When we finally returned to the farm, it was already sunset, and my brother was outside looking for me with...Owen. Yes, that's his name... As Luke and I came into view, my brother ran up to me and embraced me.
"Where've you been! I come back and you go missing!" he said as he looked at me in the eyes.
"Um...I was with Luke... He was kind enough to show me around the island."
"What? That's my job!" he pouted and shook his head. "Well, whatever. At least you're alright." he said hugging me once more. "Gees leave me a note next time!"
"I-I'm sorry bro-"
"Hey." Owen interrupted me, "There's no reason for you to apologize. Knowing Luke, he probably just dragged you with him." Luke flinched.
"H-Hey how'd you guess?" he asked as Owen looked at him.
"If it's you, Luke, it's pretty obvious who's at fault here."
"Specially with my dear little sister." Brother added, as he shot a glare at Luke.
"H-Hey!" he began, taking a step back. "C'mon it's not like I did anything bad! I just wanted to show her around!"
"B-Brother..." I spoke up, tugging on his sleeve. "Please don't be mean to Luke...he's telling the truth..." he then looked to me.
"Hikari..." he spoke my name and nodded. "Alright, sorry about that Luke."
"It's alright!" he said, grinning as he rubbed the back of his head. "But I gotta say. This is one side I've never seen from you."
"Same here." said Owen, nodding in agreement. "But I can understand what you're going through. I sometimes have the same problems with Chloe."
"Yeah, like that time with the animal whistle." as brother and Owen continued on with their share of stories, I noticed Luke growing quiet as he looked at the ground. I wonder...what is he thinking about
The next day started like yesterday. I wake up, do chores, make breakfast for brother and I, and wake brother up. But this time something occupied my mind. 'That look on Luke's face…I wonder what could be wrong. Maybe I can do something to cheer him up.' I nodded to myself. 'I'll ask brother about Luke today.' Walking up the stairs to his room, I took a peek and saw that he's still sleeping. I sighed with a smile and shook him. "Brother, wake up. It's morning." My brother would groan.
"Let me sleep a bit more…"
"No, brother. You have to wake up and water the field!" I shouted, pulling the blanket off of him as he scrunched up. I sighed and took a firm hold on the mattress. "If you don't get up now…the next to come off is the mattress." With that said, his eyes shot wide open as he instantly sat up and yawned.
"Jeez… I miss sleeping in…" before brother moved out to get his own farm, he was quite the NEET. He'd lay around without a care and read his comics or watch TV. But even though he was a NEET, he's my brother and I love him. "I have to wait till winter to sleep in." he said as he counted the many days till he can do so. I threw the blanket at him.
"Come on brother, you're breakfast is getting cold."
"Alright, alright I'll get dressed. Jeez what happened to the cute adorable sister from yesterday?" he sobbed.
"She ran away when she heard you snore…" I muttered and left the room.
As brother and I sat down and ate breakfast together, I decided to pop in the question. "Brother, is there anything that Luke likes?"
"Luke? Why?"
"He seemed a bit down yesterday…and I thought I could do something to cheer him up."
"Well," he began with food in his mouth as he would use the knife to cut the egg into pieces. "I know he likes spinach to the max. Then there's banana pudding. He also likes boars." I nodded, making mental notes in my head. "Let's see…he also likes Pineapples, wait…was it pineapples? Hrm…" he asked himself as he held the knife up to his bottom lip (don't do this at home kids). "I'm not entirely sure about that so don't give him pineapples."
"Brother," I interrupted him, "How do you know all this stuff?"
"Huh? Uh, well Bo tells me all this stuff." Ah, Bo, that man with the blonde hair and a white bandana wrapped around his head. Luke did say that they're close. "So, anyway, you're such a kind and adorable little sister, Hika-chan~. Why can't you do this for your brother?"
"Erm…because you usually cheer up right after getting depressed."
"Then brother will get depressed for a while and you'll have to cheer me up with something!"
"Um…I…rather that you don't…"
"What's that suppose to mean!"
"I just don't want to see brother in a heart-breaking condition…" Oh. I think that triggered something…because right now…he's looked at me with sparkles in his eyes.
"Hika-chan…is so kind~!" he said as he stood up and reached over the table to hug me. "No one in the world is deem good enough for you!" I couldn't help but sigh and sit there as my brother continued to hug me.
I know it's been a while, so I'm sorry for this being so short. Usually I'd type but to 1k words but this time it's like, 870. So, yep. Sorry for it being short.
