Ace (On Hold)

Chapter 2

Himeka stared at her reflection in the body-length mirror, inside her room, with satisfaction. She was glad that she had gone to asked the principle for wearing something else. There was no way, she was going to wear Seigaku's uniform, that green uniform with pink bow. She twirled, her white long sleeves sailor shirt rustled lightly and her pink bow and green skirt fluttered. There was really nothing different except that there was no green layer on her shirt, the principle only allowed a small change. She was still wearing the school's skirt and bow. She was grateful that the principle gave the permission, though the principle will probably be a little bit traumatized and paranoid for a while. Himeka giggled darkly as she pulled up the knee long black socks, and combed her hair.

Fixing her fringes, Himeka hummed and grabbed her two bags from her study desk. She glanced at the clock and saw that she still has time to make breakfast before her mother awake. Smiling, Himeka headed downstairs and into the kitchen, where she put down her bags and set to make Japanese style breakfast.

She hummed as she flitted around the kitchen, taking out ingredients from the fridge and chopped the vegetables. She always made sure that her food was balance and full of nutrients. She wants to make sure her family was healthy, especially her brothers who need more energy and nutrients the most.

"You're up early"

Flinching in surprise, Himeka spun around and look at the doorway where she could see her oldest brother, who was still in his pajamas, leaning against the frame with his arms crossed. Ryosuke look at his sister, amused by her earlier displayed. "Nii-san, you scare me" Himeka muttered breathlessly as she rested her dainty hand on her racing heart. Ryosuke chuckled and headed to the table. He pulled out the chair and sat on it, placing his elbow on the table and leaned on his palm. He watched as Himeka sighed and gave him a smile before turning to continued her job.

"Did you wash your face and brush your teeth, Nii-san?" Himeka teased, she greatly misses their interaction. Her mood dampened a little knowing that this will not last forever, her brothers would need to returned to their dorm in a few days.

Ryosuke chuckled, "No"

"Eww" Himeka shot a false disgusted glance at him from the corner of her hidden eyes. Ryosuke may not see it but he could felt it, he chuckled when she gagged. "Nii-san is so filthy"

"I'm joking" Ryosuke snorted at her word with amused snickers, "I have already wash my face and brush my teeth. I'm just too lazy to change clothes right now. So? Why are you up so early?"

Himeka hummed chopping another vegetable, the sound of the knife hitting the board echoed lighting in the room, "I want to go for a morning run before the school start"

Ryosuke hummed, "So diligent"

"Of course, if not I would never catch up and surpass Nii-san and Nii-chan" Himeka stated shooting him a smirk over her shoulder. Ryosuke shrugged and gave her a wide smirk, "Saa...I would like to see you try". Himeka grinned at his challenge before returned to the food. Out of the three siblings, Ryosuke was the most powerful and strongest in baseball, followed by Haruichi and after that Himeka. It was a typical arrangement of siblings. The three may have small build but they are agile and flexible. "How about you, Nii-san? Why are you up so early?"

"Hmm?" Ryosuke hummed absentmindedly, finding the food aroma to be very mouth-watering. He knew that his sister would wake up at this time, especially when he and Haruichi came to visits. She would always wake up very early to beat their mother in making food. So he wakes up early to spend more time with her before she goes to school. Not that he would tell her. "It just happen?"

Ryosuke assumed Himeka's eyelashes fluttered as if blinking, underneath those long fringes. Laugh rung around inside the room and Ryosuke took time to revelled in those melodious voice of his sister. Himeka was still giggled when she came to the table and put the food in front of him. "Thanks" Ryosuke ruffled her hair much to both of her pleasure and displeasure. Himeka jerked her head from under his hand and complained, "Nii-san! I just combed it!"