Chapter 3

I finally arrived home, after a miserable first day from school and the first thing to do from my checklist is to crush that little gremlin who took my bag.

"[1]Tadaima..." I said lazily as I entered our house and took off my shoes.

"[2]Okaerinasai~" My mother greeted me back as she peeped through the kitchen window. She was already preparing dinner and it seems like she was in a good mood today.

I picked my shoes up and quickly placed it on the shoe rack. I can't wait to send my sister to hell... SHE'S REALLY GOING TO GET IT.

"huh?" I said to myself as I saw that the compartment next to where I placed my shoes were empty. It was supposed be where hito-nii places her school shoes.

"Is Hito-nii not back yet?"I asked my mom half-shouting, in order for her to hear my question.

"Ah, Hitomi? Not yet, she'll be home in the weekend~." My mother said sweetly..."Didn't I tell you that she'll be staying at a dorm? Her school is too faraway ."

"Ah, yeah I forgot...Is paps not yet home too?" I inquired once again, just out of curiosity.

"Not yet dear, He said he will be working overtime today~"

"oh... "

I guess paps is going home late too... Well there's nothing I can do about that, I better change into my home clothes.

"I'll be upstairs if you need anything mom." I stated as I stepped up the stairs.

Geez...I guess my revenge on Hito-nii will have to wait... Why does she have to go to a faraway school anyway? It doesn't make any sense and I don't understand why our parents were cool with it. I mean, Tokyo is very far from Akita and it's such a hassle going in and out of the station every morning. Hito-nii should have gone to school with me in Yosen High... we could save more since we don't need fares and use our bikes instead.

But then again, everybody has their reasons... and knowing Hito-nii, she probably has a good one. I think I remembered her mentioning something about keeping the promise that she made since elementary so that's why she's studying there yada..yada... Heh... who cares... Right now I am still focused on scolding her for what she did this morning... Grrrr... The thought of it makes my blood boil...

I slipped into my comfortable clothes and stretched my arms.

"Right, since I have the luxury of time, I better plan on how to get my revenge on the people on my revenge list... "I thought to myself.

"We should do this some more... Kasu-chin.."

All of a sudden a flashback appeared in my head. Why am I suddenly thinking about him? I mean, it's not like I enjoy his company or anything...

"You're nice..." another memory once again popped out in my head. An afterimage of him smiling as he patted my head flashed in my mind. What the? What's wrong with me?

The door of my room abruptly flung open. I was distracted from my train of thought and whipped my head to the direction of the door.

"Ne, ne~ Kasu-nii.." a voice spoke cheerfully.

" Would you be so kind as to forgive me for the mess up I did today?~" It was no other than hito-nii, Why is she here? I thought she's at her dorm... Oh well, this only means that I'll be able to get my revenge sooner than expected...

"Oh I don't know, It depends on how it made my morning completely miserable and how you APOLOGIZE TO ME!" I growled at my twin sister, barely containing the anger I felt inside. Seriously, I felt I was as hot as a boiling kettle by now...

"ahahaha okay, let me apologize~" hito-nii said as she cleared her throat.

" GO-ME-NA-SAI~3" She stated syllable by syllable right after she clapped her hands together and tilted her head.

THAT'S IT. I think I heard my head snap. IM GOING TO KNOCK THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HER

"AARRRGHHHHH! DARN YOU LITTLE CREEPY GREMLIN! STOP ACTING CUTE WHEN I'M BEING SERIOUS!COME HERE I'LL KILL YOU! ASJKSLDU"

I charged at her rapidly without warning. I was tired of her crap, And I need to teach her a lesson.

"AHHHH!, STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU EVIL TSUNDERE!" Hito-nii yelled as she started to run away from me. I catch up to her though, and I immediately brought her down to the floor.

"YOU CANT ESCAPE NOW" I snarled at her, while positioning myself to do my death lock on the struggling figure below.

"HEEELLLPPP! MOM!" Hito-nii yelped as she struggled even more under my hold but I know her resistance is futile.

"AHAHAHAHA...WAAHAHAHA!" I laughed wickedly as I performed my special death lock move.

"PLE-PLEASE LE-LET ME GO..." Hito-nii begged as she was choking in her words.

I had to admit that I am quite the sadist. I am enjoying every moment of my sister's suffering...

"NOT UNTIL YOU LEARN YOUR LESSO-"

"KASUMI! HITOMI! You better not be fighting or else!"

A voice suddenly shouted from downstairs. Chills were immediately sent down to our spines as we heard it.

We quickly let go each other and fixed ourselves. We wouldn't want our mother to be angry, who knows what she'll do to us.

