Mitakihara Middle School is a modern marvel - enormous, enough for every middle grade student in the crowded town, and constructed entirely of steel and glass. Classrooms come equipped with all the latest technologies, and the school has a good reputation.
Akemi Homura has been assigned to one of the homerooms on a higher floor, a large room - walled with transparent glass like all the others - already mostly full of students.
Homura answers as curtly as usual. She likes her house. Once they get there, Madoka will be able to see that her house is quite nice. It's the penthouse of a very expensive looking apartment building, sleek and white with balconies and tall, glittering windows.
"Here."
"Eh, you have such a nice place, Homura-chan... Do you live here all alone?"
TERRIBLE AND UNFAIR
Homura looks away. She honestly doesn't know whether Madoka meeting Brother or Uncle meeting Madoka would be worse.
She considers that, raising a finger - "Okay, you got me there..."
"Mn." She jerks her head to indicate that Madoka can Leave Now, Please.
No she can't!!!
A boy bursts out of the front doors of the apartment and jogs up to them, looking only slightly out of breath. He looks a lot like Homura, maybe a few years older. "Hello! You must be Karigane-chan!"
Huh. "Yeah, I am! Are you Homura-chan's brother? I'm sorry, I didn't get your name..."
He bows, smiling broadly. "Yes, my name is Akemi Haru. It is very nice to meet you! Would you like to come in?"
"I'd love to, Haru-kun!" She bows back. "It's so great to meet you!"
"I am very glad you decided to come over!" He cheerfully leads them all back inside the apartment building and across a lobby to the elevators. "So, how did you and Homura meet at school? You must be in the same class?"
"Yeah! We're in class together - I'm the nurse's assistant, so when she was having trouble in gym, I showed her the way to the nurse's office, then sat with her."
"Thank you for your assistance, Karigane-chan. What sort of trouble? Did the nurse take care of everything?" Homura never tells them these things. It's like she thinks Haru will be less worried if she hospitalizes herself without the slightest bit of warning.
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