Pseudo Shadows
Good person

"Your love is weird."

"Hey, don't say anything! You're stranger to that fantasy world you created!"

His sister replied to him by sticking out her tongue, making Akihiko eager to hit him on the head.

"Good stop! I'm sorry, Aihara, my two sons are noisy." He said softly, while Aihara just smiled back at him. "Yahiko, you can't do that to guests. Be nice!"

And the boy just chuckled lazily.

"It's okay, Auntie. I'm fine." Aihara said politely.

Akihiko's mother smiled back at Aihara, "You know what? You're the only girl Akihiko introduced as a boyfriend to me. He's too preoccupied himself with music and basketball. I've even thought she's Asexual."

Akihiko who heard that suddenly widened his eyes, "Hey mother is outrageous!!"

"That's because of you too!"

Aihara smiled hearing that, at least it made her proud.

"Aihara, would you stay over? Outside of the torrential rain, it would be a long time if waiting for it to subside."

"Oh yeah? I, it seems like I can't be mom. Sorry, my mom's home." Refuse politely.

"Ah what a pity, let's eat first. Don't worry about it!"

They kept talking while eating. Akihiko's mother is quite pleasant, as evidenced by her who looks familiar with Aihara in just a few minutes. Akihiko was relieved to see that. Although his sister was still secluded from Aihara and several times said things that might hurt her heart.

"Have you given your mother permission to go home for the night?"

"It."

"Alright, Oh you wait here first." Akihiko directs Aihara to wait for her on the Sofa in front of the TV with Yahiko, who is busy playing games on her phone. "I'll be right back."

Aihara said, she actually still felt awkward with her sister Akihiko who seemed to dislike her existence. But as much as possible he tried to get along with her.

"Hey, your name is Yahiko Kahito?"

"You know why you ask." He said, still with a focused gaze on his phone.

"Hmm, don't you like me?"

"Ck." As if distracted, the boy turned his attention to Aihara with an ominous look." Yeah, why?"

"Oh no-no, I'm sorry if-"

"Why do you want to be my brother's girlfriend? He's ugly, smelly and heartless."

Honestly, Aihara did not expect that Yahiko would say that, "I don't know either. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm comfortable if it's nearby."

Aihara looked at the confused eyebrow grooves on Yahiko's face, it looked adorable.

"Comfortable? Oh of course, my brother doesn't have a handsome face like me, so that reason makes sense to me." He re-occupied himself with the game.

Aihara slightly liked the boy's style of speech, "But in my opinion, Akihiko is also handsome. He's also talented."

"Haha, you said that because you didn't see how she slept."

"You said what boy!! Oh, God, don't listen to him, Aihara." Suddenly Akihiko came in his casual clothes, he brought a piece of paper and his electric guitar. Then took a seat beside Aihara.

"You can read it first, after that we combine it with the instrument."

Aihara grabbed the paper and started reading verse by verse. Suddenly, his hair bristled, feeling a strange vibration from the letters he read.

You're full of mysteries.

Like a witch, you made me fall and fall back in love the next split second.

I'm trying to step up to you, even though the shadow of the past is trapping you.

You're not just making me your butterfly, are you?

*I'm scared. Bad thoughts continue to disturb.*

Maybe I'll forever find the key to get you out of that shadow.

I'll take you to fly with me.

Just be mine, and only my shadow will ensnare you.

Try coming!

Calm my broken heart.

I fear. Bad thoughts continue to disturb.

Aihara is not stupid. The song was clearly about Akihiko's worries about her being taken for granted. He knew, but honestly from his heart he never meant it that way.

"You're making this all night?"

"Hm, I suddenly thought of something so I wrote it down. Looks like it's gonna be another Ballad. Want to try singing it?" Tawar Akihiko, who later became Aihara.

"I want to hear his instrument."

And that's how it is, it's going to be Ballad. Akihiko was impressed by Aihara's voice blending with her lyrics, as if the song was lifeless. Even to the point of shaking his heart. Akihiko glanced at Aihara, peeking at her passion during singing, but all she found were teardrops flooding her cheeks.

"Gosh, you're living it too much." He stopped the passages on his guitar strings and started carrying Aihara in his arms. Forgetting Yahiko's presence around them.

"I just feel like the characters in this song are so bad. He tried to survive despite the pain, continuing to believe even though he actually knew other more painful things. You, why is that strong Akihiko?"

Akihiko was stunned for a moment before returning to say, "What? That's not me, my God, what am I doubting? Didn't you clearly love me?"

Although he actually doubted.

"You know, I love you. Very!"

"Because of that, I don't have to hesitate anymore right?"

Akihiko smiled, ruining Aihara's hair gently. He gave Aihara some distance, then cupped the wet cheeks together and took a soft kiss on her small lips. Until one jolt of memory jolted his head making him hurriedly release their pawns.

Holy hooch!

Reflexes, both of them turned to Yahiko who was still fixated on putting attention on them.

"Oh, don't be surprised like that. I didn't see anything." He said casually, then Yahiko withdrew from there and headed straight for his room.

"Good god, that boy!"

"I-I want to go home."

Aihara who was already flushed with embarrassment finally decided to escape from there. It was fortunate that the rain had subsided so Akihiko's mother had no reason to endure it.

"alright.