After a few minutes when the three were waiting, some kind of reaction one of them would execute. Mrs. Irie seemed to be about to collapse by exclaiming and ordering, Kotoko looked calm but not because of that, he could assume that his mind was like that; he, on the other hand, doubted what to do to improve the situation that his nosy mother just caused in his home.
It could have caused a collision of characters between her and Kotoko, which, it would not have been nice to witness.
Naoki, of course, knew that Kotoko was a free and independent person, she moved in the direction of her wishes and was a dreamer. Likewise, he knew that his mother was an explosive and ingenious woman, showing effusive affection and a severe character when things did not go their way.
If those women collided with each other, the result would be disastrous.
"Oba-sama" Kotoko was the first to speak. "Don't let your emotions dominate you" She warned solemnly, lowering the arms that separated the three of them. He noticed that his brother was spying on them with respect and admiration, silenced in the sofa seat, holding in his hands the films that Kotoko had brought.
"You're right, Kotoko-chan" She said in a sigh, shrugging her shoulders in defeat.
"It's common sense." She smiled, pleased with the goal of placating the situation.
"Baka" Yuuki grumbled, catching Kotoko's attention. "What movie do we start with?" Kotoko's eyes widened, in which her gestures turned into a thoughtful expression.
"Hm." She let out her lips.
"Don't make me wait," Yuuki warned, complaining with his head facing the ceiling.
"Can I see Grease with you?" Mrs. Irie intervened, making small leaps, excited, holding back the urge to make the biggest leap.
"Of course" Kotoko agreed, without removing the gesture from her face.
Mrs. Irie jumped for joy and ran out into the kitchen, saying she would bring popcorn to watch the movie, and also some blankets to wrap herself in the living room.
"Will Onii-chan stay with us?" Yuuki questioned uncertainly.
"Yes." Kotoko agreed again, frowning, ready to say. "Let's see Grease." She gave her mother the reason, so she wouldn't insist on seeing her after so many years without seeing her.
Upon entering, Mrs. Irie brought the popcorn fresh from the microwave, some butter cookies and cups of tea and bags of tea.
Naoki sat at the other end of the sofa where Kotoko and Yuuki had sat down, their mother placed herself in the middle of the living room, so she was the one who saw the movie in front.
At the beginning of the movie, Naoki found it embarrassing, and in turn, romantic; He was curious, because he was a man who didn't know how to appreciate love when he was watching it on the screen, so probably seeing combined love and music scenes were not to his liking.
He grumbled twenty minutes of film, choosing to direct his attention to Kotoko, who frowned when his mother screamed in excitement every time the characters began to sing.
You could tell she didn't like being interrupted when she saw a new movie for her. However, much to his regret, he couldn't satisfy the desire to approach her. To approach and put his arm on top of her.
He sighed again, overwhelmed, lowering his head in decay, feeling the tips of his fingers tremble and prickle in longing to feel her close to him, even if it was in his own imagination, that nothing! No matter how he saw her, or how much he wanted her, what he craved so much was less than three meters away and he couldn't touch her.
He regretted the fact that he was a pathetic loser, watching a seventies movie at home on a Friday afternoon in the company of his nosy mother, his quiet brother and his "beloved" who was not yet his beloved.
Suddenly, his mother rose suddenly.
"Oba-sama?" Kotoko asked, taken by surprise. Yuuki, made the same gesture, approaching her stealthily; this to Naoki was almost intolerable, almost…
His mother began to sing the song of "Summer nights", as a dreamy teenager would.
Kotoko made a gesture of surprise, spreading her eyes wide and her mouth made her small; Yuuki, hit Kotoko, placing a hand on her arm, incredulous at his mother's performance. Instead, Naoki looked at that scene as a disgrace. His younger brother touching his "beloved" in front of his nose? Unforgivable!
"This was one of my favorites!" His mother screamed excitedly.
Naoki noticed that Yuuki whispered something to Kotoko in her ear and then laughed at it, and then she said something back in his ear and he just laughed.
It bothered him that there was so much trust among them, which was not in abundance with him.
They whispered again and this time they laughed out loud, Yuuki leaning on Kotoko's shoulder and she reloading her chin over her head. They seemed to have a good time.
He truly hated not being able to achieve what his brother could achieve.
At the end of the movie, between Kotoko and Yuuki the popcorn was over. His mother was responsible for cleaning the things he brought to see the function, however, they left some time to have the opportunity to see any of the following films that were left over. In that, Naoki decided not to let the opportunity pass him, went to the sofa where Kotoko and his younger brother talked happily.
He sat down, showing indifference in his posture.
Fortunately, Kotoko was the first to notice his presence.
"Ah." She turned to see him. "Naoki-kun, were you coming to join our conversation?" She said questioningly.
Yuuki leaned out behind Kotoko's arm, eyeing him warily.
What was between them two?
