A Bad Mood Reason

"Erm.... Misaki, did your brother's face accidentally got glued? His expression has been stiff ever since I saw him."

Endou whispered while sitting in front of the dining table.

He woke up and feeling refreshed after falling asleep, but he was surprised by Kazuto's face which had a cold expression as he looked at him. His hair seemed to stand up like a cat's, and from his shock he fell to the floor with pain on his face falling first.

"How do I know, try asking him by yourself."

Misaki replied with an awkward face. To be honest, she was a little tensed because Kazuto's expression hadn't changed since earlier. Moreover, she had prepared a dish full of ingredients from peppers. Starting from pizza, spaghetti, lasagna, and ravioli, Misaki has made with the addition of paprika in every meal. Others who saw it would even ask, why add so many unnecessary ingredients?

But with Misaki's cooking skills, it would still be delicious. However, Kazuto of course still didn't like the peppers, and would even feel nauseous if he saw them.

And he, who didn't like that vegetables, eating them without flinching clearly made Misaki shiver.

How bad is his mood?
Misaki asked in her heart.

"Well, let's now play a game, whoever loses will be punished!"

Endou exclaimed after dinner.

Misaki actually wanted to stop him from saying that because it would be the same as opening his own grave.

"The loser will have his forehead flicked. I will definitely make your forehead bleed!"

Challenge Endou confidently to Kazuto while holding the DVD game Xtreme X : Hardcore.

"That....."

Misaki wanted to say that it was cheating because Endou was good at playing it, but Kazuto sat down and picked up the stick without saying anything.

“Hehe, this will be a one-sided fight.”

Endou chuckled believing that he would still win easily.

But after playing it for ten minutes……

"Forgive me!"

All his trust vanished after lose 26 times. Kazuto's combos and attack control are very good. He could predict all the punches that Endou took, even the special moves he managed to break in time.

And now Endou's forehead was turning red from Kazuto's snap. Misaki herself was quite amazed to see the improvement in Kazuto's abilities, even though she had seen him rarely play before.

Could it be because he was angry?
he thought.

No, Kazuto's abilities did improve a bit, but it wasn't enough to defeat Endou, unless he deliberately relented.

That was the conclusion Misaki came to. It seemed that Endou had deliberately relented to make Kazuto feel better.

She became relieved after coming to that conclusion. However, Endou had to sacrifice his forehead for that. Misaki intended to make a cake for him tomorrow as a thank you.

"Ugh, then I'll go home first. Thanks for the dinner, it tasted good."

Standing in front of the entrance, Endou said goodbye. On the side of the road was already Raphael who was standing gracefully with the car beside him to take Endou.

"Sure, you can come whenever you want."

Misaki replied with a smile.

"And, see you tomorrow Kazuto. I will remember this defeat, tomorrow I will avenge it!"

And it seems his spirit is not broken, Endou will come back to challenge Kazuto later.

“Hmph, come as you want.”

Snort Kazuto.

Misaki could see him smiling faintly. It seems his mood has improved a bit.

"Then see you."

After saying that, Endou got into the car and Raphael bowed towards them before getting in and starting the car. The two of them entered the house after seeing them gone.

Well, now.......

The atmosphere became awkward.

They sat on the sofa and were speechless while watching TV. After all, Endou was an expert at changing one's mood because his silliness, and without him here, this place became a grave. Misaki wanted to run away to her room and read a book, but as a self-proclaimed 'ideal sister', she couldn't pretend she didn't see this. But, Kazuto's cold eyes prevent her to asking.

Ugh... How can I melt this cold situation. Misaki ask to herself.

*Path..

As she thought of a way to lighten his mood, Kazuto gave him a stroke.

Misaki was silent for a while when she saw Kazuto's gloomy face, before finally speaking because maybe this was the right time.

"Err... Onii-chan, did something happen at school?"

That was the only reason she could think of why Kazuto had suddenly turned gloomy.

There's no way he's mad to Endou at our home and sleeping on my lap, right?
Misaki thought while joking in her heart.

"Kya!"

But instead of getting an answer, she was instead pulled and lifted by Kazuto into his lap and sat there, before being hugged from behind by him. If anyone else saw this, there would be a very high possibility for them to bring in the police.

