A knock on the closed bedroom door did not rustle the occupant inside as the noise grew louder and louder at each passing moment the 'knocker' was being ignored.
"Aoshi-chan wake up already! It's a new semester at your school, so you get your butt ready now!" A female voice screeched as a 20-year-old young woman stood at the door dressed in a maroon button down top with a black skirt and jacket.
"Oneechan, quit banging on his door already." Came a sleepy voice from down the hallway as another occupant in the household had been woken up thanks to the racket. Maroon eyes belonging to the 'destroyer of peace and quiet' gazed upon a short boy with black ruffled hair and bright blue eyes, though his right hand at the moment was currently rubbing at one of them in his usual sleepy manner.
"And what are you still doing in bed Sou-chan? You get your butt into that bathroom and get ready for school young man!"
"Hai, hai…" Came the mumble from the 11 year old boy (who always rolled his eyes at the way his sister acted like this every morning) before he grabbed his school uniform. Heading for the bathroom he ended up taking a step back when the door was pulled away from his hand as the third sibling decided to make an appearance.
"Oniichan, ohayoo." Came the now happy reply from the smiling 11-year-old. He really did look up to and love his older brother very much.
"Ohayoo…" Came the quiet deep reply back. And Sou-chan also knew that even if it couldn't be expressed by words, his older brother loved him too. At the moment though ice green eyes met narrowed maroon ones as the eldest of the siblings stood in front of the boy's bedroom door.
"You are up already?" She questioned as though wondering what was wrong with the usual bedroom dweller.
"I'm always up before you Megumi. I'm not a little kid that needs to be woken up anymore." He spoke quietly as he towelled his drenched hair, several strands falling into his eyes as he did so.
"You really should get a hair cut you know." Megumi voiced as she walked into her brother's room to look upon it in all its gloomy darkness.
"And you should hurry for work, traffic is sure to be piling up already…and no doubt you are late right?"
"AH DAMMIT! YOU MAKE SURE SOU-CHAN GETS TO SCHOOL YOU HERE ME?" The part time university student and part time pharmacist yelled as she raced downstairs and out the door without bidding goodbye to the rest of the family who were in fact beginning breakfast.
Shaking his head lightly Aoshi grabbed his school bag and headed downstairs dressed in his school uniform of black pants, white shirt and grey and black vest. It wasn't cold yet so his black jacket stayed hanging up in his wardrobe.
Quietly heading into the kitchen to wrap his and his little brother Soujiro's bento, Aoshi then headed for the table where he quietly sat and ate egg on toast opposite his old man.
"Green tea Aoshi?" Came the quiet and polite voice of his mother as she placed a cup of tea in front of the 16-year-old. She hadn't been surprised when her tall handsome boy suddenly had a craving for green tea one wintry morning since she had that very craving while pregnant with him. Across from the quiet Aoshi sat his father, mid 40's, long black hair tied back in a low ponytail and calmly read the morning newspaper while sipping his own tea.
"Megumi late again?" Came the deep voice from behind the paper.
"Aa…"
"And Souji?" He questioned once more about his youngest child having taken on the nickname Aoshi himself had given his youngest sibling when he was younger.
"Upstairs getting ready." Aoshi briefly replied before finished up his breakfast and placed his dirty dishes into the sink to wash them up.
"Has Sou-chan got his lunch yet?"
"He hasn't even come down for breakfast, but I already wrapped it for him." Aoshi voiced to his mother as he walked back into the main entrance of the house and waited for his sibling to arrive. At that very moment Soujiro was in fact coming down the stairs using the banister railing and Aoshi observed the boy land heavily on his two feet on the wooden floorboards before racing off once more to skid into the kitchen to grab some breakfast and his bento.
"Okay I'm ready now." He voiced happily up at his tall brother who did nothing but turn to open the door in his usual quiet manner. "I'll be going now!" Soujiro yelled and he listened for muffled replies from his parents who were still in the kitchen/dining area before he headed out the door (after placing on his shoes) and closed it behind him.
"Ne Oniichan guess what we are doing in school today?" Soujiro began and heard a quiet mumble of 'what Souji' from his older brother before jumping in to tell him all about what was happening in the new semester. Aoshi remained quiet, his backpack slung over his left shoulder while his lips quirked every now and then (very minimal and undetectable though) as Soujiro bounced beside him almost skipping thanks to his long quick strides.
As the two brothers headed down the pathway to their schools, Aoshi in 10th grade and Soujiro in 6th, they didn't pay any attention to the fact a taxi drove straight past them and happened to stop right in front of their very house.
A woman opened the taxi door; she in her 20's with long brown and out jumped a little girl with blue-black hair placed back into a small plait. Her wide eyes blinked up at the house in front of her, a small light blue backpack resting against her shoulders as she took the hand of the aunt and headed towards the gate of it.
She couldn't be more then 6 years old.
# To be continued #
Authors Notes: This has been floating in my brain for about two weeks now and so I thought what the hell I'll just bring it out, to try and clear my head and hope that will now allow me to get several chapters of older stories out.
Well I'm sure by now you've guessed that Megumi, Aoshi and Soujiro are siblings and oh gee the suspense is not killing me on whom that little girl is.
Hope you enjoyed the teaser!