January Third. - Year Of The Snake.
A small blond girl walks down a wide hallway, bypassing all doors, and any family members who may have been on the other side of them. She opens the main door, feeling a rush of cool air brush across her warm cheeks. She climbs the side of the building, laying down on the roof, she drapes her right arm over her stomach and lays the left out flat, palm side up.
"Thank God I can leave this place today…" she puts her hand above her eyes, blocking them from the sun. She sighed. " I have to go see Mama and Papa when we get back…" She sighed again. "I really don't want to though… It will be all weird again. Just like every Sunday."
"Then don't go." Kais' voice.
"But, I have to, it's expected." She crawls over to the edge of the roof, laying down on her stomach. She dangles her body from her chest up over the side. Looking around for a sign of a single family member. Then she looked straight down, at Kai. "You know that, Kai."
"Sure, whatever. You always do just what everyone in this family expects you to do, Kairi. Why? You're the cat. It's not like they'll even care." She stared down at him.
"And what about you, huh? You are the same as me. You are just as scared of what they think as I am…" She saw his cheeks pinken slightly. "You are the rat. Better than me. Better than all. I highly doubt they would care what you do…"
"I don't care." He said. He then held his hand out. "Let's go home."
"Oh." She looked down at him for a minute more. The she started to climb down slowly.
He grabbed her hand quickly, "Let's go." He pulled her toward the exit of the Main Houses' surrounding building.
"O-Okay." She stared at her feet, watching her toes as she took each step.
Kai stopped suddenly. Letting go of her hand and putting his own in his pockets.
Kairi looked up. In front of them stood a small boy, just slightly smaller than herself, with brown hair, black streaks randomly running throughout it.
"Kairi-Tan… Are you leaving already? Why? Don't you wanna play with us?" Little Hibiki looked like he was about to cry.
"Aw. Hibiki-Kun." Kairi ran over to him and gave him a hug, Kairi didn't see it but Hibiki stuck his tongue out at Kai. Who had to bite his own tongue to keep from lashing out at the little boy… "Don't cry, Hibiki. I have to go home. You do too… We got to go home and see our Mamas and Papas… Your Onee-Chan will take you home in a little bit, than you can see your Mama and Papa too."
"Koko-Nee-Chan?" He looked like he had forgotten that he had a sister. "But… I want you to take me home…"
"I'm sorry, Hibiki-Kun, but I can't. I have to go home too." She hugged him once more. "Here, I'll give you this." She pulled a small ring off her index finger. It was a tiny flower with different colored stones as petals. She placed it in the palm of his hand.
"Ooh~! Thank you, Kairi-Tan! I'll keep it forever and ever." He smiled brightly, showing that all his baby teeth were still firmly in place. She couldn't help but hug this cute little being once more.
"What the hell are you doing with my little brother, you filthy cat?" Kairi looked up to see Kokoro, the horse, age 11, standing about five feet behind Hibiki, with her arms crossed and her foot tapping.
Kairi stands up and backs away from Hibiki. "Kokoro-San." She bows quickly. "How are you today?"
"Shut up, you filthy cat." She looks at Hibiki, moving her hand in a waving motion, she says, "Come on, Hibiki. Let's go home." Kokoro then turned around and started walking away as she put her hand in her pocket, swinging the other, lightly, back and forth.
Hibiki grabs Kairis hand, smiles while giving her a hug and says, "See you later, Kairi-Tan." And chases after his older sister.
She watches him and his sister disappear around the corner, heading home. Then she turns to Kai. A smile plastered on her face, and tears forming in the corners of her eyes. He stomps up to her and grabs her hand again. He starts pulling her out the main gate.
He glances back at her momentarily, saying, "Let's go home now…" He turns around and looks at her. She smiles.
"Mm."
Seemingly short for this story but i couldn't really think of anything else for it...
[reviews appreciated.]
