Chapter One: Welcome to my Home
Gumi spread herself across her bed and sighed. The day had been terrible, and all she wanted to do was sleep. She had made almost twenty five dollars in tips that afternoon, and of course someone just had to come and steal it. Lily would be disappointed, she knew.
"GUMI! IT'S YOU'RE TURN TO COOK DINNER!" Cul screamed from the kitchen. Gumi grunted and walked gloomily down the stairs.
"Yay! Gumi's cooking today!" Gachapoid cheered, pounding his little hands happily on the kitchen table! "And not Lily!" Lily glared at her little brother, while Cul tried hard not to crack up.
Gumi smiled and got ingredients out of the cabinet. "Where's Gakupo?" she asked, realizing her oldest brother wasn't with the rest of her family. Lily sighed and pulled out the chair next to Gachapoid. "He's working late tonight. I'm worried that he won't get any sleep tonight. Plus you all have school tomorrow."
Gumi, Gakupo, Cul, Lily, and Gachapoid were all orphans that lived in a small house they could barely afford. They were so close; they even called each other "brother" or "sister". Although, none of them even looked like each other except Gumi and Gachapoid.
Since Gachapoid was too young to go to school, Lily, the most responsible, stayed home everyday to look after him. She hoped that Gumi, the smartest, would one day get a job to make money for the family. Gumi didn't like this pressure; she wanted to be an artist when she grew up. Of course, she knew this would never happen.
Gumi smiled when she heard the word "school". The one thing that didn't keep her from having a mental breakdown everyday was school. That was because of one boy who was in almost all of her classes, Kaito Shion.
Gumi had liked Kaito for as long as she could remember. He was sweet, cute, and smart. His sea blue hair fell slightly past his ears, with his bangs slightly touching his eyebrows. He had matching colored eyes and a beautiful smile. Gumi had never seen Kaito smile directly at her, but she had caught glimpses of him smiling at Miku, his girlfriend.
"Gumi! Are you done yet?! I'm hungry!" Gachapoid jumped up and down.
"Huh? Oh!" Gumi snapped out of her daydream. She took some plates out of the cabinet and gave them to everyone. She couldn't wait for school tomorrow.