Sunday's should be strictly meant for lazing around doing nothing but watching tv, eating and sleeping.

But of course, no matter how hard I try to do nothing on a Sunday, something always comes up.

That something on this particular Sunday was none other than my dear younger sister bugging me to take her to the mall.

What kind of good-for-nothing brother would I be if I didn't oblige?

At least that's what Komachi told me.

She's lucky I adore her so much.

"Onii-chan, this way!"

"I'm coming…"

Komachi and I strolled through the mall in search for a new special pencil case she had been eyeing…

Or so she says.

"Y'know, I don't think they're going to have that pencil case in a girls clothing store."

" hmm, maybe…" Komachi pondered as she put down a blouse she was looking at moments ago. "Or maybe since it's a special secret pencil case, it'd be where people least expect!"

I didn't even know how to reply to her.

"Could it be you have no friends at school?"

"What do you think, Onii-chan?" She says turning to me with a bright smile.

Heh, who the hell did she learn that from?

"Well, I can't say for sure…or rather, I'll just assume you do and they are all girls." I nod my head in affirmation.

"gross. Onii-chan, what did I say about saying gross things in public."

"Just say I'm right so I can sleep in peace until the moment I die, please."

Komachi, puts down another top she was looking at before turning and making her way closer to me.

"You really worry me sometimes ya know?" Hands on her hips.

Hey now, don't look at me like that! I was kidding!

Mostly…

I shrug my shoulders, "It's natural for brothers to worry about their sisters."

Komachi lets out a sigh.

"Well, I suppose I don't hate that…" A slight blush covers her cheeks. "Komachi loves her Onii-chan after all!"

She gives my shoulder a playful push, "kyaaa! I can't believe I said that out loud! That's like totally high in points, right?!"

She says as she covers her small embarrassed face.

Extremely high.

"You're being to loud, people are looking now." I look around us as some of the other customers around give us suspicious looks.

Don't look at us like that! We're regular brother and sister.

"Hey, Onii-chan…"

Komachi snaps me back to reality.

"What is it?"

"How's school going for you?..."

Komachi isn't facing me, she's fiddling with some clothing hanging in front of her.

"Where did that come from?"

"Ya know that Komachi really does worry about you…right?"

She gives me a quick glance before dodging my eyes.

….

"I know…"

"hmm…"

"It's going fine."

"Really?"

"Yup,…" I contemplate telling her about the club, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama…

"I even joined a club…" I say turning away from her.

"huh?..."

She doesn't' immediately turn to me.

"Did you say…club…?"

She almost whispers it.

"uh huh."

"hey, you're not lying to me right now, right? Or wait, are you being bullied into joining? Or are you talking about the 'go home club' ?! Onii-chan!"

"Calm down! I'm telling the truth I joined a club," although I guess you could say Sensei bullied me into joining…Seriously, what's up with her. "I'm not being bullied."

I can see some tears forming on the corner of her eyes.

"Onii-chan!" Komachi squeaks as she jumps towards me giving me a tight hug. "you've been making me worry all this time!"

Komachi is one of the few people that knows about my situation.

She's always been worried about me. I tried as hard as I could to pretend that I wasn't having a hard time anymore, but she always knew better.

It's funny, even though she's the only one I'm this close to, I still can't tell her what I really think and feel.

Sorry Komachi.

Your Onii-chan is still a coward when it comes to those types of things.

"hey, stop crying will you… people are really staring now!" I try to pry her away, put her grasp is too strong.

Damn, has she always been this strong?!

"sorry…" she slowly releases me and takes a few steps back. "…what type of club is it?..." She askes as she wipes some of the remaining tears away.

"uhh.."I try to think about the best way to explain the club.

"don't tell me…" she looks right into my eyes. "It's some type of weird club?..."

Well, the people in it are weird. An ice queen and a bimbo….

"The club helps other people out. When students are having problems, they come to us and we help them solve their issues." I nod my head. "At least that's the gist of it."

"You, help others?"

"Well, more or less."

Can you please stop staring at me like that.

"How did Onii-chan end up in such a club? I mean, it doesn't make sense…"

"One thing led to another, and well…" I slightly move my look from hers.

"hmmm." She puts her hands on her hips. "Well, I won't bug you about it…" her head sloops down a bit. "Komachi is just happy…"

I can't help but smile. I move a bit closer, and give her head a small pat.

"I told you, didn't I? Onii-chan would be fine, eventually."

