"I'm home." I opened the front door of my house and let the two 'creature' in. "Make yourself at home, kay?"
"Onii-chan!" Yuuka ran to me and hugged me. "Welcome back!" she smiled sweetly. At least that would send my stress away for awhile.
"Yes, I'm home." I patted her head.
"Onii-chan, who are they?" Yuuka asked me and pointed her finger on Fubuki and Kogure.
"Um… they're my friends! They just need to stay here for awhile until their parents are back from vacation!" I tried to explain to her. Well, I can't tell her about what are they exactly.
"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Fubuki Shirou. And this is my loyal companion, Kogure." Fubuki went in front of Yuuka and smiled sweetly at her.
"Wow! What a nice name!" Yuuka's eyes lighten up and she took Fubuki's hand. "My name's Gouenji Yuuka, you can call me Yuuka. C'mon let's play something!"
"Gouenji Yuuka? But I thought this is Gouenji." Fubuki pointed at me.
"Yes, we're from the same family. That's why we have the same family name. To make it easier you can just call me Shuuya." I sighed. It's hard to explain everything to this guy!
"Alright, Shuuya-kun. You can call me Shirou in return." He smiled.
"Well, Yuuka, they're actually pretty hungry right now. Can you hold for a while and let them eat first?" I said. Yuuka looked disappointed but then she said.
"Well, after that, Shirou-ani should play with me." Yuuka claimed.
"Yeah, sure." I patted her head.
"Thank you for the food." Shirou said. Kogure haven't finished eating and still digging the pudding I gave him.
"What is this thing called?" Kogure asked with his mouth full of pudding.
"It's called pudding. Now don't talk while you're eating, especially when your mouth full." I said firmly as I washed the dishes.
Kogure slumped to his chair and started eating again.
"Shirou-ani? Have you done eating?" Yuuka appeared from the kitchen's door. Shirou nodded. "So, what are we going to play now, Yuuka?" Shirou asked her and went away with Yuuka. I can tell that they went to Yuuka's room.
After I finished everything, I went to the living room and watched TV until it late at night. Kogure went playing with Yuuka and Shirou after he finished his pudding.
When I looked at the time, it was already 9.30 p.m. I turned off the TV and went straight to my room. But then I saw Yuuka's room light's still on. I opened the door and saw Yuuka, Shirou and Kogure sleeping on the carpet with their blanket on. I smiled and closed the door slowly.
"Shuuya-kun?" I saw Shirou woke up from his sleep.
"Sorry, did I wake you up?" I said.
"No, no, that's okay. I was actually pretending to be sleeping so Yuuka and Kogure fall asleep."
"I see." I went inside and carried Yuuka to her bed. And then I reached for Kogure and placed him besides Yuuka. "Kids shouldn't be sleeping at the carpet, you know."
Shirou nodded. "I'm sorry, I don't know."
"That's okay, you'll learn everything step by step. It's pretty late already. You need to go to sleep now. You can use my room and I can just sleep on the sofa." I yawned.
"What's a sofa?" Shirou asked. Here we go again!
"I'll explain later, now you go to sleep." I pushed him to my room. Then he stopped.
"No, I'm only a guest here. I can't sleep in your room."
"That's okay, I insist." I pushed him again and he stopped again.
"But we can sleep together if you don't mind Shuuya-kun."
"No, we don't have to." I pushed him again, he stopped again. Oh, c'mon!
"I insist." He smiled at me. I sighed. "Well, okay"
I turned off the light and pulled my blanket.
"Good night, Shuuya-kun."
"Yes, good night." I replied and closed my eyes. Then I can feel hands wrapping my waist. Was it Shirou? I blushed and I couldn't move my body.
"Hey, Shirou?"
"Mother…" I could hear Shirou mumbled, calling for his mother. He was sad by what happened between him and his mother. I rolled over and saw tears on his pale cheeks. Without thinking twice, I hugged him. I patted him on the back and brushed his hair, he finally calmed down.
"Thank you, Shuuya-kun." He hugged me back, and now I realized what did I just done and blushed madly. What am I thinking…
"You smell just like my mother you know, Shuuya-kun." He giggled. Did he just say that I smelled like an old lady?
"Shut up, at least you stop crying now."
"Yes, thank you. Somehow, you reminded me of my real mother." Real mother? What did he mean by real mother?
"Real mother?" I asked him. "So you mean that your actual mother is not the one who gave you that weird apple?"
"No, she's my aunt." Okay… that's weird…
"My parents and brother were passed away on an accident years ago. She started to take care of me since I lost my parents. And now everyone known her as my mother, but technically she's not." Shirou explained about what happened. "Only me and Kogure who knew about this, and I guess Mystic Grandma knows it too."
"Okay, I get it now."
"Sorry to wake you up, Shuuya-kun."
"That's okay. Right, now let's go to sleep." I rolled over again, back into my position before.
"Yes, good night."
"Onii-chan! Onii-chan! Wake up!" I could hear Yuuka's voice calling me. "Oniichan! Wake up, onii-chan! You got a phone call!" a phone call? In this kind of time? Such a pain…
"Yeah, yeah, I'll be there in a minute." I yawned and stretch my body. Seriously, in this kind of time? It's still so early in the morning! Even though I don't know exactly what time it was, but it feels like it was so early.
I went to the living room and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?" I answered as I yawned.
"I see you got my boy with you." I could hear a woman's voice coming out from the phone. What does she meant by his boy? Wait, don't tell me…
"Who are you?" I shouted at her.
"No need to be scared, I'm not going to hurt you." The woman said with a laugh.
"Then what do you want?"
"I only want to make an agreement with you." The woman answered.
"What kind of agreement?"
"Hm, let's see. How about, you gave me my boy and in return, I won't hurt your beloved sister."
I silent for a while, unable to answer her request just yet.
"So, what do you think? Do you want to give Shirou back to my hand or your sister killed?"
I think, think and think. I can't give both of them to this evil witch's hand!
"This is only a simple agreement. All you need to do is to bring him to me here through the portal at midday, so your sister won't be hurt, right?"
I gulped and sighed.
"Fine, you find yourself an agreement."
"Excellent."
I closed the phone and put myself in deep thought.
"Shuuya-kun? Are you alright? You look pale." Suddenly Shirou appeared behind me.
"Um, huh? Y-yes, yes, I'm okay! No need to worry about me." I walked away to the kitchen. I convinced myself that this is the right thing to do, this is the only thing to save Yuuka.
Mochi: I know you all hate me right now... but yes, this is the only thing I need to do.
Shirou: ...
Shuuya: ...
Mochi: Please review... *sobs*