Raiden Sohma's Story

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Raiden sat at his desk about half awake. It was about three o'clock so the school should be letting kids out. For some reason he thought he forgot something, so he went over his day.

Well it started at about eight in the morning. He was awoken by the sound of the curtains being pulled back and the bright light of sunshine. It of course was spring and it was suppose to be a nice day today. He started to sit up using his hand to shield his eyes from the light a bit. It would be another boring day, becasue wasn't every day boring?

After getting out of bed and putting his clothes on, or rather having people put on his clothes for him, he walked over to the dinning room where breakfast would be served. It wasn't a large breakfast, but it was elegant. Not like there was gold on it, but it did use the best ingredients. Today's breakfast was a poached egg on some rye toast. Served with green tea and assorted pastries. Well he wasn't really hungry today, but he did eat some of the pastries.

Now going on to the rest of his day, the first part was the boring lessons he always had. Since he was the Head of the family he never went to school, but he did get home schooled. It was one of the most boring things in the world, of course he constantly talked back to the teacher. It's not like they could fail him or anything. In the end he usually went through a couple teachers a month, since they all seemed to quit.

Next up was lunch. Again it has the same principles of breakfast. He still wasn't that hungry though, so he didn't even eat, but instead just drank some tea. And after that it was to the desk. He didn't really do any paperwork, but he was suppose to sit there for the afternoon until dinner, at least that's what he was always scheduled to do.

So lets see that was Raiden's morning, and he still couldn't figure out what he was forgetting. Disregarding the thought he just dragged a pen down a piece of paper, causing a thick line to form. Listening to nothing but his own steady breathing.

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The door to his office slowly opened without Raiden noticing. Then he heard a distinct phrase. "Keiko is here to see you sir."He rather liked Keiko. Maybe it was because she was nice to him. He was the head, but almost every member of the family was older than he was. He really hated them all. He did. They were just so mean to him, they wouldn't follow orders, and some tried to go against the rules. Never minding them, they would get a punishment, they always did.

He smiled slightly. "Please bring her in"

After a couple minutes of waiting he noticed that what was before him was not Keiko. Well it was actually Keiko and Choko who was holding some flowers. Raiden frowned a bit. He didn't especially want Choko to be here at the moment. Nonetheless he would need to see what she wanted. He then sat back in his chair a bit and looked at the two girls. With a careful check on his voice he said, "So how may I help you today?"

At this point Raiden watched as both girls seemed to take a bit to answer. A bit annoyed he stood up and started walking to a door. "Nevermind We'll do this over tea, coming?"

Keiko suddenly heard movement on the other side of the door, hoping Raiden would be in a good mood, when a tap on the shoulder interrupted her worries. "Good afternoon, Keiko." The voice was somewhat unfamiliar, but beside her was Choko, the Rooster. Keiko smiled a small smile at her family member and bowed.

"How do you do," Keiko said barely above a whisper. "It's lovely to see I'm not the only one paying a visit." Her eyes flashed at the flowers and a wave of guilt hit her. What kind of person shows up at someone else's home not baring a gift. What an idiot, Keiko scolded herself mentally. But it was to late to run home or to the store ... the door opened and the maid reappeared. "He will see you now." Keiko walked in timidly as usual, but with all the respect she could muster.

"So how may I help you today?" Keiko stood silent. It probably wasn't the case, but if Choko had brought him flowers, she might have wanted to see him first. Before either could speak, though, Raiden stood and started towards the door. "Never mind. We'll do this over tea, coming?" Keiko nodded, tailing behind him. Like always, she kept a good amount of space between them and kept it as even as possible. Thank the heavens he seems to be in a pleasant mood ..., the white haired teen smiled to herself.

"Um ... have you been outside yet? It's a beautiful day ... quiet too."

But he might not be feeling well either! What a stupid question! But ... if I hadn't said anything ... I might have come off as rude. Keiko kept herself rather quiet, feeling of course that she messed up her visit with a simple sentence. But that was just her and it was impossible to change.