Chapter 7
Yuu took a sip from his morning cup of coffee and then stared at the newspaper in his hands, not reading. Last night, Miki had skipped dinner. Yuu wondered how she was doing.
They were both quiet on the way back home. Miki was just staring at the ground the whole time. Whereas Yuu needed the time to cope with his sudden attraction for Miki. When they reached their house, Miki just went straight up to her room and stayed there. Perhaps she was upset about the kiss. For now, maybe he should just pretend as if nothing had happened.
The sudden sound of the stairs creaking, got Yuu out of his reverie. Miki walked silently to the dining table and sat down. Yuu continued to drink his coffee as he tried to read the newspaper with Miki sitting there.
She was staring at him. It unnerved Yuu a bit because he didn't know what she was thinking and usually she's predictable. Remembering what he had just decided to do, he paused in his reading and looked up at her, "What?"
Miki blinked, "Huh? Oh, nothing! Nothing!" she laughed nervously. She picked up a toast," Could you pass me the apricot jam, please?"
Yuu looked around but only found the marmalade, "Will this do?"
Miki scrunches up her nose at it but took the marmalade anyway. Suddenly a thought came to her mind and she burst out, "You're just like this marmalade!"
Yuu didn't know what to say to this. But then, leave it to Miki to come up with the strangest things to amuse him.
"You're just like it, because from the outside it's all pretty in colour but inside it's surprisingly sour. So, just like the marmalade, you look handsome on the outside but inside you're full of surprises!" Miki laughed at her own revelation.
Yuu didn't know that she viewed him like that. He wasn't sure how to take it. But a sudden revelation of his own came to him at that moment. He took a bottle of mustard that was beside the marmalade and showed it to Miki, "You are like this mustard. Always Very spicy."
Miki blinked for a moment, confused. But suddenly something clicked and she huffed indignantly and started to glare at Yuu, "Yuu!"
Trying not to burst out laughing at her face, Yuu made a move to leave. "You had better hurry or else you'd be late for school." And with that he left the house. The last thing he heard was Miki calling out his name and asking who's going to wash the dishes. Yuu chuckled and walked on to school.
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"Good morning everybody! Today we're having an interview with one of our popular students, Yuu Matsuura!"
Yuu winced as the broadcaster announced him. He could actually hear some of the girls screaming in excitement, in the hallway outside the studio room. Yuu didn't want to be in this interview in the first place, but during break time he wanted to avoid the hovering girls and so, he went into the hallway to find a place to hide but accidentally got cornered by the broadcaster instead.
"So, Yuu, you've been seen coming to school often with this girl. What is your relationship with this girl?" the broadcaster holds up photo of Miki and Yuu in school uniform to the video camera.
"Oh, that's Miki. We're living together in the same house," Yuu wasn't thinking when he said it. He was too busy looking at the photo, at how Miki looked like in her uniform. Suddenly, the door to the studio banged open to reveal a huffing and panting Miki, who must have ran all the way from class.
"Hold on a minute!" Miki screamed. She walked in and put her face right up to the amazed looking broadcaster, "I will explain everything!" she grabbed the mike away from him and looked into the camera, "Yuu was about to say that our houses are in the same area and we're going to school together because our parents happen to be close friends. And they wanted me to accompany him because he just got transfered into a new school!" she finished in a rush.
Yuu felt a bit put off by her desperate attempt to hide their current situation,"Hey, I didn't ask for your help."
Miki went up to him and whispered angrily,"I don't intend to let the entire school know that the two of us and our family, who are perfect strangers, are living in the same house!"
"Why?" Yuu knew why perfectly well actually, but he just wanted to see Miki go on in her angry tirade. It was better than looking at those girls that simper around him all day, trying to please him.
"What do you mean, why? Everybody will think that we're crazy!" Miki had forgottened to whisper and the broadcaster, who had been eavesdropping, announced that they were pretending to be brother and sister when actually they were more intimate than that. Miki furious that he would actually blatantly twist her words, went up to him and started beating him.
Yuu watched Miki as she continued to cast her wrath upon the cowering broadcaster. It was so comical, Yuu started to laugh.
After a while, Miki stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Yuu sobered a little, and wondered at Miki's lie. He supposed it was rather unconventional that their families were staying together, not married yet. But eventually, they would get married and everybody would know the truth. I suppose there's no difference if they knew about it now or later. Besides, not telling them now did have its advantage. He could get closer to Miki in school without having everybody finding it weird just because they were brother and sister. With that, Yuu head on back to class as well.
They had lab class next. Yuu was waiting for his experiment to show results. Miki was standing near the cabinet holding chemicals, preparing for her own experiment.
As Yuu looked on, he saw an intense look come over her. After a while, she looked up and stared at something across the room. Yuu followed her gaze and saw that she was looking at Ginta who was busy with his experiment. Ginta was oblivious but Miki continued to stare and after a while she smiled to herself. To Yuu at that moment, it would seem as if Miki was gazing longingly at Ginta. As if she still has a crush on him.
An unknown feeling came over Yuu at that moment. He didn't know what it was but everytime he looked at her staring at Ginta, his heart seem to clench for a moment and it left him feeling a little angry. Yuu wondered what it would have felt like to have her looking at him like that.
Suddenly it hit him. He was feeling jealous. Moreover, he was also feeling a little possessive. He wanted Miki to forget Ginta and the past. He wanted Miki to start looking at him instead.
He wanted Miki all to himself.
