Prologue:
Things were never easy for me just because I was born second.
Hikaru never knew the things that were taught to me, especially compared to how he is learning to take over our family's business.
I plan to keep it that way. I don't think he really needs to know about my own struggles.
Hikaru is already stressed enough with all of those expectations and pressures being put on him. He doesn't need to be stressed out in worrying about me.
So for now I will just continue the act that I get to pick my own path... Despite that being the furthest from the truth.
A car comes to a screeching stop by the corner I'm at. Its window rolls down with an unknown face smiling at me.
Oh how it hurts me, the things I do for this family, the things expected of me by our own parents. I just am left without a choice about any of it. I move towards the car knowing I have to do this.
The thing that scares me the most is actually the fact that all secrets come out eventually... One way or another...
There's a chance that despite my best efforts Hikaru may learn of the truth of my life one day.
That is truly the scariest thing in the whole wide world to me.