Aww, no one answered my questions, but oh well.
Is it because Haru's paired with a girl?! jkjk...
But that could be a reason for some... *looks around warily*
Nonetheless...
Misaki is so cute!
I don't own Junjou Romantica! But I do own my OC and her family.
There is few cussing, so little.
Italics is thoughts.
You could say there is a tradition in the Usami household. It involves its two young masters coming down at different times for breakfast, made by the dear butler, Tanaka.
Is that his last name? First name? Affectionate nickname? We will never know.
The boys- men come down at different times because the oldest is beginning to work the family business so has to wake up early, while the younger one wakes up at his best alone because... HE IS NOT A MORNING PERSON!
Ahem... Just don't go on your own without facing the consequences.
So, the oldest, Haruhiko, eats calmly while looking through some papers. Then, moments later, a door slams open rather loudly, and Haruhiko narrows his eyes in annoyance, despite it happening for the past how many years they have lived together as brothers.
It has always been this way, and it's probably never going to change.
"Ne... Is Aki-chan here?"
Haruhiko looked up at the voice, and wondered how the girl managed to get in here. Tanaka comes in from the kitchen. "Ah, Sumiko-sama!" He said surprised, "How did you get in here?"
"Eh, your back door was open," she looked around, "Where's Aki-chan?"
"Ah, you cannot at this moment, he has to go to school soon."
She pouted. "Oh..." Then she spotted Haruhiko. "Ne... Are you Aki-chan's brother?"
"Yes," said Tanaka, "This is Haruhiko-sama."
"Ohh... Okay," she smiled at him, "I'll call you Haru-chan!"
Haruhiko merely ignored her, continuing to eat and look at his papers.
"Just ignore him," said Akihiko as he walked in, exchanging a glare with his brother.
"Brothers shouldn't do that~ My older brother's with his mama, but when he visits, we get along!"
"Oh, you don't share the same mother?" asked Akihiko, finding to his satisfaction that his brother didn't like them talking while he was trying to read.
She shook her head. "His mama and our papa were out drinking together as friends and then they woke up... You know... But it was alright! They're still good friends! She travels a lot and so does Onii-chan, so we don't really see them much."
"Is that so?"
"Then after a few years Onii-chan was born Papa got married to his soul mate and had me, and then Ai-tan! He just turned eight~ he's so cute!"
As Sumiko began to chatter about her little brother to Akihiko, who thought to himself that she talked to him about her brother just as much as Takahiro, Haruhiko beckoned Tanaka over and spoke with him.
"Who is she?"
"From the Hirakawa family that lives close by; Hirakawa's son came over from America to take over the dojo since he has passed on."
Haruhiko sipped his tea. "I see." Going back to his paper, he tried his best ignore everything around him.
"Your new neighbor?" asked Misaki as they walked down the path from the gate to the Usami mansion. With permission, and much less persuasion, Misaki was able to stay over until Takahiro was able to pick him up from the Usami mansion for the day.
"Yeah," Akihiko strayed off the path and Misaki followed. "She should be around here; she likes our trees."
"Does she go to school?"
"I don't think so; they did just move here after all."
"Oh-oft!" Akihiko looked back to see Misaki had fallen over a thick root popping up from the ground.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he picked up the younger boy.
Misaki nodded, and after getting both feet properly on the ground he looked up and smiled. "Thank you, Usami-san!"
Upon seeing the smiling face Akihiko felt his heart being tugged, and slightly blushed. Crap! he thought, turning away, What the hell was that?!
Cocking his head to the side, Misaki looked at Akihiko worriedly seeing him seemingly troubled. "What's wrong?"
So cu- Wait...wait... He's not cute! Maybe, just a littl- n-no! Not at all! Wait, why am I still looking at him?! "L-let's just go find her, come on." He turned and quickly went ahead.
"Wait for me!" Misaki called out, running after him.
Like he expected, Akihiko found Sumiko up in the tree... and folding origami.
"You know," he called out to her, "You can do that down here."
"No, don't wanna, Aki-chan!" Then she looked down at them from her origami and saw Misaki. "Oh, hi! I'm Sumiko~" Dropping her paper to the ground, she climbed off the tree and came closer to them.
"Takahashi Misaki! I'm eight years old!"
"Ehh... Takahashi?" she smiled, "You're so cute! I'm twelve."
"Really...?" Misaki looked at her, his head cocked to the side yet again, "Mommy says that when girls turn twelve, they..." He looked at her chest before gesturing to his.
Is he an idiot?! thought shocked Akihiko, who then turned to see Sumiko, her hand to her chin in thought. She's not going to blow at him, is she?
"Well, Mi-chan," Sumiko began, her voice grave.
"What?" asked Misaki, honestly wondering why the girl didn't seem to grow the stuff his mother was talking about; his mother had also told him that girls needed it, so he was worried for the girl. What if it's that thing Nii-chan was talking about from his text-book? A health defect? She'll have to go the hospital!
"You see, good things come to those who wait."
"..." Akihiko just stared dumbfounded at them as Sumiko smiled happily at Misaki, who thought about how to answer.
After some thoughtful silence, Misaki smiled in understanding. "That's great! So you don't have to go to the hospital!"
"I know, right? That also goes for our height too."
"Really?"
"Yeah, we have to drink a lot of milk and sleep. As they say, 'A child who sleeps well, grows well.'"
"Oooh, I- I see! I'll try my best!"
"Me too!" They shook hands at their unspoken promise to grow well together.
Akihiko continued to watch their interaction, contemplating on how he came to somehow be a caretaker for the two idiots.
What have I gotten myself into?
...And little did he know, he is going to fall in love with the idiot boy in a few years. XD
Soon, we'll meet Isaka and later Hiroki!
Any thoughts or grammar concerns?
