Kotori: (Koh)-(tor)-(ree)
Shido:(sheedo)
Tobe: (toe)-(bee)
Tome: (Toe)-(may)
Tohka: (Toe)-(ka)
11/09/17: My story: Date A Live
It was sunset. I walked across the street. It was unusually quiet at this time of day. It's been 3 weeks since the last spatial quake happened. They say that it was the one that caused the destruction of one whole street to disappear. So many people injured and a minority of lives lost. This so called 'spatial quake' is similar to an earthquake but instead of happening under the earth, it happens in the sky. Meteorologists describe a spatial quake as a massive barrier that consumes and destroys whatever makes contacts with it.
The road was completely empty, for a Sunday, but usually, everyone uses this road to get to the city. Maybe they don't want to or found another route. I walked for another 5 or so minutes and crossed the road quickly and cautiously. On my way home, I was thinking about the quake.
The sun was going down and it began to turn dark. It felt like I was sucked into a black hole and would never be able to escape. The trees began to wave their brown, leafy branches above me. I looked up and saw the white crescent moon. The beautiful gloomy brightness from the moon gave me a sense of light. I was carrying some food in some bags so I can cook something when I returned home. A person was walking ahead of me while on his phone, I could hear him slightly talking to somebody on the phone. I was gradually getting close to home and all of a sudden, I heard some cars. As I was ready to walk across the road, I looked both ways as I soon realised that there were no cars. Maybe it's because I was tired.
I was at the front door of my house. As I stepped on the front step, the rain slowly fell on top of me.
I walked in and said calmly, "I'm home!"
I didn't hear much but the sounds coming from the Tv.
"Kotori, are you in the living room?" I asked. Kotori is my annoying little sister, long red hair in two separate loops. Light brown eyes and the nicest smile, for a little brat. She is only 14 years old and all she does is laze around the place, not doing anything at all. What's worse is that she goes to the same school I go to so guess how I feel?
"Yes, I'm in the living room, hurry up and cook something because I'm starving!" She is such a spoiled brat, like that time in the shopping centre, all she wanted was food. Nothing but food. I almost ran out of money because of her, it was a fun time though. To be honest, I would be lost without her.
"Yeah, I'm going to, calm down you brat." I moaned at her. I walked into the living room, the best part of the house. An L- shaped sofa in the middle of the room and in front of it, hanging on the wall is our TV. Amazing quality too. My parents got it for my 15th birthday. 4k 65'' with amazing sound quality, best for watching films.
At the back of the room, was the kitchen. I walked to the kitchen, placed the bags on the counter and put on my apron. The apron Kotori got me when we went shopping, white with a blue wave going around the bottom of it and on the front, it said, "I'm the best!"
"So, what do you want to eat?" I asked Kotori.
"Um… let's see – "
"Can you hurry up please?"
"Shut up, Shido. I don't know what I want to eat today!"
Oh, right I forgot it introduce myself, I'm such an idiot. My name is Shido, Shido Itsuka. I'm 16 years old and I like to take responsibility for everything. Well, ever since my parents died. There was a spatial quake and we were told that they were dead from the intensity of the quake. It was sad for me and Kotori to apprehend and it was hard to cope with. Anyway, let's get back to what's happening now.
"Maybe it's because you've eaten pretty much everything. Look, how about homemade pizza? You can come and help me if you want to. How does that sound?" This should get her to stop being lazy.
"hmm… Ok, that sounds good. Thanks, big bro." Finally, I don't have to cook by myself, this should be easy for her since I'm here to help. She's never cooked before so this will give her some experience when it comes to cooking.
I grabbed the flour and opened it and a cloud of flour sprung out of the bag.
"Ok, first off I need a bowl."
"Shido? Umm..." I turned around only to see her on the floor with a large cut on her knee. Drops of blood slowly slid from her knee and fell onto the floor.
"Oh my god, are you ok? What happened?!" Tears fell from her eyes and slowly slid down her mildly red face. The room fell silent. Nothing was heard but the sounds of blood dripping onto the floor.
"I-I-I was walking to the cupboard, I slipped and cut my knee," Kotori said crying mildly. She started to cry more. I got up and walked to the cupboard and grabbed the first aid kit. I opened it and I looked for a bandage. Plasters, wipes, safety pins and bandages. I grabbed the antiseptic wipes and bandages.
"Ok. I need to clean the cut with these antiseptic wipes. It will sting for a while when I put it on, but you can hold onto me so it won't hurt, ok?"
"O-Ok, just get it over with." I applied the wipes on her cut and as it touched her skin, she wrapped her arms onto my shoulder. I lightly wiped her knee so it was cleaned. Kotori's eyes were closed the whole time and I heard quiet squeals coming from her because of the pain.
"Ok. All done, now for the bandage." I wrapped the bandage around her knee and put a safety pin to secure it.
"How does that feel?" She stopped crying and opened her eyes. Tears were still sliding down her soft, red face. She looks at the bandage and began to wriggle her leg and she happily said, "It's all better. Thanks, big bro!" we both got up and carried on making the pizza. We prepared the dough and grabbed a wooden base to get the pizza base into shape. We both worked together to get the base of the pizza ready. Once we finished, both of us were both think for a while. I don't know what I was thinking about but, when I looked at Kotori, she wasn't just daydreaming. I don't really know what she was thinking about.
