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Chapter 2: Talking with Minds
Ryuusei's Point Of View
*KRRRIIINNNG!*
I woke up and sat tiringly. I didn't slept too well.
"What a weird dream." I said.
I don't want to talk about that dream…
"*yawn* Ah…" I said.
I stand up and go to the bathroom.
"What the…" I said.
I look like a monster! My hair was really a mess and I have many morning glories in my eyes! I even look like a guy who didn't take a bath for a week!
Ah… I'll take a bath and see what will happen.
After 5 minutes…
AH! What the-!? I'm having a bad hair day!
I really do have a bad hair day! Ugh… How can I go like this? And I will also face Ema!
Wait… Why am I thinking of my looks for Ema?
I think that's because of the weird dream.
No it's not!
There's a possibility though.
Oh shut up, mind!
Tsk.
I really need to stop talking with my mind.
Well, I'll just fix it when I'm done eating.
As I go down, I saw Ema eating an unusual omelette.
"Good morning Ryuu—Huh? What happened with your hair?" She asked.
"I'm having a bad hair day." I said.
"Oh… Well then let me fix it for you." She said.
"Huh?" I said confusingly.
"I said I'll fix it for you." She said with a smile.
"But… You'll be late for school." I said.
She smiled at me.
What a beautiful smile…
See!? You like her smile!
Oh shut up. It just warms my heart to see it.
What did you just said!?
Oh… Uh…
Hah! I win again!
Please shut up.
Fine! I'll just celebrate here!
Mind!
Okay! Okay!
I'm really crazy, right? I really need to stop.
"Yuusuke is going to school today. I'll just stay here." She said.
"Oh…" I said.
"So eat while I fix your hair." She said.
I nodded and said 'Itadakimasu' and looked at the omelette.
"Today's breakfast is mushroom and egg white omelette." She said.
"Improvised?" I asked.
"Yes." She said.
I then started eating. It was delicious.
I felt soft hands running in my hair.
"You have such soft hair…" she said.
"Thank you." I said as coolly as possible.
She chuckled. It's not every day a girl will tell that your hair is soft
I was already done eating, so as she who was fixing my hair.
I looked at the mirror and saw my hair was already back to normal.
"How do you know to do this?" I asked.
"Oh. Louis taught me how to do it." She said.
"Do you mean the hairdresser?" I asked.
"Yes." She said.
"Oh…" I said.
Ooh… A rival!
What are you saying?
Hehe! Another guy is touching your precious Ema!
What the hell? I just met her like 2 days ago!
Who knows…? Maybe it's love at first sight.
Oh shut up!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Mind! Don't disturb me!
I can't help it!
Just shut up.
I really am crazy...
"Ryuusei?" Ema called.
"Huh? What is it?" I asked.
"I packed lunch for you, Kaname, and that guy named Chiaki." She said.
"You really did it?" I said.
"Yes! And I really made it really special for Kaname!" she said happily.
Oh… I smell jealousy…
Will you please shut up!? I'm having a proper conversation with a person!
Correction. It's with a special person.
Oh come on!
"Ryuusei?" Ema asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'll take it." I said.
"Good! Please give this!" she said.
"Okay. I'll be going now." I said.
"Sayonara!" she happily said.
As she said this, she hugged me happily I hugged her back. I was surprised and at the same time… Happy?
Wah! Ha! Ha! Ha! You're happy!
I'm just happy because she…
Hugged you?
What the…? No! I mean…
Tsk… You have mixed feelings dude.
Argh!
"Oh… Uh… I think you'll be late for work…" she said with face that has a shade of pink.
"Huh? Oh… Well then I'll be going." I said.
She waved at me and I go out.
"Good morning Yuusei!" Chiaki greeted.
"Good morning." I said.
"Good morning." Kaname said with sad expression.
"What happened to your sister?" Chiaki asked.
"Hmm…? Ah, Fuuto saw Ema and caught her running away from him." He said.
Wah… Ema never said anything like that…
That's because she doesn't trust you like her brother does.
But I'm the one who she is now living with!
Ooh…. You're angry and envy Kaname for being the one she trusts and not you!
It's not like that!
"Yuusei! Yuusei!" Kaname said.
"Huh? What?" I said.
Chiaki then started laughing out loud and Kaname was also laughing.
"Your face!" Chiaki laughed.
"What's wrong with my face?" I asked.
