**If you want to read this version, please feel free to do so.
However, I am creating a second draft to this story. It will be very different from this one, so reading this story won't make a difference, but if you want to go ahead to the second draft, it is called: Friction. Either way, enjoy!**
"Good bye, Mitsuki-chan! See you at school tomorrow!" My friend called. I waved to her as I fastened my skates on a stair of the school's building.
"Bye bye!" I called back. She turned and ran to her boyfriend, who was waiting at the school entrance. I puffed my cheeks out before blowing my brown hair out of my browner eyes, envious.
" 'She's so lucky, she has an older boyfriend'...that's what you were thinking, right?" I blushed as I turned to see my younger brother leaning over me. As a reflex, I jumped up, only to smash my head on to his chin. He growled in pain as I started to bow apologetically before falling down because of my skates. As I groaned, my younger brother growled down at me. I smiled nervously.
"S-sorry, Jun-chan."
Once I was up, we walked down the street towards our house. It was a quiet walk, which was unusual, and I turned to look at Jun.
"Jun-chan," He 'hm'ed me, tilting his head so that his silky black hair fell in his face. "why are you so quiet? Usually you make fun of me or something." I complained. He snickered at me.
"Are you saying you want me to make fun of you?" I turned red and complained to him, but he only laughed. "I'm the fourteen year old here, yet you act like you're the younger one, Onee-chan!" I started to hit him with my bag before we calmed down a little. But he started it up again with a challenge. "How about we see who can get to the house first?" I skated ahead of him with a grin, turning back (so that I skated backwards) and spit at him.
"You really want to do that? I do have skates, after all-"
"Onee-chan! Watch out!" He called. I turned around blinking, only to bump in to a boy. I fell down with a yelp and rubbed my nose.
"Owe..." I muttered as Jun ran up to help me. I looked up to apologize to the man, and froze with red, tinted cheeks. When I didn't answer Jun's question if I was alright, he looked up as well. The man had red hair down to his shoulder blades with bright, emerald eyes. He wore a turtle neck that showed his nice figure with an open jacket; and had jeans that were worn tight, showing off the rest of what a girl liked most (that's for you to decide, girls). Jun narrowed his eyes at him but the man only smiled. He gritted his teeth and I looked at Jun before he stood up in front of me, throwing his hands out.
"Who are you?" He asked. "And why are you here?" The man blinked, and then laughed as he petted Jun's head, being quite taller.
"You seem to be quiet the smart one!" I stood up and pulled on the back of Jun's shirt.
"Ne, ne, Jun-chan! Who is this guy?" I asked in a whisper. The man noticed me up again and bowed.
"I'm sorry for bumping in to you like that, ma'am. I was so rude to not even help you up." I blushed at the red head and sunk my head below Jun's back without a word.
"Hey!" The man stood up again and smiled to Jun. "Who are you?" He asked again.
"My name is Suuichi. A pleasure, Jun-chan." Jun's eye twitched as I couldn't help but giggle. Jun looked at me and scowled, telling me not to laugh. Suuichi tilted his head, asking if he had said something wrong.
"Yeah. Only my Onee-chan can call me Jun. You can call me Juichi." Suuichi smiled and nodded, holding out his hand.
"Well, Juichi-san, would you like to go for some tea?" The two looked at each other, Jun not even reaching to meet Suuichi's hand. I wanted to touch this Suuichi so bad as I stared at his extended hand, so I shook it for Jun. The two looked at me as I shook his hand from under Jun's out stretched arms. I blushed, letting go of his hand.
"H-he would love to! Right, Jun-chan?" I said before Jun put me in a head lock. "Owe, Jun-chan! That hurt!" I complained as he dragged me away from the man.
"You go home." I complained but he looked back at Suuichi. "He's dangerous, Onee-chan." I stopped struggling as I looked up to Jun, and then to Suuichi. Him? Dangerous? He seemed like an angel from above! "Please don't make this hard for me." I looked up at him and confronted, breaking out of his grip.
"If he's so dangerous, I don't want you going with him!" I said. He waved his hands in the air, saying he'd be fine. "Oh, so what? I can't care for my younger brother?" I said. "Jun-chan, I won't leave unless you come with me!" He enveloped me with a hug, and I gasped in shock for a moment.
