Raven's Cousin and Mother

A tension arises inside the living room, a deafening silence engulfs the entire area. Neither of them wants to break the silence or make a move to interfere. Both Kinrue and Raven are standing straight with head bows down with a one ruler distance. In front of them is a woman in mid 40s cross both legs and arms, sits elegantly on the long sofa. Despite of this, she looks pretty and young as her hair tied in a neat bun, wearing a dirty white fitted dress. Beside her is a man who looks like the same age as the two. He's tall, has fair skin, medium length hair, sharp eyes, a perfectly built nose, but resembles a troublemaker. He wears a faded ripped pants and red checkered polo, tucked in the pants.

They never expected this scene will happen in a short time. Both left dumbfounded and speechless at the same time. In fact, they can easily reason out on normal days, but today is different because of how they look. Raven wears a pajama pants and white plain shirt but Kinrue wears the pair of his pajama which is five inches above the knee-length and a cycling. The worst thing is the woman in front of them is none other than Raven's mother and cousin. All this time, his cousin glares at Kinrue while grinning. It gives an uncomfortable feeling.

"Go inside the room and wear something first," Raven broke the silence, but eyes still fix towards his cousin. "Stop staring, will you? Don't act like a crazy, perverted bastard."

"Relax. I'm not stripping her inside my mind yet,"

Kinrue flinches on what he said and frown. She clenches both fists and is about to step forward, but Raven stops him. "Don't make the situation worse, go inside."

She hesitated for a bit while glares towards the man who has a sinister smile. It took a few seconds before she walks back towards the bedroom. Even if she's already inside the room, out of the sight from his mom, her hand still trembles. Although everyone in the Himura Family knows where she is now, the mere thought scares her. She shrugs her head and gets a black jogging pant to wear. It's long because the difference in their height is too much. A sigh escape her mouth before she folded the helms.

Kinrue was about to go outside but halted when she heard them talking in the living room.

"Are you not going to talk, Raven? Who's that woman? Girlfriend?" His mom asked.

"Girlfriend? Auntie, didn't you see the girl looks like a child than a proper woman?" The man said while chuckling. Kinrue raises her left eyebrow and is about to open the door, but stops.

"Why do you care about it? If she's my girlfriend or a fling, just let it be. There's no reason for me to explain everything to you." Raven said.

"The two of you just playing? If your father knows about this, he'll definitely throw you away from us again," his mom's voice raises. "Stop fooling around and don't see that woman anymore. You didn't know her background or what kind of family she belong,"

Raven gives a short laugh. "Mom, I don't care what kind of status the woman I want to stay with. It's not important to me."

"Raven!"

"Don't tell something to Dad, then everything is fine, right? It's not like he cares about what's going on me inside or outside the school. As long as I didn't tarnish his name, I can do what I want."

A silence lingers between them.

"You're a hardheaded one," his mom mumbles. "I came here not to scold you or anything. Let Nianan stay here for a while until we can find a good place for him."

"What?!! There are many hotels or condo unit you can buy around the city, better than my house. Why here?"

"Brother, don't get mad. It's been a long time. Can't we just get along?"

"Anyway, I'm in a hurry, so I'll leave Nianan here and we'll talk about your matter later. You should get along, no fights allowed, or I'll punish the two of you."

"M-mom. Wait, don't leave this bastard here."

"See you later guys,"

"Mom, can't you listen to my complaints? Hey, mom..."

A moment of silence echo outside as the front door open and close again. Kinrue thinks twice if she's going to leave the room or just stay inside. The thought that the pervert man is outside gives chills down her spine. In the middle of mess thoughts, the door open that hits her face. She steps backward, touching her bleeding nose because of the impact. As she look in front, she saw Raven stands with surprise in face. Behind him is the pervert man who restraining himself from laughing out loudly covering his mouth.

Kinrue's blood feels like boiling up to its extent, her head lows down while hands clench tight.