"mm" Is all I get from her before she reaches out to grasp my hand with one of her own.

Komachi was in high spirits the rest of the day.

She's put up with all my episodes up until now.

Form being bullied in junior high, getting screwed over by the school board, becoming a delinquent.

She stuck with me through it all.

Sorry to make you worry, Komachi. This Onii-chan of yours will keep his promise and make you proud.

Who else does she have to look up to?

Not him, that's for damn sure.

"Hey, Onii-chan let's get some iced coffee!"

"sure…"

As we were leaving the clothing store, Komachi took a sharp turn out the doors and ran into someone.

"Ah! Sorry! I should've been more careful!" She gives a bow as she pleads.

"It's quite alright, I also should have been paying better attention."

I wasn't paying attention their conversation until I heard a familiar voice.

I was walking behind Komachi and whoever she had run into, was hidden by a clothing display.

It wasn't until I walked out of the shop and towards them that my suspicions were answered.

"Yukinoshita…"

She turned away from Komachi and made eye contact with me.

"Hiki-something-kun?"

"Oi, oi, don't act like you don't know me!"

She clears her throat. "Apologies. Good evening Hikigaya-kun." She says with a small smile.

"You know each other?" Komachi takes glances at both of us.

"Club member…" Is all I say.

"Hello, I'm Yukinoshita Yukino, a…club mate of his."

Why'd you pause?!

"I'm Hikigaya Komachi!"

Why such a cheerful face?

"It's nice to meet you, Komachi-san. Are you perhaps, his sister?"

"That's-"

"She's my wife."

It took a second for Yukinoshita to comprehend what I said before giving any kind of reaction.

"w-w-wife?!" For some reason her face became more pale than usual.

"That's what I said-" Komachi gave me one of her signature elbows, right into my gut.

"haha, Onii-chan is such a kidder!"

"Onii-chan?"

"yup, I'm the sister of this deplorable piece of meat."

Yukinoshita gave out a sigh while placing a hand on her chest.

"Sister…. I see."

"Why do you look so relieved?" I say, still clutching my soon to be bruising abdominal area.

"I am not relieved. I was just wondering what type of person would want to marry a person such as yourself." She ends her comment with a flip of hair over her shoulder.

"What's wrong with Onii-chan?" Komachi asked, with a perplexed look.

You are a true angel amongst men, Komachi! Let your brother buy you something nice!

"Huh? W-well…" Yukinoshita's face became red. "I wouldn't say something wrong…" She shyly looked away.

What's the matter Yukinoshita? Can't look into the eyes of a pure angel? A demon like you should quiver in fear!

Yukinoshita once again clears her throat, trying to steer the conversation in a different direction.

"Well, it was nice meeting you Komachi-san, but I have some shopping to do. So, I must be going."

"Oh, right, of course! You must be meeting up with your friends! Sorry to keep you this long!"

"I'm not meeting with any friends."

Why would you answer, Yukinoshita?! Just go.

I want to laugh, but I know Komachi would just elbow me again, so I hold it in.

"But you're going shopping? Isn't it more fun with others?"

Ah, forgive my sister Yukinoshita. She doesn't understand what it means to do things alone. Komachi, my dear little sister is the complete opposite of me. She loves being with others. Even if that other person is her dead-beat brother.

A social butterfly, a normalfag.

Although, now that I think about it.

Yukinoshita, doesn't have any friends…does she?

I honestly had no idea.

I don't know much about her.

Hell, she probably knows more about me.

Before Yukinoshita got the chance to answer back, Komachi spoke once more. "Ah, Onii-chan! I forgot I need to go buy something really quick, can you keep Yukinoshita-san company!"

"huh? Why? I'll just-"

"Onii-chan. Komachi will text you when she's done. Ok. "

Why is she saying that while clenching her teeth?

Yukinoshita quickly tried to interfere. "Actually, I would prefer if-"

"Don't worry Yukinoshita-san! My brother might have a rough face but he's just a big softy!"

"But I-"

"I'd like to talk with you again Yukinoshita-san, so don't leave my brothers side!"

Komachi looks up at Yukinoshita expectedly.

"Ok?"

"I uhh…"

"hm?"

"…ok.."

I can't believe what I'm seeing. Did my sister just tame Yukinoshita Yukino?

"Ok! So, for now I'll take my leave. Bye Onii-chan!"

With a wave and a bright toothy smile, she was gone.

What the hell is this? Is she trying to set me up or something?!

