Glee Club: Love and War
(Title pending. Seriously. Like, for real.)
Prologue
"I can't wait to start at your school, Kaito!" Kaiko exclaims excitedly. Kaito smiles at his little sister's enthusiasm.
"I'm glad you're excited, but it's just school. It's nothing too special."
"But it'll be a lot more fun than being in an all-girls' school," she says, crossing her arms. "So what's it like? Is it big? Are the teachers strict? Are there cliques? What are the clubs?"
"You don't need to bombard me with questions," Kaito says with a chuckle, ruffling her hair. "Just check the website. It should answer most of your questions."
Kaiko smiles and pulls up her laptop. She clicks around for a while on the school's website, skimming over different categories of classes, extracurricular things, and clubs.
"It really is just a normal, boring school after all…" she sighs in exaggerated disappointment. Kaito gives her a crooked smile, and she grins brightly back at him.
Turning back to her laptop, she continues investigating her new school. When her eyes skim over one club in particular, her entire face lights up with excitement.
"There's a glee club!" she says, turning toward her brother. "Why haven't you ever talked about it? You love singing! Aren't you a part of it?" Kaito's face falls slightly at her mention of the club. "What's wrong, Kaito? You are in it right? You can hook me up and get me in too, right?"
"Uh, well…" He scratches the back of his head awkwardly. "I'm not part of the glee club. I don't know much about it."
"Why aren't you in it?"
Kaito sighs.
"Well, the student who runs it is a little…picky about the people he'll accept into the club. Not just anyone is allowed to join."
"What?!" Kaiko shouts.
"Kaiko, calm down, Mom and Dad are trying to sleep," Kaito says, trying to soothe her. His efforts, however, are futile. Kaiko glares and throws a pillow at him.
"No! I'm not going to calm down! Why wouldn't he let whoever wants to join the club join? Isn't that the point of a club? Doesn't a teacher supervise it when they pick new people?"
"It's his choice, sis. He started the club; he can run it how he wants."
"But-"
"Just let it go, Kaiko. Come on, go to bed. You need to get up earlier than usual now, so you need sleep."
Kaiko angrily climbs into her bed and Kaito goes to leave. Before he switches off the lights, he turns back toward Kaiko.
"Hey, Kaiko?"
"What's up, bro?"
"Stay away from the glee club president, okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"Just…don't try to start something that could get out hand."
Before Kaiko could comment, he turns out the lights and walks out of the room. She huffs and curls up with her giant stuffed lamb.
"Like I would do anything like that…" she mumbles before drifting off to sleep.