Chapter 5; Old World Cuisine Prep

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Jyūoku - "Senku, where have you been?! Do you have any idea what time it is? You should be in bed young man!"

The sick ten year old boy genius stood in the genkan while his older sister wrapped him in a towel. Senku had caught a nasty bug and when Jyūoku went to bring him soup and crackers, he wasn't in bed. It was pouring rain outside and here Senku was, three hours later, soaking wet.

Jyūoku - "Stay here. I'll be back to run you a bath then. I have to call the police and let them know you're back."

Jyūoku left Senku in the bathtub and left for the house phone. When she returned, her baby brother was crying. Mama Bear mode kicked in.

Jyūoku - "Sen-chan are you okay?! Are you hurt?!"

Senku - "I'm sorry..."

Jyūoku - "What?"

Senku - "I'm sorry, Onee-chan...I shouldn't have left..."

Jyūoku - "Why did you then?"

Senku - "I wanted to get back at the guy that made you sad..."

Her eyes widened a bit. Her boyfriend cheated on her earlier in the week and left her for the other girl.

Jyūoku - "Sen, I swear you drop IQ points every time you get sick. Hitsugawa isn't worth you getting even more sick. You don't even know where he lives."

Senku - "I'm sorry..."

Jyūoku - "Don't be, when you're better you can do whatever you please to the bastard. I have no doubt you can make his life a living hell with nothing more than your big brain. But right now, you're hella sick. Now let's get you cleaned up and back in bed."

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Senku - "Oi, Nee-chan! Wake up!"

Jyūoku - I'm up, jeez."

Senku - "Finally. I'm not going to have the time for the soap workshop today."

Jyūoku - "That bites, but what are you planning today?"

Senku - "Gen was planning something to get the people Tsukasa revived to cooperate with us. I plan on creating a ship to take us to where the light appeared. South America."

Jyūoku - "Fun, let's go see your magic man."

Senku - "Mentalist."

Jyūoku smiled and followed her baby brother to an area that reminded her of a stage.

(Insert the play here)

Senku - "Time to submit ship designs."

Jyūoku left the boys alone and made her way over to a hut where all the herbs and meat was.

Yuzuriha - "Senpai, aren't you going to spend more time with Senku?"

Yuzuriha followed her. Such a sweet girl, if not a bit oblivious.

Jyūoku - "Sen-chan's busy and doesn't need me at the moment. Knowing him, he's going to find a captain, so I'm sure said captain would like a good meal for dinner tonight. I'm going to take stock of what we have here and start prepping for dinner. You should accompany Sen-chan with a proper outfit for the captain."

Yuzuriha - Okay, here's some paper for you and a pencil."

Yuzuriha left as quickly as she arrived. Jyūoku was a little relieved, the silence was beautiful.

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