[color=fff200]"Sis! Sis! Wake up, sis!"[/color] Kanna, struggled to wake her older sister like she did all the mornings. She knew it wasn't her sister's fault that she always overslept, after all she worked pretty hard to take care of her, Shirou and Aoi, plus she had to deal with both her school club and part-time job obligations. 

Sincerely, Kanna thought that her sister could use a break once in a while, it wasn't like Kanna couldn't fill Kureha's place for an afternoon so that she could relax a bit, but making her blockhead sister understand that wasn't the easiest thing in the world, [color=fff200]"Ahh... if only she could get a boyfriend..."[/color] Kanna sighed as she continued trying to wake her sister.

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[b]A few minutes later...[/b]
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[color=ec008c]"You... you shouldn't be saying those things, Kanna. Teasing your sister like that so early in the morning isn't right."[/color] Kureha said as she tied her apron in place and went to the kitchen to take care of their breakfast/bento.

Kanna gulped down a glass of orange juice, before replying, [color=fff200]"But I wasn't teasing you, sis. I really think you should get a boyfriend. Aren't you on highschool already?"[/color] Kanna really wasn't saying that to tease her sister, after all, wasn't highschool the right time to find ones first love? Maybe she was readying too much manga these days, but Kanna was sure that when she went to highschool in a couple more years she won't be like her sister. [color=fff200]"I'll fight for my love with these fists of passion!"[/color] The overly energetic shouted as she threw a blind punch in front of her.

[b]*KRECK!*[/b]

After hearing the sound of one of the porcelain vases that were over the dining table breaking, Kureha came out of the kitchen just to see Kanna trying to stealthily hide its shards, [color=ec008c]"Gosh, Kanna! How many times mom had told you to not practice karate inside the house?"[/color]

[color=fff200]"Tee-hee!"[/color] Kanna snickered while sticking her tongue and knocking her own head softly with the very same fist that broke the vase, [color=fff200]"I'm sorry, sis. My hand moved on its own."[/color]

[color=ec008c]"Ahh..."[/color] Kureha sighed, there was no way that a mellow girl like her could get mad with her siblings, specially Kanna, who was the only other girl besides her, [color=ec008c]"Ok, I'll think of something to tell mom when she asks about the vase. Now, be a good girl and go wake Shirou and Aoi for me, ok?"[/color]

[color=fff200]"Really?"[/color] Kanna said before hugging her sister, [color=fff200]"You're the best, sis!"[/color] And then, she left for the boys' room.
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[b]Yet a little later...[/b]
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[color=ec008c]"Are you sure you have everything that you'll need?"[/color] Kureha said as she straightened her brothers' hair just before they and Kanna would leave to take the school bus. [color=ec008c]"If anything happens promise that you'll call me, ok? Also, I may get back a little late today, so ask Kanna to give you the pudding that I bought yesterday, when you get back home."[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Right, Sis!"[/color] The twin boys said as they started walking along their usual path.

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[color=ec008c]"Ok, I should get going too."[/color] Kureha said before fastening the straps of her skates and dashing away at full speed, just to get back even faster when she remembered she hadn't brought her school bag with her.

[color=fff200]"Sis!"[/color] Kanna yelled as she threw Kureha's bag in wide arc.

Kureha didn't stopped to think, she just let her body move on its own and grabbed the bag mid-air, before turning around and moving towards her school at the speed of the wind, the [color=ec008c]"Thank you!"[/color] that she yelled back at Kanna was barely audible thanks to the distance between them.
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[b]At school...[/b]
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When Kureha arrived at school there were only a few students scattered here and there, most of them heading to their respective clubs morning activities, just like her.

She greeted the few who she passed by on her way to the school's gym, especially those who recognized her as the 'Queen of the Court' of the volleyball team, much to her chagrin to say the truth, since she didn't like to be treated as a special someone that much.

Once in the gym, she went straight to the locker and changed into her P.E. uniform, which thankfully was just a loose white t-shirt and gym shorts, instead of the embarrassingly outdated bloomers that were the norm at her previous school.

Done with change, Kureha joined her team mates in their morning pratice.

