False Pretense

Chapter 10

A KuroFai Story

"Oh god, you still play that game?"

I glanced at Tomoyo over the top of my bottle of sake, and raised an eyebrow. We had gotten home around two or so hours ago, or maybe it just felt that long. Tomoyo had asked to go shopping with some of her friends from school and was only back it seemed.

I shrugged, and took a sip of the liquor. "What's wrong with it?" I asked, looking over at the paused screen.

Tomoyo shrugged. "Nothing really," She replied sitting down on the floor next to me. "It's just… old." She reached over and plucked the controller out of my hands. I let them go with no resistance; I'd been bored with the game before I had even started playing it.

"This is the only game system I have; I don't really have a chance to be picky on what game I play." I retorted, taking another drink. I watched as she unpaused the game and picked up where I left off.

"That's sad if you only have a Nintendo 64. Even Dad has a PS2!" She said moving the character around trying to avoid the majority of the monsters until she could get use to the controller again. "And you're playing such a childish game too…"

I shrugged again. "Only game I could find, but its Sorata's." As there was no way it could be mine as I usually only bought games that weren't RPGs. I took another drink from the bottle, and leaned against the couch.

We sat there for a while; Tomoyo playing the game while I gave her tips on what to do next.

"When's dad picking you up today?" I asked, finished off the last of the sake. Tomoyo attended the local college that was about an hours drive from where she lived with Dad. Tomoyo didn't own a car so we had arranged it to where she would come over to my house after school and Dad would pick her up after he got off of work.

She paused the game and began fishing her phone out of her purse. "Around 7 or so," She said finally finding her phone underneath the tons of cosmetics. "And that's in about thirty minutes."

I grunted and stood up. "You hungry? I might be able to cook something up before he comes." I said, making my way into the kitchen.

"No, I ate with my friends," I heard her call after me.

I sat the empty bottle down on the counter, and peered into the fridge to see what I was hungry for that didn't have to be cooked. I closed the door when I didn't see anything and tried to remember all that I had bought.

"Oh hey Kurogane!" My sister exclaimed suddenly.

"What?" I shouted back. We bought soup, vegetables…

"What type of music does your boyfriend like?" She asked coming into the kitchen.

Not this again. I groaned but decided to not even bother telling that Fai wasn't my boyfriend. It would save me a major headache. "I don't know." I turned my thoughts back to what I had bought. Frozen dinners… and what else?

"You don't know? How long have you guys been dating anyway?" she asked, moving past me and grabbed something off of the counter.

"I just met him last week!"

She turned around with an eyebrow raised. "Wow gay men certainly do move fast!" She exclaimed, and popped a Dorito into her mouth.

I scowled but focused on the bag of Doritos. I reached over and grabbed them from her, ignoring her cry of protest. "Anyway, he seems to be the type who'd listen to anything as long as it had a good beat." I replied changing the subject. I reached over to the counter and pulled out a bowl.

"Well I got some concert tickets from one of my friend but I can't make it that day, you want them? It'd make for a pretty cool date?" She said, trying to grab the bag back, but I pulled it back out of her reach.

"I guess," I grunted pouring some Doritos into the bowl. "What band?" I asked, thrusting the bowl into her hands. She pouted but shrugged and popped one into her mouth.

"Well it's more like several small bands, and I think maybe one big one." She said as I leaned against the countertop. "It's next month on the 15th right after Valentines Day. So you want them?"

I shrugged, and she apparently took that as yes for she giggled lightly.

I wasn't a big fan of concerts and was more than likely not going to go, but even if I did there was no way in hell I was going to bring Fai along.

Oh if you're wondering what game Kurogane was playing it was Banjo-tooie. No not a Kuro-chu game but defiantly a Sorata game…

Oh and about the fascination with Doritos I haven't had them in at least a couple of years and now I'm craving them…

Damn it! This one was too short… but I guess beggars can't be choosers, and its not like a lot of people are reading this anyway… (thanks to those that are though! I really appreciate it!)