First Encounter
"Nii-san," Sakura said, "Nii-san. Time to wake up. You're gonna be late for work." Shuichi rolled to the left, facing away from his sister, "Five more minutes." Sakura sighed. In an instant, she thought of an idea and slightly smiled. She pointed outside the window, "Hey. Isn't that Sakuma-san?" Shuichi's eyes immediately opened and scanned outside the window, "Where! Where!" "Here." Shuichi turned around only to see Sakura holding up a Nittle Grasper poster. "Here he is." Shuichi sighed heavily, "Geez Sakura. You're gonna give me a heart attack." Sakura giggled, "Well you always tell me that you're blamed for being late." Shuichi sighed once again, "You're right, though." "Sakura," Maiko called from downstairs, "Fujisaki-kun is already outside." "I'm coming," she called back. "Say, Sakura." "Hai?" "What's going on with you and that Fujisaki guy?" Shuichi asked, looking suspiciously at Sakura. "Wha-What do you mean?" "Well, you know. Haven't he asked you out?" Sakura suddenly blushed, "We're just friends," she rushed downstairs, "Gotta go. Bye."
Sakura saw Suguru and greeted, "Ohayou gozaimasu, Suguru-kun." He smiled, "Ohayou, Sakura." She smiled back. Shuichi gazed at the two couple-like students, "Aw! Look at the two couple. So that's Fujisaki Suguru. Hmm... But it seems like something's missing."
That afternoon, as Sakura and Suguru fixed their things to get ready to go home, a popular guy from their school approached. "Hey, Sakura." She turned around and recognized him, "Ryou." Ryou put his arm around Sakura's shoulder, "Would you like to go out with me tonight?" Sakura avoided his eyes. Ryou smirked and pressed his body to hers, "Come on. It'll be fun." Suguru's anger rose, clenching his fists. "I-I don't want to," Sakura replied as she struggled to get off of Ryou's arm. Ryou breathes on Sakura's neck, "Come on, babe." Suddenly, Suguru pushes Ryou away from Sakura, "She already said no so leave her be!" Ryou glared at him before leaving. Suguru turned to Sakura, "Daijoubu desu ka, Sakura?" She weakly smiled and nodded, "Y-Yeah." Suguru noticed her pale skin and heavy breathing. He put his hand on her forehead to check her temperature, "Sakura, you have a fever. You should've told me earlier." Before she could reply, her vision became blurry and she collapsed onto Suguru's arms.
Sakura slowly opened her eyes and looked around. It seems that she's back at home. "How are you feeling?" a voice came. She looked at her right and saw Maiko, "Nee-san?" Maiko smiled, "Fujisaki-kun said that you had a fever yesterday so he had to help me take you home after school since Nii-chan isn't at home." Sakura frowned, "Gomenasai, Nee-san." "Eh? N-No you don't have to apologize." "Just take a rest until you're feeling better, okay?" Shuichi said as he entered the room. She nodded and forced herself to smile. Shuichi smiled back and patted her head, "That's my 'lil sis!" Suddenly, they heard the tune of Sleepless Beauty. "Oh, my phone! It must be Hiro," Shuichi said as he grabbed his phone.
"Hello? This is Shuichi."
"Hey Shuichi," Hiro said from the other line, "Don't forget. I'll pick you up later at ten sharp near the big map of Shibuya, got it? We don't want to get scolded by Seguchi-san or Sakano-san."
"Yeah, yeah. Got it."
"And don't go back to sleep, okay?"
"Yeah, okay. Geez! You sound like my mother."
Hiro laughed from the other line, "I'm not. Well, see you."
"Bye."
