father’s study. She knocked three times before she heard her father, signaling her to come in.

“So, what have you been up to lately?” Mr. Yoshizawa asked her daughter as soon as she entered the room. Hitomi went directly to the seat in front of her father’s desk.

“Last summer vacation, Onee-san and I joined the futsal training camp on our school. We became the captain and sub-captain for this years varsity line-up… then…”

“Were you bullied this time?” Her father cut her off. He looked at Hitomi straight in the eyes.

“No… Not yet, I guess… But Miki’s always there to protect me.”

“You must not depend on your sister too much. You must learn to fight back too. I know its wrong too hurt other people but you have a reason to do that… It’s called self defense. You’re so nice that that people wanted to take advantage of it… “

“Hai, I’ll try to fight back from now on…”

“Good, that’s my daughter… So, what are you’re activities for tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow, we will choose what club we want to be part of for the rest of the year. Onee-san and I are automatically members of the varsity club…”

“Can’t you join other clubs other than futsal?”

“I know how to play basketball…”

“Other clubs other than sports? I heard from your mother that Miki’s learning how to cook… I thought that maybe she’s trying to join the Culinary club just like your mother.”

“She’s just trying to impress someone…” Hitomi said to herself.

“What did you say? Who’s she trying to impress?”

“Oh crap… I’m so dead when Onee-san will learn that I told it to Otousan…”
“Ano, Onee-san’s just trying to… ah… impress our new classmate.. She can’t believe that mom is a well known cook before and Miki bragged that she can cook just like mom… Yeah, that’s it. That’s why Onee-san borrowed mom’s cookbook because she promised that she’ll let her taste her cooking.” Hitomi lied. She just hoped that her conversation with her father will come to an end immediately.

“Is that so? That’s so Miki.. Boasting things that she can’t sometimes do… But will try every thing to prove that she can do it… I’m glad that she’s beginning to be friendly towards others… She didn’t tell that part yesterday though… Well then, the main reason why I want to talk to you is, I’m going back to America again two days from now… Do you want anything you want me to buy for you?”

“Ehh, why so fast? You just came back yesterday?... I don’t want anything for now.” Hitomi sadly said.

“We had a big project there… That’s why I need to come back as soon as possible… Well, you can always e-mail me if you want something, ok? You may go now.”

“Hai, arigatou!” Hitomi stood up and went outside. The aroma of the Okonomiyaki is filling their house that’s why she went to the kitchen to check what Miki is doing. “For a first timer like you… That’s smells delicious..” She commented.

“Wait till you taste it… Hehehe… That was fast… It only took you 10 minutes.” Miki said without looking at her sister. Her vision was fixated on the food she’s cooking.

“Well, it’s he just asked me about certain things…”

When it was dinner, Miki served her Okonomiyaki as a side dish. Miki was pleased that it turned out delicious. Hitomi was somewhat envious on what will Rika say to her sister’s cooking.

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 37

“Hey let’s eat outside, under the Sakura tree. It’ll feel like we’re having a picnic.” Hitomi suddenly suggested while they were on their way to the cafeteria. Miki patted her shoulders.

“I like the way you think, sis. We’ll enjoy our lunch more because of the scenery. Come on!” Miki pulled Rika towards the exit of the building. Rika was silent all through the way to the tree.

Hitomi put down her jacket and Miki put their bento boxes on it. She signaled everyone to sit. Miki opened the box and gave them to Hitomi and Rika.

“Itadakimasu!!” They started to eat the dish that Miki prepared early in the morning. Rika was somewhat trying to stop her tears from falling. Hitomi noticed it.

“Hey, are you alright?”

“It’s delicious…” Rika mumbled. She didn’t have the courage to tell the real reason for it. That situation reminded her of the times Maki and her were eating their home made lunch under the sakura tree.

“Hey, you don’t have to cry because my cooking’s great… You’ll spoil the mood…” Miki said. She was somewhat surprised to see someone tearing up because of tasting a delicious food. And she really thought that it could only happen in animes.

“Yeah, you’re not like weird guy chef in Yakkitate Japan! You don’t have to do some weird reactions when you eat something delicious.” It’s a lame joke but Rika immediately laughed at it resulting in her being choked by the food that she’s eating.

“BAKA!! Look at what you did to her!” Miki yelled at Hitomi. Hitomi quickly grabbed Miki’s decanter and let Rika drink from it. Hitomi saw the widening of Miki’s eyes. She mouthed the words “sorry” to her sister. Rika coughed a little bit before giving off a sigh of relief.

