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The Things I do for My Brother...
This week has been an adventure. At the beginning of the week, as usual, I waited for Kusuo to pick me up from school, but he was taking longer than usual so I went to his school instead, it took me around 20 minutes to get to the gate, I saw Hairo there
"he seems to be waiting for someone"
I go up to him
"hey, Hairo right?" I greet him with a polite smile
He looks down at me and a smile spreads across his face"oh hey you are Saiki's little brother, Kumio right?"
"yes, um have you seen- "I got cut off by a scream that sounded a lot like Kaido's
"eh?"
Hairo bolted inside instantly to see. I sigh and decided to stand by the entrance to wait
"brother?"
"I'll be out soon- "
It seems he was cut off. Worried I ran inside and saw my brother surrounded by Hairo, Kaido, that golden annoyance, and the pervert. I clicked my tongue in annoyance
"that thing better not get close to my brother"
"Big brother!" I call him making everyone look at me including him "come on we have a show to catch, remember is the season finale" I take his hand dragging him away from them
I hear a series of mumbles of how he had plans already
"I owe you one, thank you"
"it was nothing but since you don't like being in debt consider that payment for finishing the seashell bracelet"
He ruffles my hair, messing it more than it already was because of a complicated math quiz before my last class ended, once we are outside away from them and I have let his hand go.
At the end of the week, it was the sports festival for his school. He did not want to go but mom and dad guilted him into going. Dad was going to record it but him being useless used all the battery to record mom instead. I took it upon myself to record it with my phone but only the parts where he participates and maybe Kaidou because despite him being an annoyance with his hero complex, he is rather sweet.
"Our first event, boys hundred-meter dash!" the announcer said through the speakers
I saw Kusuo standing at the start
"oh"
I took out my handy flip phone and started recording the race. He was in second place for a bit, but then he fell back to be in third place
"trying not to get attention huh?"
"precisely"
I recorded Kaido's race, but it was not as impressive as Kusuo's. He came up last along with some green haired guy.
"that was just sad to watch"
Now it was that golden annoyance's turn, her charm was bumped up to the max it seems
"what a pain"
I grew bored at how the guy she was supposed to run with just carried her to the finish line. Now it was time for the scavenger hunt race and seeing Nendo at the starting line just did not sit well with me
"I have a bad feeling about this"
It started and Nendo went towards those papers at full speed
"what a monster"
Then ran towards where his class and took one of Kusuo's antenna?!
"what the hell?!"
I saw my brother collapsed
"!"
I was frantically debating whether it would be a good idea to run over there or not when I saw my brother sit up and look around until his eyes landed on me.
"you alright?"
"Yeah, it was only out for a little bit"
I let out a sigh of relief
"dammit Nendo"
Now it was time for lunch and my brother disappeared while I had lunch with mom and dad
"I hope he is ok"
After lunch it was a tug of war, I started recording it since Kusuo was participating. During the event, I noticed that he was having some trouble when the other team just went flying
"well then, that was unexpected"
Then came the bean bag toss
"this is a funky sports day"
Somehow class 4 won by putting all the bean bags by putting them in a larger bag. It made me angry
"that is cheating"
"it is"
There was a small break before the last event and something dawned on me
"Hey, are you sure you can run the last event?"
"what do you have in mind?"
"can't we switch places?"
The was a small pause
"you're right"
Suddenly I was in between his classmates
"be careful"
Hairo looked at me
"Saiki, I want you running the anchor lap," Hairo says
"make sure to finish in third place"
I just nod to both and watch as everyone runs until is my turn. Kaido put the class in the last place until Nendo's turn came, despite his weird running it put the class in third place. Now it's Hairo's turn so I get in position and he tripped at the starting lane almost making me facepalm, but I had to resist the urge to do so
"no... wait, Hairo is not that clumsy"
"you're right, that guy that just came in next to you tripped him"
"I see, sorry brother but I don't like cheaters"
"I would have done the same"
The moment I got the baton Hairo tried to apologize but I broke into a sprint towards the finish line passing everyone and winning first place. That was the end of sports day, I saved my brother from getting a buzzcut apparently and ultimately his whole class.
"ugh so tired"
On our way home my legs started to feel wobbly. I stumbled and started to fall forwards but before I could reach the ground Kusuo caught me
"I can't feel my legs; I may have overdone it" I mumbled into his chest
"get on my back, I'll carry you home"
"are you sure?" I stand up straight to look at him when he gets down on one knee with his back facing me
"do it before I change my mind"
I got on his back and made sure I was holding on
"thank you, brother…" I mumbled before falling asleep from exhaustion
It was one hell of a week. I am happy that I got to help him even if they were minor things. On the next school day though he ended up getting a buzzcut as punishment because the boys in his class destroyed something in school during a fire drill. He ended up getting one anyway, how sad. He probably already knows that I secretly took a picture of his buzzcut, so I made sure to make copies in case he finds the original and burns it.
