A/N: Hello, I am surprised to see there are more people reading this fic. I am glad if you found this story worth reading :)
The plot is moving slowly, I know~
After a few minutes of walking (or running to be exact since Hikaru just couldn't wait to try the netgo that Shirou mentioned), they arrived at Shirou's house. The house is in the traditional japanese style and it's quite big as well, with a garden filled with bonsais and several different kinds of flowers that Hikaru didn't bother to know the names. Shirou poked his head in the living room while Hikaru decided to wait for him in the hallway.
"Tadaima, okaa-san."
"Okaeri, Shirou. Why did you leave in a hurry just now? Kai was looking for you because you were gone when he finished his phone call…"
"Ah… I forgot I have a promise to play with Hikaru today so I went to fetch him first. Where is Kai-niisan?"
"He is in guest room, still working on his… thing."
Shirou's mother answered with uncertain tone as she had no idea what his nephew was working on.
"I see. Thanks, kaa-san."
Shirou hurriedly came out and dragged Hikaru to the said room, ignoring Hikaru's protest about how Shirou's choking him and that he could walk on his own without being dragged.
"Niisannnnnnn~ Here, I brought you one more guinea pig!" Said shirou while he opened the door and pushed Hikaru inside, again, ignoring the protest coming out from Hikaru's mouth.
"Eh, really?"
"Yep, this is Hikaru. Hikaru, meet my cousin, Kai nii-san."
In front of them was a young man in early twenties, no, possibly even older than that. Hikaru couldn't be sure because it seemed baby-face feature is running in Shirou's family. He smirked at Shirou who smacked his head in return.
"You play go? It's really unusual for kids at your age to have an interest in go. I even had to bribe Shirou with free takoyaki to get him trying out the netgo. Come, I'll show you the website. Oh, nice to meet you, Hikaru-kun." He smiled widely at Hikaru, and waved his hand as a sign for Hikaru to come closer so he could see the laptop screen on the table.
"First, you need an internet connection. After that, type the link on the address bar. The website address is this..." He pointed the link on the browser.
"And because it's currently under development, you need a password to get through this warning notice.. But I can just send you an invite to your email so that you won't need the password." He quickly typed something and the notice disappeared, replaced by scenery that reminded Hikaru of the RPG games he played.
"Welcome to LandofGo. If you just registered, it will first take you to character creation and you also need to think of a username. After that, you can just challenge someone for a game or wait for someone to challenge you if you set your status to available. If you win a game, you'll get some coins to buy items for your avatar and then... Hikaru-kun?"
Hikaru's expression was completely mixed of confusion and frustration as he had no idea what he just heard.
"Internet, email.. And what's that again.. Invite.. What kind of alien languages are those..." He blinked and looked at Shirou with while Shirou just shrugged with 'don't ask me' written on his face. Sighing, Hikaru decided to start by ask the first question anyway.
"Ummmm... Sorry, what's internet?"
Hearing that question, Kai immediately had a hunch that he would have a long, long day today...
"You guys still haven't finished?" Asked Shirou again while he rolled over on the floor, A few stacks of mangas was scattered all over the floor. It was so boring listening to Kai's explanation, he already heard it once and there was no way he was going to hear it for the second time. So there he was, wasting his time by reading mangas while Kai tried to explain stuffs to Hikaru. Thankfully Hikaru caught on quickly, he has the brain but he just didn't use it very often, as his mother always said.
"Yup. Hikaru is playing someone right now." Kai answered while looking back at his bored cousin.
"Huh, really? Let me see..."
Shirou got up on his feet and went behind Hikaru to see the game but he found out Hikaru already finished and quickly closed the window like he didn't want Shirou to see something on the screen.
"Hey! Why did you close it!" Shirou protested.
"I already won." Answered Hikaru, crossing both of his arms on his chest, looking overly proud.
"No way! I bet you lost, that's why you are embarrassed!"
"You guys, that's enough! No more of your screaming contest, okay? By the way, it's almost time for dinner... Are you having dinner with us, Hikaru?"
Hikaru was ready to ignore Kai's interruption and shout back at Shirou but Kai's last sentence made him stop. He quickly jumped from the seat.
"Darn! I have to go home! I promised to be back for dinner! Thank you for everything, Kai-san. Shirou, I am going home now!" He said hurriedly as he went out and grabbed his shoes from the shoe rack near the front door as Shirou followed him from behind.
"Ne, what's your username, Hikaru?"
"...Why?"
"So that I can look for you and beat you up of course! Then I'll get a few coins easily. Hehehe."
"Like hell you can. I'll beat you up instead!"
"We'll see! What is it?"
"..."
"Don't tell me you used something lame like Hikaru... Or Hika5?"
"I didn't!"
"Then what is it?"
"..."
Hikaru hesitated before finally said something in an almost audible voice. Shirou stared at him. Stare, stare, stare... Before he finally laughed like crazy. He even had tears on his eyes from laughing too much. He stopped for a second only to burst out laughing again when he saw Hikaru's face.
"Jerk!"
Hikaru opened the door with red face and slammed it as hard as he could. Even when he was outside, he could still hear Shirou's laughter. Before stepping away, he heard Shirou's mother voice from inside the house, asking her son why he laughed so loudly.
"…You are late."
Hikaru heard his brother's voice as soon as he opened the door. There was a book on his hand. Maybe he has been waiting for Hikaru. He glanced at Hideaki who started at him, waiting for his answer. As he took of his shoes and stepped inside, he sighed and opened his mouth.
"I… lost track of time while playing soccer with Shirou."
"You are lying."
Busted. Not even one second of doubt. He should have known that he could never lie to Hideaki. No, it's not like he couldn't but Hideaki always saw through his lies. Side effect being twins, he guessed. He sighed again.
"…So? Why are you late?"
"….I played netgo at Shirou's house and lost track of time."
"Oh."
And that's all he said as he turned around and said something about they have all already ate and Hikaru should eat his dinner soon.
"Why the heck did you bother asking then…?" Hikaru gritted his teeth and would have started to bash him inside his mind if not for the sudden outburst by a very familiar voice.
"Did someone say go? Ne, Hideaki, Hikaru? Eh? Hikaru played netgo at Shirou's house? What's netgo? Ne, Hikaruuuuuuuuuu~~~~"
Sometimes Hikaru wondered if Sai actually had a go radar on his body. He always knew whenever someone said something about go. Hikaru was ready to run but Hideaki was holding his arm with a smile.
Darn.
That night, Hikaru (unwillingly) spent a few hours explaining to Sai about the netgo.
More A/N :
Let's see if anyone can guess Hikaru's username in this fic. lol
Thank you Smozzick and 12417 for reviewing~!
Smozzick Thank you for correcting me and I'll try not to betray your expectation :)
12417 haha, as I said in the previous A/N, I just wanted his twin to have a 'light' in his name that started with H, so yeah~
