The Present Or Future

Mother and son

When everyone finished eating. Haru enthusiastically washed the dishes. Of course, his new mother helped him to tidy up all his food equipment. While his father and his sister, Izanami, headed to his room. Leaving Haru with her mother

Just being alone with her mother, made Haru not know what to say. Fortunately, his mother realized that and started talking to him

"So, have you done this a lot before?", asked his mother while tidying up some dishes

"Eh? You mean wash dishes? Well, haha that's it! I mean, I know that I haven't been home lately. So I'm the only one taking care of the house" Haru replied awkwardly

"Well, at least I'll feel safe if you're both in this house"

"both? What do you mean by that woman?"

"Well, Izanami. Just in case, because your mother and father are indeed placed in the same place at work. So inevitably if there's a job call outside the area, we'll both leave you alone"

"Ah... Don't worry about that. I'm even more worried about my mother's whereabouts if it's just the two of you with me"

"Eh? Why Haru?"

"Well, you should know what you did before you entered the job you do now. I'm worried that later Dad's just gonna make mom even more miserable"

"Oh, haha. Relax, I will always be watching him. I hope you do the same with your sister"

"Well mother!", replied Haru, although he himself still doubted whether he could meet his mother's expectations

The work of the two of them was finally finished as well. All the dishes and some food items were in place. Haru intends to head to her room, but her mother gives one last message before Haru heads to her room

"Izanami that..."

"Eh? What did you say?"

"Ezzo... You know, when we ate. Izanami doesn't look so happy in front of you, he still has his flat face"

"Eh!? Ah, about that, huh? Take it easy, mother. I still think that's a natural thing. Maybe he needs to adapt a little bit to us?"

"No, that's how he's been doing all this time. He showed less of his expression except with his friends. She may be so hard to understand but as her mother I know that she was very happy when she had a new brother"

"Why is he happy? I mean, why do you know she's happy? He might be happy about something else, right?", (As if he could finally find someone to scold if his mood was bad)

"You may be right. But he confided once in a while when he found out that I was getting married. He hoped that if he could find a foster brother, he might feel lonely because our previous family relationship was very bad. Maybe he needs a place to confide in besides your mother"

"Ah. All right, if that's what it says. I'll try my best for him"

"Speak to him. Maybe he'll get used to it if you talk to you a lot"

After that, Haru returned to his room. While thinking about how he established a brother relationship with his sister

(Huffs... Talk to him yes... Not that I didn't want to, seeing her completely expressionless face made me feel that talking to her was a waste)

(Bodo... More importantly, I have to prepare all my school stuff for tomorrow's wear)

After everything was done, Haru could actually just go to sleep. But because he once again found it difficult to sleep, so he chose to open a social media called "TapMe". There, Haru has many virtual friends who share the same hobby. Play games, watch movies, anime, music, and more. There is also a meme in the form of photos or videos that make his mood improve again

Not using the 'follow' system, the application uses a friendship system. In essence, if there are two people who are friends, then they can both see the posts of each friend. Of course this is what makes Haru increasingly late in spending his time surfing the internet

In the middle he saw his porch. He found one of his profit posts in the field of story writing. According to the post, he only needs to be diligent in promoting his story, and diligent to always update his story so that the story remains crowded with readers

He then turned off his phone, kept it right next to him, and lay down while looking up at the ceiling of the room

(Well, where should I start?)

Soluble in his mind, he suddenly heard a knock on the door, making Haru a little surprised when he heard it. "Ah... Come in, the door's unlocked"

Haru thought that at his doorstep it was his father, so he felt not so bothered by himself wearing only shorts with bare chest

But, the guess is wrong because it comes is his new sister, Izanami. Opening the door, Izanami's face instantly reddened when she saw Haru who was only dressed in black shorts. He immediately closed the door again

Haru is also surprised that Izanami is coming, he just panics and quickly puts his clothes back on. Fortunately the two of them did not scream, so his parents did not know about it

Haru then opened the door of her room, and saw Izanami leaning against the wall right next to her door. With the slightly awkward circumstances, Haru tried to improve the atmosphere

"Uh... Ah, sorry. I didn't know you were coming"

"uh? I thought you wanted to tease me by dressing like that" Izanami said with a disgusting face before Haru

Seeing that, Haru found it a little difficult to talk to his new sister. Even so, Haru tried to explain everything

"Look, it was completely unintentional. I'm used to living with my dad, so I'm still used to taking my shirt off just to get rid of my sweat"

"Let's not be discussed again, disgusting basic. Anyway I came just to want to talk to you for a minute"

"Then, it might be better to go into my room" said Haru who was trying to calm down in front of his sister

"Huh, then you lock your room and you're gonna do something weird to me? No, not at all!"

"Ahgh... Come on, it was a pure accident!"

"No, I don't trust you yet"

"Huuf... Alright, ok? Alright. Ehh... So let's get it over with as soon as possible, I just want a quick break tonight. So what do you want with me"

"You're going to school tomorrow, right? I hope at school, we don't talk too much there"

"You're one year younger than me, and our class is far away. So surely in school we'll rarely talk, right?"

"It's not just school, it's out of school too! Whatever it is, except at home... I hope we're like strangers"

"Uhh... Ok, alright. If that's what you want". (Since then, for the time being he will always behave like this if I keep trying to talk to him)

Haru then asked back, "what is that you want to say?"

Izanami fixed her short hair, then replied. "Well, for now... There's actually a lot I want to ask you. But seeing your attitude like this, maybe next time"

Haru then denied, "hey, how many times do I have to say it was an accident?"

Izanami was still with that flat face of hers, only returning to her room while saying. "Well, all the men I met were no more than you. Nothing is different"

Izanami instantly covered his room and left Haru alone outside with a feeling of still being confused and shocked by Izanami's words just now

"Ah... There's a lot going on today. Maybe I should go to sleep, although it's not sure if I can really sleep or not"