(WARNING ⚠️: Contains PURE ANGST and DARK THOUGHTS. Please read this at your own risk.)

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It was another brand new day, for the two elemental siblings to go to school once again. The sun was shining brightly from the horizon, with birds started singing as they freely flapped their wings to the sky, and the breeze of air from the outside made the soft leaves danced gracefully.

To start the day freshly for Air, he had already woken up from his deep but peaceful sleep, all his necessary things and including himself, were all prepared and he was ready to walk towards his usual destination every weekday: school. Surprisingly, he got up earlier than his usual time in his alarm.

But before he could even start his journey, he would always have to check if his little brother was still in his room, or he had already went off ahead of him alone. This common routine of him of checking his little brother every time if he goes to school or not made him feel indolent. Though, he didn't signed up for any of this in the first place as he thought.

He let out a deep sigh as he went to his little brother's room, slowly opening his door afterwards.

As soon as he took a quick peek inside, he was surprised to see his little brother still sleeping on his bed, with his back facing him. The water elemental furrowed his brows in confusion at the sight of this.

'Wasn't he always the one who goes to school earlier than me?' Air thought, as he stared back at his young brother who was still in bed.

The light blue capped boy sighed in exasperation, then let out a frustrated groan.

"Oi! Get up! You're going to be late, you know!" He stated, clicking his tongue afterwards.

Air frowned when he got no response from his young brother. Neither his body shifted to another direction, nor a groan could be heard to say that he's finally awake. He never thought his little brother could also be a heavy sleeper like him.

This made the water elemental impatient as he grabbed the doorknob of his door, ready to slam it shut so he could finally leave the house to start his trek.

"Fine. Suit yourself then."

Then, a loud bang of the door echoed around the wind elemental's room, with his big brother exiting the house afterwards.

But actually, Angin was wide awake all along, with wet tears kept dripping down his face and to his bed sheet. His back was facing his big brother earlier so Air wouldn't see him crying just now.

He just couldn't feel like going to school this morning. He was too preoccupied with his thoughts lately, his mentality wasn't that stable like before. He was no longer himself anymore.

He felt like he was trapped in his own thoughts, there came a voice telling him to give up, and just be miserable. Telling him to block that blinding light inside of him and replace it with a colorless one. Telling him to show his true emotion that he's feeling lately.

Angin couldn't help but to miss his old self. The old memories, where everything was just, peaceful. Back where he was so carefree and being himself in his own little world. Living with a normal, happy life, with his once complete and joyful family.

He wished that he could go back. To that time where happiness was found inside him. To that time where him and his big brother would spend all day playing, and having fun together.

But now, it felt like that happiness of his doesn't exist at all. No matter how much he tried to feel it once again. It was like, it was never there in the first place.

That's when he thought...

He'd given so much of his happiness to others, that he didn't realized, he doesn't have enough for himself.

Angin then slowly looked at something that was placed on top of his coffee table beside him, reaching for it afterwards. The moment he took it, he drearily stared at it, feeling the soft texture of the object.

It was his big brother's stuffed toy, Whaley.

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"Hey, Cahaya!" Air greeted, walking closer towards his best friend.

The said person grinned, returning back his greeting. "Hey, Air!"

"By the way, do you wanna hang out after school?" The water elemental asked, making his close friend nodded quickly from his question.

"Yeah, yeah! Let's do it!" Cahaya cheerfully replied, chuckling afterwards. "Don't forget Petir, of course."

"Yeah, I know." Air scoffed, rolling his eyes playfully afterwards.

Not for long, they spotted their lightning elemental friend, Petir, getting something inside his locker. The duo then grinned mischievously at each other as they planned to scare the heck out of him.

The two of them then drew closer to their yellow capped friend, with Cahaya hiding behind his locker and waited for his attempt to spook him off. The moment Petir closed his locker door, the light elemental surprised him, causing their poor electrical friend to get startled by the sudden appearance of his troublemaker friend.

Air on the other hand, was only staying behind his light elemental friend all along, then came out bursting into laughter when he saw his friend's hilarious reaction.

"Stop that or I'll electrocute you!" Petir threatened Cahaya, giving him a glare afterwards.

"Geez! Alright, alright!" The white capped boy immediately said, with both of his hands raised up in surrender. "Chill out, bro!" He added, dropping his hands back down to his sides and curved a grin once again.

Their lightning elemental friend heaved a deep sigh before raising a brow at them. "What do you guys want?" He asked, as he folded his arms on his chest.

"We want you to hang out with us to watch a movie in the cinema later on after school!" Air replied, forming a wide smile on his lips.

"Sorry, I can't..." Petir declined, which made Cahaya and Air's smile dropped at the same time from his response. "Maybe some other time?" He said, as he shrugged his shoulders and started walking towards his next class.

Then, the light element uttered something that made Petir stopped from his tracks.

"You declined because of your little brother, isn't it?" Cahaya asked, his brown eyes narrowing directly at their lightning elemental friend. The latter slowly turned around and faced Cahaya with a deep frown.

"Alright then, let's play the choosing game." The light elemental said, smirking as he clapped his hands, only to make Petir narrowed his eyes into slits at him.

"Us or your little brother?" Cahaya asked, curving a wicked grin on his lips. "Heh, hard to choose between the two, isn't it?" He scoffed, as he crossed both of his arms on his chest.

"Let me tell you this, if you choose us, you can have all the fun you wanted." He stated, snickering. "All what you really wanted to do in your life." He added.

"But, if you will choose your little brother, you will lose your only friends that you have right now..."

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Did I literally just wrote/typed those first few paragraphs of this chapter down?? :O Bruh, whaaaaaa— (felt like I wasn't the one who did it... >~<)