DEADLY DATE

•Chapter 2•

Never in my life have I seen a guy as attractive as him. He dyed his hair reddish brown with a sideways fringe. I must say he was really good looking. Harue is quite adorable, but I never thought she had such a handsome elder brother.

The three of us then approached him while he's drinking mineral water. His lips turned red due to the spicy flavored noodles he had just consumed.

"Onii-chan.." (Big brother)

"Hai?" (Yes?)

He's perplexed by our presence, but he didn't say anything.

"They're my new friend, Yui and Sayuri" Harue introduced us briefly to her elder brother. I gave him my best smile while Yui was not too keen on him.

He gave us a brief smile and said,"I'm Sora"

"It's nice to meet you, Sora" Yui forced a fake smile.

Sora smiled and nodded his head without saying anything.

"Harue.. do you want to swim again? Let's go"  As predicted, Yui's love for children is too much to bear. She offered Harue to swim with her, as if I wasn't present in the first place.

"Sayuri-chan, are you coming with us?" Harue turned around.

"No.. I'm tired" I replied.

"Okay enjoy your time with Sora" Harue smiled before Yui pulled her arms and the two of them quickly left.

I sat next to Sora. On top of the round glass table, there is an empty spicy noodle cup, used chopsticks and an empty water bottle.

It was awkward. I didn't know what to say, but I'm eager to converse with Sora.

"Nice weather" I stated, my purpose is solely to break the ice.

"Yeah. what's your name again?"

"Sayuri Matsumoto." I replied with a smile.

"Do you want to join them?" Sora pointed at Yui and Harue, I shook my head.

Sora chuckled and said, "I guess your friend loves children, isn't she?"

"Eh... right" I nodded my head awkwardly. My heart was beating rapidly because his smile revived the dead butterfly on my stomach. He got Yaeba on his upper left teeth. (Yaeba= upper canines, with an uncommonly fang-like appearance)

"Are you from Osaka as well?"

"Yes. May I know how old are you?" He asked me.

"I'm 17, what about you?"

"Oh okay, so you're a student. I'm 19" He replied.

"Are you in college?" I asked him.

He shook his head and said, "I'm working as soon as I finished high school"

"Awesome!"

The ice between us finally melted and the two of us conversed about a lot of stuff. I truly thought that it will be awkward and shameful because he seemed like a cold individual, but it turns out he's easygoing and very personable, and he even told me some jokes.

His presence truly boosted my mood. Eventually, I joined Yui and Harue swimming at the adult pool. From her height, Harue looked like 11 or 12 years old. Yui held Harue's arms tightly as she taught her how to swim and survive in an adult pool.

I jumped into the pool. Both Yui and Harue were constantly splashing me, and a water war was inevitable between the three of us.

"Sayuri-chan, you can date my brother. I approve you" Harue told me.

"Eh, what are you talking about?" I pretended to look away as I tried not to smile. I truly can't put up with an act.

"Look, look she likes him" Yui whispered at Harue, then the two laughed.

"Stop!!" I splashed brutally at the two of them. That's where Sora decided to jump and show his swimming skills, by doing butterfly style and backstroke.

"ONII-CHAN..!" Harue yelled as Sora was doing backstroke.

"What?"

"Sayuri-chan.." Before Harue had the chance to finish her sentences, I spontaneously covered her mouth with my palm and forced a fake smile at Sora, "Nothing, go on!"

Sora sniffed and looked amused, then he swam away from us.

Not long after that, the cloudy sky turned into drizzle, but it didn't stop the four of us from swimming. We ended up creating a backstroke competition together. Me vs Sora, then Yui vs Sora and Yui vs Me.

Harue is the judge.