there he stood, the middle brother out of the three before the youngest. a slight frown upon his face while arms folded to his chest. already aware his brother had yet to be the best, at the top of of the dueling world. of course there were no shortcuts, but it also meant there was time for him to get there.
“haven’t been losing as of late?” he asked, staring down with a somewhat irritated tone. although he knew how busy chousaku was with his work, there were times when he was off to check in, but for the time being, it was just him. perhaps jun should be thankful the middle sibling was lenient than the eldest. “i had expected good things when sending you to this school, i don’t want the family name to be let down, again.” he hissed, he wasn’t going to grab his brother’s shirt. what point was there in that?
there was a pause after, a light exhale escaped his lips “now jun, you understand why we’re doing this, don’t you? this is for your own good...our own good.” he corrected, “do you honestly believe failure is an option? the ones we are letting down aren’t ourselves, i’m sure you remember that.” at least, it was what shouji believed, this was for their family, he didn’t want their parents to be ashamed, even if their relationship wasn’t the best, he nor chousaku was going to disown or leave him behind, they weren’t heartless.