7 Chapter 07

After about 5 minutes of walking, finally, we arrive at the house. Looking at the house itself, I nodded, satisfied with the condition. The house is clean, and it shows that there is someone who lives here for at least a week ago. That means the only thing we need to do right now is moving our thing and go out for some shopping. Hmm, this day will not be as long as I think, I guess.

The house itself is not big. It only contains three bedrooms with a shower room inside, a kitchen, and a simple living room. But I think it will do for right now because if everything goes according to plan, we only need to live here just for one year before moving to Tokyo. I am glad that the kitchen has already been filled with a lot of tools like a microwave, fridge, a set of knives, different sizes of pans, etc. That means we only need to buy ingredients for cooking, I take a note in my head.

"Yuki-nii, I have already placed my things in my room, you could pick between the two rooms left behind. One of them will be a spare room if one day my or your friend wants to sleep over." Kiyoko said to me. Wow, she is fast. I guess that is because she has already lived here for a while.

After that, I choose my room as well. Honestly, though, there is no point in choosing a room, because the design of all the rooms is the same. A medium-size bed, a medium-size workplace, a wardrobe, and a medium-size bookshelf. That will do for now. Looking at the living room, I am glad that this house has a printer and scanner, so when I start drawing my manga, those will help for draw a good background.

Hmm, talking about manga, I also need to buy the tools needed. Ink, G-pen, maru-pen, reference for background, white ink for erasing the mistake, screen tone, and a lot of paper. I don't think those are the only thing I need to draw manga, but that is all that I can think about for now.

After storing my things, including all of the books in the three big boxes that I bought from Tokyo, I come back to the living room and found Kiyoko resting while playing with her phone on the sofa.

"Let's order some food from the internet for lunch. We can do our shopping in the evening after taking a short nap. You better make a list of what you want to buy, because I don't want to spend my evening wandering around in the name of shopping, okay?"

"Well, to be honest, I don't need a lot right now. Just some women thing that I can buy tomorrow with my friend, so I probably will not go with you and just lazying around and enjoying your collections." She shrugged. Well, that's okay, maybe she is tired and wants to prepare for her school tomorrow, I guess.

"Can I choose what to order?" She asks again.

"No problem. Just don't overdo it okay." I shrugged once again.

After browsing for at least ten minutes, she decides to order a big-size pizza. It can last until dinner, she said. Well, I don't need to cook for dinner, so I can start drawing my manga tonight. We wait for the pizza for about 30 minutes, and when it comes, we eat it together peacefully. Many people will find it weird that Kiyoko and I didn't talk too much, like two strangers that forced us to live together. But I disagree with that. The two of us know how to socialize. It is just we both are not talkative people, so we choose to do our things quietly.

After finishing our lunch, Kiyoko decides to take a short nap, so I start to make a list of what I needed to buy right now. Manga's equipment and ingredients for cooking are on the top of the list. What else, what else do I need right now, hmm.. I thought for a few minutes and decide to write down other small things like toiletries and some snacks for both Kiyoko and me.

I decide to go right after making the list so that I can take a short nap after that. The convenience store in this town is great. Not as good as in Tokyo, but still have anything that I need. While grabbing some vegetables, I think about what should I cook for tomorrow. Because Kiyoko is going back to school, I need to cook something light yet enough for her to not get hungry until lunchtime. She will spend her after-school time with the volleyball team, I am sure of that. So I need to make a bento for her. Risotto from Shokugeki no Soma's reference for breakfast and a Chicken tikka masala sandwich for the bento will be good for tomorrow. Hmm, I wonder if there is Totsuki Academy in this world.

After finding the drawing equipment section in the store and grabbing some snacks, I decided to go back home and take a short nap.

It turned out that I didn't take a short nap. It is already 6 p.m. when I wake up. That means I am sleeping at least for 4 hours. Well, I don't mind, because even though I have good stamina, it didn't mean that I can't get tired. I am still human, you know.

Walking to the living room, I saw Kiyoko has already eaten her pizza for dinner, so I sit beside her and eat the remaining pizza.

"Hey, Yuki-nii, what do you think about my future?" Kiyoko suddenly asks. I stare at her eyes before replying to her question carefully,

"Honestly, I can't give you the answer you want. I don't know what your future will be. It may be an easy journey, or you may meet many obstacles in the future. Sometimes, you will even doubt yourself, thinking if what you choose is the best choice. What I want to say is, if you start doubting yourself, sink in your insecurity, just take a deep breath and try to remember, that I will always support you. Don't worry about anything else, just work hard to achieve your dream. Let your brother take care of you, okay?" She nodded and wipe a small tear on the corner of her eyes. I guess she is still a bit insecure feeling after father's death.

"Thank you Yuki-nii. I will go to my room now. Can I borrow your books?"

"No problem. Just, don't forget to take them back to my room before you bring another book, okay?"

"Okay, good night Yuki-nii."

While Kiyoko walking to her room, I am thinking about our conversation

'I can't let Kiyoko down. I need to work harder for Kiyoko. Don't worry Kiyoko, I will take care of you.' I clenched my fits. Now, it's not a time for doubting myself. I need to work hard, and I know where to start. Being a mangaka.

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