S と M

Chapter 4: My New Little Sister

I can't say out first dinner together wasn't awkward. They all had obviously spent a bit of time together overseas, and the newlyweds must have felt as if I was being left out. They tried to include me as much as they could. However, trying not to be the third wheel, I raised my voice in protest.

"It's fine if you just behave the way you did back overseas, you don't have to be considerate of me."

Marion and dad looked at me worriedly. "But Takashi..."

To my surprise Rudy spoke up for me. "He's right, you know. Try to look at it from onii-chan's view, mama, papa. If you're so overly considerate of him then your intentions of being nice will reverse and you'll only make him feel uncomfortable instead. Right, onii-chan?" Rudy smirked my way. She wasn't wrong, but I would have beaten around the bush a bit more. It also irked me that she understood how I felt.

"Is that true Takashi-kun?" Marion stared at me with puppy like eyes, stabbing another hundred needles of guilt into my heart.

"Um, well, for now I guess I'd like it if everyone relaxed more and acted more natural." I told her awkwardly as I struggled for the right words to say. "I know I might not fit in right away, but we'll have plenty of time for me to get used to it, right?"

I was taken aback as I noticed Marion gazed at me with eyes filled with admiration and love. I jumped as she suddenly took my hand into hers. "You're such a good young man, Takashi-kun! I'm exalted to have you as a son!"

"Isn't he? Isn't he?" Dad piped in. "He's always been such a good boy, I don't know what I'd do without him!"

"You've raised him well, honey!"

"Rudy-chan's not someone to ignore either, sweetheart!"

"Oh Ryu-kun! You're too much!"

"In my opinion it's not enough. Nothing is enough for my Mari-chan~"

I laughed nervously as my face began to flush with embarrassment. The lovey dovey talk had started again, and they were trapped in their own worlds as they got lost in each other's eyes. Leaving me with Rudy as company. Great. Well, now would be as good a time as any to get over my differences with her. I cleared my throat. "It was Rudy-chan, right?"

"Just calling me Rudy is fine, onii-chan."

That's right, they don't use much titles in America... I corrected myself. "So, Rudy... Tell me about yourself?" I ended lamely. I should've had a question in mind before I said anything.

Rudy glanced over and replied in a snobbish tone. "Why?"

I was wondering why too at the moment. Why I even tried that is. If anything she was fueling my irrational hatred for her, not curing it. "Because I'm going to be living under the same roof as you now so I'd like to know more about you, like what you did back in America, where you went to school, who were your friends, what it was like. Stuff like that." I listed things randomly and hoped she'd respond to something rather than leave me hanging, which didn't out of her character to do.

She seemed to think it over before speaking. "I don't have anything I want to tell you."

This brat. I sighed and gave up, and turned my attention back to eating (and ignoring the couple).

Rudy grinned mischievously. "Oh, fine. If you really want to know." She paused and waggled a finger, beckoning me to lend her my ear. Her breath was hot as she opened her mouth and...

...sunk her teeth into my ear.

I jolted away, face burning and ear throbbing with pain as my eyes opened into two large Os. "W-w-w-w-wha-what-" I stammered on incoherently.

She smiled sweetly at me and chimed in a melodic voice, "You're so pure, aren't you onii-chan? That's cute."

What was this kid thinking!? I wanted to shake her brains out, but refrained from doing so and chided her instead. Well, I would have if I could've thought of anything to say back to her. "I-if you're that hungry then eat your food!"

"Yes, onii-chan." She resumed eating and I figured that I wouldn't bother trying to get along with her anymore. Out of the corner of my eye, I swore I saw her frown for a second, but it quickly reverted to her teasing face as she noticed my gaze. "Enraptured by my beauty?"

I scoffed without saying a word and looked away. When dinner was over I returned to my room, lazing around with nothing to do. I sprawled out on the bed in the dark, trying to take in everything that happened, that was happening. I sighed, tired, and closed my eyes, turning myself into exhaustion's clutches...

Unlike my father, I was a light sleeper, and sensitive to my surroundings, so it wasn't long before I started gaining consciousness. My awareness rose as my ears perked at the creaking of my door being opened. The soft, padding of feet made their way across the room, closer and closer to my bed. Was it dad? No, those weren't the sound of his foot steps... Then who was it?

