Saviour: Syo

Part 7

(First year of high school)

Syo stared at his image in the mirror. The scars were getting fainter. Why did he do this to himself in the first place? It was a stupid thing to do. He sighed and began to button up his shirt, and did his tie. His arms were truly an ugly sight. He hoped they would somehow manage to vanish before summer. However, it was highly unlikely.

"Syo, hurry up, or we'll be late...!" Shoya opened the door to his room, without knocking, of course. "Eh..." Shoya recoiled slightly at the sight of his arms. "Hurry up." He turned around and walked out of the room immediately, closing the door behind him.

Syo stood blankly for a second, then smiled. He pulled down his sweater and looked at himself one last time. His impression was definitely going to be scary. He seemed to get more and more intimidating as he grew older. His face was the idol of innocence when he was little. Shoya was always the hard-expressioned one. Speaking of which, what would Shoya's smile be like?

Syo shook his head. Smiling would be a much more difficult task for Shoya then it would be for him. 

"Okay." Syo tried smiling. He looked kinder, and that made him happy. "That's good."

"You narcissist," Souta said suddenly, leaning against his door frame. "Stop admiring your face and get your butt out of here."

"Sure." Syo nodded. "Later, Aniki."

"See ya," Souta said, nodding as well.

"Onii left?" Syo asked, as he pulled on his shoes.

Sora was resting her head on the counter, admiring her engagement ring. "He said he wasn't waiting anymore. Rude, right? That too his own little brother..."

 "Well, that's what Onii is like, after all." Syo said, smiling to himself.

"A ball of depression?" Sora asked, slipping off her ring and rolling it between her fingers. This was a habit of hers. "He'll ruin the mood at my wedding, you know? I'd rather not have a haunting figure in all my wedding pictures."

"Aneki..."

"I'm kidding, okay? I know!" Sora snapped, but there was nothing really threatening about it.

"I'm off." Syo smiled at her.

"Have a safe trip." Sora called back.

As the door shut behind him, Syo heard someone yell his name.

"Syo-chan, 'morning!"

"Morning, Haruna." Syo said, turning to acknowledge her. Then he stifled a laugh. "Your uniform looks weird. Sailor suits you better."

"Shut up," Haruna scoffed with a dignified look on her face. "I'm still mad at you."

"Now, now..."

"How could you go to a different high school from me!" Haruna screeched, attacking him.

"Sorry, sorry," Syo laughed, shielding himself.

"You both are lively in the morning."

They both froze and turned. Katashi, Riku and Mirai were staring at them, smirking.

"Ah! Katashi-chan!" Haruna yelled, stomping over. She held him in a chokehold. "You're going to a different high school from me too!"

"I'm in the same school as Syo, though." Katashi said, laughing.

"Ricchan and Hattori are in my school, but you two went off to some other school!" Haruna huffed, letting him go.

"Syo, now we've been in the same school since kindergarten!" Katashi said, smiling and making the victory sign.