04 Day Off
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Warning: None that matters. Well except the grammar.
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A feeling of awareness entered her being, the signals of waking up.
Another dreamless sleep for her has ended. Well, it was better than having nightmares won't it?
Dreaming about chocolates suddenly being band, shrinking from her already small size, her gadgets getting wreck and fans finding out where she lives. Those were the worst nightmares she could ever have in her life and until now just thinking of those things coming true would probably be the cause of her sudden death via heart attack, if they would ever come to life.
(Giant tubes, floating bodies, white halls, dim lightings...)
Meh. I should forget about that.
Besides, she won't let those things happen for real. She will do anything in her power to avoid those circumstance.
Rubbing off the sleep from her eyes, she stretches side to side, then arranging her bed into what it was before. After she finishes that, Haku changes out of her pajamas, then brushing her teeth clean.
She doesn't bother with her hair, cause she could just fix it later when she needs to go out, and it's not like she has a terrible bed head. Her hair is naturally spiky and a bit wavy, she was 12 when her hair was cut short and from then she always kept it short. It was always easier to fix it when it's short, so she just always wore it now in a little pony tail or in some occasions when she's too lazy, she just lets it be.
And Haku guesses that's it's one of the reasons why the rate of her fans suddenly increased in the female population. She doesn't really do much in keeping her appearance to be so... fashionable or whatever, actually a sweater and baggy/cargo pants would just do for her, sometimes she would wear skirts (with shorts underneath) when she feels like It, then a pair of high top black converse shoes to go with her outfit.
And if your wondering about her school uniform, she would wear the boy's uniform most of the time, because it's much more comfortable than wearing skirts, though she also wear the girl's uniform sometimes, so as to be fair to her fellow females (and that she forgot to do the laundry, the male population seems to like the idea).
(She was given a privilege to wear whatever uniform she wants because of something she has done for the whole school)
But it seems like seeing her in the boy's uniform only boost the number of fangirls.
Seriously, she doesn't know why she is even popular. She's plain and normal and maybe a bit dull, it doesn't make any sense why she was so popular to the lot.
Well, she should probably stop thinking about it anymore, she would just get a headache and when she has a headache she tends to be cranky, and nobody needs her bitch mode on.
Anyway, time to get some breakfast ready.
The smell of eggs and fried rice waft into the air and still her brother hasn't woken up yet. It seems like she needs to check his alarm clock if its still working.
Moving towards his room, she opened the curtains that had been blocking the sunlight and at the middle of the room, there laid spread wide eagle is her brother. Futon strewn haphazardly, some drool coming out from his mouth and an air bubble coming from his nose. He twitches every now and then, grumbling something inaudible.
She sighs at her brother's hopelessness, yet a fond smile stretches across her lips. Haku kneels down and grabs the alarm clock, only to see that the hands on the clock hadn't move one bit, she turns it over and opens the lid where the batteries are.
Seriously.A brow twitch here.
It seems that there's no battery at all again, her brother is really hopeless.
She looks at her phone to see what time it is, it was 6:55 already, 5 minutes before Saitama's wake up call. But that doesn't matter, her brother could use that 5 minutes into something productive.
"Oi, Nii-san wake up. I've already prepared some breakfast and I don't want to eat it cold." She shakes his shoulder a little.
"Hmn... They're strong..." Saitama mumbles.
"What do you mean they're strong? Just get up already egghead." She shakes him harder this time, but still no reaction, her brother seems to be enjoying his dream, but she needs her food to be eaten now and she still needs to make some pancakes. Just the thought of food makes her stomach grumble, she forgot to ate something for dinner last night because she fell asleep after finishing her homework (even if it's Friday, 'cause she wants her weekend to be free of any work at all) and then somehow waking up in her own futon this morning.
Damn, she should take care of herself more.
5 minutes later~
"You shitty brother, wake up already!!!" By this time Haku's patience have already run thin and her brother hasn't woken up yet after her attempts of waking hiss ass up.
And now, she would go to the violent route if he doesn't start opening his eyes. She vigorously shook her brother back and forth his head rolling with the motion.
And then out of nowhere a fist tried to introduce itself to her face.
Only if she didn't dodge.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT YOU SHITTY EGGHEAD!!!" then Haku, with her rage, slapped her brother's head downward causing Saitama's face to be introduced to the cold wooden floorboards. The force of her slap dented the floor causing wood chips to fly.
"I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WAKE YOU UP FOR THE FAST 5 MINUTES AND BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVEN'T EATEN YET! AND YOU DARE TO TRY TO PUNCH-"
"Muahahahahahaha! The surface belongs to us now! Death to all surface people! I am the Mighty Underground King! I am to conquer the surface prepare for your-"
It seems like another monster has appeared.
"WHO THE FUDGE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DESTROYING MY FORGET-ME-NOTS!!!" The monster didn't even get to finish his proclamation, when a feet lodge itself on the creatures head. The angry teenager turns her head to the other plant destroyers and glared at them intensely.
