Chapter Four : Ai

Author: Ai

Summary:  He thought she was a lesbian and she thought he was gay. With these thoughts, they lived under one roof. And so, their apartment-mate life began~

*Chapter Four*

Despite how much she loved her brother, she didn’t like this idea of his. And she will stay on her ground, well… she wished to. But hey! This is Sawatari Kazuma she was talking to!

“It’s not that long, just a month” Kazuma’s voice was low but loud enough for both of them to hear. He was obviously control his volume so that his guest that sat two meter from them won’t hear what they were talking about.

“A month-“

“shhhh” he closed her mouth with his right palm “lower down your voice!” he whispered. Izumi rolled her eyes then pulled the hands on her mouth.

“-is 30 days. 30 days is long” she continued in same volume as him.

“30 days passing very fast. You told me yourself that you felt a year like a month. Without even you knowing, it’s new year” Izumi rolled her eyes at this. He was practically repeating her words two years ago when she made a speech in front of all her colleagues in their End of Year party. “It’s final. He’s staying in your place for a month. After all, you owe him your life for making me waiting for hours. if not because of him, you are now dea-”

“It’s just 30 minutes!”

“30 minutes is one thousand eight hundred seconds!!! You made wait for that long! For one thou-”

“Why me? Why not in your place? Or hotel? He looked rich to afford hotel”

“Gosh~ too much question! What are you? Primary student and I’m your teacher?” he scrunched his nose then stared at her with a ‘Duhh!’ expression “isn’t it obvious?? Hotel is expensive. Even though he’s super rich, to live in a hotel for 30 days is way too wasting. And I remind you my lil sis, I live with my girlfriend. If he lives with me, we have to lower down our voice at night and it won’t be fun. I prefer die than for that to happen, for not hearing her loud sexy mo-“

“Nii-chan!!”

“Lastly, you’re in holiday too!! Means you have free time in your hand. He wants to spend his holiday here in Japan. After all, he came here with me! Which mean, he’s my guest. It won’t be nice if I let my guest who come to Japan for the first time wanders around this foreign place alone.” He put his hands on both side of her shoulder and made her face him “Isn’t this a good chance for you to do some good deeds at the same time enjoying your holiday by touring this precious lovely country with new friend and to become a good citizen who knows her country well more than the prime minister rather than studying other’s country that doesn’t even care if you’re dead or alive in their country”

Izumi took a deep breath to stop her from rolling her eyes and to snicker at his statement. “I take this holiday for me to HOLIDAY not to baby-sitting a twenty-something-“

“-twenty six years old” his brother corrected her.

“-twenty-six-“ she paused then muttered “he’s my age”

“Are you saying that we bother your peaceful life?” he said rather serious with hurt and upset expression.

Izumi wide opened her eyes at his exclamation then abruptly she shook her head frantically “No! That’s not it nii-chan! What I’m saying is-“

“You should just say so rather than making me go through these shits” he chuckled bitterly then turned his body ready to leave his spot but stopped by Izumi’s hand on his arm.

“F-Fine. I accept this. He will stay in my apartment for thirty days” she stated giving up. Making him upset was the last thing in her super long list-to-do. Unknown to her, Kazuma was grinning widely which almost split his face into two. Seeing her brother not moving even an inch, she panicked as she thought he was very upset -which wasn’t true- then quickly added “for free! I’ll bring him touring Japan and making the most unforgettable memories for him. If it’s needed, I’ll be his twenty-four-seven nanny! I’ll take care of him as if I’m carrying a jar full of oil!” received no response from the man –which actually, was struggling to prevent himself from laughing like crazy- she shook his brother arm. “Nii-chan~”

Kazuma took a deep breath to stop his wide smile then turned around to face his little sister. A fake faint smiled curved his lips. “Thank you Izumi! I love you!!! You’re the best!!” he hugged the relieved-Izumi for around two minutes then let her go. “I’ll tell him this good news!” he said as he turned around. Inside his mind, he was laughing his infamous evil laugh. The feeling of getting what you desire was indeed wonderful!

“Wait nii-chan!”Izumi grabbed his arm and stopped his track once again. Kazuma cocked his eyebrow as he turned his body to face her. “He’s a male and I’m female…” she trailed off as she couldn’t put her thought into words.

Kazuma smiled, understood very well what she was meant. “Don’t worry! He’s a good man. Believe me! We’ve been work together for five years. He’s a decent man despite his playboy looks. He’s not the same as any normal man. He won’t do anything to you” he said with only one breath as he was in hurry to tell this good news to his guest. He ruffled her hair then ran toward the man.

“He’s abnormal then.” Izumi said sarcastically and rolled her eyes as she saw her brother talking over-friendly to his so-called guest.

Despite how displeased she was with what just happened to her, she couldn't deny the weird sensation she was feeling but she didn't know what. The last part was indeed embarrassing. But there was something more than that which bothering her. Somehow, this sounded very familiar that made her goosebumps. Déjà vu!?

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A/N: somehow, i'm not quite satisfied with this~

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