Two redheads were going down the hall, the woman carrying a tiny boy. She smiled warmly towards her husband as they eyed the sleeping child.
"Akio, I'm excited for him to meet them." the woman smiled. The man kissed her cheek and smiled as he brushed her strawberry blonde hair. Akio held her closer, careful enough to not wake the sleeping child.
"I know Katsumi." he said. "I'm quite nervous on what the twins will think of him." he added. Katsumi giggled and kissed his cheek. Ruffling his red hair, she made her way to the living room and placed the child that she was holding down.
"Korin, Klis please come here." she called in English out to her 7 year old twins. Footsteps and grumbles were heard as the two made their way to the living room. First to enter was a tall boy, maybe around 54 inches, with red hair like his father's. A goofy smile was plastered on his face and his golden eyes sparkling. The second one was a young girl, a bit shorter than the boy, entered with a darker shade of strawberry blonde hair than her mother. She had a pout on her face.
"Stop pouting Klis." Akio said. Having heard his voice, both kids brightened up.
"Papa!" they shouted, "You're back!" they immediately pounced on him, who laughed. They were silenced by a yawn. The twins finally spotted the young boy.
Two pairs of golden eyes stared into innocent mercuric gold eyes. They had been staring at each other for a minute until the bearer of the mercuric gold eyes smiled innocently. This caused an arrow to pierce their eyes and blushed from the young kid.
"... Hi. I'm Karma." the mercuric gold eyed kid introduced himself. The other two glanced at each other, making their parents laugh silently.
"I'm Korin and this is Klis. We're your older siblings, Karma." the young boy, Korin, said, ruffling Karma's red hair. Karma pouted a bit but smiled again.
"How old are you?" the girl, Klis, asked. Karma stared at her before placing his hand under his chin.
"I'm 2 years old." he answered. Korin immediately pounced on him, pinching his cheeks.
"Eh~ You're quite tall for your age." he said, only to be smacked by Karma. Karma glared at his older brother, shocking the others, before giving them an innocent look.
"... My hand slipped." he said. This caused them to laugh. Like they said, 'Looks can be deceiving.'
Karma was a very troublesome kid as he grew up. Often doing pranks and doing other things, despite his attitude, he retained being a star student in his elementary school.
"Hey Karma! Can you help me with my assignment?" a blonde boy said, running up to the 5 year old boy.
"Huh? Jason Scott? Aren't you in 5th grade?" Karma asked. Said boy, Jason, huffed.
"It's not my fault that you're smart as hell. A five year old in 3rd grade? Too much if you ask me." he said. Karma raised an eyebrow. It wasn't exactly his fault that he read books at the age of 1 and went to school at age 3. Blame his parents for making him curious in those.
"Um... well... okay. What subject?" he asked, sitting down on the pavement as he munched on his sandwich. Jason smiled at that.
"Oh man! Dude, thanks a lot!" he said and rummaged his bag, "Here. Strawberry milk. I hate that." he added with a grimace as he tossed it to Karma, who easily caught it. Taking a sip of it, his eyes sparkled.
"Delicious..." he muttered in Japanese. Jason gave him a weird look. "Let's start then." he said.
After tasting the strawberry milk, let's just say he forced his older siblings and parents to buy more with his puppy dog eyes, not that he was aware.
The now 6 year old redhead sniffed. He was leaving his older siblings in America since his parents told him that they'll go to Japan. Tears started flowing down his cheeks again, only to be wiped by his older brother.
"Don't cry Karma-chan." Korin said and hugged him. He sniffed again, trying to stop himself from crying. He felt a hand on his shoulder and glanced at his older sister. She smiled warmly at him.
"We'll come visit." she said, making Karma smile. He held up his pinkie.
"Promise? You won't leave me alone?" he asked seriously. They laughed but complied, smiling warmly.
"We promise." they said as they intertwined their pinkies with his.
A lone redhead smiled bitterly at the memory. He stared outside his window, watching kids bonding with their families. He chuckled darkly and glanced at his family picture, picking it he scowled as a lone tear rolled down his cheek. Hastily wiping it, he went inside the bathroom to get ready for his class's sudden Christmas Party that forced everyone to go or the octopus will be the to get them.
"Who knew that breaking promises hurts so much." he muttered as he slipped on his blazer and a scarf. He threw the picture against the wall and left his room. Locking the house, he made his way to his school.
"Ne, okaa-san. Is onii-san coming home?" a child beside him asked. Glancing at them, he saw the mother smile at her daughter.
"Hai, Yumi-chan. He promised you he'll come right?" she said. The girl giggled and shouted 'Un!' Hastily going the other way, he found another family having a picnic. A teenage girl was tickling a younger boy as the parents laugh at them.
"Onee-san~ Hahaha! Stop~ I-it tickles~" the young boy shouted. The girl stopped tickling him and hugged him.
"Onee-san missed you Katsuro~" she said. Going to the left, he saw a young boy sitting alone with a sad face. Before he made his way to comfort the kid, another person arrived.
"Masaaki! Where have you been?!" the man said frantically. Karma made no move. The young boy looked up and a smile found its way to his face.
"Otou-san! I-I thought you w-won't come!" the kid, Masaaki he noted, said. More tears flowed down his face as the father hugged him.
"But Otou-san promised Masaaki that he'll never leave him alone." he said and held up his pinkie. The boy smiled warmly and wrapped his tiny pinkie around the man's pinkie. Getting out of his hiding place, he made his towards his house.
"It... hurts..." he muttered, clutching his chest. What is this feeling? Why do I feel like my chest is getting crushed? I took my medication earlier. He thought as he took the keys of his house, struggling to open it before entering. Once inside, he slammed the front door and slid down the floor. Taking out his phone, he saw two messages both from Nagisa.
From: Nagisa-kun
Subject: Party
Karma-kun, where are you? The party's about to start.
From: Nagisa-kun
Subject: Party
Are you going?
Immediately texting him back, saying he won't attend cause he was busy with his family, he curled up and hugged his knees.
"Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday." he whispered to himself, hugging his knees more. "Onii-san... onee-san... you lied." he muttered as he cried quietly.
Surprise, surprise! Another chapter! In one day?! O.O That's new for me! I really need ideas! I'll be posting another chapter later on~ 3 updates in one day! That's really weird but I hope you'll enjoy it!
