"Do you feel like you've been drained of blood, Yuuki? 'Cause I certainly do," was the first question Yumi asked her brother upon seeing him. They were both in the living room of their house.
"Normally, I would think you're once again being incomprehensible, but not this time." Was Yuuki's answer.
It was still early in the morning. Yumi could hear both of her parents in her father's study. Who then was in the kitchen? But back to the question.
"Yes, so what is your answer Yuuki? By the way, Sei-sama was in my room when I woke up! Of all things…"
"Yes, yes I do. Drained of blood, that is. But I feel less and less groggy since I woke up, so that's all right." Yuuki made space for Yumi to sit down beside him on the sofa, before resuming his breakfast of ramen. The smell was very delicious and Yumi's stomach gave a funny little growl.
Yumi ignored the growl. Really, sometimes her stomach growled at completely unsuitable timings.
"That's all right?! Hummm, if you say so. Maybe it's something we ate last night, huh, Yuuki?"
"Right. Well, I don't know. Mother and Father seem fine. Anyway, I was more perturbed by the fact that Kashiwagi-sempai was the one knocking at my door so loudly at six in the morning, waking me up."
Yuuki took a deep breathe, before continuing. "Kashiwagi-sempai, of all people! What polite visitor visits at 6am?! And, when I told Father, he didn't blink an eye, but asked Mother to make me a bowl of ramen instead. Kind of like to pacify me."
"Okay, Yuuki, so you got woken up by someone you least expected to see. Well, at least he didn't walk right into your room to wake you up! Shows he's decent, you know…" Yumi couldn't help adding that last bit, and winked at Yuuki.
Yuuki's face reddened. "Yumi! That's… Oh, go away. Go get yourself a bowl of noodles too. The two early-morning visitors are in our kitchen."
"Mother didn't mind them in the kitchen, while we're out here?"
"No. She's in a remarkably good mood today. Father even asked me to rest in the living room, since I felt groggy. I don't know whether he was being sarcastic, but who cares."
"Father doesn't do sarcasm very well Yuuki. So, since he was probably sincere about it, I'll join you in a moment. Ramen sounds good."
Yumi's stomach accompanied the conversation with an accompanying growl.