"So?" Maika asked. "It's just Hiro," Shuichi replied as he put his phone back in his pocket. He smiled widely and kissed Sakura lightly on her cheek, "Time to work... and maybe visit Yuki after. Bye." He hurriedly rushed outside, humming his newest song, Rage Beat. "Something's weird with Nii-chan," Maiko exclaimed. Sakura blinked, "I think I heard him say Yuki." "Yuki?" "I-Iie, nandemonai desu, Nee-san," Sakura quickly said, I almost forgot not to mention Eiri Yuki-san to Nee-san. Maiko eyed on Sakura, "Spit it out! What is it! Is it Yuki-sensei!" she frantically shook Sakura. "C-Calm down, Nee-san. I-I...," Sakura sturggled to say before she fainted with spirals in her eyes. Maiko sweatdropped as she saw the unconscious Sakura, "Eh? S-Sakura! Sakuraaaaaa!"
Suguru felt surprised after seeing Shuichi, "You can't be--! Pleased to meet you. I'm Fujisaki Suguru. Good morning. Would you like to come with me to the studio?" he asked as he started to enter the N-G Building. Fujisaki Suguru! It can't be! Shuichi thought, "Wait! Who in the world are you?" Suguru turned back to Shuichi, "It seems you haven't heard about it yet. I'm the new keyboardist of Bad Luck."
The door banged open as Shuichi enters the house at lightning speed. "Nii-chan, what happened?" Maiko asked but all she could see no Shuichi, "Hayai." Shuichi rushed upstairs to Sakura's room. "Doushita no, Nii-san?" Sakura asked. "Yuki wa... Yuki wa... WWAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" "N-Nii-san!" "Y-Yuki said sniff he sniff hates me!" Shuichi replied.
Flashback
Yuki turned to look at Shuichi coldly, "I already told you to get out, did I?" "D-Datte—" "Don't get too confident just because we slept together. I thought you were cute that night but now you're so annoying."
End of Flashback
"So that's what he said. sniff... sniff... WWAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Shuichi started to cry once more as he buried his face on Sakura's lap. "But Yuki-san didn't exactly say that he hates you," she said, "Maybe he's not in the mood." Shuichi looked up at her with teary puppy dog eyes, "But he doesn't care about me. sniff sniff He doesn't even care that he took my virginity." Sakura sweatdropped, "So you really slept with him last night." Shuichi stood with burning flames in his eyes, "This is all Fujisaki's fault!" "Fujisaki?" Shuichi nodded, "Fujisaki Suguru. He joined Bad Luck as a keyboardist. Hn! What a jerk! He doesn't know who he's dealing with! It's been always me and Hiro! It's gonna be a mess if another member is added!" "So Suguru-kun is telling the truth," Sakura said. "You mean you already knew this?" "Suguru-kun told me," Sakura replied. The door opened and Suguru entered. "Konbawa, Shindou-san," he greeted as he saw Shuichi, "I came to see how Sakura's doing." Shuichi rushes to Suguru and stared at him, eye-to-eye, "You already saw her so get out of my house." Suguru sweatdropped, "But Sakura's fever—" Shuichi slammed the door closed, leaving him outside. "Nii-san, what are you doing?" "Letting that Fujisaki leave," Shuichi sighed heavily, "I'm been through a long day. I'm going to bed." Nii-san, "I think I remember that I saw Sakuma-san a while ago." Shuichi rushed to Sakura's side and jumped up and down like a little kid, "Really? When? Where? How?" Sakura smiled, "Just wanted to cheer you up, Nii-san. Don't worry about Yuki-san and Suguru-kun." Shuichi smiled back, "Yeah, you're right. Well then, get well sooner, 'lil sis."
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Translations:
Daijoubu desu ka, Sakura?
Are you alright, Sakura?
Datte
But
Doushita no, Nii-san?
What's wrong, big brother?
Gomenasai.
Sorry.
Hai?
Yes?
Hayai
Fast
Iie, nandemonai desu.
No, it's nothing.
Konbawa.
Good evening.
-kun
Indicates familiarity or affection.
Nee-san
Elder sister
Nii-san/ Nii-chan
Elder brother
Ohayou gozaimasu/ Ohayou.
Good morning.
-san
Honorific. Carries the meaning of "Mr.," "Ms.," "Miss," etc., but used extensively in Japanese than its English equivalent.
(wa)
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