The full moon shone brightly. The weather has been cool since the rain.
Ken was lying on the grass with his arms crossed behind his head. His eyes
were closed. They were both tired from all the chasing they did earlier.
He smirked at the thought.
Megumi was lying on her brother's stomach while she toyed with her fingers the daisy crown Ken made for her. She was humming a nursery rhyme their mother would sing for them when they were kids.
"Kennichan...."
"Hmmm...."
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot!"
"Anou...who's that tall guy with the long hair at the flower shop? Does he always work there?"
"That's Yoji and he's nothing. So what about it?"
"I think....he's cute." Megumi blushed and tried to keep herself from giggling at the thought of him.
"And I also think you're too young." Ken rolled his eyes.
Megumi sits up. She puts on the daisy crown on her head and kneels closely to Ken's face. "No, I'm not! Flash news, oniichan...I'm already 16 years old, may I remind you."
"All the more reason to drop it." Ken hasn't moved a muscle from where he lay. He didn't even open his eyes.
Megumi stood up, pointed at him. "There you go again, acting like a prick!"
"He's not your type."
"What did I just say? I sincerely believe that he's so cute! Honto ni kakkoii desu!!!" This time Megumi could not control the giggle any longer.
Ken smiles. She's grown up afterall. She's become a teenager and not the little girl anymore. But still he won't allow this I-think-Yoji-is-so-cute crap. If Yoji was here he'd definitely punch him right on the face. Chikusho!!! What the hell did he do to my sister????!!!
"He's not into high school girls."
"Oh....really?" Megumi mused.
"Hai."
"18 and above then?" Megumi winked.
"I said cut it out, Megumi."
"Ha-ha!!" She flashes a V-sign to his face. "Two more years to go then! WAAAAAAIIIII!!!!" With that she spreads her arms and begins to dance around her brother.
"Yup! And by that time, he'll be a senior citizen. No! Did I say "will be"? I meant he ALREADY is a senior citizen!" Ken was more amused looking at her making circles around him.
"So I suggest, little girl that you can just forget it."
"Oh come on! You're the one who's acting like a senior citizen here." Megumi pulls her brother's leg so he would get up.
"KENNICHANNNN!!!!"
"No."
"Build me up to him. Onegai?"
"No."
"Nani?" Megumi began to pout.
"That's called pimping. I'm not going to do that to my own sister."
"Oh, come on! You're his friend, right?" Megumi knelt beside him again and began to pull his collar.
"All the more....NO." Ken would not budge.
"Say...yes?" Megumi pinched his nose.
"No."
"Yes?" Megumi pinched his ear.
"No."
"Yes?" Megumi laid her head on her brother's chest.
"No."
"Yes?" Megumi grinned.
"No! Gods! You're even creepier than those girls who hang around the shop all the time. We've got to go back home now. It's getting late." Ken stood up.
"Nope! I'll stay here until you say yes." She sulked and toyed with the daisy crown again.
"The answer is still no. And we're going home even if I have to wrestle you again all the way back."
"Nope!" She raised her eyebrow.
Ken looked at her with his hands on his hips. He knew acting authoritatively was totally ineffective to Megumi. She has such a stubborn streak. Well....so do I!
"You're acting like a spoilt girl!"
"I know, I'm spoiled. It's your fault!" She stuck out her tongue at him.
"Hai! Hai!" He replied. There was no way he could win with that remark. It was true.
"Onegai?" She tugs at his jeans.
"No!" Dammit! She's at it again. She just won't give up.
This time she stands up, encircles her arms around his waist and looks up at him.
"Kennichan?" Megumi looks at him doll-eyed.
"It's not gonna work." Ken grinned.
"Prick!" She stuck out her tongue again and runs off.
"Megumi!!!"
"Come and catch me, Ken ojiisan!!!"
"Nani? What did you call me? I swear I'm gonna get you for that!!!"
The chase went for another 15 minutes. Ken could barely feel his legs anymore. He must be an old man already, he thought. Megumi was catching her breath and still laughing and teasing him. Gods! She's so energetic. Finally, they both grew so exhausted. Ken could not laugh anymore. Megumi starts to complain about her arm again.
They walk back to the scooter. They had to drop by a 24-hour motor repair shop to have Megumi's motorbike picked up to Megumi's absolute delight because the shop they went happened to be where Yoji has his Super 7 fixed whenever it got crashed during their missions.
The ride home was long. Megumi has fallen asleep. She rested her head on Ken's back but still embracing him tightly.
