End of The Year Problems

It started out as a normal day. School, listening to Toki go on and on about Kaido, get picked up by Kusuo after school and meet Nendo and Kaido for ramen afterwards. I was fine with these two, hell if that pervert joined, I wouldn't have minded either, but I draw the line when that golden annoyance shows up to ruin my perfectly fine day.

"why the hell is she here?!"

My hold onto Kusuo's hand tightens as soon as she turns towards us. Somehow her golden glow got brighter hurting my eyes even more. I glare at her and that stupid smile on her face falters for a second.

"and now you are her target as well"

"I don't care how perfect she is, she will never get me to like her!"

I reluctantly watch her giggle her way into our ramen eating time.

"is it possible for someone's likeability meter to be in the negatives?"

Kusuo looks at me then at her

"yes, it can"

"interesting"

Nendo guided us through the streets towards that famous ramen place someone told him about. Everything is weird now, Nendo is acting weirder than usual and Kaido took off his bandages.

"that's the effect Teruhashi has on people"

"can't she go away? She is acting weird too now"

I see her dozing off with a weird look on her face

"don't worry she will be gone soon"

"I hope you are right"

We reach the place Nendo was told about and somehow, I wasn't a bit surprised at the state of the place. It's almost falling apart, part of the name is missing, and I can smell the lack of sanitation this place has from out here. The annoyance was about to say something but Kaido interrupted saying that she has too much class to eat in a place like this.

"…and now she has to go in to keep up with her perfect image, thanks a lot Kaido"

She reluctantly said that she was fine with this place. I'm not going to lie; I'm enjoying her suffering so far. Is that sadistic? Yes. Do I care? Not right now.

"your sadism is showing"

"Sorry about that"

While I was busy pushing back a sadistic smile from forming, Kaido was fuzzing over that annoyance. We sat down. I sat at the end of the table, next to my brother and Nendo. The ramens were served and I almost gagged.

"seriously?" I mumble trying really hard not to vomit at the sight and smell of this garbage.

Suddenly I heard slurping and I look up to see that girl…eating it?!

"really?"

I gagged again

"can we please go?" I give Kusuo a pleading look

Nendo yelled at the manager which got us kicked out.

Several days later, on our way home, we saw a cat stuck between two buildings. We stared at it and then we started to walk away it kept meowing loudly making my brother turn around back to it. You see Kusuo can communicate with most animals through their minds except insects…those he hates, he is terrified of roaches because he can't read their tiny minds like most animals. For me, well I'm not a big fan of cats due to dad once shoving a cat in my face when I was smaller startling it and making it scratch my face. It wasn't life-threatening therefore my luck didn't kick in.

According to mom, Kusuo was pissed at dad for a month. Anyways because of that accident I refuse to get close to a cat, let alone touch one. Twice has Kusuo walked back to the cat and twice has he almost walked away.

"is the cat being stubborn?"

"yes"

During that exchange, I decided to lean against a nearby wall waiting for him to finish. Suddenly he gives me his bag and grabs the building on his right, crumbling it and pushes it slightly to the side as if it weighed nothing!

"I can't get over how cool you are, brother!" I exclaim in amazement running towards him

I saw a small smug smile appear on his face after I said that. The cat decides to walk up to me. I stare at it

"what do you want furball?" I ask it coldly

It gets closer and with each step that it gets closer to me, I move back until my back hits a wall. That furball is rubbing itself against my leg making me freeze up!

"K…Kusuo!" I call for my brother frighten

Just in time he grabs my arm and pulls me towards his chest away from the cat. He glares daggers at the cat while he grabs his bag from my hands. We continue our way home. What we didn't know was that the cat followed us home. During dinner, dad walks in hiding something under his shirt. Mom tried to get it until something jumped out revealing that furball from this afternoon making me tense up instantly and lean towards Kusuo

"you have got to be kidding me"

Mom gushed over how cute it was until Dad asked if we could keep it

"Honey I'm sorry but I'm allergic to cats remember? And little Kumi can't stand being close to a cat since that accident" Mom shut him down instantly allowing me to relax once more

"Oh, thank you, mom, for having that allergy"

I felt a hand on my head making me look up at the owner of said hand

"even if mom didn't have that allergy, I would have found an excuse to keep it away from you"

"thank you, brother, "I whisper at him with a grateful smile.

