[Chapter 10] Refugee

The click and clatter of utensils clash with each other as the aroma of a sizzling hot pan with oil fry the onion and cook until it's brown. It was noisy in the kitchen while footsteps to left and right on the ground as the main chef moved around. Then the running tap water drips to the plate and utensils as has been worn while preparing the dish. Now again, how do I end up in this situation once again? My eyes quickly scan the living room to see anything weird that can hurt me… As you know, I was beaten up by some weird stranger in the streets but Onii-san suddenly appeared to help me out. And now before I knew it, he took me to his house. 'He is gonna torture me?' I cannot help but to be very cautious around this maniac.

[Flashback]

"Itta-tatata!" I scream as Onii-san cleans my wound after I was forced to take a shower. Onii-san responded– "Urusai! It's just a minor wound." He seemed to attend to my wound without sincerity.

[To present]

After he was done with my wound he quickly went to the kitchen to prepare some food I suspect. While the clothes he gave me were overly too big for my size, it does feel like I'm a little too small. But I am just very scared to be honest, to be at someone's house where I barely know him. Well I did hurt him just because I thought he was dating my sister. Just like everyone else who got a little too close to my sister… 

But now that he treats me like this, I get nothing but suspicious worry.. 

Click-click-click

It sounds like he is done with whatever he cooks in the kitchen. 

The moment later, Onii-san walked out of the kitchen, hand in a plate and a bowl. He came to the table and presented me with a bowl of porridge. He didn't say anything other than putting everything on the table. He went back to the kitchen and came back with both hands holding a glass of water and a cup of coffee. He sat down with it, and moved the glass of water close to me. Still not saying anything yet. I couldn't do anything other than wait for him to respond. But quickly after a while, Onii-san pulls down his glass and mutters– "Eat" then proceeds to push his glass back.

Onii-san takes the newspaper and some cigarettes to smoke. Given order, I awkwardly take the spoon and eat my meal of the day. As the porridge slipped to my mouth, I could taste heaven and fold, the rich flavors, the crunches of something I didn't know, I was embracing the new kind of emotion; is this what love really is? But I have to admit Onii-san knows how to cook. So in return for the delight dish, I should give my compliment. 

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"Onii-san, Onii-san, uma! Honto ni umai!" Yuki gave him a straight compliment. He continued to mutter while dine in– "I didn't know you can cook Onii-san! Ever thought about opening up a restaurant??" He sipped on the porridge while messing around talking. "Seriously Onii-san, I bet you will be rich with this kind of skill! It's sooo good!" 

Suddenly Kael responded while holding off his cigarette– "Urusai! Just eat your fill. You don't need to sugarcoat anything about my food." He is greatly annoyed by Yuki's behavior. Yuki was shaken after hearing his words. Yuki thought– 'have I always been like this..'

Grasping the position, he quietly ate his fill without saying anything. But as Yuki's mind was not talking, his observation was on something else. The thing his eyes were focused on was the Kael cigarette. For some reason the cigarette didn't light up or smoke. It was just on his lips like it was part of him. Yuki wonders what kind of cigarette Kael uses. Still Yuki was afraid to bring up this topic and so he let it slip. 

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As I finished my meal, Onii-san quickly told me to clean up my own bowl. He doesn't give any other instructions, maybe he just wants me to figure it out myself. Within a couple of minutes later, I vented everything and left me unsure what to do. But as I walked slowly trying to see what Onii-san had to say, he stood up and called me– "Oi, come here." 

I follow him through.. 

He takes me to another room and mutters– "You can sleep in this room. Though it is a bit dusted since I rarely clean it. But it should be comfortable enough for you to rest." With his hand show me this room that I guess was a guest room inside his house. He then walked away while talking– "I don't know how long you're gonna stay here, since I barely knew anything about your family. But that's why I'm gonna ask your Sister–"

*Drop*

Suddenly as a leap jumps, stutters over the balcony and Onii-san continues– "Oh there she is." In a glimpse second, the head of a woman peeks over the sliding door, looking straight at Onii-san's face! Onii-san quickly opens the door– "hey how many times have I said just use the front door? It's dangerous to jump over the balcony." 

