Oh, Brother!

broken

Reina's POV
A day has passed since Takumi and Reina's sudden encounter with Shogo at First Sight Café. Reina has since refused to talk to Sho since then, knowing that he had planned for Shogo to show up at the café and ruin her tutoring session.

"I can't believe Sho..." I whispered to myself as I rolled around in bed. I couldn't sleep. Of course, I was still angry at my older brother for having Shogo-kun suddenly show up at First Sight Café to interrupt my tutoring session with Takumi-san. Sho planned everything. He didn't even think about how I would feel given the situation. "I wish he wasn't my brother sometimes..."

Pr-ring! Pr-ring!

Checking the caller ID, I was relieved to know that it wasn't Sho nor Shogo who was calling me. In fact, it just so happened to be one of my best friends Nozomi. "Nozo-chan?" I stated into my phone. "You called?" Wiping away the tears that were trailing down my face with the help of my sweater's sleeve, I waited for her response back.

"Yo! Rei-chan, are you doing alright?" Nozomi asked of me, concern rising in her tone. "Listen, I know that what your brother did was wrong but still... You can't stay mad at him forever. He's still your brother either way,"

"Nozo-chan..." My voice trailed off as I began to cry again.

"Mou! Rei-chan, have you been crying?" Nozo-chan stated in reply, almost sounding completely irritated. "Oi, Yonashiro Reina! Please just listen to what your brother has to say. I'm sure that it certainly isn't possible to be mad at him forever! Oh! I gotta go! My mom's asking me to hurry up and clean my room... Bye!"

With that, my conversation with Nozo-chan came to a quick end. Yes, I was still upset with Sho and he is my brother, yet I just can't seem to bring myself to forgive him just yet. Letting out a huge exhale, I gingerly hugged my pillow. I'm such a crybaby.

I know I am.

Maybe I'll forgive Sho eventually, but it might take some time for our already strained sibling relationship to heal. Yes, I love him as my brother but I wish I could somehow let him know how I truly feel about him being super protective of me.

But how?

Shogo's POV
I knew that I shouldn't have kissed Reina, but somehow I did. What I did probably caused her to hate me even more.

Just what am I supposed to do?

"Oi, Tajima Shogo!" I was finally brought back to the present by one of my friends Nishi Hiroto. "You've been zoning out..." His voice trailed off as we turned a corner and trudged along the sidewalk.

"Yeah, you've been acting really strange ever since yesterday," said another one of my friends Ikezaki Rihito. "What's up?"

"It's nothing, guys!" I replied back, a fake smile drawn upon my face. "We better head back to the dorm,"

I hate this feeling.

The feeling that I did something wrong.

I did apologize to Reina but my words didn't appear to come across to her, and I absolutely can't tell her about the fact that I'm training to be an idol. It'll only cause her to feel even more hurt by her current circumstances.

"And we're here..." Rihito's voice trailed off as he turned the knob with his key. As we entered the dorm, Hiroto closed the door behind us and it was then that I was asked once more, "What's up?"

"Guys, I swear it's nothing!" I exclaimed, wanting absolutely no part in this soon-to-be conversation.

"Taji-kun, you do realize that you have a habit of looking down when you lie, right?" said Hiroto, raising a brow in curiosity. Quickly, I glimpsed back up at the two, hoping that somehow my lies would come across as truths. "Tell us, what's been bothering you?"

"If I told you guys, you promise me you guys won't judge?" Letting out a sigh, I took a seat beside Rihito on the couch.

"That..." Hiroto continued. "We can't quite guarantee," He gave me a quick smirk and as I explained the entire story to them, they managed to listen to every single detail.

"... And that's pretty much everything," Concluding the story of the recent events that brought me up to this point, I reluctantly waited for a response from either of them. All I heard was a sigh. All three of us turned to see who it was. "Masaya?" I stated, taken by surprise. He seemingly appeared from nowhere.

"So, you're saying you kissed the girl you rejected a year ago in front of a boy she might like?" He questioned of me, shaking his head to indicate the fact that what I had done was pretty much not the right move on my part.

"Yeah, Taji-kun..." Hiroto placed a hand on my shoulder. "Nice going!" I knew he was being sarcastic, so I rolled my eyes at him.

"So, what should I do?" To be honest, I never ask my friends for any type of advice. Yet, who exactly would I ask if I don't see my family or my other close friends much?

After all, I'm an idol trainee.

I've been training under the Korean agency Bingo Entertainment's Japanese branch and I'm hoping to debut as a rapper. Same goes with Hiroto and Rihito. Meanwhile, our other friend Kimura Masaya is the leader of our trainee group. As much as I don't like keeping secrets from people, I've had to make sure Reina-chan would know nothing about this.

I don't want to cause her any more pain.

"I think you should try talking to her about your past conflicts. Maybe it'll help mend your quote on quote broken relationship," Masaya advised. He's our trainee group's leader, and although he's the leader and everything, he isn't bossy at all. Instead, he's quite silly and kind.

"Yeah, maybe just talking to her will help..." Hiroto's voice trailed off as he released a sigh. Rihito nodded in agreement.

"But, what if she just doesn't want to talk to me though?" I asked.

"Then you gotta talk to her somehow..."

Sighing, I just sat there without saying anything.

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Guys, I'm so sorry I haven't been updating! 😖This chapter seems so incomplete that I'm kinda unsatisfied with how it turned out... 😔 Anyways, I hope you guys liked today's update! Thank you for reading! 🥰

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