MY ROOMIE NIGHTMARE 【佐久早 聖臣】

DREAMS | ACT XXVIII

INT. KOMORI HOUSEHOLD — MID AFTERNOON

The KOMORI's were a very agreeable family. The eldest, KOMORI REISHI was tight-knight with SAKUSA's older siblings, and therefore, had become inclined to treating him like her own little brother.

KOMORI HAYAMI on the other hand, found it difficult to socialize, but once she warmed up to others, she became quite lively, thus SAKUSA found her personality to have some semblance with a certain brunette that currently invaded his thoughts, despite his efforts to keep her shut out.

KOMORI's parents were complete opposites. While KOMORI's mother held a short-fused temper, her husband held a laidback attitude and an immense amount of patience for his wife's fiery personality. It wasn't a secret to SAKUSA that KOMORI's parents had insisted for him to introduce SAKUSA to volleyball. For that fact alone, SAKUSA was grateful to his aunt and uncle.

K. AUNT
Sakusa?!

K. AUNT
Motoya you should've
told me that my
nephew was coming over!

K. AUNT
(Raises her spatula).
This house is a mess!

K. AUNT
(Irritated)
You children ignore
your mother! One day
you'll have your own
kids! And then I'll
see Karma doing me
justice!

K. AUNT
(Laughs).
Sorry you have to
witness such an
outburst from me
Sakusa!~
(Waves her hand
back and forth).
Sit, sit, I've
just got done
making dinner.

K. UNLCE
Honey, you need
to breathe while
you speak.

K. AUNT
(Pauses).
Oh, yes,
I do.

K. AUNT
(Laughs).

SAKUSA loved seeing how KOMORI's parents weren't ashamed to love each other, even with KOMORI and HAYAMI making faces of annoyance.

SAKUSA
Don't mind if
I sit here.

K. UNCLE
we don't mind!

K. AUNT
We don't mind!

The married couple looked at each other, and then laughed. KOMORI sat next to SAKUSA, and the copper haired male slumped back in his seat, head lolled back.

KOMORI's mother took note of this.

K. AUNT
Don't do that
Motoya! That's not
good for your
blood circulation!

KOMORI
(Groans).
Alright, I won't
do it anymore.

K. UNCLE
And that's what you
said the last four
years.

KOMORI
You see this?
They like torturing
me, but when you're here,
you're treated like royalty!

SAKUSA
(Snickers).
Maybe listen to your
parents for once and
you'll be treated like
royalty as well.

SAKUSA
(Shrugs).
Just a suggestion.

KOMORI
(Huffs).
Jerk.

SAKUSA
(Smirk).

After dinner, the family sat in silence. REISHI was the first to kick out the heavy tension.

K. REISHI
Ooh, that was delicious!
Thank you mom!

SAKUSA
Thank you auntie.

SAKUSA
Ah, and, if it's not
too much to ask, could
you write down your
blueberry
pie recipe for me?

K. AUNT
(Gaping).
O-oh, sure?

K. HAYAMI
Hey, Kiyoomi,
since when have you
been into cooking,
or baking for that
matter?

SAKUSA
(Confused)
Since I moved out?

K. HAYAMI
But even then you
used to come over a
lot more for dinner.

KOMORI
Oh, yeah, he has
a roommate now.

K. REISHI
(Intrigued)
What?! Really?
Guy or girl?

KOMORI
You guys remember
Koyama-San?

K. HAYAMI
The pretty girl that
Kiyoomi likes?!
(Shock) Is she
your roommate
Kiyoomi?!

SAKUSA
(Cringes)
I don't like her.
She's engaged to
Iizuna-San.

K. HAYAMI
(Teasing)
My bad, I meant
to use past tense.

K. REISHI
Anyway, toya,
you were saying?

KOMORI
It's Koyama-San's
little sister.

HAYAMI and REISHI screamed their heads off, and SAKUSA covered his ears with disdain. He didn't get why they were losing their minds over this. He'd had roommates before, so why was their reaction this time so overboard?

K. REISHI
Dude! Do you even
know who your roommate
is?!

SAKUSA
What do you mean?

K. UNCLE
(Concerned and equally
amused)
Are you even speaking
Japanese dear? Calm
down.

K. HAYAMI
Koyama-San's younger
siblings are CEO MICHIKO's
kids, she's got a fashion line
named after her daughter as
"Tsuru Valley".

SAKUSA began to understand that he knew little to nothing about KOYAMA TSURU, and that irked him.