“Thanks, you saved me there…” Rika managed to give off a weak smile to Hitomi. She blushed a little but her happiness was somewhat stopped when she heard her sister’s scary voice.

“That’s my water jug…” Hitomi was dumbfounded. To whom was her sister referring to; to her for taking and giving the jug to Rika… or to Rika who drank Miki’s precious water.

“Gomen, I didn’t….” Hitomi said while lowering her head.

“Hahahaha… You’re scared? That’s payback for making Rika choke with your lame joke.” Miki got her decanter and drank the remaining water… She smiled at Rika.

“The water tasted sweet after you’ve drank from my bottle….”
Rika looked on the ground. She couldn’t stand the penetrating look that Miki was giving her. Add Hitomi’s irksome comment; her face was as red as a tomato.

“Onee-san!!! THAT’S INDIRECT KISSING!!!!”

“So what? Any rejections?” Miki said mockingly at Hitomi. Hitomi just shook her head and just focused on eating her lunch. Rika didn’t say anything and just continued eating. They were silent all throughout the meal. When they were returning to their classroom, Hitomi and Rika were both shocked at what Miki did. She put her arms on Rika’s shoulders while they were walking back.

“Ano sa…” Rika removed Miki’s arms on her shoulder. “Thanks for inviting me to eat with the two of you; I need to go somewhere else now… Ja!” Rika started to run, without her knowing where to go. She just wanted to escape the tight predicament she’s in.

…………..
“Stop doing that… You’re scaring her.” Hitomi said after Rika had left them.

“I’m not scaring her…. I’m being very nice to her, don’t you see that?”

“…My theory’s right, you’re gay…”

“What theory? And what’s wrong with being gay?”

“You should have an idea about my theory if you didn’t sleep while I was explaining it to you the other night!”

“Oh…” Miki grinned. She remembered that night her sister slept in her room. She purposely tried to act that she was sleeping. She didn’t want to answer Hitomi that time.

………….
The afternoon was somewhat busy. It’s the assigned day for them to choose their desired extra-curricular club for the entire school year. Miki bugged Rika to try out for the futsal team. Rika declined Miki’s offer and decided to try out in the women’s basketball team. She was not surprised when she was accepted. When she and Maki were practicing futsal in their subdivision park, Maki would always get the ball and shoot it in the basketball ring. Maki taught her how to play basketball after their futsal practice.

“Why didn’t you join us?” Reina asked when Rika sat on the bench.

“Yeah, our team will become much stronger if you were added in our varsity list.” Eri seconded.
“I would like to try other sports, that’s all… and… I have a favor to the three of you.” Rika looked at them and stretched out her pinky finger. “Please don’t tell anyone that I knew how to play futsal, onegai.”

The three were dumbfounded but Sayu was the first one to shrug it off and entwined her pinky finger on Rika’s. “I don’t know what you’re thinking right now but I promise you, I won’t tell it to a single soul here.”

“Yeah, me too…” Eri flashed a smile at Rika. The three of them looked at Reina.

“I guess I have no choice…” Reina intertwined her pinky finger and sighed. She was somewhat happy that she let her infatuation on Maki pass and was rescued from the intense pain that she might have felt when Maki died.
”Sometimes, its much better for us to care than to love… because when you care, you’re safe from losing the person you care for
But when you love, you can lose everything you’re scared of losing forever.”

“Thanks guys! I really appreciate your help… I’m trying hard to move on..”

“Yeah, but choosing Miki is really not a good way to move on... I saw what she did to you while you’re on the way to our room.”
The three of them looked back on the owner of the voice. “Hi!”

“Aya!... You didn’t hear what we are talking about… right?” Rika asked nervously.

“All I heard was something about you trying to move on… I saw you making some sort of promise with your pinky fingers that’s why I decided to check it out.”

“Oh, but I guess we can’t tell it to you… it’s our secret…” Sayu gave out a peace sign to Aya while smiling.

“It’s ok… I won’t ask about it… But I’ll just give this advice to Rika, try to know Miki first before being to cuddly with her. You haven’t seen her real personality yet.”



I'll just leave it here for now..

[kuro808]

“Itedekimasu!!” They started to eat the dish that Miki prepared early in the morning. Rika was somewhat trying to stop her tears from falling. Hitomi noticed it.