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[i][b]From left to right:[/b] Kaname Ginko, [color=fff79a]Tachibana Sayaka[/color], [color=f7976a]Saitou Miharu[/color], [color=f49ac2]Misaki Arisu[/color] and [color=bc8dbf]Tsukiyo Yuno[/color].[/i]
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"Good morning, Takanashi-san. You're late again." Kaname Ginko, the team captain and club president greeted Kureha warmly, but still didn't forgot to chastise her for her lateness. Fitting for her stern girl facade, even when everyone in the team knew that the 3rd year girl was in truth a lover of cute things.

[color=ec008c]"I'm sorry, Kaname-senpai. I'll try to get up early on our next morning practice."[/color] Came Kureha's downcast answer.

[color=fff79a]"Come on, Gincchi! I bet that Takanashi-san was working again yesterday. Give her a break."[/color] Said the always happy-go-lucky Tachibana Sayaka, the club's vice-president and Ginko's childhood friend.

"How many times have I said you to not call me that while we're at school, Sayaka? Plus, that's exactly my point, Takanashi-san may not see it, but she's seriously overworking herself. If this continues for too long she might just collapse in the middle of the street."

[color=fff79a]"Now you're just being melodramatic, Gincchi. Can't you see that you're scaring Yuno?"[/color] Sayaka said while passing her arm around the smallish 1st year student's shoulder.

[color=bc8dbf]"Is... is that true, Takanashi-senpai?"[/color] Yuno stuttered, in small voice that resembled a scared kitten, befitting her petite frame and meek demeanour.

[color=ec008c]"No, no, don't get like this Tsukiyo-san! I'm sure that Kaname-senpai is just trying to show her concern, but I'm perfectly fine,"[/color] Kureha said while pumping her fist in an exaggerated gesture to show Yuno that she wasn't lying, [color=ec008c]"Also, I only work three days per week, it's my siblings that always keep me on edge."[/color]

[color=f7976a]"Though you never seem to carry, do you Takanashi-san?"[/color] Said the gentle Saitou Miharu. Miharu is the only daughter and heiress of the family that were once the city's feudal lords and, according to the rumors, currently a Yakuza clan, though the mellow girl didn't looked nothing like a Yakuza princess in Kureha's eyes.

[color=ec008c]"How can I? I really love them, no matter how much work they give me."[/color]

[color=f49ac2]"You only say that because your brothers still are on that cute age. Let them grow a little more and we'll see if you're going to say the same thing when they start running around the house with your underwear on their heads."[/color] Despite Arisu's exasperated voice, it was clear that she cared for Hotarou, her own little brother, even if he was twice more destructive than their foul tempered shiba inu, Hayate.

[color=ec008c]"My underwear?"[/color] Kureha felt her face becoming a little red just from imagining her brothers messing with her panties, [color=ec008c]"They wouldn't do that, would they?"[/color]

[color=f49ac2]"Just you wait and see, hehehe."[/color] Arisu said while patting Kureha's shoulder.

"Ahem!" The sound of Ginko clearing her throat loudly cut the girls' laid-back exchange. "Girls, I know that you're having fun, but there's an interschool competition coming soon and we can't afford to lose to our school's old nemesis. So... how about we begin our training before we are late to homeroom?"
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[b]After the training...[/b]
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When Kureha arrived at her classroom, no more than a couple minutes before the bell, she couldn't avoid attracting unwanted gazes of her peers because of the fresh smell of shampoo that still lingered to her hair after the shower that she took to wash the sweat of her body. Or most probably, because she didn't had the time to dry herself properly, and thus, her uniform was sticking to the little bits of humidity that were left here and there on her skin.

Even thought it wasn't her intention, Kureha was looking damn sexy that morning... yeah.

Once their homeroom teacher arrived and began their morning lecture, the tiredness got the best out of Kureha and she fell asleep midway through it, but thanks to the fact that her desk was the second-to-last of the windows row, she was way out of the teacher's field of view and was spared of any scoldings once again.

However, Kureha's nightmare began once homeroom ended, as the first class in that morning would be math and right now they were studying one of the things that she considered one of the most difficult subjects, that is, trigonometry.

As Kureha fetched her notebook from under her desk during the short break between classes, she couldn't avoid sighing wistfully, [color=ec008c]"Ahh..."[/color]