"Wow, it's so pretty" said Rina.
"It really is. How can you be so talented Yurika?" asked Anna-nee.
"I-It's not special. I just had a few classes on it" said Yurika shyly.
"Just a few classes don't make justice to this. Even I can tell that you are incredible in this" I said, genuinely impressed.
"...thank you" said Yurika, with her face turning red from embarrassnt.
We currently in the living, admiring what Yurika had just done.
...it was nothing that outstanding, just a sample of her calligraphy.
My conversation with my cousins lasted for about half an hour, and once finished I went directly back to my sisters and Yurika.
I was a little worried that they might take offence by the fact that I just left without warning them might make poor impression on Yurika, but that end up to be an unnecessary concern.
They were still imrsed in their discussion about Two Piece when I returned. Rina and Yurika were so imrsed in their argunt that they didn't noticed that I had slipped away, or that Anna-nee was in the kitchen calmly looking for snacks to bring for the rest of us.
At that point I decided that it was ti to end that particular discussion. I wanted to know Yurika a little more as well, and with her and Rina so imrsed in their little world that was not going to happen.
I interrupted their little conversation, causing both of them to feel awkward about unintentionally excluding and Anna-nee of the conversation.
We started to talk about things unrelated to manga and ani, to try to avoid the situation from before. Things like how was her life before coming here, other hobbies she might have, why they moved here in the first place, and so on.
So of the things she said I already knew from Anna-nee and Rina telling yesterday, but it's always a good idea to ask directly from the person. When Yurika told us about how her parents had hired a calligraphy teacher for her, in a change of the norm, Anna-nee insisted for her to give us a demonstration.
Of my two sisters, Rina was the more energetic and fashion driven one while Anna-nee was more responsible and culture oriented. She had a few hobbies, such as those stories and books and that didn't required much thinking, but she was specially interested in reading about art history, not as a obligation bur as a form of pass ti.
So when Yurika told us she had being taught calligraphy, a form of art on itself, Anna-nee showed an out of norm insistence in seeing it for herself being done in front of her.
Which lead to the current situation.
'I'm really surprised that she is this good'
I'm no expert in art and such things, but even I have to recognized how beautiful is her handwriting. If soone told that phrase on the paper was written on a computer I would believe, considering how flawless it looked.
'Seriously, how can a twelve year old girl have such talent?!'
I wasn't the only one admiring her 'creation'. Both Anna-nee and Rina were looking intensely at her words, admiring the words in their own different way.
Rina had the look hat anyone would have when looking at sothing beautiful, such as the sunset over the ocean or a adow in the middle of a gentle breeze of wind.
Anna-nee on the other hand was admiring it like it was an object incredible fragile, afraid that any movent or action from her would destroy it. I could see her the pupils in her eyes following the lines of each letter, reading repeatedly as if afraid that the mont her eyes would shift direction the words would disappear and she wouldn't be able to see anything like that again.
...she should be a little more mindful of her surroundings as well. Yurika's face was boiling from embarrassnt right at her side. Although she could barely suppress a smile to form on her face as well.
'She doesn't mind much the attention doesn't she?'
At so point Anna-nee finally rembered that there was more people in the living room.
"...still, why did you had a calligraphy teacher Yurika?" asked Anna-nee, trying to get us back on conversation.
She had a faint shade of red on her cheeks. She was obviously embarrassed of having showed aside of her that she generally didn't like to expose, especially to soone that she t just recently.
Rina on the other hand didn't looked to be much self-conscious about her reaction. Maybe because she already felt comfortable with Yurika, enough to display her behavior more freely than with a stranger.
"It's just sothing that my parents thought that I should now. Our family has a long history of mastering certain skills, calligraphy among them. At least that's what they have told " said Yurika.
Thankfully Yurika didn't seed to mind either of their reactions, promptly giving an answer to her inquire.
"A history? So, you are rich or sothing" asked Rina.
"Well, we used to" said Yurika, with a slightly troubled look on her face.
"...did sothing happened?" I asked, curious about what her situation.
"I... I'm not sure. Whenever I asked them, mom and dad never gave a really good answered. They just said that so troubles ca and that we would change our lives a little bit" said Yurika.
As she talked about this, a shadow started to appear on her expression. That subject clearly was sothing that she didn't felt comfortable talking about.
I couldn't really bla her.
From our interactions until now and from what Rina and Anna-nee had told yesterday Yurika was a gentle, sheltered and shy girl, with a little obsession of Two Piece, that had her life suddenly turned upside down.
Our neighborhood wasn't exactly poor, being considered am area of high middle class, but I had the impression that couldn't really be compared to what she used to live.
She didn't really put into words that her family was loaded with money, but it didn't take a genius to reach that conclusion with the things she let it slip.
Rina and Anna-nee also seed to have noticed her reluctance in talking about her circumstances, causing them to be quiet.
An awkward silence enveloped all of us. If things didn't change quickly them it might cause problems for us in the future.
I was worried about our situation, so it was best to try anything to change the mood for us. I have an idea of what to do and I could only hope that it wouldn't backfire on .
'...let's see if this will work'
"...well, I'm actually a little glad that things worked out that way" I said.
"...!" it took a second but Yurika looked at with a shocked expression.
"Hey Taka-chan!" whispered Anna-nee.
"What are you saying onii-chan!" whispered Rina.
"That way get to have a really cute girl as neighbor" I said.
There was a silence after what just said, with the three of them still looking at like I had just said sothing outrageous, and then...
"C-c-c-c-cute?!" said Yurika, in a voice so high pitched that might have caused so dogs nearby to go mad.
"Well yeah. There is no guy that won't be happy to have a girl as beautiful and cute as you as his neighbor" I said.
"!"
At this point, the previous shocked had transford completely in pure shyness. Her entire face turned red so fast that I could practically hear a 'puff' coming out of her head.
"H-hey onii-chan, stop flirting with Yurika!" said Rina.
"Flirting?" I asked, pretending to be confused.
"Yes, flirting!" said Rina.
"How am I flirting? I'm just saying the truth. She's cute and that's it" I said, perfectly aware that I was just through gasoline at the fire.
Yurika at this point was practically releasing stem from her head. She was just looking at the ground, unable to look at any of us directly.
"That flirting! Stop that already" said a very indignant Rina.
"Oh, I get. Rina is jealous Taka-chan" said Anna-nee.
"WHA?! I-I-I-I-I'M NOT JEAULOUS!" exclaid Rina.
"You saying it that loud really is convincing" said Anna-nee sarcastically, with a little playful glint in her eyes.
"Stop teasing nee-chan!!" pleaded Rina.
"I-I"m cute" whispered Yurika, so low that I almost didn't heard it.
And just like that the previous gloomy atmosphere was gone, with us turning back to casually talk with each other, sotis teasing and provoking each other as well, especially Rina.
It had it's ups and downs, but all in all, it was a pretty good day.
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