The Girl Named Ai

Morning

I rubbed my bleary eyes, as the first rays of sunlight lit up my room. The dawn chorus of melodic bird songs drifted in, along with the stomping of someone running up the stairs. The wooden planks constantly creaked, as the footsteps of someone approaching closer and closer reverberated across the narrow halls.

Before I knew it the creaking stopped and the sound of door clicking echoed. The door suddenly burst wide open swinging to the side. With a girl standing below the door way looking at me menacingly. With her high pitched voice she shoots rapid fire introductions, which quickly overwhelms me leaving no room for any sort of rebuttal.

"NII-CHANNN WAKE UP, we're going to be lat... Oh your already awake. Go take a bath, breakfast is ready downstairs, I'm gonna go first. Bai bai" Slamming the door shut and dashing away, and that was my sister Miya Tachibana. I quickly get up and head towards the window opening up the curtains to the side.

Looking outside the empty road which has yet to be filled with people and vehicles, the rustling of leaves as the cold Autumn breeze flows pass them, the splashing of a nearby stream as it travels along it's bed, bubbling over rocks and branches, was a serene and relaxing combination.

I head down to the living room and the moment I stepped into the living room I was greeted with the aroma of freshly made curry wafting out of the pot sitting on top of the dining table. The soft and fluffy white rice by the side looks absolutely mouth watering, seemingly creating a sense of anticipation and expectation within me, and that sunny side up with that glistening yellow center looks like it could burst open simply by touching them, spreading that delicious yolk all over the fluffy rice.

As I was mesmerized by the classic Japanese delicacies presented in front of me, drool was starting spill out of my mouth as it trickles down my chin.

"Oi little brat sit down and eat already!" snapping awake and shifting my eyes to wear the voice originated from I see an old man sitting on chair with is legs crossed with a pair of reading glasses on as he flips and rustles the newspaper, looking closer his face, its filled with wrinkles, well to be fair he is old. As he slowly sips his mug, I could sniff the rich and fragrant aroma of coffee floating about. Sighing inwardly I look around and notice that no one aside from this old man is around.

"Mornin old man, has everyone left already?"

"Yeah your grandma and mom left to shop for groceries, your dad and sister left for school and work already. Oi you brat stop asking questions and eat quickly or your going to end up late again!"

Mumbling under my breath I quickly grab my bag and dashed out the front door.

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As the gust of wind which flows between us after a car passes up, causing the surrounding foliage to rustle wildly as vehicles continue to pass by. Looking up at the clear blue sky with sun the sun shining brightlyabove, the smell of the earth evokes a feeling of liberation like no other, resembling the unrestricted imagination of an painter painting his canvas with every shade of blue. But I wonder if this is why I'm drenched in sweat? Well, I did run uphill to catch up with Miya.

We live near the school so we often end up walking to school. Looking around a lot of people were also heading towards campus and you could hear the chattering of students from miles away, I myself am having a conversation with Miya, but on this particular day we were having a peculiar conversation well an odd one to say the least.

"Myaa?"

"No! Not Myaa, it's Nyaa"

"Mhmmm? Maya? Nyaa? Nyad?"

"ITS NYAA!"

"Ah I see. Nyaa, right? Nyaa. Okay so what's all about this nyaa thing?"

"Well, a black cat has been hanging around school lately, it's gotten pretty popular among cat-loving freshman girls."

"Girls sure latch onto random stuff..." well in all honesty the cat does peek my interest, maybe I should pay it a visit during lunch?

"I haven't seen it yet, but I hear it has really pretty fur that's silky smooth to the touch! Silky smooth, you know! Ah, I wanna touch it too!"

'Mhmm now that your describing it as such a supreme animal I can't help myself from getting excited!' but as my mind was racing and processing on how to even meet this feline beast, I neglected to pay any attention to our surroundings and before I knew it someone was groping my ass! And I couldn't stop myself from letting out a loud yelp.

"Hee Hee Hee, now wasn't that a cute yell, Junichi?"

Hearing this unique snicker and familiar voice I snap my head back only to be greeted by Karou Tanamachi, a old friend from middle school. She has short and wavy hair which made them look like a black ocean rocking back and forth, and it's seems she has yet to change at all, still her energetic and playful self.

"Karou... What do you think you're doing?!"

"Tanamachi-senpai, good morning."

"Good morning, you're cute as ever Miya-kun unlike your older brother here, he can't even spare a glance of respect for your senpai here!"

"Listen you!..."

"Whats wrong? It was just a little morning "hello". Don't tell me you enjoyed that it? "

I think you'll understand what it's like to have your ass groped if you experience it yourself!"

"Whoa, I never knew you were such a pervert Junichi." while dashing away and shouting out in a playful tone "He's trying to grope my butt!"

"Oii karouu you better get back here" but before I could chase after her Miya managed to grab a hold of me.

"Wait, onii-chan. This play you and Kaoru are doing is mortifying, so cut it out. I don't want to be associated with a horny brother!"

"Yeah, but... Wait what did you just call me!? Eh..." across the street there she was the black pants girl we saw the other day! Her hair was silky as ever, ever from the distance I could see it shining. It seems she's wearing a yellow winter jacket, well the weather has been getting close recently. She seems to be staring this way. But she seemed to be glaring, a look of disdain filled her eyes, which scared me a lot I wonder if it's because of me glimpsing at her pants?

But soon I see the captain of the swim club walking up to her, I wonder if she's also part of the swim club.

"Nanasaki, Good morning"

"Good morning senpai"

"Thanks for waiting for me, lets go" And with that both girls continued their march to school.

"Nothing hmph! But seriously you're a high school junior already, but you're still too impulsive. Dad thinks so too. Hey Nii-Nii, are you even listening to me?"

"Oh sorry I was blanking out a bit, what were you saying again?"

"Like I said, I think meat buns make the greatest dinner if all time."

"Eh wait a second, where did that come from?"