"Look!" Chiaki pointed.
"What the…" I said.
He gave me my phone and I saw a video of my face changing from calm, to upset, to angry, and to daze. Wait how did he have my phone?
AH!
Ha! Ha! Ha! So you look like this when you're talking to me!
Does that mean I looked like that in front of Ema?
What the… Conscious much?
What? NO! I just feel like I'm rude.
Really? Maybe you just don't want to look bad for Ema.
Oh shut up!
"Yuusei!" Kaname called.
Chiaki still kept laughing.
"You did it again!" he said.
"Did you videoed it again?" I asked.
"Nah… I was too busy laughing!" Chiaki said.
"Psh. Come on, let's go to work (Pray or meditate?)" I said.
"Okay!" Chiaki exclaimed.
Kaname also nodded with a smile.
Argh… I hate you mind.
Third's Point Of View
"Where the hell is that Mahoko?" Yuusuke muttered to himself.
"Ohayō!" Mahoko said.
"O-Ohayō." Kazuma said.
Yuusuke stood up glaring at them.
"What's wrong with you?" Mohoko said.
"You knew that Ema was here yesterday!" Yuusuke said.
Mahoko and Kazuma's eyes grew wide.
"H-how…" Mahoko said.
"Fuuto saw her!" Yuusuke said.
"Right…" Mahoko said.
Fudge. I forgot he is Fuuto's bro. Mahoko thought.
Thought you'll get away with this? Yuusuke thought.
"Well, she's not going to school today." Mahoko thought.
"What…" Yuusuke said.
"Hah! And Ema's problem is a secret!" Mahoko said.
"Y-Yeah. It's a secret!" Kazuma said.
"You know!? Tell me!" Yuusuke forced.
Mahoko and Kazuma zipped their mouths.
"Gah! I need fresh air." Yuusuke said and stormed off.
Mahoko and Kazuma looked at each other and high fived while smiling.
Ema's Point Of View
Hmm… What to do…
Come to think of it, I never wore clothes like casual, sleepwear, or something. I just wear here are my uniform and my gym clothes.
"Ah! I'll go shopping!" I said.
Well, I did save up my allowance for emergency purposes.
"Then shopping it is…" I said.
I then used my coat to cover up my uniform so that people won't suspect me, a student not in school while it's still class hours.
I go to a shop where I always buy my clothes. They sell cheap but beautiful clothes.
"Oh! Hello Ema!" the shopkeeper said.
"Hello Elisa!" I said.
This is Elisa (This is my fictional character). She is the owner of the shop where I buy my clothes. She even designed all the clothes there and it has all beautiful designs. And she just graduated from college.
She has short dark brown layered hair, emerald green eyes, and fair skin.
She is very cheerful and optimistic. But, she might be serious at times.
"Ah! I miss you!" she said while hugging me tightly.
"I miss you too." I said hugging back.
"What brings you here?" she asked calming down.
I smiled at her and winked. Her eyes grew wide.
"No way… Are you sure!?" she said.
I nodded. She then squealed happily and drag me one of the fitting room.
"Ah! The joy of me picking out clothes for you!" she said.
This is it.
"Hehe! I'll give you a discount! Since I know I'll pick out too much." She said.
"Thank you!" I said.
After a few moments of dressing up. I was finally done. I had so many loads of shopping bags to carry.
"Okay! I need… 2, 897 yen!" she said.
"Got it." I said.
I gave her 3,000 yen. She gave me the change and exclaimed happily.
"Ah! I can't wait to see you in those clothes!" she said.
"Yeah. Thank you for doing business with me." I said with a smile.
"See you again!" she said.
"Sure." I said.
She flagged me a cab and I got inside.
"Bye!" she said.
I waved at her goodbye.
She smiled at me happily.
The driver then drove off.
As the driver drove off, I saw a boy with light salmon-coloured hair and his brown eyes staring wide-eyed at the car window I am also looking at.
My eyes grew wide as he was standing there with his bicycle.
I smiled sadly at him and waved a little. I also mouthed something that made his eyes grew wider.
He then fades as the cab was going and going far from him.
Wataru…
Ryuusei's Point Of View
it was already lunchtime.
"Ah! Let's go already to that café!" Chiaki said.
"I won't be coming." I said.
"Girlfriend cooked again?" Kaname guessed.
"You're right. She also cooked for you two." I said.
"Really? Then that's great!" Chiaki said.
