There are thousands of millions of types of creature that reside on planet Earth. Among these creatures are us humans who had triumphed the food chain. We humans always think it is because of our higher mental capacity and I think yeah, it is a part of that but, at least in my perspective; there was a more important variant that helped us to top in the ecosystem. And that thing is our ability to synergize in groups. Yeah there are other animals who also work in groups but we humans have taken it to other levels like cities, provinces, countries, communities etc.
And to make us this adept at forming such a big society, we can easily conclude how socially adept we are compared to others. Therefore we can say the more socially skilled the person is the higher his/her place is in the hierarchy. This analogy can be proved anywhere in companies, political scenes, or even my own family.
Speaking of my family, maybe I reside at lowest as I am most socially inept there. Still if the 2 people aren't even at home most of the time can you seriously test their social skills? However if school is also taken into account I cannot deny that I am weakest at home too.
It wounds my pride deeply that even a sixth grader like Komachi has undoubtedly better social skills than me. But she is cute so yeah I can forgive her for that. Anyways, even if I got angry at her it would make me look like an idiot and also dad with his dad-con behavior will cut my allowance for making Komachi upset. Damn that old man, cannot he put some of his attention on me. My mother on other hand is neutral on either of our side so that makes me alone still at the end. So yeah by default, I go to lowest in hierarchy charts in my home too. I mean even Kamakura, our kitten, get more attention than me.
During my internal debate on my position on household I noticed my alarm was ringing. Due to sleeping straight after dinner (Because I was tired after teaching Komachi) yesterday I was awake early today. As I was unable to sleep again, my mind decided to waste my precious sugar deposits in an early morning monologues.
Stretching my arms I let out a yawn and stopped the clock. Wearing my slippers I went to washroom first to freshen and brush my teeth, I will take the bath later. As I opened the door to the living room Kamakura, jumped from sofa and got in front of me.
His eyes looking straight into my soul maybe just to convey a message like 'Human where is my food'.
HUH, this bastard is going more and more shameless by day. I swear if Komachi didn't loved her that much I would have thrown him to dogs.
I looked him in eyes and made a growl to intimidate him but he stood there licking his paw like I was nobody to him. Irked by his behavior I took him in my hands and left him on the stairs.
"At least wake up your master before food" I muttered. And it looked like he understood and went upstairs to wake up Komachi. It only proved who he believed was his true master.
Damn, that cat I will give him the cheap cat food from now on then he will know his place before me.
Entering the living room again, I let out a sigh and put on the apron and started making the breakfast for two people as mom and dad had gone earlier to work. Komachi being still an elementary schooler the responsibility to cook for the meals was put on my shoulders.
Within few minutes I arranged breakfast with some leftovers. And now I was preparing lunch, which was quite a rare occurrence but because I woke early today I decided to make it either way. As I was arranging the food in boxes I heard the door of bathroom opening 'must be Komachi'.
"MEOW"
Huh as I turned my head to find the source of the sound, I found Kamakura sitting before his bowl in a stance saying 'I did the work assigned to me now bring my food you lowly human'. Ignoring his shameless behavior (At least in my head) I decided to acknowledge his efforts and opened the closet where his food is generally kept. Opening the can I let the contents fall into his bowl slowly.
"Onii-chanmybreakfastiamgonnabelatewhydidn'tyouwakemeuptoday" startled by the sudden outburst which honestly half of which didn't understood because of the speed at which it was launched on me I took a look at the orator, who with her messy hair and uniform on was eating her breakfast ;like there was no tomorrow.
Dumbfounded by her earlier statement only one word uttered from my mouth at the time.
"Sorry…?"
But the girl to which I was responding just ignored me and continued chugging her breakfast. Sighing as I concluded that I am not going to get a response from her I took the seat opposite to her and started to eat my breakfast.
After few minutes Komachi stood and took her dishes to wash. Following her, I also finished up my food and placed my dishes.
"Onii-chan"
"Hmm" I responded.
"Could you please drop me on your cycle today or I am going to end up late to school today."
"Let me think." I said as her school was on opposite side of the house, I didn't want to tire myself out before even reaching my school.
"What is there to think, as it your fault you didn't wake me up today that's why I am late."
"I was preparing lunch today, so maybe I forgot in the midst of process. But look on the plus side you get an awesome lunch made by yours truly today. Isn't it a good sacrifice for going late?"
"Haah, I don't want that just leave me at school." And there this girl just like that shattered my goodwill just like that sniffs… Huh what is this liquid filling up my eyes?
To hide my tears I hurried to bathroom. After sometime of coming to terms with this unfair treatment I decided shower quickly not to make Komachi wait.
Putting my uniform I exited the bathroom and went to my room to retrieve my bag. After retrieving it, I went to kitchen to take my lunch.
"Onii-chan hurry"
"Coming" and I hurried towards the exit and turned around to lock the doors.
Komachi had already brought my partner out of shed so I just took my seat and with a THUMP Komachi also took her seat behind me.
"Ready?"I asked.
"Yeah, lets goo"
Getting the signal I started pedaling to her school.
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Authors note:
Ahh sorry if you find this chapter bland but I wanted this to make the dynamic in Hachiman household solid.
For whom who didn't notice I am trying to make Komachi passing through her rebellious phase and instead of making Komachi 3 years older too I decided to stick her age to original.
Hachiman having a large age gap took most of the responsibilities in household which were mostly assigned Komachi. Also the large age gap will also imply much more maturity to Hachiman's character.
So yeah, to fulfill this objective I think this chapter maybe boring or bad but it is here so I can focus on progress on the school side more now.
As for introduction of Haruno I think it will occur in possibly next 2 chapters.
At last I want to tell the next update will take longer because I want to try posting a longer chapter like 7-9k words. It could take a month but still I will try tobe as fast as I can be.
AND again thanks for reading this. Stay safe and healthy until the we meet again.
