The Everlasting Bond

Chapter 5: YOUR WiSH!!

Riku was already near the front door putting his shoes on ready to head out, he stood up once he'd finished and checked his phone for the time, it was a little over past ten in the morning.

He, Iori and Mitsuki planned to meet at their place again along with the said person who Mitsuki called the other day and would sort things out then, and luckily, today is the weekend which meant that Iori wouldn't need to go to school and they can start with this whole business thing as soon as possible.

His hand was already on the doorknob and was about to leave until he heard the awkward footsteps along with the voice of his brother.

"Riku, are you leaving already?"

When Riku turned around, Tenn stood at the door frame of his room with messy hair and tired eyes. "Isn't your first shift meant to be at noon? And then your second and third somewhere in the afternoon and evening?" He rubs his eyes with his long sleeves trying to get a clear look at the view in front of him.

It pains Riku when being reminded about his job that he was fired just a couple of days ago but tries to forget about it and shove it in the back of his mind. Instead, he chuckles seeing Tenn in such a messy state and comes closer to him which in return, Tenn does the same.

"You're not really a morning person are you, Tenn-nii." He says, ruffling Tenn's mussed hair when they were close enough. "I've received a new job and I'm going there now just to get some things filled out and everything. A friend of mine is also working there."

Their roles seemed to be switched as Tenn would usually be the one to ruffle Riku's hair mostly for the fun of it, Tenn lets out a small pout having his younger brother pat him like that but lets it slide. "It takes too much energy to be a morning person, hence why you're normally the one who's up first." he huffs out, "Anyways, are you sure you're going to be fine Riku? I hope you're not overworking yourself. We were lucky to find an apartment close to my University as well as not being too expensive for you to overwork yourself."

The residential area and their apartment is around the outskirts of Tokyo so the prices of houses and apartments are less expensive than the ones in Tokyo. It was also quite convenient for them as there was the nearby town that had local shops and a train station just twenty minutes away making it easier for the two to commute to anywhere.

Seeing Tenn's expression drop at the thought of him overworking himself which was the last thing he wanted especially when it's job related, Riku dismisses his hand away from Tenn's head.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. You should be more worried about yourself with your studies than me working." Purposefully, he changes the focus onto Tenn.

When mentioning about his studies, Tenn was reminded about what he was initially going to say to Riku and ignore the lingering doubts he still had for now.

"Ah that's right, I'm going to see Gaku this afternoon to work on the project together so I might be back a little later. You can eat dinner without me when you return since I might be late back."

In their past conversations, Tenn mentioned about Yaotome Gaku before and having to be paired up with him because of the University wanting the newcomers to learn from people who are more experienced in the same course.

At first, Tenn despises the fact of working with someone who he first didn't know and second doesn't even want to know and wants nothing more but to get his education over and done with. After that, he would then find a full time job so that there would be less burden on Riku. He'd thought of trying to get a simple part time job but was quickly turned down by Riku saying how he should just focus on his studies and free time.