Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

While it was true that I was religious before and became a skeptic maybe~ a year or so after college, the existence of ghosts or other paranormal bullshit to me was still fun in a way—especially with people who were deathly afraid of them, because I’m an asshole.

But yeah, there were a lot of things that couldn’t be explained all over the world, yet, but just to get back on my elder sister who tried to kill me a thousand times in a few hours, I’ll get my fucking money’s worth by scaring her to death.

"Stop clinging so close to me— It’s just us—"

"YEAH! AGAINST ALL OF THEM! WHY’D IT GET SO COLD?! IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU IDIOT!"

"Great~ Way to give away our location from all that screaming— ACk! Did you just bite me?!"

Aoi-san screamed as quietly as she could while glaring at me, "Y-You! Y-Y-You’re doing this on purpose! W-W-What are we gonna do if they r-really come!"

"Eh. It’s not like I was the one who destroyed the forest, they’ll probably just come for you—"

"Nooooooooo~! Soraaa! You gotta help m-me! I-I’ll do anything!"

I rolled my eyes as my right arm continued to lose circulation, "It’s not like our blades could work, I never heard Ojii-san’s works work on phantasmal figures before—"

"I mean— Sure, at least one of them—"

"Stop making it worse! Why’d you make me go out of my hole?!"

"It’s not like your hole would save you from ’em— ACK— You gotta stop biting me! And can you go over my left side?! Can’t you see how violet my right arm is?! Your tits are even— Aoi-san? You’re actually crying?"

"Why w-wouldn’t I?! I-I’m so— Uwaaah~!!! Y-You keep b-bullying me and— Ow! Why’d you c-chop my head?! It hurtsss…"

"I thought you were my older sister, huh? Why you acting so cute and fragile?"

"..." Aoi-san just stared at me, surprised, with her deep blue eyes.

"What?"

"Y-You actually think I’m cute?"

"Wow~ And here I thought you were terrified—"

"I-I am, you idiot!"

"And all it took to calm you down is calling you cute?"

"Then am I or am I not?!"

"Aoi— You’re my sis—"

"Doesn’t matter! Am I cute or what?!" Aoi-san suddenly got on top of me as she stared directly into my eyes.

"W-Well… H-How can I say no? You’ve looked at yourself in the mirror, no? Why’d you need validation from me?"

"Just say if I’m cute or not!"

"You are! You—"

"...!"

"..."

"..."

All of a sudden, her cheeks grew a shade of red that was in direct contrast with her eyes—and it only took a second for me to look away—but she tried to maintain eye contact by following my gaze while wearing a huge smile on her face.

"Ehehe~ Sora-kun thinks I’m cuteee~"

"Now, I’m regretting saying that—"

"Hah! No taking it back, now! You might be a smart, pervy, idiot, ass— but you DO have good eyes!"

"Pfft, says the one with eyes like that— Why are you still blushing?!"

"Stop giving me compliments!"

"You’re the one who forced me to!"

"I just asked for one! That’s enough!"

"You’re impossible, Aoi-neesan— Ah, the food’s ready, by the way—"

"I’ll have the big one! I’ll have the big one!"

"Of course~ Of course~ You take the three skewers, I’ll just take this one on the left—"

"But I want the one on the left! It looks fatty—"

"The other three are fatty, too! All of them are!"

"But that’s the fattiest one!"

"If you take that one, I’ll take two skewers instead of just one!"

"Ah— Hmmgrhgmm~ Hngn… F-Fine, fine! We’ll split it! S-Since you caught it, I’ll let you take a bite of the fatty one, too! As long as you let me take a bite in one of yours too, okay?!"

"Just— Just eat, I’m sure you’ll ask me to catch a few more because this isn’t enough for me— With all that running, I’m just feeling the tiredness now…"

"T-Thanks… Ahaha…"

I almost flicked her forehead, "What now?"

"What? Nothing! It’s just… Something… Something’s different about you, I don’t know why…"

"Because I’m an orphan, too? Is that it?"

Aoi never looked so shocked in her life, "Ah— You didn’t just say that! You—"

I rolled my eyes as I dryly chuckled, "I’m part of the team now, I can fucking say it."

"I can’t believe— Haah… I guess— Nevermind…"

"Hmm?"

"I said nevermind! I’m feeling the hunger too, c’mon! Let’s eat so you can catch some more later!"

"Right, riiight~"

With that said, we easily devoured the fish we cooked over the fire and it didn’t take long before she volunteered to catch the next batch herself because I was starting to waste the medicine she placed on my feet. Still, she had me clean the fish she caught with the knife available though this time around, we just sat in silence while watching the skewers cook to completion.

Continue your journey at empire

Both of us had no idea about what time it actually was but we just didn’t care because it wasn’t like we were on a deadline or something—and yeah, even the silence was that comfortable.

However, there was just that moment as we were eating when both of us just looked at each other a certain way before we blushed at the same time. While we weren’t trying to be flirtatious or anything, because both of us had a mouthful of fish in our mouths, but aside from the awkwardness that followed it, something hot and prickly followed right after and remained.

As weird as it was, both of us tried to shake the feeling because even though we weren’t actually brothers and sisters, we grew up like siblings—even though I was a country away and would visit when there wasn’t school to attend.

And from that time, we played together, trained together, ate together, bathed together, slept together, and all sorts of things siblings would normally do—at an appropriate age for some of them, of course—but right now, sitting close to each other definitely felt different.

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