Forgotten Brother (Stopped for now)

Rueful Relations

Ari. P.o.V.

I relocated all my private items before securing the entrance to my room. Everything for school collected, I left. I had a plan to hunt for places where I can live. I am thoroughly aware of that I'm still young and it will be quite difficult to find a place to live. Even when I have the proper paperwork and sufficient funds the law here is considerably complicated. I am in requirement of few signatures that only my legal guardian that is Miwa Asahina can provide. That hopefully will not be challenging, but knowing my mother I can just cross my fingers. I didn't stop to have breakfast and exited the house. I walked down the street, the way the school was and decided to stop by the bakery. As I exited the bakery I was hugged "Ari!!" came, now the well-known voice of Bambi. "Good morning," I said and looked at my friend "Please, stop hugging...I am currently holding a hot coffee cup and it's about to slip." She let go and I got a better hold of my coffee cup. "Why are you so enthusiastic today?" I asked and she just smiled with childlike happiness "Well...I have an awesome news to share." She said trying to contain her excitement "I got accepted in the dance academy. I applied to it like ages ago and I finally got letter that I got in. It's soooo amazing." The girl exploded with visible happiness what made me smile "Worth of the smiles." I told as we moved towards school. She was bubbly all the way to school and I did not want to ruin her spirit, so deciding to keep the discussion as positive as possible questioning about the dance academy. I learned a lot, it was a branch of world known dance academy that was mainly focused on ballett but they had sections for other styles too and it was nearly impossible to get in. Also learned that many famous people and music groups trained there for their shows. "Dancing with stars," I said and she started to laugh "Something...like that. In the same building, yeah but I doubt that in the same room." She said, "Does it make difference?" I asked and she shook her head no. "Don't miss class," I said as we entered the school grounds I gave her a hug understanding if she wanted to go and be with her friends. She looked around for a second and then realised that we were already at school. "How did we get here?" She asked confusion clearly in her voice "Walked." I said getting quiet enough so no one except Bambi could hear. "How didn't I notice it?" She asked again but I didn't answer drinking my coffee. She looked at me like i knew the answers to everything "Blind delight." I said and walked in main entrance where there were shoe cabinets. I noticed that hers was on left wall and mine was somewhere in 8th row to the middle of the room from hers. I changed my shoes to indoor ones that were Harry Potter themed. I got them last time when I was giving concerts in America. They were black with a blue doe on one shoe and "Always" written on other. When I got ready I saw Bambi coming towards me and I walked towards stairs meeting her halfway there. As She followed we reached her class... I was about to take the last sip from my now room temperature coffee when the cup was taken from me by my friend. She drank it all and I gave her the disappointed look "Proud?"  I Asked quietly raising my eyebrow even though it wasn't visible and she smiled and nodded "Always." She said and laughed as entering the classroom and throwing away now empty cup. I shook my head and walked to my classroom that was Advanced Math.Wondering how did I get so lucky to have a friend like Bambi. Advanced classes were mixed classes...That means they have students from multiple grades all who have the similar level of knowledge on certain topics and usually the knowledge and understanding are higher than their own age groups. From my grade, I'm not the only one who attends advanced classes but I am only one who has all classes advance level. There is a boy who is the same grade as me but has only 3 advanced classes and others are normal ones. Basically, we are the ones who everyone considers nerds and truth be told I never really cared about that. My brothers, on the other hand, enjoy bullying others in this group a lot not everyone only those who pay attention to it.  They make it extremely difficult for me to cherish them as kinship. I might be withdrawn and most incidents distant towards people but I care in secret and it troubles to witness them prey on souls who are incapable to defend themselves. And often I get blamed because they are my brothers and their victims tend to blame my brother's actions on me. I think it would be more effective if I were more connected to my kinship. The lesson started when the teacher entered the class. I really hoped today we are going to learn something new but it didn't happen instead we got worksheets that had easy mathematical problems on it. I finished all the sheets under 20 minutes and sat there looking out the window until the end of the class. I Gave my work to teacher and saw a dark-haired girl already waiting me at the door slightly bouncing up and down. "No coffee for you." I said as I passed her "How was I supposed to know you drank black coffee without milk or sugar. Next time at least add a little milk." She said and lead me to benches where a group of girls sat. As I looked that group I noticed Ema there. She looked at me "What do you want freak?" She asked me and everyone in that group laughed, I inhaled deeply realizing the mistake too late. I started coughing a little and then I heard Bambi "Oh I get it. That was like a joke just not creative or funny."  