ShinMizuki--sibling rivalry, sort of

A/N: Just got the idea while reading Hana Kimi, and how SHIN HUGGED MIZUKI. ARGH, I'M SO JEALOUS OF HER. Uhm. Ahem. You saw nothing.

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"Damn it," he growled. "Don't kid around with me!" Shin snapped at the frozen girl in front of him. "My age has nothing to do with this! Just because I'm younger doesn't mean that I can't--" He took a deep breath.

Mizuki stared at him. "I..." She was speechless. Her mind was in such a fuzzy, white mess that all she could do was look at the boy--no, man in front of her. "Shin-kun...?"

"Look," he began, sliding a hand in his hair as if trying to alleviate his emotions from going wild. "I know you 're in love with aniki. I know that, but...I just wanted to let you know that I...I like you." It hurt to admit that fact, he realized belatedly as a dull ache rode across his veins from his heart. It hurt to lose again to his brother, but he knew that it was impossible to blame aniki; after all, it wasn't as if he'd deliberately sabotaged his chance with Ashiya. He heaved a sigh as he smoothed his hair in an attempt to calm his nerves.

"But I--" She loved Izumi. Izumi, her high-school roommate, Izumi, the person she'd always follow willingly, the person she was completely head over heels for, the one that always knew what to say to her, the one with the warm smile and fuzzy feelings and pretty eyes and such a warm, broad back and crinkly pretty smiles and such big hands, and and--

"I'm sorry." Shin said to Mizuki as she blinked away the rapid onslaught of emotions, apparently lost. "I really don't mean anything. It's just... Forget it."

"No, no!" Mizuki hurriedly said, rubbing her hands together to provide some warmth. "I'm sorry--I mean--I'm just, I just..."

'I just love your brother.' That thought didn't go unnoticed by the two of them.

Shin shook his head with a sheepish grin. "No, really, I'm fine. Really."

But it wasn't okay at all, not at all, because heartbreak is always painful and lonesome and god, all he wanted was love from the person he fell for, the person he had become completely crazy for, the one that had helped patch their family back together with such soft hands and a heart as wide and never-ending as the blue, blue sky--

He had lost again, but it was a lost cause to begin with.

--but too bad, too bad, that's too bad Shin-kun, you had your chance but your brother was better after all, ne?

He dropped his head in defeat.

Short, short, super-shortie-short.

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