Complicated ~ Nekoma

Chapter Forty-Seven

The next day went by quickly. You felt like you were actually understanding the physics portion of class which was better than usual. After school you didn't have art club and Kuroo and Kenma didn't have volleyball practice so you three took the train together. You waved to the both of them before heading to your house. You had considered hanging out with them for a bit but you still had quite a bit of homework to do.

When you got home no one else was there. Your mother and father had likely gone to watch Isamu's basketball game. His game had been later in the afternoon so they only had to leave work a little early. Which worked out well since they had already asked for Friday off to spend the day with you at the art gallery.

You couldn't believe how close the art gallery had gotten. It was already Wednesday. You had gone over every piece you planned on displaying and already made a little write up for each piece. They were even packed up and ready to be moved to the gallery. 

You were so excited about the art gallery but you could already feel the nerves. You would see other peoples real reactions to your art work and you weren't sure that was something you were fully prepared for.

You decided to just make yourself leftovers to eat since it was unlikely the rest of your family would be home in time to have a dinner together. As you ate you watched a little tv then after started working on homework.

You managed to finish everything you had due the next day while the house was empty. You were just packing up your books when the front door opened and with it you could hear your brother and parents voices echoing through the previously silent house.

"How'd it go?" you asked when Isamu entered the kitchen.

"We won! It was a really close game but we managed to pull ahead in the last few minutes. We're going to finals!" he exclaimed with a giant grin. 

You were really happy to see he was returning to normal. It had been difficult even for you to see him so down these past few days. You wondered if he ended up actually working with Ari in class and made a mental note to try and spot him at lunch tomorrow to see if he was jumping into her friend group.

"That's awesome! I'm so excited for you! I'll have to come watch your game." you replied. Even though you didn't particularly care about basketball or even sports for that matter, you still didn't mind supporting him because you knew how much he liked the game.

Isamu nodded silently. He didn't say another word and something flashed in his eyes but you weren't sure why. He then moved over to the fridge to look for something to eat. You decided to brush it off because you had never been able to force Isamu to open up. If it was something he wanted you to know he would tell you, if it wasn't then you were just going to have to accept that.

You went up to your room and since you had extra time in your evening you spent some time drawing in an old sketch pad. You missed elementary school when you had all the time in the world to spend on art before school had taken up all your free time.

After a while you made your way over to your parents room. You wanted to go over a few details for the art gallery just to make sure everything you guys were planning was sorted out before the actual day.

Both your mom and your dad were in their room. Your mother was folding some laundry on the perfectly made bed and your dad was watching a football game on the tv they had mounted on the wall.

"Hey I was just wondering what time we are planning on leaving on Friday? I know you guys said we'd make a day out of it so I just wanted to make sure we get there early enough to do whatever we want before the actual event and set up starts." you asked.

Your mother paused what she was doing for a moment to look over at you.

"We need to talk about Friday sweetheart." she said as she quickly returned her attention to the laundry she was busy with.