The flower shop was already closed. Ken gave Megumi a piggy-back ride as they went to his apartment.
He saw Megumi's back pack on the bed. Ken smiled. Yoji must have brought it himself. He took one of his shirts and a pair of jogging pants and handed them to a sleepy Megumi. He prepared a hot bath in the tub for her.
"Oi! Go and put these on." He pointed at the bathroom.
"Hai!" Megumi smiled sleepily and saluted him and went to the bathroom.
"Are you hungry? Do you like me to get you something to munch?" Ken knocked at the bathroom door.
"No, thank you." Megumi replied from inside.
"Well, I'm hungry. I'm gonna grab something to bite, okay. You sure, you'll manage? I won't be long."
"Hai!"
"Ja!"
"Kennichan!!!"
"What again?"
"Get me some Almond Pocky, onegai?"
"Is that all?" Ken made sure because Megumi has a voracious appetite.
"Hai. Sankyu! Love you!"
Ken heard a splash. He shook his head and chuckled.
He was on his way down and saw Yoji smoking at the stairs.
"Oi, Ken! How is she?" Yoji asked with the cigarette stuck in his mouth.
"She is okay."
"Did you tell her anything?"
"It was for the best."
"You sure, she's okay with that?" Yoji eyed him seriously. He knew the turmoil Ken went through with Yuriko.
"I know her more than anyone else." Ken replied seriously.
Yoji squished the cigarette with his shoe and yawned. "Sore ja! Oyasumi nasai.. Kennichan!" Yoji teased and went back to his apartment.
"Yarou." Ken smirked.
By the time Ken got back from the store, Megumi was already lying down on his bed.
"Okaeri!" She greeted him sleepily.
"You should be sleeping, girl." He sat at the edge of the bed and tucked her.
She yawned and hugged his pillow and inhaled his scent.
"I miss you." She murmured with half-closed eyelids.
Ken smoothed her hair from her forehead. "Megumi, I want you to remember always that no matter what happens, I'll always keep an eye on you. You know why?"
"Doushite?"
"Because you're my favorite sister."
"I'm the ONLY sister you've got, silly man." She playfully punches his arm.
"Yes and that too." He kisses her forehead and gives her a hug. "Gods! I love you so much, Megumi-chan."
"I know." She pinches his nose and closes her eyes to sleep.
OWARI!!!!
Megumi was lying on her brother's stomach while she toyed with her fingers the daisy crown Ken made for her. She was humming a nursery rhyme their mother would sing for them when they were kids.
"Kennichan...."
"Hmmm...."
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot!"
"Anou...who's that tall guy with the long hair at the flower shop? Does he always work there?"
"That's Yoji and he's nothing. So what about it?"
"I think....he's cute." Megumi blushed and tried to keep herself from giggling at the thought of him.
"And I also think you're too young." Ken rolled his eyes.
Megumi sits up. She puts on the daisy crown on her head and kneels closely to Ken's face. "No, I'm not! Flash news, oniichan...I'm already 16 years old, may I remind you."
"All the more reason to drop it." Ken hasn't moved a muscle from where he lay. He didn't even open his eyes.
Megumi stood up, pointed at him. "There you go again, acting like a prick!"
"He's not your type."
"What did I just say? I sincerely believe that he's so cute! Honto ni kakkoii desu!!!" This time Megumi could not control the giggle any longer.
Ken smiles. She's grown up afterall. She's become a teenager and not the little girl anymore. But still he won't allow this I-think-Yoji-is-so-cute crap. If Yoji was here he'd definitely punch him right on the face. Chikusho!!! What the hell did he do to my sister????!!!
"He's not into high school girls."
"Oh....really?" Megumi mused.
"Hai."
"18 and above then?" Megumi winked.
"I said cut it out, Megumi."
"Ha-ha!!" She flashes a V-sign to his face. "Two more years to go then! WAAAAAAIIIII!!!!" With that she spreads her arms and begins to dance around her brother.
"Yup! And by that time, he'll be a senior citizen. No! Did I say "will be"? I meant he ALREADY is a senior citizen!" Ken was more amused looking at her making circles around him.
"So I suggest, little girl that you can just forget it."
"Oh come on! You're the one who's acting like a senior citizen here." Megumi pulls her brother's leg so he would get up.
"KENNICHANNNN!!!!"
"No."
"Build me up to him. Onegai?"
"No."
"Nani?" Megumi began to pout.
"That's called pimping. I'm not going to do that to my own sister."
