All I can say is that Bansai is confusing Michiru, a little bit. LOL Enjoy!
KagomeUchiha101: He's one of my favorite characters too! Though...I think I love him because he's so mysterious. O.O
.xx: LOL I get what you're saying. But that's not the only reason why this story is M rated. :P Anyways, I'm glad you're liking it. ^^
I was still home alone, while Mika was looking for a side-job. I was now sitting by the table, tracing my index finger on the small, dark table, feeling bored as hell. Even if Mika and I did have a T.V., I wouldn't be interested in watching anything. Mika told me that she wasn't interested in T.V. either.
Earlier, the guy, named Bansai Kawakami, confused me. Such as telling me his real name when he usually goes by his nickname, 'Tsunpo'. To me, 'Tsunpo' sounded like a funny name. I already knew why he didn't give out his real name because he's with Takasugi Shinsuke, and I've also heard that his group is called the Kiheitai.
And I was wondering why Bansai sometimes says 'I daresay' at the end of his sentences. Is that his habit? Well, I would pretty much never know.
While I was still sitting, I thought to myself, I have a feeling that Mika found a side-job already. But that's just a guess.
I sighed, and closed my eyes for a moment. In my mind, there were my parents, and my sister and I. We were all smiling and having a good time. I opened my eyes slowly, and furrowed my brows. Those good times were gone forever. I can't get my parents back because they already died. Humans are not like cats, who have 9 lives. Humans only have one life.
Suddenly, I began to shake, and shed tears in my eyes. Soon after, a tear dripped down my face, and then dripped on the table. More tears were pouring out of my eyes, and down my cheeks.
Shit, I'm crying again.
My dark blue eyes squinted, and I covered my eyes with both my hands. As they were on top of my eyes, my tears were on my palms. But I didn't care. I was crying because of my memories...with my deceased parents.
I thought with sadness, Mom...dad...I wish you were back. I wish you haven't been killed by those asshole criminals!
The more I thought about it, the more I cried. My hands were still on my eyes, and I had shut my eyes tightly. But that didn't stop my tears from falling.
I had only wish that I could change the past...but I can't.
-Bansai's POV-
After that talk I had to that woman, I was heading over to the building, where Otsu was. Of course, I was going to write more crude lyrics, and see if I would get away with it, as usual. But since her fans are obsessed with her songs, there's no way I'd ever get fired from being Otsu's music producer. So I knew that I was going to get away from it, no matter how dirty of lyrics I write.
Hell, I've even written songs about sex.
But when I was close to the building, I stopped for a bit. I stopped because I was remembering Michiru's introduction, plus mine.
All of a sudden, I kept mumbling her name.
"Michiru...Michiru..."
I lifted my hand up, and ran my hand through my green-teal hair. I thought, Why does that name sound familiar? Have I heard that name before? Wait...no, this must be a different Michiru.
I gripped my hair, and tried to remember where I heard that name. But the last time I heard it was when I was a child.
I thought again, Yes, I have heard of that name, but I've only heard that once. And that only time was before I turned 10.
Trying to clear my memory (Since it was a long time ago), I decided to let it go for now. The only thing I had to do now was get to Otsu's building before I was late. Then again, I could care less if she were to get angry with me, because I would just listen to the music in my headphones, ignoring everybody.
-Michiru's POV-
Over three hours later, Mika finally came back home.
I asked her, "Did you find any side-jobs?"
She nodded her head as she answered, "I've found one. But when I was in the building, with the side-job in it, the boss immediately wanted me to work until he got back."
"What do you mean by that?" I asked as I rose a brow up.
Mika sighed, "The boss left me in charge of his job. He only left for over two hours. Then, when he got back, he made me clean the dishes in the kitchen."
"Hold on, were you working at a restaurant?"
She sighed again as she answered, "You could say that, but technically, it's not, really. I don't think I can explain it perfectly, but...I did earn some money."
"Really?" I asked with a bit of surprise in me. "How much did you get?"
She turned her head for a second, and took out something from her pocket. It was something in a rectangular folder. She handed it to me, and I took it from her hands. I then unfolded the top of the folder, and saw how much money was in it. I opened my eyes kind of widely, and was amazed.
I was about to yell for joy, but I tried to calm myself. "How in the hell did you get 50,000 yen?"
Mika set her hand on the back of her head, and answered, "I didn't understand at first, but the boss told me that the reason why I got this much was because I did a fantastic job. He even looked at all the dishes I cleaned, and not one of them had a dirty spot."
"Well, Mika. I'm pretty impressed."
"You should be," She joked.
We both chuckled, but it wasn't long until we stopped.
I thought while staring off into space, Michiru, you still shouldn't tell Mika that you met that guy earlier. Because she'll ask questions like 'Are you in love with him?' or something like that. Besides, I barely know that guy, so I don't care about him. The only thing I care about is earning money so that we'll have less problems.
I showed a small smile, but Mika snapped her fingers a few times. I snapped back into reality, and looked at Mika's blue eyes. Her eyes were a little lighter than mine. She gave me a suspicious look, but asked, "So what did you do while I was gone?"
My eyes widened a bit, but narrowed after five seconds. My mouth hung open, but I managed to answer Mika's question, "I went for a walk, and then...I thought about our parents again."
She blinked, and bit her lower lip. She put the folder, with the money in it, on the table, and said, "Our parents...?"
I nodded my head, and said, "Yeah. I still remember that day. That day...of when our parents were killed." In my head, there was an image of when our parents were dead.
