A series of drabbles between the members of the Kisaragi Household as well as the relationships with the other characters.

Title: November 22nd

AU: Normal

Genre: Family | Hurt/Comfort

Suggested Pairings: ShinAya

Warnings:
• (Indirect) mentions of Character Death
• There's hurt but no comfort

"Big brother," I said, knocking on his door. "My computer stopped working, can I use your computer?"

There wasn't an answer, so I simply went in. It's been a year since my brother became a NEET. I was still angry that he dropped out of school to become someone incredibly lazy, but it didn't mean that I stopped caring about him.

He didn't respond at all, so I entered his room. His room was a mess recently. Normally you'd expect a guy to have a messy room… but my brother didn't, he's changed a lot. He stopped cleaning his room, even… what could possibly make him give up school and just… change all of a sudden…?

I looked around his room, nothing really changed. There were a lot of books on his bookshelf, the desk was only slightly messier with papers, and his school yearbook was opened. The poster on his wall was the same thing too… and finally, I saw him lying on his bed, eyes opening slowly as he finally sat up.

"Why do you need to use my computer?" he asked tiredly.

"Because my computer stopped working and it'd cost way too expensive to fix it apparently. Mom said we'd go buy a laptop for me soon and have you set up a router. Either way, I can't work on my homework unless I can use your computer."

He let out a bland sigh, going back to sleep as I heard a muffled 'go ahead' while he closed his eyes.

I took a seat in his chair and turned the computer on. When the screen loaded, there was a password. I entered his birthday in, but it didn't work. I typed in all the passwords I could think about I realized that there was a password hint saying: "What would you say to the Chariot Arcana born on the 22nd of November". I thought 'happy birthday' was the password since it was almost, but after typing it in, it wasn't…

Was November 22nd an important date? Or did it just something to do with this anime obsession…? What do you say to a Chariot born on the 22nd? I don't get it… I asked Shintaro what the password since I know that I wouldn't get this right.

"Hey big bro, what's your password?" I asked, frowning. "Is the 22nd of November important or something?" I asked when I saw him get up. He was obviously sleepy, though he looked… tired once I asked him about the date.

He typed in the password, and the characters looked like it spelled out 'Ayano' from where I could see. He was standing when he typed the password so I could only see the password that said a girl's name. Oh! Was it 'Happy Birthday Ayano?'

It must've been part of his anime obsession…

"Which anime is… 'Ayano' in?" I decided to ask. Ever since he stayed in his room after quitting school, there's been a strain in our family between us and him.

I got a great idea just now, maybe if I show even a little bit of interest in this Ayano character from whatever anime, he'll start to open up more!

For a moment he was quiet, "…just hurry up and finish what you need to do," he muttered sourly before going back to bed.

'He still didn't answer my question.'

…was it something I said…?

"Morning Shintaro!" the black-haired girl said cheerfully.

"Hn…" he acknowledged her, though he felt dumbfounded. What could possibly drive this girl into talking to him everyday? She was popular, she had more friends… so why…?

She was hiding something behind her back, "ne, ne! Do you know what today is?" she asked in an excited tone of voice as she stood next to his desk.

"April 30th, why?" he asked blandly as he took he sat down in his seat.

She grinned brightly, not once losing it's glow, "happy birthday!" she held out another one of her paper cranes. "Sorry I didn't get you a better present, I only found out that today was your birthday!" she grinned sheepishly. "I guess I didn't know that you were pretty much 7 months older, heheh!" she continued to smile, trying not to falter. "I'm born on November 22nd," she said cheerfully, though she suddenly became slightly flustered. "Ah! But you don't have to get me anything, alright?" she exclaimed.

Hint: What would you say to the Chariot Arcana born on the 22nd of November?

[I love you, Ayano.]

A/N

I wasn't sure what date Ayano died in, so I went with her birthday for the password.

And I got the Chariot Arcana from looking at the Persona Series, since, according to Mr. Edogawa in Persona 3, the Chariot Arcana represents victory for the individual, but only a momentary one.

Oh, and I hope I can get started on this other project of mine that's a crossover of KagePro and Persona 3.