Mikayuu - "Will Yuu Be My Valentine?"

Chapter 1

"Yuu-Chan, you're so slow!" Mika is already a few meters ahead, looking back at me.

"Why the heck am I the one who needs to carry all your bags? And why do you need to buy so much?" I yell back.

He's laughing at me and my heart skips a beat. Recently it's been like this whenever I see him smile... I'm not sure why though...

"Hey, I'm the one who cooks for you three meals a day, I do the laundry and don't forget - who's always asking in English 'cause someone was too lazy to learn it properly?"

I stare at him angrily.
Mika is not fair. I am simply not an English genius like him. It took Mika only half a year and he already could communicate here with the people while I still don't know how to pronounce most of the words correctly.

"Come on. Don't make this pouty face, Yuu-Chan! I'll make your favorite dish tonight, curry rice!" Mika pats my head and smiles again.

"I'm not pouting... By the way, how many times should I remind you that you shouldn't call me Yuu-Chan. I'm already 18..." I say.

"But I've been calling you Yuu-Chan since forever. It's a habit I guess...besides, nobody understands Japanese here so it doesn't matter!"

Mika is walking straight to the supermarket and I walk slowly after him. The bags are so heavy....
I silently watch him as he picks up some carrots. Has he always been so handsome?
I blush as I catch myself thinking that Mika is...ha-ha...

"Yuu-Chan? What do you want for dessert?"
Mika tilts his head, looking at me.

"Ahh...uhm...I don't care...just do something..." I say nervously and turn around. My face is red. I'm trying to calm down when I hear Mika saying.

"Okay Yuu-Chan. Wait here please. I'll be back."

I turn around again, seeing him walking to the employee, asking her something.
The employee who is a young girl (maybe around our age) starts to speak a lot in English. I notice that she looks very excited that Mika is talking to her. It's been like this since we are here. Girls would always scream when they see him and even in our English course he received love letters almost everyday. Thinking of love letters... Isn't it Valentine's Day in 5 days?
And if so, why do I care? We are not in Japan and as I know Americans don't even celebrate Valentine's Day the way we do.

I see the girl giving Mika a piece of paper. She surely wrote down her phone number. I wonder why Mika hasn't been going out with any girl yet. He's so popular...

"Yuu-Chan! I'm back! Let's pay." Mika says.

"Ok quick, and then let's head home. I'm so hungry!" I complain.

Mika nods, we pay and are going back home.

Back at the apartment

I still wonder what's written on the paper that Mika received from that employee... Ugh, why do I even care?

Mika sits down besides me.
"What's wrong, Yuu-Chan? You've been so quiet today."
He looks at me with his blue eyes and I feel my heart beating faster. I immediately look away and say: "I'm not. I'm just tired...who made me carry all the bags?"
Mika suddenly hugs me and says: "Yuu-Chan! I'm sorry. I'll make dinner now!"
"Stop hugging me! We are not kids anymore!" I yell at him and push Mika away. He looks at me and says: " I'm sorry, Yuu-Chan." Judging from his shocked facial expression, I know that I overreacted.
"Mika...I" but somehow I can't apologize.

Mika slowly stands up.
"I go to prepare the food. I try to hurry, okay?" He smiles but I know that he must feel a bit hurt.
I sit down and switch on the tv.
Why did I have to react so heavily? Mika does this often so why do I feel weird when he hugs me today? I wonder what's wrong with me.

I switch off tv again and go to my room, trying to check my e-mails.
2 spam mails and one advertisement.
I click on it and a very pink window pops up. Valentine's advertisement. I sigh and close the window.

"Yuu-Chan. Dinner's ready." I hear Mika calling.
He sure is fast...

I take my time walking downstairs and see him already sitting on the table waiting for me.
On the table are two bowls of curry rice and one bowl of salad.
I sit down and try to avoid looking at him.

"I hope you like it. I put some spice in it." Mika says happily. He's been always like that. Whenever we get in a fight, he'd always pretend that everything's alright afterwards and forgives me. Why does he even have to be so nice to me? We aren't even real brothers.

"Mika, I'm sorry because of earlier." I say.
"What do you mean, Yuu-Chan?" Mika gives me the usual smile.
"Hey...can you stop that please? Why aren't you mad at me for once? I know that I've hurt you when I pushed you away just earlier.
You don't need to tolerate this much. I know it was my fault!"

My voice is shaking...

Mika looks at me. Still smiling.
"Yuu-Chan. It's ok, I'm not mad at all. I could never be mad at you. It's my fault. I always do things out of habit and that makes you feel uncomfortable right? If you want to, I can also stop calling you Yuu-Chan and call you by your real name."

I don't know why but I get even angrier.

"Why are you being so nice to me?! We aren't even brothers or something..." I yell at him.

Mika is staying calm but doesn't say a word.

"Why? Haven't you noticed yet, Yuu-Chan? I love you." He suddenly says.

I immediately stand up and run up to my room. Why am I running away? Love???? Mika says he loves me? Wait- as in a family member right? My heart is racing and I feel the heat rising up even though it's cold in my room.
Yeah ... He must mean love as a family member....

Night time

It's 1 am now and I'm somehow not able to sleep... Mika that idiot...always says weird stuff...
He hasn't even showed up yet or knocked on my door? Usually he'd do that right?
Because I'm not able to sleep anyways I decide to check my e-mail account again.
Another Japanese Valentine's Day advertisement. This time with a short doujinshi. Out of curiosity I click on it.

The doujinshi is about a girl who has a crush on a guy. The lines she says sound so familiar. Where have I ever heard this before?

.......

I click on the next page.

Heroine: it's so weird lately I always blush, when I see him. I can't look into his face... And when he touches me it feels uncomfortable... I wonder what's wrong with me? Do I need to go see a doctor?

.... *clicks*

Friend: silly you're crazy in love! Go and confess to him on Valentine's Day!

.... I shut the window.
Lo-lo-ve?
DOES THIS MEAN THAT IM IN LOVE WITH MIKA??????

I slam my forehead on my desk.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT! MIKA IS FAMILY!

Again and again I slam my forehead on my desk. It hurts but I keep doing...

NO THIS IS A DREAM WAKE UP!

I suddenly hear Mika knocking on my door.
"Yuu-Chan, are you alright? I heard loud sounds..." He asks.

....I stop.
This is not a dream.