Chapter 4: Complaints
The heat of the summer's peak seeped into the town, scorching everything it touched. The lush, beautiful green days of June and July had vanished, not to return until the next year. Instead, the first week of August took its place, engulfing the entire district with intense mugginess. The town shifted into its annual lethargic atmosphere as everyone sluggishly moved under the brutal sun.
"I-It's sooo hot…" Yume complained for the third time under one minute. Her sweaty hand slipped from my grip, but I didn't mind. Our flip-flops squeaked under our exhausted feet as we shuffled our way up the street. The chirps of the cicadas loudly bounced around the lofty trees above us. Occasionally, a few bikers would zip past us, and shop owners would be seated in the shade, hiding from the blinding sunlight.
Mom had sent us out on an errand to the local supermarket under the noon day sun: what we were told to get, I don't remember. May it be groceries or a watermelon, I will never know, but lugging it up the hill to our house seemed to take forever.
"Hey, Onii-chaaan…" She grumbled as she dramatically swayed back and forth. "I'm tired…"
"I know that." I sighed, a part of me annoyed at her complaints, but the other half of me wanting to agree with her. "Do you wanna drink? I might have change."
In an instant her eyes lit up in excitement. "Do you? Do you? Really?"
"Yeah, we can stop by the vending machine on the way home. Though we might have to share something."
She eagerly took my hand, adding a little skip to her stride. "Thanks, Onii-chan!"
I smiled as her mood seemed to brighten. Whenever I needed Yume to stop whining, changing the subject always seemed to do the trick.
Author's Note: Sorry I haven't posted in a month! I've been out of town the entire month of July hahaha sorry for this chapter, I needed a short break so I kinda wrote a filler chapter lol
I know it's not really good and extremely slow pace, but I'm not really good at writing stories, as you can see xD but thank you for those who do give me feedback and comments! I love it whenever I get reviews! Positive or negative (though I haven't gotten any negative reviews so far :D), it always pushes me to improve, and I'm so grateful for anyone out there reading this, even if it's the friends I know back at home xD Thanks once again, and I'll do my best to make it better!