I clear my throat this time. "Well, we obviously don't have to do what she says. We can go our separate ways."

I guess I'll just sneakily follow Komachi.

Just as I was about to walk away, I felt a tug on my shirt sleeve.

I turn back at the culprit.

"what are you doing?"

Yukinoshita is look away, a tight grasp on my sleeve.

"I…I don't break promises."

Why is your face bright red right now?

"No, well it wasn't really a promise and in the first place you don't owe my sister anything."

She finally turns to look at me.

"Well, I don't know how you treat your word Hikigaya-kun, but when I say I'll do something, I tend to do it."

Somehow, I actually think she's being serious right now.

"So, it's cool if I just tag along while you shop?"

She gives me a small cute nod. "can't be helped…" she says in a small voice.

That's not fair.

I turn away from her. "Alright, alright." I walk right up to her. She looks right up to me, still holding onto my sleeve for some reason.

"You know, you still owe me a meal. You left last time before you could pay."

Her face remains the same shade of red.

She looks away before looking right up at me again.

When we stand this close to each other, It becomes obvious how much difference there is in our heights.

Can't say I don't like it.

"Then, I'll treat you this time for sure."

You don't need to take it so seriously.

I can't help but smile a bit.

Damn it, she seriously looks cute right now, and taking a better look at her, she definitely looks better in her normal clothes.

"So, this can be our second date?"

Her eyes widen a bit.

She's easy to tease.

She turns around. "Let's go then. I have some things I need to buy before we eat." She says before she begins to walk away.

Hey now, if you do things like that, I'll get mixed signals.

Do you want me to be serious, Yukinoshita?

The first shop we visited was an arts and hobby store. I guess she was looking for special cookie molds.

Is that what she does for fun?

"You like baking, don't you?" I say as I look at the shelf in front of me filled with all sorts of cooking and baking items.

"I enjoy it, yes."

"hmm…." I grab a cooking book and flip through the pages. "maybe I should have gotten you to cook me a meal instead." I don't look up from the book.

Yukinoshita remains silent next to me.

Did I make her mad her or something?

"You know, I've been wondering." I close the book and put it back. "Do you not have any friends, Yukinoshita?"

"Why do you ask?"

I look at her. She's holding a bag with an assortment of cookie molds.

"I'm just wondering. I mean, someone like you is bound to have plenty of friends. Right?"

I was honestly curious. I wanted to know more about her.

That's normal, right?

"Someone like me?" She whispers before continuing, "Something like that, I don't need."

Surprising. Really.

Yet, it didn't feel like it. Somehow, I knew she was the same as me.

Alone.

"Oh… why not? I'm sure, people have asked you to be their friends before."

"Asked, yes, but in the end, they are all the same."

"The same?" I didn't really know what she meant.

"Let me ask you then. Why don't you have friends, Hikigaya-kun?"

Trying to turn this around, huh?

"Several reasons, but…" I begin to think of memories I'd rather put away. "I like being alone…"

"Maybe, I do as well."

"I like being alone, but sometimes wanting to talk to someone else, is fine right?"

I look at her now. She seems perplexed by my answer.

She lets out a sigh. "Eventually, people who say are your friends show their true faces…. It becomes unbearable to be around me…." She gives the bag she's been holding a small squeeze. "or so I've been told."

I can't help but keep my eyes on her. Read her every movement, try to understand her better.

"As if it's my fault they compare themselves to me." She was angry now. "Hikigaya-kun, people are the worst."

She looks at me as if expecting some sort of pity, or no, that wasn't it. Maybe she expected me to understand?

"I know that better than anyone…" I look right at her as I say this.

She gives me a small smile. "yes, I suppose you do know." She turns back and looks at the bag. "I think I'll take this one."

It seems the more time I spend with Yukinoshita, the more questions I have. She doesn't really act like how I expected her to.

….

I want to know her better.

That's the feeling that overcomes me whenever I'm around her.

"Don't just stare at me like that please."

Oops, didn't realize.

"sorry."

"mm."

She goes back to check the other items on the shelves in front of her.

I can't help but keep looking at her.

"hey,"

"What is it?"

…..

I don't know what possessed me to say what I said next.

"How about we become friends?"

Yukinoshita stops what she's doing before slowly turning towards me.

"Hikigaya-kun, are you being serious right now?"

Crap.

"Ah, well, I mean…"

"Hikigaya-kun…"

"you're right, we can't be friends." I clear my throat.

