IMPORTANT Stuff: I don't own anything, BUT this whacked up story.
Major warning: OOC-ness... but this IS an AU.
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Thank Goodness for Reality!
written by K-chan
Episode One: Meet the Hojos!
The morning light seeped through the curtains of Aeris's, disturbing the girl's slumber, but it was her so-called alarm clock to tell her to get out of bed--since she threw her REAL alarm clock at the wall the last time it went off. Her face twitched from the annoying sunlight she sensed, and wanting to continue sleeping, she rolled towards the other direction, only to fall right off the bed, "Waaaaaaaaaaah!!"
*OOF*
AERIS HOJO: A sweet, pretty girl with a big heart and a below average coordination--in other words, she's clumsy at times--in her first year at Midgar University. She lives with her brother in an apartment not too far from there.
She groaned painfully and sat up on the floor. She sighed, getting up, and yawned. There was no way she would get back to sleep now, so she might as well freshen up for the new day. She grabbed her pink robe and left her room, heading towards the bathroom across the hall, like a semi-zombie in need of sleep, but at the end of the hallway, Sephiroth poked his head out from the kitchen and smirked, "Her Highness is finally up."
SEPHIROTH HOJO: The tall, handsome, young man who's quite protective of his little sister. A rather silent and serious guy around others, but the usual annoying and caring brother to Aeris. He also attends Midgar University and has an outside job that pays the rent and bills.
"Shut up," she grumbled, dragging herself into the bathroom, and slammed the door shut.
The young man shrugged, "I guess it's not her morning." He returned to making breakfast that consisted of eggs and toast, the traditional breakfast that Aeris was strangely fond of. Fifteen minutes later, he had the cooking complete and the meal in place on the table. He took off the plain, white apron and sat down at the table, waiting for his sister to come out.
Ten more minutes passed, and he was looking weary, but thank goodness she appeared, even if her hair was messily braided, and she looked a bit disoriented in her pink, spring dress. Sephiroth decided not to comment about her appearance as she sat down and started eating. "Mmm, it's so delicious!" she squealed, in her more brighter mood.
"You're welcome," he replied after a bite.
She looked at him strangely and then shrugged it aside because she was content with food in her stomach. She drank her orange juice, and after getting half her food eaten, she asked him, "Ne Sephy, don't you have work today?"
He nodded, "Unfortunately."
She knew he didn't like his job, but he being his stubborn self wouldn't allow her to help out by getting a job herself, even if he was doing fine with supporting the two of them. Plus, she didn't think it was important to let him know that their parents secretly gave her some money too, but Sephiroth found out, he would be truly pissed off. He and their father had an offset to their father-and-son relationship ever since Sephiroth announced his career interest.
Aeris opened her mouth about to say something about getting a job, but he had already cut her off, "The answer will always be 'no'."
Annoyed, she glared at him, "Brother! You always do this to me!! Why don't you let me help out with the bills too! I'm fully capable of working! My studies are going fine, and I promise I won't ditch it for money!"
"I know you won't, but it's too dangerous out there for a girl like you."
He was always like this, thinking she was some helpless girl who didn't know anything about the world around her. Sometimes his older brother role was just too much for her. "Imagine what it'd be like when I start dating," she grumbled, picking at her scrambled eggs.
He looked at her, raising an eyebrow. Before he could say anything, the doorbell rang, and Aeris had jumped to her feet to go answer it. She opened the front door and was greeted by enthusiastic arms around her neck. "Aeris-honey! How are ya?!" came the shrill in the older woman's voice. She pulled back and smiled at the girl's priceless expression. "Now be a good daughter and help your mother with all these bags," she said, lifting two in each of her hands.
IFALNA HOJO: Aeris's and Sephiroth's shopaholic mother, who tends to visit them more often than not, only because she feels lonely with her children away at school and her husband busy with his work.
Aeris nodded and helped her mother with the rest. They entered the apartment, and the woman noted the place carefully, "My my my... nothing's changed since my last visit."
"Mother, your last visit was just a week ago!"
"Mother?" Sephiroth questioned as he came out into the living room. "Another unexpected visit? It's becoming more frequent." He looked at Aeris and said playfully, "I believe we might have to move." His sister fell back onto the couch, laughing, while their mother looked displeased at him. "You know I'm joking," he defended himself, walking over to her, and gave her a warm hug.
