＊ littlē ๖r໐thēr || ᏀꫀᥒⲊhเᥒ Ꮖꪑρᥲᥴt ＊

|| 4 || - You're Back!

Ayashi immediately jumps out of his and rushes to his bedroom door, slamming it open.
In doing so, Thoma is startled and Ayashi dashed past him - running all the way to Ayaka's room.

"Ayaka Ayaka Ayaka!! Ayato is coming back today! I'm getting him a gift! Wake up and get ready now!!" Ayashi excitedly screamed while aggressively jumping on his sister's bed.

Ayaka angrily yells for her younger brother to stop. Ayashi giggles and jumps off the bed before scurrying out of the room - ignoring his sister cries for him to come back so she could properly scold him.

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Ayashi quickly got cleaned and dressed before rushing to the dinning room for breakfast and hastily makes it to his seat. After saying his gratitude for the food, Ayashi briskly scarfed down his meal.

"Well you aren't you more energetic than usual. You're never this excited when Ayato comes home - also slow down when you eat." Thoma states and urges the boy to stop speedily munching on his food before he chokes.

"A little too energetic." Ayaka comments, still feeling salty by the fact her younger brother had rudely awakened her and almost broke her back.

Ayashi quickly gulps down his glass of water after finishing his meal - burping before quickly getting up and already leaving. "I gotta go now, I have some very important things to do!"

"Ayashi, you still got some food around your mouth!" Thoma told Ayashi.

The young boy just wipes his mouth clean with his sleeve before uttering, "That's fine, I got it."

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After grabbing his little bag filled with Mora from his room, Ayashi instantly rushed out the estate and bolted straight to Hanamizaka to buy Milk Tea Medley as a welcoming gift for the return of his older brother.

While on his way to buy the Milk Tea, he ended up running into the Traveller and his emergency food.

"Hey, aren't you Ayaka's younger brother? What are you doing here?" Aether kindly asked and Ayashi just walks past without a care in the world.

"Hey!! It's rude to ignore someone when they're talking y'know!" Shrieked Paimon.

Ayashi stops and turns over to face the outlanders. "I don't talk to strangers who are very... strange. I don't even know who are you guys - you're talking like we've seen each other before."

"What!? We have seen each other!" Paimon exclaimed with a deep frown.

"Though we didn't really talk, we saw each other when you rushed in the estate with a crab in hand while talking to Ayaka, remember?" Aether states and Ayashi takes a moment to go back in his memories.

"Oh! It's you two! The weirdo duo!" Ayashi said wide eyes while the others deadpanned.

"Weirdo duo? Now that's a bit much don't you think?" Aether queries and Paimon nods her head.

"Since you came up with an ugly nickname for us, Paimon shall get her revenge by coming up with one to give you!" The pixie told the unconcerned boy.

"Well, while you do that I'll get going. I'm really in a hurry, bye!" Said Ayashi before he ran off.

"Hold up! Wait!" Paimon cries out.

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Finally buying Milk Tea Medley as a gift for his older brother, Ayashi was quick to make his way back to the estate.

Ayashi enters the main building and here's a few voices talking in a room that could be considered the lounging area.
Ayashi heads over to that room and spots his older siblings along with Thoma having a chat.

"Ayashi, welcome back." Says Ayato and Ayashi immediately rushes over to him.

"Ayato! I got you something!" Ayashi excitedly tells Ayato and hands him over the Milk Tea Medley he'd bought.

Ayato happily accepts the gift and thanks his younger brother before taking a large sip - however he stiffens in place, Ayaka and Thoma grow a bit concerned.

"Ayato? Is there something wrong?" Asked Ayaka and Ayashi began giggling with a smug grin.

"Ayashi... what did you do to this drink?" Ayato asks in a low tone of voice.

"Nothing!"Ayashi lied before quickly running off the moment Ayato got up from his seat.

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"Hmph! I just put salt, lemon juice and dirt! It was a joke! You guys are no fun!!" Ayashi screamed loudly with a scowl.

"Turn your head back in the corner, your time out isn't over yet." Ayato sternly told Ayashi.

The young boy only huffed as he stomped his foot before running out of the naughty corner, but Thoma managed to catch and stop him.

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