Hello readers. I'm sorry for making you wait. I'm stuck with school problem. It's hard to get leisure time for writing. T T

This is the next chapter!

GUEST

Kaito's POV (at morning)

Getting ready for school, I went downstairs. Not to mention that I almost fell as I felt drowsy suddenly.

"Oi! Kaito!" My step-brother-to-be called me from dining room.

"What is it?" I eyed him lazily while entering the kitchen.

"Mom will talk with us. Just wait for her here." He said. He drank the cold milk directly from the big bottle.

I sat on the chair, seeing nothing on the table. As usual, she never cooked for breakfast so Ibara and I always had breakfast in our school's cafeteria after drinking much milk at our home. Actually, we didn't care about this. But when we had marathon training at school at the morning, running with empty stomach was such frustrating.

She came to the kitchen hurriedly while combing her messed hair in front of the mirror and saying, "My sister is being hospitalized. So I won't be at home for 2 or 3 days."

"What!" Ibara complained. "What about my food?"

"You can depend on someone for it," she calmly said.

Then they stared at me.

"Not me," I stated. In fact, I was just able to cook rice and noodles and boil water. I didn't think I could cook other food.

"Well, you two can buy it," she advised. "I'll give you money."

Then we heard someone knocking on the main door.

"There he comes." Ibara grinned insultingly. He knew it was Yasuhiko. "A male friend comes to pick you up? Well, it's not shocking news since no girls want to get closer to you."

I gritted my teeth, but before I snapped, my mother-to-be yelled.

"Enough, boys!" She cut. "Go to school now or you'll be late!"


Yasuhiko's POV

As usual, Kaito always went to school without wearing necktie. Even his dark blue blazer was still unbuttoned. But when we arrived school, he would wear them hurriedly.

"Are you alright?" I asked as I saw Kaito's upset expression while we were walking to our school. His brother-to-be had left as he didn't want to go with us.

I asked again, "Did you sleep enough?"

He grinned. "No. But that's fine. This morning Yuuka-san will go to another city as her sister is being hospitalized, and well, I argued with Ibara again."

"I thought you're used to them." I smiled bitterly, hearing Kaito called his mother-to-be by her name. "And it's better for you to learn to call her 'Kaa-san'."

"Instant new family members are hard for me."

"I know."

Unintentionally, I looked at his head. His hair style was same with his in the World. The only difference is the color. This saffron hair ….

I chuckled a bit. Thinking about it was so interesting.

"What's so funny?" He asked, confused.

"So, how was the meeting?" I asked back.

"Meeting?"

"Didn't you meet her last night?"

His face was red suddenly. "H-How do you know that?"

"You can hide anything from anyone, but not me."

At first, he looked so nervous. But slowly, he gained his confidence. He succeeded to swallow that expression and smile slyly. "Well, since I can't hide anything from you, that means I don't have to tell you how it was." Then he ran, leaving me, as he knew that I would complain and chase him.

"Kaito, you jerk! Tell me, will ya!" I yelled while hearing his cheerful laugh.


Kaito's POV

I was glad that I didn't sleep in class. On the contrary, I felt more energized this day. I could concentrate on my study better. I could answer my teachers' questions fast. My mood was very good on this day. I didn't remember when the last time I felt like this. It was long time ago. Some friends asked me why. But I only grinned for the answer. Nope! I would not answer it verbally, and I was grateful that Yasuhiko hid the reason of my excitement too.

At this moment, I looked at the clock eagerly. It was 6.45 pm. I would log in to the World again, meeting Zefie and maybe, I could visit Aura again after escorting the little AI home. After all, the next day was Saturday so I could play longer tonight!

"Huh!" Pulling my visor out, I heard someone knocking on my door. I knew who he was. No one would knock so rudely, except my brother-to-be. "What do you want? If you want food, Yuuka-san said that you could buy it by yourself!"

"Open the damn door! There's a guest for you!" He shouted back.

"A guest?" I opened the door, staring at him confused. "Yasuhiko?"

This is weird. He should be logged in now!

"It's a girl!" Ibara said. "Just go downstairs. She's waiting for you in the living room!"

I did what he said. He followed me, confused too.

"I never know that you have a girlfriend," he stated. "Not to mention that she's older than you. She is a college student."

I swallowed hard. I felt like I knew who she was.

When I entered the living room, she suddenly stood and called me happily, "Kaito! It's me!"

"Na-Natsume!" I said, shocked. "W-Why are you here?"

"I promised you, right? Here! I bring you your favorite food! Beef stew!" (A/N: I know this from wikipedia)

I didn't know whether I should be happy or not. It looked like I could not log in tonight, and that meant Zefie would be disappointed and I would not meet Aura.


... to be continued ...

Summary of the next story: Zefie is gone while waiting for Kite's coming! How can Aura and Kite overcome this?

Well, the adventurous part of this story will be started at the next chap. Don't forget to review!