By the time I was 10 years old, I lost both my parents. It was an accident.
At that time I was still in 5th grade, and my younger sister was in 2nd grade.
"Look, dad, I got another one!"
Excitedly, I showed my father the award I managed to get from my exam results at school. There I received a certificate of appreciation for achieving perfect scores in all existing subjects.
"Not only that, look at this! I even got a 120 because I managed to notice something was wrong on the exam!" I opened my bag and took out a piece of exam paper with a 120 on it. Then, I showed the paper arrogantly to my father.
He was shocked. "Wow, that's great— No wait a minute, aren't you too great! What's with all these perfect scores! Where did you get the genes for a genius?! Are you really my son?! I've never even gotten an 80 in my life! my life!" My father was shocked. But, it was slightly different from the surprised reaction I had imagined.
"Oh my dear. You can't say that, Riku's genius is innate to me, right?" mother said while hugging me from behind, she is a gentle and beautiful mother.
That's why sometimes I wonder a little, why would you marry someone like this.
"But, Miya, look at all these trophies and awards?! Are you sure this child is human?! Hey, Riku! Stop going around participating in any kind of competition without your mom and dad's permission, you understand?! Because of you we have to sacrifice an empty room only for all your trophies!" my father scolded, pointing to a room full of my trophies.
"Well, it can't be helped, right? The pocket money that dad gave me was too little, so I had to take part in those competitions to earn extra money. After all, isn't that better than that room being a place to collect daddy's robot toys."
"Look at this kid, Miya! He can even complain about his own allowance?! Are you really 10 years old?! Also, don't you dare insult your father's hobby! Robots are a man's dream you know?! They are a masterpiece that…"
Hearing dad starting to say something incoherent, I let out a sigh and decided to ignore it. If that's the case, he's really troublesome.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
"Oh, is it time for dinner? All right, today I will make your favorite food. But, can you help me to call your sister?" said my mother who asked for help.
I give him respect. "Yes boss!" Then immediately ran to my sister's room to immediately carry out hers orders.
"Honey, don't run or you'll fall!" my mother scolds, but because I'm running so excitedly, I can't hear her.
After running up the stairs and went straight to my sister's room. Without needing to think anymore, I immediately opened the door slowly, and put my head out from behind the open door.
When she realized that someone had opened her bedroom door, my sister woke up from her slumber, to see who had come.
Of course, that's me.
"Onii-sama…" she called out in a high voice when she saw me, hers face beaming.
However, I ignored her reaction and walked straight into the room, my sister tilting her head in confusion when she saw what I was doing. There I took a mask and a black robe, then made a cool pose while wearing those two things.
"Kukuku, what a pity, Princess Shina. I am not your brother. I am a thief who intends to kidnap you. My name is Jhon Smith, Greatest Thief in the whole world!" I shouted, changing my voice to be heavier.
Seeing that, Shina looked very excited and she hurriedly got off the bed.
There, she also took out a beautiful tiaras and a pink princess gown, while wearing both of them, she stood in front of me, taking the same pose as me.
"Shina is a princess who is loved by her people. If they find out that Shina was kidnapped by someone like you, they will definitely be very sad. Because of that, Shina refuses to come with you!" she said with a big smile.
It seemed that she still wanted to continue this charade. She picked up a plastic sword lying on the floor and pointed it at my face.
My eyes narrowed cynically. "What is the meaning of this, Princess Shina? Do you intend to fight me?"
"If you don't want to back down and still want to kidnap Shina, then Shina will fight to expel you, John Smith!" shouted Shina while getting ready to fight, but I laughed it off.
Of course, this is just a play.
"Kukuku! Ahahahahahahahaha!! It's really very unfortunate, Princess Shina. Even though at first I intended to kidnap you to be my woman. But it seems that's impossible. Kuku, this is really very unfortunate," I said with a big arrogant grin.
However, Shina didn't flinch at all, instead she became even more excited, she chuckled.
"Fufu, if you intend to marry Shina, then try to defeat Shina first if you can, Onii-sama!" Shina shouted and she immediately swung her plastic sword at me.
I dodged and drew my sword quickly as well. Seeing that, Shina swung her sword back at me, but I managed to block her swing.