It is Itadakimasu  sorry I just noticed that and I needed to inform you on that, now back to the chapters

Miki making a move is such her, like her cooking 

[cogi_yoshi]

^Thanks! ahahaha..I'm too lazy to check what I've written 2years ago...I've already changed it.

[rndmnwierd]

Hoho? Is Aya jealous? Can't wait for another update.


Gotta run now.

EDIT: Okay, back now. Will finish my meager reply.

I think it's so cute how much Miki changes in Rika's presence, learning to cook the dish and the eating under the romantic tree, deal. I think, Ishoyoshi fan that I am, I'm kinda rooting for Charmikitty YoAya in this. Just because both are so wrong, yet so right. Like Tanagaki...

And Rika, poor girl just can't get over her first, tragic heartbreak. Being reminded of Maki at every turn, it's no wonder she'd turn her back on futsal. Makes me wonder if history will repeat itself and just what lengths she'll go to, to avoid it.

[badsaints]

Is Miki's niceness to Rika genuine and because she like Rika? Or is she just playing along since Rika snubbed her the other day? She gives me the impression that she's starting to fall for Rika

Oh Aya is jealous of Rika?

[cogi_yoshi]

Gaaah!!!I've been gone for a long time!!! Sorry about that... It's just that the combination of having a crazy internet connection and being pretty busy with work was the reason... I just logged in so that somehow I posted something this Feb...and I'll do it with another chapter explosion..


Chapter 38


“What’s her real personality?” Rika asked curiously.

“Well, it’s just that… she’s always making other people stay away from them. You know, like the F4 in Hana Yori Dango… She wouldn’t want anyone to enter in their own world.” Aya explained as she sat right next to Rika.

“But Makino had been able to ‘enter’ in Domyouji’s little world and changed him right? Try to think about it… Rika’s somewhat like Makino Tsukushi, and Miki’s Domyouji Tsukasa!” Sayu exclaimed.

“Yeah your right! And maybe Hitomi is… ano… Hanazawa Rui? She’s somewhat the shy type.” Eri seconded while massaging her imaginary beard.

“Why are you comparing me with that anime? Geez, that’s the weirdest thing that I’ve heard today.”
“Onee-san!!! THAT’S INDIRECT KISSING!!!!”
“Correction, that’s the second WEIRDEST thing that I’ve heard today.”

“And what’s the first?” Reina asked playfully.

“You don’t wanna know…”

“Anyways, just be careful with them… So you won’t get hurt.” Aya said the last part with a hint of sadness.

“I smell like someone’s got a grudge on Miki! My ‘gay’ radar’s never failed me. I always have a hunch that you have a crush on Hitomi but her sister’s always in the way… right?” Eri poked Aya’s side.

Aya stood up to leave. She turned back at them; her face was filled with sadness.
“You don’t know what’s the real reason behind it…” After saying that, she went out of the gym.

“Ok… what was that?” Reina said. All of them were silent until Sayu suddenly remembered that they have to facilitate the students who wanted to join in the futsal club. They said goodbye to Rika and left. Rika on the other hand was immersed in her own world, thinking deeply.

……….
“I should have joined the basketball club….”

“What were you saying sis, I didn’t catch that?” Miki sarcastically said.

“I said, I should have joined the basketball club also. Dad said yesterday that I should try other sports, and I would like to join basketball club because it’s my second favorite sport.” Hitomi elucidated without looking at her sister.

“Is that the real reason or because Rika joined that club? Don’t you dare come near her.” Miki said in a flat tone. Hitomi could sense that her sister was trying to restrain her anger… or jealousy? Hitomi knew that the slightest change of tone of Miki means that her mood is also changing. Though other people didn’t notice such a minute change, being Miki’s sister, she knew when or when not to press the matter further. She just stood silent and focused on watching the students who were trying to get in the club.

……….
“But Makino has been able to ‘enter’ in Domyouji’s little world and changed him right?”

“Was I like Makino? What is it in me that make other people change their behavior?”
Rika whispered to herself. She was studying what happened in the past and her situation right now. She was able to change Maki… or she was able to make Maki return to her normal self, as she said in her revelation in the Ferris wheel. And now, Miki. She just heard the rumor that Miki’s somewhat a bully or a terror student in this school but she never saw her in full force. She just had a glimpse of that attitude when Miki and Hitomi were fighting almost every morning.