"I'll be home in less than an hour, I promise." He let go of me, walked back over to Suuichi with a nod, and walked off with the man we had just only met. I narrowed my eyes in sadness before making my way home. With a small smile, I remembered my grip on Suuichi's hand. His had was so large...I wish I could be held in his arms. I blushed as I turned the corner to my house. I called out 'I'm home' when I stepped through the door, only to hear silence. I sighed as I dared to walk through the living room. My parents stood there, smiling happily as I came in. They frowned when they noticed Jun wasn't with me.
"Where is Juichi?" They asked. I explained that he went to get tea with a...'friend'...and then accepted it simply before walking away. You see, my parents idolized my younger brother because of his smarts, looks, and sportsmen ship. Though I was smart as well, and was pretty okay looking, my parents searched for ways for Jun to be better than me. But it was okay, because Jun didn't care about those things. Jun cared about me like a father, and I cared about him like a mother. I went upstairs to my room and dropped my bag by my desk before falling on my bed, grabbing a pillow. I stared out my balcony window for about thirty minutes before getting up and changing in to pajamas. I sat in bed quietly once I had changed, waiting patiently for Jun to get home. The clock was the only noise in the room, making a soft clicking. I found myself nodding to sleep at three o'clock in the morning, seven hours after Jun had promised to be home. I closed my eyes, picturing Jun stepping in to the house happily on time.
"Jun...you liar..."
"Where could he be? He didn't come back home last night!" My mother said, worried. "Mitsuki, didn't you say he'd be home last night?" I looked up from my toasted bread breakfast and shrugged.
"That's what he told me! I don't know why he lied, but-"
"Mitsuki!" My father snapped, "Juichi never lies!" My mother rubbed her forehead as she sat across from me.
"What did we do to deserve such an awful daughter? She doesn't even care about her brother!" I left for school after their out burst, a little irritated and very disappointed in my brother. At least, I thought, I had the rest of the day to calm down without seeing him-
"Onee-chan! Oi!" I stopped my roller blades as they screeched on the ground. Slowly turning around, I saw my brother running up happily. He stopped to huff once he reached me, and then smiled up to me. "What's up?" He asked, waving his hand. He started walking again and signaled me to follow, but I stayed in my place.
"Jun-chan...where were you last night?" He blinked before waving his hand again.
"That doesn't matter. Come on, we'll be late!" How dare he act like nothing happened! I stayed up waiting for him and took the heat from our parents. This wasn't fair...nothing in that crazy house of mine was fair anymore!
"Yes it does!" I cried. Jun stopped grinning and looked at me as I shook. "You don't have any idea, do you?" I asked in a whisper. "Do you know how worried I was? I stayed up all night for you, Jun-chan! All night long!" My voice started to crack as I glared at my brother. "And our parents are so enveloped in you that they still blame me for you being gone all night!" I cried out. Jun seemed shocked at my outburst; it was a first.
"O-Onee-chan, I'm sorry. I know it may not seem fair, but-" I laughed, my voice shaking.
"Fair? Nothing is fair! You get the love, the grades, the crazy fans at school...everything! I though 'it's okay, I have Jun-chan and that's all that matters'...but now my own little brother won't even tell me where he was last night." Jun looked at me nervously, not sure what to say. I closed my eyes before running around him. "I hate you!" I left him there, stunned by my irritated words. He turned to look after me with sad eyes.
"Onee-chan..."
I wonder if I was too hard on him... I thought as I walked out towards the shoe boxes after school. I opened mine and swapped my inside shoes for my outside shoes. I stepped out the door, only to feel cold rain drops on my skin. I sank back inside with a shiver. "I hate rain..." I whispered. "I know, I'll go watch Jun-chan's practice until-" Oh, wait...I yelled at him this morning. Sighing, I sat down and decided to wait and see if the rain would stop soon. Time quietly passed by and I found myself falling asleep; still tired from the previous night. When I woke up, it was dark and silent in the school. I jumped up in alarm, looking around. It was weird that no one had woken me up. "They must have not locked the doors yet." I said in a quiet voice. I walked outside and stretched my hand out to feel no rain. It was foggy; though it didn't really matter since it was dark already. I grabbed my bag from inside before exiting the school again and heading home. I sighed, knowing my parents wouldn't believe my story on how I fell asleep since it was raining. I giggled though, knowing Jun would come to my rescue-
"I hate this...why did I yell at Jun-chan like that?" I asked myself. Tears started to leak out and I sniffed, wiping them away. "Don't cry, stupid eyes! It's already cold enough!" When a jacket landed on my shoulders, I turned around in alarm. The emerald eyes stood out through the fog and I turned around all the way. "S-Suuichi-san!" I stuttered with a red face. He smiled and bowed lightly.