Yuu took a sip from his morning cup of coffee and then stared at the newspaper in his hands, not reading. Last night, Miki had skipped dinner. Yuu wondered how she was doing.
They were both quiet on the way back home. Miki was just staring at the ground the whole time. Whereas Yuu needed the time to cope with his sudden attraction for Miki. When they reached their house, Miki just went straight up to her room and stayed there. Perhaps she was upset about the kiss. For now, maybe he should just pretend as if nothing had happened.
The sudden sound of the stairs creaking, got Yuu out of his reverie. Miki walked silently to the dining table and sat down. Yuu continued to drink his coffee as he tried to read the newspaper with Miki sitting there.
She was staring at him. It unnerved Yuu a bit because he didn't know what she was thinking and usually she's predictable. Remembering what he had just decided to do, he paused in his reading and looked up at her, "What?"
Miki blinked, "Huh? Oh, nothing! Nothing!" she laughed nervously. She picked up a toast," Could you pass me the apricot jam, please?"
Yuu looked around but only found the marmalade, "Will this do?"
Miki scrunches up her nose at it but took the marmalade anyway. Suddenly a thought came to her mind and she burst out, "You're just like this marmalade!"
Yuu didn't know what to say to this. But then, leave it to Miki to come up with the strangest things to amuse him.
"You're just like it, because from the outside it's all pretty in colour but inside it's surprisingly sour. So, just like the marmalade, you look handsome on the outside but inside you're full of surprises!" Miki laughed at her own revelation.
Yuu didn't know that she viewed him like that. He wasn't sure how to take it. But a sudden revelation of his own came to him at that moment. He took a bottle of mustard that was beside the marmalade and showed it to Miki, "You are like this mustard. Always Very spicy."
Miki blinked for a moment, confused. But suddenly something clicked and she huffed indignantly and started to glare at Yuu, "Yuu!"
Trying not to burst out laughing at her face, Yuu made a move to leave. "You had better hurry or else you'd be late for school." And with that he left the house. The last thing he heard was Miki calling out his name and asking who's going to wash the dishes. Yuu chuckled and walked on to school.
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"Good morning everybody! Today we're having an interview with one of our popular students, Yuu Matsuura!"
Yuu winced as the broadcaster announced him. He could actually hear some of the girls screaming in excitement, in the hallway outside the studio room. Yuu didn't want to be in this interview in the first place, but during break time he wanted to avoid the hovering girls and so, he went into the hallway to find a place to hide but accidentally got cornered by the broadcaster instead.
"So, Yuu, you've been seen coming to school often with this girl. What is your relationship with this girl?" the broadcaster holds up photo of Miki and Yuu in school uniform to the video camera.
"Oh, that's Miki. We're living together in the same house," Yuu wasn't thinking when he said it. He was too busy looking at the photo, at how Miki looked like in her uniform. Suddenly, the door to the studio banged open to reveal a huffing and panting Miki, who must have ran all the way from class.
"Hold on a minute!" Miki screamed. She walked in and put her face right up to the amazed looking broadcaster, "I will explain everything!" she grabbed the mike away from him and looked into the camera, "Yuu was about to say that our houses are in the same area and we're going to school together because our parents happen to be close friends. And they wanted me to accompany him because he just got transfered into a new school!" she finished in a rush.
Yuu felt a bit put off by her desperate attempt to hide their current situation,"Hey, I didn't ask for your help."
Miki went up to him and whispered angrily,"I don't intend to let the entire school know that the two of us and our family, who are perfect strangers, are living in the same house!"
"Why?" Yuu knew why perfectly well actually, but he just wanted to see Miki go on in her angry tirade. It was better than looking at those girls that simper around him all day, trying to please him.
"What do you mean, why? Everybody will think that we're crazy!" Miki had forgottened to whisper and the broadcaster, who had been eavesdropping, announced that they were pretending to be brother and sister when actually they were more intimate than that. Miki furious that he would actually blatantly twist her words, went up to him and started beating him.
Yuu watched Miki as she continued to cast her wrath upon the cowering broadcaster. It was so comical, Yuu started to laugh.
After a while, Miki stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Yuu sobered a little, and wondered at Miki's lie. He supposed it was rather unconventional that their families were staying together, not married yet. But eventually, they would get married and everybody would know the truth. I suppose there's no difference if they knew about it now or later. Besides, not telling them now did have its advantage. He could get closer to Miki in school without having everybody finding it weird just because they were brother and sister. With that, Yuu head on back to class as well.
They had lab class next. Yuu was waiting for his experiment to show results. Miki was standing near the cabinet holding chemicals, preparing for her own experiment.
As Yuu looked on, he saw an intense look come over her. After a while, she looked up and stared at something across the room. Yuu followed her gaze and saw that she was looking at Ginta who was busy with his experiment. Ginta was oblivious but Miki continued to stare and after a while she smiled to herself. To Yuu at that moment, it would seem as if Miki was gazing longingly at Ginta. As if she still has a crush on him.
An unknown feeling came over Yuu at that moment. He didn't know what it was but everytime he looked at her staring at Ginta, his heart seem to clench for a moment and it left him feeling a little angry. Yuu wondered what it would have felt like to have her looking at him like that.
Suddenly it hit him. He was feeling jealous. Moreover, he was also feeling a little possessive. He wanted Miki to forget Ginta and the past. He wanted Miki to start looking at him instead.
He wanted Miki all to himself.