Immediately, the monsters tried to get away by diving underground, but their attempt was a complete failure when they started to come out of the holes they've made and then levitating mid air. Some whom were already deep underground didn't escape the sudden pull towards the surface.
While this is happening, Saitama watches his sister from the apartment's balcony, his face set in a blank stare like most of the time, but his eyes this time seemed deader than usual. If that's even possible.
"They are weak after all." He states to himself as he watch the monsters form into some kind of squeezed paper ball that gradually gets smaller and smaller as his sister will her power to create a giant crumpled heap of monster flesh. As the ball gets smaller juices, strange juices came out of the crumpled mass.
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An esper.
That's what she is.
Since she was a child she was able to this unnatural things that a normal child shouldn't be able to do. Bending spoons, making objects fly, not being faze by an electric shock, reading thoughts and a lot of other abilities. She was able to do those by just a thought, a powerful mental projection that she was able to do what others can't.
Because of this she's an oddity among the others. Espers do exist but there are only a few among billions of people out there, but unlike the other Espers she is also an oddity to them. And Haku knows and acknowledge it.
For one thing, espers can only excel in one or two abilities and in certain cases three, the most common ability is psychokinesis. She have heard of a hero who excels at this department, a tornado something? She doesn't really recall the name.
But for her, it isn't only just psychokinesis or telekinesis or telepathy. She has abilities more than even three, actually she doesn't really count them since she's a bit lazy all that she knows is that she have them.
For one thing she can teleport. She can teleport herself and other people at will without even batting an eye, it doesn't even tire her out. (It was the ability she used on saving the citizens of D and B city) She can change the weather by just a little thought, (more than little, but you get the point. She never does it though because the townspeople will think that the weather reporters are just trolling them) Create a water ball or a fire ball out of thin air and most importantly do a lot of impossible things that no normal person could ever do.
Haku is an oddity.
She doesn't use those abilities much, only if she needed it or she is just too lazy to do work with her own. Or, she might use it sometimes when emotions gets the better of her, when she's really angry, but that doesn't happen often. She has a long patience but when it comes to food and sleep, that's an entirely different story.
In summary, she is not a normal person. But her brother also isn't. That just means they are no normal person and that they have strange abilities but still, they are both ordinary siblings.
Yes, that's right, they're just ordinary siblings.
Grrrrghhhh...And that she needs food right now.
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While Saitama and Haku are having breakfast, the girl was glaring daggers at her brother that even the thick skinned Saitama can't help but sweat and get nervous at his sister's deadly aura. He never once liked seeing her angry, it was rare for her to even get angry. But it appears that he had upset her somehow (because he didn't get up when she was waking him and that contributes to her not having her breakfast warm (she always like her milk and pancakes warm) plus those monsters ruined her precious flowers.) and when this time comes he will need a diversion.
And he so happens to have one.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat and look at his sister seriously. His only response are her narrowed eyes. Sweat dribbles at the side of his face.
"Haku, you can go out for today if you want." That's good, you need to relax a bit.
"No need to tell me. I'm going out later anyway, and I'm going to my friend's workplace since he needed some stand in for his secretary." Saitama doesn't bother about how her friend needs a secretary but...
"Is it a boy?"
"Yes."
"Then your not going."
"I thought you were eager to kick me out."
"Who says I'm kicking you out. I was just suggesting that you should go out and relax."
"But I am going out to relax."
"No you aren't. You just said your going as a proxy secretary for your friend. And that's not relaxing."
"Oh, it is. All I'm going to do is hang out right there and sit and then drink some chocolate or even sleep."
By now Saitama has a tick mark on his head as he try to battle out her sister on going, he doesn't like the thought of her overworking herself (and working under a boy) on her supposed day off. He manage to maintain his bland face, but his brow is twitching.
"I thought it was a secretarial job, shouldn't you be serving the guy's whims or whatever."
"It's a secretarial job not a slave. He promised me that I can do whatever the hell I want as long as it doesn't step out of the line of work. And besides he only asked me to come and be there, and he knows that I'll kick his pretty face if he even tries to order me."
Another tick mark. At least she knows how defend herself and know her rights.
"Doesn't matter, your not going."
"Huh, let's see you try big brother with a sister complex."
And another. His hands tightening their grip on his metal chopsticks (because regular ones tends to get wreck when emotions get the better of them while eating) bending it.
"I don't have any sister complex."
"Yeah, you do. And I admit it is quite annoying."
Another one. A brow twitch.
"I've told you I don't have one! Maybe your the one who has a brother complex!"
At this Haku pauses from her eating for a moment, and then shoves a pancake to her mouth, chewing it and swallowing before replying.
"Oh, honestly speaking I know I have one. But at least, I'm being honest with myself, unlike a certain someone."
Saitama's usual poker face disappears and replaces that off fury.
"Get the hell out of the house already! Chibi prick!"
At the word 'chibi' mentioned, Haku's eyes narrowed and a tick mark appeared at her temple. But she didn't let off with her anger and stayed calm. After all her brother just gave her permission.
