~I’ll BE The ONE For YOU~

[Disclaimer: This series is 100% made for entertainment purposes and is set in a fantastical world so it doesn’t have any direct connection with the real world.]

(My name is Murazuki Suzu…)

(An honor student…)

(…or at least that’s what people thought of.)

(Ever since I was a little…)

(…I have this one ‘creature’ that I have grown interested in.)

(That ‘creature’ is my little sister.)

(She’s very precious to me.)

(Shy and cute that I want to cuddle her as much as I can.)

(Even if I have no, what means ‘caring parents’. As long as I can live for her, I don’t care.)

(No matter wherever and whenever she was…)

(…she just gets hurt and cries.)

(Her heart and body are weak.)

(Barely able to socialize with other people.)

(Everytime I see kids get close to her, I just want to hug and protect her.)

(“She already suffered enough with her family, don’t bully her any further!”)

(Even in middle school…she still gets into trouble.)

(I saw her get close to a boy and a girl.)

(The girl has moved quite far away since 2nd year.)

(I can’t remember what happened to the boy, but they never met again.)

(Also…since a certain time…I felt like she’s getting a lot more distant from me as if I can no longer talk to her.)

(Maybe it was that time I lost track of her life.)

(The boy…whoever was it…I can’t even recall.)

(Not like I didn’t care…I just can’t…bring back that smile she had back then.)

(I was scared…to salt her wound.)

(But my mind has already made it up.)

(Ever since I was born…I’m here just for her.)

(I will do everything for her.)

(I’ll be her star…I’ll be her protector!)

(I’ll stay with her for eternity!)

However…

“That’s onee-chan’s own ego…”

“If onee-chan wants to blame, ask why our parents birth us in the first place!”

“What am I even wrong about?”

“If I can’t get better, then wouldn’t I be better off dead?!”

“I just want to disappear…”

(I failed…)

(Everything I can do is just take a few steps back.)

(I’m scared of her.)

(She became…a monster I never thought of.)

(An honor student for ya…)

(A genius?!)

(An heir of the family?!)

(I’m just an idiot who can’t even understand her own sister!)

“In the end…people only looked up to themselves…does onee-chan ever properly look at me…?”

(Every love and blood I gave just for her…)

(Everything just did not go the way I wanted!)

(Grades…admiration…meant nothing compared to my little sister.)

(And yet!)

(It was just for nothing?!!)

(My heart…it hurts…)

(Every word that she spoke off…are just knives…)

(My lovely shy Shii…is…no longer in this world…)

(That was until…)

“Shii? Shii? Shii?!”

(An idiot who searched for her sister throughout the whole school.)

“Sorry, did you see anyone who looked exactly like my face?”

“Nope.”

“Ah, Murazuki-senpai, the meeting just finished?”

“Yeah.”

“Ano…my sister…she’s gone missing, sensei…”

(Powerless…weak…worthless…)

(Searching for help from the teachers and student council.)

(The idiot who spent her days for grades and organization.)

(Loyal to her dear Ojii-sama like a dog.)

A random rain in the middle of end-summer.

Walking home in despair.

Full of regret and fear.

(If she’s gone…will anyone-)

(If she’s gone…is there anyone who cares?)

(Am I…the only one for her…?)

(Her world…I want to understand it…)

(Please…God…just this once…I want to…see her face once more…)

(I will do my best to get closer again to her.)

(I want to change her…)

(I still can fix her!)

She unlocked and opened the front door.

There…her eyes opened wide.

The girl she was searching for was…

…lying unconscious on the entryway.

“Shi-shi-sh-sh…,” she gripped her own mouth while stuttering.

“Sh-sh-sh-sh gukh…SHIIIIIIIIII!” she let out some tears.

“Sorry…I’m really sorry…I feared…I hated you…please…don’t disappear from my side again! Please…open your eyes!”

She sobbed and cried.

She slowly hugged her cold sister.

Then she carefully checked her heart.

Her heartbeat seems to be stable.

“Thank God…she’s alive!”

Tomorrow…

A sunny morning…

“-ki-HA!”

(That voice just now…)

“Ueh?”

Suzu, who was preparing for school, turned around to the sofa.

“Shii?! Have you woken up?"

“Onee-ch-“

"Shi!!" Suzu hugged her tightly.

"Thank God, I thought you were sick. When I finished the job the teacher gave me, also the sudden student council meeting, I hurriedly checked the school but I didn't see you anywhere. When I got home I saw you on the floor. I was so worried!!!”

“Onee-chan?”

“Did you catch a cold or are you exhausted? Are you really fine? Does it hurt somewhere? Should I contact the hospital for a check? I can request an absence today if it’s really critical. Shii?!!”

“I’m…fine…I guess? Yesterday was like…maybe lacking sleep? Heheh~”

“SHII?!!” she hugged her even more tightly.

“Urkh…I can’t breath…onee-chan~~~”

“Oh, sorry,” she said.

“…”

“Heheh,” she hugged her once again.

This time with affection.

Suzu slowly stroked Shizu’s head.

“If there’s something that bothers you…please tell onee-chan. Even if I’m not a perfect sister for you.”

“Sure…also…”

Suzu’s eyes widened.

“I’m…sorry…for the…harsh words I once said…I just…can’t help…but…my words…I…not good…fueh?”

“Heheh, kyawaii~”

[Note: “kyawaii~” = another version of “kawaii” which means “cute”.]

“Onee-chan…hmph,” she was flustered.

“I just can’t say…how happy I was…for you to be healthy and fine. I thought I lost you.”

“That’s too much. I’m ju-“

“Shh, don’t speak bad words, naughty Shii,” Suzu stopped her with her index finger.

(That’s right.)

(Every creature needs someone to look up to.)

(Be it their mother…or their father…)

(Their pack leader…their alpha…)

(Or their god…)

(I’ll be the one for her…)

(And one to note…it’s impossible to understand someone 100%ly…heheh~)

“Well, eat up, we'll be going soon!” Suzu announced confidently.

“Isn’t it already…late for school?”

“Just leave it to onee-chan. They’ll understand.”

“Are you…mad?” Shizu asked anxiously.

Her index fingers tapped against each other.

“Why would I be?”

“But yesterday-“

“Instead of complaining, why not state it out loud? Slowly is also fine.”

“Heheh, thanks, onee-chan~”

“Well, hurry up. Eat up. Late doesn’t mean we can slow down.”

“Strict as always,” she complimented, then took a bite.

(Well…at least…I love these kinds of moments…)

(Thanks…for giving me another chance…)

Siblings fought…

…and returned with stronger bonds…

…