"H-hey, are you ok—"

Raven can't finish his words as she kicks into his private parts. It made him squirm because of the pain and become speechless while Kinrue bump into his direction. She heard towards the man standing outside the door who's laughing maniacally. It irritates her, and without thinking twice, she punches his stomach hard. The loud laugh became a groan as he held his stomach in pain and look to her with disbelief.

"Argh! You devil, it f*cking hurts." Nianan said, almost shouting out of his lungs. "What are your hands made of? An iron or steel? Do you want to make a hole in my stomach?"

"Serves you right, pervert!"

"Pervert? You're not my type, and look at your petite, undesirable body."

She flinches and stops from walking, looks back in his direction. Her left eyebrow raise, about to walk towards him again, but Raven came in between them. A tension is building up around them. The two stare at each other as if they're going to kill. On the other side, Raven knows this is what's going to happen if they encounter each other. Both have a powerful personality and terrible temper. If he's the person who can analyze the situation and act with sense, then Nianan is different.

Like Kinrue who has a bad temper, Nianan is the same but a childish who loves to tease anyone, whether it's a man or woman. In terms of Kinrue, she's a childish who's terrible at reading the situation. They are the same, but somewhat opposite. If Raven and Kinrue are like a cat and dog, then she and Nianan are like meerkats who kill their own species.

"Stop fighting. Your nose is still bleeding. Treat it first and finish your food." Raven said, tries to divert her attention.

"Talk to your pervert cousin or else I'll pull his eyes out and cut his tongue,"

"What? You're not worth it of my beautiful eyes and precious experience tongue," Kinrue said, flinch on what he said and feels like her face turns red. She's about to come to him, but Raven stops her and pushes slightly away. "What's with your face and ears? Are you thinking something else? Maybe you should ask yourself if I'm the pervert or you," He said, laughing full of insult.

"Argh! Let me go. I'll kill that pervert now." She said, trying to escape from Raven's defense.

"Stop fighting for pete sake!"

The two are gone silent when Raven shouts out of his lungs, looks at them with madness and annoyance.

"If you keep fighting, then do it outside my house. No one will stop you there even if you kill each other. Do what you want." He added and walk back to his room, slamming the door hard that startled them.

The two look at each other for a few minutes but Kinrue notice her nose still bleeding so she surrenders for now and treats herself. Later on, she walk back to the dining room and finish her food, feeling upset from what happened.

An hour passed like a flash of light. Kinrue stays in the garden area, looking nowhere. Nianan is lying down on the sofa playing with his phone and Raven didn't go out of his room since then. The three are in a bad mood. Even the atmosphere inside the house is bad.

Inside the garden, there's a wooden swing chair a few meters from the glass sliding door. Kinrue sits in silence there with close eyes when she heard a footstep. She turn back and saw Raven who just finish taking a bath wearing a black pants and a beige hoodie. Although it's not raining yet, the clouds are still dark, and the wind is cold. He heaves a sigh and sits beside her without saying a thing.

The silence continues for a few minutes before he gives a glance. It's been more than a month since their fate tangled because of the messed up confession, but until now nothing change. She's still an open book. Easy to read by her expression.

"How's the bleeding?" He asked.

"Fine."

"I'm going to school. We have a practice match against the West High School. Do you want to come?"

She didn't answer for a while and look down. "Nope."

"Okay, go home and pack your things. I'll escort you back."

"I can't live here with that annoying pervert bastard," she looks straight at him with frown brows.

"He has a room of his own,"

"Hmph!"

"Be a good girl and behave yourself. Don't do any foolish thing. Do you understand?"

"Argh! Why did your words sound like controlling me? Don't forget that you're my number one enemy." She hit him on the shoulder. "You ruin everything in my life. It's because of your existence that..." She couldn't finish her words upon remembering the scene yesterday.

"I'll take responsibility, though there's no need. Since you always make a trouble whenever or wherever, you need someone who can calm and push you on the right path."

She purses her lips and looks straight at nowhere again with a serious gaze. "Hurry and find someone to stand by your side before it's too late. Time is running without pause."

"What are you saying?" He asked out of confusion, but Kinrue give a slight faint smile.

"Tsk. Like what I told before, you ruined my life."

"H-huh?"