"I love his red hair, he's so smart, he's so good looking, he's so dreaamyyyy!"

It was sickening watching a bunch of girls coo over a guy.
"And his eyes are so beautiful, I can just stare deep into them all day!" nameless fangirl agreed.
Yep, this is basically how gym class goes, the girls pretend to be sick so they can sit at the benches and collectively admire Shuichi.

"He's taken, you know", I said to them whilst casually chucking crumpled paper balls at random fan girls. "Oh really?" Lita asked as she joined me in throwing random stuff at fans,
"Tell me about the girl who caught the attention of Minamino", added Jai who was laying on the bench. "She was a cute girl with a blue kimono… just a tad shorter than us and she has green hair", I explained.
Just after I mentioned her hair colour, it sounded pretty odd to me. I mean, green hair? But I guess a lot of people had been showing up with unnatural hair colours anyways.

Some of the fan girls gasped and looked at me, "No", the fanclub president stepped out from the crowd and walked towards us, "We refuse to believe such nonsense".
I focused my paper-throwing to her,
50 points if I hit her forehead.
"Well it's up to you if you choose to believe it- 50 points- but you don't think that he'll be single his whole life, right?
"We are waiting for him to go out with one of us", she replied in a poker face, unresponsive to my paper throwing.
"You know, he probably wouldn't choose to go out with a stalker"
"I see…are we rivals in love?" She asked me, "Perhaps you are chasing after him too. In that case, I accept your challenge"
Wait, what…? Me love Shuichi? Hell no.
I just looked at her,
"No- I think you're misunderstanding… I'm not competing over Minamino, heck I barely know him, nor would I ever like him."
The fanclub president slightly smiled, "Yes, it's wise of you to back down from this challenge. Shuichi-sama will be ours. See ya around, Reiko"
I frowned, "…It's Reina."

"If she ever catches fire, I'd just watch her and drink the last cup of water", I complained to my friends about the fanclub prez, "Besides, she can't just act cool like that when she's only a freakin' stalker!"
"Hey, chillax hun, let's blackmail her", Lita suggested
"Or we can kidnap Rodney, her pet hamster", Jai added.
"No it's alright, I feel like letting this one slide….Wait, how do you know she has a pet hamster and what its name is..?" I asked suspiciously.
"It's a woman's intuition", Jai simply replied.
I decided not to ask any more questions as her answers usually lead to more confusion.

"I'm home!" I yelled as I walked through my front door afterschool.
"OMAHGAD,OMAHGAD,OMAHGAD" My mum ran up to me, "Reina, sweetheart, dearie, my favourite daughter-
"I'm your only daughter" I interrupted,
"Honey, you're a good girl right? You love your mom and dad, right? You want us two to be at ease in the rest of our rapidly aging lives, RIGHT?" she asked me, sounding creepier by the minute.
I sighed, "What do you want…", When she asks me these kinds of questions, it's obvious that she wants something.
My mother looked at dad then back to me, "Sweetie, my lovely Reina, would you mind looking after your brother for like… a week? Or two?"
"…What? Why?"
"Reina, your mom's sister in Kyoto is refusing to leave her house again, because her pet pig had a seizure", my dad replied, shaking his head, "So now we're heading over there to help her out and talk to her or something".
I sighed,

1. My aunt is cracked in the head.

2. My brother Kazushi is a hikikomori*, he's actually older than me by two years but I have to look after him since he never leaves his room.

"Fine, I'll look after Kazushi, you two can look after aunt Sae…"
Not like I had any choice to begin with.
"Oh, I knew I could count on you, my dear!" my mom rejoiced.
"So when are you two leaving?"
"Ohhhh..Tonight."

The next couple of hours were spent on helping my parents pack for the week and cooking dinner for us four. I could very well just be the mother of this family, but I can't complain- I pretty much have a whole week or so to do whatever I want.
In this situation, most people would think of hosting a parttayyy- and I have actually done that last time my parents left me with the house, but I learned from my mistakes…
Last year someone accidentally stumbled into Kazushi's room. Now, this wouldn't be so bad but the sheer suddenness of someone he doesn't know opening the door only made Kazushi more frightened and resulted in him trying to jump out the window with the poor girl.
I shook my head to get rid of that memory; I saw hell from my parents that month.

After my parents took off, I took a tray of food upstairs to Kazushi's room.
"Knock knock~" I chimed after knocking twice and entered the dark room, "dinner is served!"
"Oh, th-thanks Reiko" a boy in his late teens with shoulder-length dark hair and wrapped up in a blanket on the floor turned towards me, "Sorry for troubling you as always"
"Don't mention it", I replied
"Hey, did you know that a new t.v. show will replace dad's favourite one next week?"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, by the way I think I've been seeing some weird shadows around the trees in the street recently…" he started to wrap himself up more with the blanket
"Kazushi, I'm sure they're birds. Just don't think about it too much; your imagination is scaring you again"
He nodded then reached for the remote. My brother developed an anxiety disorder only a couple of years ago, so I guess shutting himself in his room was a way to cope.

Two hours and a headache later, I set down my maths textbook for the night. I really can't get my head around these things, but I tried and it's the thought that counts. Well, that's always my excuse anyway. I glanced at the clock, it was 1AM. Damn, I'm gonna have a hard time getting up tomorrow morning.
I got out of the desk and opened the window, the breeze is cold tonight. I noticed a handprint on the window which I must have made when I opened it. I put my hand over it and zoned out of a couple of minutes then went to bed and looked at the window before I closed my eyes.

Strange, the handprint was made from the outside of my window.
But that's impossible, my room upstairs.

*A/N: A hikikomori is a recluse who may tend to lock him/herself to a room or their house.