"Now that's more like it!" she chirped. She pulled him down next to her on the couch and began going through her bags. "I was out shopping the other day, and saw SO many lovely items! I didn't know which one to buy for your father's birthday, so I bought them all!"
"Mother!" Aeris cried out, "Why didn't you remind me?! Father's birthday is coming up, and I haven't gotten him a single thing!!! Now I've gotta call Elena!" She got up and ran into her room to make the call.
"Elena?" Ifalna repeated, "Who's Elena?"
"A classmate in her history class."
"OH YEAH!" Aeris ran back out again with a card in her hand. "Here, mother." She gave the card to the woman. "We got it in the mail the other day. It's from Uncle G. He says he's somewhere in Cosmo Canyon."
"Hmmf, that brother of mine! So inconsiderate! Always into his archaelogical-whatevers! He didn't even come home for the holidayslast time! But instead sent us some freaky wooden thing with the hair of some wild animal."
"But mother, I recall you said something like, 'How exotic! It'll be our dining table center piece!' when you first saw it," Sephiroth pointed out.
Aeris nodded, "That's true, and I believe it's still on the dining table too."
"Oh just turn against your own mother!! The woman who spent 36 hours in labor, bearing the two of you!"
Sephiroth looked at his sister and said, "She always bring THAT up."
"It's a part of being a mother, I guess. They tend to remind us of how LONG they were in labor, and it's never JUST a FEW hours."
"YOU CHILDREN ARE DISOWNED!!" their mother blurted out.
Aeris smiled and stuck out a hand at Sephiroth, who frowned and placed some money in her hand. Ifalna blinked at the two in confusion, and her son explained, "Aeris made a bet you'd disown us again."
"FINE! YOU'RE NOT DISOWNED ANYMORE!"
It was Aeris's turn to pout as she returned the money to Sephiroth, who was now smiling smuggly. The girl said, "And he made another bet, that you would UNdisown us within 30 seconds after being disowned."
"Very funny, kids."
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I feel mentally deranged right now... =^.^;=
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Thank Goodness for Reality!
written by K-chan
Episode One: Meet the Hojos!
The morning light seeped through the curtains of Aeris's, disturbing the girl's slumber, but it was her so-called alarm clock to tell her to get out of bed--since she threw her REAL alarm clock at the wall the last time it went off. Her face twitched from the annoying sunlight she sensed, and wanting to continue sleeping, she rolled towards the other direction, only to fall right off the bed, "Waaaaaaaaaaah!!"
*OOF*
AERIS HOJO: A sweet, pretty girl with a big heart and a below average coordination--in other words, she's clumsy at times--in her first year at Midgar University. She lives with her brother in an apartment not too far from there.
She groaned painfully and sat up on the floor. She sighed, getting up, and yawned. There was no way she would get back to sleep now, so she might as well freshen up for the new day. She grabbed her pink robe and left her room, heading towards the bathroom across the hall, like a semi-zombie in need of sleep, but at the end of the hallway, Sephiroth poked his head out from the kitchen and smirked, "Her Highness is finally up."
SEPHIROTH HOJO: The tall, handsome, young man who's quite protective of his little sister. A rather silent and serious guy around others, but the usual annoying and caring brother to Aeris. He also attends Midgar University and has an outside job that pays the rent and bills.
"Shut up," she grumbled, dragging herself into the bathroom, and slammed the door shut.
The young man shrugged, "I guess it's not her morning." He returned to making breakfast that consisted of eggs and toast, the traditional breakfast that Aeris was strangely fond of. Fifteen minutes later, he had the cooking complete and the meal in place on the table. He took off the plain, white apron and sat down at the table, waiting for his sister to come out.
Ten more minutes passed, and he was looking weary, but thank goodness she appeared, even if her hair was messily braided, and she looked a bit disoriented in her pink, spring dress. Sephiroth decided not to comment about her appearance as she sat down and started eating. "Mmm, it's so delicious!" she squealed, in her more brighter mood.
"You're welcome," he replied after a bite.