"Kuku, you may as well for a princess. Fine, if that's what you want, Princess. I'll definitely beat you here! Also, I'm not your brother, I'm Jhon Smith!" I replied while pushing my sword swing forward, forcing Shina to take some distance.
But, she still didn't stop. As soon as she saw the rubber ball in front of her, she immediately kicked the rubber ball and flew the ball towards me.
My eyes widened in surprise.
"Hey, that's cheating!" I screamed, jumping sideways to avoid it.
"Fufu, you let your guard down, Jhon Smith."
While I was complaining about the orb, Shina used this opportunity to step forward and swing her sword horizontally.
This is bad, she's going to slash my stomach—
"—Or do you think I'd say that. Haha, you're still too naive, Princess Shina! Did you think I didn't guess it?!" I said with a big grin.
When Shina came in front of me, I immediately took off the robe I had and threw it right at the girl's face. As a result, hers vision was blocked and she could no longer swing hers sword, only trying to remove the cloak that was stuck on hers head.
"Uuh, that's cheating, Onii-sama!"
"Who cares! And I'm not Onii-sama, I'm John Smith!" I shouted.
Then, I raised my sword high, intending to swing it vertically while Shina was busy removing the cloak from her face.
"With this, it's all over! Now give up and be my woman!" I continued with enthusiasm and the shadow of victory.
But—
"Shina! Riku! Enough messing around! Come on down for dinner!"
Mother suddenly called out and I stopped just before I managed to swing my final attack to win this fight.
But, it was a bad decision.
"Fufu, you let your guard down again, Onii-sama!"
My little sister who had escaped from the entanglement of my robe used this opportunity to swing hers sword once more, and this time hers sword managed to hit my head.
'Knock!'
"Ouch!" I groaned in pain as I was hit by the plastic sword.
"Yey~! It's Shina's win!"
"Wait, that's not fair! Mom already called out, so the battle is over at that moment! I will not accept this defeat!" I replied that I protested and did not accept this final result.
But, Shina just chuckled and immediately ran away from me before I could say everything I wanted to say.
"No, it's Shina's victory, Onii-sama's loser!" she said and then just walked away leaving me alone in the room.
I hurriedly chased after her, and still tried to protest, but she was completely ignoring me, so that pissed me off even more.
She really is an annoying little sister.
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It was dinner time.
When I was enjoying my mother's homemade hamburger which was a gift from my first rank at school. Father suddenly straightened up and said in a loud voice.
"Alright, it's decided! For tomorrow's vacation, we're going to have a picnic in the mountains!" he said, looking very enthusiastic, like a young man planning his summer vacation.
At that moment, my mother responded.
"Hmm, to the mountains, I think that's good. I'll make some festive provisions to go later."
"Oh, as expected of my wife! I love you even more! Alright, then it's decided, we'll go to the mountains!"
"Wait a minute, I still haven't raised my voice, can't dad not make any schedule suddenly. Didn't I never say I'm coming, right?" I said with a straight face.
"Shut up you freak! In this family father is the leader! So you have no other choice but to obey your father's decisions!"
This one dad is really noisy.
As my dad and I started arguing, Shina who had been listening suddenly stood up on her seat and said with sparkling eyes.
"Picnic to the mountains! Shina wants to join!" she shouted.
Seeing that, father turned his gaze towards Shina with a big smile and he immediately hugged Shina while crying happily.
"Oh my, that's just my daughter! Shina is really so cute! It's a far cry from the kids over there who don't understand how important family vacations are!" said the father, glancing at me.
My eyebrows twitched in annoyance.
I really want to hit him.
"You two, don't stand up while eating," my mother scolded, and they returned to their seats.
When everything calmed down, Shina suddenly tugged at the hem of my shirt.
"Onii-sama, let's go on a picnic together. Shina wants to go with Onii-sama," she asked with pitiful eyes.
Uuh, that's cheating.
This kid is too cute.
How could I refuse my sister's request?
It made my heart melt, and in the end, I had to decide to accept hers invitation, because I didn't want to make her sad.
I sighed resignedly, smiled softly and stroked hers head.
"Yeah yeah, I'm in. Oh my, Shina really is a troublesome little sister," I said and Shina immediately smiled broadly when she heard that.
Well, I guess I have no other choice.
If it's decided, then I should also enjoy it seriously.
Hmm, maybe I should set up my net to catch some rhinoceros flowers.