It was my sister, she quickly came inside with her face talking to Onii-san– "Hehe, sorry but how about I just live here with you? It would be more convenient, right?" But as my sister is completely unaware of my present while I hide behind the room door, I slowly walk to confront her. Her eyes quickly noticed my present, as her head turned to my view. With all sincerity when she appeared in front of Onii-san, grinning lips, reddish cheeks, but the moment she saw me, her face completely changed to death.

"Nee Darling…? Why is this boy inside your.. House???" The eerie stare sister makes while looking at me and questioning my whereabouts. Onii-san responded– "Yeah that's what I want to know as well. What's going on with you guys?"

Onii-san continued– "Look I found him out the neighborhood in a bad state, I brought him here after I asked the people around the streets about this boy, and I heard that they said he was homeless. What's going on?" Onii-san finally revealed the truth about why he brought me to his house.. But my sister was still looking at me with sharp eyes. I hope she won't kill me…

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Yoko was still cautious while Kael was explaining and seeking an answer for the situation. But Yoko, knowing Yuki was meddling with her love interest, desperately wanted to remove him from the image. Kael spoke up– "Look I did invite him to my house when I found him searching for food in the garbage bin, but later I found out about his situation. Did this have anything to do with you as well, Yoko?" 

But Yoko couldn't answer Kael's question as she looked perplexed. But in return Yoko asked Yuki out– "What are you doing here? You know you shouldn't be here. Why? Why!?" Yoko screams in anger. Yuki on the other hand, couldn't answer or reply to her. Apparently Yuki still has some hard feelings about his sister's abandonment. 

Yoko, who couldn't control her feelings, walked toward Yuki, her hand raised high in seeking an answer– "Answer me!" But Kael was keen with his eyes to realize Yoko was going to hurt Yuki who had already been beaten down before! In a grasp, Kael grabs Yoko's arm who is going to slap Yuki and tells her to stop– "Stop Yoko. What's wrong with you? Did you see his wound?" 

Yoko tries to pull her arm away, pushing Kael away. "Darling! Let me go! You don't understand this boy needs to be far away from us!" Yoko screams to Kael, seeking his understanding. Yuki who is standing there unable to say anything as his emotions overwhelm with his sister's reaction. He doesn't even know if he is really welcome here.

But as Yuki realizes he's causing trouble, he doubts himself, seeing himself as the source of the problem. Knowing himself that he is the one who is always causing problems for others, he couldn't stand it. Finally he spoke up– "Onii-san, it's fine. I can go. Thank you for everything." Yuki decides it's best to disappear away rather than staying here. 

But in return Kael yells out–! "Don't move! Yuki, you fucking stay there where you are! Yoko! Calm the shit down!" Kael pulls Yoko's arm and body closer to him, and his teeth quickly draw closer to her neck! In confusion–!

*Bite!*

Yoko lewdly responded– "Ahh! Darling not now!" She playfully starting to feel the heat, but only soon to realize the bite–! "Mm? Hah? Darling!? Wait, wait, why do you bite so hard!? Darling stop!" Yoko realized that Kael was not playfully fooling around! But he seriously bitin' like he was about to feast on a meal! 

At the end Kael finally let go of Yoko's neck while saliva dripped from the neck to his teeth. Kael utter– "Calm down already? Good! Now you both sit on the couch, right now!" He responded angrily to them. Yoko, who was grounded by Kael's playfulness, listened to him and sat on the couch. Yuki, who was still self-doubting, headed to the couch far from his sister. Kael proceeds to the kitchen to take some drink before starting discussing the situation. His thought– "Uhh.. Why must both of them act like this…" He annoyingly accepts his fate as both of them appear in his life. 

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