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Kou was hanging out with Mitsuba in the courtyard at lunch. "do you have any lunch?" Mitsuba asked tilting his head and looking at kou.
"ha ha funny story actually, when I was making lunch for my sister and brother I accidentally dropped my sisters bento and there was no time to make another so I just let her have mine." Kou giggled as he tried to explain the situation to mitsuda while opening an energy drink and taking A drink.
"Jezz~ how much did you sleep in." Mitsuba teased. "I actually didn't- never mind." Kou cut himself off and quickly takeing another sip of his drink. He really didn't want to drag Mitsuba into his personal problems.
"I can tell."
"huh?"
"well you have bags under your eyes, you practically live off energy drinks and barly touch your food if you even bring any, and your always spaceing off." Mitsuba went on.
"I sleep fine on other days its just- not something I really want to talk about." Kou mumbled half to himself. Mitsuba sighed and put his fingers out. He was going to just put kou to sleep with his wonder powers but kou quickly realized what he was trying to do so he tried to backed away.
"N-NO MITSUBA I'M REALLY, REALLY FINE," kou yelled at Mitsuba tightly holding his wrist trying to push him away. He had forgotten how strong Mitsuba is so the struggleing didn't last very long as Mitsuba's fingers touched kou's forehead.
"I DONT WAnna have nightmar-" kou said as he was drifting to sleep.
"nightmares huh." Mitsuba said to himself while kou's head fell in his lap.
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...."And then the prince and princess lived happily ever after the end." Teru said closing the book he was reading to his younger brother. "Can you read me just one more story, just for tonight." Kou asked his older brother while pouting trying to look cute so that he might pitty him.
"okay but just for tonight." He told kou while he put his hand on the back of kou's head and placed it on his pillow tucking him in. "what story do you want?"
Kou sat their and thought for a little before sitting up and excitedly yelling. "I want one where a exercise falls on love with a ghost!!" Kou ended up untucking himself as slightly he jumped up on his bed.
"Shh you don't want to wake your new baby sister do you?"
"sorry-"
"And there are no storys where an apparition and exercist fall in love."
"why not." 7 year old kou said kinda disappointed.
"because if there was I would have to kill the evil ghost and they wouldn't live happily ever after." Teru said with that smile and still seemed really serious.
"oh i didn't know." Kou said looking down at his knees. "BUT I WILL NEVER LOVE A GHOST, I WILL EXERCISE THEM ALL JUST LIKE BIG BROTHER TERU-NII." kou yelled quickly changing his mood and bouncing on his bed and smiling very big and putting his hand on his arm and kinda flexing motion.
"Kou quit." Teru wisperd just as tiara woke up crying. teru sighed as he walked over to his crying newborn sister. "I'm looking fowerd to it kou." teru said as he turned his head to face to kou.
"Why did I think of that memory all of a sudden when it was so long ago.."
The next think he knew he saw teru with his sword in Mitsuba's chest as he repeatedly stabbed, sliceed, stopped on him. all he could see was blood. It was all on teru, all over his sword, and over Mitsuba. all he heard were Mitsuba's screams in pain as he begged and pleated kou to help him. and all kou could do... Was sit and watch.
"TERU STOP!" kou screamed as he sprung awake and reached out his hand in front of him and started to breath heavily.
"your awake." Mitsuba softly said as a way to calm kou down.
"Awake? Oh it was just a dream." Kou put his hand over his rushing heart in relief as he started to cry. He quickly hugged Mitsuba and started to put his face in Mitsuba's chest grabbing onto the back of his sweater.
"your going to get snot in my scarf." Mitsuba light heartedly teased kou as he placed his hand on kou's head and started strokeing his hair to get him to calm down.
"I'm so glad your here and okay." kou tightend his grip on the sweater and started to nuzzle his face in souske's scarf.
"I'm here and I'm not going anywhere."
"Is that a promise?"
"I promise..."
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