The start

This is how the story started: Mrs Umino had a healthy baby, and at the same time my mom was giving birth to me. The newborn baby and I shared the same room at the hospital, our beds were next to each other. Everything would have been normal if the nurses didn't screw up. They swapped us, they gave me to the wrong family, to Mrs Umino's family.

And here I am, Wednesday, early morning, making breakfast for me and my family. This is the day I have to meet my birth parents. Someone might get excited about that, but no, not me.

I hear footsteps. It might be my sister Sachi. Yes, I was right. There she is standing in the doorway rubbing her eyes, she has just woken up. She comes close:

"-Was it your turn today, Onii-chan ? Oh, I'm taking the one with the big yolk."

"-NO. The lecithin in egg yolk is good for memory."

"-Here we go again with the loner talk. I bet that's why you can't make any friends."

"-Shut up."

She is pissing me off, but I am kind of used to that.

I hear my sister and dad talking about something. Ugh, this family doesn't know how to calm down, It's too early for this.

Here comes my mom...

"-Nagi, where are my earrings?"

"-The bottom right shelf. You shoved it in there when you were drunk, remember?"

"-Oh, right. Thanks. Get ready as quickly as you can. Her parents are looking forward to meeting you too."

"-Go get'em, Nagi." (This is my dad )

"-Sure, sure."-My common response. They are telling me as if they are not eager to meet their real kid too.

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I never thought kids getting put in the wrong bed at birth was a real thing.

"-Nagi, we'll see you at the dining hall."

"Don't be late."

"-Yeah, OK."

"-Oh, right, Nagi... Happy birthday! "

"- Thanks, mom."

I was getting ready for school when Sachi came into my room:

"-Onii-chan, are you joining their family? "

Why would I ever want to join someone else's family ? Yes, I don't want to.

"-Of course not Sachi, I grew up here for sixteen years, do you really think I could accept new parents now?"

"-Don't care."

"-Then don't ask!!!"

God, she pisses me off so much.

"- You are going now?"

"-I'm leaving early to study at the library."

-Studying more? Today?

-I have to beat my rival.

-That again. I can't believe you're actually someone else's kid, though. That explains so much. You're nothing like the rest of us. Plus you're book-smart and a loner.

-Heh, all those jokes about them finding me at the river weren't that far off.

Suddenly I hear crying... Is Sachi crying? Wait Sachi is crying? No, no, no, that's impossible. When I looked at her she was actually crying. What's gotten into her?

-I can't... I don't want you to go away.

-You are so silly, Sachi. I am not going away. I'm going to tell them straight up that I have no intention of becoming their child.

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They said they would honour my wishes. Gotta get this over with quickly and get back to studying. This was what I was thinking about when I saw her. She saw me too. She was standing at the edge of the bridge. I got frightened. What was she thinking? Was she gonna jump off? Why? I ran towards her saying " NO, you have to think it through. Stop!". She slipped... I cought her ...

The next thing I realised was that my hand was touching her breast.

-Seriously, what's wrong with you!!! Get off me!

-That's my li-- Boobs!!!

SLAP!!

-Owwww!!!

Turned out she was an influencer.....

-You were pretending to kill yourself?

-Yeah!

This is nonsense, big bullshit, why would even an influencer pretend to kill herself?

-I was going to take a video and upload it to Inusta. But you got in my way.

-You were going to start some drama.

-That's the whole point.

Seriously?????

-So all that was to get more followers?

-I have plenty of them.

What? Is this girl famous or something?

"-It's for my mom."-she said."-I want to start some drama so I can convince her that I'm not going to get married."

-M-M-M-Married?

Wait, wait,wait, married? My brain needs to process this. No, It can't. What the hell?????