"How do you do?" He asked. I nodded back to him, saying I was doing fine. He tilted his head, wiping my tears. "Are you sure? You're crying." I touched my wet cheek to see I was now uncontrollable. I bit my lower lip, trying to keep it in, but I found myself flying in to Suuichi's arms. His clothes smelled like crushed roses as he let me rest on his chest. He stroked my brown hair lightly as I emptied my feelings on him. We stayed like that for what seemed like hours until he guided me to a park. We sat on the swings and he handed me a hanker chief. I wiped the last of my tears away, thanking him through hic-ups. He gently asked me what was wrong, and I picked up my legs on to the swing (a dangerous position, by the way). "Did you and Juichi-san have a fight?" I flinched at Jun's name for a moment but then nodded quietly. "I see...was it because he came home late last night?" I turned to Suuichi to protest.
"He didn't come home at all last night!" I yelled before noticing Suuichi's surprised look because of my raised voice. I blushed and looked back down. "Sorry...it's just...he promised he'd be home by five o'clock...and I waited all night for him to come home..." I felt tears rise up, "and what do I get? An 'it doesn't matter.' So much for him caring about me..." I said as I used the hanker chief to clear my tears again. Suuichi smiled as he stood up before he bent down in front of me.
"You know that's not true." He said to me. I blinked at him, asking what he meant. "Juichi-san was very distracted when I talked with him. He kept on saying that he couldn't go because it would take too long for him to get home. But because of the situation, he had to go. It was very far away. Where we had to go, that is." I started to dig my foot in to the dirt as I blushed a little.
"Is that so..." I asked. He nodded and I hung my head lowly. Tears dropped mid way down my cheeks before they fell down to my lap. "But...I think...some how, all of my hidden feelings just...flew out this morning..." Suuichi tilted his head a little, confused, and I continued. "Deep in my heart, I knew I wasn't really happy with Jun-chan...I wasn't really mad at him this morning...I was just...just so sick of being in his shadows...knowing that he could get away with anything, I was..."
I was jealous...
Tears fell faster as Suuichi stood up and hugged my figure gently. I gripped on to his shirt as I cried softly in to his warm, rose-scented shirt. "I'm an awful sister, aren't I?" I asked more to myself than to Suuichi. But he answered me by bending down and poking my forehead. I blinked as my cheeks burning red, half raw from crying and half red from his soft touch. He smiled to me and shook his head.
"You are very important to Juichi-san, Mitsuki-san. Don't forget that." I slowly nodded before Suuichi stood up, stretching his hand to me. I smiled as I took his hand in both of mine. I closed my eyes as I stood up, letting one hand let go of Suuichi's before we began to walk home.
"Where have you been this whole time?" My mother yelled loudly as she answered the door. Both Suuichi and I yelped as we glanced at each other. "Juichi went out to look for you hours ago when you didn't come home! Now he's probably going to be behind his studies!" She continued. Suuichi smiled to my mother, catching her attention. "And...and...Mitsuki, who is this?" She asked, blushing now and holding her hand on to her cheek. I narrowed my eyes to Suuichi as he took my mother's soul.
You undercover demon... I thought before I heard Jun call my name. I turned around in surprise as he tackled me to the ground suddenly.
"Onee-chan! I'm so glad you're alright!" He said as he hugged me. I looked over to Suuichi and smiled lightly before hugging Jun back.
"I'm sorry...Jun-chan..." I whispered back. Once we stood up, Jun looked at Suuichi with a displeased look.
"What were you doing with my sister?" Our mother looked at Jun, asking if he also knew him. "Yeah...we went out last night together...to go get a drink, you could say." He pointed to Suuichi suddenly and we all blinked at him. "But that doesn't mean you get to get familiar with my sister!" I blushed as I hopped on to Jun.
"Jun-chan! Don't say such embarrassing things!" Suuichi smiled with a little chuckle as Jun put two and two together.
"Eh? So you two were doing something! No way! You're not allowed near this house anymore! Mom, get a restriction order!"
"Eh? But this one is so cute!" She responded. Now both my brother and I were on my mother's case.
"Don't say that!"
"Yeah, don't say that, it's embarrassing!" Jun turned to me, aggravated.
"I'll let you know when you can be embarrassed, okay?"
"Eh? I thought I was the older sibling here!" Suuichi smiled at us and crossed his arms before he looked at the star-lit sky.
This is going to be fun.
