Toman's Little Sister

35 | Kokonoi and Inui

You stroked Tora's head, your eyes fixated on your notebook. "Hm, do you think it's four or five in Battle IQ?" Tora tapped at the paper and you picked up your pencil. "Four it is."

"Four for who?" Mikey asked.

"Rindo. It's not that he's not smart, it's that his techniques aren't actually techniques. It's just..." You made a whipping motion with your hand. "Hitting people with a pipe. Most of it comes from knowing the weaknesses of their opponents, as well as teamwork with his brother."

Mikey chewed on his daifuku, staring down at your notebook. "Do I have a page?" You shook your head. "None of the founding members have a page. I just memorize. I started on Mitsuya's at some point, but stopped since I already knew everything."

Tora swatted at your hair and you put another piece of cat nip in front of him. You couldn't stop thinking about Hakkai. It was the morning of Christmas Eve and you worried about what would happen the next day.

"Hey, Mikey."

"Yeah?"

"Remember when I used to call you Ma-nii-chan?" You hid a smile as his face went red. "Oh my god— I forgot!"

"I remember I started calling you Mikey to make Emma-chan more comfortable." You looked down at your notebook again and highlighted one of the subtitles. Relationships.

"...Mikey." You stared at the word for a moment, seeing that Rindo's page only had Ran underneath. "Should I go visit my mom?"

He choked and you pushed his cup of water towards him so he could get it un-lodged from his throat. "Why would you think that's a good idea?!" He questioned the moment he could breath again.

You put Tora on the ground. "Well, it's Christmas Eve, and I feel like it's something that I should be doing."

"Your mom is... okay. Your step dad is just going to ruin your Christmas."

"But if my mom is 'okay' then I should be visiting, right?" Mikey crossed his arms. "No. That is a terrible idea."

"Alright, alright."

You scribbled something more and closed your notebook. "Want to go do something?" He nodded earnestly and stuffed his daifuku in his mouth. "Le's go!" He said with his mouth full.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll get Emma-chan."

The three of you ended up going to the Christmas market. "That's a lot of chocolate." You noticed.

You looked down at Tora, who was snuggled in your jacket as usual. "Do you want something for Christmas?" Another meow.

You rolled your eyes and picked up the camera that Baji got you, taking a picture of Tora, who was looking up at you with big eyes. "Let me see, let me see!" Emma looked over your shoulder. "Aw, that's so cute!"

You put the camera back in your bag with a satisfied grin. "I'll give it to Tora-chan. I already have someone sending money over so might as well add a picture of Tora."

"That... sounded more confusing than I thought it would." Mikey mumbled.

The three of you roamed around the market, occasionally stopping because Tora jumped out of your jacket or because Mikey got attracted by some form of food.

You looked down at your phone, seeing a message from someone in the student council. While you walked, you messaged back and fourth with them until you bumped into someone. "Agh... sorry, I wasn't watching where... I... was..."