"Wake up, Saitou Onii-chan! How long are you going to sleep? It is already 8:30. At this rate, you are going to be late. This is why, mom tells you to stop watching anime and reading novels until late at night and sleep early"
A series of loud shouts wakes me up. I get up and see my oh-so-familiar room and my little sister sitting beside me and asking me to wake up in an angry tone. But, her angry voice still feels quite cute. I extend my hand to caress her when she moves away.
"Get up. Go to bathroom and get fresh. Mom is waiting downstairs for you."
Just after saying that, she gets down from the bed and runs toward the door and leaves. This is my only sibling and little sister Olivia. She is quite friendly. Unlike other siblings, we get along quite well. Anyway, I get up from the bed and go to the bathroom to freshen up. After freshen up, I get to our dinning space. My parents were sitting on the dinning table. Just when I am about to sit to eat, my father finished eating.
"Good morning, Dad, Mom"
"Saitou, stop watching anime and play games all-night. It is not good for your health"
"Yeah! Yeah! I will play less, Dad."
"Well, it's not like you will listen to me no matter how much I tell you.
Then, my father left home for office. I am eating my breakfast but the dream keeps coming back in my mind. I was born in city and grew up here so I never had much interaction with nature nor do I know that girl. I wonder what that dream was all about. If I saw that dream only once, I would have forgotten about it but I have been seeing the same dream for the last couple of days, making me worried. I have discussed it with my parents and they told me I am watching too much animes. I wonder if the reason of these dreams was watching anime. Seeing me distracted, my mother spoke,
"Did you see the same dream today, again?"
"Hmm... Oh! Yeah, same to same. Is it really a dream?"
"(Getting angry) Enough! From today onward no phone or computer for the next week. I am confiscating your phone and computer"
"No, mom. My favorite anime is getting a sequel today"
"No means no. If you keep arguing with me, the duration will only increase"
"(Feeling disappointed) Ok. I will not watch them"
"Good. Finish eating your food and get ready for school."
"Will do"
I felt dejected but still kept eating. Then I went back to my room to change to my school dress. But, Olivia was waiting for me in my room,
"Onii-chan, did you have problem while sleeping? If so I will sleep with you from tonight. Everyday in the morning you talk while sleeping. It is so scary"
She spoke with eyes full of concern and tears. Olivia is only 6 years old. But she loves me very dearly. She is very shy and I am one of the very few people she opens her heart. Seeing her like this, my heart filled up with mixed emotions. I went close to her, took her in my arms and reassured her. Then she left the room and I went to school after getting ready. On my way to school, I meet my childhood friends and neighbours Ichika and Tatsuya. I always had a crush on Ichika but before I could have told her about my feelings, I found out that she was going out with Tatsuya. We used to go to the same school before that but after finding out, I changed school. It was too painful. It's been some years since then but I still haven't forgotten my love for her. I try to avoid them as much as possible but as neighbours, we meet often. They didn't know about my feelings or so I thought until the time I found out about their relationship. Our relation changed completely then.
"Hey, there is our sis-con, Saitou"(Tatsuya)
"Hey, stop it."(Ichika)
"Why would I? He really is a sis-con. That is why, he loves his sister but is afraid of confessing his love to his crush. That is why, his crush went out with other guy and he is still single."(Tatsuya)
"I have been listening to you saying this for sometime.Who is the girl he loves and why do you know about this but I don't?"(Ichika)
"You don't have to know that. Just know that he is a loser. Nothing more, nothing less"(Tatsuya)
It looked like Ichika was a little sad for not knowing whom I like. I don't pay much attention to them and speed up to go away from them. My school is quite close to home so I reach school in a heartbeat. I reach school just before the gate is closed. After reaching my room, I found my only friend in this school, sitting next to me, Alex. I sit in my seat and almost immidiately the class starts. I was still thinking about why Tatsuya hates me now and also about my dream. So, I didn't pay much attention to my class. We have consecutive classes from morning till noon. Suddenly, Alex shaked me.
"Hey, Saitou. Why are you so absentminded today? It is time for lunch. Let's go to the canteen?"
It took me a few seconds to understand what was going on and I found out I have been in my world the whole class time. Anyway, I got up to go the canteen. When eating lunch, Alex asked me,
"Now, tell me what happened?
"Nothing happened. What is going to happen to this idiot?"
"Don't give me that crap. I surely know that somrthing has happened? Was it tatsuya or your strange dreams or did Aunt took your electronics?"
"You got it rough, dude. Notify me just on the moment you find out something you need help"
"In that case, Alex. Answer a question, is this dream only a dream or a memory?"
"Well, I talked to my father who is a neuroscientist. He told me that human doesn't just have DNA that goes down to next generation but also their memories. So, it can be a memory of your ancestor or only just your imagination."
"Thanks, Alex. I feel much better now"
After this, we finished eating also the last part of our classes. After the end of the school, we decided to hit karaoke. Though my mom stopped me from using electronics, it is only because he does not go out much. Just as we were about to enter the karaoke center ...