Before nodding, Yuuki interrupted:
"Onee-chan" He said to her, pulling her from the polo shirt. "It's between the two of us" he warned sternly, putting his firm eyes on the hazelnut eyes of Kotoko, who looked at him scrupulously. "Don't say anything to Onii-chan"
Wait! Onee-chan? Since when did Yuuki say Onee-chan to Kotoko?
He couldn't hide his discomfort, frowning.
"Well, it seems reasonable to me" She concluded with a nod, then focused her attention on Naoki. "Naoki-kun, I'm sorry, but we can't talk to you about this issue" She said trying to sound reasonable, although it was an irritating fact to Naoki.
"Yes" Said his younger brother, looking arrogant. "It's not something I can talk about with you, Onii-chan"
"Why?" He asked annoyed.
They both looked at each other absorbed in their own subject, and he pointed out as a mental note that he should not seem very presumptuous, since despite feeling bad for his feelings, facing his younger brother would not lead to a favorable outcome.
In turn, it would make him look like the bad guy in history, and that was clearly not his main purpose.
He saw that an agreement arose between Kotoko and Yuuki, of which there were apparently no objections from both of them. They nodded and turned their eyes to him.
Kotoko was the first to speak:
"I am trying to help Yuuki-kun with an important matter he has in school, if we get in the way it will stop being secret"
"That's right" Yuuki nodded firmly. "I told Onee-chan that I couldn't tell someone outside this about the matter." He frowned, reflecting in his eyes a stubborn determination. "Besides, it's not something you can help me with, Onii-chan."
"We don't exclude you from the other talk topics" Kotoko replied, waving her hands in denial. "But what we were discussing is something personal from Yuuki-kun and asked me to please say nothing"
Irritated, with no other option but to agreed.
Although he would agreed for now.
Naoki was forced to nod, stiff.
His heart skipped wild as soon as Kotoko's hopeful smile appeared reflected in his childish face, glad to see him agree and respect his complicity with his younger brother.
He admitted feeling excluded from such a situation, but not for that reason, he should lower his guard with Yuuki, since if his brother was his age or a little more, he would have been Kotoko's boyfriend without hesitation.
Naoki was aware that Yuuki would be much better prospect to be Kotoko's boyfriend than he, despite being of the same blood, Yuuki had better qualities and fewer defects than him. Of that, there was no doubt.
"That's great!" Kotoko said, raising her voice, cheerful. "But we can talk, Naoki-kun, of anything else" She assured with her thumb.
"Yes, that's fine" He snapped, directing a twisted look at Yuuki, who, in turn, watched him bewildered by his behavior.
"I wanted to ask you for help with something." Kotoko burst into the play of looks that the Irie brothers kept in front of their noses. Naoki, taken by surprise, while feeling moved by his sudden action, looked at her with satisfaction.
"What is it?"
"I have difficulty doing my homework" She commented, pouting. "My papers and subject notes got together and I don't know how to order them." She shrugged, sighing overwhelmed. "Do you think you can help me?" She looked up hopefully.
That woman had no knowledge of his emotions, because his cheeks lit coming to life on his expressionless face, and his eyes lit up in love, love for her. And undoubtedly it spread rapidly to his hard and cold heart that always melted when she laid her eyes on his, waiting for some response from him, which led to a slight nod, embarrassing him unimpressive behavior in relation to the love he felt for her.
"Yes." His voice was rough.
"Oh! That's great" she smiled, clapping her hands. "Thank you very much, Naoki-kun, you're the best!" She exclaimed gratefully.
"I could help better" Interrupted his brother, causing him a disturbing sensation.
"What?" She turned to Yuuki, questioningly. "What did you say? Help me better?" He nodded petulantly.
"Yes, this is what I offer after your help during these days." He gave a good-natured smile, perpetuating a challenging look towards Naoki, who did not flinch to return it with greater intensity, unwilling to be defeated. "Also, I know better study techniques than Onii-chan"
"Oh, really?" She spoke surprised.
"Of course" Yuuki agreed modestly. "I am younger, so it's easy for me to know new study techniques, even more effective than what Onii-chan has taught you so far"
"But I have a higher IQ" Naoki boasted, sounding hostile. "And photographic memory, I can't forget the things I see and hear once."
"Maybe you have that quality," Yuuki continued. "But, I include I can help a Baka like her, even though I'm still in primary school." He raised an eyebrow, chuckling.
"Sorry to interrupt," Kotoko intervened, grinding her teeth uncomfortably. "But, I already adjusted to the way of working with Naoki-kun "
He, moved, smiled victoriously, crossing his arms at the disgust expressed by his brother, making a face and the gesture twisted.
Take that one, Yuuki, he told himself.
"If you don't mind, Naoki-kun," she added, making up for the meeting between the two brothers, giving her a well-meaning smile.
"Not at all." It was his answer.
"Seriously?"
"It doesn't bother me to help you." He looked at her sideways.
The discussion was over there.