Darkness Within The Heart - D4DJ

Chapter 7: A Hidden Past

*Hikari POV

~ Flashback ~

| - ??? Years Ago - |

???1: "Good job Airi!! You won again!!"

???2: "Airi, you sure made mom and dad proud!!"

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???1: "Hikari, why can't you be like your sister?!"

???2: "You're such a disappointment..."

Hikari: "..."

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???: "I regretted having you as a child..."

~ Flashback ~

Hikari: "!!!"

I awoke from my nightmare... The memory of them is still flocking my mind. I stood up from my bed and I walked out of my bedroom in entirely a terrible mood.

Airi: "Morning, Hikari!"

Hikari: "Mornin'..." I mumbled to my sister.

Nee-san seemed to realize my bad mood as she sighed about it.

Airi: "You had that dream again, didn't you?"

Hikari: "Yeah..."

Airi: "You know you don't need their acknowledgment to become a good musician, you're already good now at your age, being able to rock the whole school in just one performance, Kyoko-chan and Peaky P-key couldn't match your skills back at their debut."

Hikari: "But Artemis' debut was bigger than mine... I can see why Dad won't see me in the eyes after your achievements..."

Airi: "..."

Hikari: "..."

There was quite a long pause between us, I then decided to break the silence by going to school early.

Hikari: "I... I'll be going to school now. Thanks for the breakfast."

I walked to the door and glanced at my sister who had a worried face.

| - Lunchtime, Yoba Academy - |

I walked down to the cafeteria, as I walked, the incident from this morning kept bugging me.

Hikari: *thought* ("Shit, looks like I went too far by saying that to Nee-san this morning... I need to find a way to apologize to her. What can I do? Maybe I could buy or cook her something tonight...")

???: "Oi, Hikari!"

Hikari: "Hm?"

I looked towards the source of the voice, and it was...

Hikari: "Hina? It's rare to see you here, Yukiko told me you often ditch your classes."

Hina: "Haha, I need my fill up my attendance point today... Anyway, you seemed to be absorbed in your thought for a while, I called you a few times and you didn't notice at all."

Hikari: "O-Oh... Sorry, just have a lot in mind..."

Hina looked at me with somewhat a worried face and then she smiled at me.

Hina: "I see... So, about the lyrics that Yukiko gave us yesterday, any progress with the melody?"

Hikari: "Oh, about that, I already created the rough demo for the song, it still needs some arrangement though."