II: A Day to Spend

25th of December 2019

The story is kinda rushed and a little weird so I hope you can still enjoy it. Still in a flashback.

Maihime's POV

Today is going to be a special day. I planned to spend this entire day with my little sister, Auka. I told her the plan the day before and she got really excited because she didn't get the chance to spend time with me and I was always busy with school so today was the perfect time to spend a day out with my sister.

"Sis, are you ready? Come on let's go. " Auka said excitedly and I nodded, signaling her I was ready to go. Before we left, I had to remind Auka to hide her ears and her little wings. I did as well but the only thing Auka I'd unable to do at the moment was hiding her tail due to her young age.

"I still can't hide it, sis. What can I do? Auka pouted and I couldn't look away because whenever she does a sad face or whatever, she makes this sad  puppy sound which makes me almost want to cry. "Just tie a jacket around your waist and you should be fine." I told her and she quickly went upstairs to get a jacket. I helped her tied the jacket since she didn't know how to do it.

"Alright let's go." I said and we left the house shortly after that. Since me and Auka live in Yongen Jaya, we took the train to go to one of the best place to spend your time with your loved ones, Destiny land. Once we arrived at the place, I have to register me and Auka before we entered the huge amusement park. "Wow, this is amazing." Auka shrieked with happiness and I smiled at her. "Come on sis, we gotta get those cute little things they are selling. "Auka urging me to go to the headband stands that has a variety of animal ears on it. After deciding on what I wanted, I picked the one that looked like a mouse while Auka picked one that looked like a rabbit.

“谢谢你们，欢迎你们再来” the person who was selling the headbands said cheerfully. Since I was able to understand Mandarin, I was able to say "好的, 谢谢你" which means "okay thank you or "alright"  in Mandarin.  " Aww, I wish I was multilingual like you sis, then I will be able to speak more variety of languages." Auka commented. It was true I went to a school that teaches Mandarin and that was when I was in primary school.

"Where do you want to go next, Auka?" I asked while looking around for a place to go to. "Let's go on the rollercoaster. My face immediately went pale. The reason was because I was afraid of heights and one more to add, I do not like it when I get very dizzy but I did not want to make Auka sad so I obliged to her choice of place. Once we got to the place, I was beginning to regret my decision. Luckily the ride was not too bad as I was able to endure it because seeing Auka very happy immediately took my fear of heights away from me.

When the ride was finished, my face went from pale white to a purple eggplant color. Auka had noticed until I was about to throw up, Auka used something that immediately stoped. I noticed that she was using her ability to stop time because she didn't really want to stuff to go all over. I was frozen yet seeing myself about to throw up looks very disgusting. Honestly, you would not want to know what was happening inside my stomach. Auka soon came back with a bucket in her hands. She snapped her fingers and everything started moving again. And to add the cherry to the top, I begin to puke. Seconds later, I was feeling nauseous in my head and in my stomach.

"Oh my Lord, are you okay sis? I am sorry for putting you in a state like this. "Auka begin to apologise as if she done something wrong. "It's not your fault, Plus I will do anything to make you happy. That is my promise to you." I told her.

Shortly after my temporary "sickness", me and Auka decided to eat lunch since I felt hungry and stuff. "Auka, what would you want to eat?" I asked and she had her hand on her chin like she was thinking of something. "Let's look around." Auka said as she took my hand and started to move forward. After looking at stalls after stalls, she found a one stall that immediately interest her and ushered me to find a seat.

Auka's POV

“欢迎，欢迎。欢迎你们大家来吃我手作的食物。” a girl who was about my sister's age trying to get some people's attention. "哦，哈咯。欢迎你来我的摊子！我们有各种各样的食物可以选择。” the girl said and my face was in confusion because I did not understand a single word she said. "Oh, you don't speak Mandarin? Geez,I was hoping for some people that come to my stall to at least a Mandarin sentence." The girl finally said in a language I understand.

"Sorry, I only know basic words in Mandarin. Anyways, what would you recommend? I want your best dish. " I said to the girl and she snapped her finger meaning that she already thought of something. "Ooh, I recommend you to try this Chinese Chicken Rice with Siew Bak Choy(a type of veggie) and ginger. It's one of my best selling meals I made and it's original" the girl said proudly. My eyes immediately sparked and my brain was urging me to try the food.

