"How was your sleep, Sis Aki? You got up early." Mharc asked Aki when the latter came to their living room. She was flashing a wide smile and her big round eyes were shining. Her actions reflected her overflowing joy.
"I'm going to go to your school. I'm going with you," she answered, still having a big smile on her face before clapping both hands and jumping for joy. "Yey! I'm so excited!" She even sang the last sentence she said.
"Really? Nice! Are you also in fourth year? I hope we're in the same class, Sis!"
"Huh? I'll go in there with M," Aki stated plainly.
"Oh! Too bad, you and Bro are in the same class. What the hell—you're still together even at school? Tsk!" Mharc sulked. She really wanted to be with Aki who she now considered as her sister.
Their class starts at seven o'clock in the morning. The other day Mharc slept late, that was why she only went to school for the second half of her classes.
After the two girls finished preparing for school, M was still fast asleep. The two decided to wake him up.
Since they were about to be late for class, Mharc herself prepared their breakfast. Aki was assigned to wake up M because she still didn't know how to cook.
"Sis," Aki called Mharc. This was what she called her when she discovered the meaning of that word.
Sister.
"Hurry! You wake your brother up."
Mharc looked at her briefly before fixing her eyes back to what she was cooking. "Huh? Why are you avoiding it? We'll be late if I do that as well."
Aki responded with a long "eee" followed by, "He's mad at me."
"No, he's not. Why would he be angry? Go ahead, Sis. Do you want to be late to school?" Mharc tried to convince Aki who unwillingly obeyed her after some time of thinking.
Aki poked one of M's arms with her index finger and retracted it immediately. She repeated that motion. Then she poked him in the arm and immediately dodged as if anytime someone's gonna throw a punch to her. She repeated this several times before deciding to prick other parts of his body to wake him up easier. She first tried to poke his cheek with her index finger. When M did not move, she then squeezed his nose.
Why didn't he call M's name to wake him up faster?
After a few more moments, Aki couldn't take it anymore and said his name, "M."
"M," she repeated while still playing with the young man's face.
"Hmmn...don't play around," M said in an annoyed tone which in turn made Aki anxious.
'He might get angry again.'
She felt that he was angry with her for what she and Mharc did the night before. She didn't know if he was angry or what, she just thought he didn't like what they did.
When M gradually fell back to sleep, she repeated calling his name and pricking his face.
"M, wake up. We're going to be late," she said while repeatedly pinching the tip of his nose. "Come on, M."
Aki did not expect M to suddenly grab her arm and pull her closer.
"Don't be brattish," he said, still half-asleep. Their faces were still close to each other.
"G-Get up there and get ready. We might be late," she stuttered in response due to their uncomfortable position. M, on the other side, doesn't seem to care about that.
"Five minutes." He closed his slightly open eyes again and let Aki lean against his chest. His left hand was wrapped around Aki's body while the other was still holding one of her arms.
Because it took them so long to come down, Mharc couldn't stand it anymore and screamed. "Brother! Sister! Hurry up, breakfast is ready!"
"Five more minutes," M responded in a weak voice, still not moving an inch.
A few minutes passed and they were still in that position. If other people saw them, they would definitely think that they were really lovers. But the truth was that they just met about less than a week ago.
"I don't want to be late," Aki said after several minutes of silence and inaction.
M just growled like he always does whenever he was disturbed in his sleep. "Let's skip classes," he suggested.
"It's my first time going to school."
"Tsk."
M clicked his tongue and went straight to their bathroom.
Aki thought that she angered M again and that he really doesn't like her because of her nagging. She was afraid that he might kick her out of the house. For now, this was the only place she could stay in this kingdom. She needed to get along with M, so she decided not to annoy him too much.
'I should not approach him later. What if he gets even more annoyed if I nag him at school?'
Mharc, M, and Aki went to Maburac High School together. From now on she will be going to this school where Mharc and M were studying.
"Wow! So this is what school looks like. It's great, we wear the same clothes!" amazed, Aki said lively. Aki looked around the place. She outstretched her arms and started spinning.
"Is it your first time in school, Sis? Why are you reacting like that? LOL," Mharc commented jokingly, to which the other person nodded.
Seeing Aki nod...
"What?! This is actually your first time?!" Mharc asked in disbelief. All she knew was that Aki was a transferee, so she thought she was from another school.
"Homeschooling." Fortunately, M was quick to think of an excuse. If it hadn't been for this, Mharc would probably have caught them.
"Nice! Are you going to study here too, Aki?" Mario said when he noticed that the young lady was with M when they reached the classroom.
"Yes," answered Aki followed by her usual soft laugh.
"That's awesome!" Mario said enthusiastically.
Their conversation went on and on and was interrupted when their teacher arrived.
"Class, be seated!" shouted the teacher. "We have a new student. Miss, come here." Aki, who was still standing near the door, was suddenly called out by their teacher.
"Please, say something about yourself," the teacher immediately instructed when Aki reached the front of the class. All eyes and full attention of those in that room were focused on her—the new girl in class.
She was not prepared for this situation. She didn't know what to do and only a "huh?" was the only thing she said that left her mouth hanging open in front of the teacher.
The latter just smiled. "It looks like you're still adapting to your new environment," she said.
Aki thought their teacher was kind. She came slightly behind her and placed her right hand on her right shoulder. "Class, listen. This is Aki Anghel. She came from homeschooling so she is still adjusting to this environment. Please, be good to her."
After introducing her, she faced her again and gave him a sweet smile. "You may take your seat."
"Where?" Aki asked after scanning the area and not finding an empty chair that she could sit in. There was one but there was a bag lying there.
'Looks like someone is sitting there too,' she just thought and snorted.
The teacher also looked around and before her eyes landed on the seat with only a bag on it, Mario pulled that seat and placed it between him and M.
"Ma'am, here," he offered a seat that was now empty.