I sat along at train booth watching the passing foliage and mountains with anxiety it's been five years since I've been in hikarizaka, my old hometown I'm sure friends if I can still use the term have moved on extricating themselves from my life. So I guess I'm going in there a completely new person, a good thing to. My train of thought was interrupted by a light squeeze on my hand "mitsuru-nii are you ok" I looked over to the cause of the voice and cracked a fake smile. "Yea … don't worry sis I'm fine" she was my younger sister by about two years, 14 while I'm 15, but she seems even younger about 4,11 light green hair and the same bight orange eyes as me. She blinked at me obviously unconvinced "are you thinking about mom" I didn't want to respond. our mother died a month ago leaving us with no one so we had to come back here because of the fact hikarizaka had a dorm and mother knew the dorm lady so it wouldn't be hard to get into high school here. "Aiko…"
"it's ok I miss her too , but we can't be so depressed about it , she wouldn't want us to be depressed" Aiko smiled reassuringly at me, sometimes I feel as if I'm the younger sibling with her. The train screeched to a stop as the doors flung open ,I grabbed our suitcases and we walked off the train "so where do we go from here" she asked cheerfully , I put my finger to my chin in response, "umm if I remember the hikarizaka dorms are around here" she stuck her fist up and cheered "let go!" I couldn't help but laugh at her enthusiasm. We walked for about a good 10 minutes before ending up outside the male dormitory I reached for the door when some greater instinct told me to get out of the way. I grabbed aikos arm and jumped out of the way as a swarm of large boys bolted through the doors followed by a woman in a blue ponytail who stopped by the door panting "dam immature boys … going to give me a heart attack one of these days" I looked a little bit in awe at her all these years and she is still as beautiful as I remember though I couldn't see it back then "sagara-sempai" she turned to me looking me over "oh you must be the new kid" she stood up to look at me closer, her eyes then went wide in surprise "mitsuru is that you my god you've grown" I just scratched my head a bit embarrassed "well it has been five years " I responded . misae sighed "well I feel old now" she looked over to aiko who had remained silent the whole time "you must be little aiko, well not so little anymore mind you but still" she hugged aiko tightly aiko flinched then settled quietly into her arms resting her head against misae's chest. "so why did you all come back to this town I thought you two left permanently" I gritted my teeth then reluctantly explained our situation in misaes room, "I see … I'm sorry it must be very hard for you two" she said sipping from a can of tea. "we are fine" I said flatly, misae looked at me worriedly "well if you plan on staying here I can give you a dorm room however aiko will stay with me" aiko looked up and nodded, "yes ma'am" misae got up and went to a dresser she rustled through it then tossed me a key "use that room 106 got it" I just nodded and stood leaving her room. I left the dormitories and took a walk around town in all this time hikarizaka had not changed its still the peaceful little town I remember growing up with.
After quite a bit of walking I came down one of the most familiar roads, the road my house rested on I didn't want any unneeded memories so I just passed by it coming across a house that had fallen into vile disrepair its gardens and foliage were severely overgrown its gardening shed a rusted husk of former glory and lawn chairs and tables sprawled about, surely no one in their right mind would live here. I decided I was going to have some fun so taking a large stone I chucked it at the house unfortunately my aim was horrid and it flew straight into a window I instinctively slid up against a wall out of sight. As soon as I did the wooden front door creaked open ,I peeked around the corner and caught a glimpse of a girl standing there she had a near violet hair tied back into pigtails orange hair bobbles still leaving a tuft in the middle her purple eyes scanned the area not noticing me she held a book she must have been reading at the time. After a few moments she uttered a small sigh walking back inside. I turned the corner a walked away quickly I felt bit guilty not apologizing but I knew a day in prison would not be a good way to spend my first day. I couldn't shake the fact that I knew that girl from somewhere as well possibly an old acquaintance, I shrugged it off making my way back to the dorms it's been a long day and now I wish to rest.