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Chapter Seventy-Eight - Siblings Rivalry

Ms Higurashi blocked any chances of using the tablet at the dinner table. In her words, dinner was a moment to be with family and any distractions could wait. She was backed up by Molly, who promptly dragged Arthur back to his seat. George had to hold back an eye roll. Even in his own home, he was not completely free.

Food was the last thing that mattered for the rest of the evening, except for Fred, who fulfilled his own oath to enjoy as much of his mother's delicious cooking as he could. Between him and Ron, it was hard to know who ate more. Molly was more than pleased to provide him as much food as he could take. Kagome wasn't far behind, having missed her mother's oden and craved dango with anko toppings for weeks. They tried to recreate both recipes but, according to her, they didn't taste right. According to George's researches, it was probably her hormones messing with her taste buds.

George thought Fred would be the main attraction, due his love of being the center of attention. However, much to his surprise, his twin pulled the strings to make sure the gathering was focused on the family, paying special attention to the joining of the Higurashi and the Weasleys through a wedding. In fact, he asked more questions than he answered. He wanted to know about Bill, Fleur and Victorie, the upcoming weddings of Percy, Ginny and Ron, and also found time to tease Charlie about his forever bachelor status.

Finally, the table was cleaned and chatting groups were created. Molly and Ms Higurashi talked about Merlin knows what but from the glances the former kept sending to Kagome and him, they had the highest possibility to be the focus of their discussion. Arthur was entertained with the iPad, he quickly learned how to operate it with only a few instructions from Souta and was marveled with the 'toy'.

The young priest became bored after bombarding Charlie with questions about his dragons and when he would visit Japan again. Charlie, in return, asked about Grandpa Higurashi and the priest training. The familiarity between the two only confirmed that they really knew each other, as Souta said. He quietly turned on the Playstation while George observed from the corner of his eyes. He still hadn't forgotten the loss of his previous console.

Kagome, who didn't have time in the last week to distract herself and also never missed a chance to beat her brother, soon picked a joystick and joined Souta.

"Is that a muggle TV show?" Asked Ron.

"It's a video game, Ron. PlayStation two, maybe? Though I don't remember the graphics being so realistic," Said Hermione.

"You are almost ten years late, Hermione. It's a PlayStation four and there are already speculations about the next generation of consoles to be released next year," said George.

They got close to the pair on the couch. Kagome was biting her lower lip and had her eyes glued on the screen, a frown marring her forehead. The same look was on Souta's face the only exception, he was biting his tongue instead of his lip.

"Don't come closer!" Said Kagome when he was a foot always from her. "And don't talk to me!"

His siblings gave him reproachful looks that George dismissed completely. Kagome was losing and she was always in a foul mood when it happens.

"Hell yeah!" Souta jumped on his seat. "Who's the real MVP? Huh? Huh? You suck, sis!"

"Two-out-of-three! I demand a rematch!"

"Fine! I'll wipe the floor with you again!"

"In your dreams, runt."

When Kagome lost the following match, George knew he had to fight for his family's honour.

He took the joystick from Kagome's hand. "Don't worry, love. He won't even know what hit him."

This was supposed to be posted last week but exams and life got in the way.

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