me n the sibs are going on a 5am krispy kreme run you in (you're in get your shoes on im at the front door)
She stares at her phone, eyes assaulted by the bright light of the text on the screen.
Then she stares some more and she sighs; that’s when the kicking at the door starts.
It’s Niji, and for a second her heart feels a thrill of both fear and adventure. Fear, for when they were younger; fear for when he’d kick open the door she barricaded herself behind when all she wanted was time alone.
Adventure, because she knows he’s better now; adventure because Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji are trying in earnest to take back their spots as her brothers after years and years apart. No tricks. No hate.
But it’s five in the fucking morning.
Thank god her husband is out.
She slips on her shoes, pulling on a hoodie as she makes her way to the front door of her apartment. She pulls it open and, lo and behold. The brother squad.
“ You sound like the fucking DEA. My neighbors are going to hate me. “ she mutters, “ And if you’d rather go to krispy kreme that’s fine, but I can make us something better. “