Omake 22 Bittersweet Memories

'Hi guys. Hogwarts is nice real nice; I can't wait for the day you two get here. Enclosed is a picture of me with my two new friends. Yeah, me with friends, strange, isn't it? The one on the right is Fay, he's in Ravenclaw. The one on the left is his twin brother Yuui, he's in Slytherin like me.—

"Hey come on Seishirou, see if you can beat Fay at Wizards' Chess!"

-I've got to go, can't wait to see you at Christmas!'

The owls came flying in at breakfast as usual; Yuui and Fay leaned closer when they saw several owls drop a box in front of Seishirou, interrupting his and Fay's game of chess.

"Oh no…"

"Oh open it, open it, open it!"

"Fay, don't be so intruding, maybe he doesn't want to open it."

"Yeah maybe his parents want the little goodie goodie to come home."

Amber eyes narrowed. "I don't remember inviting you to sit with us Fei."

"This is the Slytherin table, if anyone doesn't belong here it's Ravenclaw blondie."

"Watcha got sweetie?"

Seishirou cursed under his breath. "Something from home, Emerald."

"Awww, can I be with you when you open it?"

"Don't you have somewhere else to be?"

"You can't run away from me forever sweetie."

"Ah, Seishirou, I almost forgot! We need to head back to our dorms, we left our books and we need to do our homework in there, come on!" Without waiting for a reply, Yuui grabbed his friend's hand and pulled him towards the dungeons.

Once inside the common room Yuui started to walk to the first year dorms. "There, now you can open it in peace."

"Won't Fay get mad?"

"Nah. Just tell him what it is later."

He tore off the wrapping paper and opened the box. Inside he found a pack of sugar quills and a new pair of silk robes. Picking up the card, he began to read.

'Seishirou,

The silk robes are from your mother and I. You'll find you may need them one day. The sugar quills are from your brother and sister; they saved up their combined allowance to purchase them for you. Never fear, they're both behaving and Kotori seems to be doing better. They can't wait to see you again, Happy Birthday son.

Love your father,

Akira.'

Underneath his father's handwriting, he saw the neat penmanship he recognized as his mother's.

'Happy birthday my darling boy, can't wait to see you at Christmas and start your training.'

Amber eyes rolled at this comment; why was his mother so demented?

Farther down he saw very untidy handwriting; that must be Fuuma.

'Happy Birthday Seishirou! Hope you like the sugar quills, they were Kotori's idea; mainly since she knows you oh so well. Come home and we can practice Quidditch!'

"How about we don't? You aren't knocking me off my broom."

At the very bottom in crooked handwriting followed by a smiley face was his sister's writing.

'Happy birthday bigger brother! Member your promise, you gottta come home! Love you! : D '

"Oh Kotori, didn't I tell you I always keep my promises?"

"I didn't know you had siblings, Seishirou."

"Yeah a brother and sister, my brother's two years younger than me, and my sister's five years younger. Hopefully they both get here someday, it's great…"

~#~

Blue eyes looked across the Slytherin house table. "Aren't you going to eat anything?"

"No."

"However are you going to keep up with your classes?"

"Piss off Yuui...I'll manage; just leave me alone."

Blue eyes followed the dark haired boy as he threw his books into his bag and left the table, heading for the Slytherin Common Room. Within moments an identical pair of blue eyes were meeting Yuui's.

"What's the matter?"

"Oh 'ello Fay…there's something wrong with Seishirou…"

"Well we're all friends, so let's ask him."

"I tried; he's not talking."

"He's probably stressing over the break up."

"Break up?"

"Yeah, him and that Slytherin third year, Emerald."

"Oh that skank…but why did they break up? Surely she wouldn't; she made a note of bragging in the common room that she had hooked a Sakurazuka and I would think he would be afraid to. I know his mother's strict, so why..."

"We'll talk to him later. Come on, it's time for Transfiguration."

~#~

During lunch, the twins approached their fellow first year. "Seishirou, we need to talk." Fay's face was firm as he was met with amber eyes.

