*rumble* *rumble* the sound of my stomach making an unlady-like sound.

*sigh* 'i guess i will heat something for lunch'

I was going to the kitchen to get and heat some food, but in the table, there were two meat bowl in a thin veil and a note. In the note, it was written;

Lena, while giving the food to your little brother, please talk him to get him out of his room. I

If he stay in his room to much, his healt would break, so please try it.

- Mom.

*sigh* 'And she just concluded that i will be the one seeing this note'

Her mother thinking was actually not wrong, because her little brother, Ken, 14 years old, a very smart middle schooler, was an gamer to it's core. He rarely ever come out of his room, other than for school, which is the only reason why is he not a No-Liver and still have normal interaction.

After heating both of the food, i eat one of them, and stared at the other one.

'Well, mom DID asked me to talk it to him, so i guess i should try it.' With that kind of thinking, i goes to in front of his room door, carying the other beef bowl.

'Ugh! Why is his room so cold! I won't be surprised if he was frozen there' Yes, his room was as cold as a freezer or a corpse room.

"What are you doing in front of my door? If you want something to do, just get in already". Said someone (Which is undoubtedly my little brother) from inside the room.

"O-okay!" 'I guess he heard my footstep' a bit surprised, i goes inside his room.

His room is pretty small, and don't have a bed, but a futon.

He was there, laying at the futon, while using a laptop with the light off.

Though strangely, although it's very cold because of the air conditioner, his face was not even the slightest bit pale.

"Err.., i came to give your food" i said akwardly and put the food in the floor.

I tried to found the right word, but can't find anys.

So we share some moment of quietness after that, with the typing sound of the laptop as the only sound.

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"Well, i probably know what it is, but i'll ask you just in case. What else do you want?" He asked, breaking the akward silence.

"Err, mom told me to get you out of your room." I answered it hesitantly.

"As i thought, that's why you came here. But my answer is a no." He rejected it instantly with a straight voice.

*sigh* 'just as i expected'

"Well... since you refused it, i guess i can't do anything. At least get the the temperatures higher and turn the light on, or you'll caught a cold and get a bad eyesight." I said, giving up on making him goes out.

"Maybe. By the way, this is unrelated, but do you want to play royal road? He asked me.

"Huh? I vaguely heard about that from my friend, but Isn't it very costly? And also, it will only viable in japan around next month, right?" I answered hesitantly.

"Well, yes it is, but i won some net game, and won two of it with one year of subtraction". He said, answering my question.

'Hmm? He gotten two of those vr game? I wonder what kind of net game did he won?'

"But, won't it be better to sell them in an auction or something?" I asked him.

"Well, it'll sold here officially next month, so only a few gamer who is impatient will bid it, so it'll be on low prices. If i want to sell it, it's better to do that later when it's on low stock, and high demand." Ken said talking his theory.

"Mm? Did you actually did all the trouble for me?"

I asked, trying to tease him

"Of course not, why would i do that?" He still kept the poker face he had from the start, but she did see his cheeks going red.

'What!? He really did that for me!?'

"Well, since you did the trouble, i guess i can try the game"

i got out of the room and go back to studying throughout the day, though somehow i can't stop my lips from curving a smile!