A Flavor to Love
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“We've arrived!" Shouted Daichi while linking to his ten fingers upwards to stretch as if he had just driven a long distance. He got out of his car and handed the keys to the gray uniformed officer who had just walked up to him to be parked exclusively in the basement of the apartment.
"This is seriously where we live?" Kirana gaped in disbelief at the sight before her. A twenty-story apartment building with a condominium concept located in Minami Azabu district, Minato-Ku, Tokyo. Judging from the foundation of the building he knew that this apartment was a luxury apartment. "In Japan can you have a building this big? I know the building here should not be built with a large size. I can't believe Matsumoto's family has such a terrible influence in Japan." Kirana shuddered in horror at the magnitude of what her Papa's power was. "Can't we just stay in a smaller place? A two-bedroom apartment like any other family? I want to be a normal living person" He bent his head down. "If I like this I prefer to stay at Grandpa and Grandma's house in Indonesia alone..."
"Ne, Kirana-chan, here we live a normal life, maybe you just need to adjust yourself," Daichi whose higher body bent himself in accordance with the body of the younger brother. He tried to calm his sister who was still experiencing culture shock by rubbing the black crown of his sister, black which was in line with their mother who gave birth to them, Rea.
"But Niisan..," Kirana tried to sulk at her brother. "It all feels like an exaggeration to me..."
"Don't say I'm living extravagantly again huh, this apartment is the first place Papa bought for Mama before they got married. It seems to have something to do with their romance. Well, you see for yourself right, at the age of those who have stepped on almost six heads it's still so friendly." Daichi shrugged his shoulders and led Kirana to the elevator that would take her to the highest floor of the apartment. "You're good, only ten years of seeing the two of them," Daichi pursed his lips telling Kirana everything that he only responded with a laugh.
They were now inside the elevator that would take them to the top floor of the building. Kirana was a little able to remember, her brother's attitude that changed was not elite if complaining about the two parents. "While I must see their affection for eighteen years! Imagine!" Daichi who showed an exaggerated expression of fear made Kirana's laughter even wider.
"You should find a girlfriend there!" Ledek Kirana while elbowing her brother's left arm. "Rather than complaining about Papa and Mama's affection. I'm even jealous of their affection..."
"Don't you say it once, like you don't know who you're dealing with? Daichi Matsumoto heir to Matsumoto Global Group! Single men are the most desirable women." Daichi said with a sarcastic tone.
"Yes.yes.yes." Kirana rolled her eyes lazy. "I forgot that my brother was a playboy long ago."
"Returning to the main topic, so as not to experience acute anxiety in the face of a couple who had forgotten that age, when successfully accepted to study at the University of Tokyo, I immediately decided to stay here. Rather than empty not filled right? So this was not a waste of his name, ." Daichi twitched his right naughty eye towards Kirana making himself grinning and showed her a neat row of white teeth. Just know his brother about what he was going to say. Ah, at first glance he felt a comfortable atmosphere with the figure of a brother in front of him. For some reason with Daichi he felt the peace of a family that he did not feel with their grandparents. "It's okay, it's gonna be okay." Daichi patted Kirana's small shoulder. "I'm sure you'll love your new home. Do you know how our Papa tastes?"
Kirana nodded in agreement and returned laughing amusedly. His father is a figure who is very united quality towards anything. No matter what the price, he will try to get it. And that trait really decreases to the brother if he remembers the luxury car he was driving earlier. In his heart he was grateful that the nature did not decrease to him.
"Welcome" Daichi opened the door of his apartment and invited Kirana to enter. Her beautiful eyes are wide open we see the contents of the place she will be left.
"Well, that's cool!" Shouted Kirana running towards the expanse of translucent glass that was around the living room and kitchen facing each other in the apartment where she stood now. "I can see the Tokyo Tower from here! Daichi-nii, where is the door to get to the balcony? I want to see it straight away!" Daichi immediately pointed out the door that Kirana meant.
"Be careful, you can fall!" Shouted Daichi while putting Kirana's suitcase next to one of the sofas in his living room. He took two canned orange juices that were available in the refrigerator and brought them to his youngest sister. "We are on the highest floor, if the fall is over, it's your history and me!"
"This is a drink for you. I like orange juice, right?" He handed Kirana a can of drink that seemed to enjoy the atmosphere of the morning on Saturday.
"Of course!" Nod Kirana while continuing to look at the Tokyo Tower as if it is in the middle of a vortex of skyscrapers around her. "Our mama has managed to indoctrinate us all to this one type of drink under the pretext of health!" Inevitably these two brothers laughed out loud. It has been a while since they were not this close because of the distance and busyness of each.
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"Kirana-chan, are you done cleaning your room?" Shouted Daichi from outside Kirana's room or rather in the living room while relaxing and watching television. "It's one o'clock in the afternoon, let's have lunch!"
"It's over soon!" Reply Kirana too with a shout from inside her room. "Well, this is the last book," He inserted a photo album in maroon in one corner of the closet without a door adjacent to the wardrobe and faced with a king size bed wrapped in pink and pink flower sheets purple. Simply contrast with the impression of minimalist blend of white on the wall and all black furniture in the room. He sat himself on the edge of the bed facing his bookcase. He looked around his room. On the left side of the bed, there is a large clear glass window that shows a view of Tokyo, Tokyo, to the right of his bed was a pair of study tables and chairs with a thin 13-inch silver laptop and a matching deskjet printer to his right. At the right end is a private bathroom with a bathtub and shower. Not to forget the floor covered with gray carpet adds to the minimalist side. He was amazed, his papa really had extraordinary taste.
"Kirana-chan, haven't you? I'm hungry already" Daichi cried for the second time to wake himself from his world.
"Yes.yes." Kirana immediately got up from her seat. The index finger of his right hand played in a stack of books neatly lined up horizontally. After convincing one title she wanted to read, she immediately pulled the book out of the bookcase and took it out of the room where her brother was waiting to take her to lunch.
"Where are we going to eat?"
"At a restaurant near my subscription" Daichi said briefly.
"It's not expensive food, is it?" Kirana opened her beautiful eyes towards her sister.
"Umm..., how is it?" Daichi scratched his non-itchy head. "Standard anyway for the size of most Japanese people..," Daichi embraced Kirana's shoulder. "No need to worry about Kirana-chan, I'm still your big brother Daichi you've known all along."
They walked out of their apartment to JR Hamamatsucho Station. Their destination is Shibuya, a bustling area in Tokyo. This time he gave up not to use his favorite car to get there. Daichi initially wanted to take him to Roponggi Hills, a place where the elite and expatriates spend their time eating, drinking, shopping or just having fun. But the sister's last question changed her plan to turn towards Shibuya. A place where people of all classes mix into one. There is nothing wrong with following his sister's simple lifestyle. Perhaps Kirana's return to her life will help her live a more normal life without the pressure of being the sole heir of Matsumoto Global Group. He smiled, thanking his parents. Apparently they did all this to make him and his sister happy even without them by his side.
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