Monochrome Romance
CHAPTER 1
Is this a
fate?
Clear skies with the sound of birds’
song are surrounding my step now. I don’t remember when the last time I see
this clearly sky since the last time was a complete chaos. What I usually see
just the view of people’s yelling each other and killing each other just for
surviving or aiming the victory of kingdom, mostly bloods everywhere. The fate of a warrior they said. I
sighed and took a slow step to that mansion.
I don’t know since when I feel my sword became heavier, or it just my
own imagination since—I need to forget it, but to be exact, I remember that the
other day was my little sister’s engaged party. Though someone destroyed the
party and destroyed nii-san planned to make a politic marriage.
“you are Taiga! Aisaka Taiga! Remember that! You are not that weak! Say
if you hate it! Say if you reject it! It’s now all up to you! The one who live
yourself is your own very self not your brothers! Your life is all yours! Stop
this fucking politic marriage! Tch.. It really pissed me off.. And moreover. I
LOVE YOU TAIGA! ”
That boy named Elliot Nightray
somehow slapped me to the reality, I thought about it all day even when I stepped
to this mansion. Is he brave? Or just simply a crazy? What if I did the same
that day when he-- If you asked me who I am, I am Yuenji Rei. I am just simply
a warrior. Almost two days I didn’t see Taiga—my little sister—at our mansion
since the day they are engaged and Killua—my little brother—told me that she
was in this mansion. I look at that mansion, and somehow I feel a warm and
peace sign that this mansion showed when I enter to it. There when I saw
someone with long blue haired was sitting in the garden while drank his coffee.
His presence gave me a chill atmosphere. He was looking at the garden with
empty eyes like a doll. I bet even though I stepped closer, he wouldn’t notice
I was there right in front of him. He let his long coat touch the ground and he
let the wind blew his long hair away. I stood for a while then started walk towards
him. There when he realized my presence and smiled.
“hn..? Zhong Hui? ” he
looked at me with curious face then smiled. What I realized just, his smiling
face was full of pain. Is that just my imagination?
“You are wrong. Where
is nii-san? ” I answered and just simply took a glance at him.
He lifted his eyebrow
and suddenly took a step closer to me. “you mean, Yukimura? If you asked about
him, he is inside with the twins. Just sit here, relax..” he smiled.
“I don’t have much
time. Let me go inside.” I’m still standing right in front of him when suddenly
he sits and taps the chair beside him. “Just stay here for a while lady, maybe
Yukimura just has a little talk with my twins little sisters. Anyway, who are
you? I never see you around, lady..”
He is quite annoying and stubborn. I once again took a
glance at him. I don’t need to have a chit chat with a stranger, moreover all I
need to do here just bring back my brother since he just back from his mission
but chose to look for Taiga instead of back to mansion. I sat quietly without
give any interests toward him. And in the corner of my right eye I could see
that he was smiling. Something was disturbed me. His eyes were giving a sorrow
vision like—me.
“you look like a lost
rabbit… ” he laughed while drank his coffee. “I’m not a rabbit, could I go
inside now?”
“fine fine. Just go
inside. Yukimura maybe is in the dining room with them.” He giggled and drank
his coffee again.
“thank you.” I started
walking towards the door before suddenly he shouted “but I think Yukimura is
drinking inside, so, please be gentle at him” he laughed.
He is annoying, noisy and I really
had no interest toward him. I walked in to the mansion. Strange. I mumbled at myself as I looked around inside the mansion.
I saw no one but a very unique style of interior and some pictures of twins and
their brothers. I guess that’s the weird man in front of the mansion and his
brothers.
“Rei! Let’s drinking!
” suddenly with his husky voice, Yukimura nii-san called out me whom walked silently
to the dining room. There when I saw two girls—twins and Yukimura Nii-san with
Killua.
“Nii-san.. let’s go
home. Where is Taiga? ”
“I don’t know..” he laughed. “maybe she is drinking and
collapse in Elliot’s room..” actually I want to punch my own brother for his
silly acted. Taiga is my little sister yet he treated her like she isn’t her
sister?! What an irresponsible brother.
“Yuki-pyon.. who? “
the man with blue haired walked in towards dining room with his weird smile.
“Rei is my sister.. ”
Yukimura nii-san laughed.
“hn.. your sister.. ”
he lifted his eyebrow as he walked near to me. “what a cold lady..” he left
from my side then sat beside Yukimura Nii-san.
“Nii-san.. let’s go
back and--” I took his bottle of sake then dragged his hand “stop drinking...”
“wait Rei… okay okay I
will go back.. but before that… ” he
stopped then look at that man.
“Ikki.. take care of
my sister. ”
He laughed and the man with blue
haired just smile while drinking his tea. Somehow, when I looked toward his
blue eyes, I can’t help but thought, why he had that eyes, why must that eyes
was disturb me a lot. Suddenly he stared at me.
“aa.. I will back
first. Tell Taiga that I miss her.. “
I walked out from the mansion when I
had a deep thought—that man is annoying.
JLJJL
“Nii-san.. let’s go
back and--”
“stop drinking...”
Somehow that beautiful hair and
strong armor with dagger gave me a strange feeling. So, as I walked towards
dining room and get near of her, she didn’t react nor gave me a hard punch for
my rude attitude.
“Ikki.. please take
care of my sister..” Yuki-pyon was being dragged by Rei—the girl with blond
hair and beautiful armor while told me to take care of Taiga. I nodded while
smiling. It didn’t mean I can’t understand what he means, it just I suddenly
remember someone when I looked straightly towards the girl with beautiful
armor. Her eyes, her unchanged expression, her way of walking and—her coldness
always give me a strange feeling. I want to say that I have ever met with
someone who resemble with her but somehow, it will be rude isn’t it? You just
met her and suddenly you tell her about something ridiculous, don’t you think
she will call you weirdo? I smiled as I saw her walked out from room.
She looks like a lost rabbit. I
can’t help but want to embrace her when her dragging feet look like someone who
lost their will of life. Could I call her, usa-chan? Yeah. Because she always
look like lost in a place.
Ne, if you hear me
now, don’t you think that she is resemble with you?
Don’t you think that I
should wake her up? Because I feel like meet with someone who walked in a
dream.
Na.. don’t you think that… this is a fate?
Do you think this is a fate? But he is annoying…
But she is so cold and unlived…
Fate…
Fate…