Life

Chapter 1 - In The Blink Of An Eye

It was a bright summer day, in the middle of Tokyo, Japan. The White birds, and white clouds were glistening under the shiny sun. They even sung a sweet tune amidst it.

In a midsize house, I walked over to my nightstand, and slowly picked up the ringing phone that buzzed on it. It vibrated the wood from it. "What's up?" I place the phone against my ear, and speak to the person on the other side of the phone, as I place a cigarette into my mouth and light it up.

"Are you ready? We're definitely gonna show those bitches tomorrow. They thought they could get away with attacking us. Knowing that we're the best gang in Japan." A voice on the other side of the phone, spoke to me. His voice was raspy, and it sounded like his lungs were clouded with smoke.

"Ofcourse. You know I'm ready. Just let me know when Huji is alright, then give me a call." I respond back to him in a calm manner, as I puff smoke from the cigarette that I had between my lips.

"Alright. See you then." He responded before hanging up the phone.

Suddenly, I hear a knock on my door. I groaned in an annoyed way from the persistence in which the person was knocking at my door. "Tsuki, do you want to play with me? I just got this cool game for our new system, and I was wondering if you maybe wanted to play with me." My little brother spoke to me on the other side of the door. I could tell that he was twiddling his fingers together, and tapping the toe of his feet on the floor. He sounded nervous.

I put out my cigarette and put it down into the ash tray, before walking over to the door with a sigh. I had to move my long black hair out of my face as I did. I then opened the door, and looked down at my little brother with an annoyed glare. "I'm busy in here. Ask your dad or something. Plus, aren't you like 12? You can play by yourself." I respond back to him with this frustrated tone. Once I did, the look on his face suddenly dropped.

"I'm actually 10.." He mumbles while looking off to the side in a saddened manner. "B-but dad is out right now. So...so..." He stuttered and mumbled over his words, as he looked up, and into my eyes. Honestly, the sight of him was just annoying me to the extreme right now. I don't have time for this. Between my 3rd year highschool classes, and the gang I'm affiliated with. I can't sit around playing games with this burden.

"Look, Sora, I genuinely don't care right now. Wait for dad to get home or whatever you gotta do. But I don't feel like playing any games with you right now. Cool?" I spoke to him in a very blunt way. I looked him directly in the eyes as I did, to make sure that he knew that I was very serious. His eyes seemed like they started to water, and his lips even started to tremble a bit, as he looked back at me. But he'll be fine.

After I finished that sentence, we stood and stared at eachother for a bit. For some odd reason, the longer I looked at him, the more guilty I started to feel. Though that was just some weakness that I still haven't grown from. Suddenly, he turned away and bolted away from my door with upset ness. I could hear the sobbing coming from his voice when he ran.

Almost instinctively, I reached out to him, with eyes of remorse that sat behind the bangs of my long hair. "Whatever.." I slowly put my hand back down, the remorse in my eyes go away, and I turn back into my room. He will be alright, just like I was alright. Just like I am alright. He's gonna need to learn how to man up, he's way too soft, and way too much of a burden.

"Taiyo!" My mom called out to me from directly behind me. I immediately let out a loud groan and sigh as I turn around to face her, completely.

"What? Jesus Christ." I question her with such frustration and irritation. It seemed like she was upset with me or something, which wasn't new. She's always nagging me about something.