They both sat down opposite sides and I get the lunches.
I gave Chiaki a lunch box wrapped in a colour of violet and Kaname's wrapped in purple. Mine was wrapped in red.
"Itadakimasu." We all said.
We opened our lunch boxes. It looks delicious.
"It's oyakadon." I said.
"Yeah…" they both said.
"Wait… Why does my lunch look like different from you two?" Kaname asked.
"Uh… Mine is the same." I said finding an excuxe.
I forgot Ema made it special for her brother.
"Really? Well… Let's proceed." Kaname said unsure.
Good thing he gave in.
We nodded and tasted it.
"Oishi!" Chiaki exclaimed.
He's right. It was delicious.
"It really tastes like my sister's cooking." Kaname said.
"It must have been just a coincidence." I said.
"Maybe you're right." Kaname said.
I sighed in relief. But, they ignored it because they were eating their food.
I smiled. I never saw them like this.
Ema's Point Of View
I was already wearing one of the clothes I bought. I ate lunch and after that, I watched TV while waiting until I can dinner.
I was pushing the buttons of the remote, trying to find a channel to watch.
But I have nothing to watch.
Just then, Ryuusei's face pops up at my mind.
Hmm…? What's this? Thinking of prince charming?
What? No. It's just because of that dream…
Huh!? You mean that weird dream?
Yeah… That dream…
Don't worry! It'll be fine!
But, I read in a phycology book, that when you dreamt of something… It means you want it.
Well... Don't believe too much in phycology books.
I think you're right.
See?
Thank you, mind.
You're welcome!
My mind really helps me figure things out.
My mind is very close to me.
Rintarou's Point Of View
*beep* *beep*
"Hello?" I said.
[Oh! Hi Mr Rintarou!]
"Oh. Elisa, nice to hear from you again." I said.
[Yeah! It was also nice to hear from you again!]
"Anyways, why did you call?" I asked.
[Oh! Um… Ema left her phone here; I was also wandering why she bought new clothes since I know she is not shopaholic.]
"She bought clothes?" I said in surprise.
[Yeah! And a dozen of it! I just gave her a discount since I think she bought it with her savings…]
"What? She bought it with her savings? She could have asked me for money." I said.
[That's what I was thinking! Well… Please try to contact her that her phone is here.]
"Okay. Thank you Elisa." I said.
[Bye Mr Rintarou!]
I then hang up and started to wander why Ema bought new clothes.
"Rin-kun?" Miwa called.
I looked at her with worried eyes.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Ema bought new clothes with—" I said being cut off.
"Really!? You should have told me earlier!" she said happily.
"Huh?" I said.
"I should have gone with her to shop!" she said wandering how it would turn out.
"No… I mean, she bought a dozen of new clothes using her savings…" I said.
"What? But… she could have told us…" she said.
"Right… I'll call someone from the apartment." I said.
I then called Masaomi.
His telephone rang a few and he finally answered.
[Dr Masaomi Asahina on the phone. How may I help you?]
"Hi Masaomi." I said.
[Oh… Mr Rinatrou, what is it…?]
"I'll get straight to the point."
[Okay?]
"Has anyone destroyed or touched Ema's clothes?"
[W-What does that mean?]
"Elisa called and informed me that Ema left her phone at her shop and she was wandering why Ema bought a dozen of clothes."
[She bought clothes…]
"Can I talk to Ema after her classes?"
[Um… You can't.]
"What? Why can't I?"
[Er… I have to say something to you.]
"What?"
[Ema didn't come back.]
When his words clicked into my mind… I felt like time stopped.
"W-What do you mean?"
[Like I said… She didn't come back.]
"When did she didn't come back?"
[I think… On the day when she got the family registry.]
"No…"
[Huh?]
"I-I'll call you back."
[Okay. Please tell me if you realized something…]
I hung up and covered my face with my palms.
"So… What did he said?" Miwa said.
"Ema now knows…" I said.
This is what I fear for Ema to know… That she is adopted.
"She now knows?" Miwa said.
"Yeah." I said.
"It'll be all right." She said trying to comfort me.
As she tried to comfort me, I started think where is Ema now staying.
Ema's Point Of View
It was already evening. I was now preparing dinner.
Hmm… What should I prepare?
Something special… I guess?
Huh? Why special?
It was just a guess…
Well… I'll just have to prepare something unique again.