Maki was different from Miki. She approached Maki with a goal to become her friend at first but eventually it evolved in them being more than friends. Miki on the other hand approached her at first like a predator on her prey but then after a short period of time, Miki was the one making the first move for them to become more than friends. Rika was thinking at this thought, deeply that she didn’t notice the ball coming her way.

“Rika, abunai!”

“Was that Maki’s voice?” Rika looked up and saw the ball coming. She immediately caught it with her hands.

“That was close… It’s good that I went here just in time… Are you alright?”

Rika looked back to see the person whom the voice was coming.
“Ehh? What are you doing here? I thought that you’re facilitating the club?”

“I left it to Hitomi for a while. I just want to check on you.” Miki replied while smiling.

Rika tried to hide her blushing face. “Thanks… If it weren’t for you, the ball might have hit my face...”

“Ishikawa! It’s your turn to play!” The basketball coach, Iida-sensei shouted across the gym. Rika bowed to Miki and ran towards the court to give back the ball, and join the game.

Rika was annoyed at herself for being super conscious about her every move, knowing that Miki’s watching her from the sides. She tried to compose herself, and focused hard on the game. After a while, the game was finished and Rika’s team won. Miki got Rika’s towel from the bag and stood up.

“Sugoi! You’re really good at basketball…” Miki tried to wipe Rika’s sweat off her face, but Rika got the towel from Miki’s hand and wiped it off herself.

“Thanks, shouldn’t you be back at the field? I guess your team is waiting for you.”

“Nah, they are HAPPY that I’m not there… Besides, I want to spend more time with you.”

Rika stared at Miki. This girl was making her perplex.
”I see myself at her when I was ‘bugging’ Maki… I was so persistent back then… Will she be able to make me close to her? Did she really change because of me?”

……………
“Hitomi! Where’s your sister?! We need her now!” Nakazawa’s roar was enough to make the whole field tense though she was only referring to one person. Hitomi put on a ‘surprised’ look.

“I don’t know, she was here a minute ago…”

“Well, for your information, she’s been missing for almost 20 minutes! Now go find your sister!”

Hitomi went inside their building. She had a hunch about her sister’s whereabouts. She went directly in the gym and saw that Miki was talking to Rika at the bench. She saw that Rika was still somewhat aloof to her sister.
You must learn to fight back too. I know its wrong too hurt other people but you have a reason to do that… It’s called self defense. You’re so nice that that people wanted to take advantage of it…


“Can I do it? Will I gather enough courage to fight with my sister? This is the first time that I felt this way towards another person…. Rika…. I really like you…”

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 39

“Onee-san! Nakazawa-sensei’s looking for you!” Hitomi shouted from the door of the gym. She smiled briefly at Rika and went out.

“Oh man! I guess my happy time’s over. Take care and be alert always so that you won’t get hurt, got that?”

Rika nodded in response to Miki. She was shocked when Miki unexpectedly kissed her cheek and ran away. She stood motionless for a few minutes, trying to process what had just happened.

……….
“Hey sis, you alright?” Miki stopped to wait for her sister who’s walking rather slowly right now.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Hitomi lied. Her stomach’s been hurting like hell. She hadn’t eaten anything since this lunch and now, it’s almost 10 in the evening. She’s just drinking lots of water to pacify her grumbling stomach. Surprisingly, there were many students who tried out this year but only 3 were chosen because of the high standards of Nakazawa-sensei. She didn’t expect that they will come home, this late.

“You sure? You look so pale…” Hitomi could not stand Miki’s concerned look. She’s somehow feeling guilty about it. She made up her mind earlier. Actually, besides minding her grumbling stomach, her mind was wandering off; she’s busy thinking about her feelings towards Rika while playing futsal on the field.

She must face herself first before facing Rika. She must learn how to be strong; mentally, physically, and emotionally. If Miki can, and WILL do anything, she must also do it, and 10 times harder than what Miki had done in order to succeed. A realization hit her; she’s ready to sacrifice her sister that she love and respect, in order to be with Rika. Knowing Miki, she knew that she wouldn’t bear a grudge against her for a long time.

“Don’t worry about me. I’m just so tired from the practice.” Hitomi lied and walked faster. Miki followed her immediately and messed up her blonde hair.

“There’s a ghost behind us…” Miki tried to sound scary but it was obvious that she was restraining her laughter. She ran towards the direction of their house which was only a good 15 minute walk from school.