I began to shake, like last time. Mika patted my shoulder, and told me, "Michiru, I still remember that day too. But once it's been seen..." My twin sister lowered her head down, and finished her sentence a bit quietly, "...it can't be unseen."
My teeth were clenched. My brows were knitted. I clenched my fists as well, and hit them hard on the table.
I was happy before, now I'm not.
I hit my fists on the table a few times as I exclaimed a bit loudly, "Why the fuck did they have to die? Why the fuck did those assholes kill our parents? Why did we have to be orphans, for God's sake?"
There, I hit my fist so hard, it hurt like hell. But I shouted at the top of my lungs, "I HATE THOSE ASSHOLES FOR KILLING OUR PARENTS!"
Mika landed her hand on my shoulder, and tried to calm me down by telling me, "Shhh, calm down. We managed to escape them, remember?"
"We did...but that was because our mother told us to hide, so that those bastards wouldn't kill us too!"
"Michiru, we did hide. And we managed to stay quiet, and not get noticed by them."
What Mika said was right. We did hide from them, but I wasn't done talking. I said with a hiccup, "But mom and dad risked their life to protect us. Now that they're dead...they can't protect us anymore. I know we're adults now, but how can I not cry just from remembering that day?"
She narrowed her eyes, and stared at the table. Mika wasn't crying, but she felt sad as well. I could tell.
Mika asked, "You want me to get a few things from the store, since we don't have much stuff?"
Without looking at my twin sister, I answered in a mutter, "Sure. Just don't get candy."
She laughed, "Don't worry, Michiru. I won't."
"Good."
I figured that she was going to use some of that money for groceries. But that was okay, because we didn't have much food in the house. But it wasn't just food that we needed. There were a few other items that we needed kind of badly.
Mika stood up, and grabbed the folder of money. She then took the money out of the folder, and put the money in her pocket. She said, "I'll make sure no one steals it."
I chuckled as I replied, "If that ever happened, I would've been to pissed and upset."
"Same here. Well, I'm going to the grocery store now. Just don't have a meltdown, Michiru."
I nodded my head, and I found out why Mika wanted to go to the grocery store instead of me. I was crying. Almost crying my heart out, actually.
Mika went out, again, and I was alone...again. But I didn't mind being alone, as long as Mika was able to come home without any injury done to her. And since she doesn't use any weapon, I'm a bit more worried about her than she is worried about me.
But there was a time where Mika got into a fight with another child.
(Flashback)
We were five years old, and somehow, a little boy said to Mika, "Hey, girl child!"
"Huh?" Mika questioned as we were playing with a few rocks.
The little boy walked towards us as he replied, "How come your hair is messy? Did you even brush it this morning?"
Just then, Mika flipped out, and lowered her head down. She looked a bit angry. I had muttered under my breath, "Uh-oh..."
When the boy saw Mika like this, he yelped, and exclaimed, "Th-That wasn't supposed to be an insult or anything! I was just curious because your hair looks really messy!"
The more he said that Mika's hair was messy, the more angry Mika would get. Then, my twin sister stood up, and dropped the rock that she was holding. The rock fell on the ground, but it bounced a bit. Thankfully, it didn't hit me or anything.
The strands of her hair covered her eyes while she was walking to the boy. The boy began to panic, but he didn't move from where he was standing. He looked all dumbstruck. As soon as Mika was about a foot in front of him, she lifted her arm up half-way, then punched him in the arm.
The boy yelled, "OW!"
He took a step back, but Mika didn't stop there. She jumped towards him, and grabbed his shoulders as the two hit the ground a bit hard. I was just hoping they wouldn't get badly hurt just from hitting the rough ground.
Mika shouted, "DON'T EVER SAY MY HAIR LOOKS REALLY MESSY! THE ONLY REASON IT'S LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND MY STUPID BRUSH!"
I was about to stop Mika, but our mother ran to her first. She grabbed Mika's arm, and pulled her up kind of roughly. I knew she was mad at Mika, but I also knew that Mika was still mad at the boy just because he said her hair was messy.
Mom told Mika, "Mika, don't you ever do that to another child again! You could've hurt him!"
"But he told me that my hair was messy!" Mika exclaimed with a bit of anger still in her tone.
The boy got up quickly, and told our mom, "I tried telling her that it wasn't supposed to be an insult! Honest!"
Mom turned to me, and asked a bit calmly, "Michiru, did he really say that?"
I nodded my head, and told her truthfully, "He did tell the truth, but Mika wouldn't listen."
Mom then turned her head, back to Mika, and told her a bit harshly, "Mika, you are in a time-out!"
With that being said, she pulled on Mika's arm more, and made Mika follow mom until they were in the house.
I shook my head, and decided to say to the boy, "I'm sorry about that."
"That's okay," the boy replied. "I shouldn't have said anything."
"Well, some things just slip out, huh?" I chuckled.
The boy chuckled as well. I looked down at the ground, and muttered to myself, "Let's hope Mika won't do that ever again."
(End of Flashback)
When I remembered that, I smiled slightly, but it was a weak smile. I was still sad, but that memory was one of the only ones that was actually good, and not horrible.
I bit my lower lip, and said to no one in particular, "Mika...why did you go crazy back then?"
Mika did learn her lesson, but if anyone was going to insult her, she wouldn't help it. She would pretty much attack with her bare hands.
There will only be a few parts, in this story, that will be in Bansai's POV. :P But I'm doing that just to see what Bansai's doing. This will mostly be in Michiru's POV, however.
The end of this chapter was part of Michiru's past, but the story of how her parents died will be revealed in the next chapter. For Bansai, well, his past will reveal later. XD
Hope you enjoyed chapter 3! Please review! :)
