A girl

Young

Under pressure

Model

In love

"Satsuki-onii-chan." a tiny voice interrupted the twelve year old as he was packing his school bag. He turned to see his cousin ready in uniform beside the door. "I'm leaving." she continued.

Nodding to her as she smiled and left outside he resumed back to what he was doing. "Take care." he added knowing she wouldn't hear him anyways. After a few minutes, a loud thud and a door slam was heard upstairs, and suddenly running footsteps going downstairs. "Ah, Kippei, you're up." seeing the blond beside him.

"Satsuki! Where's Yuzuyu?!" Kippei exclaimed as he ran into the kitchen to look for her.

"She already left." he answered simply as he zipped up his bag and was about to leave until his brother ran back to him.

"Wait, what? You left her alone?" the blond asked in disbelief as he quickly put on his shoes and grabbed his school bag to follow him. "Why didn't you stop her?!"

Giving his older brother a dull expression, he shrugged. "She looked old enough to me to go out on her own."

"Ah! We have to go find her!" Kippei exclaimed again as he pointed to Satsuki. "You go that way, and I'll go this way!" he pointed to the opposite direction for the two of them.

"Eh? Why do I have to do this? I'll be late for school." the twelve year old sighed and knowing that there was no way out of it, he gave in. "Fine, I'll make today an exception."

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Ayumi who was on her way to school, sighed as it was yet another day. "At least, today won't be so bad." and kept walking until she got to the crosswalk and stopped until it was okay to go. Noticing that she wasn't alone, she glanced down to see a young preschooler looking at the ground nervously. Bending down to see her face, she wondered if this girl was alone.

Yuzuyu, who also felt that a person was looking at her, looked back to suddenly smile. "Onee-chan!"

"Eh?!" Ayumi thought in surprise as she tried to explain. "U-Uh.. n-no I" hoping that this girl wasn't going to follow her throughout the rest of the day thinking she was her older sister.

"From the billboard train station." she grinned making Ayumi realize what she was talking about.

Smiling now, and nodding. "Ah, you are Yuzuyu-chan right? What are you doing here alone?"

"Yuzuyu is going to school!" the preschooler happily announced which took her by surprise hearing that a person at her age would go on her own.

Suddenly quiet between them as people were passing by, it took a moment to think about where the uniform was from. "That uniform is from Asou Preschool…but that's currently in a different direction! If I take her there, I'll be late for school…." the preteen thought sadly but shook her head. "I don't want to see her on the missing child list either." as she took Yuzuyu's tiny hand and walked her to school.

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Asou Preschool

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"Yuzuyu, hello!" her teacher greeted as they walked in through the gates.

"Sorry we were late, I found her alone walking by herself, so I had a hard time finding the school." Ayumi apologized quickly to find that behind the teacher was Satsuki.

The teacher smiled. "Don't worry, at least Yuzuyu is alright." as she walked with the preschooler leading her to her classroom, leaving Satsuki and Ayumi in silence.

Before she could say anything to him, he spoke first. "We should probably get to school even though we're late." he muttered as they both walked together in silence.

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Walking through the hallways of the school, they still continued in silence side by side, Satsuki in a calm mood and Ayumi in a tense, nervous situation. Just when she was about to open the door, he touched her hand to stop her. Blushing by his touch, she didn't glance at him.

"I just wanted to say thank you for what you did. For helping Yuzuyu and for returning my notebook yesterday." he said as he took his hand away for her to open the door. The class stared at them in surprise that they were together, together being late.

"Katakura, Kubota, you may take your seats and meet me after class to receive the assignments you both missed." the teacher smiled slightly acknowledging their presence.

Ayumi took her seat as she tried to look away from her classmate's gazes and glares. "I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen."

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"Bank teller!"

"Firefighter!"

"Yuzuyu-chan, what do you want to be when you grow up?" one of her classmates asked as a group sat in a circle to talk about what they wanted to be.

"Um……" she tried to think as she remembered Ayumi. "The girl on the billboard!"

Silence….

"A what?" another girl asked confused.

Marika rolled her eyes at everyone's stupidity. "She's talking about being a model." as everyone gasped and admired the idea. "But of course, it's impossible for Yuzuyu."

"Eh? Why?"

The dark haired girl smirked at her reaction, standing up and putting her hand high up. "You have to be really tall to be a model!"

"Now that you mention it……it must be impossible." sighing sadly at the idea of how short she was compared to Ayumi.