"Yukinoshita," I take a step closer to her. "For some reason I want us to get along better, I want to talk to you more, is that ok?"

She just stares at me.

"You want to talk more?"

Shit! What is happening?! Why is everything coming out so awkward?!

"Hikigaya-kun, if you're just messing around please stop. You're making me upset."

She doesn't even look at me, she just clutches the plastic bag up to her chest.

Before I can even begin to explain myself Yukinoshita begins to walk away.

"Don't just stand there, lets go." She calls out to me at the end of the aisle.

I walk up to her.

"Yukinoshita, I-"

"Hikigaya-kun." She continues clutching the small bag up to her chest. "I have one more stop. Ok?"

"y-yeah. That's fine."

She turns around and begins to walk away.

What the hell is happening?

Did I-

No, calm down Hachiman. Don't think about it too much.

At the next store, Yukinoshita and I were both quiet the entire time.

It wasn't until we sat down at the malls food court that she spoke up.

"I know it's not exactly a high-class meal, but I still hope it's enough to call us even."

This is becoming awkward. And Komachi apparently went home already. I need to finish up and go too.

"Nah, it's ok."

I quickly finish my meal but wait until Yukinoshita finishes before I try to leave.

Even though I just wanted to go home, Yukinoshita and I stood outside the entrance of the mall.

"Are you getting picked up by any chance?" I ask her just watching as cars come and go.

"No, I took the train here. I live fairly close."

"I see." I scratch my cheek. "Well do you need a hand? It's getting late and the sun will go down soon."

Hachiman, what are you even doing?

"I'll be fine."

….

"right."

She adjusts the couple of bags she's carrying, one in each hand.

"I'll be going then."

I give her a nod as she turns around and heads in the opposite direction.

I begin to walk away when my feet fail me.

I stand still as if the ground was swallowing me up.

I know I might regret this but for some reason I can't seem to say no.

I know I have to crush her in order to be back to where I want to be and yet…

And yet, I can't stop myself.

I need to make a promise to myself right now.

I will begin taking school seriously again. I won't get into any more fights. I'll reach number one again. I won't worry Komachi anymore. I'll make sure Sensei gets off my ass. I'll go to club and help people out. I'll try to be nicer to Yuigahama. And lastly…

I give myself a small punch to shake off any wavering feelings and thoughts left.

This it Hachiman. You'll be fine.

With that last thought, I turned around and began running towards Yukinoshita.

"Yukinoshita Yukino!"

My voice seemed to have startled her as she quickly turned around.

I walk up to her and look her in the eyes.

"It's not okay!"

"huh?"

She looked at me confused.

"That meal, it doesn't make us even."

She looks even more confused.

I walk up closer to her.

"You'll have to cook for me in order for us to be even, understand?"

….

"Hikigaya-kun, I really have no idea what you're talking about?"

I take a deep breath.

"Yukinoshita, I plan on taking back first place in the school rankings…. But before that I want us to be even…for everything."

Yukinoshita eyes widen a bit, her lips slightly agape.

"So, cook a meal for me. One meal is all I'm asking. Nothing special."

….

"Cook you a meal?"

I nod my head.

"Cook me a meal, and we'll be even."

I take another step closer to her.

"Cook me a meal, and I can finally see you for who you really, are…"

She looks up at me, her shoulders seem like they are about to begin shaking. "Hikigaya-kun, why?... what if the…meal... isn't worth it…"

I reach out and grab her hand, she jumps a bit at the sudden contact but doesn't pull away. I slowly unwind her fingers from the bag she was firmly grasping before I take it from her. Her soft slender fingers grazing my own.

I'm close enough that the sudden breeze carries her sent up to me.

Looking at Yukinoshita Yukino, once more made me realize something else.

"I guess we'll just have to find out."

Her eyes begin to swim as she scans my own.

"…okay…"

It's barely audible, but that's all I need.

"I'll walk you home." I turn her around, waiting for her to start walking in that direction.

She walks right up next to me, her shoulder touching mine.

She, ever so slightly ahead of me so that I know exactly where we are going.

I'll have to text Komachi and let her know I'll be coming home late tonight.

A/N: Been a while, huh? Feels like I say that often. Anyway, sorry for such a long wait again, and thank you for your patience. Your continued support means a lot! Sorry for any grammar and such. I'll continue to update this story when I can, so I hope you continue to look forward to it. The next coming chapters should be good ones ;). Again, thanks for the reviews, likes and favorites!