"Oh, come on! You're his friend, right?" Megumi knelt beside him again and began to pull his collar.
"All the more....NO." Ken would not budge.
"Say...yes?" Megumi pinched his nose.
"No."
"Yes?" Megumi pinched his ear.
"No."
"Yes?" Megumi laid her head on her brother's chest.
"No."
"Yes?" Megumi grinned.
"No! Gods! You're even creepier than those girls who hang around the shop all the time. We've got to go back home now. It's getting late." Ken stood up.
"Nope! I'll stay here until you say yes." She sulked and toyed with the daisy crown again.
"The answer is still no. And we're going home even if I have to wrestle you again all the way back."
"Nope!" She raised her eyebrow.
Ken looked at her with his hands on his hips. He knew acting authoritatively was totally ineffective to Megumi. She has such a stubborn streak. Well....so do I!
"You're acting like a spoilt girl!"
"I know, I'm spoiled. It's your fault!" She stuck out her tongue at him.
"Hai! Hai!" He replied. There was no way he could win with that remark. It was true.
"Onegai?" She tugs at his jeans.
"No!" Dammit! She's at it again. She just won't give up.
This time she stands up, encircles her arms around his waist and looks up at him.
"Kennichan?" Megumi looks at him doll-eyed.
"It's not gonna work." Ken grinned.
"Prick!" She stuck out her tongue again and runs off.
"Megumi!!!"
"Come and catch me, Ken ojiisan!!!"
"Nani? What did you call me? I swear I'm gonna get you for that!!!"
The chase went for another 15 minutes. Ken could barely feel his legs anymore. He must be an old man already, he thought. Megumi was catching her breath and still laughing and teasing him. Gods! She's so energetic. Finally, they both grew so exhausted. Ken could not laugh anymore. Megumi starts to complain about her arm again.
They walk back to the scooter. They had to drop by a 24-hour motor repair shop to have Megumi's motorbike picked up to Megumi's absolute delight because the shop they went happened to be where Yoji has his Super 7 fixed whenever it got crashed during their missions.
The ride home was long. Megumi has fallen asleep. She rested her head on Ken's back but still embracing him tightly.
The flower shop was already closed. Ken gave Megumi a piggy-back ride as they went to his apartment.
He saw Megumi's back pack on the bed. Ken smiled. Yoji must have brought it himself. He took one of his shirts and a pair of jogging pants and handed them to a sleepy Megumi. He prepared a hot bath in the tub for her.
"Oi! Go and put these on." He pointed at the bathroom.
"Hai!" Megumi smiled sleepily and saluted him and went to the bathroom.
"Are you hungry? Do you like me to get you something to munch?" Ken knocked at the bathroom door.
"No, thank you." Megumi replied from inside.
"Well, I'm hungry. I'm gonna grab something to bite, okay. You sure, you'll manage? I won't be long."
"Hai!"
"Ja!"
"Kennichan!!!"
"What again?"
"Get me some Almond Pocky, onegai?"
"Is that all?" Ken made sure because Megumi has a voracious appetite.
"Hai. Sankyu! Love you!"
Ken heard a splash. He shook his head and chuckled.
He was on his way down and saw Yoji smoking at the stairs.
"Oi, Ken! How is she?" Yoji asked with the cigarette stuck in his mouth.
"She is okay."
"Did you tell her anything?"
"It was for the best."
"You sure, she's okay with that?" Yoji eyed him seriously. He knew the turmoil Ken went through with Yuriko.
"I know her more than anyone else." Ken replied seriously.
Yoji squished the cigarette with his shoe and yawned. "Sore ja! Oyasumi nasai.. Kennichan!" Yoji teased and went back to his apartment.
"Yarou." Ken smirked.
By the time Ken got back from the store, Megumi was already lying down on his bed.
"Okaeri!" She greeted him sleepily.
"You should be sleeping, girl." He sat at the edge of the bed and tucked her.
She yawned and hugged his pillow and inhaled his scent.
"I miss you." She murmured with half-closed eyelids.
Ken smoothed her hair from her forehead. "Megumi, I want you to remember always that no matter what happens, I'll always keep an eye on you. You know why?"
"Doushite?"
"Because you're my favorite sister."
"I'm the ONLY sister you've got, silly man." She playfully punches his arm.
"Yes and that too." He kisses her forehead and gives her a hug. "Gods! I love you so much, Megumi-chan."
"I know." She pinches his nose and closes her eyes to sleep.
OWARI!!!!