Tokyo, Japan
CniDaria-20
"I sometimes ask myself if this life was ever worth living"
Opened my eyes to see the sun shining on me through my blinds. I rolled over to see the time of 7:13 AM on the clock. I rolled back over to see that I didn't go asleep alone last night. I smiled and nudged closer to the main reason I'm able to sleep soundly. I caressed the bottle of rum that laid on my other pillow where a man should be. After Jay this was the only thing I found comfort in. More than any man ever could. It stopped the nightmares, it made me forget, and it gave me warmth to an otherwise cold existence. My blissful morning cuddle was however interrupted by my annoying alarm from my phone. I rolled out of my bed to the floor, falling on my hands and stomach. Immediately going into my push up routine. It was Christmas break, Ty and I decided to vacation here in Tokyo. It's probably the one place in the world I always wanted to visit. The technology capital of the world, where the city and population rivaled that of New York. It was probably the main reason why the war between the Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans hasn't reached here yet was because of its advanced technology. Ty mentioned to me before we touched down here that maybe it would be beneficial to break the stalemate and let Japan be conquered. That went against the whole reason why we started this and I immediately talked him down. Why give the previous superpowers more power by eliminating a country that had no interest to go to war in the first place? Sometimes I wondered if he lost sight of our original objective. The whole world was at war right now. Wasn't our plan to watch the world burn and see what was left at the end of it? We should just be innocent bystanders now just watching and waiting for the conclusion. He just seemed to want to cause more and more chaos slowly. Too slow for my liking.
I rose out of my push up position and started my imagery training. Fighting an unbeatable opponent, no matter how many punches I threw or how many kicks I landed, I always broke a sweat and built me mentally. Every day of this has made me wary, however. The innate ability that my brother and I discovered affects me negatively more than Ty. The thought has crept in my mind if this was all there was to my life. If there was more to be expected. I started to feel like that little girl back in Robertsport, like I had nothing to live for. That I was plainly just surviving. I've seen Ty happier than I ever seen him, however. His eyes weren't going back to their previous warmth but at least he was always smiling. He reconnected with his best friend and has started dating this light skin girl. He was hysterical in Versailles when I blew up the National Assembly. He just wanted to chop off the heads, I ignored him and took out all possible leaders in France along with English dignitaries. He let go of me going off board but when he thought his buddy got caught in the crossfire, he was distraught. At least I'm not the only one that struggles with hypocrisy. When it comes to the little one as I like to call her. He doesn't talk about her much with me but I can tell that she makes him happy. Something I don't think he's ever been before. As an older sister, I was proud and happy for my little brother. As a sibling, I was ashamed to say that I was a bit jealous as well. I find it so funny that I have this feeling but being in love, having a best friend. It all seemed so fun. I had no real friends, Ty was my best friend, but he hasn't been the best of friends lately to be honest. It was all work and no play between us. Thank the heavens for this vacation we can finally go back to being brother and sister.
I finished my workout, took a shower, and exited my room to get breakfast going. I expected Ty to already be in the living room on his laptop watching the news but he was absent. He was usually up earlier than even me but I heard the shower going in his room so I guess he had a late start. As I cooked pancakes and bacon, I looked out to see the Japanese Utopia that was Tokyo from our hotel suite. Every country had its own beauty and I've been to enough of them to know that this world wasn't all bad. Although it has its darkness, there's beauty and light to be found. It just has to be sought after. The thought crossed my mind to stop accompanying Ty on these missions. He was capable and careful enough to get things done himself. Maybe it's time to stop living for my brother and look for my own light.
Ty's bedroom door opened and closed, still looking outside at the skyscrapers I decided to tease him a bit. "Well, this isn't like you, you're always the first one up. You're getting soft princess." I waited for his usual lazy annoyed response but instead I got a panicky Aussie shouting her head off.
"OI! Thylonius what shite is this?! You got me racked if you think I'm going to be OK with this! Who is this sheila with the fat clacker hanging out in her grundies?!" I was by all means, utterly confused. Who is this chick wearing barely anything, coming out my brother's room? What the hell was she even saying? Is that even English? Once I got over my initial surprise I put two and two together. This must be Nala, the light caramel skin Aussie I heard so little about. It seems like Ty decided to fly her out here with us. It seems like the investments we made were working out nicely for him to do something like that. Not telling your girlfriend about your older sister though, annoyed the hell out of me. It didn't make this situation better that all I was wearing was booty shorts and a sports bra. Just out of sheer annoyance of my brother I decided to have a little fun and play along.
"So, this is the side bitch." I walked towards her until I was up to her face I was at least a head taller than her. "Ty has a habit of dealing with trash but he always comes back to the thoroughbred." I started to touch and play with her hair. I kept a mocking smirk on my face. She stepped up to me, looking me straight in the eye. She had spunk and she wasn't backing down.
"Rack off! I may be small but that doesn't mean I don't know how to handle myself." Her hands balled up and her hazel eyes narrowed. They weren't as light and cold as Ty's but they reminded me of when I first noticed the change in his eyes but with 10 times the warmth.
"NALA!" She jumped. Ty finally came out of the room, still drying his hair with a towel. "What is all this yelling?" He gave Nala a worried look and me a scowl. I finally broke character and started laughing. I gave her a big hug and a kiss on the cheek, of course it wasn't returned. All I got was a confused look on her face. I laughed again.
"I think I owe you a proper explanation, I'm CniDaria, Thylonius' big sister." She narrowed her eyes in disbelief and gave a sideways look to Ty. She started hitting his shoulder.
"Stop playin' with me! Tell me the truth who is this bogard!" She continued to hit on his shoulder. With annoyance Ty took out his phone and started scrolling through it.
"Ow, god damn it Nala, stop it! Here look there's the proof now stop hitting me." He gave her the phone, she started scrolling and continuously looking up at me. She started to calm down finally. She was a very beautiful girl once you got her to smile. She finally returned my hug and kiss but then she continued to hit on Ty's shoulder.
"Why- the-hell-didn't- you-tell-me-you-had-a-sister!"
"Ow stop it! I'm very close to my sister, not just anybody gets to meet her. It has to be real." Her smile widens and she started to blush. I have to admit it, my little brother has game. I took the phone from Nala's hand to see how he proved we were siblings. There were pictures of us together from Sierra Leone, Miami, and London. I didn't know he had these on his phone, not to mention the picture of us from Sierra Leone. I thought all of our family photos were burned in the fire. I couldn't help but smile a little. Maybe my brother didn't change as much as I thought he did.