The Megurine Family lived peacefully for five years. For five whole years, nothing went wrong. Until…
KAITO/LUKE POV
"Well, maybe if you didn't clumsily fall in the middle of them, they wouldn't fly away." I said in huff as I watched my confused little sister tilt her head in reply. She was sitting where she had fallen only seconds ago, butterflies in every shades of the rainbow, fluttering away like dust clouds, rising from the silky flowers.
Giggling, she turned her face upward to the clear blue sky, but not before glaring pointedly at me.
"Yeah, well" she said sticking her tongue out, she smirked and leapt up to dance away. "There!" But I refused to budge in my place at the middle of the field, and simply stood there with my arms crossed and my face crooked in boredom. My eyes wouldn't leave her form though. My sister is like the clumsiest girl I know. Every movement she made made me want to fall over, laughing.
She kept on jumping and hopping as she tried to catch some butterflies. Without a moment lost, I saw her running in full speed towards me. As soon as she was in range, she leapt towards me, and together, we fell, rolling in the fields of wildflowers, squishing hundreds of daisies and sending more butterflies frantically flying towards the clear blue sky.
As we came to a stop, she smirked above me in triumph. All I could see was her face, like a bright sunshine, surrounded by flowers, each its own luscious and vivid color, rising up from emerald stalks. She stuck her tongue out, sat up and giggled.
"I only want one." She continued. "I mean, just one! You wouldn't think they would be incredibly hard to catch."
I followed her motions and sat up, wrapping my arms around my cute little sister, narrowing my eyes to see the fields around me clearer. "Just one?" I asked my voice barely able to rise above Luka's as she ranted about being unable to catch one. She stopped as she looked at me with her eyes shining bright.
"I knew you'd catch me one!" she squealed, clapping excitedly.
I leaned back my arms for a moment then sighed. "I guess." Shrugging, I laid down, laying my arms flat and open like I was accepting a hug. Luka blinked and leaned over me, watching me with sparkling laughing eyes.
"What are you doing?" she huffed, pouting as she continued to watch me.
"Lay down." I whispered moving a finger slowly to my lips before I laid back in the grass.
Blinking, she chewed her lips before following my movement. "Now what?" she whispered.
"That." I whispered back. My voice send chills to her as the sky above us erupted into colors. The flowers around us surged like ocean waves as masses of butterflies hovered above the protection of the little colorful forest. Each was like velvet, and against the sun, they looked like shards of stained glass, with sunlight filtering through the vibrant colors of their wings.
Gasping, she watched as each danced towards the sun, until the sun bleached them from existence, and each would fall back down like single colored stars from heaven.
After we laid on the same place for long enough, the butterflies began landing on us, blessing us with soft little kisses for each landing. Luka giggled and sneezed as one landed on her nose, sending the rest up into the air.
"See?" I asked sitting up and leaning over to see her giggling, still pressed into the flowers and grass of the field. Sitting up, she hugged me tight.
"Wait till Noriko hears! She only got lunch. I got lunch AND butterflies." I scratched my head as I watch her stand up and start dancing through the flowers with her arms stretched out wide. Finally, she froze and bent down to give me a playful kiss on the cheek.
"Who's this Noriko?" I asked.
"She's this blonde girl from my class. I don't know why she's always rude to me. I never did anything wrong to her. You know what? She's also nine like you but still in kindergarten." She said.
I smiled as I patted her head. "Just ignore her. If she's rude to you, be nice to her. Maybe she's just jealous because she's older but my little sister is much smarter than her."
She giggled as she collected her dolls lying down the field. "We better hurry or we'll never make it to the beach to eat with mommy and daddy." After she finished collecting, she hurried down the path. I reluctantly followed watching her dreamily as she jogged down the trail.
None of the love left my eyes when I saw her trip and land on the soft grass again, giggling and complaining about her clumsiness.
Yes, they were that close.
"Where have you two been?" asked mom.
"Luka wanted to play on top of the hill." I said.
Mom smiled as she prepared the food. Me and Luka sat down with dad while waiting for mom to get finished.
This beach truly is wonderful. Being here always makes me feel at ease. Actually, I take Luka here all the time. We always have fun making sand castles and playing in the water. Dad often gets mad at us, especially me since I'm the one who always takes Luka there, for going home all wet and dirty.
I wonder if Luka loves me the way I love her. Wait, I sound disgusting. I'm making it sound like incest. Don't get me wrong. I just love her dearly. I'm not that good with socializing with people. I'm shy. I do have this football team but they aren't really friendly. Luka is all I have. If I leave, will my baby sister miss me? I don't want to leave her side though and I don't want her to leave mine. She's my best friend.
"I like it here." Luka murmured as she looked at the illuminating sun. There was a small curve on her lips, not long ago before she stuck her tongue out.
Father chuckled as he heard Luka say those words. "It seems like it but why do you like it here, if I may ask?" He smiled at Luka as he patted her head. "I mean, we've been to different beaches and they are a lot more beautiful than this one."
