Chapter one: One happy family

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A large, towering forest that covers the surrounding areas of the Ryu residence. Housing four children and their parents. Due to certain reasons, everyone has been banned from ever entering the forest. Police suggest that the family who owns the property stay out of the forest themselves or risk injury or even death. Unfortunately, teenage children happen to be extremely curious and disobedient.

Yuki, a young girl with shoulder length black hair and dark green eyes stands in front of the forest. Her mother and father have told her not to enter before. And so many times before that along with the same warnings to her brothers. Obviously, she's curious about it. Yet heeds the warnings of her parents. Turning around and walking back to the large estate, to her two elder brothers and one younger brother waiting for her near the back garden entrance. An archway lined with the gorgeous flowers grown there. Such as blue and purple wisteria, white and red roses, jasmine, bluebells, and moonflowers.

"I know we aren't allowed to enter, but aren't you curious, Shishido?" Yuki asks her older brother, Shishido. A young boy with black, back length hair and light purple eyes. "I guess. I mean, I think even mother and father are curious about what's inside the forest. I mean, what does the police know about our own home?" Shishido responds, resting his jaw on his palm while boredly staring at the constantly running fountain in the middle of the garden.

"I think we should go." Kadan says quickly. Not the slightest hesitation in the rusty orange-eyed young boy. Having a similar hair length to his older brother, Shishido. "Of course you think that. You're stupid." Taiyo, the youngest of the children says, placing a hand on his hip and staring at all three of his older siblings with harsh crimson eyes. They all stared at each other for a while before Taiyo sighs and runs a hand through his long black hair that stops at his waist. "....If.. and if we do go, we should be prepared. Remember what the police said?" Taiyo started, raising his hand from his hip, tilting his head up and pointing to the sky with his index finger as the four siblings repeated what the officers told their parents.

"Enter and risk the consequences of injury and even death-"
"Yeah, we know! So? How would they know anything about it?" Yuki asks, rising from the stone bench she was sitting upon.

"Nothing, I suppose... But we should at least heed their warnings with caution, right?" Shishido asks. "I guess... Ughhh, you guess act like we were planning on running away or something!" Yuki says, stomping her feet against the stone pathway.

"Stop being a bitch, Yuki. We need a plan. Only two of us are good at cooking so we at least need to get some food packed if we do decide to go through with this dumb plan." Taiyo says, crossing his arms and replacing Yuki's place on the bench between the two older brothers. Shishido and Kadan glanced at each other, shrugged and then picked the youngest boy up like he was a ragdoll.

"Put me down!" Taiyo yelled, struggling to remove himself from the arms of his older brothers while Yuki stared, dumbfounded at the scene before her. Watching Shishido and Kadan dunked their youngest brother in the fountain.

All four of the children were then yelled at by their visiting aunt. Claiming that the four needed mental help for even being so loud and inconsiderate of the neighbors. Which deeply confused them, considering the closest 'neighbor' they had was a family of stray cats in their basement. They were forced to 'apologize' to the needy woman and go inside for the rest of the night. How dumb is that?

Taiyo called Yuki a bitch and got grounded. And so did Yuki for slapping Taiyo. "It was your fault." Yuki grumbles. "No it wasn't. Fatass." Taiyo replied boredly, causing Yuki to scoff and stand up from her bed. "Careful, don't break the wood fatass." Taiyo states, stifling a laugh. "I'M NOT FAT YOU'RE JUST SKINNY!"
"Nah, you're just morbidly obese." Taiyo replied blankly. "STOP IT!!" Yuki screamed . "Woah there tubby, don't wanna wake anyone up now do we?" Taiyo says, flipping off Yuki with a grin. They went at it for a good thirty minutes before Kadan walked in the room with a child. Probably no older than eight.

"...Aunt...Kasai..? Wants us to babysit her kid." He states with a dejected tone, pointing back at the miniscule child behind him. "...A baby?" Taiyo asks, sitting up slightly. "UhM, ActUally, I'm seVen!" Which made the three significantly older people pause and give the boy the 'did I ask?' look. Except, Taiyo actually said it. , "Uhm did I ask? Go fuck yourself little one." Taiyo says blankly. " SHUT UP!" The boy yelled. "Make me, you little shit." Taiyo said, antagonizing him. "AAAAAAAAAGH!!" The little boy screamed, charging towards Taiyo. Taiyo got up and kicked the boy in the legs, making him fall. Then Taiyo got on top of the boy and proceeded to take him by the collar and put his shirt on a hook. The others sat there and watched. They found it entertaining.

"....We should probably take him down before the old lady comes and ruins our fun." Kadan says boredly. Shuffling over to the hanging boy who was yelling and squirming "LET ME DOOOOWN!" The boy yelled, kicking and screaming. "...No need to yell, child." Kadan says, taking the child off the hook and placing him 'safely' on the ground.

Kadan, Yuki, and Taiyo awkwardly stared at the kid for three point two seconds before wrapping him in four blankets and rolling him under Shishido's bed. Then they simply walked out, talking like nothing happened. The boy tried to free himself but his struggle was futile. His fate...was jail by blanket.

"Kadan, where is your cousin?" Their mother asks, chopping up the daikon (winter radish) that she was going to use for the meal. Kadan got silent, sweating profusely. His mother pauses and looks back at him. "Yuki, Taiyo, you two are supposed to be in your bedroom." She says, shaking her head and giving the two youngest the disappointed mom stare before she sighs and goes back to cooking. "So, where is your cousin?"

"Uh.. he's, uh. Sleeping." Kadan replied, sweating up a storm. "I thought I raised honest children..." Their mother said with a sigh. "Go play outside." She said, no longer having the mental capacity for her slightly idiotic children.
Kadan, Yuki, and Taiyo awkwardly stare at each other while standing in the garden while Shishido eyes them curiously. "So, who wants to explain?" Shishido asks, crossing his arms and raising his left eyebrow, making the two youngest push Kadan forward. "He can!" Yuki and Taiyo say in unison with bright, cheery smiles on their faces. Forcing their older brother to explain their actions.

"U-uh.. so, basically.. Uhm. The lady - Aunt Kasai - wanted us to babysit her child. Uhm, and he got into an argument with Taiyo which then resulted in something... Physical. And Taiyo hung the kid by his collar on a hook before we rolled him in blankets and then under your bed?" Kadan says, shrugging and nodding nervously.
".... WHAT?!"

(This is the end of chapter one. Yippee. I hope you enjoyed it.)

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