[b]Yanagi Shiki - Yanagi Household[/b]

Shiki had woken up early today. Yes, it was a Sunday, and there really wasn't much to do on a Sunday, but that was no reason to sleep in. Honestly, he'd been waking up early for a while now. He [i]was[/i] a kid, after all, and filled with boundless energy, but that wasn't exactly the entire explanation. Even though he was still only 10, he wasn't too young to realize that something was very, very wrong. He'd been worried for quite some time now... Midori, his older sister, had been acting really strange. She had always been a bit off since Keiko's accident, but... It wasn't healthy to be that obsessive. Even he could tell that. She needed to focus on things other than that... What's-her-name... That other girl. As much as he loved her, she was just...

...But it wasn't a good idea to dwell on that right now. Already washed and dressed, Shiki headed off to Midori's room and was about to just barge through the door before remembering what happened last time he did. That was something he didn't want to see again, after all, so instead he simply knocked lightly.

"Hey... Hey, sis!" he chirped from behind the door. "Sis, you [i]promised[/i] you'd take me out today! And... And mom and dad are out, and you know they'll get really mad if you leave me on my own!" Well... [i]Technically[/i] it was true. She [i]had[/i] promised, and they [i]would[/i] get mad, but... Really, he just wanted her to get out and focus on something that wasn't what's-her-name.