She smiled innocently. "True, but this one has its own charm. Me and Luke plays here all the time. We made a lot of memories here. Maybe that's the reason. Luke always makes me happy so please don't get mad at him when we go home wet and dirty." She pleaded.
Father was a bit shocked from what she said then suddenly burst into laughter. "Alright, alright."
I'm glad that Luka appreciates the things that I do for her.
We happily ate the food that mom prepared for us. It was such a perfect lunch. Who wouldn't enjoy this kind of lunch? You are like in your favorite place on earth, you are together with your family, sharing stories with each other and everyone is happy. Just by seeing their happy faces already makes me feel like I'm the happiest guy on earth.
"Mom, dad, can we go ride the bicycle for a little while?" Luka suddenly asked.
Our parents looked at each other, smiled, looked back at Luka then nodded. Oh, if you could just see Luka's happy face. She clapped excitedly as she reached out for her small bike. I rode my own and we drove off. It was pretty hard riding a bicycle on the sand so Luka always fell over and I helped her out. We suddenly reached for the road where we could pedal much better.
It was so much fun racing with her. Of course, as a good older brother, I always let her win. She always teased me and I just stick my tongue out whenever she did. I can't imagine how other elder brothers get annoyed by their little sister. I mean, seeing this little girl happy because of me is just overwhelming.
I'm glad she became my sister.
Despite of all of it, of course they wouldn't avoid little skirmishes. Siblings will always be siblings no matter how much they love each other. Let's move on.
3 days later…
I came home, tired and lonely. I was exhausted. I went to practice with my football teammates for our upcoming summer game just a few days behind but as usual, they bullied me again. Luka suddenly entered the house; she was probably in the playground playing with the other kids. She was crying and it broke my heart seeing her like that.
I hurriedly approached her. "What happened?" I asked worriedly, looking at her with my eyes opened wide. She cried more and more as I wrapped my arms around her patting her back.
"Noriko was at the playground and I was in the swing and she pushed me higher and higher and I fell and all of the kids laughed at me." She whimpered. Looking at her sad little face was really heartbreaking.
Even though I was already tired, I scurried to the playground to find that girl who dared to hurt my little sister. Luka was stopping me but I didn't care. Whoever made her cry needed to pay. I was in total outrage and when I arrived, all of the kids went quiet.
"Who's this Noriko?" I roared.
A girl with long blonde hair who was playing in the seesaw with another kid stared at me and barely raised her hand. "L…Luke?" she asked scared.
"How did you know my name?" Noriko, the blonde haired girl looked so familiar yet I wasn't sure where I've seen her before.
"Noriko has a crush on you, Mr.!" the kid on the other side of the seesaw said.
Noriko blushed and was all defensive. "No…No I," she tried to explain before I ran to her and gripped her shoulders tightly.
"Look, blondie! I don't care whoever you are but always remember not to hurt my little sister. Try to hurt her one more time and I'm sure to beat the crap out of you even if you're a girl. Don't you ever mess up with her or there will be consequences." I yelled at her face with my image filled with wrath. Luka was hugging me from behind telling me to stop. I pulled Luka's hand away from the playground and dragged her home.
"You shouldn't have done that." She cried. I totally adore Luka. Despite of what that girl did to her, she still didn't fight back. She was kind. She was weak and it broke my heart. I hated seeing her cry. I always wanted her to be happy and hearing her laugh was all I could ever ask for.
I patted her head and smiled. I pulled her to a hug again and cradled her to my arms. I'd do anything for this girl. I wanted her to keep on smiling. Luka was my whole world.
"There, there." I whispered to her ear then she nestled her head on my chest for seconds.
"Hey, Luke." She suddenly called out. "I want you to win the football match. I'm gonna be watching." She continued. She looked up to me waiting for my response.
I frowned as I looked down to her. "I'm sorry. I don't think I still want to join the match. I mean, my teammates are such bullies."
She pulled away and looked at me in the eyes with a pleading face. "But you have to. I want you to play. I want you to win." She protested.
"But I always get bullied." I explained.
"I said I want you to play!" she yelled.
My mood suddenly changed. I didn't know but I think I became mad at her for the very first time. "Enough, Luka." I said as my eyebrows met.
She was being childish. "I said play! If I say I want you to play, you are going to play."
I wasn't able to control my temper anymore as I stood up and yelled back at her. "I said no! What's wrong with you? I protect you from those people who hurt you but why can't you understand that I don't want to play anymore because there are people there who hurt me? I said I don't want to play. No means no!"
By that, tears started to form in her eyes. Mom heard us and rushed to see what was happening. I was glaring at Luka and that made her cry even more. She ran out of the house then mom chased for her while I stood still as if my feet were glued to the floor. What's wrong with me? Why wasn't I chasing after Luka? I wasn't supposed to be mad at her. I think I'm going to apologize when she gets back.
