ᴏᴘᴘᴏsɪᴛᴇs ᴀᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ- ʀɪɴᴛᴀʀᴏᴜ sᴜɴᴀ

family or foe

"You wanna drive?", Rintarou asks me as he enters my bedroom, sitting himself down on my bed.

Today is Saturday, and the day of my Mum's cousin's birthday gathering. Rintarou didn't sleep over yesterday, he went home at around 10pm. Currently, its around 11am.

"No, I like your car.", I respond, not looking at him as I focus on applying my mascara in the mirror.

"You can drive my car.", he mutters. "I'm so tired."

"What time did you go to sleep?"

"I don't know, like 2?"

"Rin.", I sigh. "Maybe I should drive then.", I get up from the vanity and turn around to face him. He's wearing a black, form-fitting t-shirt and black sweatpants.

"Mhm.", he opens his arms and pulls me into a hug on the bed.

"Get off me you dumb bitch, you're gonna crease my clothes.", I pout. My outfit consists of khaki coloured cargos and a black, long sleeved top.

He pushes me off him and rolls away from me. "Fine."

"You're so moody when you're tired."

I get up and walk over to the side of the bed, running my hand through his soft hair. He simply grumbles incoherently in response.

Approaching my perfume stand, I spray one that's light, so I don't make Rintarou feel nauseous and therefore even more out of the loop. Then, I grab my phone and slip it into the pocket of my trousers.

"Come on, we need to go."

Rintarou groans but gets to his feet and follows me out of the room. We head downstairs and see my Mum and her boyfriend sitting in the lounge. She plans to introduce him to our family today, I'm not sure how it'll go down, but at least I won't have to have the same experience with Rintarou, since my Mum has taken the liberty of telling everyone she knows about him and I.

"Are you guys driving there yourself?", my Mum asks us.

"Yeah.", I reply, walking towards the door and slipping on my shoes quickly.

"Wait wait wait.", she quickly jumps to her feet. "Do you even know where she lives?"

"Yes, I asked her for the address myself.", I reassure her and grab Rintarou's arm to stop him from falling asleep whilst leaning against the wall.

"Alright. I hope you're the one driving.", she laughs, gesturing to the very sleepy boy beside me.

"I am. He's gonna have a nap in the car and hopefully wake up a little more alive. Although he looks like he's not gonna wake up at all."

"Don't talk like that.", my Mum shakes her head as I open the door.

"We'll see you guys there.", I push Rintarou out of the door and he almost trips. Then I close the door behind me and begin walking towards his car.

-

We've been on the road for around 45 minutes. Rintarou fell asleep almost instantly in the passenger seat, so I haven't been playing music, but I did connect my phone to his car, so when I receive a phone call from Mya, my ringtone plays through his car's speakers.

I adjust the volume, turning it down low as I accept the call.

"Hey, don't shout Rin's sleeping and we're in the car."

"Okay. I just wanted to check in. How're you doing?"

"I'm okay. We're on our way to some birthday party."

"Oh that's good, anyone I know?"

"If you know my Mum's third cousin then yeah."

She laughs her soft and gentle laugh. "How're you holding up after that letter? It was so cute I'd be crying for days."