“MOU!!! DON’T SCARE ME AND DON’T YOU EVER TOUCH MY HAIR AGAIN!!”

“STOP SCREAMING OR YOU”LL WAKE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD!”

“BUT YOU’RE SCREAMING TOO!!!” Hitomi didn’t mind her stomach and ran faster. She caught her sister and jumped on her back. Miki supported her sister and gave her a piggy-back ride.

“You’ve become heavy… And I thought that you’ve lost weight… We should switch places, you know. It’s not fair that I’m always the one who’s carrying you.” It was only a joke. Miki always like to carry her sister ever since they were small.

“You want to experience it too? Ok, tonight, I’ll be the one to carry you.” Hitomi jumped off from her sister’s back. She lowered her back a little bit because though Miki was older, it’s not that obvious because she was taller than Miki. Miki wrapped her hands around Hitomi’s neck. Hitomi put her hands under her sister’s butt in order to support her weight. Hitomi started to walk towards their home.

“Suteki!!! Now I see why you always want me to carry you… This feels so good!” Miki tightened her hug making Hitomi choke a little.

“Ne-san… I.. can’t… breathe…”

“GOMEN!!! gomen… Ureshii” Miki loosened her grip a little and rested her head on Hitomi’s shoulder. “I’ll let you sleep in my room and read all my manga tonight.”

……………
“Oi, what’s with that blank look of yours? Are the aliens from outer space’s contacting you again? Come back here to earth!” After almost 4 long years, Mr. Ishikawa didn’t change a little. He’s still the same father who likes to tease her daughter with his lame jokes.

“Yeah, they were asking me if they could take me to their planet and be their queen.” Rika responded nonchalantly. She’s not the same Rika who would always pout her mouth and be annoyed when she was being teased. She learned how to counter-attack her father’s jokes.

“Please stop that… We’re eating our dinner… By the way, what club did you join this year?”

“Basketball club… I’m finished … I’ll go to my room now!” Rika stood up went upstairs.


………….
“What time will dad leave tomorrow morning?” Hitomi asked without looking up from the book that she was reading. Miki snuggled beside her.

“If I remember it correctly… the plane will leave at around 6am… and you need to be in the airport, 1-2 hours before the flight so, approximately, he’ll leave this house at around 4 in the morning.” Miki explained while hugging her sister tighter. She knew that Hitomi was really fond of their father that’s why it’ll be hard for her to see him go away again.

“Onee-chan, you’ll break my bones…” Hitomi laughingly said. She put down the manga that she was reading and turned off her sister’s lamp. She lay down beside Miki and closed her eyes. “Onee-chan, how does it feel to fall in love?”

“Ehh? Nani?! Stop thinking about those stupid things and sleep right now. You said earlier that you’re tired right?”

“Were you avoiding my question? Seriously, what did you feel when Rika came into your life?”

“Ehh? You’re acting weird today… I guess the air from your stomach went into your mind, distorting the way you think.”

“Just answer my question!” Silence followed after Hitomi raised her voice. “I promise, I’ll sleep right after I get your answer.”

“Happy… I guess that’s always what people feel when they’re in love right? Now you got my answer, let’s sleep now or you’ll not be able to wake up early to bid otousan, goodbye.”

“Happy?......... maybe for some people… But I’m feeling some sort of loneliness and confusion right now… I love the two of you, but I must let one of you go to be happy with the other… Will I be contented when I loose one of you? Where’s my courage earlier? And why the heck am I thinking about these things? I want to sleep now… I want to say something to father tomorrow…”

[cogi_yoshi]

Chapter 40

“Yoh, sis… WAKE UP!!! Dad will leave in 30mins!” Miki shook her sister violently. Hitomi opened her eyes and looked at her wrist watch. It showed 3:30 in the morning. Hitomi quickly jumped out the bed and went to the bathroom.

“Hey, use your own bathroom!” Miki tried to open the door but it’s already locked. She heard Hitomi shouting from inside.

“Gomen! Use my bathroom for now… and also my towel because I’m going to use yours!”

“Didn’t mom talk about PERSONAL hygiene?! I shouldn’t have let you sleep here!” Miki got her clothes and a new towel from her cabinet and went to Hitomi’s room. Miki’s already finished after 20 minutes. She put on her clothes before going out of the bathroom. She saw Hitomi wearing ‘her’ towel and looking for clothes on the cabinet.