I tensed as my bed creaked, and an unfamiliar weight crawled across the mattress. Weighing my options and scenarios of danger, I decided it was now or never and flipped over, pinning the potentially dangerous intruder's wrists onto the bed. In some ways, I was surprised and I wasn't surprised when I saw the culprit's face. "Rudy? What are you doing?"

She put a playful finger to her lips as she hummed playfully. "Midnight exploring?"

I sighed heavily. "Play your exploring game somewhere else. No, go to sleep. There's school tomorrow." I began to get up, but Rudy yanked the collar of my shirt down. "Wha-?!"

She looked me in the eyes, her eyes twinkling playfully in the moonlight. "I lied."

"Then what were you doing?" I tried to move away, but she kept me near. She had a pretty strong grip for a kid. Made me wonder where she was keeping the strength in that small body of hers. "Can you let go or something?"

"No."

Ah, what a headache this girl was. "Let go." I ordered.

"I don't want to."

I heaved a heavily aggravated sigh. "Do you want me to use force or something? Let go. Please."

"Force me then."

"Why won't you just let go?!" I was really distressed by then.

She yanked me closer, her breath tickling my face as she whispered sweetly to me. "Because I came here to seduce you, onii-chan."

I impulsively jerked away, the suddenness of it weakening her grip and allowing me freedom. I landed on the floor behind me on my butt with a thud.

"That wasn't very nice to a lady, onii-chan." I could hear the pout in her voice. I stared on in horror as Rudy sat up. All she wore was a white, lace camisole made of a thin fabric and pa-pa-pan-

I immediately blocked the sight with my arms. "W-w-why aren't you we-wearing any clothes?!"

"I said I came here to seduce you, didn't I? And I am wearing clothes. Although if onii-chan wants it to, that can change." I could hear the rustle of fabric (OH GOD) and desperately reached behind me for the closet, throwing random articles of my clothing at her in a panicked frenzy.

"I meant decent clothes! Put something on! Now! Or better yet, just leave, leave my room!" I was tempted to crawl into the closet and lock myself in until she left, but I could feel her hands tugging at my hands, trying to pry away my protective barrier. Instead, I contented myself by curling up into an even tighter protective ball.

"Onii-chan! Stop being a wuss and move your hands!" She huffed with irritation.

"Never! Why are you doing this?! What would your mother, what would Marion-san think?!" I cried out desperately in my horror. My defense was holding up well, for now at least.

"Mama's a deep sleeper, she'll never notice. C'mon." She tugged a little harder.

"You're crazy!" I curled in tighter. No way was I going to let this delusional mentally unstable insane girl do whatever she walk all over me!

She groaned loudly and I could hear her drop onto my bed with frustration, and began grumbling. "This isn't gonna work. Who knew he'd be such a chicken."

"I'm fine with being a chicken, now will you please get out and leave me alone?" I retorted.

"No."

"I'm begging you, please leave!"

"I'm not leaving."

Honestly, I felt like crying at that point. Who had I wronged in my past life to be punished like this? "What do you want from me? I'll do anything- well, almost anything to get you to leave."

"Then let me seduc-"

"I said almost!"

She sighed huffily. She thought for a while. "Then be my dog."

"What?! No-"

"I'm not leaving then."

I cursed. I thought over my options. "Y-you won't try to seduce me anymore, right?"

"Do you want me to?" She asked teasingly.

"No." I answered immediately.

She rolled her eyes, and paused before she answered. "Fine...for tonight."

"Hey, that's not fair-"

"I'll take off my-"

I didn't want to know which, either one was equally bad. "Ok, ok, I'll do it! Just, please, leave!"

"Starting tomorrow."

"Yes, yes!"

"You'll listen to all my orders."

"Your word is my command, now please leave."

After a moment of silence, the soft padding of her feet could once again be heard, only now she was leaving to my relief. "I'll be expecting great things tomorrow then, onii-chan. But don't think that this is all over just yet."

Once I heard the door to her bedroom close, I slumped down with relief, my heart sinking. I groaned. What had I just gotten myself into? With my new little sister too...

Out of the frying pan, and into the fire...

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