Nishihiro coming home from the Bijou game and his little sister cheers him up
They had lost. They had lost and it was all his fault. If he had practiced just a bit harder... maybe if he had been an actual player and not just a passerby who thought it looked cool because of a stupid manga...
"Oni-chan?" Tikeru Nishihiro looked up from the bubbles in the bathwater, ignoring the strands of wet hair falling in her face. "Are you ok?"
Shintaro smiled, pouring water on her with a pitcher and smoothing her hair back, "Of course I am! I'm with my favorite girl!" He splashed her gently, letting her smile clear his sad thoughts.
She narrowed her little eyebrows, shaking her head and reaching up to take Shintaro's face, stretching his lips up into a smile, "You're lying to me..."
He sighed, giving her a sad little smile, "I'm just a little upset right now. I'm ok."
She shook her head, moving to the side of the tub to take a rag which she then dipped under water, "I'm gonna cheer you up!"
She let the rag will with air, like a little balloon on the water, before it let loose a bubble, popping towards Shintaro. She smiled, laughing, "See? All better?"
Shintaro's eyes filled with tears as he hugged his little sister, "Thank you, Tikeru, thank you."