Some time has passed since then and on this day, we got our monthly allowance!
"I should have enough" I mumbled while counting the money I have saved up so far
I grab a thousand yen for any emergency I might run to this week
"I'll buy it with mom later"
"Kumio, mom says to take you to the store with me"
"to buy coffee jelly I assume?"
"if you don't hurry, I'll leave you behind"
"on my way"
I grab my jacket on my way out of my room and ran down the stairs to meet Kusuo at the door.
"be careful boys," mom says as we walk out
"we will!" I smile and close the door behind me
Once at the store, Kusuo spent a good 10 minutes deciding what brand of coffee jelly he wanted to get with his allowance. While he did that, I wandered into a nearby table that was doing a raffle, a coffee jelly to be exact.
"come try your luck for the chance of winning the grand prize!" the lady behind the table shouts
I look at the grand prize which was a month supply of the most expensive brand of coffee jelly
"I see you jelly; you are mine!"
"for only 100 yen you get a chance to try!" the lady shouts
I smirk and raise my hand stepping forward "miss I would like to try"
"you sure kid?" she asks sceptically "don't cry if you lose" gestures at the roulette "give it a spin"
I go up the roulette, crack my knuckles, and give it a spin
"brother is gonna be so happy when I give it to him"
To the surprise of the lady and the shoppers that started to congregate when I spun it, the little arrow stopped at the grand prize. The lady started ringing the bell shouting winner while the people watching clapped. She then gave me a form to fill out so that the store could deliver the month worth supply of coffee jelly. Once that was filled out, I went back to Kusuo to see him grabbing one serving of coffee jelly that cost almost 3,000 yen.
"that is expensive"
I kept the prize off my mind so that he would not find out and with that, we walked out of the store.
"Kumio let's hurry home"
I looked up at him confused and saw him hugging the bag close to his chest as if protecting it, I deadpan.
"really?"
His walking speed increased suddenly, I increased mine as well in order to keep up when suddenly I feel my shoelaces come undone. I crouched on one knee to tie them up again when something flew pass by at high speeds where I could have been if I kept walking. I heard a sickening crack seconds after that object flew past me
"that could have been me"
I look up a bit tense to see Kusuo looking at his very expensive coffee jelly and I notice that even though is still in one piece there is a small crack on the dome-like cover.
"uh oh"
"I'm really sorry sir, are you ok?" the frantic voice of a child shows up
I feel the hairs from the back of my neck stand up
"run kid run!"
Nendo shows up right after, saying sorry for the kid
"Oh, never mind kid ya are safe!"
He notices that is us
"oh, hey it's you, buddy and little buddy!" Nendo exclaims excitedly
Seems like the object that almost hit me and made that crack on Kusuo's dear jelly was a baseball. We joined Nendo and the kid in their quest to look for the missing ball. I saw Kusuo cross his eyes making me bite my lip in an attempt to not laugh at how silly he looks and to not attract the unnecessary attention.
"did you find it?"
"Nope, let's go home"
As Kusuo starts to walk home again I hear Nendo tell the kid that he was going to buy him a new ball, but the kid refused because that ball was given to him by his grandfather right before he died. I hear my brother stop walking
"I'll stay here, go do what ya gotta do" I whisper without turning around towards him
While Kusuo went to the bathroom to use his psychic powers more freely to find the ball, I covered for him and pretended to look for it with them. The kid started talking about the ball and how it was signed by some guy named Negishi
"wait if it was signed then…"
I saw my brother come back with the ball with a devastated look
"poor brother"
A few days later the same boy came with his sister to drop off three of that expensive coffee jelly that my brother bought the other day and lost. While he was enjoying his rewards for helping that boy the doorbell rung again, mom answered
"for Kumio Saiki" the delivery man says
I ran to the door hoping it was the prize I won the other day. Mom signs for me and sure enough it is!
"brother come here"
"do I have to?"
"I could always give all this coffee jelly to dad"
He instantly appears next to me and I watch as his eyes widen at the large quantity of coffee jelly in front of him.
"all this for me?"
"yep" I nod smiling "enjoy"
I know it will not last a month due to his serious sweet tooth but oh well as long as he enjoys it, I am happy.
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