Chapter 1 : The First Encounter
Satomi Rio was what you could call a perfect young man. With a light blond hair and fair skin, plus handsome face he made women (and men) fell on their knees in less than five seconds. A natural-born prodigy, he mastered piano, violin, and cello. His teachers from kindergarten to high school had high expectation on him, saying that he would be future politician like his father. However, never in his life he thought their praises as important. Well, to be exact, there was only one person whose opinion he regarded important.
That person was his little brother.
His cute, tiny, round-eyed little brother : Shino.
If angel really existed in this world, Shino would had been one. Shino was five years younger than Rio. He was an opposite polar of the blonde. While Rio was a calm, reserved, straight faced boy, Shino was loud, carefree, and stubborn. Rio barely showed his smiling face except in front of his family and (if he was in good mood enough) best friend. Shino smiled almost everytime, especially when they had sukiyaki or yakiniku for dinner. Whenever neighbors came to greet the brothers, Rio would only nod without any word while Shino replied in full enthusiasm and asked about their day.
Everybody seemed to love Shino. They would treat him some sweets or nikuman. Sometimes the old ladies from apartment complex nearby would make him special homemade dishes. Shino then would smile happily and hugged them before reaching Rio's slender hand. Rio, being a polite boy, said thank you to the old ladies while letting Shino dragging him all the way home.
Yes, nobody could resist his little brother. Then, Satomi Rio, the big brother would do anything to protect Shino from any form of evil. Heck, he would mercilessly kill every devil in this world only for Shino. Lay your finger on Shino, Rio's definitely crush you into insignificant dust.
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"Murasameeeeeeeee!"
It was an ordinary morning at Satomi residence. Satomi Akimitsu was reading newspaper and enjoying a cup of tea when his youngest son screamed his lungs out. Not far from him, his wife Himeko was preparing neat-looking bento for two. Akimitsu flinched slightly at the loud voice, but his wife seemed too busy to even think what on earth had happened upstairs. Loud thuds and crashes, followed by heavy footsteps echoed through their house. Ten seconds later, a black-winged bird flew in, almost ran into newspaper, and ended up perching on Himeko's shoulder.
"Shino is bad! Bad!" The bird chirped, rolling its eyes.
"Murasame, get your damn ass here!" Shino stormed into kitchen, almost tripping on his own feet. "Murasame, if you think you can escape this time-"
Akimitsu put his morning newspaper and stared at his son, "Shino, where is your manner?"
"Dad! Murasame ate my snac- Ups!" The boy immediately covered his mouth with both palms. Shit, shit, stupid loud mouth, he cursed.
"Ate your...what, honey?"
Shino shivered from a dark aura emitted behind him. The boy looked over shoulder and found Himeko smiling brightly. "Uhm, Mom?"
"Satomi Shino, what did I say about hiding snacks?"
Shino sweat-dropped.
"Shino is a bad boy! Punish! Punish!" Murasame chirped again. Now, Shino had a sudden urge to turn Murasame into yakitori.
"Well, well, Murasame-chan, you are right," Himeko continued, "Bad boy should be punished. Satomi Shino, I cut all of your allowance for two weeks!"
Shino gasped in horror. She must be kidding! How the hell could he buy the new flavor nikuman with no money! How about the new cakestore near his school? They had just started selling limited-edition chocolate pudding! And...and that also meant he could not afford to go to his yakiniku restaurant this weekend! Just before Shino let any protest, a hand landed on his head. Shino abruptly turned around and saw Rio.
"Why are you looking so upset?" he asked in his usual straight face.
"Mom cut my allowance because Murasame ate my snack!" Shino scowled.
Rio stared at his little brother for seconds. My cute angel looks really upset. Oh my, look at his frown. How cute is that! Oh, how I wish I could help you. No, no, I should set a good example as a brother. The young man threw all his thoughts away from his head and said, "I believe you have learnt your lesson this morning. No hiding snack under your bed again?"
Shino scowled again.
Akimitsu laughed a little. "Your mother is right, Shino. Remember what happened when you ate too much snack last time?"
The youngest member of Satomi household cursed inwardly. He certainly hated those white walls and syringes. "Stupid Murasame," he murmured.
Akimitsu cleared his throat. "Boys, sit down and eat your breakfast. I need to go to my office in fifteen minutes. Shino, I believe you don't want to be late for your first day in high school, hmm? Rio, you have morning class too, right?"
Both sons nodded and reached their seat.
Himeko smiled and resumed her tasks on preparing bento. Murasame had moved from Akimitsu's shoulder to the top of kitchen cabinet. Shino began telling Rio about his new school, and Rio listened to him in serious manner. No matter how chaotic this morning had begun, Himeko saw how happy her family was. Loving husband and two beautiful boys, she could not ask for more.
Suddenly Shino pointed outside, where two moving trucks passed their house. Himeko just remembered they had new family moved in next door today. This neighborhood was certainly going to be more lively.
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Ding dong ding dong!
Akimitsu raised his eyebrows, guessing who would ring the door bell on breakfast time. He hoped it was not another annoying salesman. The man made a gesture toward Shino, asking him to open the door. Shino only nodded in annoyance-after all, he hated being intterupted during meal time. The boy pushed the intercom button.
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Satomi Rio was, again, what you could call a perfect young man. He had been going through his life with flying mark on every school subject, attending prestigious university, and bunch of fans flocking around. Not to forget warm family and adorable little brother. Little did he know his peaceful days would crumble into pieces in...
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Shino stared at two strangers through the small screen that connected to camera on the intercom.
"Good morning," one of them greeted, "My name is Inukawa Sousuke, and this is my twin brother, Ao."
"We just moved next door," another one continued, "Nice to meet you!"
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...just goddamn five seconds.
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tbc