Seemingly Ema didn't like how Bambi acted and wanted everyone around us to know "Shut up ugly bitch no ones talking to you." And the girls around laughed and some boys made "....oooooh" Bambi only smiled and said, "I'm sure 90% of your 'beauty' could be removed with wet towelette." That made Ema furious because everyone who heard Bambi was cheering at her comeback. Suddenly everyone started to go away and Ema looked behind us and started fake cry and then I heard Futo's voice "What's going on Ema?Why are you crying?"  And Ema ran to his arms and said: "Ari and Bambi started to Insult me out of nowhere." She said and her girl group nodded agreeing with her "What's wrong with you freak... why would you bully Ema. She has never done anything bad to you. Why are you so mean." Futo said to me mostly and it stabbed me a little, to be honest, but I stayed quiet because Bambi was already ready to say something "Can you press your mute button...your voice is annoying and gives me a headache" She turned towards me and said "Come on sweetie I heard stupidity is contagious." And we left from there the class was about to start anyway so we walked to her class and I waited until she sat down and then left for my own class. Maximum 10 minutes after class started me and Bambi were called into principals office and as I exited the room I saw Bambi exiting her class and we walked down to office and to my unfortunate there sat my Masaomi and Futo and Still sobbing Ema and a tall young looking woman with pale blonde hair put in messy ponytail. "Mom?" Bambi asked and as I looked closer I could see similarities. "Could you two sit, please." I nodded and pulled Bambi with me towards the free stools between my older brother and her mom. "We are here because of the bullying. Ema Hinata here told me that you two were physically bullying and insulting her and her friends. Is this true?" As usual, i didn't say a word because it was all mostly lie but leave it to Bambi who stood and said "We did no such things... Well, i did protect my friend but she insulted us first." And I nodded "That's not true...you caused this." Ema said and showed red wrists that weren't there before. "Is that true?" the principal said and It was plain to see Bambi was furious "We did not touch her. There are many people who were in the corridor at the same time with us who witnessed that girl call my friend Ari.....Freak..." She shuddered at saying that word and everyone looked at Ema and she sobbed more loudly "She is lying....I didn't do anything to them and they just came to me and said that I was ugly and stupid and then they grabbed my wrists and pushed me against the wall. I tried to protect myself and then Futo came and save me." Ema lied and "It's a Lie," I said quietly enough for only my brother and Bambi to hear. "What happened? Tell us how it was Bambi." My oldest brother asked "The class ended and I waited for Ari until he came out of the class, We decided to go sit on the bench near the classes and then Ema said and I quote "What do you want freak?" so I protected my friend, Ari, asking her if it was a joke because it wasn't funny to which she called me ugly bitch exactly her words and I just shared the fact that her standard of beauty is something you can remove with wet towelettes. She started to fake cry and then ran to Futo and said we are bullying her to which Futo screamed at Ari who hasn't said anything this whole time that he was a freak and I got upset and asked him if there was mute button he can use because he was giving me a headache and we left for the class. That was all that happened whatever red marks she has are there from after we left." Ema stood up "Why are you lying...you hurt me and now you're lying." Bambi's mom stood up "I have heard enough and I have a question since my daughter doesn't use violence." The woman said and principal nodded "You said my daughter and her friend pushed you to a wall and mentioned that you were sitting on the bench so how exactly did they push you if you were sitting on the bench that was against the wall?" Bambi's mom voice was strict yet had that hidden sweet undertone Ema looked around a little and sobbed again "They pulled me by my wrists and then pushed me against a nearby wall..." She said and Principal nodded saying "I have come to a conclusion that all 4 students will be punished for their behaviour. Detention until the end of the week starting tomorrow." Bambi stood up and starting to say something but I pulled her down and shook my head leaning to her ear and whispered: "It's not worth it, besides we can hang out classes and I am in need of your help." She nodded and sat down "Can we leave to our next class now." She asked the principal and he nodded and all students left leaving adults there to talk. Ema and Futo went upstairs as we stood in stairs near the office "Lollipop?" Bambi asked and I smiled but shaking my head to no "Your loss." She said opening her blouse by 4 buttons and taking out a wrapped lollipop from her bra and rebuttoned her blouse "I don't have pockets." She said like accusing me of judging her and I smiled "Clever solution. Won't it get sticky?" I asked now curious because body heat and most candies don't work together "If they are wrapped it's all good and I don't put candies that melt easily there." I laughed a little "Logical. Smart and sassy little girl." That made her laugh "One of the special kind." The door opened and out came Bambi's mom who had a smile on her face and it was exactly like the smile Bambi gives. "Darling I have good news..."