“You look good in my towel…” Miki grinned and lightly touched Hitomi’s bottom.

“STOP IT!!!... Don’t bother me for a while!” Miki was somewhat shocked. This was the first time that she heard her sister’s tone with such urgency. It’s as if her life depended on it.

“Don’t spend too much time in changing. We’ll leave in about 10 minutes and you still have to eat breakfast.” Miki went out of her sister’s room after saying that. Her sister’s acting weird since yesterday. Something or someone must be bothering her.

“If those school boys were bullying her again, I’ll really beat them into pieces!”


………..
“Ohayou!” Miki quickly stood up and pulled out Rika’s chair. Hitomi, on the other hand, looked like she was sleeping.

“Ohayou… what happened with her? You’re not fighting this morning?” Rika sarcastically replied.

“Is that a joke? Well, we’ve been up since 3:30 in the morning. I’m somewhat sleepy too.”

“Why? What did you do?”

“We bid farewell to our father. He went again to US again. Hitomi’s really fond of our father that’s why… it’s hard for her to see him go away again…”

“What’s his line of work?” Rika curiously asked while putting her things on her desk.

“He’s a general surgeon at first… But his well known for his talent in plastic surgery..”

“Matte,… Yoshizawa? You’re not talking about Dr. Yusaku Yoshizawa right?!”

“Hai, he’s our father” It was Hitomi who replied this time. She stretched out her hand upward and yawned. “But we want to keep a low profile so please don’t tell anybody about it.” Hitomi grinned like a kid, showing all of her teeth.

“Ha… hai…” Rika bit her lip, trying to prevent a laugh from escaping. But she couldn’t stop smiling.

“Ehh? Nani?” Miki looked at Hitomi and laughed hard.

“Hey that’s rude! I tried to stop my laughter but..”

“It’s ok… It’s just Hitomi, it’s not like you’ll hurt her feelings by that” Miki continued to laugh. Hitomi stopped her grinning.

“Waaah, onee-san’s laughing at me…Hidoi!!! Ahuhuhu” Hitomi crossed her arms on her face and pretended to cry. Miki increased the volume of her laughing even more and if the desk could only voice out what it’s feeling, it would surely shout at Miki for hitting ‘it’ so hard.

“Will you stop laughing at her? Even if it’s a joke, it may leave some negative impression on your sister’s self-esteem!” Rika said loudly. Hitomi looked up. Miki stopped laughing and glared at Rika.

“We’re just having fun! Can’t you see that?! We’ve been fighting and bickering at each other for” Miki looked at Hitomi and her angry tone subsided. “a long time now… Gomen, I raised my voice to you. It’s just that… though we look like we always cut each other’s throat… We respect and love each other VERY MUCH.” She emphasized the last two words before going out of the room.

“Onee-san! Where are you going?” Hitomi shouted.

“Need to take a leak or else my panties will be soaking wet!!”

Hitomi burst into laughter. Her sister’s frankness sometimes is really embarrassing. She looked at Rika’s shocked reaction.

“That’s my sister… Sometimes I wish to put a tape on her mouth so that she wouldn’t be able to say those things that would surely make someone’s mouth fall…”

Rika laughed a little bit but she immediately tried to compose herself. “Though the two of you were siblings, your attitudes were very….”

“Different? Yah, we get that comment a lot. It’s not new to us.” Hitomi grinned widely again.

“Stop that! You’re making me laugh again…” Rika hit Hitomi’s shoulder and Hitomi pretended to get knocked off her chair. Rika tried to catch her falling classmate but she was caught in the momentum and they both fell down, with Rika on top. They were motionless for a few seconds until Rika stood up and went to sit in her chair.

“I want to see Rika’s smile more often… I hope you would always smile warmly at me.”

……..
“Ohayou”

“Ohayou” Miki moved past her classmate and into the cubicle.

“Where’s your sister?”

“Why do you need to know?” Aya didn’t say anything right away. After a minute of being silent, she finally thought of a plausible answer to Miki’s ‘threatening’ question.

“Nothing, it’s because that you’re always together that it feels awkward to see you or her, alone.”

“I just need to take a pee and I don’t have to bring along my sister here. And first and foremost….” Miki opened the door and went directly to Aya wearing her ever famous ‘death glare’. “It’s none of your business. You’re just our classmate so just butt off!”

Miki slammed the door shut, leaving Aya on deep on her thoughts.

“I hope Rika will be fine…”