She looked at him strangely and then shrugged it aside because she was content with food in her stomach. She drank her orange juice, and after getting half her food eaten, she asked him, "Ne Sephy, don't you have work today?"
He nodded, "Unfortunately."
She knew he didn't like his job, but he being his stubborn self wouldn't allow her to help out by getting a job herself, even if he was doing fine with supporting the two of them. Plus, she didn't think it was important to let him know that their parents secretly gave her some money too, but Sephiroth found out, he would be truly pissed off. He and their father had an offset to their father-and-son relationship ever since Sephiroth announced his career interest.
Aeris opened her mouth about to say something about getting a job, but he had already cut her off, "The answer will always be 'no'."
Annoyed, she glared at him, "Brother! You always do this to me!! Why don't you let me help out with the bills too! I'm fully capable of working! My studies are going fine, and I promise I won't ditch it for money!"
"I know you won't, but it's too dangerous out there for a girl like you."
He was always like this, thinking she was some helpless girl who didn't know anything about the world around her. Sometimes his older brother role was just too much for her. "Imagine what it'd be like when I start dating," she grumbled, picking at her scrambled eggs.
He looked at her, raising an eyebrow. Before he could say anything, the doorbell rang, and Aeris had jumped to her feet to go answer it. She opened the front door and was greeted by enthusiastic arms around her neck. "Aeris-honey! How are ya?!" came the shrill in the older woman's voice. She pulled back and smiled at the girl's priceless expression. "Now be a good daughter and help your mother with all these bags," she said, lifting two in each of her hands.
IFALNA HOJO: Aeris's and Sephiroth's shopaholic mother, who tends to visit them more often than not, only because she feels lonely with her children away at school and her husband busy with his work.
Aeris nodded and helped her mother with the rest. They entered the apartment, and the woman noted the place carefully, "My my my... nothing's changed since my last visit."
"Mother, your last visit was just a week ago!"
"Mother?" Sephiroth questioned as he came out into the living room. "Another unexpected visit? It's becoming more frequent." He looked at Aeris and said playfully, "I believe we might have to move." His sister fell back onto the couch, laughing, while their mother looked displeased at him. "You know I'm joking," he defended himself, walking over to her, and gave her a warm hug.
"Now that's more like it!" she chirped. She pulled him down next to her on the couch and began going through her bags. "I was out shopping the other day, and saw SO many lovely items! I didn't know which one to buy for your father's birthday, so I bought them all!"
"Mother!" Aeris cried out, "Why didn't you remind me?! Father's birthday is coming up, and I haven't gotten him a single thing!!! Now I've gotta call Elena!" She got up and ran into her room to make the call.
"Elena?" Ifalna repeated, "Who's Elena?"
"A classmate in her history class."
"OH YEAH!" Aeris ran back out again with a card in her hand. "Here, mother." She gave the card to the woman. "We got it in the mail the other day. It's from Uncle G. He says he's somewhere in Cosmo Canyon."
"Hmmf, that brother of mine! So inconsiderate! Always into his archaelogical-whatevers! He didn't even come home for the holidayslast time! But instead sent us some freaky wooden thing with the hair of some wild animal."
"But mother, I recall you said something like, 'How exotic! It'll be our dining table center piece!' when you first saw it," Sephiroth pointed out.
Aeris nodded, "That's true, and I believe it's still on the dining table too."
"Oh just turn against your own mother!! The woman who spent 36 hours in labor, bearing the two of you!"
Sephiroth looked at his sister and said, "She always bring THAT up."
"It's a part of being a mother, I guess. They tend to remind us of how LONG they were in labor, and it's never JUST a FEW hours."
"YOU CHILDREN ARE DISOWNED!!" their mother blurted out.
Aeris smiled and stuck out a hand at Sephiroth, who frowned and placed some money in her hand. Ifalna blinked at the two in confusion, and her son explained, "Aeris made a bet you'd disown us again."
"FINE! YOU'RE NOT DISOWNED ANYMORE!"
It was Aeris's turn to pout as she returned the money to Sephiroth, who was now smiling smuggly. The girl said, "And he made another bet, that you would UNdisown us within 30 seconds after being disowned."
"Very funny, kids."
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I feel mentally deranged right now... =^.^;=