I stood up first and glared at Hito-nii who also glared back at me. The aura was tense as we exchange sparks between our eyes. It took us a while before breaking our intense eye contact and looked away from each other with our noses stuck on the air. She was rubbing her arm in which I held tightly during our little wrestle. It must have hurt since it turned red.

A moment of silence came after that. My anger gradually subsided and was later replaced with guilt. I suppose I went a little overboard in punishing my sister, besides, it's not like she did the switch on purpose right? I Think I should apologize...

I looked at hito-nii, who was already starting to walk out of my room. She looks so sad.

"Ne, hito-nii..." I started

"*sigh* what is it kasu-nii?...If it's about my mess up then I'm sorry..." She mumbled sadly. "I won't do it again..."

"No it's not that..." I replied quickly. "Look I'm sorry I was hard on you, I know that you didn't do it on purpose. I guess I just had a horrible day that's all..."

"..." No reply.

"hito-nii..."

"..."

"Look if you're mad at what I did then-" I was cut off by my sister's sudden squeal

"Awwwee...kasu-nii, of course I forgive you! You're so cute when you feel guilty..." Hito-nii immediately pinched my cheeks and hugged me real tight.

"ahahaha..."I laughed awkwardly. "So... no hard feelings right?"

"No hard feelings~" she cooed once again. "You look cute when you're blushing too~!"

"Whaaat?, what are you blabbering about now?"

"Hihihi, awhile ago, when I entered your room, you were blushing really hard~" she smiled sheepishly at me.

"Were you thinking of somebody special nya?~3" Hito-nii asked as she leaned closer to me.

"Wh-what? I-I'm sure you were j-just seeing things..." I said as I fought my blush from showing... I certainly didn't want that, especially not in front of my quirky twin sister...

"Oh really now... was I?... I WAS REALLY SURE I SAW YOU BLUSH" She leaned even closer.

I gulped and pushed her away. She was already getting inside my personal bubble.

"I guess you met a special guy at school right?" She concluded as she was giving me the don't-hide-anything-from-me look

"It's nothing like that... he wasn't special to me at all.." I said turning away and crossing my arms over my chest.

"oh.. so IT IS a guy then, huh~"

Crap...Now she's pissing me off again...

"NO, there is no guy!" I lied. Well of course I had to do it or else she won't stop bugging me about it. It's not like he was somebody special to me anyway.

"Hai, hai... Have it your way... But someday Kasu-nii, I will know... I WILL ALWAYS KNOW" She said creepily.

"pfft... As if... Anyway, how was your first day in Shutoku High?" I inquired, trying to change the subject.

"Hmmmn... It was quite fun actually. Except for the fact that I wasn't able to reach Tokyo in time. " She replied with a smile on her face.

"Ehh? So that means..."

"Yep, I wasn't able to attend school today!~ Wahaha" she exclaimed, as if she was proud of herself

"But I saw him today... my childhood friend..." She continued as she smiled sadly and sat at my bed.

"Your...friend?" I questioned, looking confused.

"Yes... But it seems that he doesn't remember me at all... nor the promise [3]..." She looked down, trying to hide her face.

I suddenly felt a pang of sadness and sympathy... Whoever this friend she was talking about, he probably was special to her.

"What exactly is your promise anyway?"

She looked at me and chuckled a little.

"[4]HI-MIT-SU~3" she stated as she placed a finger over her mouth and tilted her head to her side.

This time I wasn't really annoyed by it. I think I heard her voice crack a little bit. Was she that sad?

I was about to say something when mother suddenly called us for dinner.

"HITOMI! KASUMI! DINNER"S READY!"

"HAI!" We both answered in unison before standing up and raced towards the kitchen.

~Le time skip~

After doing my nightly routines, I was finally ready for bed. I snuck into my soft bed and drifted myself off to sleep.

I see flowers everywhere. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom. As the wind started to caress my cheeks, I saw a tall and lean figure coming closer and closer to me. I felt my heart beating faster as he stopped right in front of me and stoop low, our faces were merely a few inches apart. Purple orbs gazing into blue ones. His eyes looked sincere and true.

He was about to open his mouth. As if trying to say something... "I-..." My heart skipped a beat as I heard his voice... Is this really happening?

"I-..." My eyes widened and I felt jumpy. Just say it already...

And then my eyes shot open... again. What's with that dream? Why does it always repeat itself? And who the hell was that... I clenched my heart and sat up. Why do I feel so... happy?

~End of Chapter 3~

[1] "Tadaima" means I'm home in English

[2]"Okaerinasai" means welcome back

[3] Hitomi made a promise to a certain childhood friend in elementary before she left for England. Little is known about this promise but I assure you that it will be revealed as the story progresses ^_^ till then, I am afraid that that was the only information I could give.. hehe XD

[4] "Himitsu" means Secret in english