The empty house

"I'm home." Closing the door behind her, Suisei speaks into the dark and quiet living room. Taking off her shoes into the rack beside her followed by her sock which reveals the small cute feet of Suisei, she begins stepping on the old wooden floor.

"Ngah-" Her light footsteps produce sounds of wood cracking as she walks into her home, revealing its age and the lack of maintenance from all these years. Walking straight into the narrow hallway, Suisei decides to refresh herself a bit first.

Splashing water onto her face in the bathroom, looking into the mirror is a young-looking girl in her 19. After finishing high school a year ago, Suisei is in her golden age right now where she has the most energy and time to pursue what she desires the most. Leaving school, she isn't planning to have a higher education yet so far, she has a dream to chase after.

"Hmm, looks like I still have some time left, might as well do some cleaning then. Been a while after all." Looking at the clock, Suisei goes off taking some tools from the storeroom and begins cleaning the small house of theirs. Grabbing the vacuum and plugging it into a power socket, Suisei turns the switch on.

"Vrooom-" With the vacuum sucking out the dust and dirt around the floor, Suisei in her newly changed short pants which show off a lot of skin begins cleaning out the accumulated dirt over the week. Holding the head in one hand another the main body, Suisei duck down to better maneuver herself.

Eventually stopping in front of a door for a while, Suisei with her vacuum hesitated. But remembering the face in her mind, her small hand begins slowly pushing through the dust-covered door.

And with the sound of a door being cracked open, she intruded into the long untouched room.

Entering her eyes is a room cover wallpaper in a classic modern white theme color, inside is a small bed, a closet and a desk for work purposes, simple but enough for a single working female. Devoid of people for months, she put down the vacuum for a bit as memories begin flooding into her mind.

This is Anemachi's room, her old room to be exact before she moves out from the house with only some essential things, leaving most of her stuff still here. With Anemachi's smell fading away due to her lack of presence here, Suisei hasn't come here ever since she left.

On the desk is Anemachi's untidy belonging scattered everywhere, revealing that she had left in a hurry. Some paper from her previous accounting work and stationary used to take down notes, curiously searching through it, this is her first time this close seeing her Onechan personal life.

Anemachi rarely allows Suisei to intrude on her privacy, she is quite strict about this. But Suisei after seeing Anemachi today gathered some courage inside of her and decided to look for some clue, specifically of why Anemachi left.

"Ah, her diary...?" Opening the drawer, inside is an oddly cute book especially for Anemachi who usually behaves like a man. A bunny picture with a light green cover, Suisei realizes she stumbles upon something important. "But, she actually writes her own diary? Surprising."

Hand stopping a while after putting it on the table, Suisei convinces herself this is for Anemachi's sake and begins flipping through it.

'Anyone who reads this besides me is a baka and I will curse you with small p*nis and small boing boing just like my Imouto who is probably reading this right now, Baka!.'

"BAM!" The table produces a large sound from the impact coming from flesh, as innocent table-kun now have a small crack on it, suffering pain it shouldn't have.

"Ha,ha,ha." Taking deeps and rapid breaths, Suisei begins flipping through the pages as her sympathy and respect for Anemachi all go down into the drain in the last few seconds.

'Day 1, I have seen my friends doing their own diary recently so I wanna try out. Doubt this will last but no harm in trying. Suisei is facing her exam so I decided to spend some time helping her to study, hope it turns out well in the end.'

'Day 19, Suisei's result turned out better than I expected, actually much better than mine...Damn it, my position as onechan is getting threatened every day! Anyway, I will bring her out for a nice dinner today with my pocket money, guess my target of buying a better Pc will have to be delayed though. At least she looks happy in the end.'

'Day 68, been writing this for a while somehow, surprises me too actually. Writing a diary is actually fun huh? Anyway, my national exam is coming soon, I have to study for it even with my experience...Though the recent relationship between mom and dad worries me a bit. Dad has been acting weird recently, I have to keep an eye out for it. At least Suisei is doing fine.'

'Day 100, so dad has been cheating on mom huh...Never expected that the argument gets so fierce that dishes are thrown at each other. Not much I can do really, Suisei is scared and has been hiding in my room for a while. I have to do something to cheer her up, hope I can manage.'

'Day 170, the divorcement is official, the man is left alone without losing much. Mom is too kind after all, she should have sued for some money from him. Or else who is gonna support the family finance after all? Mom isn't working now, I need to discuss with mom about our family's future.'

'Day 172, looks like mom isn't in her right mind too, divorce is the least she expected from this outcome...Looks like my time of chilling around is gone now. I will reject the offer from the University and go looking for a job. I should be able to do some accounting with my knowledge, though this means I have less time to be with Suisei though...Have to give up something after all.'

Reading till here, Suisei's tears begin falling in droplets upon the pages as memories of the past begin coming in again. Their parent's divorce has been a major hit on their daily life, and it was through Anemachi sacrifices that their family manages to go through the hard time.

Mom who is in a breakdown couldn't take on the responsibility to shoulder this house, it was through Anemachi that they managed to pass through the first few months to give mom the time to accept it, and her continuous work to support the meager wages that their mom earned.

Wiping off the tear from the dark time of theirs, Suisei quickly flips through the pages to behind. She can read through it in detail later, but now she wants to know what is up with Anemachi.

'Day 786, ahhh, work is tiring me out. The perverted boss is hinting at me too much about dating him. Urgh, just the imagination of being with him is disgusting. He might be rich, but the scene of me falling in love with men really freaks me out...Guess I will remain single for most of my life. Meanwhile, Suisei has been struggling too much about her Vtuber career...It's already been a year and yet she isn't gaining much progress, sometimes I wonder if it's the right choice to let her continue this. Urgh, she is so stubborn, I hope I didn't waste my money on this...'

'Day 800, wow it's been so long, it's about time I need to change to a new diary already, will be changing it after a few days I guess. Tomorrow I have some stuff to do so I will be a bit busy, I should give myself an off day someday.'

'Day 804, f*ck, f*ck,f*ck, why the hell did this happen...My mind isn't in its best state now, I need some rest, from all these.'

'Day 807, sorry Suisei, forgive me...And please don't come and find me, please. I need some time to be alone for a while...And also, I have a gift for you in the drawer, it's in a Pendrive, sorry that I'm unable to give it to you directly. Just know that I will always support you no matter what you did, don't give up so easily alright? Love you, really.'

"What did you go through Onechan..." Suisei still confused, proceeds to take up a driver located in the drawer. A normal blue Pendrive, she lost all of her interest in doing her chores now. Looking into it, she wonders what's stored inside.

"Dididi, dididi." With her phone alarm going off signaling something important is scheduled, Suisei realized she forgot something.

"Ahh, my stream!" Panicking, Suisei still sweating a bit from the chores just now rushed off to her small room and opened her Pc. Heart pumping fast knowing that she is already late her fans are waiting for her.

"Faster..faster.." Waiting for her potato Pc to start, Suisei begins taking out her phone and tweeting out a notice about her being late.

'Sorry for the wait! I was too focus on something that I forget my stream, will be starting it in 15 minutes~Nishimura Mitsuko'

Setting up the cam and opening the required program, Suisei proceeds to adjust her mood for the stream, removing any thought about what she read from Anemachi's diary. Taking in a deep breath, bringing in personal emotion into the stream is something that she tries to avoid. She wants to entertain everyone, not troubling them with her own problem that they can't solve.

Playing the intro for the stream and humming it out, Suisei quickly adjusts her mood to a happy and excited one, as the timer begins counting down to zero, Suisei puts a smile on her face as she begins her usual speech.

"Mitsu-wa...kyou mo kawai!"