The Storm (Kichou ~ Nyarly)

[Kichou]

Lightning flashed brightly in the night sky and thunder roared briefly afterwards. It was a terrible storm with a downpour of rain that had already flooded the lower-lying areas; it came down so hard it was hard to see a house clearly across a street. It was storms like this that scared Corissa the most.

Yes, it was sad that she was sixteen and still scared of storms, but she couldn't help it; she just got scared so easily. Since it was so late at night she was curled up under her blanket in a baggy white shirt that hid her large B-size breasts from view and she also had on some white pajama shorts that had blue polka dots on them. Her wide light blue eyes peeked out from where she was hiding beneath the blankets and she dove down again as another boom of thunder hit her eardrums.

She grumbled something incoherent under her breath and laid there, trying to think of something to do. She used to just go to her mother when she got scared like this, but since her parents were still on vacation for their anniversary she was left alone with just her brother in the house. Her brother....Oh gosh, she could surely fantasize about him. Sure, he was a little older than her, and she knew it was wrong to think of her brother that way, but she couldn't help it; she just found him so attractive.

An idea suddenly came to Corissa's mind and she couldn't help but to smile to herself. She sat up in the bed and brushed aside some of her straight black hair that had fallen in front of her face; since it only went a few inches below her shoulders it would constantly get in her face and annoy her. She had managed to get to her feet when thunder boomed again and she jumped, nearly considering just crawling back in bed and forgetting about it. She told herself she had to be brave and finally walked out into the dark hallway that was only lit now and then by the occasional flash of lightning.

She managed to make her way down the hall without bumping into anything or tripping over herself, a common habit she tended to have. Her bare feet made no sound as she walked as quietly as she could, and if she even did make noise it was sure to be hidden by the rain and thunder. It only took her less than half of a minute to get to the next door down the hall and she knocked loudly on it; it was the door into her brother’s room.

 

[Nyarly]

Looking out of the window of his room, Roy watched the storm that raged outside. It's been a while since he saw one, as strong as that one. Not that it bothered him much. He never was scared by storms. In contrast, his sister Corissa had always been fearful of them. When they were children, he liked to tease her about it. But by now, he found it rather endearing.

He went to his bed and began to switch to his pajama, a black shirt and shorts and then crawled under the blanket. Listening to the thunder and the rain, that crackled against the window, he still had to think of his sister. She always went to sleep with their parents on such nights. Even now when she was older, she did that sometimes. But this night, their parents were absent, so that wasn't possible. Roy couldn't help but worry a bit. What would she do now? Would she try to sleep alone? Or would she even go to him?

Roy tried to get the thought out of his head. He shouldn't hope for that, even though it was a real possibility. It wasn't that he didn't like her. Quite the opposite, he probably liked her too much. Since a while now he felt quite attracted to her. He even started to fantasize of her, of his own sister. Of course, he was aware that it was wrong, but he couldn't help it. And as long as it remains fantasy it's alright, isn't it? But on the other hand, he sure wished that it wouldn't just remain a fantasy...

He wondered what she thought about him. They had quite a good relationship, but what if she felt the same way? Of course, this was merely wishful thinking. Still there were many girls, who found him attractive with his neat, short black hair, blue eyes and body, that wasn't too muscular but pretty fit. But on the other hand, Corissa was still his little sister. Even if she thought that he was good-looking, she certainly wouldn't think of him in that way. And he doubted that she would react well if she knew that Roy was attracted to her.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. So, she did come to him. Not a surprise, her options were rather limited, if she wasn't willing to sleep alone. Roy got up, went to the door and opened it. Sure enough, his sister stood outside.

"Scared of the storm, huh?" he said, grinning at her.