Her hair began to sway in the wind as if she was a flag pole standing tall in the majestic night sky. For a while I was trying to figure out what she was thinking about, then it hit me.
She looked blank and unaware of her surroundings.
"Kotori, are you thinking about Mum and Dad?" I attempted to say it so she wouldn't get sad.
When we were told about our parent's death, Kotori was the one affected most because she was only 12 years old. I tried my best to cope but it was hard when I looked at Kotori walking around like a stray dog, not knowing what to do.
I tried to snap Kotori out of it but, just as I was about to say something, she came out of her dream.
"what's wrong?" her face began to look pale and her eyes slowly turned red and she ran out of the kitchen up to her room. I didn't know what to think. I walked out the kitchen and walked to her room upstairs. Her door was shut.
I couldn't hear a thing coming from the other side. I decided to leave her alone for a minute to let her cool down. I sat leaning onto the door. I could hear crying which was muffled by a pillow. It was loud enough to hear though. Five minutes later, I got up and walked into my room to my bed and fell asleep because she fell asleep too.
"I hope she is better tomorrow," I said to myself quietly.
It was the next day. Today was the first day back to school.
I got up, brushed my teeth and went to my room to get changed. As I got changed, I heard a knock on my door. I finished getting dressed and opened the door. It was Kotori. We both locked eyes for a second. I could still see the sadness in her eyes.
"Umm," she said quietly, "I-I-I'm sorry about what happened last night, I wasn't thinking straight. Yes, it was about Mum and Dad but, I'm fine now so you don't have to worry about me anymore, Big Bro!" she smiled. I was confused but she did say she was fine, so I was fine with it too.
We both walked downstairs and walked into the kitchen, made two slices of toast and walked out the house.
As we walked to school, we ate our toast. We didn't need to pack any lunch because we had money on our lunch account. How do I have the money? I do a lot of jobs around the neighbourhood, clean cars, lemonade stand, yards sales and more, also from the family bank account. I saw other students from our school, all in the same navy-blue jacket and trousers with a white buttoned shirt. For girls, it was a navy-blue skirt, jacket and white shirt. We both stopped at a fast food joint called Danny's because guess what? Kotori wanted to eat there after school.
"Ok, after school I will meet you here so we can eat and I don't care if a robbery is going on or another spatial quake is happening because I know you'll be here." I looked blank for a second.
"Ok. Just, don't go wondering if I'm not here on time ok?"
She nodded and accepted that no matter what happens after school to not wonder if she is there first.
We both walked our separate ways to our classes, her one was on opposite side of the school. Before we split paths, she waved to me saying, "bye."
I walked into my class and saw everyone back from last year, however, I noticed that there are some new students.
"Hey, Shido!" I heard coming from the left of me. It was my friend Tobe. He was in my class last year. I could remember we used to sneak out of practice and hang out on the roof of the school. It's so much better than just having to be told to sit up when you rest your head on the table. The bell rang and we all sat in our assigned seats from last year, but I wish we could change the seats up just a bit. We were all quiet and then, I heard footsteps approaching the front of the class. It was our old tutor, Miss Carter. She is not that bad of a teacher.
"All right everybody! I hope you had an amazing holiday, besides the spatial quakes, but I hope you haven't forgotten how we behave in school. So, I am going to take the register then we will go through what will be happening this year." We all stayed silent waiting for Miss to take the register, then suddenly sirens began to wail around the school area. Everyone was surprised, but I knew what it was…a spatial quake.
The ground began to shake vigorously and small puffs of smoke burst out the walls.
"Ok everyone, this is not a drill, get to the spatial bridge now!"
We all mobilised and ran to the spatial bridge which was underneath the school. Everyone made it and we all formed a line and singularly passed through a gate which simulates a gate at a train station. Each student has a pass with their details on it and we need to scan it so we can pass. I pulled out my phone to call Kotori. Her phone rang but there was no answer.
I remembered.
"Ok, after school I will meet you here so we can eat and I don't care if a robbery is going on or another spatial quake is happening because I know you'll be here." No, she couldn't be that stupid enough to wait there. I got out of the line and sprinted out of the school. The ground stopped shaking. Around me, I could see the slight destruction of some buildings due to the strength of the ground shaking. I turned right to Danny's and suddenly, I saw it. I saw the definition of destruction… the spatial quake.
I was motionless. It slowly consumed the area, I managed to escape from its radius. By then, it landed. In front of me was a massive ball of smoke and it quickly spread like an evolved disease. Within moments, it consumed me. Large puffs of smoke blurred my sight. I couldn't see at all. It was a quick span of time before I escaped the smoke. I rubbed my eyes and once I fixed my sight, I saw something in front of me. My eyes were slowly adjusting to the light but as it did, I saw some kind of figure. To me, it looked like a human. What was it holding?... Where did it come from?... What could it be?
