Kyoukai No Kanata: After-Story

Chapter 010.9

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Mitsuki stood in the center of a crowd as the specks of snow gently falling down. She wore a violet jacket with her pink scarf wrapped around her neck. Mitsuki breathes, she watches smoke steaming out her mouth every gasp of the way. The crowd became less and less as the time slowly flies. Mitsuki suddenly notice people walking in pairs, talking all lovey-dovey.

"Mitsuki!"

She notice Hiromi running toward her, crossing her arms and looks away while pouting in disappointment. "What took you so long?"

Hiromi smiles as he notice Mitsuki lightly blushing. Although it was the cold weather that turned her cheeks red, but he had the idea anyways.

"I'm sorry, little sis. I have to finish some other businesses before I could run free." Hiromi excuse himself of being late. "Anyways, shall we go?" He said as he reach his hands for Mitsuki.

She showed carelessness and turns away. "Let's get going." She implied.

"So bitter." He complained, and follows Mitsuki.

They both stroll together. She didn't even know how she got into this situation, probably because of that pathetic half-youmu who's obsessed with glasses. It's all Akihito's fault.

Yesterday:

"Mitsuki, can you invite Hiromi to go celebrate with us?" Mirai asked very carefully.

"Why would I invite that my perverted brother on my own? Can't Akihito ask him? After all, they are precisely perverts themselves." Mitsuki brush her hair to the back of her ear.

Akihito grabs Mirai's shoulder, it startled her a bit then normally she took a slight sigh. He grinning at Mitsuki, looking all suspicious.

"Wait a minute." Mitsuki lazily gaze at Akihito. "What is with this celebration?" She wondered.

"Well, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and we are going to celebrate Christmas together at Ai and Ayaka's shop. There'll be lots of fun, and we wouldn't want Hiromi to miss out on this rare occasion." Akahito implied.

"I feel like I'm missing out on this information." She replied. "Oh well, I'll just invite him to come over to Ai and Ayaka's shop."

"You forgotten something, right? You have to guide him to us." Akihito smiles very brightly.

"G-guide him? How?"

Present:

And that is how I am forced to guide Hiromi to the party or celebration. I probably showed too much mercy on that glasses girl and glasses obsessed pervert.

"So, where are we going?" Hiromi questioned as expected of Mitsuki.

"To Ayaka's youmu shop." She instantly replied.

"I thought it was going to be a date of just the two of us." He whined as expected.

"Oh stop your complaints, perverted brother." Mitsuki heavily sighed.

They strolled from Christmas lights to the streets where they walk to school from. Hiromi glance at the streets as he walks behind Mitsuki. Remembering their childhood together. He smiles without her noticing him.

"Say, little sis. Do you still remember that day you lost your way home?" Hiromi brought up a memory.

Mitsuki deny his thoughts and said, "I don't remember anything like that."

"Oh? But I remembered. You were calling for me, trying to grasp for help from your big brother." Said Hiromi as he secretly gazed at Mitsuki from behind. "I even remember when I finally found you, sitting in the middle of these streets crying."

"You make me sound like a desperate girl back then." Mitsuki slightly inhaled. She couldn't wait to reach to their destiny where she wouldn't have to listen to his senseless unappealing memories. Finally when they reach Ayaka's youmu shop, Hiromi instantly grabs Mitsuki's shoulders before they walk into the shop.

"W-what is it?" She slightly turn toward him. Hiromi unbelievably kiss Mitsuki's cheek, it startle her as her cheeks flushed red. She burst out, "What do you think you're doing?!"

Hiromi let go of Mitsuki's shoulder, he gently smiles at her, and surprisingly said, "That was your Christmas present. Marry Christmas, little sister."

The door suddenly opens, Hiromi glance at Ayaka's gentle and sweet smile. She saw Mitsuki's flushing red cheeks. Ayaka didn't want her to feel uncomfortable with the situation, so she bowed and holds the door for them, welcoming them to the shop.

Ai is dressed as a female Santa Claus, or in this case, Mrs. Claus. Hiromi sees Mirai Kuriyama and Akihito Kanbara sitting together on a couch, chuckling at each other. A bunch of familiar faces were there too. Hiromi stood in the center of the guests room, sighting a Christmas tree in the corner of the room. Colorful wrapped presents were set neatly under the decorated tree. Hiromi glanced back at Mitsuki with a smile.

"I love—" She instantly throw a wrapped present at Hiromi's face. He holds onto the present and smiled once again. Mitsuki cross her arms as she pouted, looking away from his unamused expression.

"Thank you, little sis." Hiromi felt blessed.

"It's nothing you should be happy about, it is part of the holiday." Mitsuki sits on the sofa opposite from Mirai and Akihito, next to where Amari is sitting.

"Ms. Nase. Is that guy with the red scarf your big brother?" Amari wondered.

Mitsuki had no other option but to admit, "Yes, he is, but I would consider him more of a pervert than a brother. So I would watch out if I were you."

"Tell me, does he always wear that scarf?" Amari suddenly asked.

"That scarf?" Mitsuki's eyes catches Hiromi opening his present happily with that perverted and unamusing smile. "Well, he had that since we were very little. I guess he wasn't a healthy kid back then. Hiromi was.... Very different back then."

Amari stare at Mitsuki's frozen face, her hand waves in front of Mitsuki's eyes.

"Uh-yes?" She finally snap back into reality.

"You look so worried. Mind telling me why?" Amari felt worried as well.

"Oh, it was nothing. By the way, I never really know your name. Mind telling me how you and Mirai became friends?" Mitsuki wonder with a suspicious stare.

"H-how should I explain this?" She chuckles. "My name is Amari Itsuki. It is a pretty long story, but all I can say is, I have faith in her, lots of faith that she will help me bring my powers back."

"It's totally fine if you didn't tell me your long and boring stories, as long as you're not giving Akihito and Mirai struggles that they didn't need from a third wheeler." Said Mitsuki.

Amari stands up from the sofa and lightly smiles at Mitsuki. "Do you think I look evil?"

"What?" Mitsuki felt puzzled by her sudden question.

"N-nothing. Forget I said that." Amari ran to Ai and began talking with her, leaving Mitsuki a very odd question stuck in her mind.

"Who's hungry?!" Ayaka brings dinner for everyone with Amari and Ai's assistant. Mirai and Akahito were still sitting next to each other as they ate their food.

"Aren't you going to join them?" Hiromi asked.

Mitsuki shook her head and said, "I'm not really used to parties. It's really strange you know. Especially when everyone is here."

"Strange? How?" Hiromi looks at Mitsuki's adoring eyes.

"Nothing, you're still just my perverted brother. I guess you weren't in the painting." Mitsuki walk toward the crowd and joined them. He smiles at her anyways, just knowing he could make Mitsuki fall even if it's just a second.