Christmas is here! That means presents and a big dinner made by mom! Kusuo says that the only ones who get excited about Christmas are little kids and our parents. Our parents do get overly excited about this holiday, so excited that every year they go overboard with the outside decorations.

The day was going wonderful until later this afternoon while mom was preparing dinner. Nendo showed up and then I find out that mom was the one who invited him!

"Hey, little buddy! Merry Christmas" Nendo greeted cheerfully

"I thought this was a family thing…"

Don't get me wrong I don't mind being near Nendo normally, but this is crossing the line! Quickly I wrote a note for a Kusuo and tape it outside on the front door for him to see. The note warns him that Nendo is here, but I fear that he won't be able to escape.

A couple of hours later I hear the front door open, Nendo's and mom's voice then a door slam.

"did he leave?"

"almost"

I see him walk into the dining room, pull up a chair and sit with his knees close to his chest sulking. Mom explains that she invited Nendo when she bumped into him at the store.

"please end my misery"

"sorry no can do brother"

He sighs miserably

"we are still missing one weirdo"

"right…"

At that moment the door opens to reveal dad dressed in his poor imitation of Santa. It's a family tradition I believe. Dad notices Nendo and immediately takes off the hat, grey eyebrows, and short grey beard. He pulls mom aside and starts asking questions

"I thought this was supposed be just family, now I look like a fool," he says

"dad you're already a fool" I mumble sighing

"who is that guy?" he asks

"he is Ku's friend, Nendo" mom responds

"Kusuo has a friend?!" he shouts surprised then cries dramatically "oh dear!"

"Oh, dear part two…"

Dad started to rant away about how if he was in Kusuo's class he would only be his friend for his powers otherwise he would punch him in the face

"wow, great dad we have huh?" I mumble sarcastically

Dad receives Nendo with open arms until Nendo gives him one of his smiles that make him look like a creepy guy that you see standing in alleyways watching women pass by. Nendo compliments dad's costume and that made dad suddenly like him.

"how troublesome…"

We started eating and cheered. I lightly tapped Kusuo's glass with mine and happily drink my juice. Dad kept calling Nendo a good kid then mentioned that Kusuo treated him like something he found in his diaper before he was one. I chuckle

"he wouldn't even let me get close to little Kumio when they were in the same room!" he whines

I look up at Kusuo

"really?"

He turns his head away from me and fixes his glasses

"I don't know what he is talking about"

I blink then chuckle

"tsundere Kusuo strikes again"

"Oh, be quiet"

Nendo ruined the moment by correcting dad

"I don't know if I'm that good sir" Nendo starts" when I was little Santa never visited my house"

"that makes sense since his dad died before he was born"

Mom and dad were startled by the sudden fact that Nendo's dad died before he was even born. Mom apologized for dad's rudeness. Nendo gives them a good smile and tells them that he still got his mom and that he would rather have her than Santa.

"wow"

Mom and dad excused themselves and went to another room

"are they about to do something stupid?"

"knowing them, most likely"

I sigh. A few moments later mom comes back apologizing for stepping out. Nendo asked where dad was, and mom answered that his job called about a client that needed their shoes…licked?

"that is one weird job"

Suddenly the back door started rattling scaring me and led me to hide behind Kusuo. Nendo's high pitch scream did not help!

"it's just dad"

"oh"

I peek over Kusuo's shoulder and see that dad was back in his Santa costume. Kusuo gets up to stand next to mom. I'm still behind him watching from the safety of my cool big brother's back. Nendo got all excited even though dad pulled the same trick about an hour ago. Things got even weirder when Nendo remembered that Santa has reindeer which made mom beg Kusuo to help dad. What appeared when Nendo opened the back door was a normal deer, not a reindeer. Afterwards, dad gave Nendo a present exciting Nendo even more

"yeah! That's two presents" he cheered

Nendo explained that his mom would leave him a present next to his pillow every year while he slept.

"wow"

The morning of the next day I get up early and quietly slip into Kusuo's room then place his present on his desk. After that, I quietly go back to my room and go back to sleep before mom and dad wake up.

"I hope he likes it" I mumble before going out like a light as soon as my head hits my pillow.

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