(FBI open up!!!)

"O-Onii-chan, don't suddenly do this, it made me surprised. Besides, can you tell me what happened?"

Misaki asked. Apart from being just a little surprised, she didn't really care because she felt that his actions were still natural as her older brother and her former self.

"Hmm."

However, Kazuto still didn't answer as he tightened his hug.

"Onii-chan?"

Now the sound of their breathing could be heard because of how close they were to each other.

"Haahh, you know that our basketball team has been practicing a lot lately because there are matches with other schools, right?"

Kazuto asked with a sigh.

"Umm, yes. I know."

That was the reason Misaki asked Endou to help carry the groceries, so as not to disturb Kazuto in his training.

"When I finished training earlier, the coach told me not to play in the match later, and was replaced by someone else. Besides that when I came home, I saw you and Endou......"

Kazuto said with a gloomy face as his voice grew fainter that Misaki didn't hear him.

"Ehh!! Why? Onii-chan isn't the best player in school, besides Onii-chan is also a captain isn't it? It's a mistake if they don't make you to play!"

Taking her thoughts away from the last words earlier, Misaki thought Kazuto was a great person and trained diligently, beside that his abilities were unquestionable, he could got score points from a distance with high probability, how could such a talented player can be replaced? Hearing this Misaki would of course be angry to the point of thrashing around in Kazuto's arms, but her actions were like a cute animal rather than a beast.

"Well, from what I heard the person who replaced me was a transfer student and had a close relationship with the coach, but not too sure."

Kazuto said while stroking Misaki's head to calm her down.

Misaki could guess that the person who replaced Kazuto must have used a connection, otherwise how could he be replaced so easily.

"And how did your clubmates respond?"

Ask Misaki.

"Of course they are dissatisfied with this sudden change, but they can't do much except protest."

"Is that so. We really can't expect words to be the only way. By the way, what's the name of the person who dared to take Onii-chan's position?"

"If I'm not mistaken his name is Kenta Yamazaki, a 2nd grader. From what I heard he's pretty good at basketball, but I don't know how good he is because I haven't seen him play yet. He's quite praised at his school."

"Wouldn't this make the seniors from the 3rd grade in the club angry because their captain is a junior who just transferred?"

Misaki asked surprised.

"I told you even if we protest, it won't come to fruition."

Kazuto replied while shrugging his shoulders.

"Ugh... Then how do I get Onii-chan to play and become captain again..."

Misaki knew how Kazuto worked hard to practice basketball ever since he got the ball as a birthday present as a child. And all of Kazuto's sweat and effort had been wasted by keeping him from playing, Misaki was really feeling down.

"Hmm, I'll think of a way to come back later. Thanks for listening to my complaints."

Kazuto said while stroking his sister's gloomy head.

Kazuto's mood had improved after talking to Misaki. He finally put on a more refreshing smile, though that didn't improve his situation.

"What do you mean, Onii-chan. that's what I should do as a sister. But to thought of Onii-chan being able to eat that many peppers made me happy. Has Onii-chan finally stopped hating peppers?"

After hearing that, Kazuto finally realized that he had eaten a large amount of the vegetables he hated without flinching because he was in a bad mood. His face turned green as his mouth looked as if he wanted to vomit something.

"I'm going to the toilet for a minute."

After saying that, Kazuto moved Misaki from his lap to the sofa gently before running briskly towards the bathroom.

Seeing his reaction made Misaki laugh because she had guess it. After all, she had put a lot of peppers in his food.

After seeing Kazuto disappear from the room, hed face darkened as his mouth formed a sinister smile.

"Kenta Yamazaki, huh. How dare you make my Kazuto so gloomy like this."

"Hihi."

She giggled for a moment before continuing.

"I'll revenge to you for tomorrow."

Saying that while giggling, the room that was only occupied by 1 person seemed to turn sinister because the sound of her muffled laught.

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The next morning.

"Kenta Yamazaki, I challenge you to a duel to play basketball!"

In the classroom, everyone who was busy with their own business fell silent when they heard a girl's voice challenging a student who just transferred yesterday.