The Life We Share

Glitter

 Aoba Seragaki had woken up earlier than usual. Monday mornings weren't his favorite, but he had managed to wake up to his alarm. He sat up and yawned, stretching out his limbs and hearing pleasing cracking noises along his back. He brushed through his hair lightly, scrunching his nose at the slight tingling feeling that came along with it. Aoba rolled himself out of bed and searched around his cluttered room for a pair of jeans. He walked around in his dark blue shirt and bright blue boxer-briefs as he searched. When he found a pair he was pleased with, he jumped around clumsily to slip them on, latching a belt around his waist to secure them to his slim waist. He pulled his hair back into a ponytail before heading downstairs. The sweet smell of fresh fried doughnuts reaches his nose as he pushed the door to the kitchen open.

“Ba-Chan, good morning.” Aoba smiled, moving to stand beside Tae.

“Good morning Aoba.”

Tae had turned to her grandson, handing him a small basket of fresh fried doughnuts. He placed them onto the table before grabbing a few plates.

“Ba-Chan, I have my bags packed already. Are you sure you want me to go? I can stay here to take care of you.”

“I'm not so old and frail that I need you to watch over me.” Tae huffs, sitting at the table. “This is something you should do for yourself Aoba. You don't have to worry about me so much.”

“Ba-Chan...”

Aoba didn't like to leave his grandmother alone in the house. It was only the two of them after all. Going to university meant having to take residence in a dorm. The college was too far to walk to in a reasonable time.

“Ao-ba, stop that worrying of yours. I can take care of myself. This is an important part of your life.”

He smiles at his grandmother. Although he was uneasy about leaving her, he knew how much this meant to the both of them for him to recieve a higher education. Aoba put on a relaxed face and takes a bite of a doughnut. He would definitely miss his grandmothers cooking.

As the two finished up the doughnuts, there was a light tapping at the door before Koujaku and Mizuki appeared in the kitchen.

“Yo, Aoba.”

Koujaku waves with one hand to the pair in the kitchen. Aoba looks at him and swallows the last bit of doughnut in his mouth before smiling.

“Hey Koujaku, Mizuki, my bags are upstairs.”

“Hah? You couldn't even bring them down?”

“Don't give me that, I just woke up a half hour ago.” Aoba pouts, crossing his arms.

Mizuki chuckles and walks over, grabbing a doughnut. “Morning Tae-san.”

“Good morning Mizuki, and I see Koujaku still hasn't retained any manners of how to enter a home and greet its owners.” She huffs, sipping her tea.

“Ah, Tae-san...morning” Koujaku mutters sheepishly.

Aoba chuckles before standing and heading up to his room with Koujaku and Mizuki following right behind him. He slid his door open for the both of them, feeling a little out of place in his packed up room.

“So, is there some sort of bus the University sends out to get people? Otherwise it's a long walk there.” Aoba asks, folding up his besdsheets.

“Yeah, the dean of the school has shuttle busses heading to each students block to help them get to the dorms safely.” Mizuki smiles. “Pretty generous right?”

Koujaku nods in agreement as he juggles two wheeled suitcases and a large box of Aoba's. “We already got our stuff at our dorm. Which one were you assigned Aoba?”