Little sister POV
"I'm home! Nii-chan!"
I loudly say for the whole house to hear with a broad smile then take off my school shoes and put them into the shoe rack, though I see that Nii-chan's shoes aren't here…
Hmm… Did Nii-chan go out?
I quickly take out my phone from my pocket to check if he had sent any message, only to see that he did. I quickly open it and read the message to see that he would be back late due to his teacher holding him hostage.
Eh, message sent at 3:15… 2 hours ago, yet Nii-chan still hasn't come back? He's the type that would find any excuse to run away from a task if he finds it not worth it, but would give 100% effort if he does…
This means that he can't run away, he keeps on getting into more trouble, or the work is taking longer than expected… Though, I am willing to bet it's the latter since he is my Nii-chan!
Or maybe, he is on his way back right now! That means I can surprise him! Ooooo, maybe hiding behind the sofa? The door? So many possibilities to surprise him unlike before since he comes home earlier than me.
Oh wait… I usually go play with my classmates after class then come home. Since Nii-chan doesn't have any friends or joined a club, he can just straight away head home… Haaaah… I wish that somebody would be his friend…
Nii-chan is crass, a knucklehead, scary-looking, insensitive… And more. Yet he is the best person I have ever met and wouldn't trade him for anything…
Unlike our parents.
Father traded us for his job while mother did it with her new boyfriends. Father and mother divorced because of cheating and neglecting us… The latter won the legal custody over us yet she ditched us the moment we got back home and went with her boyfriends.
Father couldn't stand looking at us because we resembled mother, so he ran away and refused any visits from us.
The only reason that they are paying for this house is to bribe us to keep quiet. If we were to tell the authorities, they would get investigated and lose everything they got while the house would get confiscated and we would have to live at an orphanage…
The worst case scenario but it is possible…
Haaaaah… Why did my mind have to drag that memory back up to the surface? Was it because I thought of them? They were careful in their words, which had fooled younger me but I figured it out after a while. Nii-chan doesn't know anything since they refused to talk to him and I had to tell him.
I…I thought that he would react badly to the news so I lied… Even though I want to tell him the truth, but then I would remember the torment he had to go through because of the other people…
I can't put even more burden on him…
Haha… An 8 and 10 year old, yet both had to go through so many troubles… Well… At least both of us are together… Got a roof, food, everything we need… Unlike other unfortunate childrens… Who has parents that love them…
…Maybe –
"Komachi, I'm back."
I blink as I hear Nii-chan's tired voice coming from the door, prompting me to quickly get up from the sofa and run over to him, though I stop to look at him.
"Huh? Komachi, you just got back? Anyway, go wash up since I need to tell you something important. Oh, and sorry for coming back so late."
I hear him saying something but I can only vaguely hear it since I am more focused on watching his tired yet agonized face that he tries to hide, "Nii-chan, what happened?"
"Well… I got forced to join a club by my Sensei, the service club. So… I might come back late now."
…Nii-chan is hiding something else… But… I have no right to say it. So I merely put on a smile, "That's great, Nii-chan! You can make friends with your clubmates!"
He smirks, the kind of smirk that he makes whenever he wants to have fun with me, "Oi, that would mean I won't be here to take care of you. How can you be happy over leaving your brother to the wolves? Or in this case, a venomous snake."
I change my face to show him my fake disgusted look, "Ewww~! Nii-chan, your smirk looks really gross! Coupled with your eyes and all of the wolves will run away with their tails tuck between their legs! Oh wait, what do you mean by snake?"
He playfully rolls his eyes, "That's going to take away some Hachiman points as payment for my broken heart. And the club only got a single person, a girl named Yukino Yukinoshita, the club president. Oh and my Sensei as the club advisor."
E-ehhhhhhhh?! Nii-chan and a-a girl inside the same room? Alone?! My brother is too young for that! "Nii-chan, you're not planning on doing anything to her, riiighht?"
Ouch!
He drops his hand back down while I rub my forehead that stings a little, "Oi. It should be me fearing for my life whenever I am in the same room with her. Her words are like poison that dig deep into your skin and spin around like a blender. Oh and there are tiny spikes on the words."
He shakes his head then walks past me, "Anyway, go wash up. We still need to make dinner."
I smile at him with a little salute, "Roger that!" I head to the stairs but freeze as I feel 2 hands trapping me in a hug from behind.
"And… You can't fool me."
Ah… I forgot that he also knows me the best… I feel him placing his chin on my head, "You can tell me anything and I won't get mad at you… Well, unless you stole money or something, then I would need to help you hide it, which is more work for me."
Haha. Very funny, Nii-chan.
I shake my head but lean back into his chest, "It was nothing… I just remembered our parents…" I mumble with a frown as even more memories resurface.
"Oh…" He only says that before pulling me deeper into his hug, with his arms tightening around me. I close my eyes and relax into the hug with a sigh.
As expected… My brother is the best.
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A/N
Welp, emotional damaged Komachi here everyone! A little bit of backstory and did I mention that 8man's parents won't have a good ending in all of my fics? Anyway, on to the comments!
danielkid50 - welp, the system is forcing him to say it so can't really control the tone
CrazyxEnigma - lmao. And *REDACTED*
Deathenglegamers1144 - *pleased girrafe face*
Saif Omar - true, if he knew a bit more about them. I'm not defending him but remember that this 8man is still really really anti social and wary about people, though the main reason why is because he wanted to go back quickly
AnotherNightMist - *REDACTED*
Hugo0974 - yeah, don't really have time unlike 9? 8? Months ago when I was in my final semester for uni and thank you
Rapersans - *dramatic bows* why thank you
Mistersnx - huh? 5 head?
NNathann - why, thank you. And I would like to say that I am not really competing with anybody since I am paving my own path in writing fanfics and really great for you to love the dialogues and changes I made
