Prologue:

The sun has just lazily risen from its slumber, lighting up the many homes with its faint sunlight.

Most people were already up and about, with the housewives on their way to the local wet market for grocery shopping, and the adults and children eating their breakfast before they head for work or school.

However, unlike the rest of the neighbourhood, there was still one more person in slumberland, who refuses to get out of bed.

The alarm next to the person's bed was already screaming, only to be tossed nonchalantly onto the carpeted floor.

As though on cue, the bedroom door slowly slid open, revealing the younger brother who apparently was already in his school's gakuran.

"Onii-chan. Time to get up."

The older brother stirred, ever so slightly, mumbling toward his brother an incoherent "Five more minutes."

"Onii-chan."

Reluctantly, the older sibling opened his lazy eyes, glancing at the clock which was on the floor.

The younger brother was just about to leave to allow his brother to change when he was suddenly tossed out of the room, the door slamming shut behind him. Before he could get himself back on his feet, the door violently swung open, revealing for a split second his fully-dressed brother in his new high school parochial uniform, before he raced downstairs with his bag slinged over his right shoulder.

"Onii-chan?"

The older sibling grabbed the nearest jam toast, holding it in his mouth, as he sprang towards the door with his loosely slipped on shoes.

"Itekimasu!" The older brother shouted back towards his younger sibling, who was now at the bottom of the stairs.

"Wait! Onii-chan…" The younger brother tried to call him back, but his brother was too far in front to hear him.

"…school only starts in an hour…"

Hirasawa Yuki cursed himself when he realised that when he reached his new school's entrance.