She looks up from her texts, eyes rimmed with black, an expression of sheer exhaustion on her face.
"What is it, Ini?"
"Like... I totally, like, don't mean to disturb you..." (You already have.) "But, um, it's like sort of important? I, like, really think this is something, um, that I want you to like, know..."
"Please, Ini, get to the point. I have a practical examination tomorrow morning."
"Like, that's totally it!" With uncharacteristic vehemence, Ini takes a step forward, her fists clenched against her chest. "It's like... I know you're super busy, but like... you... you can still, like, have fun! It's like... I don't even know you anymore, sis."
Surprised at first, her face slowly takes on an expression of annoyance. Anger. How dare she... Ini, who spent all day reading her science fiction; Ini, who knew nothing about hard work and determination. What could Ini possibly know of what she had sacrificed, what she was doing for the both of them? Her breaths begin to come faster as she lowers her head towards her medical texts once more.
"I don't want to talk about this now, Ini. Go to bed. It's late."
"...Sis...!"
"Go to bed! Just... Just be quiet and go to bed!" Her own anger surprises her, but she cannot suppress it. A dark snarl on her face, she faces her younger sister and -- stops.
The expression on Ini's face...
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She would never forget it as long as she lived.
The expression on her sister's face the night before it happened. It seemed, in the moment she had seen it, she had understood what was to come. Alone in her cell, Mimi Miney lowers her head into her hands and silently sobs.
Mimi Miney | Kawaranai Mono | Music Meme 9/24/11
She looks up from her texts, eyes rimmed with black, an expression of sheer exhaustion on her face.
"What is it, Ini?"
"Like... I totally, like, don't mean to disturb you..." (You already have.) "But, um, it's like sort of important? I, like, really think this is something, um, that I want you to like, know..."
"Please, Ini, get to the point. I have a practical examination tomorrow morning."
"Like, that's totally it!" With uncharacteristic vehemence, Ini takes a step forward, her fists clenched against her chest. "It's like... I know you're super busy, but like... you... you can still, like, have fun! It's like... I don't even know you anymore, sis."
Surprised at first, her face slowly takes on an expression of annoyance. Anger. How dare she... Ini, who spent all day reading her science fiction; Ini, who knew nothing about hard work and determination. What could Ini possibly know of what she had sacrificed, what she was doing for the both of them? Her breaths begin to come faster as she lowers her head towards her medical texts once more.
"I don't want to talk about this now, Ini. Go to bed. It's late."
"...Sis...!"
"Go to bed! Just... Just be quiet and go to bed!" Her own anger surprises her, but she cannot suppress it. A dark snarl on her face, she faces her younger sister and -- stops.
The expression on Ini's face...
-----
She would never forget it as long as she lived.
The expression on her sister's face the night before it happened. It seemed, in the moment she had seen it, she had understood what was to come. Alone in her cell, Mimi Miney lowers her head into her hands and silently sobs.