Something like Suicide

Night Two - 357/358

"You what?" Reiji's gray eyes looked up to meet the red ones of his younger half brother.

"I want to leave for the city. I've already applied for a music school in Tokyo." The redhead rested his chin on the back of the wooden dinning room chair. His legs folded India-style, knees poking out on each side. His arms hugged the chair, fingers intertwined with each other in front and the knuckles of his left hand brushed the wood slightly.

"Have you talked to dad about it?"

Otoya hesitated. "N-no."

"You really should. He is planning to open a restaurant and have all of us work there."

"But won't the temple need him? He does do most of the planning for holidays and parties." Otoya mumbled. His voice turned quizzical as he continued. "I'm not sure how to talk to him about it. Do you think he'll get mad?"

"Yes."

"Nani!" The redhead panicked, jumping from his chair. "Really?"

"I think he'll be mad you didn't tell him first." Reiji continued in almost a dull voice as he moved to the other corner of the kitchen with the broom. "But he'd probably encourage you to go."

"Really?" Otoya's voice calmed down slightly.

"Of course Otoyan!" Reiji smiled at him. "I know that I'd rather you be happy far away that unhappy with us. But talk to him. And don't put out off until you get your acceptance letter either do it soon!"

Otoya smiled widely. "Thanks Reiji-nii!"

One of the loudest places in the small town would have to have been the Ittoki/ Kotobuki/ Aijima residence. Many people thought that all of them having different last names was weird, but it really wasn't. Even their father's last name was different. His name was Shining Saotome. Otoya took the last name of his mother, or rather was given her last name. Cecil took his father's last name and Reiji also took the name of his late mother. Somehow they made it work.

Although Cecil was kind and quiet, Otoya was rather loud. Reiji could be loud at times especially when Otoya was being his normal cheerful self. Those three were probably the life of the town. They made others laugh at their silly family squabbles. It was usually the youngest and the eldest arguing about something stupid and Cecil trying to calm them both down.

Reiji isn't really the big brother type though. He seemed to fun loving for that. With his personality and looks it was surprising all of the village girls weren't all over him. Though most did give him those eyes. Even one of Otoya's friends, Tomochika, often looked but never touched.

Cecil was different, his shyness and adorableness made the girls swoon. He had been confessed to by almost every girl in the village. Even some of the older women would coo over how lovely he was to have around. There were even rumors that the icy cold Camus had fallen for him. Though those rumors were started by Reiji and never confirmed or denied. I never found out about them but that doesn't mean anything.

And Otoya... well he was Otoya. Nobody really liked him in that way, but everyone liked him. He was a great guy to be around, but he had bigger dreams. And unlike me he had nothing to hold him back.. No wait that doesn't sound right.

"Ne Kaoru! Stop being a nerd and come join us!" Syo called loudly from in front of the board game Otoya had set up.

Otoya scrunched his nose up he set the lantern down before he let out a small sneeze. "Sorry guys, you know how the electricity here is. We haven't had power in a week."

"It's fine." Syo smiled. His arms resting between his folded legs.

"Syo." Kaoru said softly shutting his notebook and standing up. He grabbed the fleece blanket from his bag before making his way to his brother. He carefully dropped the blue and white fleece over his twin before sitting down.

"Kaoru, I'm fine." Syo fidgeted.

"For me Syo-nii." Kaoru pouted.

"O-of course." Syo blushed. His younger brother never used honorifics that showed he was the big brother, that was unless he really wanted something. "J-just this once though."

"Thank you Syo." Kaoru tilted his head to the side as he picked up his cards and smiled.

Syo had waited for hours for Kaoru to fall asleep. Otoya was out like a light before the game even ended, not that it matter because Kaoru was kicking their butts. But Kaoru stayed up until a little after midnight, tired eyes glued to the white pages of his book as his hand scribbled words Syo didn't bother to care about. For the last hour of waiting he pretended to be asleep next to Otoya.

Otoya, being his weird self refused to sleep on his bed if they were going to sleep on the floor. He had actually told Syo to take the bed, if the blonde returned home sick again there would be hell to pay, but he had declined. If he wanted to be pampered he would have stayed home.

Finally though his younger twin had gone to bed. That was when the real fun started. Syo rustled around in his blanket for a moment, turning both ways to make sure Otoya was still out before gingerly pushing the covers off.

Sitting up he reached for his oversized white sweater and slipped it on. After, he stood, cringing at the floor as it creaked in protest beneath him. He could feel himself hold his breath as he put one foot in front of the other until he reached the window. As planned his sneakers were placed just below.

The window seemed to screech as it opened making Syo shudder. He quickly looked behind him with wide blue eyes to find both boys still asleep. In his left hand he grabbed his shoes and was up, over, and out of the window within seconds, leavening the house with only the white curtains of Otoya's room fluttering after him.

Syo smiled to himself. "It's so lovely out here."

"Isn't it?" A monotoned voice came from the woods. "Just wonderful."

So many reviews? Thank you guys!

Don't be confuse by the days and nights, it's just my way of saying chapters and the time period. Anyways, I hope it okay so far, still slow.

SK