"Okay then. I'll be going. Thank you for the permission, Nii-san."
And then before her brother's mind registered those words and take it back, she was already out.
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"Damn it!!!" He shouts to know one. Then his eyes flicker down towards the table and another tick mark appears. The food was gone. Probably eaten by a certain someone.
"Fuuuuuuuuuck iiiiiit!!!!!!!"
Haku stares at the skyscraper right in front of her.
100 and 50 floors. Hmmm... I wonder when he's going to show up.
For now, she designated herself at a bench that's beside the building, surely her friend would see her there.
5 minutes later~
She didn't wait for long, when he showed up. He walks confidently towards her hooded figure. Not even glancing at the females looking his way, his stride is wide and purposeful.
The teen stops right in front of her, greeting her with a smile. Haku pulls her hood down to stare at the boy eye to eye.
It was like seeing the ocean, deep and tranquil.
She had always like how blue they are.
"Took you long enough, Aoih-kun."
The tall teen only scratched his head sheepishly which caused the girl to raise her eyebrow.
"Dude, I was only kidding. Your like, delayed for five minutes no prob."
She sometimes doesn't get why Aoih is so shy around her, actually his very confident with himself (and of course with his looks) and very much forward (but his not tactless). But, when his around her, he goes all shy and sheepish. Maybe it's because of her stare, Hana-kun once told her that it's unnerving when she stares unblinkingly with her dull, dull eyes.
And now she's staring unblinkingly again, and it just made the boy in front of her squirm and avoid eye contact.
She blinks and stands up.
"Maybe we should go dude, don't want to be late to your work and all that."
"Yeah, we should go. And can you maybe... Uhmmm..." He trails off, and this is what she's talking about.
"Maybe I could what?" She asks, looking at (up, damn, why is he so tall) him.
"I'm thinking maybe you can... Maybe you can talk more like a girl? I'm not saying you should, ahmmm... just suggesting."
She blinks again, doe like eyes looking at him in a curious manner. Aoih knows that if you want to know what Haku feels, look at her eyes. They'd always tell you what she feels.
But that only happens most of the time but it unsaid that it still helps.
Haku sighs, realizing what he meant by that.
She knows that she talks like a boy, hell she may even look the part but that doesn't matter, because almost everyone accepted the fact that she is a boy (but they question themselves when they spotted her wearing a skirt or something girly) but maybe she should learn how to speak like a girl. She needs to be someone presentable since she's working as an assistant for today (she's even wearing a not so baggy pants for that)
"Okay, I'll try. Though the others already have something in mind." She stated monotonously while looking at the crowd.
Aoih looks around to see what she's talking about and when he realizes what it is, he only sighs and blushes.
"Oh, wow look at the smaller one, his so cute!"
"Isn't that Aoih-kun, the model!" a woman pointed out
"I wonder what's their relationship."
A teenage girl giggled, "Oooh, I think they're close."
"I wonder what's his name."
"Look at those eyes they're so pretty! Like a girl!" another squealed.
"His even prettier than I am, heck they're both so pretty~"
"Come on let's take a picture of them!"
"Yeah!" The female population all but giggled and brought out their cellphones.
"Come on let's go." Aoih whispered nervously in her ear and Haku just nodded.
When he was about to take off, a small hand took hold of his right hand and the next thing he knew the world was a blur and they were dashing through the doors of the building.
Everything was so quiet for him that moment and the only one he can see was her. In the background, a lot of girls are sighing or whining how they didn't even get any picture of the two.
"Are you okay, Aoih-kun?" She asked the tall male beside her who is looking at her funnily.
With the sound of Haku's voice, Aoih got back to attentiveness.
"Y-yes, I'm fine. Ahem, let's go. Don't want to be late to my appointment."
The brunette lead the both of them through the building and to an elevator. Pressing the button to floor fourteen, where the model's job is waiting.
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A/n: Hey! Hey people another chapter here and a great big thank you to those who favorited, followed and reviewed the story so far, I'll say it motivates me to right more.
Bomberguy789: Haku and Saitama would still have some finacial issues even if Haku does have odd jobs here and there. Haku has an extreme aversion to having debts or owing someone, the reason behind it would be revealed goes on. Besides, knowing Saitama's tendency for destruction, she has a hard time about it. She wouldn't be paying all the damages per say but once a night pass the building would magically be less damaged in the morning. But that doesn't mean she would fix everything either. She would only pay or fix the destruction if Saitama was the direct cause of it, otherwise she would let it be.
CrimsonSZ: Yes, I have this on wattpad but, I'd put it up after I've edited some of the grammar mistakes.
Uhh... I could really use some nap right now. I've been pulling all nighter left and right to finish school requirements and I'm really tired and it's cold and it's 12:40 in the afternoon and we don't have classes but there's a seminar later.
Anyway, hope you guys like it.
Next time, events at Aoih's workplace and someone new is appearing.
See you next chapter~