"About what?"

"Yuui said it seems like something's bothering you."

"He did, did he? Rest assured, I'm fine."

"You're hardly eating...you always loved to indulge in food."

"Just not feeling that great, it will pass."

"Come on Seishirou, we're your friends."

"And it'd be better off if you weren't."

~#~

The train stopped at King's Cross Station. Fay and Yuui bounded out and were greeted by Ashura. "Did you two behave yourselves?"

Yuui pouted looking up. "I wasn't the problem! Fay was the problem."

"NUH-UH, MEAN!"

Both twins turned when they heard loud footsteps on the pavement and saw a very energetic child run by, his father in tow. "You're going to fall if you keep running young man!"

As predicted, said child started to fall, only to be stopped by Yuui's dormmate.

"Reckless as always aren't you?"

"I WAS EXCITED TO GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN! YOU DIDN'T COME HOME FOR EASTER!"

"I wouldn't have come home for the summer either if Professor Reed didn't make me."

"You're spending a good hunk of the summer with me young man, your mother won't be home to take care of you so let's go."

"I can't..."

Seeing as Fuuma was too busy poking at the owl on his brother's trunk, their father knelt down to talk to his son. "You can. You'll be home at least once before the summer's over so you can keep your promise to your sister."

~#~

"You're in love with him you know."

"Stop bugging me with nonsense…some of us believe in doing our homework."

"You getting mad just proves I'm right you know."

"I'm getting mad because I'm trying to finish this essay."

"Then admit you're in love with Subaru."

"No, now will you go away?"

"YOU'RE SO STUBBORN!"

"Mr. Monou! This is a library, five points from Hufflepuff!"

"You better book it before you lose more points from your house; I'm finishing my O.W.L Potions essay. Unless you want to help of course."

"HELL NO!" Fuuma covered his mouth before stumbling over the trashcan and out of the library.

~#~

'Why? Why can't I stop thinking about him? Every thought on my mind is tied with him in some way or another. It's not a spell, no spell could do this…what is going on…? Just...I don't understand…'

Without warning there was a burning sensation in his eyes as they filled with water. "I...I'm…I'm in love with him….aren't I? But I can't be, no, no, no, no…"

Amber eyes turned to the mirror and for a minute saw himself with Subaru laughing and being normal teenagers. Then, as if lightning struck, it flashed and showed Subaru broken on the ground just like Kotori was...

'No, no, no, it's not real; it's a trick of the mirror, it's not real, it's not real, nope, not real.'

'You're so silly thinking you could love anyone or that anyone could love you…'

"STOP MESSING WITH ME!" His fist clenched and collided with the mirror, shattering it."WHY ME? I didn't ask for this at all."

He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't hear the door open or feel someone grab his hand to inspect it.

"Seishirou…what the hell did you do…? Besides punch your fist through a mirror? Dad won't hate you for it, he always said that one was ugly anyways. Come on, let's get you cleaned up."

"Cleaned up for what?"

"The triplets are coming over, or did you forget that?"

Amber eyes shot open and a faint blush colored his face.

"No."

"Well good then, and don't try to get out of it. Hokuto doesn't take no for an answer. So what on earth possessed you to punch your hand through a mirror to begin with?"

Possessed, what a perfect choice of words. "Nothing...just frustrated."

"It was Mother, wasn't it?"

Maybe his brother wasn't a total moron after all. "Perhaps."

"That's a yes with a capital y."

"Get off my back and let's go."

~#~

Amber eyes shot open. Why had all those memories decided to come flooding back now? Most of them hurt but the rest were pretty bittersweet.

He felt a shift in weight on the bed and felt slender arms around his waist.

Well you know what they say, when you have bitter memories, make sweet ones.

A/N: Sorry for an omake chapter that bounces around. I found a bunch of ideas for them when they were in school and couldn't think of what else to do with them so here have a look at Sei-chan's past

Can you believe how long this fic hasn't gotten? Because I know I can't, lord help me