"That sounds appetizing! Then I would like 2 of that please." I said to her and she nodded. While she was keying in the stuff on the counter, I looked inside her stall and it was really neat. It was filled with Chinese Lantern and it has the feeling that it will make you feel like you are in China. "The total is 430 Yen. " The girl said and I handed her the money. "Your food will be ready in a few minutes. " She added and I nodded as she handed me a thing that looked like a beeper (You know those things where the sound goes off and you know your food is already ready, that thing) .

Soon after 5 minutes, I went back to the stall and grab my order. The meal just look delicious just looking at it.

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..."This is what I am trying to describe. Just imagine the Siew Bak Choy in there. :)"...

"Thank you for coming. " the girl chirped and I nodded before I left.

Back to Maihime's POV

"Tada" Auka cheered and my eyes were gasping as if they were the ones to eat the food. "That looks tasty, Auka. Let's eat shall we? I said before taking my chopsticks. When I picked the food and put in my mouth, there was sudden burst of flavors mixing in my mouth, as if they were made to be one and another. "Ahhhh, this taste so good." I said and Auka nodded in agreement. We were eating our food as if we were the mower mowing the grass.

After we finished, I wanted to buy something for Auka but we met some trouble on the way there. There were some odd people following us, they were wearing all black so it was hard to identity who was who. I took Auka hands and immediately walked faster. I tried making some twist and turns but I reached a dead end and soon the two odd people found their way to us.

"What do you want with us?" I said in a low voice. I was bearing my teeth to show I was defensive. "You just hand over her and we will leave you be" a voice that sounds like a man said with one finger pointing at Auka. "No way am I letting you take my sister!" I raised my voice and hugging Auka, not letting her go. "Looks like we will have to use force, beautiful." The man said coming toward us. I couldn't do anything about it as it will reveal my true self, my identity. "Let go of her." I screamed and Auka was trying to squirm out of the man's hand. I was in shock, I couldn't say a word. I tried screaming but no voice came. My sister, getting kidnapped on a special day I wanted to spend with her.

And then, like a miraculous miracle, a prince in shining armour came to the rescue. Not really a prince in shining armour but a boy who was around my age. He had raven-coloured hair, a pair of glasses that were shaped in a square but what caught my attention was his action towards the two odd people. "What are you doing, let go of me?" One of the two people said as he held his arm really hard. "You let go of her or you won't be seeing the light in the next second." The boy said with a tone in his voice. "Fine" the person who was holding Auka threw her to the ground and went to collect his comrade. "This won't be the last time you see us. " The two people said annoyingly before making their escape.

I ran towards Auka, she looked horrible. She was whiter than usual and she had tears running down cheek. The sight was terrible and I couldn't bear to see her like this. "Thank you for coming to save us in the nick of time." I thanked him. "No worries, just doing a good deed here." He said casually. "Come let's get out of here, it's stuffy and dark in here." He said and reached his hand out. The way he sound is reassuring even though we barely even know each other.

He ended up taking me and Auka to the train station just to make sure I will make it home safe. "Thank you so much again for saving me and Auka. I can never thank you enough." I said to him with thanks once again. Before the train doors was about to close, he threw me something. It was a sort of a paper wrap in a ball. He did some sort of hand sign. "🤙" was his hand sign before the train door closed.

Shortly after 5 minutes, we arrived at Yongen Jaya. We passed by the Leblanc's and through the bath house and finally we reached home. Once we arrived at our door step, I fiddled around with the key to open the door. Click! The door was open and Auka went inside swiftly. She was traumatized by the incident that happened this afternoon. I felt that she couldn't bear the feeling anymore and broke down in tears.

"Shhhh, it's okay. The strange people won't come after us." I hushed her as she was crying softly. Warm tears were falling down on her pale colored face as she cried more. Then I sang one of her favorite song.

(The song is The World is not an Illusion from TMSFE)

After humming that song to her, she fell asleep in my arms. I carried her all the way to her room and place her on her bed. I kissed her forehead and left the room without waking her up.

"I guess no dinner for today," I shrugged. I sighed and I was about to when to bed when I saw the letter that was on the lamp table.

"Hmm, should I open it now?" I asked myself. I was thinking why would the school write me a letter? What could be in that letter? I want to find that out now! It is killing my sixth sense.

I went to the living room with the letter in my hand and started opening it, I put on my reading glasses so I would not read any error. I immediately went white when I saw what was in the letter.

To be continued...

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