A/N: Yo guys! Before anything else, I'd like to thank you for giving my story a shot. Even if you only read the title. Hehe I'm Shintori Khazumi and this is my first time publishing in the Citrus section! I have 2 other stories already, but this story has been in my notebook for about half a year and I totally forgot about it… hehe. It has 8 chapters and an unfinished one so I might just post them one at a time. Anyways, I'm sorry for anything that is wrong with my story! You can tell me if I need to fix some stuff. So, without further ado… here's my tale… but before that I must warn you the first few chapters are short, but the next gradually become longer and longer. Thank you and that is all.

~Shintori Khazumi

Chapter 1: That little problem

Yuzu sat at her desk, lost in thought. She was still wondering about the kiss Mei shared with her and the picture Matsuri showed her.

Did Mei really think of her as JUST a sister? Or even worse, only a nuisance. And to add to her distress was the want to sleep, since last night all she did was cry and bawl her eyes out after seeing that damned picture that was sure to change her life.

Her train of thoughts were suddenly disrupted when a certain someone greeted her a little too enthusiastically.

"Yo Yuzu!" Harumin half yelled, half shrieked at the sleepy figure across the room.

"Leave me alone, Harumin" Yuzu groaned, clearly annoyed by the sudden intrusion to her almost nap.

"Hey! That's not a very nice way to greet your bestfriend. Anyways, it's so early! What happened?"

"Nothing…" Yuzu sighed. "Just need some sleep."

"Doesn't look that way though." Harumi replied, scanning Yuzu from head to toe.

"It's just that-" That sentence was left hanging in the air as Yuzu stilled her voice. Through the door, walked the cause of her miserable state… Mei.

Their eyes met, both full of sorrow and regret, but neither wanting to speak.

"Oh." Harumi commented, witnessing the exchange between the two sisters. "I get it. Mei,huh?"

"Mmrrmphmerjf" Yuzu murmured in return.

Class was a pain… The teacher kept babbling about algebra and Yuzu got bored because she understood it all. (I'm making Yuzu smart, only in the area of mathematics though. It's because I love math and later in the story there will be a scene for it with Mei. So please forgive me for this little change of Yuzu's Character.)

After Class:

"President!" Himeko shouted happily. "Good news! We don't have any work today, so maybe we could-"

"Thank you, Hime-chan. I'll be taking my leave." Mei said with her usual façade, giving Himeko no chance to share her ideas.

"Ummm… hai…" Himeko replied dejectedly.

Aihara Residence:

Mei's POV

"Tadaima!" I called out, my voice echoing in the hallway. No answer. I guess mom or even… You know… SHE isn't home yet. Who would like to welcome someone like me.

Matsuri… That girl… framing me… well not exactly, but taking away my only source of happiness- wait… Happiness? Since when did Aihara Mei gain Happiness? Anyway, Now my only source of happiness is gone- Yuzu. Sigh…

"TA-DAI-MA~!" A cheery and VERY familiar voice echoed down the hallway. Oh no… Yuzu's home. I quickly regain my composure and greet her.

"Okairi. Mom isn't home yet so I guess it's just the two of us." I saw the surprise and dread on Yuzu's face which she quickly hid.

"Oh… umm… OK! I'll go and make dinner." She said, leaving me alone in the room. Whew… Close call.

During Dinner: Normal POV

"…." The silence was killing both of them, yet no one wanted to initiate the conversation that was being avoided. Mei couldn't take it. She wondered why she was waiting for a noisy atmosphere unlike before. Breaking it was rough. She decided to go with a simple compliment.

"You cook great as always Yuzu." This comment made Yuzu blush, pleasing Mei.

"Th-thanks."

Now that the silence was broken, Mei begun.

"You know, Yuzu, I wanted to talk to you about som-"

"WE HAVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT!" Yuzu slammed her palms on the table as she said this, successfully surprising the both of them.

"But!..." Mei tried to argue.

"No! N-o-t-h-i-n-g! I Don't want to know anything." Yuzu said, leaving the room, frustrated.

After Dinner:

All night, both of them thought of ways to patch things up with the other, but found it impossible to even initiate a conversation. So as a result, both did not get there most desired sleep.

A/N: Hello Minna-san! I'm sorry for changing Yuzu a little… Gomenasai. I hope you can forgive me for that little part. I might update slow because of school. I try to do it every weekend though. Please don't hesitate to leave a helpful remark and tell me how I should correct my mistakes. Truthfully, I am new to writing and have only started posting the stories I have in mind, around 3 weeks ago. Please continue to help me.

~Shintori Khazumi