After preparing something improvised again, Ryuusei arrived.
"I'm home!" He said.
"Welcome home Ryuusei." I said with a smile.
"Thank you—oh? You're wearing clothes other than your uniform." He said realizing it.
"Yeah… I bought it from a friend's shop." I said.
"Oh… So what's for dinner?" he asked.
"Ta-dah! It's chicken teriyaki meatballs!" I said.
Okay… That was really not me but I want to make my cooking like something a very great thing.
"Hmm… It looks delicious." He said.
"Thank you." I said.
I'll never get tired of hearing someone complement my cooking.
You are so right!
Yeah… I never felt so much happiness…
Huh?
What's wrong?
Could it possibly… Nah… Never mind.
Okay?
We were already done eating and I was now washing the dishes while Ryuusei was watching TV like I told him to.
I was humming a song that I don't even know but it felt like familiar.
When I was done, I was about to get bored when I heard something interesting from the TV.
'LIVE from the Gaming Center of Fukohama…'
"Ooh…" I stared in interest at the TV.
"Hmm?" Ryuusei said.
He was about to change the channel when he noticed me.
"Wait. Don't change it." I said.
I then stared at the TV again while sitting next to Ryuusei at the sofa.
'The CEO of a gaming company… Natsume Asahina!'
I was staring blankly at the TV as it shows Natsume's serious face. Many people were clapping happily at the background. Natusme held the mic.
'We would like to present our new game, Corpse Killer.'
"Whoa. That sounds exciting." I said to myself.
'Let me also present our voice actors for the main characters…'
Then, Tsubaki and Azusa also came up at the stage. Huh, they are the voice actors again.
'It is again Tsubaki and Azusa Asahina!'
Many girls squealed in the background.
"Huh… Again…?" I asked to myself.
'They are the voices of the main characters, please enjoy the story!'
It was quite short then they started talking about the concept of the story and I was only listening intently but my mind was elsewhere.
I have to buy the game!
"Ema?" Ryuusei called.
"Huh? What?" I asked.
"Do you like Zombie video games?" he asked.
"Hmm? Ah… Yeah." I said.
"Really?" he said in an amused tone.
"Oh… And I just don't like it, I love them!" I said animatedly.
"So does that mean you're going to buy that game?" he asked.
"Yup. But, I think I don't have enough money…" I said.
"Oh…? Well, that's sad for you…" he said.
"Eh? No worries, I'll just save up again." I said.
"That's very optimistic of you." He said.
I smiled at him.
'And there you have it folks! Now, please buy Corpse Killer now at every game store here in Japan!'
I then saw the price of the game at the bottom of the screen.
Ah… I need to save up for it…
I sighed and stood up.
"Well… I'm already tired." I said stretching tiringly.
"Oh… Then, advance good night then." He said.
"Ah! I forgot…" I said.
"What is it?" he asked.
"How was my cooking for lunch earlier?" I asked.
"Oh… It was delicious everyone was really engrossed by it." He said.
I smiled happily and waved at him for another good night.
I then go to my room.
Third Person's Point Of View
in the Asahina Residences… All the brothers were there (excluding Hikaru, including Natsume, and Masaomi about to arrive) and were all sitting on the living room.
"I'm home." Masaomi announced.
When they heard this, they stared at Masaomi as he was coming down.
"What's with the tension?" Masaomi asked.
"What? You called all of us here!" Yuusuke blurted out.
"Ah… Right…" Masaomi said.
Masaomi then sat with them.
"So… Why did you call us out here?" Azusa asked.
"Ah…" Masaomi said.
He then scratched the back of his neck.
"Well… Mr Rintarou called earlier." Masaomi said.
Everyone's back became stiff.
"W-Why…?" Ukyo asked.
Masaomi then told them about the phone call he had with Rintarou.
"Wait, Elisa? Who's that?" Yuusuke asked.
"Oh… I think I heard that name before." Natsume said while remembering something.
"Really? So who is she?" Ukyo asked.
"She's an owner of a clothing store." Natsume said.
"How did you know that?" Yuusuke said with slightly unbelief.
"One of my co-workers is her uncle." Natsume said.
"Ah!" Wataru exclaimed.
"What is it?" Fuuto said slightly irritated when Wataru cut off his solving.
"That explains it…" Wataru said looking down.
"Huh?" Masaomi said in confusion.
"It started when…" Wataru started off.
~To Be Continued~